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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. BITTER AND SWEET. The apple that grows the highest Is tho be* upon the tree; The rose that ls most fragrant always has the sharpest thorn; Tho pearl that ls the purest Hos within the deepest sea, And the deeds that live tho longest aro 0| hardest efforts born! The love that's won too lightly is not treas ured os a gem; Th ) words that flow too freely never have tho greatest weight; Han appreciates his blessings if ho has to strive for thom, But he never knows their value- if they're passed up on a plate. -Cleveland Leader. A NARROW ESCAPE. HE last time I bad seen Charlie Kudge 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 figure in a well worn brown over coat, a rt..her 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 Kudge ; ever empty of pocket and open of heart ; rather weak-minded, and easily im posed upon. He never kept his promise of writ ing, and for eight yoars I had heard nothing of him, when, not long ago, a rap came at my door, and in came Charlie Budge, exclaiming: "Hullo, old chap, how are you?" "Budge ! Why, who on earth would havo 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. So here I am." As we talked over old times I ob served him curiously. Just the samo old Kadge, with the aldition of a heavy moustache. His hat was exactly like the same old topper, very napless; his 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 each other in de cr?M^old age. I asked him to lunch. At fir^jj? conid EOt stay, having a most impov,?t ?Dgagemcnt in the city, where h<r^ .t ft appeftrcdi know, "old ?ha I v .* we'll have/a rare old tiwe of ii. > / So I accepted. Then he told me he was engaged to a "fine girA olcLcb?p. Awfully lucky fellow to gdt her. When nm I going to be marrifd? Not quite eure, but between yon'and me, I fancy I ?hall make a stroke of lnck 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 her luck now. Clever girl, though. N Does typewrit ing-well, I must say good bye now. Don't forget Thursday, old chap." On 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 iuto a room where mine host awaited me. A curtain Lung across this room, barely conceal ing a bed and washstand. * "How are you, old chap? Hopo you don't mind 6mall diggings, but they're awfully comfortable. Just one room, you teo; I find it bandier than having a nepurato bedroom-no fag going from one room to tho other. We'll have supper in a trice. Hope you don't mind a cold collation?" The ' 'cold collation" shortly revealed itself upon a grimy table cloth, 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 Kudge, as that inestimable personage was leaving tho room after having laid the above banquet and scattering some knives and forks promiscuously upon the table, "we phall want somo codee, please. Would you kindly get us Borne. You'll have some, won't von, old chap?" I nodded. Mrs. Wilkins stocd with her arms akimbo and scowled. "Where's the money, Mister Kudge ?" "Oh, certainly, certainly, Mrs. Wilkiur. Why, dear me, 'pon my soul I haven't got anything less than a sovereign"-Mrs. Wilkins miffed. "Eh? Well, if you don't mind lend ing me.a shilling, old boy. Thanks awfully." Kudge did the. honors of tho meal in truly aristocratic style. He became exceedingly confiding : <h "Now, old chap, I'm going to tell you a secret and put you on to a good thing in tho bargain. I've chummed up lately with a fellow named Mars worth, who's an awfully clever chap and up to all sorts of tips. Well, he's got one or two of ns to go shares with him in a grand scheme. I'm not at liberty to tell you exactly what it is, but it's a big affair. He knows moro about the ins and outs of company promoting than I do, and ho's just started a syndicato for booming the thing, and if you want a good invett rcent, I think I can eay it will pay you nearly cent for cent; at any rate, Marsworth says it ought to. I wouldn't tell any one else, but ior the sake of old times I've given you the tip." Somehow my eonl did not yearn for this tip, and I gave Ru;lge distinctly to understand, and urged this point emphatically, that I Avas absolutely short of spare cash. "Well," he .-aid, "I'm sorry, for you reicht have made a good thing out of it. But let me tell you .?-onie thing else. Marsworth's put me on as secretary, and this morning he came to me in rather a xray; he'd made nome 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 ment or other ; I never bother about these things, you know. He'd gou one man to sign, and he wanted my name. Then he could raise capital at once, and he's promised ns both a hundred pocnds on Saturday. Did I sign? Bather, my boy." "But, is it all right?" "Ob, Mr. Marsworth's safe as nail?, and as honest as the day. He's been awfully nice to me all along." "Well, I shouldn't touch that money-" "Not touoh it? Wonlt I, though r And I've had 200 shares 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 bad 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 after ward I had a letter from him saying he had taken a house and 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 knock came to the door. I carefully withdrew the bolt and latch. A mau 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!" 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 mac. For the sake of our friendship, don't botray me. I swear I'm innocent." "What's the matter, Budge?" "Marsworth I Forgery and embez zlement!" I bean to sec 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 sobjbit terly, and by degrees it all came ont. Marsworth had used him and the other man as tools, neither of them having the slightest idea what was really hap pening. Maraworth had known that tho crash .owst come, and had pro ?, ? ;V-*7 - .; . * . ' . ,Vi i Sfhlcii :?? At ttuiiof' ? IO gel tu aiUC?lUa, l?Utli?* ?<?r_ . friend who had bought them would not grudge the money. "But," said I, "you'll never get abroad. "They'll look for 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 hud a very striking profile, his nose being a most prominent fea ture. "Look here," I exclaimed; "your best plan is to make for tho Conti nent. How about going to Antwerp or Mollumi, 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 Etudy next day, taking in his meals . .yself. Ho 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 and stained his eyebrows, and I managed to get him a black wig. But nothing sufficed for that proiile of his, nud 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 ebal! come down and seo you off, so that I can go and tell Miss Saunders you aro Fnfe. But as soon as we get to Liverpool street we'll separate. Do not take any further notice of me. Go first class -it's only a few shillings more ; get in the carriage at once and sit on the further side, reading a newspaper un til the train starts." He promised to observo all these precautions carefully, and in due time I found myself hanging about the platform at Liverpool street, appar ently studying tho 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 'io had thc compartment to himself. The whistle sounded, the train began to move out of the station, and I was congratulating myself that - all had gone well, when I saw Budge deliber ately change his seat for tho ono nearest the platform, exposing h?6 profile as he did so. At tho same in stant a tall, well dressed individual, who had been lounging about the platform, made a rush for tho car riage. Budfo. catching sight of him, darted back. "Stand away there!" shouted a porter, catching a man by the arm, just as he was about to board tho train. "You fool ?"cried tho man, ?Tm a police officer. I should have nabbed him if it hadn't been for you." _ "Very 6orry, sir," said the porter. "But you can 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. Tho train doesn't stop till then.-' I went to see Miss Saunders next morning, introduciu^ myself n3 liudge'n friend, and found her quito broken-hearted, and yet just a little bit hopeful at tho idea that he had escaped. "With deep pity for her I waa obliged to tell her what had hap pened. It was the last stroke of grief for her, and she bnrst into tears. In vain I triod to cheer her with the hope that he might have escaped, after all. "No, no. I'm sure they've got him, and he'll go to prison. Ob, you don't think he is a criminal, do you?" "No, Miss Saunders; ho's only very weak. But he will have to suffer if ho is taken, and you must cheer him by promising to be faithful to him." "Ob. I will. I am content to wait if it comes to the worst." I loft her promising to seo her again in a few dayB. As I v/ent home I bough!; an evening paper, and the first thing on which my eyo lighted was the following : THE MARSWORTH FRAUDS. Strange Disappearance of tho Man Illidge. ' Last evening just as tho 8.30 train from Liverpool street to Harwich w.is moving out ot tho station. Detective Iospocror Brett soddenly reco?nized Rudgo, ono of tho men who is "wanted" ia connection with the Marsworth frauds, seated alone in a ilrst clnss compartment. Tho inspector wns too late to ontcr the train, but at once wired to Har wich, and on tho train arriving lhere a forco of polico In plain clothes werO ready waiting to arrest tho criminal. Strango to say, how ever, although the train was carefully searched no trace of him was discovered. As there bad beon no stop between Liverpool streor and Harwich it is supposed that tho unfortunate mau must havo jumped from his carriage in desperation. Nothing lins sinco boen hoard of hi n, however, aud tho affair remains a mystery. "Poor Budge 1" I sighed, as it dawned upon me that perhaps he was lying crushod and mangled somewhere along the lino. I was terribly upset and only hoped that Miss Saunders would no t get hold of the paper. The next evening tho postman brought me n letter with a French stamp and a Paris postmark, and tho direction written in the sprawling fist of Budge 1 I hastily tore it open, and read as follows : Dear Old Chap: Just a Uno to toll you that I'm neither dead nor In prison. How you must havo boen wondorinc; want had become of me! I saw you noticed the detective had spotted mo. What a fool I was to move-and I wondorod how on earth I should escapo, for I guessed they would bo waiting for me at Harwich. At llrst I thought ot risking ft aud jumping, but suddouly a bright idea struck m-.'. I Know that, although tue car riage I was in did not stop before wo reached Harwich, that I had oneo traveled by this very train to Ipswich, and on puzzling it out I romora boro J that there was a "clip conch" in the rear which is "slipped" at Colchester, and afterward runs on to Ipswich. If I could get on hoard that coach I should bo safe, and 1 mode up my mind to try ir. I opened tho door and got out on tho footboard and started on my journoy to tho rear of the trai'j. And It was a journey! I lind to ero: p aloag three carrillos, and wo were goinpr nt a good speed; then I had to duck my head ns 1 p:issed tho windows, lest peoplo should see mo, and I was particularly careful at the sunni's van. At last I fount* myself on tho footboard of tho last coach, nnd, to my joy, discovered au imply compart meut. Wo were sllppod al Colchester, and I managed to ; evadn ih? tlalrAi collector, cot a bod for tho lUlironv. -._, - tain confessions that clear Budge and the other mau from all share in tho fraud?, except that of being Mars worth's dupes. So I am in hopes that all will be right yet.-Pearson's We?k ly. il SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL, Hamburg leads the citiesof Germany in the extent of its electric 6trcet-car 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 feet 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 saildlo flex ible. An electric underground railway un der the present underground is the latest project suggested in London. It would bo used for express trains only. Thc greyhound seems to havo been developed in level, treeless and ?hrub lcss countries, whero a moving object ' is visible at a long distance, and great speed is, therefore,necessary to enablo a prcdaceous animal to overtake its prey. A party of scientists from Dublin, Ireland, have visited the scene of the bog-slip near Kaihmore, 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 mo6t con spicuous in bright sunshine, and scarlet flowers aro commonest in dry and sunny climates, whero their color gives them an advantago in their struggle with other flowers for the at tentions of butterflies and other pollen bearers. A novel devico 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 bands attached by wires to the coil for uso as poles in giving electric treatment. Tho spider's threads or fibers aro cstimatod to bo one-millionth of j a hair in thickness. Three kinds of thread are spun. One of* great strength for the radiating or spoke lines of tho web ; thc. cross lines, or what a sailor might call tho ratlines, aro finer and are tenacious ; that is, they havo upon them little specks or globules - of a very sticky gum. Tho 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 a frai 1 ns, for example, a wasp. The Jungfrau Railroad. The propose! railway np the famous Swiss peak, Jungfrau, is about to be commenced. Its maximum gradient ?viii bo one in four and tho sharpest curve of '328 feet radius. Tho power will be supplied by turbines with au available force of 4"?0() horse power. Electro motors will be used for trac tion purpose?. The total length cf the road will bo 7.0 miles, tho total riao beiDg ?555 feet, WORLD'S LARGEST C?SK. BUILT IN CALIFORNIA AND JwiLL HOLD 97,000 GALLONS 0,000 Holds Enough Liquid to Vii ve 9,OOP . Persons a Full Glass Each-It? Limber , Would Kathi a House-Two ?Train Loads of Redwood Used to Aime The largest cask in the woK.llas recently been completed at St. George Vineyard, located at MaltermorcftCnl. It contains 07,000 gallons, or enough to give 9,000,000 persons each an or dinary wineglassful of its conten?. It is built bf the very finest Calf orr ia redwood, and in all the vast amount of Inmber used in constructing it there is 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 ref seemed an impossibility at 6ary to convey it to the nearest point to the vineyard, .This Inmber was amply sufficient in quantity te-'erecT Buch a house as does not exist in Cali fornia. The hoops that bind the .cask to gether are of finely tempered steel. In the aggregate they would fill tiwo large freight cars and their total height 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 inj freight cars it would take thirty of thejbiggest to hold it. j There is only one cask in the world which can be legitimately cdmpared with this giant of California, and that is the great tun of Heidelberg, Ger many. The California cask was not constructed with the intention 'of out doing any one, but simply for business reasons. Thc difference -in( sizo of these two tuns can best be understood by considering the fact that the Gerr man cask holds 42,000 gallons and the California ensk 07,000, showing thc 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 ns 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 State* 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, be called a million dollar cask. Looking nt 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 land about it should it break, and the chances are it would sweep along nt 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 Avhose juice is re quired to make enough wine to fill tho cask has never been estimated, the proprietors of the vineyard say it would run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.-New York Herald. Test of a KiHVs Power. The power of the Lebel rifle w?s ex hibited at Berny, in France, recently, where a soldier was called on to shoot an escaping bull. 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 Tor incurable insanity. " Pineapples are being -mccesifully grown in several sections of southern California, COAL MINE RUN BY WOMEN. IIojv Hie Stalwart Daughters of a Penn sylvania Miner Help Their Father. Au anthracite coal mine that ia al most entirely operated hy 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 growa 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 mino owner, whose ages are about twenty-two, twenty-one, twenty and eighteen years respectively. They are splendid specimens of womanhood, averaging six feet in height, being straight as arrows, stronger than the . . . - . i - *iw? pensable to jill well-reyulated^itf^r/sr ,-?t?rt??,~tu.'? o???est girl, ""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 boss, and assists her three younger sisters and three little brothers in picking the rock and the slate from among the coal as the fuel passes down the chutes to the storage pockets. These girls do not nffect the garb of the new woman, hut 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 thc father is cutting coal in the mine. KITTY MANS, THE SE Thirteen years ago Mr. Maus was employed in the mines around Shamo kin, but, desiring to branch out for himself, he leased this mine, which was barely ft hole in the ground at that time. Since then he has purchased the mine aud tract of coal land outright, and the disappointment he and his wife felt when their first four children proved to be girls instead of boys has been softened by the valuable assist ance the girls have since rendered him. Of 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. j Whilo Mr. Mans and his athletic daughters operate the mine his wife attends to the household duties and ! tills their farm, which, according to j his story, is a better paying investment j than the mine. Since acquiring pos J 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 womeu 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 tho 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. Proper Arrangement nnd Furnishing of this 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 tho old style of shut-in plumbing, that left innumerable crevices and crannies to give lodgment to dirt and vermin. The very best results are obtained from the use of iron pipe instead of lead, and if this bo used there is much less chance of "sweating," and the conse quent rotting of the adjacent wood, particularly if the pipes be painted. The Avoodwork 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 cost 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 fillment. 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 ill providing no placo 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. ture, 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 j very simple matter, although many people seem to think that it is suf-1 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 fourni 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 j at least one comfortable rocking-chair, j j Anything that is in the nature of au : ornament and has no utilitarian uso is wholly out of place, aid should be ban ished from the kitchen. The design presented hos a kitchen arranged in accord .with the suggestion contained in article. A description of design: A. Movable table. B. Boiler. C. Closet. E. Low DE8ION FOR A KITCHEN. table. F. Counter shelf. H. Chairs. M. Dresser. N. Towel Rack. P. Pan try. R. Range. 8. Sink. T. Hinged table. V. Veranda. ~? FISHES WITH FOUR EYES. Chinese Monstrosities Imported to Xew York as Cariosities. 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 wbich, 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 owner 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 FOUR-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 oce single tiny ray of light is shoi down into the water. The fish natur ally seeks this ray of light and spends mont nf 1>'? +,,v>" -~L - "*' * for tt ^The Chinese hav? ?^BV^name^ this fish. The nearest approach 'IUTTV^ English translation of this name is "celestial telescope," tao word "tele scope" being used because of tho pro tuberant structure of tbe 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 thu* that, it it so divided as to seem to bi four tails instead of one. But, notwithstanding this surplus 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 fisb. For instance, 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 seo it plainly, and thea the I food must bo held in position a long time before it can be induced to eat. Bismarck'? Stock of Oiiki. 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 from 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 1 reach him, as his stock of young oaks is exhausted. ARROW IN A DEER'S RIB. Mark of an Indian Hunter Found 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 Sandwich, 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 au effort . INDIAN ARI?OT IN DEER S RIB. to secure the relic, but Mr. Fay has determined to keep it in Illinois where it was found. Mr. Fay bas 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. Tbe whole number of members of the Christiau Endeavor societies is 2,836,7-10. There arc 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. How One Young Lady Happened to Have a Badly Blackened Eye. They met in the dimg store, and the latest comer threw up her hands in amazement. "Gracious, goodness, Gwendoline!" she exclaimed excitedly, "what under the canopy have you been 4ip to now? You have the worst black eys I ever saw; your nose ls 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 was 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 the new '97 mount; it was so graceful and pretty. He told me how to do it. 'You get your left pedal level,' he kept saying, 'and put your left foot on it. Thun 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. " "Well that sounded easy, and I've al ways been able to do anything on a wheel. Why, when I first learned to ride-" "I know, I know," interrupted the listener, interestedly, "but how about this time? Did you mount right ott?" "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 I'll stick to the old way ot mounting." . So will I," said the other girl, sym pathetically, but the war-worn damsel saw something suspicions in the haste with wmch 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 mixad^o 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 . L-t"" fhfl thundercloud engineering achievements and pos sibilities, from the modern point of .^teV-^re receiving an additional illus tration iTr>?Lecase cf the projected tunnel betwee nthemaiftisndof Italy and the island of Sicily, planT^?^^detaila ot which, in model, as execut?8*i?the Italian civil engineer de JohannHi^ have attracted 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 Sanitello, at the foot of the Aspromonte Mountain range, the mouth on the oth er side to be located on the degll 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 tioth anniversary of its settlement, cad they who take pride in the history of the Territory and State axe 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 be pre served is unique in American annals. The Swedes do not intend to let their neighbors, the Norwegians, have it all their own way with Arctic ex plorations, and it is ?aid that an ex pedition will be sent from Stockholm to K?nig Karl's Land, east of Spitz bergen, next sua>mer. It is intended that the same expedition shall aiso ex plore the islands and undiscovered re trica between Spitzbergen and Franz Josef land Quinine ?ind other fe ver medicines take from S 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 ?f 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 old when he enlisted. He was a boy of remarkable size for his age and showed few signs of his extreme youth. There were many drummers younger than Burton, but he was a real soldier from the first, and always did a man's duty.