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* The Darlington News. [THE BHi KRITP FACTORY. H. T. Thompson, Ed. A Prop. To States and railroad corporations lands aggregating 49,077,073.51 acres have been granted. Under the I and Forfeiture acts of 1886 and 1887, 6,S4f',- 700 acres were recovered, and by the action of the General I^nd Orfice, 20,- 4.:2,017.3:3 acres, a total of 30,281,777.33 acres. Another substitute for jute bagging tm been brought forward by a Louisiana factory, says the Farm, Field and Slot!,- man. It is a heavy cotton cloth termed “osnabergs,” and suificiently open to permit proper ventilation. Trusts ns well as necessity may prove to be the mother of invention. un m THE OH EAT •TEEL W0EX8 AT XBOH AMO ISH. The latest astounding move on the part of the medical profession is the use of ice bags in pneumonia. The Medic il and Svrgiral R j+iter gives the details of the treatment and says it is especially effec tive in broncho pneumonia with chil dren. The younger the child the moro resironsive it is to the treitment. Mr. John P. Townsend, in an address on the saving* banks in the I nited Nates, stated that the average expense of savings bank management in thirteen States is less than one-third of one per cent., the average interest paid is nearly four per cent; in the six New England States the average is greater than four percent., in Vermont it was four and a half per cent, and in Ithode Island 4 7-10 per cent, was paid in 1387. - m ■ 1 j Three French soldiers of the 114th Pegiment were condemned by their ofli- eer for minor offenses during the recent manu'uvres to run for three hours, c ar rying their rifles and fully equipped. One named Vallad fell down exhausted at the end of two hours. The otlicer in sisted upon his being made to get up and go on, saying that he must “keep on till he dropped dead.” Vallad rose and shot himself dead. The Undertakers’ Association during its session at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, had a jolly dinner. Cotfin shaped [dates, knives, forks and napkin rings with coffin hand les attached, jellies in the shape of urns, newly made graves, etc., added to the delights of the occasion, declares the New York World, and thinks that not since the historic Egyptian banquets, at which skeletons were seated, has any- thing quite so lugubriously merry as this Toronto dinner taken place. Probably the tallest chimney in the world is one that is being erected at l ast Newark, N. J. Its diameter at the base U 28 feet, and it is to be 9 feet in diameter at the top. It is to be of solid brick to an altitude of 310 feet. A cast- iron rim 20 feet in diameter and a bell will surmount the whole, making the total altitude of the Siructure 3:;i feet, t’ne million seven hundre 1 thousand bricks will be used in its construction, and its cost will Ire $8’,(>0'». Elder Joseph Harvey, of Pittsfield, N. H., who recently preached a sermon on ttc fiftieth anniversary of his ordination as a preacher, has been longer in the pulpit than any clergyman in New Eng- lar.d. lie has averaged four sermons a week during these fifty years, and the total is 10,400 disco irses. He h it con ducted 2000 funerals, and so many wed dings that he has lost track of the num ber; and ho has preached in every town in the State, in nineteen States and Ter ritories. and ia three of the Uritish Ter- titories. Nearly 13,000 Mea Employed-How the Employe* of This Gigantic Workshop Are Governed. The steel-casting works of Krupp at Essen, Gcmany, says a Philadelphia Frees correspondent, cover an area of about H’bO acres land in which ! 1,211 men are employed in the production of steel, and also in the manufacture of countless different articles, such as axles, wheels, etc., for locomotives and rail road carriages; rails, switches andsiei p era for rai.ways, tramways and mining railways; springs—s|>iral and leaf—for locomotive-* and carriages; parts tof nil kinds of machinery u^ed for any purpose; bridge material and roll*; material fo' large pum| s as used in mines; all requi site steel and iron material for the build ing of ships of all sizes, for war and commercial purposes; cannons of every caliber—the production of them having exceeded 2(1,000—and last, gun cart ridges, artillery wagons and shots. The gross production of iron and steel average* 280,000 tons per annum. l or accommodations of traffic and shipping in the establishment arc used 28 locomotives with 883 freight car riages. About 3 > miles of narrow and broad gauge railroad line is laid through the establishment. One chemical labors tory, one photographic and one litho graphic studio, one printing office and a book-binding establishment are at work for the sole use of the firm. Telegraph and telephone i ommunication goer all over the factory and an engine company with (38 firemen and 38 fire alarms is also there for the benefit of the establish ment. The entire establishment is surrounded by a high wall or a fence. There are only certain gates where the workmen are allowed to enter. Th a is done for tho purpose of having them under thorough control. The relationship be tween the firm and the workman cannot be better illustrated than to compare it with a largw family. Krupp and ids officiiils assume the right to shape and regulate the entire doings and existence of their workmen, not only in the fa tory, but also at home, and this is how it is done. At rt >, m. the men have to be at work. Every ore is pro vided with a check, on which is his num ber. When he enters the gate where he works he puts this number into a large box. Does he happen to be one or two minutes late, he has an hour deducted from his work. Is he an hour late, he loses a quarter of a day, and so forth. Punctuality has to be obaerved and ex cuses are not accepted, except in un usual cases. The working hours are, on theavernge, thirteen a day, with a reduction for dinner from 12 o’clock until 1> o’clock. The men get paid by the day, or else they are engaged in piece work, but in either case the wages are about the same. A man who works by the piece cannot make as much as he wants to. You see, it seems to be the principle of the firm that no employe tuall make any more wage# than he wants in order to maintain himself and his family, if he has one. Therefore, the man does not gat paid ac cording to his ability, but more so accord ing to what he want*. It is hard to de- teimine the wages of the employes on this account, in order to compare them with American wages. Living is re markably cheap in Germany, and the diet is totally different from what it is in America. y}3ut I should judge, from dif ferent inquiries which I made ot a num ber of workmen engaged at different places in Krupp’s establishment, that 70 cents a day is about the avsrage pay S’fcNS AND NOTES FOB WOMEN. The white petticoat ia' a thing of the put The most fashionable wemen wear no bustles. 1 he plain hem at the bottom is again in vogue. Jacket fronts are e feature in the new tea gowos. Few feathers are seen on the dressiest Ml bonnets. Fur will be much Med in trimming Winter gowns. Many young women Are now seek ng a business education. Borders ire a prominent feature of the best stuffs this season. Mrs. Sheridan is still young, being but th-rty-five and beautiful. < ueen Victoria has had wicker baskets made lor her cats to travel in. Strings of bonnets come from the very back, not the ears, this season. The C/arina is so passionately fond of dancing that she is called “la Santerelle.” The Duchess of Rutland has just com pleted an excellent guide to Hamburg. Cloth-finished flannels are the pre ferred wear of women of taste but limited means Mrs. Ella Transom bis challenged Mrs. Shaw to* whistling match for $500 a side. Nearly all the new fail stuffs display solid colors with stripes of differeat weaves. A SHAKER VILLAGE. 1 PLACE LITTLE KNOWN THE OUTSIDE WORLD. Hher® Marrying and Giving *®wrriage Are Forever Ban ished—The Women Do Mach of the Work. This place is perhaps little known as a luminer reset, writes a correspondent of he 1 ouisville C»urier-J»wnaU from shakertown, Logan County, Ky„ yet •ach year finds the rooms of the commo dious hotel at South In ion occupied by juevti who come to drink the sulphur water and to en joy the peaceful quiet of 'bakortown. The hotel is not situated n Sbakurtown proper, but n abort walk I | moving the hands ontw fa ing each other, swaying the body and ard and upward, nu bi of an employe at Krupp’s. at bell is Captain Wiggins, the fortunate Eng lishman who is opening a trade route to Liberia through northern waters, owes his fame to the corre t interpretation of a single word. Tito Kara Sea has al ways Ircen he'd to be covjred with ico and unnavigable. Wiggins learne 1 that hart meant black, and pondered the fact till lie con-dud. d that a soi called black by the natives cculd not l>c covered by ice. Filled with this result of in ductive reasoning, the daring Captain has sailed the Kara Sea and shown that cargoes may be carried through it from England to the fertile lands of Southern Siberia. A striking illustrati on of the facilities for travel which now exist is found in trie recent departure of an excursion from Pans for Samarcand, a city of Cen tral As a. The wh de journey is to be performed by railway except in a por tion of Circiasia, when poat conveyances will be used, and a short sea trip o twenty hours over the Caspian Sea. Six centuries ago the city was the capital of one of the mightiest empires the world has ever seen and the centre of Asiatic learning and commerce. Forty colleges were found within its walls, whichrfiow surround little but gardens. Tamerlane, the great conqueror, ia buried there, and his tomb ia still to be seen. Wholesale merchant* in some of the eastern citiea, according to the Chicago JVtw», are seriously thinking of doing away with the “city drummer,’although the part that functionary plays in secur ing trade is altogether too important to make it advisable for one firm to dis pense with his services unless all do. 1 he wor< of the city drummer consists in meeting customers from the country and “amusing” them until they make their purchases and are ready to go home. A» may be imagined, the “amusements” aro not always the most innocent, sod the atrain upon the man who is con •tantly engagid in then makes the plact a very arduous and high priced one. ()l late some of the merchant# have re Bounced these methods as unbusiness like, not to eey indecent, and it is not 1 improbable that the practice may fall en I At 7 p. m. a great tiell is tolled in the works, which can bo heard for miles around, and then the worknitKi goes home, and if you will follow me you will see how the members of this large family are kept depending on their “great” father, the mighty Ktupp. A number of stores are situated all around ia the neighborhood, where the workman can send his wife or his children to buy goods on a card. Beady money is not required of him. The clerk looks at the card aud puts the amount of the bill against the purchaser’s name in a large book, and the next pay-day the amount is taken off the man’s wages, that settles It. In these stores anything may be had for money—clothing, shoes, dry good a, millinery good*, house furniture, grocer ies, meat, etc. Now then, the workman has come honic, which is egain in a house belong ing to Krupp, in the immediate vxinity of the works, where has been erected a pretty little village. The street are wide aud lined with beautiful beeches on each s de. The houses aro each sur rounded by a large garden and each is four stories high. In every hou°e dwell 1 five families, each home being completely secluded from all others. The accom modations are perfect, all modern im- provi ments of comfort are to be enjoyed, and the people could not wish for any thing better. The rent is always de ducted from the husband's wages on every pay-day, and the worry of an ap proaching rent-day never troubles him very much. A small strip of a garden, where a few vegetables may be raised, belongs to each home too, and the people do not nay any extra for this. Every Wednesday and Saturday there is mar ket held in the colony where the house wives can go to get their provisions for the home, buch is the home of Krupp’# workmen, which, though it is enjoyed by him, belong* to the master and is pro vided for by him according to hia idea and as he thinks proper After supper the men light their long pipes and they go forth to the saloon, to sit behind their beer and talk politica, play cords or amuse themselves other wise. Krupp knew# this, aud he has also provided for beer. There are eight large beer halls and a dancing and con cert hall, bowling alley, billiards, etc., w here the men get the largest and best glass of beer for the least money. Beside that, however, the colony has also several schools, where everything is taught except religion, but neverthelesa Krupp does not object to religion, as he has also built a fine church at the place, and the clergyman ia paid out of his private purse. However, the dominant power of this great machine of discipline does not end yet. When the workman is sick—aye even when he ia dead—the corporation if Krupp still hoids out its influences •ver him or hia family. Every workman •s compelled, as soon as he enters into 1 he employ of Krupp, to pay to a sick fund a small percentage of his wages. Out of this fund the physician wilf be paid when the laborer is aick, the chem ist gets the payment for the medicine, and the family of the sick father gets a small sum to pny the ranning expenses “ the house. trreiy into disuse; Tho Italian Government recently :le*red $140 by a corpse—$70 on ita go- 'og into Italy to be cremated, and $70 an the ashes when they were brought Fanny Fern never wrote a word for ublicaton until she passed her fortieth irthdsy. Plain woolens With deep borders of cavhmere aro among the importations of fall goods. Mi*a Edgeworth wrote her stories in a common sitting room, surrounded by her family. Twenty-three Montana mail routes are to be run for four years by a woman, Mrs. Ira McLane. Mary A. Livermore began her minis terial life in Chicago as pastor of the Univarsalist Church. “Dr. Harriet Jones has charge of the Woman’s d nartment of the Insane Asy lum at Weston, W. Y». These a’e no p'nin, tight-fitting tailor goWns among the fall importations of Par s and London dresses. Bound hats are very large and elabor ately trimmed, but the brims are not ao wide nor so eccentric as formerly. Mrs. E. B. Holbrook is auperindent of department of woman’* work in the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. Many of the newest woolens show a decided double twill with a deep rice- lined Persian border along one edge. Miss Barah A. Brown, of Lawrence, Kan., is candidate for State Bupcrintend- jnt of Public Schools on tho Prohibition ticket. Many fine twilled woolens have ribbon itripes two or three inches wide in slacks, crossbars or shaded effects woven throughout. T he Association for the Advancement of Women, better known as the Woman’s Congress, will hold its annual meeting November 14, 15 and 16. In China girls are not obliged to go to school at all. Their pcsition in the em pire is so insignificant that no provision is made for tneir education^ Mrs. E. L. Knowles, of Montana, who Is studying law, has been appointed lotary public—the only woman in the j territory holding that office. The Empresa of Japan is rapidly be soming the best-informed woman of her lime. Bheis a hard student of German, Russian, French and Italian. Camel’s hair cheviots, soft yet fine, Some in cloth shades bordered with a ieeper tone, and are among the most de sirable of all the season’s offering. Jet-black'birds are worn with straw lr felt hats. The black and suede straws are faced with black velvet, a plaiting of lace lying next the face. Elbow ruffles of sheer muslin, simply nemmed, and standing frills, with long ichu ends, or else coming down the front of the bodice, are quaintly pretty. In England women are again taking to wear ng gaiters. The c are made to neasure and are of almost any kind of doth. The favorite, however, istheor- linary drab. The fashionable hat should look as ;nough it had been put on w rong side [oremost. All list trimmings are placed ar at the back, and the front ia quite )areof any ornament. The wife of Benator Bherman ia one of ffie leading horticulturists of this coun ty. Bhe not only knows all of the at- .ractions of the garden but understands !»ow to make them thrive. Mrs. Harvey, of Bhaiklin, Isle of Wight, has founded un institution there which is doubly philanthropic, it is a dome for old ladies and a training-school for servants at the same time. Chantilly lace with leaf edges or Greek iquures in open pattern is the favorite sow for trimming, and ia set in two Knife-pleated rows, turning opposite ways, about the nacks of many new (owns. There is a great variety in sashes, both is to color and stuff, but the favorites ire the wide half belts which come down from under t he arms, the soft, loosely- knotted Turaish sash, and the tine di- iphanous sash of the tint and texture of the rainbow. The famous “Nelly Bly,” of the New Tork World, is a pretty auburn-haired rirl with pretty brown eyes and sweet face. Her name is Miss Cochrane and it goes with without saying that it will be famous if the young lady continues her daring exploits in journalism. The will of Mrs. Anne Beguin, the mother-in-law of the charming opera singer, Zelda Seguin, gives the latte the innual ini crest of $2t>,0«0 on condition that she does not again marry. The Sgure is so small as to be of little ac- :ount to a girl disposed to marry. Home' says that sets of decorated china, such as used to scT eight or ten years igo for $80, are now put on the market for $20. This is mainly owing to the decline in the price paid the painters of it A class of girls has been educated is decorators, and do the work as well rod far cheaper than of old. MAm arurKT tx snAKsltTowiv. through a dense grove of oaks leads you m the town peopled by a queer sect. In a walk down the one street of the place, shaded by the interlacing blanches af large maples Y 01 * meet Bhakers in their broad brimmed hats and demuro Miakcresses in their quaint garb of full ikirtk and close fitting waists, with the inowy kerchief crossed over their breasts rod the Bhaker bonnet of straw, all will- n ff . to K' ve you «nv information con- terning their interesting village; or, if f'ou wish, will conduct you through the dindy yards and the various departments )f the houses. Each house wears on its :ront the date of its building; and an inpreteutious little frame, bearing the iate 1810, tells one it is the first perms- lent dwelling erected in the town. The iettlcment was staited here three yeaia sarlier, the Bhakers living in cabins. The houses since then have been large rod substantially built, mostly of brick. A walk through the town will show you ;he West house, bearing the date o be the newest of the hou-es. This louse, which is the handsomest in the town, was built at a tost of $12,000. The population of the village ia some- ihing more than 200, and is divided in families, who make their homes respec- ;ively at the North, Center, East and West houses. The property is held in jommon, and a man is placed at the head >f each family, who manages the finan- :ial affairs and directs the work of the lousehold. I was shown the kitchen of the Center house, with its long range, ind its boiling pots, watched over by pretty Bhakeresses in their becoming cos- ;umcs, at work with the famous Bhaker pressrves. SITAKER* AT WORSHIP. keeping time to a very jingling song. In this shaking the name of Bhakers originated, and it is significant of their indignation at the sin in their hearts. Alter the first song they form into a double line and march with a light, joy ous step, symbolical of the victory over the temptations of life. I noticed one pretty giil in the march who seemed 1 much amused at the odd performance, and her hand was lifted sex era! times to her face to smooth the twitching corners of her mouth, and to keep the demure look which they ail wear. After the march there is a sermon by Elder Harvey Eads, w ho, dr essed in the whitest linen, w ith ids snowy hair and placid counts nance, pre-ents a picture of the pure life of a Bhaker. Mr. Eads is a remarkable man, and in his eighty-second year is as hale and hearty as many men in the prime of life. He was reared and edu cated in thiscommttnity, and hisbookrtf sermons on Bhaker doctrine indicate a rare mind. The Shakers are a charitable sect, and in this character they are greatly im posed upon by worthless tramps, who join them in the winter for food and shelter, and leave with tho first warm days of sprng, when the farm work be gins. Bhakertown is a. heaven to the homeless and to the poor widow with children. They are taken in and clothed, fed and educated, and in return there is little work required of them. A stroll through tho yards will prove that with Shakers it is not all work and no piav, for you can see men and women, b >ys and girls in groups under the shade trees after their tasks are done, laughing and ta king, reading or doing fancy work, and enjoying life in much the same way we of the world do. How to SkTn a Bird. The necessary tool, to work with area sharp pen knile or scalpel (figure 1), a j air of small forceps (figure 2), a jmir of scissors (figure 3), a button hook (figure 4j, a narrow spoon, a spool of thread, a DEEP SEA EXPLORATIONS. 8X7B XABXNB DIVERS AND THEIH inra is PPLIANCES. n A SnAKRRFSS. From the kitchen I went into thecool, iark cellar, where there were thousands jf jars, with the pink, yellow and red preserved fruit showing through, ready tor shipment. '( ne who has tasted the inowy bread, for which the Bhakers are io famous, spread with their delicious preserves, has eaten food tit for the (ods. The wash department of the Center bouse is e (ually interesting. It is a arge, airy buihiing of brick, built in 1833, furnished with r^cks for drying jlothcs, so that wash-day is not depend- snt on the sun. This work is done by :he women, as was formerly the milking; but I was told that last spring the wome^ (truck and refused to cons : der that work my longer within theif sphere, and now the men wend their way morning and svening to the milking pen. The gardens, of 12 > acres, which are ultivated for the reed, in which they have an extensive trade, are marvels of neatness, and arc cultivated largely by the boys of the community, for laziness is not tolerated even among children by this thrifty, prosperous peojile. To lov- srs of tine cattle, rt is a beautiful sight to ree the large herds of Bhorthorn cattle (razing in the pa turea. Mr. John *T,I)F.R EADS irVrtlCROH COSTCWF. Parryman, the head of one of the Shaker families, is well known through the Bute and in the South for his fine grade of Shorthorns. The town is well supplied with water-works, which, in winter, is run by an engine, pumping from a well Mventy feet deep, and in summer and spring is run by a win' 1 mill. The most peculiar part of Bhakerism, and whst attracts large crowds from the surrounding country and neighboiing towns, is their form of worship. In fair weather the public is welcomed to their church; but in winter, the season of mud and rain, they are excluded, for with the Bhakers “cleanliness is next to godli ness,” and they will allow no mud to lie brought upon their spotless floors by curious worldlings. When you reach the door of the queer old church you leave your escort, for the two hexes can An Inquiry as to Onr Flag. Which is the correct form; “Star, and stripes” or “stripes and stars?” Logically, “atripcs and stars’ is the f • c ‘ of oi, M .... April 4, 1818, by which our present flaj ! not sit on the same aide of the church, it authorized, dec ares that ‘*the Hag ol 1 and when inside, jou are seated at a-afe the l n.ted btatei be thirteen honzonta j distance from each other. Wh 1c wait .•“ e f n * ,e •“d white, that | inu for worship to begin one wonders if ,, » DI , 0D * went J ®t*ra, white on i *1“- streeta of heaven can be cleaner than blue field; and that, on the admission ol the floor cl the church, or the walls more ' Dt0 tlle lJn * OB > on « »t»r b* nio.les ly white. If tho weather is warm uded to the union of the flag.” From the Bha' er comes to church without hit tnia it ia evident that the stripes are tb< tost, and the prim Bhakereas, on coming more important, and that therefore thej ,'emovea her straw bonnet, which i-he •hould precede. But custom has ordained ' «n a peg driven into the wall, and that tho start shall precede the atripee wears on her head during the services a and a* neither name is official for th« , c»P much like a lady’s untrimmed it doesn’t make a bit of differenco. j ^“net frame. They begin tho worship York cun* bj standing in rows 9 tbd men nod women Fto. 1. Fto. 2. Fro. 3. Fto. 4. needle and a bottle of arsenical compo sition, for which ttie recipe will be given further on. A fair specimen being ob tained, take some cotton wadding and plug up the throat and nostrils so as to prevent any flow of blood from spoiling the feathers, 'lake a board, lay the bird on its back and part the feathers from the in sertibn of the ne k to the tail. Cut theouter skin the entire length, taking care not to penetrate the flesh too deeply, or through the inner mera- r io. 5. brane which covers the intestines. The skin can then be e isily separated from the flesh, by passing the fingers or some blunt instrument between the skin aud the body. By laying hold of one leg and pushing it forward you will be able to bring the bare knee through the opening you have made. With the scissois cut it off at the joint; pull the shank still adhering to the leg till the skin is turned back as far as ik will go, remove all flesh and sinew from the bone aud wrap a p cce of cotton wadding around it,dip it in the ar<enical composition and then pull the leg by the claw back to its proper place. After having done this to both legs, skin caie fully around the back, cutting off the tail, leaving it adhering to the skin with that into which the feathers grow, that is, the rump or ope’s nose.” terve the wing-bones the same as the legs, (ut- ting them off close to the body; next turn the skin inside out, down to the back of the skull, in which make a cut of the form shown in Figure 5; with the knife this is turned back like a trap door, and then with the spoon clean out the brains inside well with the arsenical composition and fill it with cotton wad ding. The next operation is getting out the eyes. 'I his is done by cutting cautiously until the lids appear, being careful not to cut the eye itse f, and with a pa r of forceps, which will lie found generally useful, pull each from its socket. Wipe out the socket very carefully, wash thoroughly with the arsenical composi tion, and till it with cotton. Cut off the neck close to the skull, wash the stump and whole of the inside of the skull with the composition, and the skinning is done. ABsortCAL composmoiv. Arseniateof potash....2 drachms. Sulphate of alumina. ...2 “ Powdered camphor. 2 •* White soap, powdered.. ounce. Spirits of wine « ounces. Essence of thyme 3 dropr. The arseniate of potash, sulphate ot alumina and soap are put into a larg« mouth bottle, and the spirits of winf poured on them at the heat of twenty five degrees; cork and let stand twenty- four hours, then add the essence ol thyme. Bhake well before it is used. Do not use as a beverage!—America/; Aoiicvlturist. Star Fish and Oyster*. The Providence Journal states that an exhaustive study h being made of the •tar fish and its hablti, and there is no better place for observation than Nara- gansett Bay. It is a singular fact that the star fish is but little known south of Barncgat, and (hesapeake and other •outhern oystermen sit ier but little from it. Oyster groweia hero never knew how much they lost by the ravages of the star fish until the teaton afier the 1886 ficshiL Fresh water kills the fish, and they were about all destroyed and the bed* cleared of them at that time. Tho luccceding teason the yield was enor mous. One giower states that the de- •tructionof the fish that season trade a difference of $2000 to him alone. They have made their appearance again, how ever, and th ■ same dealer estimates his loss this season at $1000. It is doubtful if any means will be discovered tor their abolition other than destroying them when caught instead of throwing them back ovcrlonrd, as is customary among Dangers Encountered at Great Depths—A Teat ofCooIneea and Endurance—A Diver’* Outfit. Joseph Braith is one of the oldest and most experienced practical diver# on the Atlantic coa»t, and is at present work ing foreman in the only manufactory of diving apparatus in this part of the country. What he does not know about raattera pertaining to diving very few men know. What is the reason that man cannot accomplish the feat of sub-marine ex ploration ? The answer to this question, given by Mr. Smith and other old divera, is. that man doesn’t want to attempt it. Down to a certain depth the matter is compara tively easy. Almost any practical diver will go down to a distance of eighty or 100 feet and work there as coolly as on the surface. But at a greater depth than that there is something so weird and strange, so uncanny, augmented by the eternal stillness and the knowledge that if an accident should happen to the alender life lihe or string of hose that supplies air to the diver, he could never hope to rise again to the sur face, that few men have the nerve to undertake the decent. There have been descents and work performed on the bottom of the sea at a depth of 125 feet —some unautlienticated stories name 150 feet—but no diver rau remain a^ that depth more than half an hour at a time Besides the sensation, which is calculated to unnerve even a brave men, there are physical obstacles against remaining any longer. The chief of these is the diffi culty of forcing air through the hose down to that depth. A steam pump has to be employed, and even then the air will only come in gasps and sobs and intermittent puffs. The immense press- sure of the water squeezes the hose to gether so that it can hardly be forced through. The pressure of water is so great about the diver’s body that it re quires a strong man to stand it, while the heat and perspiration induced inside the closed armor is something fearful A good many divers who have ventured to great depths and remained down too long for their strength, have come up paralyzed. Have there been any improvements in diving armor of late years? None worth speaking of. The suit is practi cally tho same now as when first used, a generation ago. It consists of a helmet, a diving dress, a set of belt weights, ;i pair of diving shoes with lead or iron soles, rubber mittens and other articles to correspond. The helmet is made of copper and bell metal, in order to be as light as possible, with glass five-six teenths of an inch thick for the three windows, which are guarded by wires across the outside. The dress is made of two plies of can- *as with one ply of rubber between. The air hose is made of rubber lined with canvas. This apparatus is now the same all the world over. Who first in vented it has been forgotten, if it wea ever known. There are no patents upon it, but it would hardly pay for many firms to engage in ita mamiiactiire, be cause the demand is so small. Tho sale of half a dozen suits and outfits a year is counted a pretty fair business, besides repairing. The cost of an outfit varies from $400 to $1000. 'ihe co t of an air pump varies from $1 0 to $500. This outfit is the same that has been manufactured here since 1"50, and which about that time supplanted the (living bell. There are a few diving bells ftill in existence, but they arc never used because they are so unhandy. A person cannot move outside of them, but they have been used at a depth of 150 feet. Along the coast from Ma neto Florida there are probably n <t more than two hundred pr.ict cal divers, men competent to take a job of work under water and perform it f-atisfactorily. There are probably two or three times that number who have worn diver’s armor and worked in shoal water. A good many armors arc now employed tor going through sewers and performing such work, the armor being more a protection against gas and foul air than from water. '1 he standard Oil Company employ some men to look after and repair its pipes which cross the bottom of rivers, and in which there are frequently breaks and leaks. But these men are not termed divers by the profession. The most famous piece of diving work done on this con'-t, perhaps, was at the wreck of the steamship Oregon, outside of Bandy Hook, about four yean ago. Men worked there in 135 feet of water. Although the wreck lay in clear sea water, they found considerable difficulty owing to lack of lights. The appearance id objects was as though seen in a room at night lighted only by the starssbining through the windows, and most of the work hud to be done by feeling. Elec tric lights were tried with some success, but it was too much trouble to carry them about and keep them in good posi tion for working by. At this depth tha diver had to take half hour shif'a. At a depth of eighty feet, the ordinary diver will work ail day and ask only to come up to his meals.—AVic JVA tton- mercinl Adreriiser. True Stories About Animal*. “Well,” said the menagerie man, i* tepiy to the reporter’s quottion, “I name the animals according to • their dispo sition, taste, or habits, or something. Now this old lion for instance, I call ‘Aurora:’ ’taint grammatical, but it’s ap propriate. I call the tiger ‘Blazer,’ be cause he comes in stiipes; the brindled gnu I call ‘Nothing,’ because Bolomon says there is nothing gnu; I call tha camel *i r.ma Donna,’ because he always has his back up; the laojiard I call ‘Measles,’on account of his spots; the brown bear I call ‘Lager,’ because he’s a Brewin, and the grizzly ia ‘Bock,’ be cause he’s a stronger Brew n. I call the hyena‘Straggler.’Iiccause he slopes of behind; the sacred cow 1 call ‘Chair man,’ because she’s the boss, and the zebra ‘Mugwump’ because he's the ‘boas kicker.” “And what,” asked the re porter, deeply interested in recognizing his own long-forgotien chestnuts, “do you «all the giro e t” “Voter,” said the showman, for it was he. “And why?” “Because he swallows more in the same time and quantity than all the rest of the menagerie.”—Lurdete in Brooklyn Fault. The Henson Why. Bmall boy No. 1 (to small boy No. A who is strutting around with his hands in his pockets,—“Come over and play with me, .’ohuny:” “(an’L” “Go ask your mother if you can’; “Can’t ask her; she is out aomewl looking for me.”—A(/«. HI* Cup Was Overflow ing, “Don't fret, John," said Mrs. Wig gins. “You've lost nearly everything you Lad in the world, I know, but re member you’ve still got me.” “I es,” said John, with another heart- .clt groan, “That’* just what 1 thinking.’ SfcLtCf SIFT1N9& hud- accom- t.” somewhere* waa London contaids 120 hotpitaM. The temple of Diana wis fodr dred feet high. The Koran says all fliea shall peris b- save one, the bee fly. > The palaces of Rome eash modated about 350,000 people. It is regarded as a death warning in Germany to hear a cricket's cry. A real, live princess keeps a millinery store in Fifth avenue, New York. Mr. Robert Bonner paid Mr. William H. Vanderbilt $40,000for Maud 8. The Tapuya Indiana in South Amer ica say the devil assumes the form of a fly. In China the highest recommendation a man can have ia the fact of his having a wife. “ Cremation ia still illegal in France, so Frenchmen have to go to Italy for the purpose. In Mexico young ladies give a few dro|)s of their blood as a charm to the young men. Rain is, in some parts of our own country, expected to follow unusually loud chirping of crickets. Borne interesting prehistoric relics have just been found buried under 300 feet of lava in a table-mountain tunnel, near Bonora, Cal. Babylon was sixty miles within the Walls, which were twenty-five feet thick and three hundred feet high, with one hundred brazen gates. A woipan living near £he banks of the Tiber once sold her possessions in Borne, and it was learned that she possessed four hundred slaves. The Bank of England monopoly w** established by the prohibition,.by act of i'arliament in 1708, of any c<>iqpuny ex ceeding six persona acting as. bankers. Mrs. G. Booth, of Washington County! d ed recently at Knoxville. Tenn., in the log house she was born in, ninety- eight years ago. Bhe had never been away from home over five miles. In 314 Constantine declared that liberty waa a right which could not be taken away, affirming that sixty years of captivity could - uot take from the free- I bern the right of demanding liberty. When t^ueea Victoria went this year from Windsor to Osborne she took a number of her favorite cats with her, and now every English lady takes her cats with her from town to country or country to town. Mr. Dloodworth, of Griffin, Ga., has grown this yea 1 - twelve ears of corn upon one stalk and fourteen squashes upon a single arm of vine, so it is entirely cred ible that from a garden one-sixteenth of an acre he has sold $35 worth after sup plying his family. One of the English regiments is ex perimenting with a machine called a ccntrecy le, which has four small wheels a foot in diameter and one large one in the center. It is sa d that the invention makes climbing a hill as easy for a cycler as roiling off a log. Bumner Howard, formerly Speaker to the Michigan House of Representatives and now a lawyer with a fine practice in an Arizona town, accepted a few sharea of stock in ac undeveloped mine last fall as a retainer in a murder case. A few days ago he was offered $35,000 for the stock, out declined to part with it A modern French custom at baptisms is that of preseutiug all the guests with sugar almonds in a bonbonniere, which has the appearance cf a yoU *>* parch- ment. On this roll are inscribed tho names of the thfliT, of the parents, god parents, the date of the birth and christ ening, and the name of the church where thsceremoney whs performed. Bailroad conductors get a great deal of medical information and the under standing of many helpful little schemes in the course of a long year's run. Many of the conductors, who, among the many other ills aud ailing* of their passengers have found that of a particle of dirt or cinder in the eye to be of the most fre quent and painful, carry with them a supply of horse hair. Their experience makes them experts in doubling the hair and drawing it over the eye while the lid is closed. The German Soldier's Equipment. A new outfit is being rapidly intro duced thioucrhout the whole German army. One, indeed, of the alterations, ns it does not involve any new equip ment, has been already taken up by all the regiments—that is, the strapping of the overcoat round the knapsack instead of over the shoulders and across the body. This has the great advantage of allowing the man to breathe more freely and to open his coat if he wishes. The knapsac* itself has been changed and if of a longer shape than befoie. It con sists of two parts, the knapsack proper and the pocket, tho former containing the soldier's linen, the latter the famous “pease sausage” and bacon. The belt is, in the new otutit, all important, and serves to make the whole equipment fast. rom it, on the left, hangs the bayonet, which has been so shortened that it is 'iow merely n light dagger not a foot ong; while in front two pouches are at tached, each containing thirty cartridges (the non commissioned officers have smaller pouches holding only fifteea each). Behind ia a third pouch, which contains forty cartridges, made up in two pasteboard ca<-es. These are a re serve, and were formerly kep; in the knap-ack. By this change the soldier carries twenty cartridges more than for merly. On the right bangs the bread wallet, which ia larger than the old pat tern. It has no longer a belt of it* own, but hangs directly from the sword belt, thus relieving the chest. The water flask Is hooked on the bread-wallet. The paunikin used to be fastened in the mid dle of the knapsack, but is now laid flat on the top with the forage-cap, which was formerly under the flap of the knap sack, below it. The combined result u that th; soldier’s chest is almost quit* free, and that the air can circulate I*' tween the knapsack and his buck. can also by merely undoing his lielt takf off the whole of his accoutrements. 1 »< tienching tool is not carried on the sol dier'a back, but hangs at his left «id« with the baronet.—St. James's UaiMe. Literary Gems That Deny Their Fa them. A writer cannot always get credit for hia own, observes tho Atlanta Cons'Wf tion. The well known poem beginninl “There is no Death,” ia generally cred ited to Bulwer. It was written by Editor McCreery, of the i ubiiquo n| 1862. One E. Fulmer appropriated them, and some printer, thinking 11'“ mer a misprint for Bulwer, corrected it, as he supposed, fo the poem has con ‘ tinned to go the rounds with the name of the wrong man appended to it. 1 hf r ® ia a similar instance in the case of * 1 ® Children,” a pretty poem usual y cred _‘ to Charles Dickens. Theae lino* wen written by a New York lawyer, named Dickinson, but n mistake of the compos itor seems to have fastened the authzr- •hip upon the English novelist-