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TRE- WELY EITION. WINNSBO'RQ S. C., MAY 14 1895.,SAUHE 89 question is of more vital im portance to every man and wom an than that of the perpetuity f our . republican institutions and !orm of government. Recognizing this fact, the following questions were re :ently submitted to a number of prom Inent public men, assumed to be best lualified to answer them: First-Will our present republican form of government last one hundred rears longer? Second-If not, why not? Third-What is its greatest peril? Fourth-Is there any danger that .liena may so buy up the land and for eign syndicates so buy up the business enterprises as to obtain control of our ,ountry and eventually change its form of government? The answers received, which com 'rise a mest interesting symposium vill be found below. Cardinal. Gibbons-To the first ques tion I reply that I not only fervently pray and trust but also firmly believe that it will. In view of my answer to your first question your second one re Iuires no answer. Its greatest peril les in a departure from those Christian prmciples upon which our very laws and Institutions are based. To the fourth query I reply that in my judg mient we need have no fear of foreign tapitalists and foreign syndicates. Those who invest in our public lands tnd our business enterprises will natu dy be brought into closer acquaintance with our present republican form of government, and there L little doubt that our institutions and our laws will gain upon them upon closer ac auaintance, and finally win their com )lete respect and loyal support. Senator Dolph-To the first question i answer yes; the Constitution may be amended, changes in form may occur; iut our republican government will endure for all time. My answer to the Irst question renders it: unnecessary :o give one to the second. I will not 2ndertake to answer categorically the third question. The maintenance of a government by the people is possible nly when the masses are independent, xtelligent and virtuous. The danger to our republican form of government arises from the ignorant, the vicious and venal classes, controlled by de signijng and corrupt men. I do not think there is a part'c'e of danger that aliens will so buy up the land and for eign syndicates so buy up the business enterprises as to obtain control of our( rountry and eventually change its form, if government. T. V. Powderly-Our present repub. Uican form of government cannot last 100 years longer and continue to drift under the power of monopoly and wealth as it is doing now; in fact, the money power at the present day forms an aristocracy or a plutocracy which entirely nulles every section, clause, and article in our bill of rights when ever they are called in question in be half of the peopl-e. The greatest peril menacing our government is the pover ly and indifference of our people. The poor are so oppressed that they are forced to sell themselves for what they can get, and are thus at the mercy of the bosses, the pliant tools of monopo iy, who forge to the front in our politi cal parties. I do not care whether it be an alien or a native syndicate that buys up the land or the business enter prises of the country, for the instinct of greed is the same in an Americari as an Englishman, and we have, there fore, as much to fear land stealing iz' one form as another. Ex-Senator Edmunds-I most certain ly think that our present republican form of government will last 100 years longer. The greatest perils to our re public are insufficient education, excess of the foreign element, and political corruption. I think there is no danger of any considerable portion of the lands of the United States falling into for sign control, nor that any considerable portion of Its business enterprises will ever be owned or controlled by for 'tigners, Ex-Senaator Evarts-I cannot possible feel any great degree of concern as to the stability of the noble institutions which this great, prosperous, and pow grfuj country is now in the enjoyment Wade Hampton-Time alone can give the answer to the first and second ques tions. With regard to what is the greatest peril of our government, I think it is the ,accumulation of money In the bands of a few persons and the unscrupulous use of wealth. I appr-e hend no danger to republican institu tions from foreign capital or immigra tion in the way pointed out by your fourth question, but I think that great harm is done to the country by allow ing Nihilists, Communists and paupers of other lands to become citizens of ours. Senator Sherman--I never venture to prophesy for the future. No one can answer the questions with any confi dence, though I hope most earnestly that our present gloribus republican form of government will last for many years. The perils of the future cannot La acinted. AnY man would usurp the properties and attributes of the infinite if he attempted to reply to the questens. John J. Ingalls-I think the Anglo Saxon race on this contivent have thus !ar overcome every obstacle in their 2nprecedented experiment of popular seif-government They have made too inany sacrifices to leave any doubt that they will solve the problems of thq future as successfully as those of thei past. The Fallacy of Discontent. The disconzented view of the work Ing classes Is altogether fallacious. The people who, knowing nothing about the working classes at first hand, and, argu Ing on what they call general principles conclude that workingmen must be men of extreme and revolutionary opinions, are wholly in error. "How can you," they ask, "expect them not to favor schemes for taking money from the rich and putting It into the pockets of the poor, or at any rate, for changing. for change's sake? When men are wretched and discontented with their lot, It Is no wonder that they should support any scheme of alteration, how ever rash. When the status quo is In .olerable, who will care to maintain it?" Now this contention sounds all very fine in theory, but in practice It Is en tirely delusive. In the first place. It 1 founded on an untenable assumption namely, thst the working classes as a whole are wretched and discontented with their lot, and would regard al most any change as a change for thi better. As a matter of fact, the bulk 01 them are not In the least discontentec in the sense meant. It Is the old de lusion of the supercilious plutocrat whc pities every one as a poor devil whc does not drink champagne, and have a valet. Life must be intolerable, thinks the milliortaire, without great roomi and fine pictures, plenty of horses, a yacht, and unlimited cigars. Yet th4 humble smoker of the pipe and the diner off roast mutton are not in th, 'east discontented. Sydney Smith, in his old age, and en. Joying the luxuries of 1844, gave a lisi of all the improvements In the machin ery of life which he had himself seen introduced, and drew a stirring picturE of the miserable days before railways lucifer matches, umbrellas, and a dozen other necessary conveniences. "When I I think," he added, "of all this, I feel almost ashamed to remember how per. fectly happy and contented I was." The position of the workingman in regard to his own condition Is very much thai suggested by Sydney Smith. He Is per 7 fectly contented to go without things 3 which he has never used.-The Ninp 'eenth Century. AN EXPENSIVE CURL. 3rigin of aStory Attributed to Twenty . Handsome Women. Lady Harriet D'Orsay was really, aco :ordingto Mr. Sala, In his reminiscenes published recently, the heroine of a story which has been told In at leas, r twenty forms of twenty different ladies Y of fashion. She was presiding at a X stall at a vente de charite, or bazar, x held in aid of the fund of some asylum 1 or another when there came up the It Duke of Orleans, son and heir of King s Louis Philippe. The Duke, after some polite small talk, began to extol the I beauty of her hair, and, indeed, bei Henrietta Maria coiffure had never looked glossier and softer than it dii - this day. "Oh!" said his royal highness, "if 7 could only possess one of those enchani ng ringlets!" "How -nuch would mnonseigneur give 3 tor one?" asked Lady Harriet, gravely Y "5,000 francs?" "Five thousand francsi" repeated th'[ Duke; "a mere bagatelle." "Six thousand francs?" "Anything so charming a lady chose t to ask." "I will not be extortionate," pursued Lady Harriet; "we will say 5,000." And then she very composedly pro- i: duced a dainty little pair of scissors, 31 snipped ofit the adorable Henrietta ir Maria ringlet, wrapped It in silver pa. > per and handed it with dignity to the >] Duke. His royal highness looked very >I straight down his nose, and returning I Lady Harriet's salute, stalked some what gloomily away. But his privy il purse duly forwarded the money ner x ray. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Woes of the Marriageable Girl. 3. She Is In the market Poor little ' woman. I pity her from the bottom o1 - my soul. Was ever girl before con fronted with so many difficulties? The ' new novel and the new play are sugges tive of so many ghastly notions relativ : wedlock. Where will the man be found whorm a woman can trust? He must have a past and if one would belong to the newC type of women this past must be uo earthed. If one marries how soon will It be be-~ fore some skeleton of bachelor days P will rattle Its bones until every heart. beat is lost In the horrible din of a thou ii and conflicting emotions? t There are so many girls who are look. lg for a soulful mate. These anxioms a ones cannot trust the capers of cupid. ha They fear that lofty aspirations will be I given a tumble.I We women in the midst of a crus~ade Ic against an unequal standard, are in. te deed brought face to face with muany Ii serious problems. Very perfect mus1 hi be the mechanism of heart and brain ti' If we would solve the knotty questios: SC 'o our entire satisfaction. r Specimen of American EnterprIes. "I see" "observed Mrs. Snaggs, "that te s'me American capitalists are trymsg to buy a volcano in Mexico." It "Yes," replied her husband: ".Ia haven't heard of a crater enterpr!j than that for some time. "-Pitts a hnrgh Chronicle. ONE OF THE HAPPY FELLERS. I don't complain When the Lord sends rain When the tanks in the sky run over; For the rain, you kT 5,'. Makes the corn biades grow, An' gives a lift to the clover. My plans ain't crost When the Lord sends frost An' the bills an' the plains look wrinkled; It's a seasonin' sweet For the things I eat The spice by the angels sprinkled. I jes' take all From the spring to fall, As it comes from the One who sends It; An' my heart'll beat Like it thought life sweet, 'Till rest in the roses ends it. A WOMAWS PLUCK. In the spring of the year, 1878, my Lsband, Frederick Morton made up is mind to try an experiment. In tead of taking board for us through he summer months, he decided to hire furnished house, within easy reach f the city, thinking he would be far aore comfortable in that way. After a diligent search, we found a aitable house at Brighton. It was tuated on a high hill and com 3anded a charming and extensive ew of the bay and surrounding ountry. The only drawback was its tter isolation from neighbors, for the earest one was at least half a mile way. We were safely settled in our new ome by the first of May, fully deter :ined to enjoy every day of the com ig summer. Our household comprised t that time my husband and self, our fant son and one servant. Norah as a widow, thoroughly capable and ustworthy. I would have found her avaluable but for the number of her alations, some of whom unaccountably ied each month, making it necessary >r her to attend the funeral. She ould come to me with tears in her yes, saying: "Sure, I am sorry, ma'am to have to o home again so soon, but you see, ia'am, my husband's brother's wife's ster is to be buried the day, and ey'd think bad of me not going to e funeral. It's myself will be home a soon as I can, ma'am." And away e would go, to return the following orning, with a doleful countenance, 4lling me: "Sure, it was her was the ood mother, ma'am! And what a bautiful corpse she made! Well, well, 's a quare world, and it's them are the >rrowful childer the day." Then. evidently thinking she had >ne her full duty to the dead, she ould take up her work as cheerily as there never was death or desolation . the world. Three months passed away -and- we re so rmuc pleasedwith our country yuse that Fred decided to purchase furnished as it was, and make our rmanent home there. All prelm aries as to price had been settled, d nothing further could be done un I the owner should bring the deed. hus we were situated on the first day August, when, after Fred had gone business, Norah came to my room itell me that her husband's aunt, on is father's side, was dead, and "sure, e couldn't affront thim, as they'd all ne to poor Dinny's funeral, dressed the most beautifuilest mournin; so e laste she cu'd do was to return the mpliment.'' Knowing it would be useless to re se her request, I told her to go, ich she was not slow in doing, and I s left to myself for the remainder of e day. The many duties of the >usehold and the care- of my baby y fully occupied the hours, leavmng e no time to be lonely.'- When the gthening shadows of evening came consulted my watch, and found that ed had not come on his usual boat, ich reached the landing at seven. I ew then that he could not come until e nine o'clock boat, and my heart nk with a nameless dread. Caefully fastening all the windows id doors on the first floor, I took my by up to bed. Our room was the nt one on the second floor; it was ~tagon in shape, with two windows ening on a balcony. In the centre the chamber stood the bed, while ~tween it and the windows a ham ock was swung in which our baby pt. Fred, with a small pulley and rd, had arranged it in such a manner at I could swing the hammock if by was restless at night without ung. At the head of the hammock, so between the bed and window, was desk, in which we usually kept any lubles we might have in the house. When baby, who was restless, at at fell asleep, I sat down at the desk, d more to keep himself from becomn g nervous than anything else, wrote o or three letters' When they were ished, as it was nearly nine o'clock, went to kitchen to see that Fred's pper was ready, for I knew he would as hungry as a bear. When all was ~epared,- thinking that I heard baby oving, I again went up stairs. P-aus g in the hall, I looked into the room see if the child was all right. Horror horrors! there stood a great, brawny an at my husband's desk, which I td neglected to close before going wn stairs. Like a flash I knew he was looking r the money with which Fred in ded to pay for the house. He was so tent on his search that he failed to ar my foot-steps. Drawing cau usly back, though by limbs trembled that I could scarcely stand, I ached our dressing-room, which had e door, opening from the hall and ie leading into our sleeping room. iing Fred's revolver from the man 1, I quietly approached the door and ain looked ini. The man was still at e desk, but he had found the money< id was just putting it into his pocket. bat should I do? Could I stand there id see him take the money which we i accumulated by so many priva tions? No, not while I "had strength to resist! Quietly entering the room, I stood at the side of the bed nearest the door, and in as firm a voice as I could assume in my agiition said, "Put that money down-or you are a dead man," at the same-time pointing the revolver straight at his head. With an oath he faced ine. "Drop that pistol, woman, or I will brain your child," he cAed, laying his immense hand on the pillow on which my darling slept. "Drop it, I say, and I will harm neither you or the kid, but by Heaven! if you atteinpt to shoot I'll dash its brains out!" Great God! Would Fied never come I felt my strength rapidry leaving me, and feared each moment I should faint. But my baby'afdanger nerved my hand, and I pulled the trigger just as the man made a dash through the window.- As I fired the baby awoke with a cry, and I sank senseless to the floor, thinking I had killed.hini. When I regaiued 'consciousness 1 found myself in a darkened room, with Fred standing by my bedside P looking anxiously at me,- and a strange woman moving quietly about. "What is it, Fred? -Have I been ill?" "Yes, dear, but you will soon be bet, ter now," he said, smoothing my hair L tenderly, while tears t6od in his dear e eyes. . Then, as reason i4rdy returned tc t me, I cried ouE in agegAy of fear: 9 "Iy baby-my li.tie Willie! Tel. i me, Fred, did I kill hiti on that dread- t ful night?" "Hush, darling! Willie is il right Nurse, bring baby here. See, dearest, here he is," laying him down, crow ing and laughing, beside me. The relief was too great-akJ agaih fainted; but as joy seldom kills I soon recovered, aud in a s rt time was able to listen to Fred's Vcount of that night. Wishing my brother Edward, wht was a lawyer, to inspetthe deed of the house before he should sign it, he had called at his office and induced him to accompany him home. When as cending the hill to our house, they were astonished beybad measure to L1 hear the report of a pistol, and to a see a man dash through the win- i dow, climb over the railing of the bal. it cony, drop heavily toithe ground and ' run towards the w6ods. They gave 1 chase, and after a shaip struggle cap- n tured him. BringingiLim to the house, i they searched him>. and found the 11 money and other valuables which he had taken from the desk. They found me lying unconscienmsion the floor, with the pistol still in myia d, and our baby crying lustily. -:6e burglar was the law; but it was several hours after that they, with the help of a physician, n who had been hastily summoned, sue ceeded in recovering me to conscious ness, though not toreason, for I was in t a raging fever, crying out to every one who approached me to save my child, telling them he was dead and that I bad killed him; and it was only by the most careful nursing they had saved my life. When I had fully recovered we re turned to our home in the city, as red no longer wished to live in theu ountry. As for Norah I never saw I er good-natured face again, for my . usband sent her off, bag and baggage- 't wile I was ill, telling her to go and .e ury herself with her relatives. He Disturbed the Play. "Would you mind leaving this pack E ge at the cigar store after you leave ~ he theater to-night?" asked Charlie ~ Schlager of his sister's best fellow. w)1e ' s a little hard of hearing, as he hande' im a small package. . "Certainly not; it will be no troubl. t all." "Now be sure and leave it after the heater, for my friend doesn't gu or watch till late." "All right.". The third act was on, and the heroine. ay snoozing on a couch, while the vilJ ain was doing a heavy hist! alone! act C Br-r-r-r-r! Everybody jumped. and~ 1' he young man made a frantic grab fo ~ his overcoat pocket. I B-r-r-r-r! rang through the wholel heater and ushers and special officers h ade a rush for the young man whc ~ was jumping about clutching at his ocket They grabbed him and hustled im up the aisle, but the b-r-r-r-r fol owed him and finally died out in the a listance. His best girl's brother had iven him an alarm clock to carry, and e was so hard of hearing that its ticlk r: ng did not reach his ear. The Physician In Social Life. In the Chautauquan Dr. John S. Bill ~ ngs, in reckoning "The World's fDeb ~ o Medicine," ascribes much import nce to the physician's influence in so. cial life. "The example Set by him o1 abitual self-sacrifice, of giving up hi. wn comfort, and sometimes risking is own health and life for the sakc f his patients, of punctuality, and of recision and accuracy in his work, hich is often undertaken without the smallest prospect of pecuniary reward, s an example which has some effect pon those who are acquainted whh is daily life, all the more hecause these things become habits which 'ey ct no effort, involve no indecision nd, above all, no self-praise.' - A Pleasant Prospect._ Nodd-My wife went shopping to-day d C nd didn't spend a cent Sc Todd-Well, wait till to-morrow. his when she has seen what my wife I ought-New York World. to A proper secracy is the only mystery f able men; mystery is the onl' ecrery of weak and cunnings one. Eloquence is vehement simplicity. Truth crushed to earth is liable to ac' iJ' a boomerang. DEVIL HOUSE. L Grewuome Mansion on Which i Curse Is Baid to Rest. Near New London, Cann., Is a Qua :er settlement which has beeh in ex stence many years, An old house is ituated there which Is popularly sup osed to have a curse laid on it and s therefore called Devil House. Dur, ng the present century at least 100 eople have died In the mansion, either rom meeting with some accident o s the result of melancholia and mad Less. How many have died since thg touse has possessed Its evil reputa [on, it is impossible to say. The house was built before 1710. Tx 780 it came into the possession of the treen family and to them legend scribes the beginning of the curse eth Green used to ill-treat his wiff lattie and she, dying, prayed thai orrow and death should come to all bose that leased or bought the house, ince then the house has changed ands every few years and the occu ancy of each tenant has been marxed y death. One of the most dramatic episodet i the history of the house was the ill ess of Betsy Chapman in 1808. She ad lived a -wicked life, and being Lken sick summoned the Quakers to ame and pray for her. They prayed, ut she shrieked and screamed that ie devil was after her soul, and beg ed that more vehement petitions to eaven be made. Betsy recovered q -om this Illness, but she lived only a THE DEVIL HOUSE. w months afterward, when she met r death by falling down a well. It does not seem to matter whethek te occupants of Devil House believe 0 the curse or not, sooner or later ath claims its victims. However V rong or robust the members of a .mily may be, they have but to move i to the grewsome house and one or ore fall into melancholia, or by some t range accident soon come to the end their lives. 4GLISH CO-OPERATIVE STORES iormous Profits Made by Stockholdi ere-Protests of Other Traders. Here are some official figures of an Emtu" an~vdrth nlaveR an astonigI'inhg t prominent part In the social econo- t y not only of the metropolis, says a riter in the New York World, but all Great Britain and of several of colonies, and of the official establish- Go ent of India as well. I refer to the 'I rmy and Navy Co-fDerativo So aty," at which you may purchase S actically everything at cost-but for a sh strictly-from 10 to 20 per cent. low the ruling figures at any regular o op. Its customers are by no means ufined to the services, for practically y one who has a friend in either the my or navy can obtain a ticket en ling him or her to the benefits of be stores." I have heard astonishing ports of the profits to the original M trchasers of shares. An investment *t en of $5,000 is to-day worth $175,000, am told, exclusive of the handsome es arly dividends. From the official re- tiJ *rt for the past year It appears that e sales amounted to about $14,500, 0 and the miscellaneous revenue to 5.000. The gross profits amounted $1,750,000, and the net profit to $638, 0, which, added to the amount ought forward from last year, gave total of $843,305. The directors reo mended a dividend of 5 per cent P1 e the six months ending Jan. 31 last, w d a bonus of ?1 10s per share. As e par value of a share is ?1 this C1 sans that the fortunate holder, if he uI t inon the ground floor, ispaids a I arly dividend of 155 per cent. The p ormous business as indicated above ~ s seriously affected shopkeepers of sorts, and there are meetings among m every once In a while to protesi eb d even to demand governmental i, hC ~positon. WORLD'S BIGGEST DOG. Lt 10 1ed on the President to Exhibli qu His Hugeness. Emong President Cleveland's vish, ;at Washington. the other day, says exchan;;, was the Great Dane .ampion Majur McKinley, probably Slargest dog in the world, who stop- s d off on his way to the New York w to - 'I I MAJOB M'KINLEY. g show. Major McKinley is fror. uith Bend, Ind. He stands 37 Inches gh, weighs 205 pounads and measures w 'et 61 inches from the tip of his nose the end of his tail. He has won st prizes in every sihow he has beer E hibited. m rho less religion p:eon~e have, tbe bt- cc e satis~ed they are* with themuselves. w Id the more they '-vne, the better sat y led they are with Wd. ' gi TRUMPET CALLS lam's Vorn Sounds a Warning Note 91 the Unredeemed, ELIGION p u r a n d umdehle4 $never sells mus lin. with -a shori yard stick. When the Wiok ed hold office ti devil rules the An oath' oA t1M lip Is the devil's door-plate. The devil likei to see people play at religion. The spider probably thinks that the oee is a fool. The devil soon runs from the man hs an't discourage. The mission of trouble is to show xu hat we need God., Women can be the devil's best friend r his worst enemy. The man who stifles his liberallto hokes his religion. The man who walks with God must ,o It with clean feet. When Jesus reached the masses he rst prayed all night. To know some people Is a standing vitation to be good. When the devil goes to church he gen rally dresses in white. No man loves God with all his heart rho loves to tell bad news. The smiles that count for Christ ara ose that begin In the heart. Christ Is still reaching out a helping and to those who are down. The man who rides a hobby will no$ elieve that the world Is big. What the church needs is not bettei reaching, but better practice. God has many voices with which t ;eak to those who will listen. God and the saloon-keeper are never 2 the same side of any question. A lie knows that it must either hid. - die when truth gets on its track. No man makes a wrong Investment ,ho gives as much as God expects. The more a man loves God the less it arts him when he isn't treated right. It hurts the cause of Christ to poini > the cross with a frown on the face. Too many- people are trying to be bristians without the help of Christ. Comparing ourselves with somebod3 s won't make our sinning any safer. The devil has never been able to put man who was all for God in a hard dellif ie 509-o-thea r is leading his class in the wrong d etion. The green pasture comes in sight as on as the heart says, "The Lord is my iepherd." There are some communities In which >omon would not have been consid ed smart. The devil's rope Is around the neck the man who thinks he can drink let it alone. Some people pray that God will use em, but they want him to do It 1i elr own way. A. stone thrown straight at the devil pretty apt- to hit some politiciar uare in the face. 'he devil keeps many In bondage, be use he can make a rope of sand look te an Iron cable. ome people never accomplish an7 ing for Christ because they wait until -morrow to begin. The devil doesn't waste any darts on e man who does all his work for thf rd with his head. What a cold church needs is not 5. eacher with a bi'gger head, but oni Lth a warmer heart. Whenever the fiery furnace lies In tht ristan's path, Christ comes dowr id leads him through It rhere Is something wrong with th6 eaching that makes an unrepentanf mer-feel like shouting. 5 long as the dlevil can have the flri ance at our children, he doesn't care w high we build our church steeples. Every preacher should remember that Is not God's purpose that any relig is meeting should be held without re its. An Old Custom Revived. At the first diplomatic dinner given the new President of the French re blc M1. Felix Faure created quite a usaton by Inaugurating a new cus m, or rather by reviving an old one ach has long fallen Into disuse. All s ambassadors and ministers present, gether with their attaches, both civil d military, had been requested be rehand, through the medium of the' hef du Protocole," otherwise the Mas of Ceremonies, to don their gala unl.1 Lms Instead of the customary swal v-tal and white tie. Accordingly, erybody who was entitled to wear e, was attired In a gold or silver aided coat-even French officials d as the ladies hnd seized the oppor nity to put on their gayest dresses d their most sparkling diamonds, the neral effect was quite magnificent. teen. oduce of Fractious of a Penny, he old lesson as to "little drops of iter, little grains of sand" making e universe has had more exemplialca. >n. It Is the custom of the Bank of igland not to pay fractions of a pen. . In the case of dividends on govern ent stock these fractions have In the urse of years amounted to ?140,00%, hich amount, It is stated, was a few ar ago paid over to the Chancellor the Echeannr. News in Brief. -About one-third of an egg is sol nutriment. -Bookkeeping is lirst mentioned ir Rtaly about 1569. -Aluminum heel tips are coming ir vogue in England. -The busy bee, scientist. say, work hut three hours a day. -Cold handas are oftentimes an Ind' cation of nervousness. -An electric treefeller is one of the most recent inventions. -The stride of an ostrich is some times as much as twelve feet. -Stamps for marking goods were ir nse at Rome before the Christian era. -Reliable orit.hologists declare that swans, ravens and parrots will live 20 -ears. -Observing barbers declare tha men with heavy beards are mst apt tc he bald. -Mackerel pass the winter in the sand or mud in deep water, and im merge in spring. -A scientitic expedition from the University of Pennsylvania has left fo Central America. -Boston is to have sterilized school t'ooks. The books are simply baked U kill diseass germs. -Argon, the new gas which has been discovered in the atmosphere, costi V10,000 a pound to produce. -Some students delving in old libraries now wear muzzles to preven' 'ohalation of the book microbe. -At a sale of relics in England in the year 1816 a tooth of Sir Isaac Newtor was sold for a sum equal to $3,000. -The wings of the owl are lined witL a soft down that enables the brid to qy without making the slightest sound. -The French Government discovers, through recent investigation, that microbes are to be found in commor - see. -=Daring the Brooklyn trolley strike militiamen quartered in one of the car barns did part of their cooking by -lectricity. -At Heazig, Hungary, on October 11, 1894, four perfect rainbows were Been three smaller ones inside the mair oir pi imary bow. -In all particulars, save size, the Ve aetian gondola, the Samese barge -and the old Scandinavian Viking ahip ar 'ery much alike. -Dr. Lombard, of Geneva, Switze erland, who has just died, was for many years regarded as the leading medica elimatologist of the world. eenn, has hdin Casl and 0 wecunties mysteriously returned to her, / They were stolen some days ago. -ohn Pox, of Zeeland, Midh., is to tally blind, but makes a business of re pairing sewing machies, and car -hread a needle qmcker than quick. -Peat enjoys certain antisepti. qualities. A dead body which was buried in peat for over 100 years was 'ound in a state of good preservation. -The largest refracting telescope ever constracted is that which is to be presented to the University of Chicago by Mr. Yerkes. It has a forty-inck 'ubject glases -Lettuce and dandelions .rmiied( cooked as "greens" are not only nutritious but a good purifier. of thd system. They should form a- liberg diet every spring. -To prevent the possibiiityof conk:. gious diseases spreading through t~ use of the telephone Paris Physi-~ recommend the use of a speciall eared antiseptic paper. .-jate Field says she thinki that Worth made her the only dress that he ever made of American matorisk 1! was American satmn, and it took 0wbr -It is proposed to generate uledi sity in the coal regions, using the chaim as fuel,-.and transmit it to large citiei' by wire, there to be used for light, oower or heating purposes. -in Holland the fields are ofteA, .eparated from each other by water and as the canals are higher than the land the use of water for irrigation become! mn easy and simple matter. -"The London "Zoo" has secured a coupleof specimens of that rare bird, the apteryx, and proposed to solve the - mooted question whether it is the male "r female bird that hatches the eggs. -California fruit growers are pro posing to ship fruit in tight cars with earbonic acid gas. It is claimed that this gas will preserve the fruit in its flavor and is an economy over cold storage. -Mrs. Frances Klock,-of the Colors zlo Legislature, has introduceti a bill in the House providing for an industrial school for girls and appropriatmng $15,000 for its establishment and 'nainteniance. -The Queen of the Belgians it asually attended when on horseback by one of her favorite dogs, of which she has a dozen, with a preferenceo -just as Queen Victoria has-for Spitz terriers. -A Belgian inventor has devised an immense lamp such as probaly never bee-n seen before. It is six feet high and1 measures 7.10 feet in diameter. It is fed with lard oil, and the consumip 'ion to be very smalL -The crown of England was lost insa hawthorne bush, after the battle of. Bosworthi Eield where Riebard IIL, King of England, was defeated, Au-. gust 14,1485, by Henry, Earl of Rich, niond, who then ascendied the throne. -According to Mr. Cross in his me. moir of his wife the reason she took ~ the name of George Eliot was as she explains it, ''because G*eorge was -hr. Ljewes' Cbristian n'ame, and Eliot was a good, umouth-filling,.easily pronounced