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SAVANNA ENTERED AT TIIE POST OFFICE IN SAVANNAH, TENN., AS SECOND CLASS MATTER. , VOL, XVIL-NQ. 8. SAVANNAH, HARDIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 190U $100 A TEAL TIIV,lUI I mil THE BUMBLE BEE J By Ernest Jarrold. nw, a miaoy nodal 0.) A a delineator of Irlih character Email Jarrold hni had but few equals, llli "Mick ey Finn" itorles hava been read throughout the entire Kngllnh speaking world, and have everywhere been popular. The late C. A. Dana raid of them: "They contain the moat admirable delineation of char acter, together with a rare felicity in the description of the woodi and fleldi." The following itory li taken from one of Mr. Jurrold'i booki recently published by Jumieson-Hlgglni Co., Chicago. The air of Cooney Island palpitated with the fervent heat of a day In July. The hot air radiated up from the meadows and the dusty road like heat from a furnnce. Even the chick ens sought the shade of friendly trees, and the locust lazily chanted their midsummer threnody as Mickey Finn came down Murray street with a tattered geography, a worn spelling book and a thumbed first reader un der his arm. The boy'e face shone from its re cent application of soft soap and wa ter, so that the freckles stood out like spots of brick dust on either side of liia nose, lie had a stone bruise on one of his toes, and was forced to walk on one heel. As he limped along the roadside, half a mile away in the hazy perspective he could see the lit tle red schoolhouse in the hollow, with its monotonous suggestions of: "Can-the-dog-catch-the-cat? Yes-the-ddg-can-catch-the-cat." In fancy he heard the dreary iter ation of the schoolroom, and saw the blank white walls speckled with pa per "spit-balls." He was hot and tired and dusty, and his toe hurt. The truth was, that he had asked his mother to permit him to stay away from school, and she refused to allow him to do so. Mrs. Finn's at tention had been pathetically drawn to the sore toe, and she had said that the injured member, would not hurt him any more at school than at home. And so the boy looked cross and felt ugly towards the distasteful "eddication," which his mother forced upon him. As he limped along the dusty road, he looked off over the meadow and saw the maples and pines in Lindnley's wood whispering to each other, as they waved in the breeze which blew fresh and cool from the Hudson river. These whis pers Mickey interpreted as coaxing invitations, which sounded to him as follows: "Come, little Mike, and lie under our protecting brunches! Here you will find the tender birch bark and the juicy sassafras root! Upon our shady hillocks hidden by glossy green leaves, hide the red winter green berries awaiting your coming! The tree toad will sing his little song for you, the bubbling spring is dis tilling a sparkling liquor for your thirsty lips, and the shady coverts of our sylvan dells await you!" With these enchanting voices in his ear the temptation to play hookey was a strong one. The tempter of men came to him with the liquid melody of birds, the soft wooing of fluttering leaves, the rustle of the pine's thin fingers, and the gurgle of brooks. And as he stood in the dusty road And looked down into the hoi low at the sun beating fiercely upo the windows of the little red schou' house, and realized how stifling w the air Inside, what wonder that 1 hesitated! Then the reproachful face of hi mother rose before him. As littl Mike loved his mother and feared h rebuke more than he did her h hand, the thought of her grle pelled him onward toward the s- Hut he could not shut out of hh tal sight the picture of the coo adise in the wood where the lake rippled in the sunlight, where, far below, ran the wide reac cs of the Hudson river as it loiter to the sea. And in this entranci picture his mother's face was blott out as with a sponge from the sUi of his mind; the schoolhouse was f gotten and he limped eagerly tow; the stone wall to which clung the otous wild raspberry bushes lad with fruit. Forgotten was the so toe, lost sight of wns the long, bln strap hanging on the kitchen wa and left behind was the dusty ro and all the suggestions of work On arriving at the summit of hill little Mike turned in his tra and looked down upon the sch house. He saw the master com the door and ring the bell, and schoolmates scamper like corr sheep into the building. Then door was shut and Mickey real! that his sin wns irrevocable. trembled, too, when he tb that he would have to make c sion to the priest. Hut it wn late to retrace his steps. He wa in the narrow path leading to woods. He took off his tatte and the cool fingers of the lifted the hair from his forehei he sat down on the grass a chipmunk stopped, palpitat ths stone wall, and little Mi gers itched for his bow-gun. hiding his books in the stoi and covering them with dea he began picking and eating ries until his bronzed chee covered with the juices of tl The scent of clover blooms ai grasses made his notrlls diln while the birds sang for hin the trees the nodding buttercu daisies shook their heads at seemed to say: "Little boy, you're playing When Mickey entered he lay down upon the br at the foot of the pine watched the butterflies. 1 f Aim on yellow wings. And as he lay there the luxury of indolence stole la upon his senses and the gentle south ing of the pines fell with a soothing Influence upon hi ear. The drowsy hum of bees and the inarticulate voices of the wood lulled him to sleep. How long he lay there Mickey could not tell. He was rudely awak ened by a big black ant which hud crawled up his trousers leg, and a great yellow, hairy caterpillar cross ing the bridge of his nose. As he sat up and brushed away these insects a cat-bird in a tree near by begun to. jeer at him with what to Mickey's ex cited funcy were the words: "Playing hookey! IMaying hookey!" In some mysterious manner gladness seemed to go out of the day for little Mike at this cruel taunt. The odors of the flowers were just as sweet as they had been before, the moss at the foot of the pine trees was as vivid a green, the swallows dipped as gracefully over the field of billowy wheat, but the charm of all this beauteous panorama was gone. His toe began to hurt again, With drooping head and limping guit, Mickey plunged deeper into the woods. At the foot of a big rock he found a spring. Lying at full length upon the sward he put his lips down to the wa ted and drank deep of the champagne of the woods. The reflection of his fuce in the spring grinned sardonirnlly ut him. And from the brown eyes shin ing from the cool depths came a re prone h ful glance which seemed to say: "The leather strap is waiting for you in the kitchen!" All that afternoon he wandered through the woods seeking happiness, but finding none. He flew for refuge to the birch tree, but the bark had lost all its old-time sweetness. The sassafras root which often had tasied like honey in his mouth now took on the flavor of worm-wood. As he re traced his steps to the stone wall where he had hidden his books the aw ful consciousness came to him that he would be obliged to tell a lie in ordei to escape a whipping. Like a thief in the night he sneaked down the steep hillside up which he had climbed sc cheerfully in the morning, and five minutes later entered the shanty. So downcast was he and so furtive in man ner that his mother's attention, was at tracted to him. Just at this moment i big bumble bee wearing n black velvet vest with yellow stripes blundered into the room. "Are ye sick, Mickey?" said his mother, solicitously. "No; I'm not sick, mother," said lit tle Mike, "but me toe is hurtin' me." "Well, what makes ye act so quare?" This was uttered In such a tone ol solicitude and with so kindly a look that little Mike's eyes began to over flow ns his mother tried to "shoo" the bumble bee out of the room. , "I'm glad you're not a wicked lltle boy, Mickey, like tbim Doolans," ton tinued Mrs. Finn. "If ye weTe- I'd be thinkin' that bumble bee would be afther stingin' ye. Shure that's wl-nt bumble bees does be doin' stingin' liV tie boys fur their sins!" Slap went the end of Mrs. Finn'i apron against the wall and away soiled the bee out of the window like an ani mated JcjesI of jet and amber. f e wo oppressed with tinting consciousness ot eighed him down like urderer. He felt a a off his conscience )le bee flew out of the believed implicitly that flown into the shanty ose of stinging him be- ud played "hookey." He If about the yard, milking chopping wood. He was zealous and quiet in tbii his mother's suspicioni ed. she, "I'm ofeerd me lit- 'ip to mischief, he's octln' Shure, he has berrj , on there s no berriee sha, I'm afther thinkin' hookey!" ickey came into the not her armful of wood. red at him closely, un- : boy, and saw thut hit ained with gruss juice back of his jucket clung pine needles. Hut she unsel and awaited de isfled -that Mickey 4 guilt. Another arm i been thrown undei tie Mike looked up tc ted approving glance vhen Mrs. Finn cried Id ticket-: here comes the ye!" lears of the boy were "l 4iirn!n(T nllir.Ulv h .".v...j i blow at the bee. Ton fd the insect, for it flew over the boy'e ihini on the buck of the jinislied the truant and reance the bumble bee Moor. As Mrs. Finp ful of mud upon Uie little Mike looked up face, and, with treat' of remorse and Pain, E whisper: , said Mrs. Finn, knowi filme of confession hni continued with quiver- the bee s-s-tung me. ase mother I I 1 Jay playin' hookey 1" is race in his mother i tied over him and her lipe bronzed, berry-steunec kiss of forgiveness. Ai Ith dried the brine upon tumble bee buried itseli Sue and white morning rig like an infant bel) In of Africa is vaguely jut 160.000,000, HOW WOMEN SPOIL VISION. Their Veil Are Sight Train, and Soma Are Woru Than 1 Others. Women are divided in their opinions Upon the subject of the veil, but where you will find one to maintain, that such an adornment fades the complexion you will find ten to aver that no penalties would prevent them from wearing the adornment, soys the London Mail. Go and ask an oculist his opinion, and what he has to say on the topic- is to plump condemnation upon every veil that is worn. Yet he will admit that, while some nets are extremely dangerous and deleterious to the eyes, others are almost uninjurious. .There are fashions in nets and gauzes, and many ore the variations with which the veil is worn. But in England It always covers the eyes, and it is here that the danger arises. Of nil the veils ever tried the ideal one is yet to be discovered. Some women can trace step by step Its evolution throughout the century. Thipy have heard their grandmothers talk about the white lace "fall" that used to be liked, and themselves can recollect the thick green, blue, gray, white and green gauze horrors worn to protect the complexion from tnn. Those veils were followed by thin ner silk ones, which in their turn, were deposed in flavor of those of thread lace, after which came 'the many abominations still exploited, to wit: mesh nets dotted and patterned In various ways. Just now women are beginning to shorten nets and fallfc considerably. Indeed, in Paris they ore wearing most curtailed ones again, and a feel ing has also come in there for the utter banishment of the veil. A more uncomfortable and Imbecile alTair for afternoon teas than the mask the chin veil is cannot be imagined. It Is a sign of grace, perhnps, that the question which is being much de bated now among smart people is whether the veil docs not accom plish so much harm to the visual or gan!! tit te outweigh nil other consid erations in Its favor. They wonder if a veil could not be contrived that would leave the eyes uncovered, while It beautified and protected the rest of the fnce. As a pattern nothing could be better than the Turkish woman's yashmak, which is justly held to be the most modest fnce cov ering In existence. Now, as to good and bad patterns of veils, considered not from the point of view of beauty, but of visual ex pediency. The very best is n veil ns fine as gossamer, which can be most becom ing, too. It hus no spots at all upon It, and so does not worry the poor, tortured eyes that have to dodge spots, or vainly and unconsciously try to focus them, one of the worst possible exercises to which weak or Imperfect sight can be put. The ret rograde step is taken by Russian net veiling, which need not, however, be very fine, for it is unspotted. Then come the. quite condemned veils, which have chenille spots all over them; they are bad in propor tion as their dots are close and inrge or scanty and small; but they are less sight-wearing than a veil that is pat terned as well as dotted, a veritable agony to sensitive sight. White veils are often much more evil in their ef fects than blnck, for the material, be it tulle or net, possesses a faculty for dnzzlinff the vision nnd making every thing seen through it wavering nnd ill-defined. Finnlly, has not the case been proved that those who ore con scious of strain, a lack of clarity of sight, or weariness after wearing a veil, should give up the task of look ing smart at the expense of vision. Even the strong nrgument In favor of veils of a sensible and clenr mesh, which the oculists do not attempt to deny, namely, that such nets do keep the eyes from the nssnuits or grit, especially during a drive, or while cycling or motoring, should not appeal o the weak-sighted. The Art of Happlnea. There ore minor pleasures whose effect is accumulative and which make a hopnv life. Even in choosing to be miserable we are happy, since there is happiness in every act of choice. Among women the desjre to work Is not so common that it should be Awff hi irpfl "p. There is a great deal of difference between a copy and an imitation. The misery children make for their parents is well known; the misery parents make for their children not so well. The two great sources of hnppiness are health of body and strength of mind. In recipes for happiness goodness mwt always be the principal ingre dient. When people begin to be critical they cease to be pleasant. Saturday Evening l'ost. Sewing; Hints. Always use double thread for gath ering. Always use as fine a thread aud needle as the garment will allow. When threading your needle, make the knot on the end broken from the feel. The rule for frilling is one and a quarter the length of the edge to be trimmed. In facing a sleeve turn it and place the facing inside the sleeve before sewing it on. Gathers Bhould always be set on the right sine, out never with a needle. Use a large pin. In sewing a seam put the stitches closely together, but lightly, into the slo'.h, being careful not to pull the thread tight, as this causes the seam to draw. Washington Star. GONE, ALL GONE! A Returned Waablngtonlnn liKprrur Ills SurprUe at (be Dianppear anec of Old Acquaintance. MI have returned to Washington after an absence of 15 years, and while the general aspect of the city appears to my eye about the same, I have a lingering suspicion that some thing Is missing," said a former resi dent of this city, says the Washing ton Star. "Why is it?" asked a member of the Ananias club, which holds nightly meetings there. "This morning my slumbers were not broken by the high falsetto, rich baritone or resonant voice of the col ored collector of ashes, whose pene trating wall of 'Aschohees! ould osch-chees-chees!' used to enter my room with the first rays of the glo rious sun. And this morning I missed from the streets those curiously and wonderfully held-together-with- pleces-of-wire-ond-rope things called by courtesy wagons, and drawn by moving objects which even courtesy couldn't call horses. Where are they?" "Gone to the dump heap and the bone yord. We have a fine system of ash and garbage collection now." "And thnt delightful odor of dish water and surface drainage which is the joy and pride of every I'hiladel phian and Baltimorean, as it trickles through the streets I can't recall whether I detected here." "You never did." "Hut the bells, the glorious, sweet sounding bells of the ragman; bells with noise defying the deep peal of the monnstery bells to the shrill, crisp tinkle of those of the sleigh. I lived in New York for some years, and I seem to miss them." "You do, you certainly do," replied the disciple of the prize liar, truth fully. "And the ragman on the sidewalk with his bng under his arm and his fog horn voice issuing ribbon-like from his cavernous mouth. Has lfe, too. been suppressed?" "He has." "The 'ole clo' man' nr.d the 'glass putin' man;' where, oh, where, aTe these two heavenly shotterers of the pure atmosphere?" "Gone." "But not the hucksters, with their fine, metallic, razor-edged voices, who were the first chroniclers of poetic springtime as they wended their ser pentine, sinuous way through the mennderings of the city, holding in their robust arms the green products of nnture's generous soil for the mas tication and nutrition of the city folks. Where are they?" "They arc mutes now; hod their mouths sewed up by ordinance." "And the diminutive boy with huge bundles of Sunday morning papers and still more mammoth tones, who used to stand on the corner or chase modly through the streets breaking the penceful Sabbath day by his clar ion calls to get out of bed nnd buy his 'nape, nape! Nooyourk panel' Tell me instantly, where Is he?" "He's still here, but he sings his rhythmical song in his mind." "And the roped streets that papn and mamma dear insisted upon when ever baby pet was cutting a tooth?" "Are roped nit." "These electric-lighted, swiftly, moving surface cars which rival the latest railway coach what a reveli tlon! nad horse cars when I left." "New York is the only big city I know of where the horse cars are left. They left Washington long ago." "I scarcely know Fennsylvanla av enue above Fourteenth street, with the fine big buildings of the Star, the Tost, Southern railway and the new Willnrd. The owners of property In that vicinity seem on improvement bent." "They are," answered the president of the club, as he detailed the little man next to the returned prodigal son to tell the next story of the even ing "nnd so is the city in general. We have done away with street noises, and many of the nuisances which other cities tolerate, and we have only just begun. The next great step toward the desideratum of a perfect city is the suppression of the smoke nuisance. We are now sTioiit to hnve our innings with th violators of this ordinance, and we hope for a solar plexus knockout in the shape of convictions and punish ments. This Is a residential city, nnd it Is our purpose to make it all thnt name really implies. Are we sue ceeding?" "Fine!" nnswered the prodigal warmly, and he turned his attention to the little man, who hnd already be gun his Munchausen tale. s - " " Stern IHeaanrea. "What have you got in that pack age?" asked Mrs. Moxley, when Hen ry came home the other evening. "Hns Mrs. Smith brought back that coffee yet?" "No." "Has Mrs. Tutwiler brought back Bertha's piano music?' "No." "Has Mrs. Ellington returned my 'Richard tarvel.' I "No." "In Mrs. Wllloughby still in posses slon of your clothesline?" "Yes. But what have you got in that pnckage7 "That package," returned Henry, savagely, "contains a big red placard labeled: 'Beware! Smallpox within! I'm going to tack it upon the house and see if we can t stop this borrow kig around here for awhile." Indian apolis Sun. Sacrifice. Mrs. Brown-Smith You arc always talking of acrine.es. Fray, what did you ever do for your fellow creatures? Mr. Brown-Smith Well, I married you, didn't I? X Y. World. A LITTLE NONSENSE. "Grandpa, what makes you look so sour?" asked a little threie-year-old miss. "Ain't you got no grins in j our face?" Chicago Daily News. "Well, Jim couldn't pass the civil service business in geography an' 'rithmetic." "What's he going to do now?" "Dunno; but I suppose he'll go back to school teaching!" London An swers. Mrs. Bunker "So Mrs. Dick&rd has lost all her money? Isn't it sad?" Mrs. Gromley "It 19, Indeed. Feople who used- to say she was plump now do not hesitate to speak of her as fat." Boston Transcript. "Oh, momma!" exclaimed four-year- old Flossie, as she observed the moon in iU second quarter, "come and look at the moon; half of it Is pushed Into the sky and the other half is sticking out." Chicago Daily News. "When Mrs. Parvenu was poor they used to say she was a great talker, but since she became rich it is different." "Indeedi! What do they say now?" "They say she is a brilliant conversa tionalist." Good Literature. She "These professional funny men are so tiresome. The idea of say ing that women, when they piny cards, are always asking 'what s trumps? He "That's so, my dear. You inva riably ask "what's clubs?'" Philadel phia Press. "Strange how many queer people have peculiar fads. Do you see that fellow over there? His fad is the col lection of postage stamps." "That wreck! Whot does he do with postage stamps?" "Keeps on collecting until he has three two-centers and then turns 'em into beer." Cleveland! Plain Dealer. CAUGHT BY DETECTIVES. Pilferer In Dig- Department Store During the Muy Holiday Season. The private detectives who walk about in Chicago's big department stores watching for the appearance of the light fingered have a stock of Interesting stork's of petty thefts dis covered by them during the busy holi day week and which were never made public. Many of the experiences of these secret detectives are very in teresting and at the same time sur prising because of the prominent peo ple who are commonly known ns klep tomaniacs and Mho are often willing to pay hundredi, of dollars for secrecy when they are detected while at tempting to carry nwoy stolen goods worth not more than a few dollars nnd frequently but a few cents, says the Chicago Chronicle. "It is a well-known fact that wom en form the largest proportion of the Etliop-lifting fraternity," said a well known department store detective lust week. "And it is not the poor, needy women who cause us the most trou ble, but the wealthy woman who flits about the store dressed in silks and satins nnd wearing valuable jewelry and who steals merely because she likes to steal. If caught she is al ways emphatic In her denial and she resents any imputation of dishonesty by outbursts of indignation which threaten to put the whole firm out of business-. 'The day before Christmas I was watching a counter where, a stock of woman's scarfs, averaging in price from one to five dollars, were offered for sale. I detected a handsomely dressed woman folding up one of the delicate chiffon fabrics and depositing It in a smnll shopping bag which hung from her wrist. I watched her until I was certain the evidence of her theft rould be found In her shopping bag, and I then called her aside, telling her that she would have to go bock to the private office. She did not even change color as she exclaimed: "'Who are you that you presume to ask me bock to the private office.' '"Madam, I am a house detective and I merely want to moke an exam ination of your shopping bag.' "She roved with indignation, but when she noticed that she was at tracting attention she immediately followed me to the office, fearing thnt some acquaintance would pass and learn of her detection in the act of stealing. When we renched the office I took possession of the small silk bag and upon opening it found little ar ticles ranging in value from five cents to three dollars or four dollars. She was indignant and vowed that her de tention would cost all of us our posi tions. You would he surprised to know who this woman was, but of course that will remain a secret. Suf fice to say that when she realized that we did not intend to release her she stepped to the telephone and called tip the office of one of the largest- le ?al firms in the city. " 'I am Mrs. ,' she shouted over the 'phone. 'Is my husband, there? Well, tell him to come over here im mediately.' "Within ten minutes her husband reached the store. He was the senior member of the big luw firm and hns been doing a credit business with the store for 20 years. His account fre quently runs up to several thousand dollars. He was ready to pay several thousand dollars to suppress the fact that his wife was a thief, but of course the was released and nothing was laid. "This is only one exa-.nple of dally occurrences and during the busy sJhopping season niony of Chicogo'g most prominent society women hove been compelled to walk back to the private office nnd undergo a search for stolen property. Of course, the stolen property Is always discovered, for we cannot afford to make a mis Ink', as it would ruin the firm." Practice. Practice may not make a lawyet perfect, but enough of it will make him rich. Chicago Daily News. MEAT DIET NECESSARY. Hen Who Have to Do Hard Work n qnlrs an Abundant Share of Animal Food. Every now and then one hears of the remarkable good health enjoyed by those who adhere to a strictly veg etarian diet. And much can be said in favor of its economy, as well. But there is reason to believe that some people are so constituted that they can get along with less nourishment than others. Moreover, the character and quantity of lobor performed by a man or a woman has much to do with their food requirements. The season of the year, too, is a factor in the problem. In cold weather or a cold climate fats seem to be requisite to the production of internal warmth And at all times of year persons en gaged in hard physical labor appear to need a certain amount of meat. Norburne B. Jenkins, of Chicago, re cently discussed this matter in a pub lic address, and, although his remarks were intended to apply chiefly to foe tory and mill operatives, they suited the farmer as well, lie said: "The workingman of this country has to think as he works. He is in no sense a beast oi burden; he cannot live on grain. One-third of the blood in his entire body is needed to keep his brain active. His labor is fiercely fast and competitive. All this and more is In his work that is not in others. He needs rapid nerve repair ing food, strong red meats. He can not do such work except with these. A man might be a quiet, intellectual sage on vegetables, or can be a beast of burden and live on such if he hns the riirht kind of viscera; but he can not do fierce, nerve smashing competi tive work, or be a good soldier without meat and plenty of it. "One needs a certain racial, geo graphical and anatomical disposition to be a good vegetarian. Of all peo ples we Americans are the least so qualified. The vegetarian races have on an average, five to ten feet more of intestines than meat eaters, and so can live and toil on grain and vegc tables, but they cannot build war ships, bridges, typesetting machines, skyscrapers, locomotives, etc. "It is safe to say that this country's unprecedented use of meat has hnd nearly as much to do with speeding and progressing civilization as either coal or iron. The American cannot do the skilled and speedy work required of him and meet the world s competi tlon, as he now does, unless he has an abundance of meat. ELECTRICAL HEATER. tn English Device for Warming noonia That Has Cleanllneas to Recommend It. Herbert J. Dowsing, of London, has designed the electric novelty illustrated below, which at least has cleanliness and neatness to recommend it. As will be seen by a glance at the picture it is simply a series of elongated elec trie-light bulbs arranged in a metallic frame, with reflectors at the back. Any desired number of lights may be used and a switch is provided to cut off those not in use. In addition to the reflectors the stove is provided with a series of INCANDESCENT HEATING LIGHT. air Inlets at the bottom, through which the air currents ascend, passing around the bulbs and out into the room upon striking the slanting bood at the top, The heater is arranged to stand in the fireplace, If one is provided in the room or it can be placed in any desired place which makes it possible to bring the tove near a chandelier for reading pur poses. The extreme lightness and small amount of attention required will recommend it to many persons, the attachment of the wire to a temp socket and turning on of the curren being all that is required to start the itove going.-rChicago Daily News. Why Steel nails Break. In 1805 a steel rail on the Great Northern railway in England brok Into 17 pieces, causing a serious accl dent. A committee of the board of trade appointed to investigate th cause of the breokoge has only re cently made its report, after fou years of work on the subject. The committee ascertained that the par ticular rail which broke on the occa sion described possessed certain ab normal features, the precise origin of which remains undetermined, but the investigation led to several discoveries of scientific and practical importance. Among these is the surprising effect of cracks in the upper surfaces of rails. " It was found by experiment that a rail nicked with a chisel to a depth of a sixty-fourth of an inch broke under a weight of 600 pounds falling from a height of 18 feet, while the same rail not nicked resitted the fall of a ton weight from a height of 110 feet. SOLDIER'S HEAD DRESS. An Ingenlona ICaglUlmian Snggeara) Uelmrl That Would lie tsefnl a Well a Decorative. The universal head dresi for the rniy is the Ingenious conception of aa Englishman, who claims for it the ad vantages of being both userui una or namental, inasmuch ns the foundation consists of two separate and essential articles built of aluminium, and so con structed as to form an efllcient head dress. In order to corry out the idea of use fulness combined with ornamentation, the regimental badge or helmet plate USEFUL AND DECORATIVE. is replaced by the knife, fork, spoom and shaving-brush marked A, u, u and D in our illustration for fusilier battalions, as a recompense for tha deprivation of the bearskin. On for eign service, moreover, the soldier cam use his towel as a puggaree. Amonir the further advantages whiens this helmet affords the soldier is thnt a considerable portion of the weight is transferred from his back on to bis head. The letters It and L are intended aa a guide to young officers giving tho command: "Kight" or "Left," while) F and B (behind) nre a means of know ing the front or back of the company without appealing to the color ser geant. E is the razor strop, while the hel met itself is divided into two portions marked F and G, signifying respective ly upper canteen, or mug, and lower canteen, or wash basin. ODORS AND SMELLS. French Sciential Propoae an l udola tory to He place the More Com mon Einlaalve Theory. The ordinary explanation of the phe nomena of odors and of smells is pre cisely that adopted by the nncient Greek philosophers. They held that smell particles of the odoriferous body were detached and transmitted by the air to the mucous membrane of tha nose. The actual contact of these emitted particles with the nasnl mem branes produced the sensations ot smell. A similar view was held by the an ciepts, and even by Sir Isaac Newton, as to the explanation of the phenom ena of sight. Corpuscles were sup posed to be darted out in every direc tion by a luminous body and to fall on the retina of the eye. By this con tact the phenomena of vision were produced. The theory of emission ol light has since the time of Huyghens been replaced by the undulntory the ory of vision. Molecular motions in the luminous body set up movements In the surrounding ether light waves.. These waves travel through the ether and enter the eye and there set up corresponding movements of the ele ments of the retina, and these move ments are the couse, and the only cause, of the phenomena of seeing. The brain interprets tho sensation by the light of experience. MM. Vaschide and Van Mclle have lately proposed an undulntory theory of smell to replace the emissive the ory, and have enforced it by reasons too special to be recited here. They declare that smell does not arise from a direct contact between particles emitted from an odoriferous body nnd the ends of the olfactory nerves, but that the odoriferous body sends out a set of radiations analogous to light waves, X-rays, etc. analogous but not similar. The arguments of the authors of the new hypothesis are in genious, it not entirely convincing as yet. Their theory deserves and will receive a thorough investigation. In, the meantime we may consider the question as an open one. Certain it is that the commonly received theory, leaves muny things unexplained. N. Y. Sun. Ten la Popnlar In lluaala. Tea was first imported into ltussta in 1038. To-day each inhabitant con sumes on the average nearly one pound annually. The total consump tion is 100,000,000 pounds and the to tal cost about $88,000,000. Tea and sugar together cost Russia about $265,000,000 per year. For brandy, beer and wine the country expends annually about $500,000,000, sa that something like a quarter of the wholo revenues of the state are annually expended on tea, brandy, wine mid beer, with sugar. Exact statistics are not forthcoming, but it appears thnt the use of tea is increosing rapidly relative to the alcoholic beverages a consummation devoutly to be wished, Shrine In 'Machine Shop. In Russia every shop building has its holy picture and lamp, -and it teems odd to an American to think of religious services being held in boiler and machine shops, as they are occa sionally in Russia. The Locomotive En gineering recently had an illustration, ol one oi these pictures.