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NEBBASKA STATE JOUEAIi, MOEmG, APRLL 24, 1899. SHORT STORIES. terlal which la to be developed and Im improvise one at once detailing a Job lot of easily disguised pops or Bryan democrat to wear the costume and act the part, Mr. Teller Is right. dljs State lonraaL LINCOLN, EBRASKA.

Powder ists, the lowering of temperature produced by boiling hydrogen under reduced pressure, some interesting Information was recently given by Professor Dwar before the royal society, London, i Theoretical considerations had led to the expectation that a diminution of temperature might thus be obtained to the extent of about nine degrees, but. in his experiments with one platinum thermometer, its resistance at he temperature of liquid hydrogen boiling under a pressure of one inch only diminished very slightly, that is, to the equivalent of about one degree centigrade. Whether, however, the thermometer had given away or whether liquid hydrogen did not fall in temperature like liquids when evaporated under reduced pressure, or, again, whether such a result was due in some way to the condition of heat by the platinum leads. Professor De-war expressed his doubt. The observations, he said, had been made with the greatest care, but no explanation had been found.

So far, however, as that particular platinum thermometer was concerned, a limit appeared to have been reached. TT a dinner table the other evening ft was remarked that no one seemed to know the Christian name of the new president of the French re- public "We used to hear, saia a guest, "of Jules Grevy, Caslmlr Verier. sadi Carnot and Felix Faure. but no oe Beem8 tQ knQW tne chrtatian name cj Loubet." "Oh, I know it," said an lne-enious vountr ladyi''I've read it several times. It's Conspues.

A Hartford lawyer tells of a client In one of the adjoining towns who had a farm to sell. He had recently sunk a well on and the job cost quite a sum; consequently, when he talked of disposing of his property, the well caused him considerable anxiety. "How much do you ask for the farm?" the lawyer asked. "Wat. I'll tell yer," drawled the farmer; "I'll sell the dern place for seven hundred dollars with the well, and I'll let it go.

for six hundred dollars without the well." 1 The late Dr. A. K. H. Boyd of Scotland, once visited a woman who had lost her husband.

By way of comforting her he proceeded to set forth with great earnestness and beauty of language the Joys of the state to "Which the departed one had attained. The bereaved woman, with a vivid recollection of her husband defects, found it hard to share in the minister's hopes, although she wished to show her sense of his kindness. She unburdened herself thus: "Weel, Dr. Boyd, youre mavbe no'vera instructive, but you re ye amusing. One windy day In London Julian Ralph was ridiEj On top of a bus.

A gust blew off the hat of a mechanic who sat beside him; "I say, said the mechanic; reaching out and touching the driver on the 6houlder, "me t'a blowed off." The driver fidgeted, but grasped the situation, though most unwillingly. "It 'as, 'as it?" he said, turning to the man; well then, that'll teach you to buy ats that fit your 'ead. I "ad a 'die lot of ats blow off before I made up me mind to get 'em to fit me "ead. After that I 'ad no more trouble." And he continued to drive on. 1 Sheridan once wisnessed, with the author, a new play by Beardman.

who had "been writing for the stage for twenty years and had never made a success. This time, however; It caught tha nonniar fancy, and applause greeted and ended each scene. At the end of the second act Beardman's elation got the better of his discretion, and, leaning over toward Sheridan, he exclaimed: "Sheridan, Sheridan, it's going to be a success, a complete success!" "Ah, yes," murmured Sheridan, with exquisite compassion in his voice; bad, too bad!" "Too bad!" stammered his friend; "why too bad that it should prove a success?" "Because now," retorted Sheridan, "ItH take you another twenty years to convince any one you wrote it." Some amusing instances of Irish wit are given in Macdonagh's Life and Character:" "Bad luck to them Afraydees," said a Dublin carman when an officer handed him a shilling after driving from Richmond barracks to the Kildare street club. asked the officer. "Sure they've killed all the gentlemen that was in the army." The rtfflfOl" -CUBA SO nleased with the veiled insult that he doubled the iare.

ny are Irishmen always laying bare the wrongs of their country?" asked some one in the house. fBecauae they want them redressed," thundered Major O'Gorman. An Irish navvy on the Holy head boat was complaining nis ioic- man. "He'd not stif a anger nimssii. to lift a red herring on: tne gnairuii, but he'd askjrou to shift Hhe Rock Gibraltar." "Strange the papers didn't say anything about the great seismic disturbance and shower of meteors the other day," remarked Walter Scott Hobart at the club one aiternoon icvcuw, came off while I was down at my place at San Mateo.

You know I have been taking boxing lessons for some months to reduce It Stas. worked like a charm. It's good sport, too, thoneh I say It myself, im preny clever with the gloves now Had an ir.oniPtnr rome down three times a week, and we had some rattling bouts, t-. 1. Ha rather 1 can ten you.

dui. ii slow after a while, 'ine man jttwMit all he knew. I was up to ail nis tricwts, o.u- couldn't touch me. I saw Id nave to get a more scientific Instructor, and told the man as much one afternoon. I 'broke It to him gently, of course, but I let him see I knew ne wasn in class.

The poor fellow was an up and I felt so sorry tor mm said we'd put on the gloves anyway tor one last go. It was then that the extraordinary cosmic phenomena I men tioned took place. I naa gust puU uy my hands and was getting ready to show him a trick or two when the A BOAmod to bump into something hard and Jarred me clean off my feet. At the same time It ran raw meteors that made the most brilliant pyrotechnic display I iiave ever witnessed. Somehow it didn't seem to affect the professor much, for when I from mv surprise, he was bathing my head and murmuring some thing to.

the effect tnai ne gucc" voung guy wouian oe s.j for dne while. I have decided to keep him on until the cosmogony gets a lit tle more settled." AXD ISUtrSTH th fart that millions of proved. Therefore, In spite of the opinion of many good men in America, we desire to Bee the United States take up and carry their portion of the white man's burden. CO LOS EL. STOTSEKBCRG.

Colonel Stotsenburg of the First Ne braska regiment was killed while lead ing his regiment In a charge against the Filipino entrenchments yesterday morning. The natives were hidden behind breastworks in the shape of a horse shoe. After meeting this obstruction the colouef decided that the best way to win the position was to make a charge. He led his men in the attack. and when a short distance from the in surgent lines fell shot through the breast.

Death was "almost instantaneous. It Is the Irony of fate that tills gal-. lant officer, after going through a fire of abuse for several months for doing; his duty, cannot return to Nebraska with his regtraent to witness the com plete discomfiture of his accusers. "Weeks before he fell in battle he had silenced the most persistent of his critics. The legislature, realizing that It had been misled by the clamor of a small coterie of men Who disliked discipline, nearly all of them in one com expunged from its records a has ty and ill advised vote of censure.

The governor doubtless wished long ago that he could also expunge his request for the colonel's recall, "rv'hen the fighting began the boys realized the value of the discipline they had groaned under during their garrison duty. As the war with the natives went on and their colonel showed himself more and more a brave fighter and an organizer of victory and fame for the regiment, the soldiers became enthusiastic in his- praise. His death comes to almost every man in the regiment as a personal bereavement. No Soubt Colonel Stotsenburg, fighting for his flag ten thousand miles from home, felt In his heart that justice would be done and that the cowardly attacks made upon him in his absence would fall to the ground of their own weight. It will cause an added pang in Nebraska, however, to know that he died before he had received full and public acknowledgement that a cruel wrong had been done him.

It is late to repair that wrong, but the state can and will do Justice to his memory by writing high upon Its roll of heroes the name of Colonel John M. Stotsenburg. WELCOMING THE THIRD. A movement looking to the reception of the members of the Third Nebraska was inaugurated in this city last week. That movement ought to receive the hearty indorsement and practical support of every citizen.

It has been sug gested that the spirit of patriotism is not particularly rampant In Lincoln. Recently a cablegram was sent to the First Nebraska at Manila congratulating that regiment on its bravery and efficiency and expressing sympathy for its sick and wounded. The expense of transmitting the message was borne by voluntary contributions, no one of which was permitted to exceed the sum of $1. It is difficult to believe that there could be found in this city a busi ness man who was able to contribute to such a purpose who would refuse to do so. Yet a few such were found.

It is to our credit that the number was small. It Is possible that greater en thusiasm would attend the welcome if the Third should return in a body and be mustered out of service here, but it is to be remembered that the most enthusiastic welcome is much more ephemeral and less substantial than is the increased amount of money which the members of the regiment will receive as travel pay by reason of being mustered out in the south. To no extent has a political coloring been given to this movement. The names of those constituting the confer ence committee is a more sufflc ent guaranty of its non-partisan character. They are Mrs.

D. G. King, chairman; Mesdames (Mary Pomerene, Sarah C. Davis, Alice Seamark, Catherine Zeh-rung, Mary C. Orcut, L.

C. Chapin, Corey Rogers and Ella Chapman. MORE TRAITORS. And now it is charged that Johnny McLean of Ohio has joined the wicked conspiracy against Colonel Bryan and has an understanding with all the ene mies of the boy orator and is fixing up things so as to swing Ohio against the colonel at the next national conven tion. And there are Joe Blackburn of Ken tucky and ex-Oovernor Stone of Missouri also conspiring, and one lij- cratic paper, the Louisville Dispatch, even gives it out that Chairman James K.

Jones of the national committee is also sharpening his dagger. And furthermore that John P. 'Altgeld of Illinois has repudiated him. But musn't count John P. He isn't in the game any more.

But what means this sudden blossoming, out of treason all along the line? Have not the great common people declared for the young man from Salt creek, not to say from the Platte? Great Caesar's ghost! can't the common people have their way and offer a man a. crown twice and even thrice without raising all this envious ruction? There is but one sixteen-to-wun, and Bryan is his prophet. MCST HATE Senator Teller has Issued a proclamation to the effect that the continuance of the silver republican party of which he claims to be the creator and chief is absolutely necessary to the country. He says that the democratic party will be for sixteen-to-wun again next year, that the pops will likewise make the free coinage question the paramount issue, and hence will fuse with the democrats, and therefore the assistance of the silver republicans as the other ring in the circus is indispensable. Indeed If there was no such a party ta existence it would be necessary to WASHINGTON OFFICE Post Building.

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Address SEBRASKA STATE Lincoln, Web. The Journal will not be responsible for voluntary communications unaccompanied by return postage. Communications, to receive attention, must be signed by the full name of Uie writfer, not merely as a guarantee of gooa faith, but for publication In all cases. The actSon of the Thirteenth Minnesota regiment will go a long way toward convincing the superstitious that there is really something unfortunate in the number 13. A Missouri" editor who la evidently discouraged over the slowness with which J.

Sterling Morton's new party ia making Its appearance suggests that possibly Mr. Morton's hen is setting on a door knob. Colonel Bryan's statement at Syracuse that "This nation can depend upon its volunteers" has been received with numerous unkind references to the date of the colonel's commission and his resignation just as the Nebraska boys were about to- embark to: assist in restoring order in Cuba. The press of the country is thoughtless. flippant and irreverent.

It will not take the greatest man of the decade seriously. The water company at Denver wants tcsell out to the city for $9,000,000. The estimate of the city engineer places the value of the plant at only about one-third of that sum, but the company insists that the price must be a round nine milMon or there will be no sale. The attitude of the company is supposed to be based upon a belief that It owns the only reliable source of water supply near Denver. In that case con demnation proceedings will be needed to get the people out of the grip of the corporation.

The Oregon senatorial case was the latest expression of the national senate on the question of admitting to the senate a man appointed by a governor after the legislature has failed to elect. In this case, Mr. Corbett, the Oregon appointee, was denied a seat by a vote of 50 to 19. At that time Senator Quay was paired on the side of the opponents admission. Mr.

Corbett was a republican who was personally unobjectionable, but the senate was so much on record against the appointees of governors that he could not muster one half of his party vote. It is charged that it cost the Missouri legislature $8,000 to ejigross 268 bills, when the work might have been done at ordinary commercial rates for $236. All of the legislative expenses have been on a similar scale. Twenty years ago the cost of the session in contingent expenses was $65,000. Ten years ago this expense reached $140,000.

The present session will run the bill up to "When It is understood that the contingent expenses do not include the pay of the members, but consist mainly of clerk hire, the extent of the scandal can be faintly appreciated. The Chicago platform democrats of New York have felt it necessary to send out a statement to the effeot that no colored men were present at the dollar dinner as guests. Two colored men did appear on the platform during the speaking, and this caused the report to go abroad that they were guests. The denial is sent out and made emphatic to save Colonel Bryan from unnecessary trouble in the south. The democrats down there are democrats only because of the "nigger question," and it would make several kinds of trouble if tt were firmly believed la the southern states that Colonel Bryan had broken bread with men cf color.

The report that several Chinamen were present has not been denied, probably for the reason that the yellow man is not much of a political issue in any part of the United States. The most casual reader of the English press cannot fail to notice an astonishing change of sentiment toward the United States In the past year. The change began while the war preparations were on, and was vastly accelerated by the battle of Manila. Now practically the entire British press Icoks with approval upon the operations in' the Philippines and predicts the speedy restoration of order. The London bpectator argues that it is worth while to govern people against their will, and is most respectful in urging the United States to continue la the work begun in the orient.

"This says tne spectator "gives, a double blessing. It helps them, and It helps you. It educates the governed, and raises the standard of duty and moral power in those who rule pro vided their object is good government. not money. Lastly, the so-called qulxo.

nonsense of developing and improving tropical and derelict places Is not Quixotry, but develops and improves the nation which does the work tantE delicious and wholesome kwwi mw vowt. parties not familiar with the peoullar conditions of our country. We corre spond to Mr. Nunei's visit with our greeting of welcome and tender our congratulations for the appointment with which the intervening government has distinguished him with." "Gradually woman Is coming to her own, remarks a gosslper in the Rochester Post-Express. "Like the mills of the gods.

In the familiar para--phrase, 'she grinds slowly, but she gets there Just the same. In answer to the question, what is the Salic law? put by a school Inspector, this is what one girl replied: The Salic law was an en actment that provided that no one descending from a 'female should ascend the throne. That girl must have been deeply impressed with the wrongs of her sex. You may match this heroio reply with another which comes from the same source. A Sunday school teacher, after having explained to her class that only the patriarchs were allowed to have more than one wife, went on: 'But, children, in these Christian times, how many wives may a man have?" Upon which a little girl eagerly put up her hand and cried: 'Please, 'm, two only is generally necessary to salvation.

SEW BOOKS. Houghton, Mifflin Boston. Issue "The Ladder of Fortune," by Frances Courtenay Taylor, author of "Claudia Hyde," "Juan and Juanita," etc. It is the story of a waif in a mining town orphaned and turned over to the Catholic sisters for upbringing. The boy inherited commercial instincts of an overpowering nature and when they wanted to make him a priest he fled and betook himself to a California town "grow up with the country." Everything he touched turned into gold and he became soon a broker and speculator and was captivated by a mercenary woman of no education and the social struggle of the family soon began.

The sordid and uncanny methods of the newly rich and the disastrous results to the children of the uncultivated, ambitious -family are very realistically set forth in this tale of western life. Price, cloth, $1-50. For sale at H. W. Brown's, South Eleventh street, Also by the same house, "Betty Aid-en.

the First Born Daughter of th Pilgrims." by Jane O. Austin. Mrs. Austin's stories of the Plymouth colony and the Pilgrims have enjoyed great popular favor. One of the most popular is "Betty Alden," now brought out In the Riverside paper series.

Tha Hartford Courant said of It: "The story of so noble a woman as Elizabeth Alden. daughter of John and Priscilla, is raison d'etre enough for a tha n-rltpr hAfl here dons more 'than confine herself to the personal annals, and has given us an ani mated picture or tne t-grm tunes uo 1 nnvo. 1 1 1 stories occupy a unique and honorable place in our netion, ana in tue mcatrm one Mrs. Austin has made a beautiful 1 a w.o, i a tali, nf vprv legitimate material. Price, paper.

50, cents. xr rt-rnn j- Of nnblishprs. A- Louisville, issue "The Philosophy of Memory of Other Essays," by D. T. Smith.

M. lecturer In medical Jurisprudence, university of Louisville Dr. Smith is an exponent of the vibratory theory of sensation and conscious ness and the rnina to mm is a nw force oDerating by a mode or motion i v. saUm cmri rnmnlpT tele graph system of the brain and nerves. The force we can mina 01 oum 10 i-yond the reach of observation but much has beeji done to ascertain the methods of transmission of sensation Anrt thought over the electric wires of the human anatomy.

The author rejects tne pnoiograpura theory to account for memory and Its minute pictures recoraea on tne regular substance of the brain, and on tonn nsii hnnthesis and boldly ad heres to the theory of endless vibra tion. A concept, like. a peooie aroppeu into the water throws out its wave Mwa. varttdlv hilt circles tiiv.ii in 1 1 gradually get fainter and fainter until no longer perceptiDie to tne sense, dui whether any vibratory motion, whether Of water, air or ether is ever entirely lost in the movements of the universe is an unsolved problem. More especially in the case of light, which moves by undulations OI tne same nipuiuj nu i ia.

V. r-a vt whir-h 11 dL LC 1 11U" I-'- apparently loses no force except by diffusion in the hundreds of years that It takes ror a wave irom remote ncu raar.Yt earth is the fact of permanence to a vibration apparently estaDllsnea. in line maunci mov continue to vibrate for a ami it nnlv reouires after tha vibration has become so faint as to no longer appear in consciousness, ior -similar wave of equal- length and character to overtake and merge into the old and faint vibration to accelerate Its energy, when it reappears in mrtA vem remember. Like or associated events or recollections in that way reiniorce oia ana imm viola tions and bring tnem in again as umn. concepts.

The essay is written in uwi English with no affectation of meta- physical patois, so tnai ji can prehended by any reader of average i.i.n;...... Tha nther ess.ivs in the volume "The Philosophy of Emphasis, "The Fluid Wedge." tne jurin ui a Planet." and the "Laws of River Flow -in be found almost equally Interest ing and suggestive. Price, cloth, Ji.25 Tennyson Keely, publisher, New York issues, "Porto Rico ana tne West Indies." by Margherlta Arlina Wamm. author or -Manna anu mo Philippines." It is a historical and descriptive account of our new acquisi tions in the tjarrioean sea uuuuinunjr -vriaM Hmm is a born newspaper woman and her reports are full of life ana vigor, rn, vf cents. mi mf "'I'M Aiso ny iJC "fi 1 1 1 v.

dox of Purity." by Edith Darling Gar-loch- This lady, formerly a resident of Lincoln, has undertaken to study som rUkv social problems at short range ion mt Via' and succeeas in wrums for lhaniht to Will IumiBi the student of ethics. The trend of her theory seems to be in the direction of those who find in heredity and. en-, vironment a better explanation of evil and good than from the tims honored speculations of the metaphysicians and theologians. The life, "urround- lngs. temptations ana ni.

new woman or rather the new girl In the office form the basis of her study. Price, cloth. 11.00. Even if a woman does Insist on having her own way in everything sh changes her mind so often that It breaks the ASTO I A ror Infants and Children. Ta Kind Yon Hars Always Bocgbt Bears the SignatBro of The president has decided to give the people of Porto Rico a government aft- er the plan In use In the District of Columbia.

Commissioners will be ap- nninteA an nnrT-t -1ll look after the most Important legislation, but the people will have all of the local self-government they show themselves competent to organize and administer. One of the pleasant things connected with life in the district of Columbia is the absence of politics and the prevalence Of good government. The people of Porto Rico ought to be thankful that the entire responsibility for the politi cal management of the island Is not to be given to them right away. They need a good deal of time to devote to their private business, and cannot give themselves up unreservedly to tne study American politics for some time to cornel Missouri withdraws from the. competition for beet sugar factories, the agricultural experiment station having discovered after a series of experiments extending over three years and participated in' by more than 2.000 farmers, that the conditions are not favorable for -developing this crop.

A recent report of the station says: A general study of the results obtained leads to the inevitable conclusion that Missouri Is not very favorably situated for producing beets of the. highest It Is possible to secure. In some instances, results which are exceptionally but that such results could be secured continuously and from season to season is not probable. The data show that the whole of the state of Missouri belongs in the same category, in respect to growing rich sugar beets, as- the southern parts of the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Even the northern counties of Missouri are too far south to give the best results.

It is evident, however, Insofar as yield is concerned, that Missouri Is probably the equal of any state in the union for growing beets of fine size and large tonnage per acre- Unless exceptional conditions, favorable to manufacture, are found in the state it is not probable that the sugar beet Industry will gain a foothold for some time, in competition with the more favorable localities farther north and east. DAILY DRIFT. Vnunif onions are the most fragrant flowers now in the market. It is very dangerous for a married man to let his sympathies run at large. They are almost sure to get away from him and do a lot of mischief.

The author of Cyrano de Bergerac is said to be insane. Some portions of his tremendous drama Indicate that the brain affection is one of long standing. What a full grown man has to say to a rose, sweet rose, ought to be said in private and never, under any provocation, committed to paper. It sounds foolish. Brave Colonel Stotsenburg! The resolution of censure passed upon him in haste can now be repented at leisure.

It Is enough to Say that he died doing his duty; 'J- If It isn't political bigamy to be on terms of criminal Intimacy with populists, democrats and free silver republicans then the term "political bigamist" is utterly meaningless. For the next year and a half the demo-fusion papers will try to make their readers believe that Mark Hanna Is paying the larger part of Tom Reed salary out of his own pocket. Croker -is probably the only man In America who could afford td abandon politics for an assured salary of $50,000 per annum. His bosship Is said to be worth double that amount. Since the glorious victory won by A.

D. Burr last Friday night John Wiseman has announced that Pillsbury must gain a reputation or have the present one repaired before he will play him again. J. Sterling Morton is so tardy in organizing his new party that the names of its nominees will have to go on the official ballot by petition, if at all. This duty should have been attended to last summer.

If the democrats expect to get in on the Chicago platform they will find it unsafe to attempt to get aboard with both feet until it has undergone some very extensive "alterations and Improvements." A. D. Burr has lifted himself out of the booby class of local chess players by his boot straps, but the only way he can stay out is to refuse all overtures to play such scrubs as Price, Hyatt and Brown until they have made a record by beating Pillsbury. A wealthy St. Louis man, disguised as a tramp, went, to Kentucky and established himself in the affections of a most beautiful young lady, who married him for love only to- learn shortly afterward that wealth instead of poverty was to be her joyful portion.

This episode will no doubt encourage a lot of foolish girls to take desperate chances in the hope of doing as well. War has no charm for me at all; I do not care to face the storm Where musket-shot and cannon ball rvimhine to keen things far too warm. I am too fat, and again. No cause that I can see. Why I should shoot my fellowmen Or let them get a shot at me.

Nearly two years ago J. B. Colton of Fairmont, left a pleasant home and corg'nlal surroundings to make a monster fortune in the gold fields of Alaska. Ever and anon he has written long letters describing the country and rtvins an Inkling of his prospects of ob taining what he went after. In August and his companions obtained first choice of claims in a tributary to the Yukon reputed to be immensely rich In surface deposits of the "yellow," and he immediately wrote home saying that he considered his find worth $5,000 without striking a blow with spade or pick.

His it tor tells a different story. After tnlline all winter without finding gold to fill a tooth he is waiting pa tiently for the mercury to go above freezing so that It will be safe to begin the lone Journey home. Whicn ne must unaer take without money, having exhausted all his means in the fruitless search for an independent fortune. He says if he nu eret back to "Mollie and the babies" be will be contented to plod nn v.rv small nrofits. He says a.

few men have made rich finds, but thou sands are In the condition that confronts him; have gained nothing but a large fund of experience, that has no market -ajue. His particularly to men with families, to stay at horn. Asssommx Makes the food more ovi suma LOVE A3f DEATH. Two, from the Heights of Quiet, Come, one day, to men Two, Love and D.ath, come hither, Come once, and not again. I turned, looked every whither.

Nothing could I see; But as the High God llveth. One came from Him to me. She came with touch and odor Of a summer breath; Came as shall come the other. The second angel. Death.

Swiftly my soul unfolded. FlaiJvd, and reached awide; It drank the pouring glory Of Heaven's summertide. I reckon not the seasons. The vears that fall and flow; Life filled her cup and spilled it, That hour long, long ago. Since, none has met me seeking Up and down the ways; Love comes no more forever In all the coming days; And, surely, he shall find me.

Whether I rest or roam. The other Wndly angel! Come to take me home. Harper's Magasine. IP-TO-DATE. NDREW DIXON, of Kansas, who died the other day, was thus eulogized by a neighbor: "He was -the kindest man I ever see.

When a neighbor was sick Andy was always around. He would do up tne cnores, spin v. i hmiao nr rldp like 1 xieip iiioiuc for the He always wanted you to get well, ana you anew uj iuvmuia at his face. If you would die, Andy would go out there on the hill and dig your grave it too. un had to be jus bo.

Jus' so long, so deep and wide. I He wanted to se 'em put away right A crank, wrote thus to Mayor Ash-bridge of Philadelphia the other day: -1 would like to say a few words on typhoid fever. If the people of this city would stop eating celery and raw fruit of all kinds and stop drinking ice water there would be less sickness. If they don't stop eating celery, we will always have typhoid with us." Another crank suggested that electric light wires should be placed in the reservoirs and in the bed of the Schuylkill river, and at stated periods every day heavy alternating currents of electricity should be run through them. By this method, I the writer argued all fever microbes and germs would be shocked to death.

A suit at Oklahoma City has brought out a most curious train of circumstances. A woman secured a divorce from her husband, together with a large amount of alimony. The dl- then entered into an vortcu uuou.uu agreement with a good-looking young man in the neighborhood whereby the young man was to pay court to the woman, marry her. get control of all her property and divide It with the divorced "husband. The young man carried out his agreement to the letter, and then fled the country.

The suit is now brought by the woman to recover the property of which she had been defrauded by the conspiracy. M. Docquois! the President of the international culinary exhibition that haTjust been held in Paris, admits that England has within the last twenty years taken the lead in International CTOkerv Europe is fast imitating her drills WtsTVater-cooked or steamed vegetables, and spme of her sauce. But the yearning lur has damaged the fine art of Brillat o'clock tea is Joudly condemned by caterers to tne tn. It spoils the tardy dinner, to which the pay scant attention because e.

Kafn latA for the they are airam i theatre. i nn obstacles that cannot be surmounted by engt- -Lin i a rnmrnpTTial enter- neermg prie has received another demonstra- tinlatlnn OT fri( tlon in tne recem. first twenty miles ot me route. Two pas- senger and five freight trains are now running daily Detween cn.ajjuj the summit of White.Pass. These first uA tVi Hmirnpv to tne Klondike.

Present to rave er, afoot some ot tne grcaicni. -whole trip, but there will soon be no more of this slow and painful toiling through the passes. It wl 1 be possible within a comparatively short period to travel all the way to the gold fields in a luxurious r'wsy car. The lire is be-, rtuehori to Vrt Selkirk, on II i apiuij the Yukon. It is expected that passen ger and freight trains win uc iUUe as far as Lake Bennett by June 1.

and by the spring of 1900 the valley of the Yukon, unparalleled in mineral wealth and natural beauty, but heretofore so Jnafcpssible. will be open to the world. Leslie's Weekly. A prisoner! in the Marshall county (S. Jail wrote the following letter to the sheriff the other day: Sir: Inasmuch as I may board nt sivkil I will Wlill yuu respectfully suggest a few points about my bill of fare.

First, there are many things I cannot eat nuuuui ocwua injury to my health. The following things I should not eat at pork; 2 cheese; 3, doughnuts; 4, fresh bread; a no-nrakM- 7. fried Tota- w. toes: 8, pie: 9. cake; 10, no Vice pastries of any kma.

i "Some of the chief things I may eat. 1 rye bread, graham bread, or graham gems and corn bread (bread two or a- tt iats fish, sausage. beef etc; 3. any kind of porridge that is well cookea; kinds, always good: 5, baked potatoes are the only ones I may eat; 6, swnple-made puddings are. all right; 1.

soft-boiled eggs for breakfast when they are not too dear; 8, a good- dish of auce either for breakfast, or supper; 9 good coffee, fcut no tea; 10, a little variety in the bill of fare, so a fellow cannot tell six months ahead Just what he is going to have for supper or breakfast." fenrv Nunez, the treasurer of the Clever club of Philadelphia was thus pleasantly welcomed the other dajrby rt "We have the pleasure of acknowledging allt. made to us oj i- i. inot arrived to this capital, being appointed chief vosttnaa- XT r- as hiS ter ot tms pruvm-c. --name reveals, is of Spanish origin, and informed ne that, although born in Philadelphia, he passed his earlier years in this city of orient, being a pupil of the well known Santiago school, being acquainted with many persons th city, whom he has not forgotten and wlshe, to see Mr. Nunex iw T-fii and has a pleasant and polite way of talking that will captivate respect and consideration which united to the knowledge he pos- rtuhit rmnlove.

makes us St. 3 cd believe that his appointment will be most convenient for the mall service, which has up to present day defective, as it has been conducted by The idea that the sea contains a material capable of being wrought into the form, and characteristics of silk has commonly been treated as a myth. But, according to the American Silk Journal, the shellfish known as the pirma, found in the Mediterranean has the power of secrting a viscid silk which. In Sicily, Is sometimes made Into a handsome fabric The silky matter is ejected by the shellfish in the first instance, for the purpose of attaching itself to the rocks, posses-ing the unique capacity, as it does, of guiding the delicate filaments to proper place and there gluing them fast, reproducing them also If they are cut away. This substance, when gathered, is washed In soap and water, dried, straightened and carded, one pound of the coarse filament yielding about three ounces of fine thread, which, when spun, is of an attractive golden brown color.

There is also said to be, in the royal Berlin museum a nair of golden brown silk gloves mans of hvssus silk, a material ob tained from the small silky tufts protruding from the byssus shell; this fibre is silky, and changes color from greenish yellow to dark brown, the single threads being two to three inches long. The composite action of concrete and metal la being more and more availed of In engineering construction, especially abroad. Such construction depends for its success on the adhesion of the concrete and metal and on thetr action as a their rte of expansion and contraction being practically uniiorm. The metal Is used in forms varying all the way from wire cloth, or expanded metal now so popular in this country as metal lathing, to massive. I beams or built-up lattice girders for the largest spans.

Metal work in bridges, roofs and similar structures requires, -when exposed, constant inspection to insure its maintenance iu an efficient condition, also a periodical coating of paint or other preservative adapted to the particular exposure Involved and the service intended Concrete, on the other hand, is recognized as an excellent conservator of iron and ti Tt is stated by M. Emperger. a wrell-known Austrian engineer, thai be has found iron rods free from rust ar remaining some forty ycica imbedded in concrete below water l-vl, and an instance is on recorl ot a'i iron wrench, left buried in concrete for twfci.ty-two years, which, on belli? broken out, still showed its mack nc tallic surface. It is generally -a-sldered that, as the closest ios3ltl? bond between the concrete and metal Is deferable in composite c-nsi; iun.on. no paint should be apptt-d to the metal parts, but thorough cleaning only.

The exDerlments -made by M. Ber- tnir nf Paris have resulted in the discovery of a simple method of im parting to clothing fabrics the quality of repelling water and yet admitting air for ventilation, the basis in this case being the use of -wool which still contains the animal grease. Tests were made with lanollne, a product of the niirfcation of this animal grease, de prived of soap and acid fat and made nari i reaulta were very favor- w- and the hnDermeable effect was -nr-. kv a mixture of ten to twenty alns cf lanoline to 1.000 of I 1 spirits ot penuieuiu this spreading itself rapidly in the tissue and evaporating quickly: the Imnermeabilltv of the material is in sured either by dipping it In the mixture for a few moments and then wringing out, or by applying it with a sponge to the surface, the last process being the more economical, but not so satisfactory as the first. If appears that material thus treated Is healthy, the tissue ia not clogged, the weight Is not increased and it dries rapidly in the open air.

Announcement Is made in the technical journals of the successful application of electricity to the process of dyeing. In this process, according to the Textile Mercury, an English publication, the electrical current agitates Ihe fibres of the material as well as of the liquor, thus causing a rapid atv sorption of the coloring matter by the fibre, the electrolytic action hastening the dyeing operation. For this treatment the piece goods may be plunged Into the vat passed over the rollers, the current being remilated -at will. A direct current of 500 volts and 60 amperes raises the temperature of the water to about 210 degrees. and for a tank of six feet long, three feet wide and one foot deep a current of vn wilts and 100 amperes suffices.

The I liouor may be heated by any ordinary rent may be started, which will also keep it at the proper heat. Physicians will tell you Dr. S'eerert's Aneostura Bitters is the best of all tonics and stomach regulators. Druggists sell it. A Missionary In Cuba.

There was one kind of American visitor to the island, however, concerning the beneficial effects of whole mission there can be no doubt. He was the practical missionary, who not only held religious exercises, but established schools. I met one of these men In Santa Clara- He was a Rev. Dr. Powell, secretary of a college In Tennessee and he ad been sent to Cuba on what might be called a scouting trip for the southern Baptist miselonary society.

He had formerly been a missionary in Mexico, and he spoke Spanish fluently. Before the Spanish forces evacuated Santa Clara were twenty-two priests in the city. After they had gone only two priests remained. The people were practically without religious Instruction, and the children were clamoring for school and scroolbooks. In three days Dr.

Powell had congregations of from six hundred to eight hundred at his preaching services. The people- were actually turned away. But what Impressed me more was to see the children flocking to his hotel to be enrolled in the school he arranged to open. They came singly and in twos and and freauently the mothers came along, and, with tears In their eyes thanked the missionary for opening a school. Dr.

Powell was not the only man in Cuba on such a mission, and it Is pleasant to record that invariably their efforts to establish schools, were meeting with success. Harper's Weekly. It ia better to preserve hearth, than to core disease. keep your blood pure with Hood's Sarsaparilla and be always weli- of slag are annually produced as method, and. on the proper of siag are annual the electr eal cur- nriirinal nrocesses III uci lacu waaic 1 igiit M.

a writer iouu.s Dispatch' points out that when slag is utilized, as asDestos na icu. be reasonable to toox rar turn furnace gases 'Y rVr count, as is the case in Scotland, the coke gas into fuel and the coking am monia into nitrogen tor. uses etc. Cheaper nitrogen for the lands that will not grow leguminous nlants is one of the urgent needs of agriculture, and the ammonia irom coke-making promises "k-j moans are devised for extracting it from the air hi quantity. This writer mentions crude petroleum the only crude product In the above-named localities that is manipulated S3 as to yield an of which it capable; that is, aside from illuminating and lubricating oiV it is made to- yield about 150 by-products, some of them being rather more valuable than the main production an imv when weighed against what otherwise would be actual The curious fact Is referred to In Cassier's Magazine, namely, that mechanical stokers for boiler furnaces have never been received with favor by marine engineers at any rate, they have not gained a footing aboard ship; on th's account It is worthy of note that what may be recorded as probably the first mechanical stoker installation in existence afloat is that which has been fitted to the boilers of the steamers of the Zenish transit line, plying between Duluth and Cleveland.

These stokers are of the underfeed type, and what has worked so well on land is, it has been assumed, not unfitted for good work- at sea. The Installment in this case comprises six stokers, three under each of the two boilers, each of these groups capable of burning 1,650 to 2,100 pounds of coal arf hour. As to the question raised by chem- nuch as the people who -form the ma- 7.