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PS- . ' THE CPTIMI5T. Old Uncle Finn was a good ole chap. But he never seemed for to care a rap. it the sun forgot To rise some day. Just like as not Olo Finn would say: '"Oncommon dark, this here we're in. But 'taint so had as it might 'a been." But a big cyclone came 'long one day. An' the town was wrecked and blowed awav. When the storm had passed W? turned around ( And thought at last Ole Finn had found The state o' things he was buried in About as bad as it might 'a' been. 80 we dug 'im out o' the twisted wreck And lifted a rafter oft his neck. He was bruised an' cut, And a sight to see; He was ruined, but He says, says be. With a weak look 'round aud a smashed up i ftrin, " 'Taint half so bad as it might 'a' been!" But after all. it's the likes o' Finn Makes this world lit fer livia' in. Wlio>\ il.Qvc uru litMiir And s-ki'-s arc dark, It's good to hear Some old cuss bark, "Now see here, son !" with a cheerful grin, ; " 'Taint ha?f so bad as it iniirht 'a' been !" ?Newark News. v * i A A A A. A A . A . Jk. A A A A A I 3 THE PHARTOI VOICE, t: < Sitting on the veranda of his sum- ( . I mer residence by an inland lake in , Michigan, surrounded by his family ] and guests, the venerable Judge Wat- ( ties told the strangest story of his ] professional career. , "Immediately following my admis sion to the bar," he said, "I was made ( .: - prosecuting attorney, accepting the t honor as a deserved tribute to my ( superior abilities. But you must bear j in mind that this was a good many |.r, years ago in a little vailey town in t Pennsylvania, where we were hemmed in by the mountains and had few with , - whom to compare in the matter of j ^ ? lriemgence or auammeius. "In the criminal annals of the county there were the evidences of a well disposed community; and it came as a pj 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 the zeal of an ambitious beginner. Jenkins 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 musy. tache and an angry red scar across his j p left cheek. " *Why, I seed that air critter,' de' clared Constable Joe Huskey, 'I kim on him sudden like yisterday when I / was fishin' at Punkey Holler crick. Th' feller war in swimmin' and tola me he war jist onten the city fur a q p leetle recreation. I'd know him e 'mongst a thousan'.' t "y- ? "By employing competent assistance d from Philadelphia, we ran down our 1, man, Jenkins and Huskey both recog- 2 Hp nized him at sight. A few days after l 1 the arrest and while I was working on i k the case, a handsome, matronly ap- r pearing woman walked into the office, e introducing hersefl as the mother of t the prisoner, who had given the name , v of Harry Winter. She bore the unmis- ~C takable marks of refinement, and in a t brief statement, punctuated by con~ * Tulsing sobs, assured me that a terri- t . . ble mistake had been made. Harry i: was her son, her only support, and she h 5 ,*a widow. He was the soul of honor t rgjt and had never given her an hour's d anxiety. He was with her the night ii of the assault and robbery. They had f walked for an hour in the evening, v after which he read to her, going to t his room at 11. It was a physical q v as well as a moral impossibility for c him to have done the great wrong laid h i?%:- at his door. Her story greatly im- n -?* ""?pfossffd jge. but there was the positive "e / 'identification^By"firkins and the'con- o |||?is stable. . e j| - ." > "Less than a week later I had an- * ??? other caller; a well dressed man who f r * walked with a limp and who said he s had been subpoenaed by the defence c /-. to show Winter's good reputation. But Q nothing could have surprised him a more, for he knew tne accused to have a very bad record. He declared that ? W& he had a full confession of that very crime from thep risoner who had re- 1! i* lied upon the cripple as a loyal friend p srinp^1-because they had met occasion- c ally at the mother's house. This 0 -. swept away the doubts that she had t created, convincing me that her cling- ^ ing love had overcame her regard for ?|f- the truth. I gained a promise from the ; p PA cripple that he would say nothing till I e called to the stand by the other side. 11 "When the prosecution h?d made his case at the trial I was entirely a vV>. . satisfied. Just after Jenkins and Hus- p key had sworn point blank as I knew u ; % they would, word reached me that ! p there was a private detective in the s| court room who wanted Winter for a : crime committed in New York. This : was help from an unexpected source, i a jand J^Qon had it before the jury that I S1 the ugly scar on Winter's cheek was % ' made by a man defending his home against burglars. There was not a j ^ weak link in the chain of evidence that had been coiled about him. p "On his behalf the testimony of the ; weeping mother made a deep impres- i ^ Iff sion, but I was confident that the spell t] she had put upon the 12 men sitting i in judgment would yield to the cool de- ? liberations of the jury room. After several unknown witnesses had given V ' testimony tending to show that Winter had led a reputable life, the man who , /f had called upon me limped to the ; stand, and I must confess that I re- ! joiced at the anticipated confusion of the defense. "But there was a most unaccounta- | o tie intervention. No sooner was the ' h oath administered to the witness than ' a voice from overhead solemnly ? warned him to remember that he had 1 ^ made the sacred promise before his ! Maker to tell nothing but the truth. \ The prisoner dropped heavily into t, his chair, the jurymen went white as j ghosts and the judge cast a troubled ' look about the ceiling as if to detect the bold offender. 'Order in the ! S1 court' was gruffly demanded and the ! case proceeded. The first material j v, question asked was as to the charac- i tl ter of the prisoner, and that same phantom voice this time from the rear of the judge, called the collapsed witness. 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 s through all eternity.' k "The court whirled and gasped with 0 a terror that his pride sought vainly to conceal. An unknown dread was t< I . upon me and jurymen were stricken li with fright. Har'dheaded and practi- tl ca! old farmers as they were, the su- a perstition that had lain dormant and ! t: dving through generations was quickened into life. But it was the witness who cringed and stared as j ii V* though in tho presence of death. He j admitted a bitter enmity toward the ! prisoner whose liberty he had meant , to s^iear away, tnough called In his I behalf, anu wound up by not only I ; swearing, that Winter was a model ? young man. that he was seen j ] walking with his mother by the wit i ncss on the night in question. "I felt the ground slipping from j ^ under me. bu| the dramatic climax was j c yer to come. From an open doer into i ] one of the small adjacent rooms hur- ! f iled an excited man with striking feat- ; ures and blazing eyes. He rushed to j the prisoner, embracing him as a fa- ! ther might have done, and then de- i g manded. rather than requested, that ! his evidence mi gut be taken. It was I v to the effect that he had been a cap- ! t tain in the Mexican war, that Winter, j then a mere boy. was a drummer i ^ whom the captain loved as a father; j that when he was shot from his horse j t in a charge, the boy gallantly fought 1 t back the murderous Mexicans till j stronger assistance could come, and : j f 1 , O f V* y~v k A ^ rV? A mac invi c xit: uau i tv. ?cvi cue wvsuiiu | which left such a g'hastlv scar. The ! impetuous witness even got in a state- I !; meat that there must be some vile j i conspiracy against Winter and wanted j to confront the private detective. But ! A he had disappeared. The jury ac- j Quitted without retiring, and I thought ! I IT their verdict a righteous one. i ^ "One evening some years later, when ' south on business. I fount] time heavy j t; on my hands and dropped into a place I oi amusement. I was indifferently in- i { tercsted until uiat voice of the courl | | room, which still haunted my memory. came from an upper corner of the : ] hall. I felt like running, but. turning j to the stage. I saw my hero of the j Mexican war. He tipped me a rec- i jgnition, and later went with me to ' he hotal. There, under pledge of se- ! uecy, he gave me the inside facts of ! that mysterious trial. j ^ "The alleged mother, the alleged de- e ective. the alleged captain, the crip- d >le and Winter were all members of : J i shrewd gang of crooks operating in ! c he east. Winter had committed the j aim swaiiowtu up ui. me vicims, and others are buried in ruins j vhere they never may be disturbed, i f )ver 300 bodies had been recovered at j he latest accounts. 1 g To the student of seismic phenomena j c he interesting and suggestive feature 1 I n the Shamaka earthquake is that it e las occurred in the neighborhood of | _ he Baku oil district?the most proactive Held in the world, not except- I ug that of Beaumont, in Texas. It is, | urthermore, a section of the world " rhich has hitherto been exempt from j ,0 hese phenomena. The scientific in- ! & uirer will naturally?search for a ^ ause, for cau?e and effect go together ! n the scientific analysis of all phe- _ opiena. As the great natural oil res- j a> rvoir tapped by the oil wells of Baku. ; n the shores of the Caspian sea. locat- . d under the site of Shamaka. and has j he tremendous drain of mineral oil ! i rom the same caused a void and a ubsequent shrinkage in the earth's j [ rust in that neighborhood? The in- ! V i?irv is not far-fetched. It is usually ! ssumed that water takes the place of j ? tie oil withdrawn from the measures, J lling the vacuum created by the lat?r's withdrawal; but if the water, beig more tenuous, should find an inde- , endent vent elsewhere, the vacuum t reated by the draining of the mineral j = il would remain, and a shrinkage of i ^ he unsupported crust of the earth ! ' rould naturally follow sooner or later, j \ It has been suggested that the tap- I ing of the oil measures in the south- | rn part of this state has relieved the j lineral oil-bearing formations from j a ie pressure of the gas created in them, j nd the possible subterranean gas ex- | , losions produced by excessive press- | ^ re, and thus removed one of the sup- j 4 osed causes of earthquakes in that \ action. There may be nothing in the K leory, but it has been observed that . ie Los Angeles district has been notbly exempt from seismic disturbances ince the oil measures were tapped and ent given to the gases generated in lem. Likewise, the theory that the ' harnaka earthquake was due to the rain 011 the petroleum reservoirs in 1 ie Caucasus by the Baku wells may 1 e entirely at fault. But the two phe- < omena seem to invite the attention of 1 i [ie scientist, and open a new field for ] ie study of seismic disturbances.? i 1 an Francisco Chronicle. j 1 PEARLS OF THOJGHT. 1 1 It is not easy to flatter people who o not flatter themselves. I The smaller the intellectual fountain ie more continuously (iocs it squirt. ! The false witness of his foes affords pportunitv for true witnessing by j is friends. j ~ Politeness towards "cubs" pays. Joys are wore gallant than the un- ; , houghtful believe. ^ One of the most prevalent hailu- j inations is that of those persons who j ? hink they are over-worked. . j* One whose heart is filled with God's >ve never refuses food to one whose ' ' tomach is filled with nothing. 1 ^ There are quite a number of people j | rhose chief objection to sinecures is * tie fact that other people have them, i Many a man after attaining a high osition forgets all about the laws of ravity until it is everlastingly too j>. ite. t c; Success is seldom attained before the eeker's feet are stone-bruised and his ^ ands blistered by climbing the steeps o f difficulty. * Society may wear a new face; cus- * Dms may vary; rules and standards, % ke human opinions, may change. But he soul and its life, man's religious ; o spirations and his religious activi* : " ies?these abide. j I California is the only state produc- j ^ ng asphaltum and bituminous rock, j MINNIE'S KINDNESS. "Minnie lias a good heart.." 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['hev enjoyed many a laugh over the ! nanner in which they had 'done' the \ Rubes' up in my country. Winter j vas then doing a life sentence. The rother was dead, the detective fled | rom the country and the cripple went / vith liim. The captain was one of i 1 he best ventriloquists of the day. and : ' lad become a professor who made an :onest living. It was his voice, hrown at will, that left us simple oiks thinking that we had encounered the supernatural."?Waverly lagazine. OIL WELLS AND. EARTHQUAKES. * : o P l ^uggeation That the Dis'nrb inces May ^ He Cause*) by l et tins; Out Gas. ^ One of the most disastrous earth- a [uakes of recent times is that report- ! d from Russia Transcaucasia. The j own of Shamaka has been practice Uy ! ^ lestroyed, only a dozen houses being I ^ eft standing, while a population of ! n 5,000 has been rendered homeless, i "he number of fatalities is as yet un- ti mown. Perhaps it never wil be cor* P ectly determined, for the fissured " ?u J .t 11 & ltie amount ot t>iood in tlie numan uoay s one-thirteenth of the body weight. FITS permanently cured. No fltsornervomless after Urst day's use of L>r. Kiine's Gre it < ierveKestorer.$2trial bottle and treatisei r-j i )r. If. If. klin'e.Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Thila.. P.i. Usually when a man starts on the down- 0 vard road the brake refuses to work. , h riso's Curo for Consumption is an infallible b ledicino for coughs and colds.?N. W. v amuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Russia now possesses a school of miliary ballooning. j: SORGiCAL OPERATIONS ! a low Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera Singer, Escaped an Operation. a Proof That Many Operations c for Ovarian Troubles aro Un- n necessary. 1( q 44 Dear Mrs. Pixriiam : ?Travelling & or years on the road, with irregular t neals and sleep and damp bods, broke a lown my health so completely two c cars ago that the physician advised a ^ omplete rest, and when I had gained mils! g. 'bruce. ufficient vitality, an operation for varian troubles. Not a very cheerful a rospect, to be sure. I, however, was s dvised to try Lydia E. Pinkliani's a /egetablc Compound and San- u ttive Wash; I did so, fortunately ?; or ine. Before a month had passed I ^ elt that my general health had im- .. roved; in three months more I was ured, and I have been in perfect ^ ealth sin3e. I did not lose an engage- I lent or miss a meal. 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I Lad a general rnn-down feeling, lacked imbition, and had no appetite whatever, ^ with a v<ry languid feeling at all time?, ^ 3n going to supper one even ng my boardng mistress recommended my taking Ri- ^ aans Tabulcs. Shr- told me her experience P a ith them, as well as that of others to a whom she had spoken about the Tabules. 11 I decided to make a trial and since I have ^ been taking them I feel like a new-made Y man, and have none of my formed co'mpl tints, taking a mor decided interest in mv work and in life in general. li ii At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary o.*<\usiun. The family bottle, P CO cents, contains a supply for a vear. n ? : 1 o ASTHMA : CAM BE e CI "RED. p : eck's .Asthma < lire" will d<> it It relieves fi ietrfli'8' attack of Asthma m out* minute. It equally Kv<>d !?>: ( r.-uu or 1 olds. Try It. tl i t*e s;uuJ>i?' sent any address . PKC'lijCT I y Street,.Atlanta Ga. IT $0,000 : j>on( bark "J our Gnaranty of Positions. 01'?:S M.I. TilK YEA 11. a 1dorsad by Bankers. Officials, Business Men. fl H. Faro paid Board at cost. W:ito Quick to a; A.-ALA. HI'S. C OLLKGE, Macon,Ga. tl :0?PO??O5?,0POJe.O??C??0S>0?'.09?0?*02?0 r< ; f AS* ss! : LatiklWH, COLDS, ETC. o 0 r Dock .\<>t AflVrt the lloart, ?q , .^o d by DiUL'ifists 1 > au I 'S>c bottle. ,?f <ft C a 0 ?3 0 ? 0 ? 0 ?8 0 <4 0 "dt 0 U 0 O *3 o A o 5 he person in the pulpit e< fixoour.ding of his views, a [ears never any creaking soles a: Since folks wear Rcil Seal Shoes. S^^TOluain I (pp /' I : A Fable Keloid. lave you heard of the kid with the lion's heart? How he stood on the roof one dav, ,ixl defiantly railed at a grim gray wolf, Who was passing by chance that way? 'lie incident happened in Aesop's time, And the old man wrote it down o that young and old ever afterward Might lead this tale of renown. 'he kid fairly pelted the old gray wolf With epithets lierce and strong, 'ailed him renegade, murderer, thief and knave, Then vauntingly cried "begone!" You are wise," said the wolf, "that you choose your time, And a place that is high and dry. 'are you well, valiant kid, we will meet i again When you fall from your eminence high." ?New York Mail and Express. i A Doll v'* Day. Lotta's dollies. Belle and Violet, sat j >n the sofa facing one another. Lotta iad gone to sleep, forgetting (o put her rabies to bed. and now every one j ras safe in Dreamland and the dollies ould talk. "Oh, dear, how tired I feel," said lelle, yawning. "What a lot of things did to-day!" j "Did you?" said Violet. "I've been n bed till supper time with a head,che. Tell me what happened to you." "Well, let me see," Belle said, with . tired smile. "First I was sick and ouldn't get up. and Lotta fussed over ! ae and sent for Doctor Tommy. He ooked wise and gave me all sorts of i ueer medicines. I didn't mind them, or Lotta took them all for me. Then he doctor decided my leg was broken, nd he had to cut it off?make believe ut it off, you know. What a time here was over that leg!" "When Lotta got tired of that, she hought that I ought to marry that ross o!d china soldier on the mantelicce. He is such a stiff fellow, and I now he doesn't like me, he kept rowning so all the time. I don't | hink he was ever married before, rhile I have been married a great lany times and to a different person very time. After that we kept' house i nder the piano, and had all sorts j f troubles, squabbles, fires and every- I hing. I think we ended up with an arthqu?ke just before lunch." "You poor thing," said Violet, "I on't wonder you're tired. I hope that ,ras all." "No," said Belle, sadly shaking her ead, 'it wasn't. After lunch Lotta nd. I went for a walk, and it made me o sleepy looking at all the windows of 11 the toy stores when Lotta held me p to them. When we came home she at down to sew on some new clothes or me and I had to stand up to be ried-on and fitted. My, how tired I as! I fell over several times. I think | must be getting?worn?out." "No wonder," said Violet. "There i he's asleep. I guess I'll sleep, too, nd we'll hope for a better tomorrow." -Brooklyn Eagle. r?r*na*ion of Mr*, f'etly. Mrs. Betty was an important personge in Miss Hunter's out-of-town "Esablishmcnt for Young Ladies," and rhen it became known that she was ailing off in her special line, ther was inch anxiety. Even Miss Hunter, J rho knew everything was at her wits' j nd. Mrs. Betty was apparently well j nd seemed to have nothing on her lind, but she was not doing her duty j nd neither argument nor persuasion ould force her. She had one virtue, ! owever; she was fond of young ?cple. always looking round and nodd- i ag when the girls came to inquire ow she was, and it was on Mildred's isit early one morning that a sudden iscovery was made which wrought strange and speedy cure. Indeed, Irs. Betty has Mildred to thank, for therwise she might have lost a good osition. On this particular day she heard Milred singing, and the sweet childish oice had a remarkable effect upon ! er; she turned her head and gazed t her visitor with, a pleased express- | m in her mild eyes. It was evident j he had an ear for music; the muchnduring maid grew excited, for Mrs. ietty seemed more like her old docile elf. "Go on with your singing. Miss Milred.'' she cried; "it's like old times? ; is. See!" and she pointed to the ail now rapidly filling with rich milk, rhich up to this moment Mrs. Betty ad refused to yield in any but the mallest quantities. Much elated, Milred sang on, Mrs. Betty's dun-colored ead moving rythmically to the music, s she stood patiently under the maid's killful hand. By this time a crowd of iris and teachers had gathered in the j ow shed to wonder at the result. "It is certainly strange," said Miss [ inter, "I've heard that in Switzerland this peculiarity among cows is j -ell known; all the milkmaids are ood singers. We shall have to teach ! ou. Bridget," she added, with a smile. ! "Shure, an' the young leddies can j o me job, ma'am," answered Bridget, j rith a grin, and her suggestion was allowed enthusiastically, the girls j egging to take turns, and thus it has i roved beyond a doubt that music had melting influence and filled the milk- j ig pail. So it was decided to give ; Irs. Betty the singing class.?New j brk Mail and Express. Wild Animal* in the Snow. Pandemonium brook loose at dayght in the New York Zoological Park, j 1 the Bronx. All night the six watchmen had been j atrolling the dens, yards and cages j Bady to rescue any of the animals , vercome by the snow, but the big rtowstorm demonstrated, that the ani- t lals arc better able to take care of ! Biemselves than the watchmen are. When daylight crept through the ! ark and the wild creatures realized I :e depth of snow the rejoicing among :iem amounted to a riot. The wolves owled till they were heard at Tre- : * ~ ;i -I iuui, a unit: a vv ay. There was a six-foot drift in the j en of the Alaskan bears, and they | iscovercd a way to climb up on the I ill and jump down into the drift, j hey went out of sight every time ; lid came floundering out as white as j our. One jumped on another's head, j nd then there was a fight in the snow j lat looked like a Canadian Pacific j Dtary snow plough in full action. When the watchmen went around to | le buffalo range the great beasts ; ere not in sight. Instantly there was xcitement. Out in the field were a j iries of little mounds of snow. The j uffaloes must have frozen! But when a watchman had climb>1 i lto the yard and had oarelesly kick- , i into one of the piles of snow he ime to the sudden realization that tlttr nimals were very much alive. With a bellow Black Beauty and I 1 Romeo jumped to their feet, shook of! the snow drifts and pursued their disturbers to the fence. They had been enjoying their nap under the warm snow and were angry at being disturbed. After a while they lay down again and the snow once more drifted over them and covered them, only a little round bole showing where their breath st^srned 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 mrld-eyed prong-horned antelopes rolled in the deepest part of their yards and went fast asleep with the snow drifting over them. The foxes rolled over till their fur was full of snow. ?New York World. Jack, the Talking Crow. In the northern part of Connecticut is a lovely little lake, almost four miles in length. It snarkles in the sunshine like a blue ribbon striped with silver. On the north are mountains, tall and woody, on the western bank many I 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 eastern shore are fine and productive farms, which furnish good things for the people in the hotels and cottages. Mr. Beeman's farm was at the northeast corner of the lake. He was a carpenter as well as farmer, and had a j shop near one of his farms, where he | did all sorts of work with his valuable 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. Beeman constructed was designed to catch the fish alive. The trap was so arranged that they I 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 j some of the hotels with bass, pickerel, ! suckers and ells. It was a source of income to him and no trouble, as all he had to do was to open the door at the top of the trap and take out whatever 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 coine 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 handsome fellow he fitted the ring to his : leg with a little chain attached and fastened the chain to a post where i Master Crow could sit at his ease. He fed him and called him Jack. Jack grew very tame after a little, and Mr. Beemnn 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 his bill over ahd over again; but no sound came. When Mr. Beeman gave him his. food he repeated "Thanks" several times, but the bird 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 ^ont out to find Jack he did not see him as usual, and called "Jack! Jack!" j All at once over his head he heard a hoarse and plaintive cry of "Jack! Jack! Jack!" He was very much surprised and could hardly believe it was Jack really speaking; but it was. Jack was in trouble. He had flown into some bushes, and was so caught that he could not free himself. Mr. Beeman went to the 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 feathers, he opened his mouth several 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 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. Chattering 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 to 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 fastened to a tree. His proud spirit resented the less 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. Come to Us for Card. The coal miners of New South Wales have been suffering from the same trouble as our own, the short supply of cars at the mines and the delay in transporting coal to cosuming points. In New South Wales there is only one party to blame, the railroads being owned by the state; and the responsible minister has been bombarded with complaints according- j ]y. His explanations indicate a growth j of traffic, for he says that the railroad j department has been hampered by conti actors' delays in delivering 40 new locomotives and 1250 cars ordered especially for the coal traffic. Of the cars it may be noted that 450 are steet. j cars built in the United States. They are smaller than are usually employed here, their capacity being only 15 tons each.?Engineering and Mining Journal. The namin? of a Japenese baby is not simply the bestowal of a name upon it soon after its birth, by which it slia'l be known during its life-time. The name of a Japenese is changed at various periods of his life. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY Adrenalin, the newly-discovered active 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 i 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 confirmatory of Maxwell's theory, ^ut, . what is of especial interest to astrono- , mers, it supports Arrhenius' theory of cornets' tails, namely, that they consist of finely divided matter emitted from the head of the comet and driven from it by the force of the solar light. j In a lecture given recently before the J Royal Geographical Society Dr. Vaugh- j an Cornish said that daring storms ( waves with periods of from eight to 11 j seconds were observed, with lengths ' from 328 feet to G20 feet. A ten-second 1 wave was 512 feet long. The sides of these waves had an average slope of not less than 1 in 10. yA set of such waves would have a height of 25 feet, but there was generally a "swell" running at the same time,-which increased the total rise and fall of the water. It made the waves irregular, and caused waves of much larger size than 25 feet to recur not infrequently. Coloring glass by penetration, as M. : Leon Lemal calls his interesting pro- i cess, offers varied and attractive re- ! suits. 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 eighteen hours. The yellow shows a beautiful greenish or bluish flourescence in reflected light. Lace patterns can be transferred to glass Dy inis memou, colored monograms may be obtained, and even collodion negatives may be printed in various colors. Silver and 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 Scientific 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. The flywheels of the engines were half in the 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 submerged battery. The attempt was successful, and the battery, which had been constructed to give C000 amperehours with a GOu-ampere discharge, was able to furnish 4000 ampere-hours during the night. The remainder was lost in discharges in the water. London'* Tiamwuy*. Since the London county council took to buying and managing their own tram-cars, they have materially assisted the taxpayers with the profits therefrom. The report for the workings of the municipal trams for the past twelve months shows that the "rates," as local taxes are generally called in England, have been" assisted" to the extent of 3315.000 by the profits of the past year an advance of 3145,000 over the assistance given from the same source during the previous 12-month. At present the London 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 complete staff of their own officers and employes, but the northern lines are at present leased to several companies at fixed prices, the total being a trifle over 3375,000 a year. Solvin; If. Patrick, a thrifty tradesman Ir 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, nevertheless, as good a man at the making ot an Irish bull as any who lived between Bantry and Ballycastle. Having one day occasion to send a letter to a place at some distance, Patrick called a messenger and asked him his price for going such a distance. "It'll be a shillin'," said the man. "Twice too much!" said Patrick. "Let it be sixpence." "Nivver," answered the messenger. "The ivay is that lonely that I'd nivver go it under a shillin'." "Lonely, it is?" said Patrick, scratching his head. "Faith, an' ye're roight. Now, man, I'll tell ye what we'll do; make it sixpence, and I'll go wid ye to kape ye company!" Major Andre an Toet and Artist. The unfortunate Major Andre, who fascinated so many Philadelphia girls during the revolution, was something of a poet and something of an artist, as witness the little exhibition of his work in the Philadelphia Library. An autograph poem, rather graceful in its form and rather fresh in its sentiment, 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 manyyears now. The silhouettes are of British army officers, and seem to be as vigorous and full of character as that slight form of art admits of. It was Major Andre, by the way, who painted the scenery and drop curtain of the old Southwark Theatre on South street below Fifth.?Philadelphia Record. A Husband to Itolieve I.onelinp**. A woman from Southern California, ' who wrote to a New York house for a book of insiructions on knitting and ciocheting, said: "I live alone on a farm and sometimes it is so dreary I almost go crazy. Perhaps the knitting will help to pass the time, but I would rather have a husband. Ir you know a man who is not more than 50 years old, in good health, willing to work and who has a good temper, will you let me know. I wouldn't be so lonely, I think, if 1 had a husband. I enclose 10 cent3 for the book on knitting."? New York Pre?a f 5 _ V -L. S?2S THE AUTHOR. (A scene of the near future.) Stage Manager (to assistant)? They are calling for the author. Is the iron curtain down? Assistant?Yes, sir. Stage Manager?And the emergency j exits open? j Stage Manager?Is the author in hia j coat of mail? Assistant?Yes, sir. Two supers are i holding him. Stage Manager?I think we might j venture to put him in front. I insured his life last week.?London Punch. p SO REASSURINO. | Mr. Manley?Well, darling, I've had I my life insured for $5,000. Mrs. M.?How very sensible of you! a Now I sha'n't have to keep telling you S to be so careful every place you go to. gj ?Tit-Bits. I To the Xortli Pole by Balloon. I During the past few years many attempts hi iave been made to reach the North Pole by yj ship, but on account of the ice have all been p failures. It would seem, therefore, that the g jnlv way to reach the coveted spot is by the g DalJoon." There is also but one way to obtain I ?ood health for those who suffer from indi- f: gestion, dyspepsia, constipation or liver and g kidney troubles, and that is by using Hostet- S ter's Stomach Bitters. 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