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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. BITTER AND SWEET. ?he apple that grows the highest Is tho be* upon the tree; The rose that ls most fragrant always ha3 the sharpest thorn; Tho pearl that ls the purest lice within the deepest sea, And the deeds that live the longest are Of "lardes! efforts born! The love that's won too lightly is not treas ured as a gem; Tb i words that flow too freely ?ever have thogreatest weight; Mau appreciates his blessings if ho has to strive for thom, But he navor knows their value if they're passed up on a plate. -Cleveland Leader. A HARROW ESCAPE. HE last time I had seen Charlie Itudge was years ago, when I bade him good bye on the platform of the station of the little town where we both lived, and he had shouted as the train moved away that he would write in the course of a day or two. I remembered him well-a seedy look ing ?gure in a well worn brown over coat, a rather dirty collar round his throat, and an old topper that had done duty for many a rainy day, and was past ironing. A merry-hearted, good-natured fellow was Budge ; ever empty of pocket and open of heart; rather weak-minded, und easily im posed upon. He never kept his promise of writ ing, and for eight yoars I had heard nothing of him, when, net long ago, a rap came at my door, and in came Cbarlio Budge, exclaiming : "Hullo., old chap, how are you?" "Budge ! Why, who on earth would have thought of seeing you?" "Didn't know you were in town, old boy, or I'd have come before. Saw your name in some paper the other day and your address, ??o here I am." As we talked over old times I ob served him curiously, dust the samo old Budge, with the alditiou of a heavy moustache. His hat was exactly like the same old topper, very napless; bis collar might have been the iden tical one he had on when I last saw him, while his shirt front and frock ^oat wero rivaling eaoh other in de cr??*iold age. I asked him to lunch. At fif^e could not stay, having a most ?mpow^j eDgftgemenfc in the city, where ufc it appeftr0(lt to preside over i^s^of director?. Th? i?mfl.?W li**?-A? ... . ; .?. .. *- .-. .M..' -* ' know, old chi.o.U-we'L have/k rare old tinte of ii. ?%. i So T accepted. Then ho t*ld me lie was engaged to a "fine gip*? oliLch?p. Awfully lucky fellow to ?? her. When nm I going to be marri**!? Not quite sure, but between yqj/and me, I fanoy I shall make a stroke of lack soon, and then-oh, I say, you shall be 'best man' you must* Amy'll be delightod. She's a splendid girl. Money? Oh, she's a bit down on ber luck now. Clever girl, though.^ Does typewrit ing-well, I must say good bye now. Don't forget Thursday, old chap." CH Thurs lay I went over to Brixton, and after considerable wandering reached a small back street and knocked at a dingy door, which was opened by a slatternly looking woman, who showed me into a room where mine host awaited me. A curtain hung across this room, barely conceal ing a bcd and washstand. - * "How are you, old chap? Hope you don't mind small diggings, but they're awfully comfortable. Just one room, you tee; I find it handier than having a feparato bedroom-no fag going from one room to tho other. We'll have supper in a trice. Hope yon don't mind a cold collation?" The ' 'cold collation" ?hortly revealed itself upon a grimy table doth, and consisted of small meager slices of cold beef, a bottle ot mixed pickles, some bread and about three ounces of cheese. "Mrs. Wilkins," cried Budge, as that inestimable personage was leaving the room after having laid the above banquet and scattering rome knivcB and forks promiscuously upon the table, "we shall want ?.orno cottee, please. Would you kindly get ns some. You'll have some, won't you, old chap?" I nodded. Mrs. Wilkins stood with her arms akimbo and scowled. "Where's the money.Mister Budge?" "Oh, certainly, certainly, Mrs. Wilkins. Why, dear me, 'pon m/ sou] I haven't got anything less than a sovereign"-Mrs. Wilkins sniffed. "Eh? Well, if you don't mind lend ing me .a shilling, old boy. Thanis awfully." r Budge did the. honors of tho meal in truly aristocratic style. He became exceedingly .confiding : "Now, old chap,. I'm going to tell you a secret and put you on to a good thing in the bargaiu. I've chummed np lately with a fellow named Mars worth, who's an awfully olever chap ?nd up to all sorts of tips. Well, he's got r ie or two of us to go shares with bim m v grand scheme. I'm not at liberty to tell you exactly what it is, but it's a big affair. He knows more about tho ins and outs of company promoting than I do, and he's just started a syndicate for booming the thing, and if you want a good invest ment, I thmfc I can say it will pay you nearly cent for cent; at any rate, Marsworth says it ought to. I wouldn't tell any one else, but for the sako of old times I've given you the tip." Somehow my soul did not yearn for this tip, and I gave Budge distinctly to understand, and urged this point emphatically, that I was absolutely short of spare cash. "Well," ho Faid, "I'm sorry, for you mischt have made a good thing out of it. But let me tell you some thing else. 31arsworth's put me on as pecretary, and this morning be came to me in rather a way; he'd made aome technical mistake-just a little legal slip, or something- and there was only one way out of it-the sta tures of the directors to some docu mont or other ; I never bother about these things, yon know. He'd got one man to sign, and he wanted my name, Then he oould raise capital at once, and he's promised us both a hundred pounds on Saturday. Did I sign ' Bather, my boy." "But, is it all right?*' "Oh, Mr. Marsworth's safe as nails, and as honest as the day. He's been awfully nice to me all along." "Woll, I shouldn't touch that money-" "Not touch it? Worit I, though t And I've had 200 6hcres allotted to mo free, besides the post of secretary, and soon, old fellow, you'll have to be ?best man,' for I'm going to have the banns put up on Sunday week." A few days after this I met Budge in the city. He. was smartly dressed and' told me that Marsworth had given him the money, and also that he had sold some of his shares for ?60 that morning, "as a favor to a pal of mino, old chap." Then about a week af ter ward I had a letter from him saying he had taken a houseand fixed the day of the wedding. Some few days had elapsed. It was past midnight, and I was just think ing of retiring, being the only one up in the house, when a knook came to the door. I carefully withdrew the bolt and latoh. A man. with his coat collar turned up, a muffler over his face, and a hat slouched down over his eyes dashed in, almost knocking me down. For a moment I was staggered, and then made a rush for the in truder. "Hush! For heaven's sako shut the door I" lt was Budge ! I shut and bolted the door. "What do you want?" "Let me come into your study, please." I took him there, and he threw him self into a chair, exclaiming : "I'm a hunted man. For tho sake of our friendship, don't betray me. I swear I'm innocent." "What's the matter, Budge?" "Maisworth! Forgery and embez alement!" I bean to seo daylight. "What, has ho turned out a fraud?" "Yes ; and worse than that. I'm in it, too. There's a warrant out against mo. The poor fellow began to soblnt terly, and by degrees it all came out. MarBworth had used him and the other man as tools, neither of them having the slightest idea what was really hap pening/". Marsworth had known that tho crash. jmugt_ come, and had pro .?>. "-'. *? ....J . . -; t . . ... i ~tX-f .i ive ;ict-ru:?r I io get lu .-nu ci ic i., ??t>*??? ~~r~ . friend who had bought them would not grudge the money. "But," said I, "you'll never get abroad. "They'll look fot you at the docks sooner than anywhere. Be sides, you're not easily disguised." "That's true,"hesaid; "andthey've got my photo, I'm afraid." Budge had a very striking profile, his nose being a most prominent fea ture. "Look here," I exclaimed; "your best plan is to make for the Conti nent. How about going to Antwerp or Holiaud, and getting a passage to America"on a North German Lloyd?" "Ah, that's a good thought. We'll decide to morrow." I gave him a shake-down for the night and kept him concealed in my study next day, taking in his meals myself. He wrote a letter to. his fiance, whom I promised to see next day, and then wo decided that he should take the 8.30 p. m. train from Liverpool street to Harwich. ' He shaved off his mustache an i stained his eyebrows, and I managed to get him a black wig. Bat nothing suificed for that pro?le of his, and I warned him to beware of exposing his face too much. I also managed to rig him out in some other clothes, and I gave him a bag and sundry requisites. "Now," I said, "I 6hall come down and seo you off, so that I can go and tell Miss Saunders you are ?afe. But as 60on as we get to Liverpool street we'll separate. Do not take any further notice of mc. Go first class -it's only a few shillings more ; get in the carriage at once and sit on the further side, roading a newspaper un til the train starts." He promised to observo all these precautions carefully, and in due time I found myself banging about the platform at Liverpool street, appar ently studying the boat train, but really keeping my eyes fixed on a par ticular compartment wherein sat Budge. As luck would have it there were few passengers that evening and he had the compartment to himself. The whistle eonnded, the train began to move out of tho station, and I was congratulating myself that -all had gone well, when I saw Budge deliber ately change his seat for the one nearest the platform, exposing his profile as he did so. At tho same in stant a tall, well dressed individual, who had been lounging about the platform, raado a rush for the car riage. Budge, catching sight of him, darted back. "Stand away there!" shouted a porter, catchiug a man by the arm, just as ho was about to board tho train.. "You fool ?"cried the man, "I'm a police officer. I should have nabbed him if it hadn't been for you." _ "Very 6orry, sir," said the porter. "But you eau telegraph." "Thank you for nothing," said the detective, as he turned and rushed to the telegraph office. "Where will they catch him?" I asked the porter. "At Harwick, sir. The train doesn't stop till then.'' \ - I went to see Miss Saunders next morning, introducing myself ns Rudge's friend, and found her quito broken-hearted, and vet just a little bit hope'al at tho idea that he had escaped. With deep pity for her I was obliged to tell her what had hap pened. It was the last stroke of grief for her, and she burst into toars. In vain I triod to cheer her with the hopo that he might have escaped, after all. "No, no. I'm sore they've got him, and he'll go to prison. Ob, you don't think he is a criminal, do you?" "No, Miss Saunders; he's only very weak. But he will have to suffer if he is taken, and you must cheer him by promising to be faithful to him." "Ob. 1 will. I am content to wait if it comes to the worst." I left her promising to seo her again in a fow days. As I went homo I bought an evening paper, and the first thing on which my eye lighted was the following : TnE MAItSWORTH FRAUDS. S'rango Disappearance of tho Man Budge. * Last evening just as the 8.30 train from Liverpool street to Harwich was movint? out ot thu station. Detective Inspoetor Brett suddenly recognized Budge, one of the men who ?3 "wanted" in connection with tho Marsworth frauds, seated alone in a first class compartment. Tho inspector was too late tc ontcr the train, but at once, wired to Har wich, and on the train arriving lhere aforco ol police In plain clothes wero roady walting to arrest tho criminal. Strange to say, how ever, although the train was carefully | searched no trace of him was discovered. As tbara bad been no stop between Liverpool Street and Harwich ir is supposed that the unfortunate man must have jumped from hts ! carriage la desperation. Nothing hns slnco been heard of him, however, and the affair remains a mystery. "Peor Budge 1" I sighed, as it di.wncd upon me that perhaps he was lying crushed ?pd mangled somewhere along the lino. I was terribly upset and only hoped that Miss Saunders would not get hold of the paper. Tbe next evening the postman brought me a letter with a French st imp and a Paris postmark, and the direction written in the sprawling fist of Budge 1 I hastily tore it open, and read as follows: Sear Old Chap: Just a Uno to toll you that rn neither dead nor in prlsoD. How you must havo been wondering what had become of me! I saw you noticed the detective had spotted me. What a fool I was to move-and I wondorod how on earth I should escape, for I guessed they would bo waiting for me at Harwich. At first I thought of risking ft and jumping, but suddenly a bright idea struck me. ? knew that, although tue ear ring? I was in did not stop before wo reached Harwich, that I had onco traveled by this very train to Ipswich, and on puzzling lt out I r3mou)horod that there was a "clip coach" la tho rear wilton is "slipped" nt Colchester, and afterward runs on to Ipswich. If I could get on board that coach I should bo safe, and 1 made up my mind to try lt. I opened the door nud got out on tho footboard and started on my journoy to the rear of the trai'j. And lt was a journey! I had to ere: p along three carri igos, and wo wero going at a good speed; then I had to duck my head as 1 p:issed the windows, lest people should j see mn, and I was particularly careful at the j guard's van. At last I found myself on tho footboard of tho last coach, and, to my joy, discovered an imply compartment. We wero Blipped at Colchester, and I managed to evada thu tiaUat nnlk-ctor. cot a bod for the tain confessions that clear Rodge and the other man from alPlhare in the frauds, except that of being Mars worth's dopes. So I am in hopes that all will be right yet.-Pearson's We?k ly. ^ SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL. Hamburg leads the cities of Germany in the extent of its electric 6treet-cor service. It has 340 motors, while Ber lin, which comes next, has only 114. A new species of rabbit has been found in Mexico at an altitude of 9000 feel, on tho volano Popocatapetl. It is very small, has short ears and no tail. Steel wire is strung on a frame for uce as a bicycle saddle,ono end of each strand of wiro being formed into a coiled spring to make the saddlo flex ible. An electrio underground railway un der the present underground is the latest project suggested in London. It would he used for express trains only. Thc greyhound seems to have teen developed in level, treeless and Bbrub less countries, whero a moving object is visible nt a long distance, and great speed is, therefore, necessary to enable a prcdnceous animal to overtake its prey. A party of scientists from Dublin, Ireland, have visited the scene of tho bog-slip near Rathmore, and made numerous measurements and observa tions. The quantity of boggy matter dislodged is estimated at 10,000,000 cubic yards. Scarlet seems tho color moet con spicuous in bright sunshine, and scarlet flowers aro commonest in dry and sunny climates, where their color gives them an advantago in their struggle with other flowers for the at tentions of butterflies and other pollen bearers. A novel device for generating elec tricity consists of a hollow cane in which a long, slim battery is placed, the induction coil being placed close to the handle and surrounded by two re movable hands attached by wires to tbe coil for uso as poles in giving electric treatment. Tiio spider's threads or fibers are estimated to be one-millionth of a hur in thickness. Three kinds of thread arc spun. One of* great strength for the radiating or 6poke line3 of tho web ; the cross lines, or what a sailor might call tho ratlines, aro finer and are tenacious; that is, they have upon them little specks or globules - of a very sticky gum. The third kind cf silk is that which the spider, throws out in a mass of flood, by which 'it suddenly envelops any prey of which it is somewhat afrail as, for example, a wasp. Thc Jungfrau Railroad. The proposed railway np the famous Swiss peak, Jungfrau, is about to be commenced. Its maximum gradient ?viii be one iu four and the sharpest curve of 328 feet radius. Tho power will bc supplied by turbines with au available force of 4500 horse power. Electro motors will be used for trac tion purpose?. The total length of tho road will ho 7.0 miles, the total ris>9 being 6555 feet, WORLD'S LARGEST Q?SL BUILT IN CALIFORNIA AND JrVlLL HOLD 97,000 GALLONS. |p Holds Enough Liquid to 'Give 9 0 ?0,000 , Persons n Full Glass Each-Its Lcmhcr j , Would Build a Hoase-TwojT* ? Loads of Redwood Used to M&C lt. or It ia of The largest cask in the wo recently been completed at St. Cfeorge Vineyard, located at Mal temora^ Cal. It contains 97,000 gallons, or enough to give 9,000,000 persons each' dinary wineglassful of its conten is built bf the very finest Cal redwood, and in all the vast am lumber used in constructing it not a single flaw. The object of building so cask is to keep on hand at George Vineyard a uniform of wine, the contents of the eas that wine of which most is sol build a cask of the size seemed an impossibility, at A CASK THAT HOLDfclUNETY ofter the matter was thoro cussed the members of tbj ... Tl ? l\ sary to convey it to the nearest point to the vineyard,. This^lumber was a'mpTy"'sufficient in quantityrvbo-r??ecT] Buch a house as does not exiajt in Cali fornia. The hoops that bind the-..cask to gether are of finely tempered ?teel. In the aggregate they would fill tfwo large freight cars and their total waight is 40,000 pounds. The cask towers to a height of thirty feet and is twenty-six feet in diameter. If its contends could be placed in unbroken bulk in ?freight cars it would take thirty of thejbiggest to hold it. There is only one cask in the world which eau be legitimately coimpared with this giant of California, and that is the great tun of Heidelberg, Ger many. The California cask jas not constructed with the intention ?of out doing any one, but simply for business reasons. The difference .inw sizo of those two tuns can best be understood by considering the fact that tue Gerr man cask holds 42,000 gallons 4nd the California cask 07,000, showihg the former to be less than half the !size of the latter. Considering the contents of the cask from the measurement of gallons, the idea of its immensity is not so fully impressed as when figuring on a basis of lesser quantities. For instance, the cask holds 388,000 quarts, or 776,000 pints, or 3,004,000 gills. An ordinary glass of wine is about a third of a gill, perhaps a little less. This huge cask would hold a sufficient quantity to permit 9,012,000 persons to partake of a glass. Therefore, if every inhabi tant of the greatest five cities of the United States* should pass in proces sion before this huge redwood recep tacle each could take a drink there from. Figuring the value of tho contents of the cask at the price it would be re tailed by the glass in the States where wine is not made, the total reached is $901,200, so near a million that it can, without great stretching, he called a million dollar cask. Looking at the wine from still another standpoint, quantity being al ways the primal basis, the cask con tains sufficient to fairly flood quite a section of the laud about it imbuid it break, and the chances are it would sweep along at first with sufficient force to seriously affect' small build ings which might be in its pathway. Certainly it would drown any human being who happened to be in the way of the flood. While the exact number of tons of grapes whose juice is re quired to make enough wine to fill th? cask has never been estimated, the proprietors of the vineyard say it vonld nm into hundreds of thousands of pounds.'-New York Herald. Test of a Rifle's Vower. The power of the Lebel rifle wis ex hibited at Berny, in France, rece1 y, where a soldier was called on to ?hoot an escaping Indi. The bullet from the rifle penetrated the animal's skull and left the body near the tail. The Senate of the Connecticut Legis lature rejected a proposed bill to grant divorce for incurable insanity. Pineapples ave being 'mccessfully grown in several sections of southern California, COAL MINE RUN BY WOMEN. How the Stalwart Daughters of a Peirn aylvanla Miner Help Their Father. An anthracite coal mine that is al most entirely operated by American female labor is the unusual spectacle that can be seen in the Mahanoy val ley several miles southwest of Sham okin, Penn. The owner and operator of this mine is Joseph Mans, an indus trious native of Germany, and his four grown daughters and three younger girls assist him in operating the col liery in a manner that would make many mine owners and slate pickers envious. The Mans conl mine is located on the southern side of the mountain that marks the lower extremity of the Shamokin coal basin, and is rather a primitive operation. The women mine workers who have employment there for several years past are Katy, Mary, Lizzie and Anna Mans, daughters of the mine owner, whose ages are about twenty-two, twenty-one, twenty and eighteen years respectively. They are -SEVEN THOUSAND GALLONS. splendid specimens of womanhood, averaging six feet in height, being sixaight as arrows, stronger than the ..... . r..- ~--*- tj?n- :r *U? pensable to all well-regnlatetjJiaflregr ^~intie,^ft?~oIct??t giri, 'performs the duties usually assigned to an outside foreman, supervising the running of the breaker in a highly satisfactory manner, and Selling the fuel to the hun dreds of farmers from the Mahanoy and Mahantongo valleys, who patronize this plant, while Mary has charge of the much maligned mine mule, which hoists the coal from the bowels of the earth by means of an old-fashioned gin. An nie, who has turned out a very fair mechanic, runs the pump that keeps the mine free from water and the boil ers and engine that supply the steam for operating the machinery, while Liz zie is slate-picker boift, and assists her three younger sisters and three little brothers in picking tho rock and the slate from among the coal as the fuel passes down the chutes to the storage pockets. These girls do not affect the garb of the new woman, but instead wear serviceable skirt and petticoats. Stout brogans cover their feet. Each girl knows what is expected of her and goes about the various duties in a busi ness-like manner, while tho father is cutting coal in the mine. KITTY HANS, THE SI Thirteen years ago Mr. Mans was employed in the mines around Shamo kin, but, desiring to branch out for himself, he leased this mine, which was btrely a hole in the ground at that time. Since then he has purchased the mine and tract of coal land outright, at d the disappointment he and his wife felt when their first four children proved to be girls instead of boys has been softened by tho valuable assist ance the girls have since rendered him. Ol! the seven later additions to the fam ily four are boys and three are girls, so that Mr. Mans is now looking for ward to having four young miners to assist him in cutting coal from the bowels of the earth before many years pass by. While Mr. Maus and his athletic daughters operate the mine his wife attends to the household duties and tills their farra, which, according to his- story, is a better paying investment than the mine. Since acquiring pos session of the colliery Mr, Mans has made many improvements to the prop erty in the shape of new and deeper openings and the introduction of ma chinery for preparing and hoisting the coal. Mr. Mans says that it is a common thing for women to work in and around the mines in the section of Germany where he was born, and prominent mining officials recall many instances in which women and girls performed similar duties in the coal mines of England and "Wales. In the latter country, however, the custom is almost obsolete now. About eight years ago Mrs. Daniel Grassens, a German wo man, donned man's attire and secured employment in the Gimlet mine, near Shamokin, as an inside loader. She worked on the same shift as her hus band and succeeded in hiding her sex for several months. As soon as the foreman discovered that she was "a wo man she was discharged, although her work had been entirely satisfactory. It is said that Mr. Grassens and his mine-working wife are now prosper ous German farmers in the Mahanoy valley. ' THE MODEL KITCHEN, f""" Proper Arrangement and Furnishing of thlg Important Part of a House. Very little attention is given to the furnishing of the kitchen, even in the most particular households. If a new house is being built the careful house wife may ask the architect to provide certain conveniences for the room, bat generally the matter is left wholly to his directions, and unless he is a tyro he is not apt to disappoint expectations. Modern improvements in plumbing and in ranges provide the most con venient of permanent fixtures. It is scarcely necessary to warn one against the old style of shut-in plumbing, that left innumerable crevices and crannies to givo lodgment to dirt and vermin. The very best results ave obtained from the nse of iron pipe instead of lead, and if this be used there is much less chance of "sweating," and the conse quent rotting of the adjacent wood, particularly if the pipes be painted. The woodwork of the kitchen is fully as important as that of any of the rest of the house. Pine is generally chosen, and is as good as any other wood; it should be oiled and given several coats of hard varnish, or else painted in yel low or buff. All closets and cupboards should be built from the floor to the ceiling, with out the slightest opening above or be low. The door should cover just as much of the front as possible, leaving room only for a narrow jamb and a shallow sill, in order that when they are opened the entire exterior may be exposed to view. Earthenware tubs are cheaper in the long run than wooden PERSPECTIVE VIEW. ones, although their initial ccst is con siderably greater. But if wooden tubs must be used,, be sure they are put in most carefully, as under the best of contractors they give more trouble than any other kitchen Ailment. Above all things do not stint money in laying the kitchen floor; this must be constantly scrubbed, and if the wood checks and splinters the task is heart-breaking. The highest grades of Georgia pine should be used, in narrow strips, and it should have fre quent dressing. It is no economy to lay a cheap floor with the idea of depending upon a covering of oil cloth or similar material. A very common mistake is made in putting in a sink that is too small, and in providing no place for the draining of dishes. A sink is never too large, even for the smallest family, and if space will permit it is well to put in one that is a couple of sizes larger than needed. At both ends should be wide draining shelves. An admirable fea X-FOOT COAL MINER. turc, if one can afford it, is a panel of tiling adjoining the sink. This should be copped with a strip of wood contain ing hooks, from which may be hung basting spoons, collanders, measures, and so forth. As to furnishing proper, this is a very simple matter, although many people seem to think that it is suf ficient to tramp into the kitchen the dilapidated and broken down furniture from other parts of the house. There should be two plain deal tables, a large one and a small one, the latter just about the height of the rauge or stove. This will be found extremely con venient in cooking if drawn close to the range to hold utensils. The chairs should be of the kind that have solid wooden seats, but* there should also be at least one comfortable rocking-chaif. Anything that is in the nature of au : ornament and bas no utilitarian use is wholly out of place. av.d should be ban ished from the kitchen. The design presented has a kitchen arranged in accord with the suggestion contained in article. A description of design: A. Movable table. B. Boiler. 0. Closet, E. Low DE8I0X FOB A KITCHEN. table. F. Counter shelf. H. Chairs. M. Dresser. N. Towel Back. P. Pan try. B. Bange. S. Sink. T. Hinged table. V. Veranda. FISHES WITH FOUR EYES. Chinese Monstrosities Imported to >'. ?? York as Cnrioslties. A certain New York dealer in fancy creatures, pet and singing birds and such like things is just now exhibiting a Chinese four-eyed fish, the like of which, he solemnly declares, was never seen in America before. Certainly, says the New York Herald, it is a cu rious creature, and, to all appearances, it has the four eyes its owjer claims. They are set in pairs high on the sides of tho head, one "eye" of each pair looking straight up and the other sideways, each pair being fixed in a sort of fleshy protuberance that gives F0?B-EYED FISH FBOM CHINA. tho finny monster a most extraordinary appearance. The thing was imported from China. It is a species of goldfish and is con fessedly a sort of manufactured freak. The story told by the dealer to account for the extra pair of eyes is sufficiently marvellous to strain the beliving pow ers of the most credulous. He says the Orientals who breed these fish place them in a tank which is kept in absolute darkness, save that from a lens or a mirror placed above the tank one single tiny ray of light is shot down into the water. The fish natur ally seeks this ray of light and spends mont f\f Ilia +?>v?^ -1- -'* * ?jv-..- lay* . ?:?.-<.. for T*. v . - ashers cu . sac? type-" ' _. The Chinese have ?^cTrr^sjiameJ^ j this fish. The nearest approacT5"to*lki English translation of this name is "celestial telescope," the word "tele scope" being used because of tho pro tuberant structure of the eyes. Besides the double ?complement of eyes, the celestial telescope has a num ber of other curious characteristics. Its body is short and chunked and its tail is very long, perhaps twice or thrice as long as the body; more tha' that, it it so divided as to seem to bi four tails instead of one. But, nothwithstanding this surplu? of apparent propelling power, the celestial telescope is an exceedingly slow and awkward fish in getting about, and seems to be even more stupid than most other fish. For instauce, it will not feed at all as other fish do; its food must be placed in the water on the end of a little straw or stick, in such a way that it can see it plainly, and then the food must bo held iu position a long time before it can be induced to eat. Bismarck's Stock of Oaks. Prince Bismarck, as is well known? on his retirement, devoted himself to agriculture, his chief hobby being the exploitation of his forest lands. From all parts of Germany he received ap plications for oak saplings front his do mains, and these oaks have been planted in all quarters of the father land, and are known as "Bismarck oaks." The Prince has now been obliged to publish a notice informing his admirers that he is unable to ac cede to the numerous, requests that reach him, as his stock of young oaks is exhausted. ARROW IN A DEER'S RIB. Mnrk of an Indian Hunter FountI in Illi nois. Herbert W. Fay, one of the editors of the DeKalk (111.) Review,?will pre sent to the new Illinois State Normal School a unique relic which will doubt less be highly appreciated. It is the rib of a deer which has been punc tured by an arrow-head. The rib was found on a farm near Saudwich, 111., by Levi B. Erwin, who recently dis posed of it to Mr. Fay. The rib is eleven inches long and was found with the arrow head sticking in it as shown in the picture. The Smithsonian In stitution in Washington made an effort . INDIAN All ROW IN" DEER'S RIB. to secure the relic, but Mr. Fay has determined to keep it in Illinois where it was fouud. Mr. Fay has a large collection of arrow-heads and Indian tools and weapons which are reminders of the days when poor Lo held undisputed sway in Illinois. The whole number of members of the Christian Endeavci- societies is 2,836,749. There are more than 47, OOO societies. . Johnson 's Chill and Fe ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours. SHE TRIED THE NEW MOUNT, j How One Young Lady Happened to Have a Badly Blackened Eye. They met in the diug store, and the latest comer threw up her hands in amazement. "Gracious, goodness, Gwendoline! " she exclaimed excitedly, "what under the canopy have you bfeen np to now? You have the worst black eys i ever saw; your nose is bruised, your cheek cut, and-Gwendoline Armstrong, I verily believe you've been boxing!" The dilapidated girl sighed. "No" she said," dejectedly, "I really haven't, Gladys. It's the wheel." "But I thought you learned to ride two years ago," ejaculated the other girl, wonderingly. "So I did," was the doleful response, "but it waa this year's mount that did it. You know Edwin Latham, of course? Well, the other evening he called,, and he did nothing the whole evening but talk of Ute new '97 mount; it waa so graceful and pretty. He told me how to do lt. 'You get your left pedal level,' he kept saying, 'and put your left foot on it. Thon you give a little spring, and as that pedal goes down you swing your right foot over, in front of the saddle, and there you are. You have to be a little quick, but that's all, and the girl who mounts that way is the prettiest picture in the * world." "WeH that sounded easy, and I've al ways been able to do anything on a wheel. Why, when I first learued to ride-" "I know, I know," interrupted the listener, interestedly, "but how about this time? Did you mount right oft?" "No," snapped out the battered girl, shamefacedly, snatching up her glass of soda water, "I didn't. I tried to, however, and-well, here's the result. Hereafter PU stick to the old way ot mounting." . So will I," said the other girl, sym pathetically, but the war-worn damsel saw something suspicious in the haste with wnich she led her wheel out of sight around the nearest corner, and she smiled comprehending]}- at the drug clerk. "Give her that combination of harts horn and arnica that you mixA**torv me when she comes backf^She said > amusedly, "and tell her to put a lot of it into her bath instead of trying to rub it in. It's much easier and far less painful." And she left the store with a happy ?i-tj,A thundercloud ':. :,??.:>'i$i--.*/'<l he; hiivKene*? .;>... * nugineering achievements and pos sibilities, from the modern point of "?""fteW^re receiving an additional illus tration~fti tte case of the projected tunnel hetwee nthe mai?A?jnd of Italy and the island of Sicily, plana *??d^details ot which, in model, as executed %?-the Italian civil engineer de Johannis;-^ have attracts much attention at the University of Padua. After thorough and careful studies of the Strait of Mes sina, its varying depths, the nature of the ground, and all of the other condi tions which might assist or interfere with such an undertaking, de Johannis decided that the beginning of the tun nel should be near San Giovanni di San i tel lo, at the foot of the Aspromonte Mountain range, the mouth on the oth er side to be located on the degli InglesI plain. The entire tunnel will be nearly two miles long, and will consist in the main of two shafts of about 10,000 feet each, descending at a grade not ex ceeding 32 feet in each 1,000. Such a tunnel is thought preferable to a bridge that would involve such a great span ind wind exposure.-Harper's Round Table. Johnson's Chill and Fe ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours. Utah will celebrate in July the fif tieth anniversary of its settlement, tad they who take pride in the history of the Territory and.State are advoca ting the establishment of a historical society to preserve the memories of the past. . Materials are abundant, and some of the history thus to he pre served is unique in American annals. Tho Swedes do not intend to let their neighbors, the Norwegians, have it all their own way with Arctic ex plorations, and it ia said that an ex pedition will be sent' from Stockholm to K?nig Karl's Land, east of Spitz bergen, next sucn-mer. It is intended that the same expedition shall a-so ex plore thc islands and undiscovered re gion between Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Tianr]_ Quinine and other /e ver medicines take from 5 to IO days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. A letter in The Ohio State Journal claims for John W. Burton, once a resident of Columbus aW now living in Texas, the honor Of being the youngest man who carried a musket from the beginning to the end of the Civil War. He was a member of Company A, Forty-sixth Ohio Volun teer Infantry, and was only twelve years ole when he enlisted. He waa a boy of remarkable size for his age and showed few signs of his excreme youth. There were many drummer? younger than Burton, but he was a real soldier from the first, and always did a man's duty.