Glossy tiles of the brokers.
ire* In Which Thry Arc Kept Shiny
—Tit* flatter’s Little Trick.
“These brokers are queef Cattle, as a
tule,*\ remarked a deader in hats on
lower Broadway tire other day. “They
want their sdk hats to shine all the time
ks if they ‘were just out of a factory.
Swell young men about town have that
sort of a dt%ire, but it don't seem to be a
vnaracteristic of business men generally
fexeept in the case of brokers. Some of
thtisfebrokers have their Itate ironed. or
think they do, two and three times a
day, and have got so into the habit of
that sort of thing that I liave to keep
two men’ who don't do anything else
but keep hats in order, either by block
ing or ironing.”
The shiny tile of the average broker
would seem to indicate either that what
the hat man said was true, or else that
tIM brokers are lavish and frequent pur
cluiscrs of new silk hats. The former
was proved by inquiry to be the fact.
Nearly every down-town hatter has a
similar experience. Brokers are liberal
buyers of high nats. They are also
economical in caring for them after they
once buy their tiles, however. It costs
from 50 cents to $1 to block them. So
the broker escajies the necessity of this
expense by going to his hatter daily to
hgve them ironed. There is no charge
for this service. Ironing is supposed to
be the running of a hot hatter's iron
over the glossy surface of the liat, and
this always gives a lustre to the tile. It
don’t tjike much time even when thor
oughly done, but it does help to do away
with the necessity for blocking a hat,
«u;U does, in a measure, help to eat up
the profits of the hatter. So the wily
•hatter has found a way to get even with
the broker.
“Some of the brokers,” said one of
these, “come in here as soon as they get
down in the morning and liave their
hate ironed. Then they go to business.
Knocking about in the crowds they run
up against spoils the apjiearance of their
hate. So, before they go up town they
either bring or send around tleir hats for
a fresh polish. Sometimes, too, they put
in an extra polish at lunch time, especi
ally if.tlley are to have ladies down town
io lunch with them. .Now, that sort of
thing gets monotonous when it happens
days in the week.
'Hutters know, but the public gener
ally doesn't , kow we get even with these
brokers, * whose custom we naturally
value too highly to juffend the men in
•any way. Ouee in a while wc iron the
iron the hats, of course, in order to keep
them fh good shape, but generally all we
do is to rub theui.ovrr with a bit of silk
warmed until it is quite hot. That gives
tue hat the necessary polish. It saves
tis <l* trouble of ironing, and the polish
makes the broker luxppy. If the people
knew how easily they could burnish up
their silk hats by simply rubbing them
with heated silk handkerchiefs I suppose
wo should lose some money, but it would
have us lots of time and trouble. It
would be a great scheme for us if brokers
be informed of the fact without
L ttiag fellows who pay for having their
Jiats biyteked and ironed know anything
#>*out it. We’d save much trouble if
ssich a plan could be carried out.”—New
York 'limes.
Guy Great Ignorance of Mexico.
Although geographically near, and
fiaving been in commercial relations with
the rest of the world for over 350 years,
it here is probably less known to-day
about Mexico than of almost any other
.country claiming to be civilized; cer
itaJjldy not as much as concerning Egypt,
Palestine, or the leading states of British
isdia, and not any more than concerning
the outlying proyinees of Turkey, the
#tate* of Northern Africa, or the seaport
.district* of China and Japan. It is
.doubtful, furthermore, if as large a pro
|x>rti<«i as one in a thousand of the fairly
-educated men of the United States or of
. Europe*, could at once, and without ref
erence to an encyclopedia, locate and
jiMune the twenty-seven states or polit-
Jrat divisions into which the republic of
Mexico is divided, or so many of its
town and cities as have a population in
*-Acvss of 15,000 or 20,000.—David A.
'Jf’x'ik ip Popular Science Monthly.
’« Time Saved h(r Bailroad Travel.
The estimated Blunter of passengers
<« a/ried annually on the Berlin tramways
jis 90,000,000. A statistici.x i has calcu-
Jlated that, if every person thus trans
jxirted saves only ten minutes’ time on
4*v»ry working day of ten houn : , count
ing 300 working days to the year, the ag
gregate saving of time In a single txden
,dar year will amount to 5,000 wording
•years. Adding to this the saving of
itwenty minutes' time for 15,000,000*0f
]p« rsons carried by the city railroait—
/lamely: 1,606 working years—the grand
.tmntiaJ saving for the traveling Derlin
(jxiiUK* wdahl be 6,660 working years in a
it u cl^ignonth.—Chicago Tribune.
faw.Table. Charged with Electricity.
Complaints are often made by those
*teing iron saw-cables that the table be
cemww charged with electricity to such
,«n extent as to be disagreeable. The ta
ble is undoubtedly charged by the fric
tion of the belt. To prevent the table
from becoming charged run a small cop
we from the leg of the table to a
■w*tec. ga«. or steam pipe. Anything
<»b.t will carry off the current as fast as
produced will do the work effectually.—
Baltimore Herald.
Veenlltirltlee of Borneo's Tree Toad.
Tlw Borneo tree toad has a slender
body and broad, webbed feat that can be
HHvad out to act like a parachute, en-
the animal to leap from a tree top
h»id float through the air for a consider
able distance like a flying squarrel —Er.
change.
W teat the Park Pbeasanfa Cost.
Each pheasant that is shot in English
and preserves costs its breeder, it is
a sum of at let st 3 shillings.—
Moutre al Star.
A hi ndred years ago there were not
more than 30,000 Christians in pagan
rountrim. Now the number is close°on
?,00O,(jpp.
Th® Earth Viewed at a Distance.
if it w ere possible to rise above the at-
•phere which surrounds the earth we
►hould see nothing but an intense and
sharpy defined ball of fire, while every
thing else would be wrapped in total
darkness. There could be no diffusion of
light without an atmosphere, or some
eimilur medium for it to act upon; but if
th<> air about extended to a height of 700
mile*, the rays of the sun could not pene
trate it and we should be left in dark
iw. At the depth of 700 feet in the
I*van the light cease altogether, one-half
Pf Jhe light being being absorbed in pass
pig throirgh only seven feet of the purest
Water.—Scientific Journal.
or O»r DtetiarulKhed Men.
SomelKMly who has figured on the sub
ject the ages of our own most dig,
tinguished public men as follows: Simon
C-aineruii leads in point of years. He is
b 7. Morrill is 76, Edmunds, 58; “Pig
Iron Kelley, 72; Randall, 58; McKinley,
4?t John Sherman, 68; Lamar, 61; Tom
Rc<>d. 4V: Blaine, 56; Cleveland, 49; Car
lisle. 51; Beck, 64; Ingalls, 53; Holman,
57; Voorhees, 59; Morrison,
fl> Logan. 60; Bayard, 56; Hawley, 60;
ilgrland. 54. «md Sunset Cor 62
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EOAfN-HEARTED.
flown hearted? Pshaw! there’s seldom
seen
A lane without a turning;
Euch desert has a spot of green.
In spite of bright Sol’s burning.
Your friends have failed you? Well, what
theft!
Remember changeling Peter;
Sorrow has tried the best of men,
And life is all the sweeter.
What adds a zest to Summer’s joy,
Is it not Winter weary?
Peace would be tame without alloy,
nuikes suiaoo cheery.
Ail can not win though all must run
When once life’s race is started;
Yet all may hear the words “Well done."
So never be down-hearted.
—William Lyle.
SECRET OF A GREAT RIVER.
The Headwater* of the Brahmaputra—An
Explorer in IM.sguise.
Descending from the Himalaya mount
ains and flowing for nearly 1,000 miles
along the southern border of Thibet is
the river Sanpo, which lias been the sub
ject of more geographical controversy
than any other river in the world. No
body has known whether this large river
was the headwaters of the Brahmaputra
and reached the sea through India, or
whether it fed Irawady and flowed
through Burmah. Most geographers
have lieen disposed to identify it with
the Brahmaputra, but as late as January
last year, Mr. Robert Gordon, the leading
authority on the hydrography of the
Irawady, read a paper in London to show
that the Sanpo must be tributary to the
Burmese river.
In the southeast comer of Thibet is a
region marked on some maps as “The
Country of Robber and Wild Tribes.”
These tribes have guarded the secret of
the Sanpo. No explorer, white or In
dian, has ever penetrated their country.
The last to try it was the now famous
traveler, A —K., who had to turn back
three years ago from the threshold of
the dreaded Mishmi country. The Mish
mis are still unvisited, but the secret of
the Sanpo has been solved beyond doubt.
If is identical with the Dihong, the
north Brahmaputra, and is thus the head
waters of that Indian river.
Not far from the southern edge of
Thibet a river coming from the east
unites with the Dihong to form the
Brahmaputra. Messrs. Needham and
Molesworth fifteen months ago followed
this branch far east until their explora
tions joined those of A —K. pi oving that
the river was identical with the Zayul
Chu, whose upper course he had
thoroughly explored. The Zayul Chu is
therefore the eastern branch of the Brah
maputra, instead of an affluent of the
Irawady, as Mr. Gordon and some Chi
nese geograpers have believed.
The Zayul Chu having now been as
cended east and northeast for several
hundred miles to its sources, it is certain
that the Sanpo can not join the Irawady
unless it either burrows under the Zayul
Chu or takes a flying leap over It. It is
thus proved beyond a doubt that the
Sanpo is identical with the northern
biancb of the Brahmaputra. Another
geographical mystery has passed into the
realm of ascertained fact.
The explorer A—K is so called because
the names of the travelers in the employ
of the Indian government are not pub
lished until after they quit the service.
A —K traveled in the guise of a mer
chant, and if his real character became
known in many regions north of India
his usefulness as an explorer would be
destroyed.—New York Sun.
The Boomerang Practically * Myth.
“Do we ever get fooled?” exclaimed
Barnum* when I asked him if he was
often led into wild goose chases after
things that turned out to be ordinary.
•*\Vell, I should say so. There’s no de
pendence to lie placed on the reports of
travellers as to the alleged wonders
they’ve seen. For instance, we’ve just
wasted $5OO on boomeitmg throwers.
You've heard of Australtm bushmen
who have a weapon made of a bent
stick with a sharp point, that t£.’ey throw
with wonderful skill, hitting tu'e prey
unerringly, and then returning of ,'tself
to fall at the feet of the marksman. V\ ell,
it struck me that half a dozen of Micvu
would be a fine attraction, and I had an
agent go from London to the wilds ox I
New South Wales; but he writes me that
the accounts are two-thirds lies, and
the remaining third isn’t worth
bringing away. The boomerang
is a fact, and the native Australian sav
ages fling it at game—missing about as
often as hitting; and it will return, if it
strikes nothing, to near the
starting point, but with no surt of cer
tainty. My man searched thoroughly,
and witnessed the feats of the best ex
perts to be found, but they amounted jo
nothing in particular. The famous
boomerang is practically a myth
Boston Herald. '
The Common Causes of Neuralgia.
The commonest causes of neuralgia are
defective or poisonous conditions of the
Large losses of blood are very
certain to be followed by neuralgia in
some nerve or nerves. The red blood
corpuscles are very necessary to the
projier nutrition of the central nervous
system; consequently, when they are not
present in due proportion, the brain
“cries out for healthy blood, ” and its de
nial. d is most often uttered bv way of
more or less sharp, neuralgic pain. The
vegetable parasite that produces what is
called malarial poisoning destroys these
very essential red-blood discs.—Cor.
Globe- Democrat.
Actor's Armor Made of Pasteboard.
In Macready’s dress for Virginius, now
in Mr. Irving’s possession, the armor was
of pasteboard, covered with tinfoil, and
the dagger of wood. There was a scarf
of red serge, a linen tunic and sandals,
etc. The whole could not have cost $lO.
—Chicago Herald.
Lou of Shoop 1 B Australia.
The colonists of New South Wales
have lost 24,000,000 sheep in the last five
years because of droughts. They were
worth $40,000,000, and might mostly
have been saved by proper works for the
ttorage of water.
A “« vurirannra, or Lace Plant.
It is one of the rarest plants hr exist
ence, and known botanically as the
Ouvirandra, or more significantly to the
average lay mind as the lattice or lace
leafed plant. It is a genus of aquatic
plants, native of Madagascar and not
found in any other portion of tlie globe.
The appearance of the leaf resembles a
bit of open lattice or lace work and
seemingly consists of only a skeleton of
delicate nerve fibres. The leaves grow
in a radiating cluster and float just be
low the surface of the water, presenting
their flat sides to the light.
The .plant, besides being curi
ous and beautiful, is of real value
to the natives of Madagascar, who
collect its fleshy, farinacious roots and
utilize them as articles of food, and very
good they are said to be, although the
experiment could only be tried by a
Crresus in this country, since the lace
plant in this portion of the globe is
worth considerably more than its weight
in gold.—New York World.
The Curious Effects of Sunshine.
The rays of the sun do notstrike at the
same angle upon the earth at all times
and places. It has been ascertained that
wafer is raised four and a half feet at the
This elevation corresponds to
the increase of temperature. The pres
sure at the bottom also decnaseS. Sci-
IRtific Journal.
A POPUI-Z.R EX-MAYOR.
Ex-Mayor Newton, of Dos Moines, la., ■
deservedly popular in the city over whose
destines he presided, by reason of the many
good deeds and the unostentatious acts of
charity which he is constantly doing. Suc
cessful as a politician, he has also recently
been playing the part of a good Samaritan
with a success equal to his triumphs in
politics. The fainting traveler by the
wayside, whom he has raised np and re
freshed by good counsel in the last in
stance, is Mr. George A. Crandale, the man
ager for Oberne, Hosick <& Co., Second and
Walnut streets. Mr. Crandale, who nat
urally feels under many obligations to the
Ex-Mayor telle as follows how he came
into such a wretched plight as to need
help and how it was cheerfully given.
“1 have never had an ache or pain of
rheumatism/’ he said, “since I used Athlo
f boros and the medicine cost me only $3.
f any one had guaranteed to cure me I
would willingly nave paid him $5O, yes
$lOO. My rheumatism was inflammatory,
mostly in my ankles, but a little in the
wrist. 1 could manage to hobble around
by the use of canes, but felt as if I were
walking on the bare bones, or in other
words as if my feet were oft’ and I was
walking on the stumps. The pain was
terrible to bear, yet 1 managed to be about
and to attend to my business.
“One day, during the time I was suffer
ing so much, I hobbled to the Court House
to look after some matter. As I was
struggling to get up the steps I met ex-
Mayor Newton, who asked me what the
trouble was. I told him that it was rheu
matism, whereupon he advised me to get a
bottle of Athlophoros. I did not pet it
then, as I had no faith in patent medicines
and did not want to take any. A short
time after this I wrote to an old friend,
Charles P. Griflin, of Stuart, to inquire
what had cured him. I knew that he had
been confined to his lied with rheumatism
of the worst kind. His answer was: ‘Get
Athlophoros. That is what cured me.’ I
then got some, but really had no faith in
its curing me. 1 began to get relief from
it in twenty-four hours. I continued tak
ing it until I had used three dollars worth,
when my rheumatism, both the pain and
the swelling, was gone, and 1 have not had
anv return since. That is now over a year
ago.”
Ex-Mayor Newton based his recommen
dation of Athlophoros to Mr. Crandale
upon the very remarkable cure it had
effected in the case of his wife. That lady
thus tells all about it:
“I have been comparatively free from
rheumatism for the past year ami a half.
Previous to that I had been a great suf
ferer for years and had resorted to many
remedies, but nothing would do what Ath
lophoros did for me. I have bad a few
twinges of late, but I attribute that to my
self and not to the medicine, as 1 have not
been so carefid as I should have been.
Athlophoros took the stiffness out of the
joints of mv fingers and gave me the use
of my hands, in which I had so long had
trouble. 1 have recommended it in many
cases and in every instance that I know
of the results have been very satisfactory.
I do not hesitate in the least in recom
mending it most heartily to every rheu
matic sufferer.”
If you cannot get Athlophoros of yourdrug
gist.'wc will send it express paid, on receipt of
regular price—one dollar per bottle. We prefer
that you buy it from your druggist, but if he
hasn’t it, do not l>e persuaded to try something
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Consequent es of Killing Birds.
“Steps are being taken to pass laws in
every state of the Union to make it a
criminal offense to kill biTds for any pur
{X>se, except strictly game birds used for
food and such birds as are needed for
scientific purposes.”
“How can you make a crime out of a
matter of sentiment?”
"This is something more than a matter
of sentiment, something much more.
The loss of the birds which are almost
insectivorous has already caused a quite
appreciable loss on the farmers’ crops,
and we are destined to see a plague of
insect life so great as to entail important
commercial consequences to the country
at large. Nothing but birds can regulate
the increase of insects and keep it within
bounds, and to destroy the birds as we
have done is a crime of the highest order
against society, and will cause loss and
waste incalculable.”
“Is this guesswork or verifiable hypo
thesis?”
“Fact, sir! France once, in a paroxysm
of folly, allowed the destruction of a
proportion of hers. The result in disaster
to fields and crops and in positive famine
and distress was so apparently the result
of this folly that now France and
Germany protect the birds with jealous
care. For every wing on a woman’s liat
to-day some one will suffer loss, some
one will go hungry and lose some joy
out of life. If it would be a crime to
destroy the grass of the fields and hills,
because grass is necessary for the support
of life, so it is a crime to destroy that
which nature has provided as the sole
protector of that and its kindred grain,
the birds. Nothing can make it less, than
a crime: a crime against the order of the
world, against human society and wel
fare.—Chicago Tribune Interview.
Author of the First American Tale.
Royal Tyler was not only the author of
the first American drama, but also wrote
the first American tale. This was tlie
“Algerine Captive, which went through
two editions, but is now a very rare book.
It has no plot, and was written to show
up errors of the times, and especially the
absurdity of paying tribute to the Alger
ines for the privilege of sailing in the
Mediterranean unmolested. It may now
seem almost incredible tliat the United
States was once subjected to this humil
iating condition, but such is history.
Our government, however, eventually
sent a squadron to Algiers under De
catur, who soon taught this nation of
pirates to respect our flag.
To return to the above-mentioned tale,
I may say that in early childhood I came
across a copy, and I well remembered
that the author mentions that while yet
a lad he was so deeply interested in
“Pilgrim’s Progress” that he stuck a
pin in Apollyon’s eye in order to help
Christian out of the fight.” The author
published this book under a nom de
plume, and the title page was, “The Al
gerine Captive; or, The Life and Ad
venture of Dr. Updike Underhill, Six
Years a Prisoner Among the Algerines.”
The book was popular, and Tyler might
have continued his attention to fiction,
but the next year (1798) Charles Brock
den Brown’s first novel appeared, and
this checked all rivalry.—Cor. Cincin
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Maps Made by Native Greenlanders.
In the collections recently taken to
Denmark from the east coast of Green
land by Capt. Holm are several objects
that have excited the astonishment of
European geographers. They are maps
made by the natives. The maps are en
graved with their rude cutting imple
ments on boards that drifted ashore.
They were found among the natives who
live along the shores of a deep fiord near
the most northern point attained by
Holm. Only ten or twelve of these 400
people have ever visited the Danish set
tlements in south Greenland, owing to a
stretch of glaciers and ice fields which
have so nearly isolated them from the
world that their existence was not known
until recently. They had never seen a
white man until Holm and Dr. Knutzen
came among them.
Some of these curious maps, Capt.
Holm says, represent quite accurately
the contour of the coast, with all its
many big and little indentations, along
which they live. Other maps give the
outlines of islands lying near the coast,
and the explorers say the maps repro
duce the shape of the islands with a good
degree of fidelity.—New York Sun.
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only in the form of a setting star. In
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Dr. Felix L. Oswald.
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