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y... . ... My , ., . . , “lgmsyknw‘ux‘h'nt: we -~:&r-as- x» .s V‘s-,1w4. “lgw‘ifl? murmurs NEWS Railway Ellen's Hours in France. TRAGEDY IN A RESTAURANT. stamens Murder ol'an Englishman. PRODUCTION OF EARLS" IN 1‘!!!) WORLD. _... Count Herbert Bismarck says that the English are doing splendid work for civiliza- tion in Egypt. Stanley says that portions of Africa will always be worthless on account of ravages by grasshoppers. In one instance he saw a column of young grasshoppers, ten miles broad by thirty long, marching down a val- ley. A circular of the French Minister of Pub- lic \Vorks was published on Monday, order- ing, as a measure of safety, that engine- drivers and stokers on the railways should not be employed for more than 12 hours out of the '24. ‘ Advices received from Hong Kong state that Canton is suffering from an epidemic of cholera and influenza, which is daily carry- ing off its victims in hundreds. Coffins could not be provided quickly enough. The visitation is attributed to the long continued drought. A full-grown wild boy, aged about sixteen years, has been captured at Enoch’s Point, in Australia. His body is said to be covered with hair, four inches long, the hair of his head being four feet long, and his nails five inches long. He was captured without very much difficulty, and the latest advices rc- present him as trying to speak. A tradgedy occurred on Saturday at one of theleading restaurants in St. Petersburg. Ac- cording to a Dalziel’s tele ram a German from Reval, being struck y an unknown man, drew a revolver and fired at his assail- ant. He missed the man he aimed at, but killed his friend, a Polish nobleman who has only lately been married. It is said that between the island of Mada- gascar and the coast of India there are 16,- 000 islands, only 600 of which are inhabit- ed. Onany of these islands a man can live and support his family in princely luxury, without working more than twenty-five days in the year. In fact, on some of these islands he needn’t work at all, as nature provides the fobdand no clothes are required. A consular report from Vienna just receiv- ed states that a sum amounting to nearly £1,730,000 is obtained by the Government as gross revenue from the lottery transac- tions which they permit to take place. Of this sum about $1,000,000 is returned to the public in prizes. leaving the net profit to the State at about £700,000. Against the admit- tcdly degrading effects of this species of gambling upon the middle and lower classes of the people this is a small set off, although it is a large sum in money. Of the various royal and princely heirs in Europe who are unmarried, the eldest, with one exceptionâ€"~the son of the Grand Duke of Luxembour â€"is Prince Victor Bonaparte thirty years 0 age. Next comes the Arch- duke Charles Loms of Austria, who is nearly twenty-eight, and then the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, now twenty-seven. The Czarewitch is twenty three years old. Most of the present monarchs of Europe were married while younger than these bachelors, and the fact is leading to much comment. Letters received on Tuesday by the direc- tors of the London Missionary Society from their missionaries in Central Africa. announc- ed the baptism of their first convert in those regions, alad named Kolulu, at Kiuyam- kolo, at the south end‘ of Lake Tanganyika, on Sunday, January 11. The ceremony took place in the schoolroom of the mission, and the building was crowded to overflowing. Kolulu, who was originally a slave of Kas- sziuga, in Uguha, is said to be a. lad of decided opinions, and has much influence in the village where he was baptised. Among many preparations that the Spun- ish Government and learned societies are making for the celebration of the fourth centenary of Columbus next year is the restoration of the Convent of La. Rabida, and the church at Palos. It-is desired to put both monuments as nearly as, possible in the same condition as they were when Columbus started on his first voyage of discovery. Many members of literary so- cieties in Germany Russia, Belguim, and France have signified their intention to be n‘esent at the American Congress in La linbia during the autumn of 189:}. it is stated that at the present moment there are in the market large quantities of yellow Cape stones which have been changed to a brilliant white by a well-known chem. ical process. The same fraud created a sensation some years a o, and it has now been revived with consi erable success. It is believed that diamonds valued at £1,000,- 000 or £9,000,000 have been thrown on the market, the principal offenders being Belgian dealers. iiiwards of 50 Paris diamond mer- chants have, it is said, been duped, audhave, without knowing it, sold to their customers stones at prices 25 or 30 per cent. above their value. _ Mr. Artliucheves,SheenStatePunduloya, Ceylon, was murdered on the 3lst as he was sitting at dinner alone ; his assistants, Messrs Lucas and Watson, havin left only a short while ago for England. he oppu, whose name is Martin Silva came in with a cup of tea, and when behind Mr. Reeves he snatched up a dinner knife and cut his master's throat, after which he lied to the cooly lines. Another servant entering soon after the deed \\ as committed raised a hue, and cr , and Silva was arrested, and is now in tho Vock-u Death was almost instan- taneous. vs has admitted his guilt. Deceased was to have left for England in a month to be married. The total production of the barley in the world is estimated at 825,000,000 ushels. Of this amount Europe produces from 030,~ 000,000 to 650,000,000; valued at $800,000,- NO. The following will show the av production for each country of the world : Algeria, 00,500,000 bushels; Austria-Hum fiery, 88.500010 3 Bo! ‘um, 3,685,700 ; ulgnria, 15,125,000 ; n, 19,250,000 lhumark, 93,650,“)0: t, 27,500,000; British Isles, 90,750,000; cc, 49,500,- 000; Germany, 93,500,000 ; Holland. 4,4“),- (lll ; Norway and Sweden, 22,000,000; Roumia, l9.$0,000; Rania, 129,%0,000: Spain. 77,000,000 ; 'I‘urkows,750,m, and the United States 57.750. bushels, The quantity of silknow lyinéiunsold at ' A Gmxmun Yokohama is put at thirty thousand bales ; “d Wh“ rod” With ‘1'“ m qn’m'ity i’ ‘ . [in Two Feet Square and Was 311mb for] guestion that isdexercising the raatlticntisou of n ‘w“ mu". usiness men an financiersgene 5'. ever- , . .. lal influential native newspapers advise that “figseggl’let ’fiz’a‘t’m” of tlfrgfimgmg: lthc stock be sold'this year and not held over E . 3‘“ 8“ mm . a 3 uglish firm for a wealthy Indian Prince. in hope of higher prices another season, The volumeis notonl on u - . _ . p in a most In: which are by no means probable, and they “tions fashion, beiny and in a smooth, condemn the Bank of Japan for advancing I . . . money at low interest to silk merchants in dgk'b’uet Russxl‘liefi't.’e.r “1:”! order to enable them to “ hold “for a rise. “3 1t” w“ ere . 3‘ ’ ’t' :3 13%!“ ’ are and Should things remain in their present state, gioniigsfigrgfiigme :gd fiwsquzi as in it is apprehended that‘s panic will overtake it: purpose beigg High with fifty pagan For. the Japanese commercul world at the end traits,“ th; reigning monarchs oi the world, Of. Ll‘eyear' . their consorts and the next heirsto the vari- “ hlle everyone was talking about Dr. 0,13 thrones. ,5 Koch’s lymph for the cure of consumption, At the top of each page the name of the an individual, calling himself Dr. J ean- country is manned in red and gold, and at HOMO“. 8 FfCDChman. conceive‘i the if!“ of the footthe name of the subjectsâ€"if onemay Waking“- form"e by curing consumpnm Pa‘ term monarchs and their heirs-apparent tients by. making them inhale the vapour subjects even in a photographic sense, The from n nuxturc of creosote tar. encalxpms whole thing isa quite remarkable production globulus, essence of thyme, essence of clnua- in its way, and as handsome as it is “mom. man, and essence of bitter almonds. He xu- l mom spired confidence in a number of consump- The same firm has also just collected a ‘1"? Patlellm- He appeared dressed “1 the cabinet of current coinage of the world for “Pit-0”“ Of a major °f_the Fremh Army With the same potentate, the examples including “‘3 breast covered “Nth 3” 50"“ 0f decom' 3 the largest gold and silver coin respectively I tions, amongst which shone the Cross of the ' of each country. ,cha'lon Of Honour. _An inquiry, hf’weml" The Prince for whom these unique pro- msmmte‘] by the P011092 led to “"2 disfiovery ductions have been made is the same per- that J ealmoutot “'83 110‘? it maJ°1‘_ 1“ the sonage who presented the Duke of Clarence army, and had never been admitted into the and Avondale with a gold cigarette case, Legim‘ Of Honour- H0 “ms S‘lbse‘luemly mounted with the tusks of the first wild arrested and is now at the depot of the Pre- boar killed by the Duke during his recent fecture of Police, Paris. Indian tour. __ _____4-__ The Murchioness of Dufi‘erin gives the fol- The Dreadful Habit His Wife Had' lowing description in her recently published “ Samantha,” g"umbled Mr. Chugwater, book, “ Our Viceregal Life in India. : Selcc- . fumbling in one of the bureau drawers, “ I’d tions from My Journal, lSS4~88,"of the cos- ilike to know where in the name of common tu'nc ofa native lady who paid her a. visit :_ sense you keep my socks.” “Her appearance deserves minute descrip- “ “’hat pair do you want, Josiah '2" in- tion. My first view of her was that of amass quired Mrs. Chugwater. of light gauze above, and a pair of legs cloth- “ Any pair, if they are only mates. Here’s ed in lose white trousers below. Having an odd gray sock and an odd black one, and conducted this avalanche of gauze to a sofa, l down here in the corner is an old pair of last Ihad time to study details. The thin pink ' Summer’s socks, with holes in the toes. I and yellow striped material was not a petti- i don’t see why my things can’t be kept in west, and I am quite at a loss to imagine order, the same as other men’s.” how it was put on, or how many hundred “ If you had only told meâ€"-” yards were in it. It lookedjust as ifagreat “ Told you ! Have I got to run to you, piece had been unrolled and unrolled in a. I Mrs. Chugwater, for every little thing I heap on the floor, and then picked up and want? is that your idea. about how to carry half wound round and half carried by the on the household business ? If you‘d just wearer. When she sat down it was in a i take trouble enough to pile things in here so great fluff, and when she of. up she took it i I can find ’em when I want ’em it would in her arms, and it over owed everything l save me lots of bother.” except the trousers. The body was made “Josiah, if you will let meâ€"â€"-” tight, and she wore pink mittens on her I “ Now, there’s no use of your getting ex- hunds. Another Wonderful part of her was i cited about this thing. If you know where her head. Her hair is jet black, and it I can get a. pair of half-way decent socks was combed up from the back, and two very just say so and I’ll lmut ’em up ! and if you thick plaits were arranged across the front. ldon’t know and will have the kindness to one on top of the other.” > I put the .act in plain English I’ll go out and \Vith this may be compared the details of buy “1 Pan'- Qllat’s 1111-” _ a former visit from a Napalm“ lady :._. If you hadn t tu’mblcd those things all out “ Friday 3rd.-â€"I have had such a. visitor to- 0f 5133139, J 0513']!â€" (luys She is the wife of the Prime Minister .' “ 13111113193 them out Of $11393: have I} of Nepal], and almore picturesque 0,. gm. What 6 a, bureau drawer for, anyway? Is 1t geous figure you never saxv. I telnenybep de. l to llld tilngS Ill, Imadam? ,If I (1011 i} find scribing some N apalese ladies to you before, What I Want? (3“ yOP have“, b I £70“ to 100k but this one was much more ' splend id and down Under» 1 *1 llkf’ t0 kllOW? Any Woman more cheerful. The hciuse had to be freed than )"111 Paid1 and .1am 3- bure‘m dfawel‘ fun from the presence of all men, and though of “111135 “Nd arrange them 50 you "9 th 19° the Viceroy was allowed to see her, he was I dig and claw all through the whole busmess Costumes of Indian Ladies. told not to shake hands, but only to bow F0 get W531“ you’re fiftel‘g and the“ don’t get .to her. Nelly went down to meet her at the 1t: has,“ t $0“) the Fight Hie“ about arranging (100,-, and to bring hm. up. \Valking is a, a mans habcrdashery. If you know wher’c work of difficulty in Napalcse garments, my 500‘“ 01‘?) MYS- 'Chqui’f‘ter’ Why do? t and she needed help on the staris. Her you my 50, Instead Of Sta-1301113 “Pulldghke face was very pretty and painted, but artis- 0' S‘toughton bottle and domg “Milling? , tically done. The eyes hada good deal of '1 COUld have found the!“ for you. m 9' black around them, and were lovely ones. mulut? “Dd saved you 311,331“? tr 0111313 11"37"“ Her teeth were good, and she had a. lively had given me av Chance: said Mrs- Chug‘ and pleasing expression. Her headdress water, as she straightened out the tangle in was most undescribablc. It consisted of the drawer and brought to View from one Of a diadcm worn just on the forehead so i the ’bOttom comers five PM.” Of Clem} 500,1”- as to frame the face. It was an arrangement “ “ hell you Want ,‘l-nythlflg 9f “115 kmd of flowers and leaves in magnificent hereafter: JOSlah; 1f Youn 3‘le kill me diamonds, with far 0 bunches of re es in knOWâ€"” _ _ emeralds, pendantgjust behind file pears, “ The “0111319 Wlth you» .Smnanthauj’ where the wreath ended. I never saw any- ’l‘OWIed MP- Cllug‘valer: its he Jerk6d 3'. Ila-11‘ thing at all like it, and there were emerald i from the toP 0f the Plleflnd Went Off to one flies settling on the flowers, where repeated 5 come“ to Put 171101119“: ‘ 1‘5 that you talk too the colour very cleverly. The body of her "well-n dress was of retty li ht pink gauze, -.ndl . P g Largest Arsenal In The World. her skirts of the some were so voluminous that 5’10 had an “rmfu’ to Carry When She The largest arsenal in the world is that of It was formed about 17:20, on movcd,and it was impossible to say how they \Voolwich. were mado’ or Whether they were made at the site of a rabbit-warren. It has within ' its enclosure 280 acres of land, of .which all. She had pink velvet shoes, and on her hands Rng’mh dog'Skm "(1mg glovcs’ over - some 160 acres are covered with buildings. which she wore diamond rings and diamond Q When in fun operation it employs _ 18,000 bracelets) web “8’ I-D‘m sure’ you have “ever i persons. The amount of ammunition stored seen-g’gm’tlc 9"“' If y°_“ c?" "magma t1.” is immense, and cannon can be counted out very qualm’ “gl're’ Bubme’ge‘.’ 5° to 3a)” m 5 by the lmndred.’ The storehouse has always her clouds of pink gause, taking upmostof on “and 20,000 cavalry an d (H es, with a PM 80m?“ Inc” 1 80""dommy ,l’es’dfzuheé’é corresponding amoupt of shoes, nails, and "1 my 6‘ er)“ “y momma gown’ 3°“ w’ s . harness : and all military equipments, whe- that I was a very small-looking personage ’ I , , u h - . indeed. “'hen she drives she is buttoned I thu for land or mud sew} 8' T e maChm intOher “Triage Wit” leaiher Elil’ds’ mid a great deal of which was made in Man- gfi goiszfissfizegitsbgflacfiifigkgfig’ . chester. One machine for the manufacture C ' . ' . ' 70f fixed ammunition has the capacity for SO I zggnglitlfd 3:331:25 ifgugegiz {23:3 i turning out 250,000 cail'trlidgr:1 moulds daily. "’l’ V a" ' . ’ . ’ . lThc severel shops am mil ings are con- ”"1 She had "ever Seen “WWW 3° ’Je‘mlii ‘ nectcd with railways for moving material, ful._ I am to a return Visit, winch w: i and aggregnté a great nmny miles. ~ be "’tcresm’g‘ I In France, the chief arsenals are at Cher- â€"â€"â€"-â€"+â€"â€" .bourg, Brest, and Toulon ; in Germany, at Spandau, Cologne, and Uautzic ; in Rus~ A Remarkable Adventuress' sia,atSt. Petersbnrg ; in Austria, at Vienna A remarkable adventurcss, named Del- )hine Ge ler, whose notoriety is of Ion . : , , ilatc, audywbo practises her arts with varyg- A crlm‘nal 3 Money l ing success in Paris, London, and otherl A somewhat remarkable story was told European capitals, has been condemned at E by a bank president at the buffalo club the Pan to six mouthsl imprisonment, the sen- ' other day, says the Express of that city. It tcnce' being afterwards increased to two was to the effect that about $20,000 was on years by order of the Paris Court. This! deposit in a bank in Buffalo to the credit of new Becky Sharp was born of respectable l a notorious cut-throat and train-robber. parents at Nantes in 1829, and received a? “We have money in our' bank,” said the good education in a convent at Algiers. speaker, “ belonging to a man who has After two years or, so of wedded life in an 3 probably committed fifteen or twenty mup. African colony she became impatient of 3 ders in as many years.” domestic ties, and went off to Paris with al This statling statement caused some sur- clever young fellow, who afterwards rose to i prise, but the name of the depositor was be a noted statesman. About the year 1863 : not mentioned. It was stated that no draft Geyler was wandering about France as a: had been received on his account for along countess. She livedin great style. but came? time, but the depositor is believed to be to grief at Lyons, where she had her first}? pursuing his vocation of murderer and desâ€" experienco of the dock, the prisoner hav-l radoin the wild and woolly west. The ing been condemned to one year’s imprison- ggposits, it was said, were always made meat for obtaining 00d! under false pre- ’ closely following some train-robbery, and it tcncos. On her If ration, she passed I was morally certain that the depositor was through various cities, from time to time concerned in the thefts. acting as govenress, music teacher, ordame “ On one occasion,” said the banker, do can is, in which last capacity she is “ this man was at a southern town, stand- said to have been employed for a while in ing on the levee, and about to take a boat london. A few years 0 she came to down the river in order to escape arrest for Paris, where she obtains a considerable acrime. An old acquaintance spoke to him, sum of money from tho vicar of a metropol- but, being told he was mistaken, and :- itunparish,whooechurehshopromiscdtoget sisting that he was right, the poor fe ow her usband to restore. The said husband was deliberately stabbed to the heart. That was represented to the estimable ecclesias- was during war excitement, when such ticua wealthy lish lord. Delphine murders were of frequentoeeurrenco. Hence Geylor was lately at Lourdes this particular one nth-acted very little when: she pas engaged in , trating attention and no attain t was made to frauds on several '01:: andop tpilgr‘uns ‘ arrest the murderer. c has figured in tothst coloan shrine. lnumeroul crimes ofasimiliarnature." " ery used is some of the best in' the country, ' I» . . .1: _ H . _ _ :._-_ ,, m, p _ _ g“ V . . ‘ " . - I’ 91.13,, gr: = ’ .2331: of}: .u‘l . . v. . ' , r A .. .. ,. . -;. . . 32'. .- > » .1.â€" The King 6: lGreece has made $000,000 ‘5 _ in speculation on the London change. Princess Beatrice may be said to be de- eidedly stout, as she weight 210 pounds. Queen Marguerita, of Italy, is a devoted student of the Hebrew language and liter- ature. Mark Twain will go abroad next month to be absent from home several years. His family will accompany him. Count von Moltke was a semi-invalid until he had reached his 40‘s, and yet managed as survive for more than half a centufiy.‘ Err-Empress Eugenie, while in‘Paris a few weeks ago, attracted attention by her pallor and feebleness. She is not expected to live much longer. Lord Tennyson has a large dairy on the Isle of “’i ht and sells milk. Perhaps that is how he oil into the habit of watering his poetry. Mme. Bernhardt left San Francisco Fri- day for Australia. Her receipts in that city reached $40,045, the largest business she ever played to in one week. Lord Randolph Churchill’s promised book on his visit to Mashonalaud is to appear first in a series of twcny letters in the Lon- don Graphic, for which he has been paid $10,000. Capt. Thomas of the steamship Pennsyl- vania, has been presented by the British Government with a splendid silver cup for his rescue‘of the survivors of the wrecked steamship Falconer last November. First Ofiicer Crockett was given a gold medal and four of the crew silver medals. Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, has been located as sealer in the kitchen of the Sultan of Turkey. His peculiar business is to seal all the dishes for the Sultan’s table as soon as they are prepared, and,| thus secure against poison, they are carried mto the royal dining-room and the seals broken only in the Sultan’s presence. The King and Queen of Denmark gave their granddaughter, the Princess Louise, when she was confirmed, white enamel fur- niture with pale blue Persian rugs and hangings for her boudoir. Her mother, the | crown princess, gave her a gold-mounted Bible ; her father, a. watch set with dia- monds ; the Emperor and Empress of Russia, ermine and emeralds, and the Prin- cess of Wales a. diamond-studded fan and u. ruby-mounted boquet holder. -.-â€"-â€"-‘â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"._ A Great Invention- Scieuce has long been accustomed to regard friction as the one invincible and universal force which effectually obstructs and limits all devicns for saving power in the running of machinery. Friction it is, we were taught in Our school duys, which makes the dream of perpetual motion a folly. But modern science and ingenuity have constantly overcome one difficulty after another in the process of applying the forces ot’naturc to practical uses, until at last, if the statements in a recent number of the \Vashington Post may be relied on, friction itself has been abolished and the way opened up to another development in the use of labour-saving machinery which bids fair to throw all its predecessors, with two or three great exceptions, into the shade. The invention consists in the use of hardened steel ball bearings for all wheels, . pulleys, or revolving shafts. “The pulleys,” says the Post, “which have been in operation at the power house of the \Vashington and Georgetown Railroad lompauy for several weeks have demon- strated. to the satisfaction of a great number of scientific and practicalmen, many of them attendants upon the late Patent Congress, and others of high and authoritative stand- ing in the Government Departments, that the abolishment of friction, which has long been the dream of a multitude of ori inal thinkers, is finally an accomplished Incl. Two of the pulleys mentioned have been in use for three weeks, carrying the railway cable, requiring no attention, generating no heat, and performing their work admirably in all respects. Two other pulleys have been running for about ten days and twelve H: ‘46 n1: Condor. the Winged Hunter oftho andes‘ Cold Peaks. Up among the cold, white p higher human foot has had the darmgto tread, is sometimes seen‘a dark speck slowly circling in the clear air. The speck gradually descends, and we see that it is tho largest bird of the airâ€"‘-tho condor. Its flight is swifter than the eagle's. Nothing but the” distance“ could have made the courier of. the Andes seem small” and slow of wing. waft-ly descending, strong, cruel, hungry, be fastened his horrid e 0 upon some luck- less lamb or kid. Ra or hide ‘ from its enemy ; successful resist~ ance :3 1m 00‘ its prey in its talons like the eagle, for it has not the eagle’s power of grasp, and the sharpness of its claws is in time worn off on the hard rocks which areits home; so, stand- ing upon the struggling animal with one- foot, the condor kills the poor animal with his powerful beak and his other foot. Like many other greedy creatures, {the condor, after his dinner, becomes incapable of flight, and it is onlythen that he can be- approached with safety; but even now the. hunter must be cautious and strong. ‘ If the condor does not reach an untimely end by violence, it is, oeoordiugto all aeeoitdts, very long-lived. The Indians of the Andes believes that he lives for a hundred years. The eondors’ homes seem just suited for birds so ugly and fierce. They build no nest, but the females selects some hollow in the barren rock that shall be large enough to shelter her fromthe strong winds while she is hatchingher eg 5. Here, in the midst of a dreadful desolation, the ugly little cou- dors begin their cries for food, and after they are six weeks old begin attem ting to use their wings. The parents maui est the , only good trait they possess in the cure for‘ their young,fceding and training them to fly, so that in a few months they _ hunt for themselves after the grim fashion of their elders. His Usual Practice- “ And now, dearest,” said the young man, as he slipped a‘ring on her slender finger. “ please name the day. That is the only ' thing needed to make me the happiest mun ‘ alive-except,” he added, absent-mindedly, “ that I shall require a deposit of $25 to in- sure me against mistakes or embezzlement." He was the manager of a publishing and collection agency. The Practical Use of Taffy. Mr. Youugloveâ€"“Are you Alice?” Mrs. Younglove-â€"“ Yes dear.” Mr. Youn loveâ€"J‘ Ah, I am sorry ; you; have distur ed my reverie. As you lay ltherc asleep I was drinking in the calm I purity of your angelic features and thinking how happy should be the man who can I awaken in the bright sunshine of the morn- : ing and find such a fair and radiant young creature by his side. Audâ€"Iâ€"Iâ€"" Mrs. Youn loveâ€"“ Go on, George, you talk so beauti ully.” Mr. Youngloveâ€"“ I would like to, but I [feel so sleepy that I’ll take another nap. You won’t mind getting up and lighting the fire, will you, darling?” He Understood His Business. ; At five o’clock yesterday afternoon it wag i stopped a citizen and asked him for a dime to get a. bite to eat. “ Look here, man,” sharply replied the other, “ on Wednesday you hit me for a dime ; on Thursday I gave you another, and now you have the cheek to demand c. third.” “ Is that so?” “ Of course it’s so, and I think it’s piling it on most too thick.” “ Then you are the man Istruck V’Vcdues- day over on the corner ’2” “ I am.” “But now I’ve tackled you for the third time '3” ‘ ‘ “ You have.” I “ \Vcll, old man, I beg you pardon. That’s ; too much gall, even for me, and my excuse : is that you have improved so much in your awake, hours a day, merely for exhibition, one of ‘ looks that I didn’t recognize you.” which is driven with a thread of No. 200‘ spool cotton to a speed of 1,200 revolutions ‘per minute, without oil or any other lubri- cant and absolutely without heating; the plane surfaces that are exposed to the bear- ‘ He was handed a quarter. Satisfied mm;- Explanation. A mill oversesr in Hamilton discharged 0. - A v . ’ ‘ ‘ ings and the bearingsthemselves.,,being at; 1’0)! “‘9 0th“ dill" _“'° “‘3’” moaning!“ no time raised above-the nermalztemperature ‘ determmcd 1°°kmg “oma” appear“ m t’ “3 of cold steel." It is thus'cdnc‘liiéiv‘ély shown; that where no heat is developed there is no mill office and wanted to see the overseer, and he came out to see her. Opening the friction, and if no friction there is no wear.” ' do“ i“ came “’0 “Sues” I’un‘lUE um" “‘0 W’e.suppose. the terms “(no heat ’7 and , “no friction "are intended to be understood f as at least-slightly hyperbolical. The‘abso- l lute destruction of friction is inconceivable, 5 so leng as the contact is kept up, whether at one point or a hundred. But it can well 5 be believed that hardened ball bearings, ; presenting to a. plane surface but one point ' of contact, may be, as claimed, practically i indestructible by attrition. Certainly if the j invention virtually annihilates friction, prc- Vents heating and does away with tho neccs- . sity for lubricating oils, there can be no 3 limit to its applicability. The Post says I that it has been already successfully intro- duced in the running gear of ordinary ve- hicles, to the great saving of horse-power and entire relief from the annoyance and s nnsightlinesa of the grease that is now the ’ common disfigurement of carriage axles. But if available for carriages why not for railway engines and coaches, and a thousand other uses, with great saving of power and ex- pense? We shall expect to hear more about this wonderful invention. It is in its favour, rather than otherwise, that the principle is so simple that a child may understand it, for that has been characteristic of most of the great inventions. No Place Like Home. A man with a. motle and vari-colored visage was meandering a ong the street the other day, remarking from time to time, in a. voice like a to from with :cramps, that “ there’s no place ' e home.” A policeman went up to him and wanted him to stop it. “ Can't a man vent his feeling 1" “ Notso loud as that." “ Do I have to keep still about the solemn truth 2 Must I suppress the facts 2” " What facts t" “ That my wife told me I was drunk, threw two chairs, one late and a fork at me, pulled out my last lock of hair and threw me out of my own home. Must I suppress this! No. Truth will prevail. ” And he went on singing " There's no place like home." I overseer ever saw and the (log sidlcd up to the woman. “ Did you discharge the boy ?” asked the woman. “ Yes, ma’am.” “ Be you goin’ to take him back 7” asked she. The overseer looked at the woman and the do r and the latter began to lick his chops. “ lila'am," said he, “is that your dog 1" “ Yes, sir," said the woman, “ he is, and, sir, be you u goin’ to take my buy back 2” The dog growled and the overseer said, “ Yes, ma am. Your boy can come back in the morning,” and then the dog winde his left eye wickedly (so the overseer avers) and the woman and the dog went out together. She Wanted Time to Think the MatterOver- The wife of a celebrated divine has such a fancy for Angora cats that she has a room devoted to them, leading out of which agai- lery is built, so that the animals can have exercise and fresh air without wandering away. In addition to“ the cat crave, a monkey was added to the household menugeric and all went pleasantly until one day as the doctor stepped into his bath the monke jumped in with him. Then there was wrat in the man's eyes when, after a brief struggle, he left the bathtub holding the monkey by the neck, both dripping with water, and marched into the presence of his good lady, 3a in : I" adame, this monkey businesslm gone too far ; you must decide between me and the monkey !" She looked placidly up from a out she was petting. saying: _ “ Yes, dear ; but please give me twenty- four hours to decide." The monkey is still a member of the household. W... There is a bliuardeoquo freshness about life in the Dakotas. Ata “tradu‘ carni- va ” held at Mitchell the other (13, a young woman's own was decanted wi $8,000 in gold and ills. y is it able toescape- possiblo. 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