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ED.L BLUf, Editor and Proprietor.
PBBn'YnURG. I OHIO.
TWO VIEWS.
, ''v inn pessimist.
lie whole day loiig I'vo tollcil with pain.
To v, In the pittance of my bread,
And In tho moments that remain
I cnt my pltt.ince, thort to bed,
To sleep, perchance, tho dream I'vo found
Tho end I fain would wish to gain;
Hut certainly to ivnlto again
And plod onco more tho w eary round
CW dally toll. And all for what?
Why, for another bit of bread
To eat, a bed on which to sleep.
1 Thai I may gain onco moro my strength
To spend again for food and keep.
Vnd this, oh, gracious Clod, U llfo.
I.thanlt Tunc for it, but I wcop
That I must havo It; and I pray
Chat soon, ahl soon, It pass away.
tub orrimsT.
I cannot count In gold or land,
As evening shadows softly fall,
That day has given to my hand
A bit of earthly wealth, to call
Mlno own; to serve at my command.
I know that now, at closo of day,
I'm w eary with my toll, In pain;
And yet my'lrostlng heart will say,
That thcerful morn will como ngoln,
And restful night will pain ullay.
And I am rich, for I can count.
If not In lands or yellow gold,
A glowing heart that Is a fount
Of sacred loyc, by mo controlled.
I'm glnd of day, I'm glad of night,
Glad of darkness, glad of light.
Tho u'ght pursues the sun away,
That same pursuit will bilng him back.
And o'er and o'er their 'customed track
fjpeeds on forever, night una day,
Shoncring blessings all tho' way.
Frederick A. Di3bco, In Leslie's vi eekly.
nEN I think
of it all, I can
almost fuel
tho wind as
itcatno in tor
rid gasps that
August night.
ISWf JtYK WAPr Tll trees
M i s"d with
u spusmuuiu
force that
startled the
ladies w h o
were assembled as guests at the south
ern .homestead of Col. liarker Wylle.
Vegetation itself seemed listless and
languid after tho heat of the day, and
its murmur as the breeze struck it from
time to time sounded like a protest
against the enforced activity.
The people on the big, vine-sheltered
piazza were fanning themselves and
making little effort even in the way of
conversation. The colonel was tho only
one who did not remain quiet. Ho
walked restlessly up and down and re
plied to the protests of his family
against such exertion tyith a. degree of
Impatience that was remarkable in him.
"Do you know this Randolph Jack
eon?" he asked, as he paused suddenly
where I was leaning against one of the
pillars, "tho man who came here to
day? "Only since this afternoon, and when
I was introduced to him I didn't catch
the name clearly."
' 'JTha colonel thou went on to explain
Ctiow Jackson happened to be his guest
something that had puzzled me much,
Jtor, in spite of his darkly handsome
face, he had not tho shades of refine
ment that made him a congenial mem
ber of tho Wylle household. Ho had
come to the colonel with letters from
on old-timo friend, and hospitality re
quired a hearty welcome to the stranger,
regardless of an instinctive dislike,
which I easily noted. He had used that
spirit of hospitality to its utmost, and
instead of being a sojourner for a few
hours, as had apparently been expected,
ho accepted without hesitation the
formal invitation to become a visitor
for an indefinite length of time.
"Where is Fred now?" I asked.
My 'father and the colonel had been
friends from boyhood, and 1 had fully a
brother's affection for his only son, al
though, ho -was considerably younger
than L.' I don't believe Fred overbad a
secret'from rae, and I half expected the
answer:,
"Out for a promenade with Mabel."
I smiled.aud yet there was a little pang
in my heart, L must confess, for I knew
that Mnoel Denton was the only human
"I'll IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.'
being tvjio could sever tho friendship
between I1 red and myself. He loved
her, and I knew he hoped to make her
hit, wife. She hud something of a mag
nolia bloom's stately beauty, and I did
not womlerjit my friend's adoration of
her. Shejvas one who could not inspire
minple affection; a man whom sho at
tracted beyond the bounds of admira
tion could not stop at mere love; he
must worship.
Tho colonel was in no mood for so
ciability, and &aid good night to tho3o
who had nob already retired. As ho
went into th'o house two people caino
up tho path, Ono I know by tlm voice
was MaUpl, and I took it for granted
that theTbther was Fred. To my great
Burprlso iCfound when they' drew near
that her companion was Randolph
Jackson. Evidently Fred's father was
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not speaking from positive Information
as to his sou's whereabouts, nnd 1 be
can to be worried. Mabel hurried into
uie house nnd her hasto impressed mo
ns having positive terror in itr
Truly there -was mystery in the sod
den air of that evening.
Jackson put his foot on the first step
nnd then recoiled with a low cry, his
hand pressed over his heart. The ladies
became frightened and I begged them to
retire, assuring them that it was noth
ing serious. When wowcrcalono Jack
son told mo he had been taken so sev
eral times and that it would soon pass
away. In a few minutes ho recovered
suflleicntly to go to his room 'and left
mo well pleased to bo thrown on my
own resources for company.
I was in the hopes of seeing Fred be
fore I wnt to bed. It was my first
visit in several months, nnd duo moro
to a desiro of seeing him than to my
anxiety concerning some property that
I had not far away. 1 was a little an
noyed at not having been ablo to sco
more of him, but could scarcely blame
him for devoting himself to Mabel. He
had been put to a good deal of pains to
secure her coeicty. He first met her at
the house of his aunt in Chattanooga.
Ho made every effort to get his aunt to
come to his father's house for a long
stay, and when ho had succeeded pre
vailed upon the aunt to Invito Mabel.
After such generalship, I said to my
self, ho deserves his reward.
It was almost midnight and I was
getting ready to go to bed, whcnil,sav
Fred coming out of an avenue of low
bushes which ldd to the malu road. He
did not speak to me, but grasped my
hand with an earnestness that seemed
in some way intensely pathetic. My
lips were opened to question him, when
lie turned and hurried through vhe open
door up tho stairway.
"Jealous!" 1 exclaimed.
My sleepiness forsook me, and I sat
thinking and smoking. 1 heard a foot
step behind me, and looking around
saw tho red firo of a lighted cigar. I
guessed at onco that niy visitor was
Randolph Jackson, from tho peculiar
way in which tho cigar burned. It
glowed fiercely for a little time and
then tho light sanlc almost to invisibil
ity. Alt this was with the slow regu
larity of the ticking of a timepiece.
Jackson was an inveterate smoker, and
he always puffed at his cigar in pre
cisely ("his manner, lighting a, fresh one
as soon as ono was consumed.
"Could you tell me," he asked, "how
I can communicate with any of the
servants?"
"It is rather late." I answered, with
out making any effort not to seem short.
"1 realize that, but they have given
me such small pillows that I cannot
sleep. I wish to get some largo ones."
I told him how to find the colored
housekeeper's door, and reflected that
Jackson was probably in a dangerous
way. If I had known him better and
liked him, I would have felt sorry, for
him. As it was, 1 contented myself
with a mental comment that when an
habitual tobacco consumer who had
sudden pains in tho heart found him
self unable to sleep except with his
head high, it would be just as well for
him to ba a little careful. It didn't
concern me. however; the chances were
in favor of his living a long time, and
if ho didn't there would be no excuse
for my putting- on mourning.
In an instant I confessed to myself
that this cold philosophy was the
merest assumption. Jackson's appear
ance had startled me very much; it had
seemed in some way the consequence of
the thought I had been bending myself
to. He had been the subject of every
mental effort that I could command;
memory, logic, oven imagination. I
felt sure I had seen him elsewhere. It
could not havo been in Now Orleans,
for I had never visited that city. I had
tried to recall one by one all the people
I ever knew; the effort was as fruitless
ns it was latiguing. I repeated his
name "Randolph Jackson" over and
over. In some way it brought back an
encounter of a good many years before.
While I was a student of medicine. I
was a witness in a ease which attract
ed a great deal of attention for awhile.
1 was going home from the college one
night, when I heard a shot. I pressed
forward with the crowd and entered
tho house from which tho sound had
proceeded. A demand for medical as
sistance brought me to tho immediate
scene of what had undoubtedly been a
murder. It was the first time I had
ever come into contact with death in a
violent form, and all tho circumstances
impressed themselves vividly upon my
memory. A man was seated on a chair,
his head thrown forward on his arms,
which rested on the table before him.
When I made an examination a bullet
hole stirred at mo from the base of tlie
skull. Ho was past all , assistance.
The room was very poorly furnished.
Tho walls had been newly white
washed, and a little, sheet-iron stove
stood near the wallou the loft. -There
was so little in the room that it had a
distinct character,, and every detail
stood out in tho memory liko a cameo.
The mm de red man hud been a good
deal of a scapegrace; had made a living
by odd jobs' of writing for the news
papers, but was known to have re
ceived a large sum of money from an
inheritance. Only ono man had been
known to visit him in this room. Ho
was known through some extensive
operations on the board of trade, and
the dead man was knbwn to havo
claimed an inter.est.iii some of his deals.
They had quarreled qulto bitterly ouce
or twice. This acquaintance was ar
rested, but there was not sufficient evi
dence to hold him. Very soon after
ward it was noted that ho carried
through with case spmo transactions
which had formerly been considered
mort than ho could support but that
caino from the gossips. Tho numo of
this man was Jack Randolph,
And as I sat on tho porch repeating
tho name of tho colonel's guest ovei
and over In an offort to jog my memory,
it reminded ine with sudden force of
this name, "Jack Randolph." It seemed
a very slight thing tho flimsiest of co
incidences. And yet how naturally the
average man would, soleet some such
expedient in devising an alias. He
hates to give up all his natno und, in
chauglng it, almost Invariable clings to
soma part of tho familiar appellation.
Ho wants to outwit tho world and at
tho same tlmo recall himself to himself
when ho hears tho natno pronounced.
In this way "Jack Randolph" would
very easily becomo Randolph Jackson.
I determined to learn moro about his
letter of introduction, and with that
resolve arose ami traced my steps to
my room. As I passed Fred's door I
saw a light. It annoyed mo to find
him so wakeful, and I knocked. Ho
opened tho door slightly, and on seeing
mo bado ino come in.
"What In tho world has boon the
matter with you?" I asked.
"I'm glad you came," ho said, ignor
ing my question. "I wanted to ask a
favor of you. I am in a lot of trouble."
"I thought you must be."
"Yes; I am going to fight a duel with
Jackson, and I want you to bo my
second."
"With Jackson?"
"It's about Mabel. He has followed
her irom Now Orleans. Met her at
soma reception there and has been try
ing to devote himself to her ever sinco.
I don't know how he managed to got
the letter of introduction from father's
friend, but ho is clover, devilish clover."
And tho poor boy sat down with his
face in his hands.
"But, does Mabel encourage his at
tentions?" 1 asked.
"No; not willingly, but he has fright
ened her. Ho has told her that ho will
kill the man who marries her; that ho
is a dead shot, and will hesitate at
nothing."
"Mabel repeated this to you?"
"No," and ho blushed 'slightly; "I
was passing tho lano whore they stood.
I was on the road, so that they could
not see me, and I overheard It. I at
once came forward and called him a
coward.
" 'Do you desire a challenge?' ho
asked. I told him I did, and he accom
modated mo readily enough."
"It is imbecile for yo'tt to think of
such a thing," I said, as earnestly as I
could. "He is an expert with the pis
tol, you may depend upon it, and you
don't know as much about fighting as
your hore does."
'I'll take my chances,'' was his re
ply. "If you won't assist me, very
well. If you will bo prepared to meet
me at the slaves' meeting house at six
o'clock day after to-morrow morning."
"I won't desert you, depend upon it,"
I said as I left him. And I meant it.
Tho next morning I went to Fred
and asked him to place one of tho slaves
who did duty as house servants under
my absolute instructions. He did it
without asking any questions. I then
requested the colonel to let me have a.
room on tho top floor that was seldom
used, as I had some work to do and
waritcd to be secure from interruption.
He gave me tho room, and then the
servant, "Rill," and I set about our
task. It didn't take long to put a new
coat' of whitewash on the walls, re
place the furniture with a plain pine
table, two wooden-seated chairs and a
canvas cot. Then I borrowed a small
stove and put it up on the left-hand
side of the room. When the work was
done, the room was so liko the scene of
tho shooting in New York that even I
experienced a touch of the horrors.
At about ttvs o'clock that evening I
told Rill to find Mr. Jackson, and tell
him that another room had been pre
pared for him, and that he could be
shown to it as soon as ho desired. Bill
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SEATED MYSELF "BEFORE THE TABLE.
told mo that he seemed somewhat sur
prised at the news. Rut he naturally
considered his removal a step in the
household arrangements to which ho
could not do otherwise than acquiesce.
It was obout'half-nast nine when he
rang for the servant to conduct him to
his uew apartments. I hurried up to
the room that Iliad prepared, trembling
slightly in the knees. I donned a
slouch hat and a frock coat such as the
murdered man in New York had worn
aiid-seated myself before tho table with
my head in my arms. I heard a foot
step at tho doorway. I listened for
some cry, some exclamation. There
came none. Rut there was tho sound
of a heavy fall. I turned to look, and
tho man who was to fight Fred lay In
tho middle of the floor, dead.
' Bill and I carried him down to his
own room, and tho family physician
was summoned.
"It's too bad," said the old prac-
titionpr; "it's ono of thoso cases of heart
disease. They certainly do take people
off btiddonly."
Tho colonel wrote to the man who
had given Jackson (thatwas tho name
he was burled under) tho letter of In
troduction and was informed that he
had como from business friends in Chi
cago. Ho had niarto himself so agree
ablo thut' he was unhesitatingly com
mended to the courtesies of Col. Wylle,
when ho stated that he hud business
ne'ar'tho Wylle homestead. The papers
we found made us no better acquaint
ed with him, and the authorities to
whom thoy were turned over never
ftiado any discoveries. There was a
quiet funeral from the colonel's house)
it was ono of tho old gentleman's ideas
of hospitality. Wo all attended for
form's sako, and as wo came away from
tho cemetery Fred bald;
"Ytiu won't have a chance to,bo mj
second after1 all. Rut believo me, old
fellow, 1 am just as grateful us If you
had really done it." Philundcr C. John
son, in Detroit Free 1'resa.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
.MngUtrato "You nro accusod of
not supporting your wife." Prlsonor
"Rut, your honor, you don't know my
wlfo. She Is unsuppor table. "Mercury.
"Jane, did you invito tho gentle
man to come and tako a chair?" "Yes,
but it was tho table he wanted because
you'd not pnid for it." Inter Ocean.
Sho "Am I tho first girl you ever
proposed to, darling?" Ho (sincerely)
"No; but you are tho only girl who
over neccptod me." Brooklyn Life.
Willie Wilt "I cawn't say that I
aw like brilliant women." Miss Pert
"I should think you would for the
sako of contrast." N. Y. Times.
"Miss Budd's heart Is like a volume
in n circulating library." "How is
that?" "Not to be kept longer than
two weeks." Washington News.
"Funny that Rongwed always re
fers to his wlfo as 'that old hen.' "
"You wouldn't think so if you could
see tho way sho rules tho roost. "
Buffalo Courier.
Clara "Why nro you so bitter
against him just because ho proposed
and you refused him." Maud "Tho
wretch! Ho said he would never ask
me again." Voguo.
Mamma "Robbie, didn't I tell you
that you must not. go swimming?"
Robbie "I didn't swim. The other
fellows had just all thoy could do to
keep me from drowning."
Charlie Sappy "No, I don't go in
for yachting much since the time 1 was
knocked overboard and lost my senses."
Miss Spright "How sad, and you never
recovered them, did you?" Philadel
phia Record.
Oableigh "Do you believe in the
power of the human eye with a wild
beast?" Professor "Yes, the power
of the eye Is very useful to see the
wild beast coming." N. Y. Herald.
Room at the Top. Wife "Dear,
aren't you drinking a little too much
wine?" Husband "No; I can hold
aiore liquor than most men." Wife
"I dare say. It always goes to your
head." Seranton Republican.
Roggs "You might talk until
doomsday and you couldn't convince
me that dueling isn't murder." Biggs
"All right. I'll tako you over to
France with rae and let you see some
of it." Troy Press.
"Do you know of an opening for
me?" inquired the college graduate.
"Ain't the reg'lar bars wide enough?"
rejoiued his father, gesturing eloquent
ly in tho direction of the corn-field.
Detroit Tribune.
McFiugle "I thought you believed
In letting tho office seek the man?"
McFangle "I do; but I'm going down
to Washington just to save tho oflice a
few steps when it seeks me." Boston
News.
"The short story seems to be quite
the fad nowadays," said one club man
to another. "I should say so. It seems
to me that nearly every man I meet
Stops to tell me how short he is."
Washington Star.
Rollo "Tell me, pa, is there any
difference between common salt and
chloride of sodium?" Mr. Holliday
"Yes, Rollo, a great difference. Salt is
two cents a pound at the grocer's,
while chloride of sodium is fifty cents
a teaspoonful at the druggist's."
"When I marry I shall try to be
sure of one thing, and that is I have a
woman of sense." "You mean a wo
man of prudence and forethought,
with fine perceptions and a knowledge
of human nature." "Yes, that's it ex
actly." "But they are just the ones
that never marry." Funny Folks.
Talking Chickens. A learned
French scientist, catching the cue
from Prof. Garner's investigation of
the monkey language, has turned his
attention to the vernacular of chickens.
If ho can only induce the spring pul
lets to tell their age he will not have
lived in vain. Augusta Chronicle.
Tho Man for the Place. Editor of
Organ "So you came in to apply for
the position of political editor?" Ap
plicant "Yes, sir, and you will liml
me a trustworthy man. I always statu
things just as thoy are." Editor
"H'm! Any fool can do that. What
we want is a man that can state things
just as they are not." Boston Tran
script. Learning Clilnmu.
People reared in an environment ot
Anglo-Saxon custom and tradition have
always found Chinese the mostdiillcult
of all languages to acquire. It is not
very surprising, therefore, to learn that
the British army authorities have found
it almost Impossible, even by the most
persuasive inducements, to get their
olilces to undertake tho study of the
mandarin tongue. Ten years ago the
government ottered handsome prizes to
any oilicer who could show satisfactory
progress in learning Chinese, and now
a reward of two tltousand rupees is
promised to all officers passing even
an elementary examination in this dif
ficult language of monosyllables. In
the United States Chinese is but little
studied. About ten years ago Harvard
college offered a course of instruction
in it, and Imported a most imposing
mandarin, to teach it, but hardly hulf
a dozen students out of the 1,500 there
made use of tho opportunity. Yet a
number of Harvard students during
tho last twenty years havo gone to
China after graduation and "picked
up" tho language very handily Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
lluuciuuts for Onu.
There Is a traveling salesman for a
Dotrolt house who Is so fond of the
young women that when ho calls on
ono ho doesn't seem to know when to
leave. A week or ton days ago, ho waft
calling on a girl in Flint, and along
about 11:110 p. m. sho became tired that
is to say, more tired than sho was at 11.
iiy tho way, Mr. X," she said plea
antly, "'people call you a drummer
don't they?"
"Yes," ho responded, "but tho name
is not fair. I am a traveling man."
"I think,' sho bmlletl softly, "that
'drummer is correct."
"Why do you think so. Traveling
man expresses it much bettor."
"In some instances, posslldy," she
said, gazing intently at the clock; "but
not for 'you; you don't travel," nnd ho
looked 'at tho clock himself and next
day sent Iter a lovely basket of flowers.
Detroit Free Press.
MISCELLANEOUS.
These nro tho times whon a good
many of us have to sit down and thinlc
to find out whero wo stand. Troy
Times.
Wiggs "Why did Boggs leave his
last place?" Woggs "Bocauso ho
he couldn't take it with him. He was
discharged." Philadelphia Record.
A good swimmer and n poor base
ball player nro aliko In ono respect
they both strike out. Rochester Demo
crat and Chronicle.
Friend "His the lundlo'fo" raised
your rent this month?" Tenant "I
sincerely hope ho has, for I've tried to
and failed." Inter Ocean.
"Miggs is u lucky old chap, isn't
he?" "In what way?" "Bo's color
blind." "What advantago is that?"
"lle'eau't tell When he's blue." Inter
Ocean.
Reporter "I wrote 'Tho Instru
ment, was a genuine Strndivnrius,' and
you changed it to one of the latest
makes." Desk Editor "Well, doesn't
that express the same Idea? What d' wo
want to advertise the Stradlvarlus
for?" Roston Transcript.
iA German paper states that in tho
prosecution of a railway lino it became
necessary to remove n largo cherry
tree; the proprietor demanded about
SI, 500 for it ; this theVailroad company
objected to paying. But after some
legal work the owner was awarded
S1.100 for tho tree.
A severe attack of toothache was
endured by Simon Kintzer, a wealthy
man of Hummelstown, Pa. A travel
ing tooth doctor chanced to bo in tho
neighborhood, and applied a " magic
cure." In a short time the pain ceased,
tl'ie doctor received his fee, and depart
ed. In a few hours the man's jaw be
gan to swell, nnd in three days he was
dead from blood poisoning.
The lightship John, in Delaware
bay, obtained its odd name from that
of the ship John, of Nantucket, Mass.,
which sank in 1707 near tho spot where
the lightship now swings at anchor.
The vessel was stripped by wreckers
from Bridgeton, N. J., and General
Rogue, of Bridgeton, gave to the light
house department the figurehead of the
wreck. The figurehead is now mounted
on the deck of the lightship.
After the death of General Puckcn
hnm, at the battle of New Orleans, his
viscera were removed, preparatory to
shipping the body to England. The
whole mass of the bowels, including
other internal organs, were wrapped in
cotton and buried in a box between
two pecan trees, which, nlthough in n
flourishing condition at the time, never
after bore nuts, and were known far
and wide as the "cursed pecan trees."
The body was secretly shipped to En
gland in a cask of wine.
Nectar in flowers is not honey.
This nectar is gathered by tho tongue
of the bee and enters what is called the
honey bag, from which it is regurgi
tated by the bee on its return to tho
hive and deposited in the honey cell.
Even than it is thin and watery, and
does not become really honey until the
watery parts have evaporated. In col
lecting the sweets tho bees do not con
fine themselves wholly to flowers.
They extract them also from fruits.
Varieties and hybrids of helianthe
mum vnlgare. the true rock rose, have
attractive flowers, which range in
color from white through shades of
red and yellow. At the Arnold Ar
boretum these plants make a low
shrubby growth, spreading over the
ground in a dense mat of foliage, on
which the flowers are now appearing.
The separate flowers do not last long,
but they keep opening all summer,
and Mr. Dawson, the propagator at tho
arboretum, thinks a great deal of
them.
A most ingcnious-general-informa-tion-autoniatic-mnchine
has been set
up outside one of the Melbourne rail
way stations. It is seven feet high and
four feet broad, arid will, it is said,
give reliable information on quite a
varied range of subjects. Touch one
elastic button and a list of the best
hotels in the city appears; touch an
other and n theater playbill slides out;
a third discloses to view a list of the
principal omnibus routes, and another
the cab fares to tho various places of
interest.
One of the striking proofs of tho
advance of good nrchitec.ture is ts
adoption into factory buildings. With
in a year ornate fronts have appeared
on a large number of structures that,
until tho architectural renascence call
it renaissance if you like would havo
been as plain', not to say ugly, as brick
and mortar could make them. Factor
ies, laboratories, printing offices, stor
age houses, even stables, are becoming
things of tempered joy, and' as to resi
dences, churchw, club houses, armor
ieswell, ramble about New York and
be glad.
Tho San Francisco Chronicle states
that the j'ollow-fruitod llr, heretofore
reported only from tho vicinity of Lake
Webber and doubtfully from Mount
Whitney, has been discovered in still
greater beauty on tho slopes of Mount
Shasta. Here the tree roars its noble,
nearly smooth shaft to a great height
and bears its crown of gauzy foliage
far above the head of other firs, the
topmost, stratified branchlcts decorated
with upright cones of large golden
fruit, a vision of flaming glory whiela
in the uutumn season can bo seen miles
away, in pleasing contrast with tho
royal purple cones of tho prevailing
Shasta fir.
A pleasant occupation for the ama
teur flower-grower is the endeavor to
ralso now varieties of garden flowers
from seed. Tho dahlia especially offers
inducements, as they change remark
ably from seed. It is not necessary to
uso any cross-fertilization. Several
kinds of dahlias tiro grown together
and seeds taken from these. T,he seed
lings are almost cortain to bo of differ
ent varieties to or to differ from the
parent. Tho early flower pf theYdahlia
bhould bo the selected. It is better to
cutoilsonio of tho petals spoil after
they have faded, or otherwise during a
rain storm the whole head rots. The
i.eodH can be cleaned out in tho fall and
sot in tho ground early In tho spring.
They usually flower the first year from
seed.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Tho whole bulk of tobacco produced
in Cape Colony, South Africa, does not
oxeeed C0,000 pounds annually in dried
leaves. The majority of tho farmers
are not In f a vorablo circumstances, and
tho culture of tho wood is of the most
primitive description.
Somo writers think tho process of
turning white among arctic animals is
In some way connected with a dooreaso
of vital energy ; nnd in his notes on
recent science, in tho Nineteenth Con
tury, Prince Krapotkln brings for
ward as an example tho alleged per
manent whlto colors of domesticated
animals In sub-aretio regions, such as
tho Yakutsk horse.
It Is proposed to open flvo farm
schools in the Madras pvcsldonoy of
India, till to bo under governmental
control. Tho idea is to erect school
houses in which x'raetical and theoret
ical teaching of agriculture and veter
inary science will be given, tho curri
culum to extend over four years, the
schools and farms being under tho im
mediate management of tho director of
ngricttlturo.
There is no proof yhntever that
meteorites come from the sun; tho
bright granules on tho sun the faeu
hu are entirely distinct from tho sun
spots, nnd they nro not composed of
helium in combination with hydrogen;
we only know of tho existence of he
lium through its spectrum; it Is not
contained in meteorites, and oven if it
could bo transferred to tho earth would
not solidify.
It has been stated that cheeses,
bearing date of 10150, are still to bo seen
in Switzerland. In some parts of tho
country feheese forms the stnple food
of the people, and the lnborers aro
often paid with it. There nre no fewer
than 5,500 cheese making factories, and
nearly RJ.OOO tons tiro exported annu
ally, the value of which Is over $7(000,
000. Exports of cheese to the United
Staters are about 5,000,000 pounds, at an"
invoice valuation of 5700,000.
In tho human body there Is said to
be more than 2,000,000 perspiration
glands eommunicatingwith the surface
by ducts, having a total length of some
ten miles. The blood contains millions
of millions of corpuscles, each a struc
ture in itself. The number of rods in
the retina, supposed to be tho ultimatoi
recipient of light, is estimated at 80,
000,000. A German scientist has calcu
lated that the gray matter of the brain
is built of at least 000,000,000 cells.
.lust Imagine a wild flower with
leaves three foot long nnd flower stems
seven or more feet high, bearing about
1-10 flowers on a stalk, with each flower
having white ray petals half an inch
long and a yellow d'se an inch wide!
This is literally "a daisy." The Amer
ican Seneeio aureus will give an idea
of what a wonderful thing this mon
ster Seneeio sagittifolius must be. It
is a new species recently discovered in
Uruguay by M. Andre.
A correspondent of Notes nnd
Queries, writing as to the age of trees,
and as to tho oldest tree in tho world,
says that the ago of the late Drago
Tree o Orotava was variously estimated
at from (1,000 to 10,000 years. On tho
lowest estimate it surpassed not only
Domesday Oaks und Soma Cypresses,
but the "lledsor Yew, with its 3,200
years, and Alphonse Karr's Baobabs of
Senegal. Balfour gives the ages, as
ascertained by Do Candolle, of tho
cypress as !I50 years, the oak 1,500, tho
yew 2,320 and the baobab as probably
the same as the yow.
There is a canal to bo opened ini
Greece which has been a spell of time
in construction. It crosses tho Isthmus
of Corinth. Its construction was begun
in tho time of Nero, in tho first century
of tho Christian era. It shortens tho
distance between the countries of west
ern Europe and Athens. Tho gentle
Nero first struck tho earth with a
pick in building ibis canal, but ho had
to go elswhere In tho empire to attend
to somo pressing business in putting
down a revolt. Ten years ago modern
capitalists took up the idea and tho
canal has been completed at a cost off
$U, 000,000.
The variations in our snakes havoi
been studied bj Prof. Hay, who finds
tnut m tue stripett snaicc tno variation
from the average number of body!
vertebras amounts to 1-1 per cent., inl
the black .snake to 0 per cent., in the'
green snako to 4,5 per cent., and in an
other variety to 13 per cent. He adds
that tho variations in the number of
caudal vertebnu is still greater; and,1
were breeders interested, thoy could
very soon produce breeds of snakes
with long bodies and bhort tails, and
bbort bodies and long tails, or any
other combinations that might bo de
sired. Truthfn'iwu.
A sincre attachment to truth, moral
and scientific, is a habit which cures a
thousand little infirmities of mind and
is as honorable to a man who possesses
it, in point of character, as it is profit
able in point of improvement. There is
nothing moro beautiful in science than
to hear any man candidly owning to
his ignorance. It is so little the habit
of men who cultlvato knowledge to do
so they so often have recourse to sub
terfuge, nonsense or hypothesis, rather
than to a plain, manly declaration
either that thoy themselves do not
understand the subject or that tho sub
ject Is not understood thai it is really
quite refreshing to witnoss such in
stances of philosophical candor, and it
creates an immediate prepossession in
favor of the person In whom it is ob
served. Chicago MalL
A Huspcmlml Clinlco.
Boston Ma tron Which would you
rather do, my son, bo in u chamber at
Washington, und perhaps bo president
some day, or remain at your present
duties in tlio public library?
Son Do thoy have winding stairs
with railings for tho boarders at Wash
ington? Judge.
l'rntustliiir Too Much,
Mother Why don't you play with
that now boy V
Good Little Boy Ho tolls stories.
"Ho does?"
" Yes'm. Ho caino from Chicago, an
ho says ho never saw an Indian or buf
fulo." Oood News
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