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wmm mmmmmmmmmrngmfm 1 ""̂ r"" W & JloW Jerry geat tbe JlflnterJ. So -- "ninri IN nn mi ill uni fm 'iffffv IVi 1i1Wlfi ftr />V* * • ̂ A A ' i. \ «t •* r , w • • • • • IN the eastern part of New Hamp­shire, well down In the southern half of the State, there Is a long, low range of hills, the highest of which Is known a* Blue hill, or Croydon moun­ tain. This peak is nearly 3,000 feet In height, towering* in friendly rivalry to Hh neighbor, the historic ftearsarge, not thirty tulles away. . * Nearly (he whole of the mountain Is included in the fumous Corbln park, a tract of 28.000 acres inclosed as a game preserve by the late Austin Gorbin, and probably one of the largest In the Uni­ ted Slates. A large portion is heavily wooded, and, until within a few years, was the haunt of animals as wild and savage as any that now roam in the wilderness. As late as 1867 a wolf was shot ou this mountain, and bears have been seen there even Since that date. in the fall of the opening year of the century the people of all the towns around Croydon mountain joined In a great hunt for a bear whose destruct- Iveness had caused them a great deal of trouble. Scarcely a farmer in the wtiole section but had experienced a loss in-his sheepfold, pigpen or barn­ yard, and it was determined to hunt Bruin to the bitter end. The bear was believed to be an unusually large and ferocious animal, hence the feeling against him was aggravated quite as much by fear as by the desire to pun­ ish him. The party organized at the foot of the mountain, and formed a great circle of men,, boys and dogs. The signal horn was sounded for starting and continued around the whole circle, which signal was to he repeated every half hour un­ til atl arrived at the top of the moun­ tain. All through that clear October day the sound of horns and the harking of dogs startled the echoes of the wooded hills. People in the valleys heard the repeated, signaling, but their listening ears could distinguish nothing to indi­ cate the success of the hunters. High up ou the eastern slope of the mountain was the Andrews homestead, which comprised an ordinary sixty-acre lot, with the farm buildings erected by Mr. Andrews. The settler had died a year or two previously, and the work devolved upon Jerry, a boy of 15. sturdy aud freckle-faeed. and somewhat large IN THE LAST DITCH. FEW 4ROUNDS OF ATTACK FOR FREE-TRADERS* The Truth tt to Export Prtc*f»--Orest '"Home Demand Relieves Manufactur­ er* of Necessity of Sending; Goods Abrw»d to Be Sold tot a Loss. > / i BBVIN CBAWLtD NEABEB AND NEARER. for his ye$rs. Jerry had not gone out with the hunters, the sowing of a piece of rye compelling him to remain at home. The pioneer boy was destined, how­ ever, te meet with an adventure much more exciting than any that befell the hunters. Jerry finished sowing his rye late in the afternoon, and as the sun was still moment Jerry felt his weapon snatched from his jfrhsp. The pioneer lad how thought discre­ tion the better part of tutor, and mak­ ing out a low bough before him he seized bold of it and swung himself up into the tree. He hoped the bear would not follow him, but he was disappoint­ ed. With * sort of a snort and a growl the enraged beast crawled to the trunk and began slowly .to climb the tree. As it happened, the free was an Im­ mense oak* aud Jerry hurriedly clam- Jbered to fnV tppmost branch, where, clinging to the Cork.of a limb, be await­ ed the approach.of his enemy. The bear wolfed his way up among the branches with "the skill"of a sailor in the shnVuds. He seemfe'd determined in his advances, and Jerry began to edge off asfjfar as he dared, for the limb to which he wits clinsring began to bend under his weight. Bruin crawled near­ er and neater. ^ Jerry scarcely dared tp breathe. He bad a huge jackknife in his pocket that the village blacksmith at "the corners" had made for him that very season, for use In skinning minks and musk rats. The boy drew this, and, opening the long, keen blade, prepared to defend himself as best he could. He was all grit and had not a thought of surrender in his mind. Now the bear was very near him; he could feel the brute's warm, sickening breath in his face. Supporting himself with one hand, he struck forward a strong, quick blow with his right. He aimed directly for the eyes, but instead the sharp blade cut a deep,/ugly gash In the great black snout. ) That portion of a bfiiH's anatomy is always nrtore or less Sensitive, and"7 Bruin's wj*s peculiarly so. The sudden­ ness of the attack disconcerted him, and, sniffing fiercely, the great beast drew back. In changing its i«osition the bear chanced to throw its weight upon a decayed limb. It snapped like a pi pes tern, and tbe next instant tbe heavy carcass descended through the branches and struck the ground below with a deadening thud. Waiting a few moments to see if the bear stirred, and hearing nothing but a slight- groan. Jerry carefully descended the tree. His first act was to secure his hoe. Then he approached tbe bear, and finding that the animal could not stir, having apparently broken its back by the fall, the boy belabored tbe nar­ row. cruel head till it was a mass of bruised and bleeding flesh. The plucky boy had hardly struck bis last blow Whelk« <log barked close at hand, and a tfw ,moment ,afterward half a dozen meD walfeedifp to the spot. They were a party of tji<» hunters re­ turning from the hunt, and* several of them JerryMvftiew. "Well, my lad, you have beat us all," said one of the men. his nearest neigh­ bor below, after he had heard the boy's story. "W^. h^ye .hunted 111 day for this fellow and couldn't find hair nor claw of the brute. You deserve a farm, Jerry, for I imagine our barnyards and pigpens will be safe enough,now." They found, the mftfigled carcass of the youui|' heifer a few ro^s away, but Bruin's ski^and the bou^^y paid by the State mor^than ^ompwftsated Jerry for the loss. For many a year afterward he was the hero of that region, and old men now Jiving can remember having him pointed out to them as the boy who beat the hunters.--Chicago Record. The' sale to foreign consuti<*& of American manufactured products at a lower price than American consumers are required to pay is one of the prin­ cipal counts in tbe indictment which free traders bring against the Ameri­ can policy of protection. Indeed, this, together with the claim that trusts are fostered and promoted by protection, Is almost the ouly ground of attack re­ maining tor the free traders. The splendid facts of a revived domestic trade, and of a general condition of un­ precedented prosperity growing, out of the restoration of a protective tariff, these great facts are so patent and so indisputable that the free trader of to­ day is reduced to the extremity of op- posiug protection on two pretexts only, that of responsibility for trusts, and that of enabling our manufacturers to make big profits on the goods they sell at bauie while selling the same class of goods to foreigners at much lower pricw. The first of these indictments--that relating to the trusts--is easily dispos­ ed of by the proof that trusts thrive in free trade Great Britain fully as well as in prof ited America, and that the moat powerful of all our domestic trusts are those which are not In the corresponding months of last y«ar; to British Australasia, $392,439, against $208,783 in the corresponding months of last year; to* Mexico, $200,880, against $<>(>,816 In the corresponding months of last year; to Africa. $04,005. against $54,053 iu the corresponding mouths of last year, while shipments were also made to Asia, Oceanica, Cen­ tral aud South America, as well as to the great industrial and manufacturing countries of France, Germany and the United Kingdom. An illustration of the activity of the manufacturers in other lines is found In a statement made by Dr. Wilson, the head of the Philadelphia Commercial Museums, and also the director of the export exposition: "Our chief difficulty in the preliminary work of the exposi­ tion," said he, "was in the fact that the manufacturers of the country were so busy that many of them could not find time and the* necessary force of employes with which to prepare exhib­ its satisfactory to themselves, while In many other cages our requests for ex­ hibits were met with tbe statement that since" they are now months behind with their orders the display of their prod­ ucts would merely add to their tem­ porary embarrassment by bringing ^bem a stSll greater excess of orders over their capacity for production. In the great Iron and steel manufacturing industries we found that many of the establishments had from six to eigh­ teen mouths' orders ahead, and that they were working to their fullest ca­ pacity apd unable to increase their product without an increase in ma­ chinery, which, of course, Cannot be made in a moment." In the iron and steel industry the fig­ ures of our exports show that the ex- THfc PATHOLOGICAL MOMENT HAS NOT YET ARRIVED* SPLENDID BvS!*tSS KN.TH WcREWtD WORK I ! !«( REASCD PROSPERITY MCXEASID EVERY BOOY SAVINGS DT p»s ITS CUT*U V. Dr. ProteetioB- Vs* ^ -Fa my jesdgment there is no> present neellf such' drugs and! aestruifis in this case. The pathological moment has not yet arrived. When, it arrives X shall be ready to prescribe. Quoting? from the remarks of Dr. Samuel Adams Robinson at the Chicago Trust Conference;-1 would! any: "The stage of tits has jiot yet been reached, though some of the quacks would have us think otherwise. Their antidote Is an old and a well-known one. I't was tried: iu> 1892, »n<l we all know how it worked. Do we- want any more of it?' I) think not." Why H«t> Departed. Burke once rushed out'of the House an hour or two high he went across lots j of Commons in a rage, because as he to visit several traps he had 6et for! rose to speak, holding a bundle of pa- mink ia the upper pasture. He exam­ ined bis traps, finding an imprisoned mink in one, and started homeward just as the dusk was beginning to creep down the mountain. He directed bis steps through the low­ er pasture, wherein was inclosed the farm stock, they having been-shut off | from ranging tbe higher pasture since j the depredations of Bruin had becomt ; so alarming. He could hear tbe familiar tiuk-a-ling| of the cow bell as he hurried in search , of the cattle in the thickening gloom.' He found them grouped in a bunch, i tossing their horns and acting in a i strange manner. Jerry's first thought! was of the presence of a bear, and bo! ! hurriedly looked over the berd to see if any were missing. To bis dismay he could not find a favorite yearling. Jerry was no coward, but he had no weapon with him. nor anything that would answer for one except the heavy hoe which he had used to dig around -the stumps in the rye field. With this I. in hand, he started off in search of the heifer. He tried to think that perhaps the • creature had wandered away by her- pers, a member/ jumped . up, saying, "Mr. Speaker. 1 hope the honorable gentleman does not intetid to read all those papers and to bore us with a speech in the bargain." * "A lion put to fight by tbe braying of an ass," whispered the witty George Sehvyn. This old anecdote is "capped" by one told in Sit*M. Grant' Dtfff's "Diary" of a London engineejr. The engineer, though not easily worst­ ed, admitted that lie was once put to flight by a dealer in marine stores. He had gone to examine, from the man's back yard, a bouse wlilch he was thinking of purchasing on behalf of a railway company. While standing there, lie saw a huge mastiff making at him open-mouthed.. "Ohl you're in no danger, sir." said the dealer, "he's very particular about what he eats." The engineer instantly left the y&rd. Eis ii n rck's Koormou* Appetite. Among other amusing reminiscences of the late Prince Bismarck appearing in^John Booth's "Memoirs of the Iron Chancellor' is one relating to tbe self, and this idea was strengthened I latter's Gargantuan capacity for eating when he found some tracks which he] and drinking. He told the author that thought marshy the largest number of oysters lie ever SSi" woods. The tracks led directly into the I forest, and tbe pioneer lad, thinking only of discovering the mrssing year I bug, plunged into the undergrowth. It was so dark that he could not soe 1 .objocjs distinctly, and the darkness; • was rapidly increasing; but Jerry bur- j * r ied on over rocks and logs and through 1 " briew and brakes. Suddenly he paused, ^but only for a moment. There, not ten ! \feet from him, by the side of a fallen j £ tree, was a dark object that he took to | 175. He Qret ordered twenty - five, then, as they were very good, fifty more; an&, ootMitjiing these, determin­ ed to eat uothing else, and ordered an­ other 100, to the great amusement of those present. ' Bismarck was then 2G. and had just returned from England. His views on smoking are of interest, though niftst people will be surprised to learn that in late years bis powers of cigar smoking failed bitjtf. Bookworms Defte . Modern'book#, however rapidly they least iWgree affected or benefited by a protective tariff. The ."<K.sertion that protection lhys an unjust burden upon our own people by competing them to pay higher prices than foreigners pay for goods produced in this country proves to be quite In the nature of a boomerang. To begin with, the asf&rtion is at present false and promifes to; remain false for some time to cone. It is downright absurdity to suppose that, with our mills and fac­ tories running overtime In order to catch up with orders for goods,, our manufacturers are sacrificing any part of the n- profits In order to sell abroad at red uced prices £oods which they are unabl > to supply i* sufficient volume to niC't. the domes) Ic demand. Ameri­ can I usiuess men ;lon't do- business that way. Pertinent in formation bearing upon this point is at hand In the shape of a report just put out by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, whose energetic chief, Mr. Austin, has just made a tour of observation to the manufacturing centers of New England and the Mid­ dle Spates. Mr. Austin concludes that if the places included In his visit are fairly representative of the conditions generally existing among manufactur­ ing establishments throughout the country, as thay undoubtedly are, there can he no occasion for complaint that mills and meu are lacking employment. Mr. Austin visited the cotton, woolen, worsted, silki fiber, carpet, print goods, rubber, boot and ehoe, hat, pottery and watch and clock manufacturing estab­ lishments, and in no case did he find a lack of orders for the manufacturers or of employment for men and women desiffng employment. On the contrary, tbe great cotton, woolen, silk aftid oth­ er textile mills are running on full time ?nd overtime, fchlle the manufac­ turers of rubber goods, boots and shot's, clothing and pottery reported their orders far in excess of their ca­ pacity to fill with promptness. "Our chief difficulty," said the man- , agef of a great manufactory of rubber | elotYii g. v'is to get a sufficient number : of employes and sufficient machinery ! to nJeet our orders. The crude rubber j we can get, though the import that are increasing rapidly, antf the price advancing because of the in­ creased demand; but the costly nia- chittery itnd tlie skilled labor which are to do the work are not so easily had. We maintain constantly a school for ibe instruction of young men and wom­ en in the.H'nos of work required In our factory, and yet with the constant re- duclion of our force by the demands uimmi it from other mills of this charac­ ter. we are siiort of bands and unable | to Keep up with our orders." i Similar statements were made by the treme activity of manufacturers ex­ tends not alone to the home market, but to that supplied by others parts of the world. The exportation- of. manufac­ tures of iron and steel in. the eight months ending with August, 1899, amount to $08,008,071, against $52,925,- 082 in the corresponding, months of 1898, $40,757,920 in the corresponding mouths of 1897 and $29,957,090 in. the corresponding months of 189G. A still further evidence which our foreign commerce figures- show of the activity of our manufacturers is found in the rapid increase in tbe importation of materials used by manufacturers-. The importations of fibers for use ia the manufacturing industries iu. tbe eight months ending with August, 1899, amounted to $14,377,758, against $11. 989,146 in the corresponding months of 1898and $9,851,516 in the corresponding months of 1897; hides aud skins* $32,- 606,820, against $27,748,084 in the cor­ responding months of 1898 and $22^(537,- 286 in the corresponding months of 1897; India rubber, $22,860,318, against $17,418,404 in the eight months of 1898 and $13,100,64y in the corresponding months of 1897, and raw silk for use In manufacturing. $23,452,903, against $16>639,211 In the corresponding months of 1898 and $13,416,156 in the corre­ sponding months of 1897. Does this look as though our manu­ facturers were engaged in supplying foreign consumers at cut rates? They are, of course, doing nothing of the sort. There was a time--the free-trade tariff time of 1893^1897--when Ameri­ can exporters were sending abroad con­ siderable quantities of domestic manu­ factures at a very small profit, some­ times at a loss, for they needed the money with which to pay wages and keep their mills and factories in opera­ tion. Many of them, however, were unable to continue producing and were forced to shut down altogether. But we are no longer doing business under free-tra<fo tariff conditions, no longer looking for a foreign outlet for surplus production without profit or at a loss. Foreigners continue to buy our goods in constantly increasing quantities, but they are paying current market prices for tttcm. These are not the hargain counter times of "Cleveland and Tariff Reform." They are the flush times of McKiuley, Protection and Prosperity. SHOPPING IN JAPAN. ODD CUSTOMS IN THE DO'S EMPIRE. MIKA- A 8to«% Is veritable Max© - You Must Ask for the Goods Ton Wish to Inspect - It Costs More to Bay in Large Quantities. Japanese are very food of strolling through their bazaars. Yon enter at one door and leave by another. Goods for sale are displayed on each side of aisles that wind through the length of the shop. Passing up and down these aisles they lead you to the second, and often third, story of the building, then back again through different aisles, causing you to travel the length of the establishment many times. Finally you see the doorway a few feet distant, but even then you must travel this maze several times its length to escape. Usually shopping is very restful in Japan. You sit around on the floor, and in some shops they bring you cups of tea to sip and a "hibachl" from which to light your pipe. Time is of no consequence to the Ori­ entals, nor are they 6aget to sell. Their ideas of trade are very peculiar. You are compelled to ask them whether you can see articles after their stating that they have them in the store. Ten pieces of an article sometimes cost twelve times the cost of one. They will not sell 100 at a lees rate, but insist on your paying extra because Of the large quan­ tity desired. They frankly tell you their price to Japanese customers and then that'foreigners have to pay about 50 to 100 per cent, more and laugh. In the largest dry goods store in Tokio fifty clerks are seen kneeling upon the floor of the large building, but no mer­ chandise is visible. It Is kept in fire­ proof (?) structures In the rear and car­ ried to and fro for customers' inspec­ tion by numerous boys. It is very inter­ esting to watch proceedings In such • store. Nearly all Japanese stores are con­ ducted in the same manner, though some shops have on display samples of ^articles sold. If a foreign lady Is shop­ ping a crowd of Japanese usually block­ ades tbe store, anxious to see tbe strange sight. Preparatory to the new treaties going into effect the govern­ ment issued an order for tbe natives to abandon this obstructive habit. The Japanese are great imitators. Almost every staple article has its imi­ tation here and its label counterfeited. A Philadelphia shoe-blacking has half a dozen imitations. One maker inserts his name, leaving North Front street, Philadelphia, remaining, and the label unchanged, except "superior quality" i» "superior quarity." Another inserts his- name and Japanese town, but leaves "135 and 146 North Front street," and so- o n. The- Japanese ma£e heroic efforts at Ehgllsfai While butchering it horribly they do remarkably well, considering everything. On the- few English signs of leading tiruas o>n To-fcio's chief street are- seem: "Druecist," for druggist; "foreign gords," "caned goods, whole­ sale and detail," "The' shop of the arti­ cles of the finery," "The carriage and all of harness" and "A harness maker," "manufaktealary," "apothekaiy," etc.-- Tokio correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. be the wandering heifer. Impatient at ___ | the steps she had caused him the boy may deteriorate from other causes, are j managers of other manufacturing es- * rushed forward and struck the reclin- . protected frotir bookworms by the 4W(S, aniiuai a sharp blow upon tbe ribs ^ ( iu?niicals used iu paper-making. with the boe. ; such, at least, is the conclusion of Dr. • ::4i'^>Mantly there was a low, surly j «;slruettv who. after forty-eight years . ipsqwl, and there rose up to confront tin', servi(.v as keeper of printed hooks at Ijltl. not the missing heifer, but the tall. ; (jlt, ish museum, is able to say that menacing form of a huge black bear. jie |1US un[y one hookworm, an;/ that was imported from Crete. Whose jaws were all besmeared with To say that Jerry wass tar tied would be putting H He was scared; could feel his hair stiffen under his ratged fur cap, and bis legs trembled beneath him. But he had the pluck of a Yankee boy. and he was indignant at tbe tom of his favorite yea»,liu«; J^ a pace or two, he leveled his *oe full at the black, blood- ttuzzle, and struck with all his -But the bear warded.it as dex- ** a boxer wight, and the next V* - 44. ; £*• „ ^ Vaat I) p: silts in India. India bus-immense coal deposits, from which tbe output iu 1896 was 3,537,82( tons. In the Bengal district alone the Kauigurg atid Bnraker collieries are estimated to con tain 14,000,000 tbns: the Ivaranipara 8,800,000 tons; the Boksn a Cyll'fcvit#, / 1.5CO.OOO tons, and the Djberria colliede3,'405,000 toiis. FiyentU taJM^way 9f abusing eaeb o'thar. • - / tablishments. The cotton mills, woolen mills and silk manufacturing establish­ ments were running at their full capac­ ity, and in some cases over hours, while the great boot and shoe manufacturing establishments were reported?wi eks be hind with their orders, whiclt cotj^K from all parts of the tTnited Stated and of the world. During the last eight mouths between $2,000,000 and $3,000,- 000 worth of boots aud shoes, tbe prod­ uct of American factories, bav^been sent out of the country, the total for tbe eight months being double that of the corresponding months of 1898. Of this large exportation of this single product of our factories the exports to tbe United Kingdom alone were $477,- 734. against $263,175 in the correspond­ ing mouths of last year; to the West indies, $467,619, against $107,420 in tbe Bryan Applauded. Mr. Bryan is reported to b%ve ap­ plauded a speech of President McKiu­ ley at Canton, 111. As the brief address was principally devoted to the martial triumphs of this country, and to the greater triumph of "overcoming the eneanles of prosperity" and scattering their forces, Mr. Bryan was either in sincere or has decided that prosperity is something more than a semblance. The former asserted that "this nation has been greatly blessed, and at this hour we are a united and prosperous people." Col. Bryan continues to harp upon the doleful theme of a suffering people, ground down by the money 4^wer, plutocrats and octopuses ariose brains and money are actively engaged 1 j the work of oppressing labor. Facts Mid conditions prove which of the tA\*o ; iea Is right. Tacoma iWash.) Ledger Liberty. Kew Cook--Then 1 "am not to wear your bonnets when I like? Mistress--No, but think how large your wages are! New Cook (haughtily)-- My liberty is not for sale! Delaak Journal. of "wetting: the atone," 1. e., drinking chanimgKif at tbe taker's expense, With the idea that it woald bring good hsck in tbe discovery of another treasure. In the adjoining claim to that first taken up by Mr. Rhodes, In the very centre cf the crater holding the precious blue diit, this Invitation had upon a certain occasion gone forth, and tbe men were going their way up to the hotel when it was noticed that Rhodes stood aloof. * "Hullo! Come on'Rhodesf shouted the lucky finder of the gem. "Aren't you coming up to 'wet the stone' for luck?" To which, however. Cecil Rhodes only shook his bead. , "I say, come on; there's a good fel­ low," persisted his neighbor. N "What are you going to do?" asked Rhodes looking up. "Wet the stone with champagne, of course." ' * "Well," replied the future magnate, decisively. "I did not come out here to drink champagne, but to make money," and then went on with bis work. That Mr. Rhodes 4urs» succeeded In that purpose, probably beyond all flights of his imagination, is iww a matter of history* TAKES MORPHINE IN 'i-iaraw!-- PUBLIC. m & SHE KEPT AN ARMY WAITING. CMoaacot CUrl Bid Thi» to Take a Phrtsgrayh. She was only a slip of a glrl from Chicago, but with the aid of her cam­ era she kept an army waiting while she took the picture of its command­ ing officer. It was the occasion of the greatest review since the civil war. Tbe incident occurred Aug. 9, 1898, while 55,000 volunteers awaited along the base of Snodgrass hill In Chicka- mauga National Park the signal to march. Back of the great flag, the emblem of a united nation, planted on the side of the hill where the reviewing stand was located, there was a commotion. A colored driver of an old carry-all was endeavoring t o force his way to a point where his passengers, a handsome couple of elderly people and a pretty oung gL L might have a more favor­ able op-poi tunity of viewing the march- lag thousands. The coveted position had hardly been secured when Gen­ eral Breckenridge, tbe commanding of­ ficer, and staff swept up from across the field,-.-where they had been "riding the lines," inspecting tbe troops. The trumpeter was about to sound the signal for the advance when the young girl in the carry-all leaped to the ground and ran across the field to where General Breckenridge sat on his handsome bay. She stopped when about twenty feet from the genera! and pointed her camera at him. An aid laughingly directed his superior's at­ tention to tbe girl by the remark: You are about to have your picture taken, general." General Breckenridge turned and saw his fair admirer. His band was alsed and the trumpeter withheld the signal for the advance. The general rode-forward-arfew paces-and faced the girl, who now appeared confused and about to withdraw, the attention she had attracted disconcerted her. She was a brave little creature, however, and, summoning her courage, she wait­ ed for the general to halt. Her camera ceased swaying and was aimed full at the handsome Kentuckian. A click was heard by those nearest the scene and a. sweet "Thank you" followed from the young girl. "I hope it will be a good plqture, was the kindly response of the general as he raised bis bat and returned to his position. The sharp notes of tbe "Forwardf pealed from tbe trumpet and tbe van at the troops began to move. The young girl returned to her seat in the carry-all, blushing but triumphant. Lake super!of is the largest tSbdy of fresh ..water in the world, covering thirty-two thousand square miles; tbe Caspian sea, not generally called a lake, covers 109,381 square miles. In tropical countries, quite a num­ ber of plants are luminous. The mea­ dow lily, which grows in abundance' in the marshes of Africa, is one of the most perfect types of. vegetable phos- phorescents. In Brazil a kind of grass, which the Inhabitants call klius-khus- shines,- gives forth a bright light, be" fore which horses and other grazing animals stop in surprise and fear. A life buoy, provided with automatic torches which are ignited by the con­ tact of calcium phosphide with water, was invented a few years ago by Rear Admiral Hlchborn, and is now in use on all of our naval vessels, as well as on many foreign ships. It is called the Franklin life buoy. On a stormy night in 1897 one of these buoys saved two sailors of tbe Maine, but one of the rescued men perished a year later at the explosion in Havana harbor. Many persons believe that birds, re­ turning to their summer quarters, are the same that were at the same spots tbe year previous; but exact proof la rare. John B. Crowson of German- town, Pa., saw a robin struggle to get free from some string in which it got entangled, resulting in a broken leg. It was lame accordingly. Th^ lame bird returned year after year to the same spot. How they can retire hun­ dreds of miles, and yet return to the same spot, is truly wonderful. » The Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospi­ tal in New York possesses a novel sur­ gical instrument intended to extract particles of iron and steel from the eye. It consists of a powerful electro­ magnet mounted on a stand running on casters. When an operation is to be performfed one end of the magnet is cautiously brought near the patient's eye. If a piece of steel or iron is em­ bedded in the eyeball, the patient ex­ periences a sharp pain as tbe metallic sliver forces its way through the tis­ sues and flies to the magnet. The Sn-r jury to the eye is said to be less than that caused by using a knife. When we read of the men who in­ habited the caves of Europe at a time when mammoths dwelt on that conti­ nent we seem to have gone back to a period so immeasurably remote that we can hardly picture in the mind's eye the appearance which the repre­ sentatives of our race then presented. Yet, according to Prof. E. R. Tylor, the natives of Tasmania "remained with­ in the present cerrtury representatives of the immensely ancient Paleolithic period." Recent studies of the relics of tbe Tasmauiaiis, who became ex­ tinct when brought into touch with modern civilized man, show that the workmanship of their rude implements was below that exhibited by the "Drift and Cave men" of Paleolithic times. CECIL RHpBES' IDEA OF WORK His Reason for Declining a Drink In His Early Days at Kimberlcy. In connection with the foundation of Cecil Rhodes' colossal wealth, there Is a story told by an old fellow miner, himself lately a Colonial Minister of France, which Illustrates at least one trait in the character of the great South African financier and politician. During tbe early days of the Kimber- ley diggings it was the custom whe« tuiner found a particularly fine gem to Invite those about him to tbe ceremony •V • - Breaking Glasses by Singing. It has often been asserted that glasses could . be broken by sluging. The "statement has as often beeh de­ nied, nevertheless it is true. More­ over, the glass does not have to be of the finest Venetian kind. An ordinary dinner table wine glass was recently broken in this way. The man who did it had a deep, full, voice. He set the glass on the table, stood be­ side it and ran up and down the scale as though in search of a note. When he settled on one rather high the glass shook visibly. The note was repeated, sung as loudly as possible, and finally the glass shivered and crashed into bits. An ordinary voice could, not ac­ complish this, for.afterward an experi­ menter tried to repeat the scene, wit.br out producing the slightest effect on- a variety of glasses. However, it would be a dangerous gift for geaeral use. Imagine a banquet when aa af- ter-dinner speaker, in his. impassioned oratory chanced1 to strike the- mote dis­ liked by tbe table glasses. What a crash there would be!--Ctelcajso Xevrs» H»bit of a "Washington Belle Accideaf- ,.i ally Discovered. "While I was In Washington last month,*' said a Chicagoan. tbe otb«r' night, saw somethibg which fairly gave me cold shivers. We were sitting in the street car and in the seat jaat beside me sat one of the handsomest women in all. Washington, a tall, well- developed, well-groomed creature <»f perhaps 30, with dark-rimmed eyea and bronze-tinted hair. I knew her for tjie widow of & man who was something Or other in the State Department, I -be­ lieve. I know she lives in a dainty apartment in the newer part of the northwest quarter. There was a man with her on the car, a mere boy of a fellow, and he gazed at her with ad­ miring eyes. There was a hint of chilli­ ness In the air and the woman shrngfed her handsome shoulders. " 'My! said she, 'I'm afraid I'm tat ing cold.' " 'Can't I get you something before we start?' asked the boy anxiously. "*Oh, no,' she answered. 'I'll Jtftt take some quinine. I always carry It ^ with m6--a habit I learned out la la* ' . diana.' • '. . •' "She took a folded paper from Iter parse and opened it. She emptied the IjiC; white powder it contained upon ber tongue, "'It's an odd way to take quinine^ ! § isn't it?* she said With a smile. 'It's thO . way they do out In Indiana. I mind the taste at all.' o > "Then the car started and the empty paper fluttered into my lap. Just a lit- > tie of tbe white powder clung to It. Qtiite without any purpose whatever I rubbed my finger against the paper andl touched my tongue with an infinitesi­ mal quantity of the powater; The wom-^r^ an turned and looked at me just then, and as our eyes met she blushed. It was an odd way, indeed, to take, not quinine, but morphine." -- Gh4ca«» Chronicle. .1* " »,i Jr You must e derision i»km of get American Bridge# Abroid. The American bridge is flinging Its majestic spans and arches across the rivers of many lands--Egypt, Siberia, Japan, China, Peru, aad others--and a group of twenty-six skilled American builders has departed for Itangoan, British India, where an American com­ pany has one of its constructions In progress. ' _ German PI* Iron. German production of pig iron in the flrst half of the current year was 4,000,- 000 tons, against 3,000,000 iu the same time in 1898. Am r.ean Cows. American farmers own cows to the value of a sum equal to more than one half of tbe capital <if all the national banks in tbe United States. An Irresistible Power. No receptacle bas ever been made with sufiieient strength to resist bursting power ottroCta water. Mrs; Arthur Beagle, accompanied^ by her 10-year-old daughter, watr picking berries near Rood's Creek, and accom- , panying the two was a water spaniel. When the two arrived near their homo the dog acted strangely, brushing- against the child as if to warn it of danger. As-the child kept on: the dog would lie down in the path in front of her, and finally it was discovered that the faithful brute was on top of a rat­ tlesnake, which bit the dog in numer­ ous places. The child escaped unhurt, and Its mother dispatched the reptile, but the dog died within an hour from the bites. Animals have sentiment, and they do reason. Lord Sandwich had two In­ telligent, companionable, little white dogs. He was fond of both. They were much attached to him and devoted to each other. One white pet fell sick, and he watched over the little creature. But no care sufficed to save it, and it died. The loving master said that he himself would bury the dog, and he did so. The living Pomeranian stood by, grieving as sincerely as the be­ reaved master. But the survivor could never again endure Lord Sandwich, shunned him, and was utterly irrecon­ cilable for all time. He thought that the master had killed and bnried his canine Comrade! A rather interesting story comes from Genoa, Fla., of an old mule which tracked a gang of escaped convicts for two days, and led to their capture. Tbe convicts were at Savage & Co.'s stock­ ade, and made their escape a few days ago. There were no track dogs at the camp, but a posse was formed to hunt for the men. Among the animals which the men :iad to ride was an old mule, that had been on a similar chase many times before. As soon as the men started out they noticed that the mule put its nose to the ground, just as a track dog would, and started off as if on a trail. The mule was allowed to go almost as It pleased, and the men were finally convinced that the muie was right. The chase was kept up for two days, and the convicts were cap­ tured below Lake City, a distance of fifty miles. The men are now con­ vinced that the capture of the fugitives was due to the good scenting powers, of the mule. Misleading Figures. Two women had;thirty chickens each, which theiy took to market. Tliey agreed to divide equally the proceeds of their sale. , The chickens of tha-one were«eldtwo for a dollar, realizing, for the thirty chickens,, fifteen dollars. Those of the other were sold three for a dollar, t^eal- Iziug, for the thirty chickens, ten. dol­ lars. This madB twenty-five dollar! roalized for the sixty chickens. Tin merchant called: oa t» divide the monej said!: "You have sold y.oun thirty chftikena tw o for. a dollar* and! you havt sold; yo-ir thirty chickens-, three for a dollar. That mates- sixty chickens at the- rate of five (on two dollars. Well, five- into sixty goes, twelve times--twice twelve is tweaty-four. That makes twenty-four doilars ytwtr ehtekens have brought." He handed them over the money, but,, as shown above, the women were cheat­ ed out of a dollar, for their chicken*, had actually fetched twenty-five dot- lars. And yet the merchant's figure* were right. Iron l)epiM<!8 In Klbi'. The little island of Elba, once cali­ brated as the temporary abiding place of the great Napoleon, has recently come into prominence in a new way. Years ago deposits of Iron were discov­ ered on the island, but the mines were never worked. Now, where once Napoleon reigned iu solitary state, great smelters aud machine shops have been set up aud the whole Island ia alive with the hum of industry. -*• ltiuhest 3!ilk Com s Last. The richest milk is that whicfi cornea near the close of the milking. A test disclosed that the first half pint of milk at a milking contained only 1.07 per cent of cream, wh'le th;* list half contained 10,30 per cent. The man who struts avoetid Hi turkey gOliWer l» jU8t fllKSWl- S« tant.