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Sawcasfec -ctlsw*. """"" THURLOW S CARTER, Editor and Manager A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of tho Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interaata. Terms $1.50 a Year, Payable Ad"**nce. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION LANCASTER. S.NOVEMBER 1.1893. ESTABLISHED 1612. ? I t? Nearly 1000 children are born yearly in London workhooBes. = Thi t Thi Life insurance companies are ne* coining tho holders of enormous masses of capital, ThJ In a single season the locusts or grass-hoppers havo cost the Western farmers $200,000,000. All The City of London is sacred from intrusion by tho ltoyal troops, and To only two regiments in the British service have tho right to march through it in martial array, with bands plaving, bayonets fixed and colors dis- ,n< played. _________ Loj Tho thoroughfares of ltio do Janeiro aro so narrow that people can lean out of windows and shako hands across the street. Events, however, remarks tho Washington Star, do not on< indicate that they foci like doing this thi very often. oft i i _ ma w<> An interesting experiment ia now in 0 1 praetioal operation at Fatehgarb, India. It consists in the endeavor to vai train up in honest habits tho children f?r of the Sansia race, who havo been !!*u . _ , . the known in India as thiovos and di pre- ?U| da tern for ages past. am , : wit Btatistics gathered by tha German 1 Imperial Commissioner on labor show ou that In many parts of tho Empiro the nio duration of work exceeds flftcon hours thr daily. In Northwestern Germany the percentage of work people laboring 6(!V thus long is .16.8 of the whole. ma lug fas A Bombay health official lias pro- 1 ^IC. teated against the recent decision ol ^ the city government to adopt means hat for the destruction of crocodiles. He poi ays thoy aro tho host and only soavengers possible of tho wator resorvoirs 8av in which thev dwell: as thov clear of away all decomposing animal and vog- ^u' ctftblo matter, all obnoxious sub- i,0, stances which (hero arc no human wh means of removing 8U? , a fi '' for A vary etar'.iing report has just ^ V??m >umle ot m Science by M. Lagncau. Ho demon- du< strates that, whereas, for the wholo ot France the average of life is forty 8jn years, for Paris it is but twenty-eight evi years. This is due, he says, to the |on enormous mortality among now-born s!o infants put out to nurse, to tho great 'j mortality of infants in general, cspec- mo ially among tho poor, from authrepsy, diphtheria and measles, and to tho high mortality among adults from ren phthisis and other tuberculous com- l>ot V???ntt. ?ha I en< One of tho signs of the times, thinlcr the Chicago Herald, is tuo way pocket cor pieces arc gettiim into circulation, ouj Men who have carried certain cherished I b coins for yearB find reason for spend- (j,j, ing them, and silver halves and quar- to 1 ters of old datca are quite often rereived in change. A few of tho old- j fashioned big copper rents have alto the reappeared, and ainall tradesmen do hav net hesitate to accept Canadian or j Mexican coins at their face value. I . . .. . . ... woi the There aro to day. aooev ling to tha bee Waahiugton Star, 213,531 Indians, men, women and children in the United t|1Q mates, ana ol this number seventy-nix tbii psr cent, or 185,574 are self-supportfog and receive no subsiatcnco supplies tha whatever from the Government. Of wh the total number, 133,417 are known *nK as reservation Indians, residing as wards of the Nation on 120 different the Reservations, in twenty States and Tcr- sll ri tones. the reservations being made sitkwby .aw, by executive order or j by treaty and subject to increase or pos diminution by the Government at pleasure. These reservation Indians Mrj own $13,881,518 worth of horses, eitt mules, swine, sheep snd domestic fowls, which with their otbor property and the trust funds owned by many of the jt| | tribes, place them far above the reach piai of want. The non-rawer vat ion Indians, ^ 1 of which there are 110,117, sro in an even more enviable condition. All are to { immensely rioh as triliea and tho defree of enlightenment and civilization they have attained is a startling revels- ,|w tioa to the uninitiated. Of this class doe 60,000 belong to the Ave civilised Mil tribes in Indian T?rr.4to oav 4 ? " til it lb* Moqoii and Pueblos of AHkodi and d?*a New Mexico, 5203 to the Bix Nations 10 of York, 2885 to the eastern Imnd of **| Cherokee* of North Carolina, Georgia, 0B { Tenneeaee and Alabama, and 17,000 to tun the Navajoa of Arixoua. Their lands ^ were acquired by purchase, settlement at , or treaty, their truat fund? by tho sale it t of their surplus lands and their other property by the personal exertion and tll|( labor of the tribes, asaiate.i in titeii bet y tin Ferlwhl .Qflrtxnmeat. AN ANTIDOTE TO CANE. uk that (bo erraas upon thy gravo ia groan ok that thon aeest th<no own empty c ait > empty garmouts thou wast wont t woar; > ompty room wbero long thy haunt ball b cn. nk that tbo lane, the meadow, and th wo d, 1 mounta n summi' fool thy foot no raoro tbo loud thorough/are, nor louiWin ebor-j mere blank space where thou thyself hall !tood. id thi-? th ught-cr ated eilcnco say tuy stripped soul, what an I now, an< where? n turn and face tho petty, narrowing car Ich has hoou gnawing thee for m&uy i day, 1 ii will doai die* a wailing breeze it iu the solemn roar of bounding aeas. ?[James ftmrtham. the mmm story. fes, I don't know but what the col j| ia right; wo see some very curiou tigs in this profession of ours. I an en tempted to ibmk that it wouU kea very interesting atory if a rep >rte old somo time simply write out an ac nit of a siugle day's experiences am I all ho sees without adding even i un of rumauoo. Fiist of all the vcr, i? lv of the life has n certain chnrn the uniuitiatcd, who have an ide t it must be delightful to be behim i scenes In everything, as tbey like b t it. As though it was always pleas : to sec things stripped of all roranucc *ow. it is right there that I.tpke iasu th what the colonel has just (mid. I lot well to have everything laid hare rould rather have somn of tho ?u? lof my gingerbread. I want a little ro nee iu mine. I would like to go nl ough life and have aoino of the illu ns of youth left when I get through 1 hero I nm not yet thirty, not b; eral years, nud the few ideals that nuged to bring with me through col o hnvo been escaping ever stuce s< t that I have haruly been able to soi in go. That's why I nni tempt-d t< it journalism?thanks, I mean tb vspaper business, of course. Now ro a story to tell that illustrates th nt I am making. Talking is not mud my line, however, and I hare oftci lught I ought to wiitc what I have t Still, if somebody will stand a mu| ale, I'll tell it anyway. Thaokf lire, here's to you, and here goes. Veil, to begin with, I suppose yo > s all remember that fellow liarringto o died a couple of weeks ago and ha1 h a big funeral. The papcis guv [ood deal of spare to it at the time his family amount to a good deal m if he didn't, peace tohfs ashes. I. s a pretty lively youth. ?boy <1 ' mat the way he mado the patera* rats tly was a caution to fathers, am o no doubt ho has furnished the tex many a i?rnon to wayward yout" <e ho left us. lie seta fast pace am sry one knew he couldn't keep it u ??, but he hail n l!m? I ? ?- ' ted. The way I mine to get onto hi ry was a very natural one. I'he day after he died our editor callc into bis room and told me h nteu me to do the funeral and to giv i good write up, you know. Tlo never did anything particular, narked the man of tho shears and past "but his father was a frleud of tin ornor'e *0 I guess we cau stand abou f a column if you cna get it in carl; >ugh. The cereinory is at 2 o'clock u oan write your stuff up in tho orgn: t, aud if you have one of the boy ne un there after your copy yoi jht to lie able to get a go? d stor; ivo in time for tl>e second edition ere's nothing ou the book for yot i evening, so you needn't come bad the office." t wus a great show, aud I llatto self that wo had n fairly good accoun it that afternoon. Pretty much all o West End was there, and I couh e tilled a half column with the nnmei prom uent people in tho ccngregatioi had wanted to. was through my work and bad my rk on its way to the office long befon ceremony was over, but I stayed or ause I wanted to ate juat how fat th< lister would go in his remarks abou departed brother. l)c mortuis aoc rest of it is all well enough, but 1 ok they carry it too far sometimes so, jou know, up at that church they e an organist who can fairly tnaki t big organ of his talk, and cry, too en he fceU that way; and 1 like ooth better than to alt up there iu tb< l when he is playing away so that Ik ly forgets that there is anyone else ic church. After the coogregatiou ii gnue ho sits there l>y tiie hour and )S to himself as though it was hit {nlcasuie sod solace in life, ea a quaer old chap. I don't sup e ha aver had nsuoii fun out of lire, ( aomehow I like hiui, and every time up there to rc|K>rt the Ibsbop'i uona, J make it a point to stay awhile irward *i*b my old ft lend. I could j there f?r hours and hear him talk no with his music, 'l'oere is hardly r anything lively or h<>)>eful aboul but it touches me in some soruitivt Be, aud makes me feel sure that there mine story in hia life If only on* Id get at it. It would make a good dal. I know, and 1 am going to try jet it, aotmtiroe. He Ima uo family, that 1 ain certain, but somehow he ina to tako the greatest interest in ng people, and I've noticed that h< ays played hia beat at weddings. II. a not olten talk much, but that day, ir every one bad gone I got him start by a king buu if he had known any' u auuuv ifie young mitn who ?m ih A* tirnt he did" not hc in inclined talk, but, finally, alter he had heeo iderlng over the keva for aome time, ting untie that writ* indefinitely tad, (it wero full of tender piemoriea, b? led part way about on Ma atom and I mo a atory that I aball never to. get. lo not know whether it was true, but toy rat- itw?a worth tbo hearing, for aught ma a lesaou thnt waa wort It the ning. It abowed n>a that there art > waya at le><at of looking at the aninc tg; and who can cay which in 'h< ter way? Tiiero was souv thing vary iuipicaalvo ua< in tho scene to inc. By the time he had it! finished the church was almost dark, and loa ; all the light there was came through tho hai ; stained glass windows and gave a niclan- sh< 0 choly tingo to it all. Ono ray from the 1 setting sun as it broke through the clouds est 1 fell fair upon tho old uian a head and yni gilded his snow-whito hair until he kn fj looked almost young again. The lines bo in his faoe seemed to fade away as he sot talked along In his low, sweet voice, sin ' For a time I almost forgot the reality of ho 8 the world outside and was lost in the enthusiasm and fervor of tho old must- du li cian'fl story. I can give you a pretty Tl good idea of what tho old man said, for wl it made a deep impression on mo at the cu I time; I thought then that I would write oi\ it up some time. But I haven't. It crt 0 would 6ecm almost a sacrilege to treat his ea< k ideal any less earnestly than ho did. I ge couldu't write that sort of a story, any- thi way. but I'll try to tell it to you just a9 wti ho told it to mo. ws ? *?**? lor Yes. I ran tell you his story, now that I c ho is dead?poor boy?so full of lifo and pe hope and prointso that it seems almost as ah though it could not be. At I must have grown to lore hira more ha than I knew, for now that he is dead, I tbi feel indeed that I have lo9t a friend. Yet wt 3 ( I never knew him, never snoke to him. tb II lie was n young man. while ray youth w< 1 : has gone so far into the past that it seems th: r | as though I never had been young. Ho in| was a man of the world, with many lo1 J I friends, and what am I hut a poor, old N< 3 tired-out musician, living by adding what an y i litilo I 0*u to tho pleasure of others? I ' yo a i have looked upon his face for the last fo a time. Ho is dead, and they havo carried | 1 I him forth from th is great church, where sa ? | his friends were gathered together to wi show as beat thoy could the love and re- wi spcct they bore him. Wo heard the eh 0 i minister say thoso words of consolation ; ro t and hope, old, vet ever new, "I am tho he resurrection auu the life." What more of ' could ho havo said? wi - | Now all arc gone and you and I are ui ' | left alone up here, 1 with my thoughts th and tho memories of otter years that so 1 come flooding over me. The light from in y I those rich-colored windows is already 81 I beginning to fade away and these evening sp - shadows give nn added gloom to this lo > dreary place. Nut one of all that crowd j sa c j that was so lately horc ever gave a thought | av 1 | to the old musician, and yet It seems to j I i c i me that I knew him better than any of | I them. I kucw his hopes and fears and ni C i I knew what the sorrow tc?o that ti\rvilf?.l r>i h his life and made him glad to (lie. cb Q There was one other, but she learned it wI o when it was too late. to l? i 1 saw her, too, to-day. She was pale i th .and sad-eyed and when tlio voice of the di singer rang out rich aud dear, henring wi aloft the words of that sweet hymn of ca D hope, " And is this all t" I felt somehow bn d that she was weeping and that sin- knew ra ? , it was not all. so \ I 1 remember so woll the first time that lis I, t 1 saw her. She was but a girl then, juat d< ? growing into womanhood, and I was oue ? of the musicians who played at the bell th d | given in honor of her first appearance in Jc d society. Yes, she was what they call a I t society girl, but she looked to mo liko th h one who was able to lead and not to fob mi d I low others. Well born, rich and beauti- ge P 1 ful, life must have looked very fair to tir 't her. I remember die was spoken of as br is the most successful debutante of the sea- an 1 son. She was beautiful, i f that there ial 1 i was no doubt, with daik hair and eyes be o j thnt would start a man to improvising Oi ? | wild and noble music, with passionate ?| ! and tender strains, hut with hero and 1 I there a jarring uote, for there was sonic- a u I thing about her eyes that seemed out of wt 0 place?>a proud, ambitious look that did it t ! not become n young girl and that made co 1 her look older than she really was. She . i was that sort of wotnan that might in- an ? spire a man to noble deeds if she would, ha s or elso to wreck all beside rather than an i to loso her; whom a man might love, aw and, losing, dio for. I knew that even ga though I w as but a lonely old musician, it > I often wonder whether the people at i receptions ami bulls in the great world I ' ever give a thought to the musicians i iri; >' I sitting on by themselves mid playing ???i l . for ihiir pleasure. Do they < vei realize nu ' for a moment that we see all that goes on J in) 1 j about u? and are the un-een audience of be * I many a farce nud comedy and tragedy, j to i I Many a ball room is the scene of eveuta . to ) that may tuaKc or mar a life, and we mi r musicians, left out of account and na * screened, perhaps, behind flowers and tir > ' foliage, are oftcu the oloscst and most io] s interested spectators. A ijueer life is ah t this of outs, going from house to house, be I from rcceptiou to ballroom, playing our do I , parts in scenes in which wo really have . | no part. Yet wo are always there. l>ur- he f iog the gay scasou we may see the same th ) faces agaiu and again, day after day, thi . night niter night, until we get to know fr< tbein well. New faces come, fami'iar Ml ? faces disappear from oui view, yet rnany's to i the one we follow with interest. >V n aee th ? people meeting for the tirst time They fa< r talk idly for a while, (lance together he I and, perhaps, never 6ee one another ha i again. Or the following winter kti J we s?e tbrm together everywhere uo *] we gc? aod, seeing one, we know right co well wo will see the other not far sway, th ! j One can tell a great deal if one only sees no i a person's eye light up as if it sees a w( i wished-for face appear. That may bo th' I all, or the friendship may ripen into th r more. Bo the wrorld wags, aud so it ch r will ooudnue to w ag on long after my I I fingers have lost their cuoning and in > grown stiff and cold. on i I low often have I played right merrily fig i at a young girl's first dance, aod later on ah I played bei wodd ug match, or, per- bit r chance-- and this is the saddest task of TO all--have played above her body music bit i that she did not hear and that would i have rounded weak and poor compared f?< i , to lha sweet strains she was perhaps ro] i already bearing Ah, mo, what a deal on , an old man has seen; and yet that boy thi who is now in his last resting plroe cai knows more of the great riddle of lifo *.nd thi i death than one can learn in a long life on r* 1 earth. "In n moment, io the twinkling ha i of an eye," eaid the minister. But I am wandering from his story. It was io lier seeoud season that they at< i met From tbo first the had been w hat ha 1 ! they call a success. I could tell that it1 t?oo from my |w?ink of view. She ?ru loi : courted, tou^bt after ami Admired. At "a every ball it hernial to ma aho haM ft 'id ; little rourt. Mm (locked to her aide, Ati i ami I heard it wbfopered that one or two i ' had roaaon to with that they ha?l nevar I i met ber. I did not like bci aa well m I '"1 | did when I flret knew her. I am old, nal 4 .11 mar have ben cynical,. b?< 1 seemed to mo as tho;'??i? htr face h t some of its girlish 4ienkne5a. S il been too popular and the result w. s was spoiled. He was very young, and a certain h< , boyish look iu his iuecruado him In UDger than ho was. As you probab ow yourself, he was bettor built fi oks and works than for the way* ?> :ietv, but his pleasant manner and h icoriiv I suppose must have made hi. sts of friends. And so they met. 1 remember it waring an interval between the danceley were standing ch'SO to our corne len a mutual friend wont through thn rious formality that is necessary in rilized society before iny two of God ? 'atures may oven recognize the fact o "h other's existence. Tbey stayed t<> thcr tor an hour and it was evident ey liked each other very well. Th is but the first of many meetings, b* is evidently fascinated and ho neve it an opportunity of? being with her lo not tnink she wnfiTbrer in earnest; rhnps she did notl.a^aiu? how fa> mg they were drifting with the tldu. , any rate it was not .ottg until it roust ve been clear to the dullest onlooksi at ho bad 1< at his luirtto her; and iu* is the sort of man to win or lose even ing. It may all ho true enough that the )rld loves a lover, but it's iqudly tru; at it has but little sympathy and feel PC for a inau who has given his all in vq and has received nothing in return, j man dtes of love nowadays, they say, d perhaps they did not die when I was utig; thoy just live I on aud tried to rget it. One night late in t.ie same winter I w ihern together a. a great ball that is quite the cveut of the year. Siie is the gayest of the gay, and no oue te was half so fair a* she, with a gr< at d rose almost buried in the wealth of ir dark hair, and no-ither on tbo breast her white gowu. I watched them ith a closer attention than usual that ght, but later on I missed them from e throng of dancers. They were gone mc time, aud thcnJ ?aw them coming from the great i^-Pcrvntory beyond, ro had bi3 arm, but they were not faking, and there w as a hard, strained ok about his eyes that was iu finitely dder to mo than loan. Ho altnn?(l ray later without b.rag observed, and saw him no more fu runny a (lay. Bo time passed oo aud they had well gh gone from ray bought#, until one ght, a couple of jtais later, this old lurch was brilliantly lighted and filled 1th all the wealth ?n t fashion of the wo. It wo9 with a lull heart, however, at I sat up hero aud played tho wedng march Yea, you uro right. It as her wedding night, and people lied it a woudoifuHy tioe match. She id coma home to nuttv a foreiguer of nk and title she had pv t and woo in rae Luropeau capi'nl It was a brib rat atTuir, and ruijn > u young girl oo >ubt that nisrht covi-<l her success. As I played the Wj familiar atraios of ? u>*rch, old, y;;*^v new for two rang hearts if they but beat in traiaou, turned part way round and watched em coming down tho aisle. They ide a handsome pair, lie in his gorous uniform with the jeweled decora>db of hia many orders pinned upon Ida east, and ahe? well, sne was radiant, d she had that night a pioud aud saticd smilo that added to her grace and auty, if uot to her womanly sweetness, ice I thought six guvo a hrsty glance > into the organ loir, and as she did so saw her fate gr<nv -.trangcly white and look of pain come into her eyes. It is for a moment, however, and then passed awny as suddenly ns it had me. I turned once mote to tny keyboard, d as 1 glanced around I caught a sty glimpse of a young man's figure d a sail, white face almost hidden ay nnioug me palms Ural II11?<I tire 0I'll loft. 1 knew then, and understood nil. Two years Inter she came l?n?k alone. >aw bet one bright spring morning rid ^ in the park, she was not in tnourng, but she looked tired nnd worried d anything but a happy woman. 1 agine. oho bad not found life runrh to r liking. Perhaps she had but herself blame for it, but was she any the Iras be pitied for that? She had done as rny another young girl has done, and tbey will continue to do through all ne. She bad but lived up to the teach ;a of her lit tic world, and had made out as much out of her life aa she had en taught to do. A butterfly would but poorly in harness, you kn<<w. I aaw him, too, not long ago -no, uot r husband, but the other one. I heard at he had been oil in the mountain* In e far west, working hard in that open, re life that ii so close to the heart of jthcr Nature, and atrlving, I suppose, forget. Hut there aro some gh at# at will not be laid. To me the :t that he had nursed a poor ahcep rder through a long illness, and then d fallen ill himself and bad been vainly locking at death'* door for weeks, did t altogether account for his pitiable uditiou. It may have done so with e rest, but it is my opinion ths? he did >t care very much to live Aud 10 I ra not much surprised last night when s old sexton came to me and told m? at uay services would be needed at the urch to day. She, too. was here, and I saw her, off a dark corner of the church, where no e could have notice! that solitary jure, cisd all in black and at times skeu by her silent emotion. Upon the tck covering of the box above the una man's breast, 1 noticed two great ioa-rcd roses You say that I played with uousuat ding to-day? Ah, hot 1 was trying in f own poor way to bring comfort to a uilibn>>rl li?*rl ?/! '*- -? it I knew and ha<\ pity. When she ma down the aisle just now. after all ? rest had left, I saw that she wore two 1 roses on her breast. 1 think, per* ps, ha knows now and is happy. * ? And that, boys, is tha old musician's >ry, just as ha told it to me. You can ve it for what It is worth. At any rate, throws a new light on that young fel- ? ?'s life, and who can say but what lie aright? At least ho saw the better Ic, worse luck to ma.-* (Washington if. [t la only tha women who can law. If hold up a tralo.? (New York Jour L THF. liODY AN 1> ITS HEALTH. The Htoieke or the Teeth. ~' All decay of the teeth," says the London Lancet, "begins from the outside, no such thing hb -internal dooay liaviug ever Wen demonstrated; honcc, if thesurfac? could bo kept absolutely clean, no decay could take place, however poor the texture of the teeth. This is of course impossible, hut much may be attained by attention to hygienic rules. Parents ofteu ask dentists and medical attendants: 'When ought tooth to be cleaned?' The auswer assuredly is: 'As soon as they are teeth.' A very small toothbrush charged with some preclpitatcd chalk, flavored with an aromatic drug to make it pleasant, is perhaps the beat incar.6." The Pi lse and the Teuteiiai can.? If you tako a thermometer gn a hot summer day, and watch it until it runs up under the influence of the sunshine to 93.4, you will see it, when it reaches that point, at the exact temperature of your body, if you arp in normal health. Your temperature may flnctuato a fraction above or below aocordiug to the time of the day or night, but it never vnrb-s to any exteut until fever or sumo other kind of disease sets in. Then the temperature begjus to do what tho pulse would not do?tell ju9t how dangerously siok the person Is. And one of the strange things about it is that it does not vary many degrees from this normal point of 98.4, no matter how ill tho patient may become. If there is a high fever, it may run up to 101 or 10"?, and sometimes to 100, but it seldom stays at this .ast point for auy length of tiino. If it goes up to 108, the good physician who is wauhtug at the bedside of the eick person concludes thnt death will soon put an end to the suffer wg. oomeumos, as in cases or coolers, it may drop several degrees below 08.4, but it seems to be impossible for it to change many degrees from tho normal point. There aro cases recorded where the temperature raD up to 110 or 113 and the patient recovered. The pulse, on tho oontrary, may change many beats, and till the sick persou will not be in danger of death. But, as a rule, if the temperature reaches 108 or 100 death soon follows A tiny thermometer, called a clinical thermometer, is used to iudicato the temperature. It is pluced under tho tongue, <>r close to the skin iu the axilla, or urm pit, and left there for a few iimdutea. By au iugenious ariangeinvnt the mercury in the slender gla*s tube is selfregistering so that you may tell how high it was any time after tho temperature is taken if the mercury is not disturbed. IIow Lightning Kills. Iu my article "'Why Lightning Usually Kills," which appeared iu "Notes for the Curious" ou January 7, of this year. 1 tatcd that the electromotive force developed by a "bolt of lightning" of the regulation slxo was 3,">00,000 volts, the current about 14,000,000 am pores and the tiuie of dUcfcsrgo about 1-2U.000 part Or \ second. Thcie is no way of measuring the extraordinary amount of energy thus developed so as to give it in figures that would bo correct beyond nil question, but it is worthy of reinaik, that tho best scientist* and clectriciaus say that it is not less than 2.400,000,000 uutts, which would be equal to a stroke of 3,281,182 horse power! At tho time the article above mcutiourd was written I was not iu possession of data thnt would give a clear explanation of the cause of death from lightning stroke, but have siuco secured it iu the following, which is from thu pen of one of the best electricians of the day "The cause of death by lightning is the sudden absorption of the electric current. When a thunder cloud which is highly charged with positive electricity hangs over any certain phuc the earth beneath it becomes abnormally charged with the negative electric cur rent, and a man, animal or other ob ject standing or lying directly beneath also Iiartakca of the ho<t mentioned influence, f, while the ntan, ntnimal or other object it in this condition, a discharge takes place from the cloud above, the restoration of the equilibrium will bo sudden and violeut;oi, in I tnguugc that we cau nil undeistnnd, the negative current from the earth will rush up to join the positive cloud current, and in passing through the object which scpa~ rates the two currents, if it he an aui mate being, will do so with such forco as to almost invariably produce instant death." According to the above, which seetns a tenable hypothesis, to say tho least, a fellow is really "struck" by the ground current and not by the forked fury from above at all.?[St. Louis Republic. RKLIABLK KKCIl'KS. A Good Batter. ? A g'toi hatter for frying meat, oysters, etc., it stead of egus and crumbs, is mide iu the following way: Three-quarters of a pound of sifted flour mixed with tyvo ounces oi butter tnelted in warm watrr. M-ko a soft paste, bent it smooth till tho batter is thick enough to mask the hat k of a spoon dipped into it, and salt tu taste. Add the last thing the whites of two eggs well beaten. Roast Drcn with Dressing. ? Choofa two large and fat duoks; singe and draw carefully; rave and paio the livers, chop tbem Hno. fry a little with a small phoo of buttar and a tablespoonful of chopped shallots; mix with four ounces of steeped ._J 1 i . ' um jrirwcu nunc ui uiihu, iwu uiiuvr* of bul?sr, two egg-yolks, salt, pepper and (hopped p*r?ley; nut this iu the ducks, secure both enas, truss nicely, and roast about forty minutes; untie and dish up the ducks; add o little broth to the drippings, etiain ovei the ducks nud serve. ?| Del ice. lloti.au Lao of M err on. CatsmSavce ? Procure a fat, tender, six pound leg of mutton; pare, \>oU steadily for an h6ur and a half in plepty of slightly salted water; drain with n skimmer <"'?c careful not to pierce the surface with a fork or anything sharp, as nil the juico in that case would certainly lie wasted*, Ihirkot) about a quart of the broth with an onrtfe and a half of llour kocaded with bullet ; add salt, pepper nikI a fywdropsof vfm gar and puts through a napkin; diih up the mutton, pure and ornament the handlC'bono with a fancifully cut whito paper cuff ; pour some of the scurc over and the rest tn a sauce bow] and serve with some capers in a separate plate. Odd ?. .J Money used *?y uative*- in occidental Woudan consists '<>} small tmivulvo whito shells called ranrie*; derived from the Maldives nail Caqncdh tb islnnds, itnii also from Zanzibar. For several centuries past ship'" ha .o brought to the mouth < < I , .'he Niger. or to the Guinea ^ i"^ i i "TWO AND A HAL.K. ' coast, as far as Ijiberia. entire cargoes of theae bholls. th? value of which run ; from twelve cents to forty cents per thousand, according to the pari- of \friea Cannes arc oaljr used in countries where gold i? ajarcc. In th * whole era betwoo'u Koug, Bon<lan tan. and the -sea, caurie:- ura n"t tw?d; natives settlo their purchases with go Li dn?t or nuggets. To weigh tho gold they visa a crreucy they employ small copper . > :al; i "OXE ritnAPTE." Weigbtsare extremely varied in eh > m ami sizes. Most of them are in br > <. Many of tho weights exhibiting hum 1 fignree, animals, toole, ludicrous Bceno?, etc., as reproduced here fro.n the Jewelers' Circular arc models 1 with wax aud east in hrass Africans may have learned this process from Europeans who visited their country, nut their art exhibits a native ch'?r<??.e.* thoroughly novel. These black artiste have evidently reproduced wn they saw or imagined, an 1 tun/ r o A COMPTJCATED DEXTOV. have douo it in a style of tlioir own ; their works are peculiarly hunioroun aud fanciful. Each native who lias a pair of scales has also special weights which he alorte understands how to use. lit knows, for instance, that a giraffe weighs one or two in it kit Is of gold ; that such a weight in the shape of a bird represents one-half or one-third mitknl <fi gold, ct?.^ The Army Worm. This year lias been rendered a memorable one by the appearance of the irmv worm in Itin main liutily ??f 4t>? Wont ftud Northwest. Thousands oi acres of wheat havelieen wholly ruined by this pest and in many cases tho yield is so small and is hi such a had condition n*? not to l>< worth harvest* iug. The array worm is a cut-worm, with all the habits of thut voracious pest. This year has been a particularly bad one for these worms iu various sections. ARMY WOBV. Minnesota has perhaps suffered more than'the other Skates. It ia li<>ped thai these* worma will not be troublesome next year, as large numbers <>f them were destroyed i>y the maggot <>f a fly I before the breeding at ago was reached*. I Our illustration shows the worm feast I in<r on an ear <>f wheat - Now York World. V"" Figure (<>nc*rnln* Ih < Deluge. In fttiftwer to a correspondent a newnpapfr aay* r* ** "Tho deldgcr-inentioncd in th* Bible wa* threatened ijj iu 1b*; year 1766 H C., and began I,eccnjber 7, 1656 B. C sud continued dayb Tho ark retted >u Mount Ararat on May 6, 1655, ho? Noah did not leave it until December 1& following." Any r?ad**r who imagine* th it it would be au t?a*> teak to IIgun* thea? detaile from a Biblical acoouut -'an Cnd a l>a?na for hh oalenlationt in tho 1 aoventli and eighth chapter* of OeneaU ?bt. Louia JUpubUo, CWTU?RES?8 COMTJO. nportr n?n. A queer old wife was Fidgetv 5?n, A funny old wife was she, A wearisome wile for a sailor man. As the sailor man lold me. He n?ver could make her understand NVnen a storm raged fiercely on the land. It might not rage at sra. She hung In a dangling, dangerous place, Where the wind could sweep It free. The old brass kettle had served her race Full well for ? century. And whenever a terrible atorin took place. She hurriedly climbed the tree : "I thank the powers that give mo grace, To swing in this kettle," said she . "For how could 1 stay in a safer pla> * And my man in peril be?" Put tbo (tinniest fact of this curious case. As the sailor man told me. Was when she swung In that dangerous ploca it was deadly calm at sea. - St. Kieholas. THE NIMBLE ELEPHANT. It is a remarkable thing tbnt elephants are able to make their way up ami down mountains and through n country of steep cliffs where mules would not dare to venture, and where even men find passage difficult. Their tracks have been found upon the very summits of mountains over 7,000 feet high. In these journevs an elephant is often compelled to descend hills and mountain sides which are almost precipitous. This is the wey in which it i* done : The elephant's first raanceuver is to kneel'down -close to the declivity. One foreleg is then cautiously passed over the edge and a short way down the elope, and if he finds there is no good spot for a firm foothold beppeedily forms one by stamping into the soil if it is moist, or kicking out n footing if it is dry. When he is sure of a good foothold the other foreleg ib brought down in the same way. Then he performs the same work over again with his feet, bringing both forclege o little in advance of the firpt footholds. ThiB leaves good, sure places all made and ready for the hind feet. Now bracing himself by his huge, strong foreleg*, he draws his hind legs, first one and then the other, very carefully over the edge, whero th Wcupy the first places made by *fc? { 'fact. , This Is tha way the huge animal proceeds all th* way down, zigzag, kneeling every time with the two hind legs, while he makes footholds with his fore feet. In this way the "center of gravity" is preserved, and the huge beast prevented from toppling over on his nose.?[8t Louis Republic. an ox's kindness. Mr. Barclay Ballard of Richmond, Ind., tells an interesting story of two oxen owned by Governor M orrow, when lie lived ou the Little Miami River, noiir Lovetand. One of the beasts was blind, and its mate watched it so carefully while they were working together that its owner began to notice what appeared to be an attempt dn the part of the ox to talk to its blind mate. When about to cros? or go into a ditch or on to rough ground the pilot would give a grunt that seemed to tell the bli/id ox what they wore about to come in contact with. It was done by a peculiar sound that told the blind ox whether to step up or down. It was well worth any person's while to watch them and see how attentive the pilot was to its mate, the poor, unfortunate blind ox. Directly across the river there was good grazing in the rich valley and in the woods. The ford was close to the mill, di rccTiy oeiow me flam, nut the ford was a difficult one. full of deep holes. They would pro over the river when tamed out. The pilot would keep on the lower side and follow the riffl* tlways. Jio kept a little in advance, about the length o| hie neck. WheD grazing he kept between the blind ox and the river, if possible If they chanced to get separated the pilot kep* hie eye on the blind one, and if fb-> blind ox was abotit to get too close to the steep bank, on hearing a peculiar grunt from the pilot he would chango Lis course. One certain grunt would drive him to the right or to the left. Mr. Ballard ears that he used to enjoy trying to drive tho oxen into the mill pond to see the care the pilot took of the blind ox. Other people annoyed the oxen to gratify their curiosity. Thia the pilot soon learned, and woul 1 give a peculiar bawl to call the Oovernor'a attention, and if he heard it he would call to the folks to let the ??ieu alone. ? [New York News *ot Like Vimmii. "I think baby is like mamma, don't you, floorge?" said the proud mother. "N?. why, we're had him sit week* now, and he hasn't contradicted ma once," returned (ieorge. - [Harper'* Bazar.