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TM-WREKLY E bLTI)N. WIINSBOROS. C., AUGUST 14,EE4TED 1W. IN THE OLOMG. Smiles will Dlay where tomrdrops are clinging bitter now; Breezes cool and gentle wiU fan the fevered brow; .The weary moan of sorrow will cease, and, rest o ing sweet, Be Alled with glad'ning sunlight, sprinkling glory at the feet! The drooping head of roses, bending now in languid therelpin Will wake when dewdrops hasten their loving tryst to keep; The clouds of somber col'ring, now curtaining placid skies, Will roll away. as brightness on the wings of morning fies! The heart will cease its aching and a throb of hap'ness thrill The !onely place that's longing for a note of joy to till It's empty, dreary lifeway, with its rugged path of pain, Where love will send its greeting, when morning comesagaini KEEPING UP APPEARANCES. "I declare!" said Miss Millicent Les ter, drawing back the lace-and-velvet curtains and peeping out into the fash ionable street, "if anybody in the orld looking at this house would im ie that I, Millicent Lester, hadn't ad a good, square dinner for a month! hope to have one Thanksgiving, ough." Estelle, stately and beautiful, who uncomplainingly the scraggy mut n served on silver plate, and drank e weak tea poured into Sevres cups, wned at her sister. rr. Lester, resting on a luxurious ,laughed somewhat feebly at Mil vicious emphasis. nk you are a little glutton, id she. n't!" remarked Miss Milli ly. "But look at me! girl who could live on we have?" her shapely shoulders, her strong yet delicate is that I don't grow nd haggard over the to keep up appear "she said, examin fresh face in the enough to eat and ving to make both eigh two hundred ught not to long for e apparently so satis ent appearance, and any change would d Estelle, sharp tongue and a tem Ile. Perhaps both ned by the eternal lars and cents. e, it's telling on you, remarked, with feminine "It distresses me to see hollows under your eyes, in cheeks." e's face flushed angrily. mother came to the rescue. "I leave it to you, Millicent. With our income as small as it is, in a little house in a back street we could live comfortably enough. Would you be willing to make the change?" It was now Milly's turn to color up. "No-o-o!" she said after a pause. "I can't. I was brought up to love - appearances. I couldn't be happy without at least the outward appear ance of wealth. No; it is hard as it I hate this perpetual running away from bills, and Ecarcely daring to look your old servants in the face. It is dreadful, I admit. At the german last week a gentleman, Mr. Blogden-' There was a pause, and a kind of electric thrill ran around the little circle. Millicent bit her lip and continued bravely: "Mr. Blogden, I thought, was going. to take one of my gloves as a keepsake. I felt perfectly sick at the idea. We had no money to buy any more, and the thought of facing those clerks at Skinner's, and having another pair charged on that awful bill that he has been dunning us ior the last four yearsj positively mad. me ill." 'Wo yogi think, Milly," said her mother, palmly, "that if we gave up ogr present system and went to live in' Sback street, you would be invited to any more germans by Mr. Blogdeu?" It was a cruel home-thurst. Milli gent turned pale and gave a kind of gasp. "No!" she cried. "I am forced to -acknowledge myself wrong to-day in everything.'' she said with a sob. "I'll tell you all-yes, even you, Estelle, who will be certain to remind me of it J love Harry Biogden, but I don't be lieve in him; I can't trust him. I know he loves me-I know he wants to marry me; I feel it. But something holds himi back. I think lhe is dubi ous about my money. He knows we are thought rich, and yet he suspects we are poor. If I had the nerve-I am such a poor, weak, cowardly crea ture---I would tell him point blank that I am poor. It would be better to know if he is mercenary. But I can't .-I can't. Oh, mamma and Estelle, why don't you have the nerve to fasce the world as we are? I am the young L est-make ahiowances for me-but force me to agree to some change iu our lives!" - Mrs. Lester groaned out aloud. Even Estelle seemed as if she could stand but little more of the make-believe life they had led for ;o logg. Just then thnere was a pull at the bell. Ro never heard the bell-pull without apprehedaon. They sat quite still and peas the lia~ried servant ushered a~ gentleman mnto tho..oom. *He bowed respectfui'~r and took the seat offered him. Mrs. Lester felt grateful to him for that, at least while the servant was in hearing. She little suspected that the servant knew her visitor as weli as she did, and by that time had retailed the fact in the kitchen that the man from Skinner's had come to levy on the fur niture and turn the whole family omt of doors. "I suppose I should apologize," re marked Mr. Skinner, as soon as the ladies were alone with him; "but I thought it best to come and see you before putting our account in the hands of a lawyer. As you are aware, it is a disagreeable thing to do-and expen sive, besides. But regard for our own interests, mada n--" "Of course," said Mrs. Lester, faintly. "If any arrangement could be made," suggested Mr. Skinner. "The amount, with interest, is a trifle over twenty-five hundred dollars. I don't think you can say we have been hard on you." "No,":assented Mrs. Lester. Millicent came forward. "Mr. Skinner, your account shall be paid. The furniture and pictures in this house are worth much more than that. I think we will decide to sell them and move into a smaller house. Do nothing for a week or two, and you will hear from us." Mr. Skinner picked up his hat and withdrew, saying to himself: "What a duced fine girl that young est one is!" Mrs. Lester and Estelle remained paralyzed with astonishment as the heavy door closed with a bang after Mr. Skinner. Then Mrs. Lester spoke: "You are subject to strange changes, Millicent. But half an hour ago you said you could not give up the house and live as you now propose to do." "Yes," said Millicent, with a kind of sad defiance, -r -aid so; but what's the use when a man comes to you and talks about putting a great bill like that in the hands of a lawyer? Won't all the others, big and little, be down on us? I am no more of a heroine than I was before, but I can see when necessity compels. I see now that we have reached the end of our rope. We have just to face the world in a small house in a back street, and I shall try to do it as bravely as I can, but I expect to be miserable and I never expect to see Harry Blogden again." It was the early part of November. It did not take long to make their arrangements. The sale was advertised to take place in two weeks. Millicent and Estelle- -even Estelle came out of her shell of selfishness arranged the lovely home to look its loveliest. Then Millicent found a tiny house with a little garden to it, and went to work with a will to make it habitable and even comfortable. She actually succeeded in making it look inviting. Strange to say, she did not find her self as miserable as she expected dur ing the transition period. Everybody did not forget them, but Harry Blogdea did not come near them. Perhaps what help to sustain Milly's spirits was that, with the great foot man dismissed, and the lady's maid and all the other superfluous servants, she had enough to eat; and she used to laugh at herself for her gluttony as she munched a good, wholesome piece of beef with her little, sharp, white teeth. It was the day before rhanksgiving that they got into their new home. They had a cheery little sitting-room, with a soft-coal fire. Some few things had been saved from the wreck. The furniture, and especially the pictures and bronzes, ad sold well; and after the first shock was over, Mrs. Lester and Estelle had experienced some of the relief that had helped Milly to bear the change. The bills had all been p~aid in full, the servants discharged, and only one rnaid-of-all work was engaged to do the work of their small establishment. Thanksgiving Day dawned cold and bright. Milly and Estelle walked to church with their mother. That was one of the perilou~s moments they had looked forward to. It was the first time they would meet all of their ac quaintances after the crash. But like everything else, ~ assed off better than they expected. Millicent's heart was in her mouth and her cheeks flushed and paled pain fully. Right behind them sat Mr. Blodgen. Milly felt his presence all durinig the service. She would have liked to have got tip and rushed out of church as soon as the benediction was pronounced, but she could not. She was a proud creature, and she meant to walk calmly and sedately out, with her head well poised in the alir. She did it pretty well. Millicent had certain histrionic talents, atnd just as she reached the sidewalk a gentlenman joined her. Millicent did not look up. She knew the step. 'I have have been out of tcwn for a week or two and only got back last night. May I walk home with you." "Certainly," said Milly, coolly. Her mother and Estelle were a little in front of them. "I hope you have been well," said Mr. BR~gden. "Oh, yes'." said Milly bravely. "Of course it has been a trying time to us -the moving and everything--but now we are comfortably settled and will eat our Thanksgiving dinner in our now home." Mr. Blogden looked excessively puzzled. "Your new home?" '-Yes," said .Milly. "Haven't you heard? We found we couldn't afford to live in our old house, so we gave up the lease, sold nearly everything, and have gone to a little house on Pine Street." It was over, and the sky had not fallen. "I regret it deeply, on your ac count," said Mr. Blogden. Then he turned the conversation on indifferent matters, and Milhcent thought she had never found him so areeala. I When they reached the cottage they were both laughing and talking gaily. Mr. Blogden showed a disposition to ar linger at the gate and hinted so broadly for an invitation to come in, that Mrs. Lester felt called upon to give it. to Then lie stayed and stayed unLil it T1 was obviously impossible to put off din- Ur ner any longer, and he was invited to ur dine. It was a merry little dinner. 't "Everything on the table is paid is for," thought Milly, with delight. pe Then, after dinner, when the two Ti were left in the parlor together in the (r dusk, Blogden reached out and took an Milly's hand. tei "Millicent, are you not a poor girl th now?" tei "Yes." said Millicent, trembling. fal "Then I can ask you to be my wife. wi When you lived in your old home, in usi so much style and elegance, I was th afraid to ask you. I did not think you an cared to marry any but a very rich is man; and, besides, although I am well Ti off, I was afraid you had been accus- bu tomed to too much money to be satis. tel fled with what I could give you. But rc now I see that you are not so depend- Of ent on money as I thought you were. fol Can you love me?-and if you can, o. can you be satisfied with what I can do tn for you? Remembr, my wife can only PC 1 have one carriage-you had three or na four-and although I hope to be a mil- r li:>naire before I die, I am not one til now."P Milly's reply was lost in Mr. Blog- n den's shirt.front. na When Mrs. Lester came in every- pl thing was arranged. . -A "I ithink," said Blogden, "this is about the jolliest Thanksgiving I ever had." th "1 think so, to," said Milly. Undesirable Member. Spi A statement may be perfectly true s and yet convey an idea quite foreign a to that which the person who utters kn it intended to express. th "it is a painful thing tome tosay," foi remarked Squire Fosdick at a meet- wt ing of the Hillside Controversy Club, all "but this society has. been degenerat- a Ing ever since I became a member of it." s t The Squire paused, and flushed as he saw a slight smile on the faces of cr some of his tellow-citizens. re '4What 1 mean to say is," he con- an tinued with some haste, "that ever an ince I joined this society I've noticed asi a gradual but decided change for the ge worse." The smile on the faces of wj the other members deepened, and the a f EQuire's face , turned almost scarlet. HE "You all know what 1 mean," he set said, desperately; -what I mean Is so, that from the very minute I became an a member of the Hillside Controversy ani Club, 1 could see that it was begin- str ning to lose its value as an organiza- abi ion, and the longer 1 have stayed in it, the more steadily have 1 seen it tho running down-hill!" fro The Squire sat down, but even the sto zreat respect in which he was held by his fellow-n:embers was not sumticient to restrain their mirth. %ariDor0ugh's Gifts. It was characteristic of Marlbor- w ugh that from apparently sriall in- wa dications he possessed the power ofyo divining the enemies' plans, and was s thus enabled to forestall them. From Tb the experience of the recent past he thi foresaw with admirable clearness the eve immediate future, and was able, as by It were, to map out coming eve nts go from a study of the position at the R. moment. He could balance future , probabilities with strange accuracy, Vo and could fill in with livIh :'igures sp the sketchy outline furnished by the an' spy. Without this peculiar gift--one of at the Instincts that mark the born yei general-no campaigq can te direct4 i ed with success. To realize what Is Mir going on bevond a range of hills, or hir any other na.ural barrier to human aol vision and out of the reach of recon notering parties, is one of the o problems which perpetually confront wb the milItary commander. On the dic correct solution of that problein de- col pends greatly the success of all mii ary operations.--The Life of Marl- bel borough-Gen. Wolseley- vic Picturesque Dress',h The historical dress for Greek ladles lie was a large piece of cloth a foot w longer than the wearer was tall, and bo] as wide as her ar ms could stretch. a A belt part'y kept it up, and safety we pins were used in very early times. h To show the whole of the leg was very usual. By taking a bath towel nei -a good big one-and trying what ser she can ike of it as her rull cos- his tme, a modern nymph may partly gui understand the tdilet of her ancient si,ters. When once she h is got It on, a she stands with extended arms, and tlr, another lady fastens a girdle around anj her waist. Then she pulls up the b(J] 'superfuous length through the girdle cry and lets it hang over, and there she 04 is. Straps, like braces. were some-, Itimes worn and crossed over tha 6;u breast, being fastened to the girdle- all Ladies had no honnets; they mumed his their heads in a fold of their cloaks, chi or wore flat hats. They were all rec vry beautiful and charming, as we wa see in the Ta"nagra terra cottas. It must have been delightful t~o live in me Tanagra. It appears, on the whole, se that we cannot hope to revive Greek i:e' dress. The dress was designed for a tre warm climate, and for a beaut!!ul, shapely race. It had Its advantages in the matter of health, as there was no tight lacing after the Mycenaan - age. The style was not extravagant mt or costly, but it is impossible. th' Esthetcsm cannot bring it back. pst An asthete in a chiton and sandals on a cold and rainy day would be an unlovely object. Not for all the glory : that was Greece's would rational man cb barter a pair of stockings sad a pai did of trousers. --- sal CHINESE FARMING. iw the Land Is Fertilized and Cultivate& The soil of China is well cultivated. twithstanding the fact that the >1s used are primitive and crude. tree crops a year are by no means common, and if any sign of a fail e of crop is seen, the seed for an ier crop Is straichtway sown. It wonderful, writts Frank G. Car- 1 ater, how small the farms are. i tere are thousands of holdings in .ina which are less than an acro, d some are even as small as the imt of an acre. It is estimated In at an acre of land will in the bet- i -parts of the empire support a in nily of six, and a volume could be itten on Chinese airriculture. The ti< of fertilizers ii universal, and, in augh there are practically no horses uI d few cattle, there is no land which be so well fed. Everything is saved. er iousands of men do nothing ele at t gather up bits of fertiliinq mat- is - and sell them. The refuse or a L4 h family will bring more than that a poor one, and the slops of the ]e -eign part of Shanghai are farmed pr t annually for a sum which gives at - city most of its edu ational fun:1- ri tato peelings, the parings of finger A ils, the shavings of the head and ned houses form parts of the fer izing material, and this is usually t together In such liqu d form that t a bit of It is wasted. The ma nure is Kept in great vats and the -m is watered like a garden. Each Lnt gets its daily food and drink. . dipper fuli from the vat is piut o each bucket of water, and the xture is poured in at the roots of a - plants. All throu:h this part of 1 ina such fertilization goes on, and im $20 to $30 a year is sometimes b ,nt on an acre of land. P rhe Chinese plow is pulled by I .ter baffalo, the ugliest cattle own to man. The buffalos grind rice, tramp the mud and straw a making the sun dried bricks of th ich their houses are made, and do sorts of farm work. When grazing Jr : when not at work they a e " . nded by the little children, who 1 upon their backs and who have a 1 nderful control over them. They wl up on the backs of the bufTalo, ting first upon the horns of the ' imal, which bends down its head them. As soon as they are e .ride of the neck the buffalo wi I itly raise its head and the boy 1: i slide ctown its neck t.ll he has rm seat just behind its sh ulders. re he will stay al! day, and 1 have :n little fellows of 5 ( r 6 yea s nd as'eep upon the backs of the e mals, which are often langerous I ugly in their act ons toward angers. A good buffal i is worth )ut $20, and farmers o ten enter a t of farmers' loan association for use of a common fund of money m year to year by which they ck their farms. Took Charge of Him. t is often said that a benefit con, red does more to .romote friend p than a favor received. If you uld cultivate a friendly feeling to. rd another, do him a kindness; if Swould secume his lasting friend p, get him to do you a kindness. ere is some truth, at any rate, in s view of the case; and it applies n to dogs, as is shown strikingly a story related in "Gold, Sport and fee-Planting in Mysore," by Mr. HI. Elliot. dr. A. told me that lhe one unded a tiger which afterward ang on him, knocked ih m (down, I seized him by the hand and a mn. th Mr. A. was a large dog, which >nce attacked the tiger, and di ted him from M1r. A. A fter driv off the dog. the tiger retuirnedl to A., and comenced worrying u, but was again attacked by the [he dog was driven off three or ,r times, but. the tiger was all the ile losing strength, and tinally d. The dog was uniniured. Now es the curious part of the story. 9 ['he dig, which was not affectiona te, 6' ongedi to Mr. A. 'sbrother, and pre- f u iv had taxen no Interest in any P Sbut his rniaster. Now, b.awever, relused to go hoine witn h.s I ster, bumt stuck closely to the F unded moan, and when sorue ca:r. ic acid, which caused pa in, was a >)ied by Mr. A. 's brother to thme und, the dog began to Lrrowi and >w other signs of displeasure. p lec would not allow anyvone to icme ir Mr. A. e..cCept his oiwn specialA vant. and lay unmder tihe lied with nose sticking out, keepiing cliose i rd. Yhcn Mr. A. was ct ried to tlhe tor, some thirty-live iiuile- awy dog went, too. and on tihe de.- ir s lying carbolic acid and setting the b is, whi h caused the patient to b out, the dog at once seized thme er tor iny t h leg. C n about three months ir. A. was te cured. A fte: that the dog lost cli interest in him, and retuined to master: and if lhe met 'r. A. by ne, merely acknowedged his onition of hini by thme faintest (b o o. h s tail. Syear afterward, happen ing to 01 et the doctor. whom he imuid not a n in the meant u,, he at on-ce v at h in and sci ed hin Uy thec tu uise rs. Elatie's F-re-nc. Ii: ~unt--Now, Else, let I e se how ch French you have 1- arined. Call governess in French. Elsie -ist, tr -iegende bleatter. ke Little Dot-I saw Ujncle Toby In arch. Namura-Did you'r Wbat W he have to say~ L tle Dot-lie ISH WITH A MIRROR 4 APPARATUS FOR FOOLING THE FINNY TRIBE. o Invention Alleges that by the Sight of heir Own Reflectious the Gullible Fish Vill Fall Over E tch-Other in a Scramble Lfter the Bait. Perhapsi It WoCa*t Work. There are many devices for ensnar the gullible fish. William R. imb of East Greenwich, R. I., has vented and p itented a new one. The principle of Mr. Lamb's inven ,n is to cause the fdih to see himiself a mirror behind the bait. where on, imagining that the bait is to snapped up by another fish, hast .s to se -ure it himself, and the hook the same time. At present there n 1 testimony as to the value of Mr. imb's invention in practice. The invention, according to the tors patent, comprises a mirror eferably of a circular or oval form, lached to a tish-line by means of a a- fast to the frame of the mirror. horizontal arm extends a short tance in front of the mirror, and , at its outer end a ring to receive bran::ih line, the upper end of ich is fast to the main line. A Jk is made fast to the end of the anch line, so as to come aLout op site the center of the mirror. -. In using the apparatus a bait is t on the hook and let down in the Lter with the mirror, which acts as inker, until its lower edges touch e bottom. In this p:sition the fish, when ap )aching the balt, will see the re ction of himself in the mirror. He 11 imagine another hungry fish ser the same bait, and will be made Ider by the supposed companion ip and more eager to take the bait fore his competitor seizes it-at Lst this is the theory of the in ntor. The fish will lose his cau in and take the bait with a reck UNITED STATES S BuIlt at a cost of $1,100,000, exc iterial used in her is of American onfs are: Length, 300 feet; extrem et; displacement, 3,l83 tons. The< iusion type, indicatIng 10,000 horse inteeni knots per hour. Her arms adinig riule and ten 5-Inch breech he secondary battery consists of six be toruedoes used will be of Americi sweeping with Hos. )nc of the most notable of the sent century's small inventions Is air-pump for cleaning purposes. hose pipe charged with air under ty pounds pressure to the sqjuare :h is ttirned 111o01 the article or im to ie ce:ned. It is used in 'cieiy the same way as the water d hiose for washing purposes. it far more effec:tive in its result than oms, beaters or brushes, as it ~rches out and penetrates every ~vce and cleft in woodwork. This device is at present applied to ~aning cars, but so perfect is its rk that it is only a question of n]e when it will come into use for ir purposes. hotels and large idings might be swept out and sted in an incredibly short space time. Caretuliy managed, this - rssr would rid the room of ry partic~u of dust, clean furni re, carpets and the heavier articles bric-a-brac and ornaments. It uld do the work of a dozen people. It is now in order for some home ssionlary to invent some simple dle :e that will work an air-pump and rrent for household use. Its in. du tion would revolutionize house eping and soive the heretofore pee-s problem of clean rooms. and 1l keep furniture covers and car ts. It would be ec-onomical, as it ~uld render less service neces-ary i would save a large portion of tihe ~ar and tear of furnishing textiles. hnne where thera la hydrant lessness that greatly Increases the chauces of his being caught on the hook. The refection of light from tht mirror in the water will have, in some degree, the effect that the light torch has in some well-known kinds of fishing, of attracting fish to the bait, and the light reflected by the mirror upon the bait will make it more conspicuous. The mirr-r may be made in two parts and secured together at an SA TRE MIRROR FISHING APPARATUS. ingle, the one to the other, so as tW have the effect of making two or more reflections of the same dish. and It may be made double, so as to reflecd :n two sides. It may also be madi In the form of a triangle or s'luare.i with a mirror on each side and an, rm with the hook and bait before ach reflecting surface, and in thd form of a cross, which would produce i multiplicity of reflections. All this is the allegation of the irr ventor. 11P "CINCINNATL" luiv o amaen. vey ito maufctr..erprnipl imn lusine consst aofmn Enerync beech -loading rifles in the main battery. nachine guns and six torpedo tubes. in manufacture. lill lll lllli;U l ~ll~B lll~lllh llll:E lI lUllllill~lll llElit watei- it would not be at all difllcuhi to attach an air-pumping apparatus to the kitchen or bathroom faucet and thus furnish power for every foor. Somue years ago it was said that there would never be an invention that could swe ep and dust, but at! the present rate of things the pirob lem is practically solved by this simi ple and easly used device. This Is Distressing. If hosiers know what they are about, the feet of American women are larger than they once were. Three dozen pairs of women's hose sed to be assorted as to sizes in this; fashion: Six pairs No. 8; six. No. 86; twelve. No. 9: six, No. 9); six. No. 10. The No. 8's have now disap neared from among womnan's cies ind the number of larger sizas in three dozen pairs of hose has in :reased. Elceen Centuries O0d. The citizens of Dijon, France, have lust voted a tax for putting a railiuz around a tree which stands within the city limits. The tree hears a la bel which informs the sight-seer that lt is the oldest poplar in France. Thle town council has a record tra ing the history of the tree since the yea;r 722 A. D. It is 122 feet in height ind 45 feet in circumference at th base News in Brief. -Spiders are never idle. -China raises almost all the world's tea. - The world's tunnels stretch 514 miles. -Dwarfing trees is a fine art in Yapan. -Every male elephant is liable to in. sanity some time or other. -Among flowers chrysanthemums live the longest after being cut. -In Finland and East Turkestan thunder storms are wholly unknown. -The New American street letter boxes are about to be adopted in Lon :lon. -The photograph was recently put to use as a witness in a London damage suit. -Electric lights were placed on the rhames embankment. London in 1879. -Horseshoes have been found in :ombs that date back to the sixth cen tury. -Next to the lion and tiger the jaguar is the largest member of the cat tamily. -The first known sculpture and paintings were made in Egypt 2100 years B. C. -The French have introduced coffee ulture in Tonquin with good prospecta of success. -Brick-dust mortar is said by author, ties to be an excellent substitute for ydraulic cement. -Twenty-eight big ooean passenger tenmships belong to the British muxiliary navy. -The largest apes have only sixteen unces of brain; the lowest .of men ave thirty-nine. -An elephant is fifty to sixty years n attaining maturity, and will live a :enturv and a half. -Several of the South Sea Islands iave a speces of mulberry tree from vhich cloth is made. -It is estimated thamids o e lar -st i stonies in the Pyramids weighs liy eighty-eight tons. -There are venomous fishes whose ;pines inflict dangerous wounds, muck. ike the stings of snakes. -The people of England and Amerie tverage taller than any other repre - ientatives of the human family. -Neither chemists nor naturaliesi ae yet been able to solve te question vhy a lobster turns red when boiled. -In France, the Paris-Lyonr and he * Pari--Havre railway locomotives ow use electricity as a motive power. -It has been shown that the co'or re'low, both vegetable and nimal, is nore permanent than any other hue. -The tambourine is acombinatioirof ;he drum and rattle. It is- found rep -esented on Egyptian monuments 2000 B. C. -A copy of the first Chinese dietion try, made by Chinese scholars in the rear 1109 B. C., is still preserved at Pekin. -Man is composed, according to the scientists, of five bucketfuls of water and forty flve-pounds of carbon and nitrogen. -British coach and carriage builders mport from America their choicest ~pokes, hubs and ribs for wheel manu acture. -A fish caught and thrown on the ink will rarely fail, when endeavor. ng to escape, to jump in the direction >f the water. -A small boy at Mc~ool, Neb., aught two catfish in the Blue River. Their combined weight is reported as thirty-two pounds. -There was a time, according to Professor Bull, the celebratedlis istronomer, 'when the moon was so near us that tio ocean's tide was 640) feet high. -The honey b~ee is supplied with a pair of compound eyes with hundreds ,f facets, each capable of sight by it elf, as well as several simple eyes. -It is possible, by arec.entinventioni, o0 taike five dillerent photographic viws of a person at one aitting. The . pparently different attitudes are pro luced by the aid of mirrors. -The Anglo-Saxon word boc signiffes beech tree. Before paper came into ~eneral use the wood of this tree, be ng close-grained, was used to write 1pn, and from this fact comes the vord book. -The b~ody of a lizard Exddes an ci id Iluid that serves as a protection tthe snimal. A dog will not hold a izardl in his mouth more than an in tant and can rarely be induced to re pat the experiment. -It has been ascertained that besiles he amber current in commerce, comn ng fromn North Germany, Rouniania md New Zealand, there is a harder kindl. fond in Buinah, and mined by th Chinese. -Nearly all the Belgian blocks used for paving in cities in the United States :ome. from Stone Mountain, Georgia, i so~d maiss of granite which still on taina :lhons of cubic feet of stone nd as practicily inexhaustible. --J a somewhat speculative concln :ion of a~ rec-nt pa per, Mr. Preece men ioued the elets of an aurora on tele phbone circuits, and stated that it was not a wild dreamn to say that we may ener onl this eartni a thunderstorm in the un. 'rhe Latest Song. '-Have you hieardf the latest?" in. quired the girl who likes catchy songs. "So. What is It?" "Char ley ZFairgo's G~ood-by.'__ -Searlatinia is mnost fatal in London, ..-iir' nS dath: in 1003 noccn r fronm