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THE OPTIMIST. Old Undo Finn was a good olo chap, But he never seemed fer to care a rap. If the sun forgot To rise some day, m Just like as not * Ole Fiun would say: '.Onoommon dark, this here we're In, But 'taint so bad as it might 'a been." But n big oyclone came 'long one day, An' the town was wrecked and blowod away. Whoo tho storm bad passed WM turned around And thought at lost Ole Finn had found The state o' things he was burled In About as bad as it might 'a' been. So wo dug 'im ont o' the twisted wreck And lifted n rafter off bis neck. He was bruised an' cut, And a sixht co s<*e; He was ruined, but He says, says he, "With a weak look 'round and a smashed up giln, " 'Taint hali so bad as it might 'a' beenl" But after all, It's the likes o' Finn Makes this world lit Ur liviu' in. When dava are di ear And'sktes aro dark, It's good to hear Some old cuss bark, "Now eeo here, son !" with a cheerful grin, " 'Taint bait BO bad as it might 'a' been !" -Newark News. I THE PHMTOI VOICE. ? Sitting on the veranda of his sum mer residence by an inland lake in Michigan, surrounded by his family and guests, the venerable Judge Wat tles told the strangest story of his professional caree.*. .''Immediately following my admis sion to the bar," he said, "I was made prosecuting attorney, accepting the honor as a deserved tribute to my superior abilities. But you must bear in mind that this was a good many years ago in a little valley town in Pennsylvania, where we were hemmed in by the mountains and had few with whom to compare in the matter of intelligence or attainments. "In the criminal annals of the county there were the evidences of a well disposed community; and it came as a startling sensation when Farmer Jen kins, driving home late one night, ?was beaten to insensibility and robbed of a large sum of money. Here was work for me, and I went at it with cht zeal of an ambitious beginner. Jen kins insisted that he would be^ able lo identify his assailant, seen in the dim moonlight that sifted through the trees,; describing him as a tall, well dressed young man with a dark mus tache and an angry red scar across his left cheek. . " 'Why, I seed that air critter,' de clared Constable Joe Huskey, T kim on him sudden like yisterday when I was fishin' at Punkey Holler crick. Th' feller war in swimmin' and tole me he war jist outen the city fur a leetle recreation. I'd know him 'mongst a thousan'.' "By employing competent assistance from Philadelphia, we ran down our man, Jenkins and Huskey both recog nized him at sight A few days after " the arrest and while I was working on the case, a handsome, matronly ap pearing woman walked into the office, introducing hersefl as the mother of the prisoner, who had given the name of Harry Winter. She bore the unmis takable marks of refinement, and in a brief statement, punctuated by con vulslng^Bobs, assured me that a terri ble mistake had been made. Harry was her son, her only support, and she a widow. He was the soul of honor " and had never given her an hour's - ,j??_^He was with her the night of the assault an^ -obbery. They had walked for an ho, *.n the evening, after which he rea?0..-^-r. going to his room at ll. It^^j^^bvsWj?! as well as a moral im?M^^Tuty ior him to have done the great wrong laid _ at his door. Her story greatly im pressed me, but there was the positive identification by Jenkins and the con stable. "Less than a week later I had an other -caller; a jwelLdressed man who walked with a limp and who said he had been subpoenaed by the defence to show Winter's good reputation. But nothing could have surprised him more, for he knew tne accused to hav<? . a very bad record. He declared that he had a full confession of that very crime from thep risoner who had re lied upon the cripple as a loyal friend simply because they had met occasion ally at the mother's house. This f swept away the doubts that she had created, convincing me that her cling ing love had overcome her regard for the truth. I gained a promise from the cripple that he would say nothing till called to the stand by the other side. "When the prosecution had- made his case at tie trial I was entirely satisfied. Just after Jenkins and Hus key had sworn point blank as I knew they would, word reached me that there was a private detective in the court room who wanted Winter for a crime committed in New York. This was help from an unexpected source, and I soon had it before the jury that the ugly scar on Winter's cheek was made by a man defending his home against burglars. There was not a weak link in the chain of evidence that had been coiled about him. "On his behalf the testimony of the weeping mother made a deep impres sion, but I was confident that the spell she had put upon the 12 men sitting in judgment would yield to the cool de liberations of the jury room. After several unknown witnesses had given testimony tending to show that Winter had led a reputable life, the man who had called upon me limped to the eland, ant1 I must confess that I re joiced" at the anticipated confusiou of . the defense. "But there was a most unaccounta ble intervention. No sooner was the oath administered to the witness *v-n a voice from overhead^ ?en elec warned him to rememb q? ? nae made the sacred prc- ?tate. Maker to tell nothlry WOuljf\ath. The prisoner drop and r?".'ly into his chair, the jurym...ent white as ghosts and the judg.\ast a troubled look about the ceiling as if to detect the bold offender. 'Order in the court' was gruffly demanded and the case proceeded. The first material question asked was as to the charac ter of the prisoner, and that same phantom voice this time from the rear of the judge, called the collapsed wit ness, by name and said in measured tones: 'Remember that the pains and penalties of perjury are not inflicted in this world alone, but are imposed through all eternity.' . "The court whirled and gasped with a terror that his pride sought vainly to conceal. An unknown dread was upon me and jurymen were stricken with fright. Hardheaded and practi cal ojd farmers as they were, the su perstition that had lain dormant and : dying through generations was quick ened into life. But it was the wit ness, who cringed and stared as though in the presence of death. He admitted a bitter enmity toward the prisoner whose liberty he had meant to s*ear away, though called In his behalf, and wound up by not only swearing, that "Winter was a model young man, ust that he was seen walking with his mother by the wit ness on the night In question. "I felt the ground slipping from under me, but the dramatic climax was yet to come. From an open door into one of the small adjacent rooms hur ried an excited man with striking feat ures and blazing eyes. ? He rushed to the prisoner, embracing him as a fa ther might have done, and then de manded, rather than requested, that his evidence mlgnt be taken. It was to the effect that he had been a cap tain in the Mexican war, that Winter, then a mere boy, was a drummer whom the captain loved as a father; that when he was shot from his horse In a charge, the boy gallantly fought back the murderous Mexicans till stronger assistance could come, and that there he had received the wound which left such a ghastly scar. The impetuous witness even got in a state ment that there must be some vile conspiracy against Winter and wanted to confront the private detective. But he had disappeared. The jury ac quitted without retiring, and I thought their verdict a righteous one. "One evening some years later, when south on business, I found time heavy on my hands and dropped into a place of amusement. I was indifferently in terested until uiat voice of the court room, which still haunted my mem ory, came from an upper corner of the hall. I felt like running, but, turning to the stage, I saw my hero of the Mexican war. He tipped me a rec ognition, tnd later went with me to the hotel. There, under pledge of ae nrecy, he gave me the inside facts of that mysterious trial. "The alleged mother, the alleged de tective, the alleged captain, the crip ple and Winter were all members of a shrewd gang of crooks operating in the east. Winter had committed the robbery and his pals had put up an elaborate scheme which saved him. They enjoyed many a^ laugh over the manner in which they had 'done' the 'Rubes' up in my country. Winter was then doing a life sentence. The mother was dead, the rtetective fled from the country and the cripple went with him. The captain was one of the best ventriloquists of the day, and bad become a professor who made an honest living. It was his voice, thrown at will, that left us simple folks thinking that we had encoun tered the supernatural."-Waverly Magazine. OIL WELLS AND EARTHQUAKES. A Snccestlon That the DUInrbinccs Mwy Be Canned by Letting Ont Gnu. One of the most disastrous earth quakes of recent times is that report ed from Russia Transcaucasia. The town of Shamaka has been practically destroyed, only a dozen houses being loft standing, while a population of 25,000 has been rendered homeless. The number of fatalities is as yet un known. Perhaps it never wil be cor rectly determined, for the fissured earth swallowed up some of the vic tims, and others are burled in ruins where they never may be disturbed. Over 300 bodies had been recovered at the latest accounts. To the student of seismic phenomena the interesting and suggestive feature in the Shamaka ea-rhquake is that it has occurred in the neighborhood of the Baku oil district-the r^p^nr^ ductive field-ia the ^orid, not except" ing that of Beaumont, in Texas. It is, furthermore, a section of the world which has hitherto been exempt from these phenomena. The scientific in ! quirer will naturally search for a cause, for cause and effect go together in the scientific analysis of all phe nomena. As the great natural oil res ervoir tapped by the oil wells of Baku, on thc shores of the Caspian sea, locat ed under the site of Shamaka, and has the tremendous drain of mineral oil from the same caused a void and a subsequent shrinkage in the earth's crust in that neighborhood? The in quiry is ;iot far-fetched. It is usually assumed that water takes the place of the oil withdrawn from the measures, filling the vacuum created by the lat ter's withdrawal; but if the water, be ing more tenuous, should find an inde pendent vent elsewhere, the vacuum created by l&? draining of the mineral oil would remain, and a shrinkage of the unsupported crust of the earth would naturally follow sooner or later. It has been suggested that the tap ping of the oil measures in the south ern part of this state has relieved the mineral oil-bearing formations from the pressure of the gas created in them, and the possible subterranean gas ex plosions produced by excessive press ure, and thus removed one of the sup posed causes of earthquakes in that section. There may be nothing in the theory, but it has been observed that the Los Angeles district has been not ably exempt from seismic disturbances since the oil measures were tapped and vent given to the gases generated in them. Likewise, the theory that the Shamaka earthquake was due to the drain on the petroleum reservoirs in the Caucasus by the Baku wells may be entirely at fault. But the two phe nomena seem to invite the attehtion of the scientist, and open a new field for the study of seismic disturbances. San Francisco Chronicle. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. It is not easy to flatter people who do not flatter themselves. The smaller the intellectual fountain the more continuously does it squirt. The false witness of his foes affords^ opportunity for true witnessing ba^ his friends. Politeness towards "cubs" pays. Boys are more gallant than the un thoughtful believe. One of the most prevalent hallu cinations is that of those persons who think they are overworked. ~ One whose heart is .filled with God's love never refuses food to one whose stomach is filled with nothing. There are quite a number of people whose chief objection to sinecures is the fact that other people have them. Many a man after attaining a high position forgets all about the laws of gravity until it is everlastingly too late. Success Is seldom attained before the seeker's feet are stone-bruised and his hands blistered by climbing the steeps of difficulty. Society may wear a new face; cus toms may vary; rules and standards, i like human opinions, may change. But the soul and its life, man's religious ! aspirations and his religious activl* ties-these abide. California is the only state produc? lng asphaltum and bituminous rock. MINNIE'S KINDNESS. "Minnie has a good heart." "Has she?" "Yes; just as soon as she heard about the poverty of that Bagg street family she sent them such a lovely bouquet."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ask Tour Dealer For Allen's Foot-JEane, A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, 8wollon, 8oro, Hot, Callous,Aohing, Sweating F.eet and Ingrowing Nails. Allan s Foot-EaBe makes new or tight shoes easy. . At all Druggists and Shoo stores, 25 cents. Ac cept no substitute. Sample malled FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. Loltoy, N. Y. Some men are known by thc company thev keep and others by the fellows they, shake. _ Dyeing is as simple as washing when you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by all druggists._ The bacillus of the grip is the smallest disease germ yet discovered. Mr?.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle The amount of blood in the human body is one-thirteenth of the body weight. FITS permanently cured. No fltsornorvom ness aitor ilrst day's uso of Dr. Kline's Greit NerveRestoror.S?trlal bottle and treatisofr J J Dr. B.H. KLINE, Ltd., 'J?L Arch St.. Pillia.. Pa. Usually when a man starts on the down ward road the brake refuses to work. riso's Cure Tor Consumption ls an lnfalliblo medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Russia now possesses a school of mili tary ballooning. SURGICAL OPERATION How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera Singor, Escaped an Operation. Proof That Many Operations for Ovarian Troubles are Un necessary. M DEAB MRS. PixrcirAM : -Travelline; for 3'ears on thc ruad, with irregular meals and Bicep and damp beds, broko down my health so complete^ two yoars ago that thc physician advised a completo rest, and when I had gained MRS. G. liRoClC. ?ufflcient vitality, an operation for ovarian troubles. Not a very cheerful prospoct, to be s-irn. I, however, was advised to try Lydia 15. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and San ative Wash ; I did so, fortunately for me. Before a month had passed I felt that my general health had im proved ; in three months more I was cured, and I have been in perfect health since. I did not lose an engage ment or miss a meal. " Your Vegetable Compound is cer tainly wonderful, and well worthy tho graise your admirlr ? friends who have nen cured are ready to give 3rou. I always speak highly of it, and you will admit I have good reason to do so."-MRS. 6. BRUCK, Lansing. Mich. #5000 forfeit If above testimonial Is rot genuine. The fullest counsel on this subject can bo secured without cost by writing to Mrs Pinkbam, Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be entirely confidential. Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold in bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something; just as good." I had a general run-down feeling, lacked ambition, and had no appetite whatever, with a very languid feeling at all timon. On going to ?Upper one cvcn:n^ my board ing mistreHH recommended my taking Bi pana Tabules. She told mc her experience with them, an well an that of others lo whom she had spoken about the Tabules. I decided to make a trial, and oinoc I have bern taking thom I feol like a new-made mnn, and have no!i<> of my former com plaints, taking a mor; decide.I intorest in my work and in life in general. At druggists, ^^lio Five-Cent packet ls enough for an W[ ordinary occasion. The family bottle, (iO cents, contain* a supply for a year. CA/N BE CURED. "liM-k's A ?thuin < MI?-" will do lt Itrellovcs Hie wo st attack of Asthma in our minute. Ii ls equally rood tor C'n.up or ? olds. Try lt. Fi KV eauiph' Bent t?i nu y nddrn>s .I. C. PECK,C7T.'y Street, Atlanta Ga. Utipotit bad: of our G naran ty of Position OI'E.X ALI. TttK YEAR. Endorsed by Hnnkora, (inic?ala, Business Mci ll. It. Faro paid Hoard at cont. Write (?nick to ? GA.-AIJA. IU'S.COIJI?KGK, Macon,Ga. j Ro?F.ono^oieo5?oi?.os?o?ioi?o?ioi?o??o \ S rADIiniNC Cnre?| , fAPUDlNE Ile? s ? LaORIFPE, COLDS, E*TC. o If ?or? Not A fleet tho Hen rt. ? ? So!d by Druvgist?. 15 nn I Z'tc bottle. JJ o'4o'riofco)io'?o;?o*?ofcofeor?ofeo}|o? The parson in the pulpit f.xpoundinn of his views, Hears never any creaking soles 1 Since folks wear Red Seal Shoes. ? A Fable Ketuld. Have you heard of the kid with tho lion's hean? How be stood on tho roof one dav, And defiantly railed nt a grim gray wolf, Who waa passing by chance that way? Tho Incident happened in Aesop's time, And the old man wrote lt down So that young and old ever afterward Might read this tale of renown. The kid fairly pelted tho old gray wolf With epithets Uerce and Flrong, Called him renegade, murderor, thief and knave, Thon Tauntingly cried "begone !" "You are wise," Raid the wolf, "that you choose your time, And a place that ls high and dry. Fare you well, valiant kid, wo will meet again When you fall from your emlnonce high. -New York Mail and Express. A OoIlv'B T>:iy. Lotta's dol.'ies, Belle and Violet, sat on the sofa facing one another. Lotta had gone to sleep, forgetting to put her babies to bed. and now every one was safe in Dreamland and the dollies could talk. "Oh, dear, how tired I feel," said Belle, yawning. "What a lot of things I did to-day!" "Did you?" said Violet. "I've been in bed till supper time with a head ache. Tell me what happened to you." "Well, let me see," Belle said, with a tired smile. "First I was sick and couldn't get up, and Lotta fussed over me and sent for Doctor Tommy. He looked wise and gave me all sorts of queer medicines. I didn't mind them, for Lotta took them all for me. Then the doctor decided my leg was broken, and he had to cut it off-make believe cut it off, you know. What a time there was crver that leg!" "When Lotta got tired of that, she thought that I ought to marry that cross old china soldier on tho mantel piece. He is such a stiff fellow, and I know he doesn't like me, he kept frowning so all the time. I don't think he was ever married before, while ? have been married a great many times and to a different person every time. After that we kept house under the piano, and had all sorts of troubles, squabbles, fires and every thing. I think we ended up with an earthquake just before lunch." "You poor thing," said Violet, "I don't wonder you're tired. I hope that was all." "No," said Belle, sadly shaking her head, "it wasn't. After lunch Lotta and I went for a walk, and it made me so sleepy looking at all the windows of all thc toy stores when Lotta held me up to them. When we came home she sat down to sew on some new clothes for me and I had to stand up to be tried-on and fitted. My, how tired I was! I fell over several times. I think I must be getting-worn-out." "No wonder," said Violet. "There she's asleep. I guess I'll sleep, too, and we'll hope for a better tomorrow." -Brooklyn Eagle. rnrsntiftion ?r Mm? l'otty. Mrs. Betty was an important person age in Miss Hunter's out-of-town "Es tablishment for Young Ladies," and when it became known that she waa falling off in her special line, ther was much anxiety. Even MISB Hunter, who knew everything was at her wits' G?u. mrs. .betty was apparently well and seemed to have nothing on her mind, but she was not doing her duty and neither argument nor persuasion could force her. She had one virtue, however; she was fond of young people, always looking round and nodd ing when the girls came to inquire how she was, and it was on Mildred's visit carly one morning that, a sudden discovery was made which wrought a strange and speedy cure. Indeed, Mrs. Betty has Mildred to thank, for otherwise she might have lost a good position. On this particular day she heard Mil dred singing, and the sweet childish voice had a remarkable effect upon her; she turned her head and gazed at her visitor with a pleased express ion in her mild eyes. It was evident she had an car for music; the much enduring maid grew excited, for Mrs. Betty seemed more like her old docile self. "Go on with your singing. Miss Mil dred," she cried; "it's like old times it is. See!" and she pointed to the pail now rapidly filling with rich milk, which up to this moment Mrs. Betty had refused to yield in any but the smallest quantities. Much elated, Mil dred sang on, Mrs. Betty's dun-colored head moving rythmically to the music, as she stood patiently under the maid's skillful hand. By this time a crowd of girls and teachers had gathered in the cow shed to wonder at the result. "It is certainly strange," said Miss Hunter. "I've heard that in Switzer land this peculiarity among cows is well known; all the milkmaids are good singers. We shall have to teach you. Bridget," she added, with a smile. "Shurc, an' the young leddies can do me job. ma'am," answered Bridget, with a grin, and her suggestion was followed enthusiastically, the * girls begging to take turns, and thus it has proved beyond a doubt that music had a melting influence and filled the milk ing pail. So it was decided to give Mrs. Betty the singing class.-New York Mail and Express. Wild Animal* In lha Snow. Pandemonium brook loose at day light in thc New York Zoological Park, in the Bronx. All night the six watchmen had been patrolling the dens, yards and cages ready to rescue any of the animals overcome by thc snow, but the big snowstorm demonstrated, that the ani mals are better able to take care of themselves than the watchmen are. When daylight crept through the park and the wild creatures realized the depth of snow thc rejoicing among them amounted to a riot. The wolves howled till they were heard at Tre mont, a mile away. There was a six-foot drift in the den of the Alaskan bears, and they discovered a way to climb up on the hill and jump down into the drift. They went out of sight every time and came floundering out as white as flour. One jumped on another's head, and then there was a fight in tho snow that looked like a Canadian Pacific rotary snow plough in full action. When tho watchmen went around to the buffalo range the great beasts were not in sight. Instantly there was excitement. Out in thc field were a series of little mounds of snow. The buffaloes must have frozen! But when a watchman had clirn'ovj into thc yard and had careiesly kick ed into one of the piles of snow he came to the sudden realization that ttfc animals were very much alive. With a bellow Black Beauty and Romeo jumped to their feet, shook off the ?now drifts and pursued their dis turbers to the fence. They had been enjoying their nap under the warm snow and" wcro angry at being dis turbed. After a while they lay down again and the snow once more drifted over them and covered them, only a little round hole showing where their breath stemed upward. ihe elk and moose raced wildly through the snow, charging everything in sight. The timber wolves fought each other in the deep drifts. The mild-eyed prong-horned antelopes rolled in the deepest part of their yards and went fast asleep with the snow drifting over them. The foxes roll ed over till their fur was full of snow. -New York World. Jurie, the Tnlklnz C'r?W. In the northern part of Connecticut is a lovely little lake, almost four miles in length. It sparkles in the sunshine like a blue ribbon striped with silver. On the north are mountains, tall and woody, on the western bank many hotels and cottages where people from the city come to rest during the summer. They row their boats for pleasure, and catch fish In the bright water, or gather lilies with golden hearts, and greatly enjoy the life on the lake among the hills. On the east ern shore are fine and productive farms, which furnish good things for thc people in tho hotels and cottages. Mr. Bseman's farm was at the north cast corner of thc lake. Ho was a car penter as well as farmer, and had a shop near one of his farms, where he did all sorts of work with his valu able tools. He had contrived an ar rangement to catch fish, too, that was not only a convenience to him, but a great source of profit. Near his farm was the beginning of the stream called the Asptuck. This is the outlet of the lake.and rushes along through the valley with considerable force. Many mills are run by it saw mill, grist mills and cider mills. The trap Mr. Becman constructed was designed to catch the fish alive. The trap was so arranged that they entered a box-like affair, from which they could not escape. The water flowed through it and the fish apparent ly were contented and could be caught at any moment. Mr. Beeman supplied some of the hotels with bass, pickerel, suckers and ells. It was a LourcJB?j income to him and no trouble, a?tHP he had to do was to open the door at thc top of the trap and take out what ever was needed. Some time ago Mr. Beeman thought his fish were not so abundant as they should be, so he determined to watch for the thief. At last he saw a flock of crows stealing some of the fish out of the trap. They would wait for a shiny beauty to come to the top of the trap, then seize it and fly off with it. The farmer brought his gun and shot several of the crows; one was merely lamed, as he was a very hand some fellow he fitted the ring to his leg with a little chain attached and fastened thc chain to a post where Master Crow could sit at his ease. He .fed him and called him Jack. Jack grew very tame after a little, and Mr. Beeman grew very fond of him. He fed him himself, and always bade him good morning. 'Jack," he would say, "Say 'Good morning.' " Jack would cock up his head and snap hi", bill over and over again; but no sound came. When Mr. Beeman j gav9 him his food he repeated ... iivfCiu HUIOS, uuL mc otra made no sound. This went on for a long time, and Jack had never uttered a word. Mr. Beeman clipped Jack's wings so he could not fly, and gave him his liberty. He thought perhaps the bird would be happier free. One morning as he went ont to find Jack he did not see him as usual, and called "Jack! Jack!" All at. once over his head he heard a hoar.se and plaintive cry of "Jack! Jack! Jacki" He was very much surprised and could hardly believe it was Jack really j speaking: but it was. Jack was in i trouble. He had flown into some j bushes, and was so caught that he j could not free himself. Mr. Beeman ; went to thc rescue. Jack, solemn as ! ever, hung by one of his legs; in a short time he would have been dead. No doubt he was glad to be rescued, for as Mr. Beeman took him out of the briers, and smoothed his gloosy feath ers, he opened his mouth -;ral times, and said "Morning, morning; thanks, thanks; Jack Jack!" People came from far and near to hear Jack speak. He was never shy, but those three words were the only ones he ever said. He began to be very mischievous, and stole all the keys he could find. The farmer one day missed the key of his tool chest. He got another, ! and that was taken. The neighbors j began to complain of losing little ! things, and at last Jack was discovered in the act of taking a door key. He was watched and followed. Chatter ing and muttering his three words, "Jack," "Morning" and "Thanks," he hopped over to a corner of the garden and tug away for some time. Then he went to his perch and fell asleep. Mr. Beeman went lo investigate the corner of the garden, and such an array of stolen articles he found there! keys, spoons, bits of tin - anything bright that had attracted Jack had been carefully hidden. Poor Jack! his day of freedom was short. Once more the ring was put upon his leg, and the little chain fas tened to a tree. His proud spirit re sented the loss of his liberty, and he became sullen and peevish. His bill snapped sometimes, and he seemed about, to speak, but he never did. Mr. Beeman kept him. however, and gave him the best of care as long as he lived.-New York Mail and Express. Com? to Us Tor ( urn. The coal miners of New South Wales have been suffering from the same trouble as our own, the short supply of cars at thc mines and thc delay in transporting coal to cosum ing points. In New South Wales there is only one party to blame, thc rail roads being owned by the state; and thc responsible minister lias been bombarded with complaints according ly. His explanations indicate a growth of traffic, for he says that the railroad department has been hampered by con tractors' delays in delivering 40 new locomotives and 1250 cars ordered es pecially for thc coal traffic. Of the cars it may bc noted that 150 are steel, cars built in tho United States. They nm sma'iler than are usually employed herc, their capacity being only 15 tons each.-Engineering and Mining Journal. The naming of a Japcnese baby is not simply the bestowal of a name upon it soon after its birth, by which it sha!l be known during its life-time. The name of a Japencse is changed at various periods of his life. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY". Adrenalin, the newly-discovered ac tive principle of the suprarenal glands, will not become a common drug. Every pound made requires the glands of 14,000 cattle, each single gland weighing but two-fifths of an ounce and yielding but one quarter of a grain of adrenalin. The new product has promised much as astringent, opium antidote, etc. Experimental proof has lately been obtained of the repulsive force of light, which is deducible from Maxwell's electro-magnetic theory of light. The value obtained from the experiments indicates the probable correctness of that deduced from theory. This result of the experiments is not merely con firmatory of Maxwell's theory, ?ut, what is of especial interest to astrono mers, it supports Arrhenius' theory of comets' tails, namely, that they consist of finely divided matter emitted from the head of the comet and driven from lt by thc force of the solar light. In a lecture given recently before the Royal Geographical Society Dr. Vaugh an Cornish said that during storms waves with periods of from eight to ll seconds were observed, with lengths from 328 feet to G20 feet. A ten-second wave was 512 feet long. The sides of these waves had an average slope of not less than 1 in 10. A set of such waves would have a height of 25 feet, but there was generally a "swell" run ning at the sams time, which increased the total rise and fall of the water. It made the waves irregular, and caus ed waves of much larger size than 25 feet to recur not infrequently. Coloring glass by penetration, as M. Leon Lemal calls his interesting pro cess, offers varied and attractive re sults. Silver salt in small quantity, but varying with the intensity of color desired, is placed upon the surface of the glass, which is then heated to 500 degrees or 550 degrees, baking for five minutes, giving a yellow stain to a depth of 150th of an inch, which is increased to a 15th of an inch in eigh teen hours. The yellow shows a beau tiful greenish or bluish florescence in reflected light. Lace patterns can be transferred to glass by this method, colored monograms may be obtained, and even collodion negatives may Jje printed in various colors. Silver jp copper give a red. white gold and iron salts have been used for other effects. A remarkable instance of a battery of accumulators working under water was recently given at the municipal electric plant in Munich. The station is situated on an island in the Isar, and during the flood the water covered the batteries. According to the Scien tific American, one of the batteries which ran the car lines was completely cut out, and it was thought that the other, which furnished light, would have to be treated in the same way. '.'he flywheels of the engines were half in thc water. Nevertheless, as it was almost indispensable to light at least the principal streets of the city, it was decided to try to operate the sub merged battery. The attempt was suc cessful, and the battery, which had been constructed to give 6000 ampere hours with a 60u-ampcre discharge, was able to furnish 4000 ampere-hours during the night. The remainder was lost in discharges In the water. London'* TraimntjM. Since the London county council took to buying and managing their own tram-cars, they have materially as sisted the taxpayers with the profits therefrom. The report for the work ings of the municipal trams for tue past twelve months shows that the "rates." as local taxes are generally called in England, have been" assist ed" to the extent of $315.000 by the profits of the past year an advance of $145.000 over the assistance given from the same source during the pre vious 12-month. At present the Lon don county council, which is made up of delegates from all sections of the great metropolis, and legislates on matters which are of greater scope than mere district questions, owns all the tram lines on the north (or Strand) side of the Thames, and those on the south ( or Surry) side as well. The latter they operate with a com plete staff of their own officers and employes, but the northern lines are at present leased to several compan ies at fixed prices, the total being a trifle over $375,000 a year. Folvlnr If. Patrick, a thrifty tradesman lr. the neighborhood of the Dublin docks, was, the story goes inTit-Bits, a man who never spent a penny more than he needed to spend; but he was, never theless, as good a man at the making of an Irish bull as any who lived be tween Bantry and Ballycastle. Having one day occasion to send a kiter to a place at some distance, Pat rick called a messenger and asked him his price for going such a distance. "It'll bc a shillin'," said the man. "Twice too much!" said Patrick. "Let it be sixpence." "Nlvver," answered the messenger. "The way is that lonely that I'd niv ver go it under a shiHin'." "Lonely, it is?" sail Patrick, scratching his head. "Faith, an' ye're roight. Now, man. I'll tell ye what we'll do; makf it sixpence, and I'll go wid ye to kape ye company!" Mnjor Andra an Poet mid ArtUt. The unfortunate Major Andre, who fascinated so r.i .ny Philadelphia girls during the revolution, was something of a poet and something of an artisr, as witness the little exhibition of his work in the f niladciphia Library. An autograph poem, rather graceful in its form and rather fresh in its senti ment, is there, and beside it are a number of silhouettes that the young man cut. The poem is dedicated to a young woman, and, if the lines are true, she was a very beautiful person, tnough she has been dust for many years now. The silhouettes are of British army officers, and seem to bc as vigorous and full of character as that slight form of art admits of. It was Major Andre, by the way, who painted tho scenery and drop curtain of thc old Southwark Theatre on South street below Fifth.-Philadelphia Rt cord. A Himlinnd to Hullern I.onnlinon?. 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