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s icHMOND COUNTY ADVANCR • J. CS&f FDRO, Jr., FnilBlier ail Proiirietor. A Idve. Independent. Local Newspaper. SiraMflPIIDIi'^.SSI ^T?'.\'^\'^ VOL. I. V WEST NEW BRIGHTON, S. I., SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1886. NO- 21. ATaujLDT.i.vuiAX ttunk s th« t Gra - liftm's experiment with liis barrel i n the Kiagarn -whirlpool maj be of prac- tical bonetit. Hi a idea i s tha t seft- eoin g vessels migh t b e equippe d irith one or more ancli caslcs, -which i n cose of wrcck on a surf-beaten coast migh t b e the means of establishing commn- Dication between th e vessel and th e •horo. A LtvrxT time waa experienced bj •n apiarist, one da y last week, at Brnc« township, Ontario,when sixteen swarmf of his bees cam e off a t the sam e time, and besieged a branc h of a tree, where they forme d a hng e roll several feet in oircumfcrence and abont fiyo feet long. Ho separated them, finding ou t each of the sixteen queen bees, which h e put into a hive, an d gathere d enough bees t o mni;o a swarm, until ho ha d the whole sixteen quittly settled i n new hives. ^ \WiGOiss tlio weather prophet, abates n^thiuK of his claim tha t there will occur in the fall a storm compared t o whicli other storms ar e zephvts. Th e elements will begin amusing them- selves on the afternoon of Septembe r 20, and wheu the ail'air has ended this country will look a s if it had gone throug h a threshing-machine. Atten- tion is hero called t o Mr. \Wiggins' date, OS i t seems t o have slippetl th e mind of the giddy thousands, wh o g o aloDg with their petty nfTairs as if n o such shaking-up -woro i n prospect. A t Yaqiiina Bay, Oregon, the fishing is done by Indians from canoes. The y fish in about 125 feet of -water, a mil e and a half or so from shore. The y use no bait, bu t hare the shanks of their hooks covered with block tin, th e glit- ter of -which fttlrncts th e fish, and th e hook docs not reach tbo bottom until it is seized by a fish. Ther e ar e tw o TndiAus t o each canoe, and a t presen t five canoes are employed. The beaut y of this svstctu t o th e fish-canning es- tablishments is tha t there can b e n o great loss. If a n Indian o r a canoe goes down, all that is necessary i s t o go to the reservation an d ge t another one. AViiiLE Roscno Conkling -wan passing along Park Itow, Xcw York, the other day, iu a hca%-y rainstorm, h e saw an ngeil Italian frantically endeavoring to got his fruit-cart unde r shelter. On e -irheel had caught on the steep curb- stoiio, an d th e ol d vender had no t ctreugth ouougU t o force the cart u p the sidewalk. H o ]mshed and pulled, and looked the very ii:cturo of despair. :\rr. Couklin{; watched th e Italian's wild cflTorts for a moment The n h o shut his unibrolla and rolled up the sicevo of one arm. H o seized the hub of the entangled wheel, and, with a pow- erful yank, landed it upo n th e side- walk, itftcr which lie pu t up his um- brella and \\\on^ on his-wfty._ A kemai I kaule scene \took place a t the funeral of a youn g man name d Fran k reachy , at Su a I'rai'oisco, a few days ago. The father of Frank , a ma n gray-boarded and ben t with age, me t lace t o face with hi s former wife—the mother—from -whom h o had been sep- arated twonty-avo years. Th e fathe r resides at Lo s Angeles and th e mother at Oakland. The y have married again and have families. Thei r actions over the body of their boy were sad to be- hold. Th e father tenderly stroked the hair of his son and th e mother kissed the lips. Woth -tvept bitterly, but neither recognized th o other. A t th e grave tlie old mother knel t down and prayed while th e earth wa.s being thrown over he r son. CiucAdo Mait: \Do yon know,\ said n bon vivant a s h o poure d a liberal supply of AVorcostcrshire sauce over liis chop at tho cluD, \tha t tho relish was first introduced a.s a medicine?** Th o club r.\im didn't know it \I t was, though. It contains at least one of the most nau.seAting drug s known, asa- foctida, and tho original formula was evolved b y i\ notable physician, for a noble patient, whose high living ha d impaired U'a di^^ostion. An effort was made t o disguino th o dru(^ , and i t i s generally conceded that th e attempt was successful, but they at o there all the same.** Au«l tho stream of informa- tion was interrupted while the drug- drenchc d chops woro put where they would do tho most good, n o diminution of acretit o following th e revelation. AW abuikgtox letter says: **Qen. llahone had on hi s summer suit. I t v«a composed cf a finely woven, broad briiamed Panama hat, bleaehed t o a purleet whiteness, and ao d«llcala that H was in n o shape, being ^ked u p . • kigh on one side ana ' pnlli^aowi i low CO^ tho^ other. U.alurt' wm; linra ttttottghont, and hia tw^pl y and ' A po^n of thii ismetti. ^It stood n p L. mV^pMAB, Bis tiO WM blMkMd .'^tei^pnt togetl^. Hia.oiMt'vMol ^(jitf.l^toai w^i^t teodelotK^t W1 7 l^hll^iM; timt; UMk ' gfos grate m,] ;tiM iNrttoM': pantiloooa. A m MM: ^ vMto titipm, pttduiod a t Ibdj'a boiino^ lurgo ^e knees, and ooalngtb ' a t tho feet [ that tli«r over, tbo beela of his. Itma'Mi^hlou^ • A FAingQ cioua. »T XATOAN p. tm>-BII. tnffawd her check, ' tf \h® would not •iwak. But awsy, my pxot«ita tcornlnf. Refitment filled ray bfiftiit in turn, 'Boht, then!- I cried. -»nd bum M y letter a i f yo u chooM , tun morning. * ^y. tha t wl U I . wlthon t « «lg h B m mocked . \Tb® matin g month® dra w nig h Whe n newe r love a ar e mos t i n order . N o mor a b y troth-pligh t ar e w e boun d Sinc e yo u a fslre r loTe hav e found : Muc h io y may you r fal« e vowa affor d her! * ^wlft ligh t throus h my blindce>is break* , -^ny, Mary , of a U wil d miaUkes. \ I crictl, \th e wont yo u ar e no w makin g I Th e lad y t o who m yo u refer— \ AO more , sir ; henc e reserr o fo r he r Th e pledge e you'r e a o fon d of breakin g P Just her o th o lad y erosae d oo r path . And . undUmared b y Uary' a wrath . Bh«cla»r»dWlnherarm» an d kisse d her . Er e I . fo r laughing , foun d tb o us e Of langnas e t 5 thu s intro>Ioce Th e loTuIy strange r a s to y sister . \ I se e yo n har e no t me t before — Marj. my slate r Eleanor ! Pra y lov e her , tlioug h despair' s my sen * tenCO.\ Bham o an.l snrprls e filled Marr' s fac e A e sh e returne d dea r Nell'a embrace . An d faltere d ou t he r mee k repentaaco . \Oh . Rob . forglv o th o ntul mistake ; I sa w yo u ktnn he r b y th o lake . An d though t yo u wenr r of my fetters. \ I clasiHjd he r wit h a joyou s thriU . 1 ot i n he r sof t ea r whlaporo d atill, \Shal l you , then , hast o t o bum my letters? \ \Xo t I. whil e swallow s northwar d flvl \ Sh e lauRhed . \Th e matin g month s dra w nigh , \Miei»oulyol d lovo i s in onl.^r.\ An d thu s ou r Broen-oyod moHrte r prove d A clouu-slmpe . l>y a breat h removed . A cloudle t wit h a ahliiing border . SEA BEACH LIGHTHOUSE. BY HAllRY BALDWIN. \Mine all mine! ^Vnolhor month. anH I shall bring to my feet the proud and hnntl- some muu who cnu make me mistress of Glen VU!.i ami of all his immense fortune.\ The speaker wns a dark, beautiful woman of tbirlj- years, with eycs#-thal rivaled the diamond in their piercing glexu*' and lonn flowing hair that formed u sable crown oC glorr to her perfccOwomanhood. Tho time was eventide, the close of a dark, sullen day in Kovember, full of fit- ful shadows and mystic echoos. Thronghthe lowering pines and firtrees the lurid, augrr western skr filtered a film of ruddy color that tinged the rocks wilh a sickly glare. JJeyond the glen, with its prettv villa and artistic lawns and garden slopes, the sea dashed fretfully on the roek-bonnd coast. Voices of the air and sky seemed in complete harmony with the emotions of the woman who. a light tlmpery over her head and (ihonlders, sluod by.i hedge, looking meditatively tbrough a 'ravine to- ward the ocean. There was triumph and hopefulness in her tones, and yet some mental calculation of possible failure in her fond desires il to arouse a latent determination and defiance agamst any adverse fate. As sho stood there, a picture of sinister ind repollant rather tbtiu enticing loveli- ness. bcr mind seemed to weave a memorr of the past, and to bnihl fair at-rial castles of love and wealth for the fntnre. The retrobpoct was brief: it recalled to her mind how she, lieatrice Langley, < year previous, had secured the posiiion of companion to the invalid, Mrs. Thome, of Glen Villa. She had left behind her a dark and bitter E ast. A willful, wicked coquetto, she had rokfn II score of he-arts, unnlly wedded a faithful, loving nuin named Ernest Wal- dron. had tired of bis devotion, and in a moment of cruel -wickedness abandoned him, taking with her all of his money she could secure. Then there was a brief, flitting, fevered Itfo at u fashionable watering place, and then, her ill-gained mwins exhausted, pov- erty and desperation came. Oncc she had licanl of her husband. She Iiad broken his heart and l>eggnred him. He had sought her vainly, first for - givingly, and then with black, despairing vengea ice iu his heart. And tiicn sho saw his name in the list of a largo number of persons killed in a rail- way accident. It WAS at this time that Beatrice Langley, as she chose to call herself, had secured the position alluded to. She witB tired of the old life, she longed for rest and seclusion, and she found it at Glen Villa,aud her life had become calmor fl not l»etter under the gentle influence of Mrs. Thome. Besides these two and the serx-ants there were n o other residents at the villa until one month before our story opens. Tlien there occurred, in the return to his home, aft«r a long sojoum in Eurep*'. of the heir to the Thon:«^ estates, the son o£ the invalid, nn episode which changed all the currents of Beatrice Langley's exig- ence. The idol of his mother, brave, earnest, handsome, the first glance from his eyes conquered tlie beautiful siren, and the wicked heart that had treate<l the honest love of honest men as a plaything knew herself oil the bitter-sweet of fen'ent, pas- sionate esteem. She knew that bo was wealthy, she fancied ho was heart-free. From that mo- ment every magnetic wile of her intrl^^ing nature ^ras brought into action to captivate Viltrod Thorne. Tho fond mother, confined to her room, did not know how the first introduction of hor son t o her fascinating companion had led to frequent meeting in the drawing- rooms, to strolls to tho ^ach, and moonlit drives. 'Wilfred Thome was lonely a t the quiet villa, and clad to b e entertained, and really esteemed Sfiss Langley as a most pleasant companion. The witchery of her artit pleased him, her friendship flattered him. A month more would have cemented the dangerous companionship, and the siren whispered fiercely to her ardent heart that sooner or later sho would certainly win hia love and entrap him into a marriage. It was of all this that she was thinking that towering ^fovember night aa she stood lost in roveriu bv the hedge. The last few da^ >VUfCBd iMd brooght a gentloman friend to the -villa, birt had fb«nd time to drive Xisa lABgla.T down the beach, and ahe CuMted that Ibe pmrai v of hit band vaa uom Us glaac* Boce fHendly tbaa «««r vte th«7 parted. _ Cml Jrturtonl >» wi^ The two men came just opposite to where she was and halted. \So yom are going away?\ Beatrice heard young Thome's friend osk. \Yea within an hour. You mtist irj and pass the time till I return. You will find Miss Langley a most charming companion for a walk or drive, Forbes.\ Wilfred's companion shrugged his shoul- den. \I have n o especial Uking for dark women, WUfred. Besides, 1 half s:ispect you^^ve a claim on her affections.\ The listening woman's heart stood still at the utter umazemant betrayed in Wilfred Thome's tone. \Y'es won ami. You have ccrtainlv been very attentive to the lady, and if 'l mistake not she is verv much iu love with you.\ \Wilfred's face was a maze of genuine concern. \You must be mistaken.\ he said. \Hon- estly, Forbes, although I have often fell that her witcherj- was temporarily leading me from my sworn allegiance. I never re- garded her more warmly than a verv pleas- ins companion.\ Beatrice grew cold and sick at heart. \Your sworn allegiance?\ rej>eated Forbes. \Exactly.\ \To whom?** \To my affionced bride, Ethel Lansing. T supposed you knew.'' \His affianced bride! Oh, heaven! this blow will kill me.\ The two men had passed on. With a low moan of anguish Beatrice Langley sank to the dewy grass, pale ana lifeless. In the one long hour of agony that fol- lowed, the siren feared naught of the retrib- utive justice of fote. She onlv Icnew that a fiercc, passionate love for 'Wilfred Thome, a wild, bitter hatred for the woman who stood betweei herself and her happiness, filled her heart First had come despair, then resentment and, finally, the jealous, vengeful resohitioi of nn evil^ dauntless nature. *'IIe shall not wed this giri: he shall be mine; I swear it!\ she hissed, determined- ly: and every resource of intrigue and scheming she possessed came to her aid as she finally arose and retumed to the house. \Wilfred Thome was gone, and the wilv siren at once set about lenming all she could concerning him, uud the- woman lie loved, Ethel Lansing. She drew the storv from Mrs. Thome lips. Ethel was the daughter of au old family friend, and had b«eu engaged t< Wilfred for nearly two years. Her father had died abroad, and she was returning to .\merlca. and would be at the ^illa the ensuing evening. Thev had received a telegraia that dav. to the effect that Miss Lansing had arrived in New York, and would l>e at Sea Beach, near tho villa, on a coast steamer, the en - suing eveniug. Wilfred bad gone to the city, forty miles down the coast, to inform Ethel's aunt of her expected arrival, and to have her come to the \illa the next day. He would probably retJim in the morn- ing, Beatrice was tohU But moruing came and the aft( dawned, and there was no tidings of Thome. The wretched Beatrice, tormented with jealousy aud despair, haunted the beach ull that dav. She learned that tho steamer Ilatteras would arrive about dark. She wandered for the first time down the coast to Sea Beach lighthouse. She learned of its shifting light, heard of the storm that was gathering on the waters, and then That evening, just at dusk, inclosed iu a waterproof, raining as it was, Beatrice Langley stole from tho villa. The thought of Ethel Lansing at the 'X'illa, the bride of the man sbo loved, was unendurable. \ wicked, owful plan had come to the siren's mind. The wind was a hurricnno, the waves were mountains high as she passed a group of fishermen on the beach. \It will be a wild night on the waters.\ one of them was s.iylug. \The coasting steamer will need to watch the lighthouse beacon to make a safe landing to-night.\ Even as he tspeVe tho brilUimt glare of the revolving light in the lighthouse flashed out over the stormy ocean'. Beatrice Langley hastened down the l>each like a phantom of the night. Ten minutes later she reached the steps of the lighthouso tower. She clambere<l over their slippery surface, crept u p the long winding staircase, and cronchcd breathless aud trembling behind a half- o|>en door that led into the light-room of the turret. Within tbo apartment was the lighthouse keaper, whom she had never seen before. His back was to her, for ho stood a t nu open window, breasting the r<dn and tem- pest, and peering searchingly out at the seething sea of waters. \The steamer is iu sight,\ she heard him aay. \The Hatteras ^%-ill have to anchor at the beach to-night.\ \The steamer, the Hatteras, with that woman, my rival, on board!\ hissed the siren darkly. \It shall never reach shore. She shall not come between my love and me.\ She shrank back as tho lighthouse keeper closed the window. She heard him mut- ter something about securing a boat below, and he descended the stairs without observ- ing her. A bottle, half filled with liquor, and a glass stood o n the table. The scheming siren darted into the room as soon as it was vacated. She had brought a phial of some deadly drag from the sick-toom at tho villa, and Ibis she uncorked, and poored its con- tents into tho bottle on the table. Then she resumed her place of espion- age, and awaited developments. They came swiftly, tngically. The keeper returned. She watched him as he poured out a drink from the bottle. For the first Ume, as he drained it, she cnnght sight of his face. ^ercifn l heavens! The dead alive! My husband. Emest Waldron!\ After two yearn ahe aaw him aeain, older, paler. • wnck, j^i it was he; she knewthat >faeet<aiB^. For a moment the discover/seemed to baflle ber eveiy plan. Then, as ahe ob- served hia step grow unsteady, the «leliriam ngiii'ih rent his } stood rooted to noon oung • It Ws MiiMd thai te tfc^ very bow she •hoiddlMinbCTfMa, Mid beeaw iaeitod %i\m md:^^etm^ • 1 bh•rtliwy le- I of vealtb mma eoa f ott HA VM iWr dheelled bylheeeeaael ^ ItsatfieatMtedanaw M Aontto baalen towwd Iba hOMe, vbeA abe obeenred <hal Oe iMraae n me on U m olber aide of Ibe hedge, aa d eoald Dol aee b«r. - lM([>iiHy»too, ifceieoogyaed lheirmee» . ^JffilM ilMCM aiid bteaiiitli 1 friM d of the drag motmt to hia brain, all the mur* dcToaa retAUssiMsa of bereTil nature le - gained fall sway. Sbe saw bim ttaverae tbe room with m eoafmcd step, open a door, and wandct ool oa the bdetv. \Now or MTcrr aba aaHered. intenaely. One riara tkrowh tbe windows showed tbe yjBT^ tbe aic«ner daneing on tbe wea a Mile distant.' 8ba maac ID tbe beacon. One touch ot k«rba»d^SBgc d tbe place in darimres. Tbe beaeoa waa exttnRaished. Woe to teaaed amid these She never paused until she had reached the rocky beach some distance from the house. Then exhausted, she sank to ike rocks, her basilisk glance fixed on the waters. .\^far she saw a gleaming star of light, the lastem of the steamer; nearer and nearer it seemed to drift toward the rock- lined coast. Then it went out. suddenly. A minute later a rocket shot skywanl. It announced a signal of distress, and the success of the evil schemes of the heartless siren, Bea- trice Langley. 'She pictured her rival dead, removed from h(-r paih, her own future tissured, and then started. Hunying forms were coming down the beach. She heard voices excitedly speak of the imperiled steamer, of the mvstery of the extinguished btacon. \I must not be seeu here,\ she mur- mured. She arose and started to fly down the beach and reach the villa unperceived. X sudden flare of light halted and blinded her. Some one had gained the tower, and relighted the lamp, too late, however, to save the imperiled oceim steamer. Its rays revealed her to a m:m hurrving down the beach. She poled ne she recognized him. It was Wilfred Thome's friend. Forbes. He regarded the woman amazedlv. \You here. Miss Langley?\ he ejaculat- ed iu wonderment. She stammered out an incoherent ex- planation. \You have heard?\ he said eicite«llv. \Some one has extingiiished the light in the tower yonder, and it is believed that the Hattems has gone to pieces.\ \The Ilatteras?\ repeated Beatrice, \Was not Mr. Thome's fiancee on that ship?\ \Yes and ilr . Thome himself.\ \•\Miat:\ Beatrice Langley reeled where she stood. \Yes we received word an hour since that he boarded tho steamer at the chv, and would accompany Miss Lansing to Sea Beach.\ An awfnl moun of t listener's lips. Like one in a dream sh tho spot. She heanl a confused babc-l of sound aJ. out her, and distinguished Foibes' voice imploring the fisherman to put off a boat to the rescue of the steamer. \No boat would live in such a sea as that,\ was the diecourjjgiug reply. A moment later thev were terriblv Urtled. They saw Beatrice Langlev arouse from her stupor. She llung aside ber cloak, dashed to the beach, and, before they could deter h.-r, with a wild cry, had'^prung int«i a boat lying on the beach, and seized the oars. For one moment they saw il tosri»-d on the waves, and then the darkness en- gulfed it. \She is mad—she has gone to ber death!\ groaned an old fisherman. If mad. however, that delirium gave al- most superhumau strength tu Beatrice Langlev. The i'rail boat was tossed like a leaf to md fro, yet she resolutely handled the oars, and drove the boat seaward. Ualf an hour later the luixions group on the beach witnessed a strange sight. They hastened to the waves as they boie a singular burden to the shore. A woman with gleaming eyes and palliil face, Beatrice Lauglev, was' stmggliug i!i the waves. Her ami encircletl the inanimate form of Wilfred Thome, to whom in turn clung u fair voung girl, nearly dead from exhaus- tion. It was Ethel Lansing. Beady hands lifted the three to the beach. They saw the wild, insane light in Beatrice Langley* s eyes, and then they saw her sink inanimate to the beach, the blood Sowing from a ghastly wound in her head made by the rocks. One hour later, at Glen Villa, the siren lay in her room, a physician hovering over her with serious face.\ A t hi s mother' s sid e Pat Wilfred Thome and Ethel Lanfting . l>oth recovere d from th e terribl e experienc e o f th e night . In gmphic language Wilfre<l had told of the steamer dashing on a rock. Himself and Ethel Imd escaped to a small bout and cut it loose. l*ho oarless boat bore them shorewani with fearful velocitv. With an awful cmsh it had at last struck a rock, aud they were precipitated into the water. AVilfred was no swimmer. \NVIth his ter- rified fiancee clinging to his side he g.»vo np all for lost. At that moment a boat passed them. I t contained Beatrice Langley. She could not direct it t o them. With a wild cry she sprang toward them. She seemed not to notice Ethel. In tones of delirious delight she spoke Wilfred's name: she clasped his form as he was ab<mt to sink. With fierce strength she swam ahoreward. \Heaven bless her, brave soul! she saved us,\ concluded AVilfred, with tears in his itered the room. Your patient, Xliss Langley?\' asked Wilfred, anxiously. Tho pbvsiciau looked grave. \She is dying.\ \Ah it can not be! **I fear she has been mortally injured.\ \She is coniciou«i?\ \Yes and wishes to see you.\ \Tell her how we thank her; tell her oui lives shall be devoted to her for her noble heroism,\ spoke Ethel, impulsively, aa Wil- fred left tbe room. \Beatrice!\ He spoke the name tenderly, tearfully, a*, a mmute later, he stood by the bedside of Beatrice Langley. Her eyes looked into his own. \Bend nearer,\ she whispered, t^tly. He did ao. ^ \Wilfred Thome.\ she murmured, \ I love yoo. I am dying, they t«ll me. I know yon are affianced to onother; I know you can never love roe. One dying favor. Wfllyoumakem y last moments happy? Will you pity the heart that knows only love for you?\ In dire amazement Wilfred Tbome beai- taled for a moment. _ -We owe you our lives. TeU B»e; any favor we can bestow ahaU be yoan ,\b e finallr replied. \T hen here-^ying—make ne year wife. Is it too much to ask? I aball never live to eome between yon and Etbel I^naiog. Oh! I have loved jon. so fondly, t o bope- lesalT**' voiee «M a wna o( He believed berdyiag: b e pUM, be al* Kost loved ber for b^etoic devotiotu It mm Ibe wiab of a dying • wmn H e conldnol ' ' - VT- She thought not of Ethel Lansing, and ! the sutfering the discovery would t ntail. : She slumbered calmly after it was all ' over; th e nurse at he r bedside dozed ' lightlv. At daybreak the latter awoke with a scream of horror. Wilfred Thome was released from tbe ban the siren had sought to place upon him. For, lying dead upon tbe bed, a dagger driven to its hilt in her heart, was the beautiful Beatrice L,angley. Later they knew what the tragedy signi- fied; later \they shrunk in terror from the woman ther had loved. A letter was found by the bed- It was signed by Emest Waldron. In it h e stated all that had occurred at tbe lighthouse. He hod caught sight of Beatrice Lang- ley's face a-; she extinguished the beacon. In that dash he recognized his wife. Drugged, dazed, he fell into the sea. ef-- caped, traced dowu his heartless wife, aud was now determined to steal into the villa and kill her. Thus Beatrice Langley terril>ly atoned for tbe wrongs she had done him*, and for the lives lost on the steamer outside the hurl>or bar. • The next day the body of the imfortunate Wnldron was found floating in the water near his recent post of duty. Husband and wife were buried in the beautiful cemetery at Sea Beach. .\nix months later Wilfred Thome and Ethel Lansing were wedded. In the golden sunshine of love they never think without a shudder of that dark hour in their lives when they were rescued by Beatrice Langley. They try to regard her charit.iMy when they remember her heroism, but her bale- ful plots form a dark page in their past, wheu they were wrecked in port. STl'DT A5® WOBKSIIOP. Cl'RIOti'i FACTS. TooTHAcne, caused b y a cold in tho facial nerves, may often b e rclieveil b y wringing a soft towel out of cold water and sprinkling i t with strong vinegar. This should b e laid on the faco like * poultice, and will often h e followed by a refrcfehing sleep. I>issoLVE a i^uarter of an ounce of ca»tile or oil soap cut u p iu small i>;coes, in three-quarters of a pint of water, and boil for two or three miuutcs, thcu add five ounces of glvcerino. Whe n cold, this lluid will produce tlie best and most lasting bubbles that can be blown. A F rench statistician gives th e following as the proportionate number of i)erson8 killed annually on the rail- w.'»vs of th o respective countries: France, one in every i',(K>0,(»00; Kn- gland, one in every .%'JiH>,(H.iO; Belgium, one in everv 1»,0UU,000; i?russia, oue in every 21,500.0(.H>. L eaves of larch which ha d been rolled into balls, tbe largest more than a foot in diameter, by the whirling mo- . tion of water, have just been exhibited dr: before tho lierne Naturalists' iSociety. Such balls, free from cementing mud . are formed in certain Swiss lakes, and in other p!aces are produced from vari- cud plants. T h e brick clay deposits of HainstaJt, Geriuany, have been found b y Br. Strohecker to be singularly rich in sev- ere 1 metals heretofore very scarce, par- ticularly cerium, glucinum, Jantliauum, didymu'im, and vttriiuu. The lirst two of these metals seem t o bo in suflicient abundance t o materially increase th o world's supply. I n Italy a living acorjiion is dropped into a wide glass bottle which contains a few dro])s of olive oil of tb e t:ncst qualitv. More o 1 is poured on instant- ly, until the bottle is filled, with th e Bi-orpion dead. I n its struggles t o free itself it ejects all its poison into the oil, and this poLsoued oil forms a sovereign remedy for the sting of a scorpion. A VAi.i'-\BLE discovery of i>etroleum has been mad e on Vancouver Island. A sample was takcu to Victoria, and gave very aalisfactory tests a s t o iti I bcytittd tte barbor bar! Abo«t to TCtecat. a tenifle (cieam broke ttom bcr lipa. She aaw tbe keeper reel on tbe balcony, oveipbweted by tbe sobtle dmft ber evil baoda bad Bdministered, and then, atnm- bKng forvard, fall over the low iron tailing k spnOliac daikir a o t the SSI I t 1 h atill hoped t o make the phono- grajjh practically useful i n rei»orting Bpeeclies, conrt proceedinga, debates, etc. Th e principal (lifliculty now re- maining Ls t o secure th e distinction of tone in voices, so that th e variona sx>eakers may b e recognized by th e transcriber. Whe n this is accomplished one of the machines may be taken into court and all the prooeedisgs will b e j recorded b y iL At the close of th e da y ; i t can l« carried t o a room and gauged ^ to talk at any rat e of spwd—at thirtv 1 words a minute, for mstance—whicii . can b e written out b y a n ordinarv short- I hand writer. If i t m d^red to'get the , I»roceodings transcribed as fast aa they . occur new cylinders ar e pu t i n th e phonograph as fast as the proceedings are written out. For instance, th e long-hand writrrs can put in a cylinder .and le t i t remain te n minutes; then take it ou t a»d pu t n another, an d transfer th e cylinder which ha s th e : proi. e«dinp« uiion it to another instru- : ment. which is made t o reijeat th e pro- I ceediiigs -with accuracy, and at th e ex- I piration of its term th e first cylinder is I reidaoetl i n th e }>honograi h and th e I other cylinder taken from it, aud ^o on. ; I n the deep stillness if one listens t o a faiLtly heard sound, like that of th e . ticking of a watoh, it t»-i11 b e notice ! I that at irregular intervals the tones are wholly iu.audil»le, while at other times ; tliey ure dLstiuctly recognized. Signer ; llaggi, an Italian scieutwt, has ascer- tained b y experiments on dilTerent per- sons that the intervals of silence usual- ly vary between seven and twentv-two I seconds: while th e periods of sound- perception ar e between seven au d eleven seconds iu duration, with a maximum of Jifteeu. H e also found that the variation was no t due to ex- traneous sounds nt)r t o the blood cir- culation or respiration, and concludes that it results from th e inability t o keep the ttttention for long])criods at a suflicient degree of tension for the per- cei)ti«)n of fuint .sounds, or jKwsibly t 3 a variable physiological receptivity iu the a Jditory nerves. IC kituiments made under the direc- tion of the administration of the Hut h state railroads with various paints-on iron j)latcs are reiK>rted t o have proved that th e red-lead paints resij^t atmo- spheric influences much better than those of brown-red and iron oxides. The red-lead jiaints adhered clos-er to the metal aud i>ossessed greater elas- ticity than th e others. I t was a*so founil that better results were attained if, before the paints were appl.ed, tho plates were pickled, instead of l»ein.; merely scrajved au d brushed. The test-jdates were luckled in muriatic icid, wuslied with water, thoroughly tl. an«l while warm carefullv oileX HCrjIOK. T he matron's lament—^let n a mweep. Ix the stock market bull loci i s harf t o bear. A MA2f of gall i s almost ia-variahly a good liver. WuEK th e trunle line railroads ars I)laylng policy they ar e playing pouL •How swEXT, how tender i s child- hood r remarked th e cannilial a s hv j^re- pare d t o feast on a bal^ captured'from a neighborins: tribe.—i'osrou Courier. A T<»tT.'a physician of New York re- fused t o go duck huntin g with a $arty of friend ^ He said th e duclis wcr^- too personal in their remarks when ad - dressing him. ••(JivE ns, oh, give n s a man who sings a t his work,\ says Caxlyle- Oh J yes : give him t o us : deliver him into our hauds. He occupies th e next o£ce, an d we can't get at him. nrxAN nattut^ larverl«wail my Int. Hajdhtj. I tifver sit down aaJ rrj-. AndlL*' rt-ai^m I doa't i*-. 1 ka. -a: icthx .*ctiil s«»mel«ot]r mwst' than 1. —li.^t A I j men t (il ASS lloorlup Is being incrcasinglv substituted f. r bvards in Paris, this being v-specially tb e case in those bm-i- ness strui tures wJiere the cellars are used us o'lice^. A t the l.ank of th e Ore Ut Lyonuai.-e th e whole of th e ground In front is paved with large s juares cf rouirhened gliiss-imbeddtMl iu a strong iron frame, and i n th e ril* lars beneath there Is sufljcienf'light, even ou dull d^ys, t o enable clerks t o work without gas. Although its i»rim6 cost is much greater than that of boards, glass is in th e long ru n fa r cheaper, owing t o it s almost unlimited dura- bility. IJv a new process of manipulation hats more serviceable and finer than anything now on the market are mad e of wood. ]>uli>. They are impervious to water, and not wanting in flexibilitv. It is claimed that felt hats will have to take a back seat as soou a s these new hats can b e placed in th e marke t in suflicient numbers t o supply th e de - mand. They are certain t o revolution- ize tlie hatter s trade, a s they ca n b^ in th e medical dewnrt- i th e University of Texas s^ked one of th e more advanced stud»{TitH: \What is the name uf the teeth t^t a' huma n being gets last \False tjeth , of tourte,\—Texor! Srtln'jit . £ \Jasmin what did you do will: the letter I left on m v desk this momiag?\ \I took it to th e postoffice.\ \What! l>id you no t see tha t it hal no ad- dress'?\ \Yes. sir, but I thought yo u didn't want m e t o know for whom il was intended.\ \I iM.N*r put much faith in i>rove:*h(s'* said Brown t o .Tones. \F«>r itiht^ncc,, *A frit'nd in need is a friend indeed. Now, most of mj exjH'rirnre with friends in need h;i-* l»eeu tliat the y wanted t o I^Drrow money. Ciirc me *a friend that is not in ueei. \ \How loN\! have you betm in tho turkey-raising business, Mr. Wattel?** \Fiv e or six years, sir.\ \And m your experience what turkeys made tL«' bt^t layers?\ \Uoued-turkers. by all iHids, I>articularly if you re.|uire the layers for i»icnic sandwiches.\—I'owiLtr u'a- i^e-.'/e. . ^ ] \WufLi'XV you hib a b^\* ^ • naid th e bold archer.^-; they Haarj^rod {down th e Held; au d she'murr ired I \Y\es;\ aud th e al>sorl>ed archer said. ! \What kind of a bcw would you vre- ! fer? \ Sh e quivered a little* a s sh e I replied, archly, \I think I should pre- fe r yew;\ and then the young man un- derstood, and although h e war an ar- row-chested youth, h e went t o th e target and heaved a bull's sigii. WMTIN<;. I sit nnJ ^iilch th.- rum dr4>3«. taU, 1 out bttiif dull fiTuT I ouly t^-v tbe ru.m i-li-.i.l- | nU. Or «-atcb thf pLt—tly mi-tn that ri!,e. 1 do not turn uiv bful t • -m-p Tbe njUTuw riK.im tiiat li m« lifrt-; I Witt -b tbe rain and t>> ix* F bx Irom ii:y j-ri- m ri>«i'u k > drear. Whv. lanphtiT wajt < I t ux * out tb.-xp, Aud bfortT clnsv «it l^rms And ttitrry >M>uc<t und ltt,ri « lair— <.\«inld I l»ot iTfa-k mv jiri-MU bands, r.ut h.ri. I i-iue. as oar lu If-a. ..I^^^aru l,y til- i burning quality and specific gravity. ! molded into any shape or stylo desired, The scene of the discovery is a point near the eastern side of Vancouver Is'and , and witliiu five miles of the sea- shore, where there i s a good harbo r for •hips. T he simplest au d least cx]>cnBivc metho d fo r removing saltpeter from brickwork, when the efllorescence is iu C ition where the sun and wind do not e free access, is t o wash i t off w^ith diluted hydro.'hioric or common muri- atic acid of commerce. About half a poun d of the acid i s used with an or- dinary pailful of water, the a]>plication beinic maile with a sponge. T ub census of tho Frenc h capital shows a decided falling ofif. I n th e autum n of 1^S^» ther e were nearly 11.',- 00i> fewer inhabitants than four years ago, and this diminution bears heavily on th * cab and omnibus companies. Apparently the chief absentees are tho foreign residents and the poorer work- ing -class, wh o can get food and house- ren t cheaper ontside the city. T he New York arguing for an efficient system of coast defenses, earn- ' eatly puts the case t h is: The capture or efTective bio -kade of Boston, Ne w York, Cheaapeake Bay, aud Xev Or- leans wotild mean th e annihilation of ottr commerce for the time being. Th e 6,000,000 btiahels of grain now tmload- ing i n Chicago for thia port would re- miun atorcd i n Chicago. Bismarck would n o longer be troubled by the Cincinoati ho^. Some shrewd Ana- It waii a BUm^n ai^ Onal rklera •red, and woaldlive. . . aud coloreil t o meet tho taste of tho public. '1 hey can b e made t o repre- sent a glossy or ijai>i>y api>earance. A NKw concrete now being used qnito extensively in Franc e is composed of eight parts sand, gravel, and j^elf- bles, one part powdered cinders, and one und a half part« unslaked hydrau- lic lime. 'Ihese materials are thor- oughly beaten together, th e mixture forming a concrete which sets almost iinmediately, and becomes in a few days extremely hard aud solid. It may b e improved b y the addition of oue par t cement. SiNCK th e recent death of Prof. E. Liinnemann, of Trague, a description of a new metallic element has been | found among his papers. Th o metal was obtaineil from the orthito of Aren- dal, and i s named \Anstrium It ma y throw new light on the constitution of th e trtin, as one of its si»ectral lines ap- pears t o be identical with one of the three unidentiiied lines iu Angstrom's max) of the normal solar spectntm. ' Vr Xattiiard tail. ir uj THEY fOULliVT SEE 11 .S FM f U • » was a mo«t emphatic. •Brilifiil. Ktiff-n cVt-J. Bvstotuaticr, mental, f] a uiOKt de;5rj«l«»d er.-i jiingl to fn u l ha olitj It aal, frratir, i . luoht miM«emlr njndicu>ti«n»'<»«. and irn«:>lent of- ficionaocsi*. anJV.mntlc-« kia ls ofvicious- d»-Jortu.'d biH n-jtctjition — A saj>Io-t, iml..H ilitr. a k ol •tn-nc virtlitr. & tntmstruui iacivliitr an I «ii»ral iibftisea- lU»t>. Yft bU steps vrcTf uU att'--n Je.l. aU and »-hin«s drr*-n.l.-.l bv a r»>uaui> ctf nx-i-o- Ui.i. raia evtravasaat eiv Der^: For tUis vjc»»a«. juedio-r.-. irtuked. irtscil.lw i.h\ cr..ii.k.T -wa-^ a i irh and J^mded lir«>k«r. Asd -was irortU u tuiUiim UoUnr'. — Z,if7m Vniuiu A Dakot .\ hotel alverth^es a cyclone cellar a s one of its attractions. l\h e following i s it^^curd: SODEl-NDIIR HOrSE,: Toukaik» Bii .1.. - I'ropriefor. Hot an d cold ai r i n every room. Elegan t cemetanr i n connection. CSS^Tlas is th e only Honse in th«. Ciiy provided with a CycloneCellarfor con- venience of (inests. Flum e Ic^dlns from each room t o Cellar. Guesf? can dro p fro m top floor i n quarter s^-Mnd. No requirements a s t o C-ostume3rhile making Descent. Sto}i a t the ;jlide- under, and while Guests of other Ho - tels will l>e mountin g tb e ^iolden Stai r yo u will b e scooting down th e Flttme leading t o Al>«olnte Safety. C^Aak yourself thi s Quest-on: Am I prepare d to die?—is/eWin c I^elL AnertaiR Fables. . THE BA T ASt> THE l'EASA>-r . A Ra t who found himself caught i n a Trap Appealed t o th e Peasant t o l>e Beleaaed o n th e grotind that h e ha d never stolen any of th e Cheese. \A s t o that.\ leplied the Peasant, •w h l e you have f^ed t o get a t my Cheese, it was only l»ecause your Pres - tralian sheep -raiser would comer the ! ence forced me t o put it Leyond iour wool market King Cotton would trans- Ut hia seat to -India. Th e fating manafacturing interesU o f England would be revived at our expense. Do ib e wheat-grower of the great Xorth- weat, tbe cattle baron of tbe plains, tbe pork-packer of Cincinnati, th e planter of ib e MiMiadp|>i. and th e abepherdof the Soatbwest imagine they are t o eacai)e ibe coaaequeneea of a di^ aater o n one of tbe gr^ seaporto? I<et tbem nndeceiro ibemaelTea. Statea- max endeavor t o meaanre tbe es> tent of tb e calami ^ involved in a boa* toe K«w or oIoM Mnrkxie o f kitbor , but the le« cannot ) Beach. Moral: Th e Tramp-wbo hasn't Stolen a H utm Deaore a no Special Credit. > THB GOA T AN D TBE rATVX. A Goat which had Fallen oflT a 'LeJga waa loudly Complaining of hia 111- Inck, when the Favn came along and ohaerred: \Although yo o met with a Fall, i t haa aaTed yon trom the Wolf lying i n wait boaide the Prih yon would have TrSTded.' lleni: It wa didn t hare ooroa w e migllt biea k onr lega.—BetroU free Tn -miBt hmM^* i n Barton, exiated tUi«7-fn>ar ymn, « r Ihennbont. Al l tteeoina iMaed tronit bore the dates 14(53 o r 1662, the aame diea being prob. Atynaadthnimk an th e time of the «oiniB« tlim Sam eoina had been fWlyaa 1614. Jw ncaieof an J b ^ E bc I i ^ for th e neEartha Vlg Th a aateoritaa that faU _ earth an i oniiiaaail chiefly o f Sigso r Bombieei anggaata a a espUna- tionofthia . Th e earth ia a t^ mag- na^ aa ahown b y tiie proocediags o f a bar ot ateel freely amende d and aeenr- altf y bala-red o n iU eeatar. Beadiie- eTh ite a^^tktilliM.bW tarn^^ Itun'l Oierda It. i A plib tongue i s not one of ^SrUTa raiiticti, Tet i t i s no t ererr possefcjjr of it tliat nailerstonds ho*- t o inalia<;e th e joUy propn'eti n of table talk. To rat- tle tbrouRh i t wit'j credit to InmstOf - — and profit t o his fellow-gaeats, h e mwt kno w -n-hat and when t o speak and how t o take graceinl advantage of an y g:q> in the con^ ersation—inde^ t o prerffl t the occnrreuce of any. To do thia without th e appearance of obtmaiosi o r Tanity o r riskis;; the reputation of a <^tterer. constitutes tho art of taSJe- t^kinp. Tbe dinner^irer—w e i hi m wh o aolecla bi s gueaU wit h knowledge tha t th e auceeaa ot <Bn- ner wiU depend i n a great l^Mnre upo n tlieir conTsraational powen—Ha * derstanOs tha t i t i a not . al l the company dwuld b e table talkera. Expedience doea no t alwara aBow this. and . if i t did. the reanU would not b e entirely deaxrafale. Coo d listeners, whethe r a t the tAile or elsewhere, ar e as indiapen»iaileaa «ood talkera, for. the jest or tte atorr\ owea- the life c f itaancceaaaiotatoticew of him who hears than t o tb e t that qwaka it . 'Xberefore a n abundance of good talkera a* i •aa - qnet would resuU i n th^beingnt^ ^the^s way. and. like tieea tao tU^ planted, the Inxni^oe be lost. I n a compaiqr a t twc^.M sngh t t o h e auffident -to , ^ laar' and kee p i t thare.—Tks Af- *
