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A .gwtiftaifcfrfpn a *wt to an asylum W&iwaji^'roihe EiWpifr when * ti^MWpeiinfe Ws» a«4 OafeMinto ^C-^ftiWoB-dlJpnt. fej* sonjia tithe, #li|<|tusB)§g ^ *o^tes suggested, 'by- the , place, jl^twoset out on: a tour of b> W*ption< iw * a »» apparently im ofn- dal, tavltjng fto visitor to so over the asylum. At length tbcy.fcached the footoj a flight of steps, up which the guide *e4 the way, and at the top tie visitor fpuhd himself out upon the roof, a. height, .of 'more than o hundred feet from the ground, As they gazed below his companion •tartledbim suddenly .by proposing, to, KM who could ijump farthest toward the grounds! Not until then bad: If dawned upon tho visitor that his guide was mad. Mercifully, he was a man of ready wit, and MB wit saved the mad- man'a life, \Oh anybody can jump down,\ said tbo visitor, '%ot ti$ go down and see who con jump to the top.\ The madman thought It a good Idea, and, retracing their steps, the two began their jump from the earth in- stead of from tin roof. Wfty. *J»e Stomach Land. An o|d question which has long pu» fled physiologists Is, Why does not the •tomicb digest Itself? Tbo walla of the stomach are In substance not unlike the food which they contain and which k digested by the peptic fluid, The •tomach la ablo to digest protcid food When Introduced Into It, yet it does not digest itself. The reason for this lias been ihown by Welnland. Wetnlnnd found that a substance can bo extracted from the cell* of the stomach which, when add- ed to protcid material, will not allow It to be acted upon by tho pepsin of the •tomach, This substance belongs to tha class of so called nntifermonts— that is, a group of bodies wblch by their presence inhibit fermentative ac- tion*. The presence of this nntifer- , ment in the colls of the stomach pro- tents them from digesting themselves. After death, when this substance do. compose*,- tbt stomach will digest it- •*lf, javi**,v*«.n weonrnisr cwatonut. A curious wedding custom which ex- ists in Bulgaria la thp shaving of tho bridegroom on tbo wedding day. While the barber la engaged upon his race a dancing crowd of boys and girls •urrounu* tho bridegroom. 'When his hair has been cut, tho pieces nro care- fully collected by some of tho girts, to be preserved la ono of tho bride's chests. After the barber lias finished hid work ho receives a smalt white Uiien cloth as a present, and encb person gives htm a trifling sum of money, Then tbo bridegroom kisses tho hand of each girl, washes his f aoo and dons his wedding dress, which must be first ac- curately weighed thrco timea by a lad. i Theso atrnngo customs are said to date back to pre-Christian days, but they -am still-sttieUy .observed, sapo* daily in country districts. , Forty niblea a Minute. ' Tbo Bible publications of tho Oxford TJnivetilty Tress have been Issued for 000 ycara and can be published In 150 language* and dialects. Orders for 100,000 Bibles ore quite common. An order for half a million copies can, ac- cording to tbo Caxtou Magazine, bo readily fUled. On an average from thir- ty to forty BIblet aro furnished every minute. There are 110 different edi- tions of the Oxford Bibles in English, varying from the magnificent folio edi- tion for pulpit use to tho \brilliant\ Bi- ble, the smallest edition of tho Scrip tores In the world. Tbo largest folio Bible printed In Oxford measures 10 by 12 Inches, end no erratum has as yet been found in I t The \Brilliant Text Bible\ measures 8% by 2% Inches and '* three-fourths of an inch thick. . Vatuftmt See trie Application. ' Dumloy—•She docs quote some of the moat inappropriate things at times, kiss Wunder-What's her latest? I, pumloy~-I was telling her that 1 •ometlnios refrain from joining In a discussion for fenr of making a fool of myself, and she said one could not \paint the Illy or gild refined gold.\- PhiladoIpUla Press. I At the fiecepflem. **I think Daisy la going to announce iher engagement to Dick tonight\ I \Did she tell you alio was?\ ' \No. But See how uncomfortable HDick lookaV'-Hnrper's Bazar. An Optimlat. •Tate's an optimist.\ \Indeed?\ \Yes. He thinks he gets handsomer as ho grows older.\—Detrolt Jree 'Press. I Hope is always liberal, and they that itrust her promises matte little scruple lof reveling torlny on the profits of to- imorrow>->JoliitMin. When Reptiles Inhabited the Earth. At different epochs during the time 'known as the Secondary period the sur- face of the earth seems to have been BO predominantly peopled with reptile life that it has been called \the age of reptiles.\ The huge iguanodons Bt&tkejl.'Ar, leaped about in-tho wealds of Sussex and Hampshire. 6t theso lguanodons marvelously complete skel- etons are to be seen (mounted In atti- tudes bf life) In the Royal museum of Brussels—a sight in Itself sufficient to Induce a visit to. that capital. Cither Bma.Her reptiles browsed on tho foliage of tlio then existing plains and were fturgued and preyed upon by felt rep- tfiiirn monsters of various kinds. The .Sea. also swarmed with reptiles (ich- IhyOBateiJ as aquatic as tho whales and dolphins of our own day. And not ' only were* the oarth and seas thus peo- pled, but there were flying reptiles of different kinds and sizes, known as ^erolftet^is, A Chinaman'* Smoke, In rersia ahd-'ia Japan pipes about the size of ft baby's thhable are used* providirigf two draws,; ft great 'waste of time. It is the Chinaman, however, who In smoklijgvgets endless work out of practically nothing at ah. He carries a little box-about twice the size of ah prdinary silver cigarette case. Thisis.h^ifflliedTvUhw*a,ter. In ope end is* a- removable tiny tube to serve as pipe. At the other-end is the pipesterfl. J?Irst of all, he removes the tube and blows through it to re- move all blockage. Then heJumbJea through hip awkward clothes, search- ing fop tobacco and produces; a^.blt of rag in which it is wrapped. Carefully he extracts & wad of tobac- co, puts away his rag and slowly plugs the tube, which holds perhaps the tenth part of an ordinary cigarette. But he never has any matches. So he has to borrow or bunt out ai brown paper stem ahd light 4t—It| glows for a long time and can be puff- ed into flame again—he gives a long draw; slowly, appreciatively, the smoke oozes from between his Celes- tial lips; he spits; ho draws again and gets small result. The smoke is over. He removes the tube, blows through It, and the proceeding begins all over again. * The Heart. The human henrt is practically a force pump about she inches in length and four inches in diameter* It beats 70 times per minute, 4.20O times per hour, 100.800 times per day and S0> 702,000 times per year and 2,07(5,440,- 000 times in seventy years, whleh is \man's appointed threescore years and ten.\ At each of theso boats It forces 2& ounces of blood through the sys- tem, 175 ounces per minute, CS014 pounds per hour or 703 tons per day. All tho blood in the .body, which ia about thirty pounds, passes through tho heart every three minutes. This little organ pumps every day whnt is equal to lifting 122 tons one foot high or ono ton 122 feet hlgh-that Is, one ton to tho top of a forty yard mill chimney or sixteen persons seven score each to tho same height Dur- ing tho seventy years of a man's life this marvelous little pump, without a single moment's rest, night or day, discharges the enormous quantity of 178,850 tons of blood. Lout Pin*. What becomes of plnat It would really seem rofloctlng upon tho daily disappearance of pins that tho earth would bo covered with them and that tho annual fall If measured would amount to several Inches. Wo- men who start out with pins playing a useful part In the details of a gown will toll you that they never can find a pin; that they aro always buying pins; that thoy aro eternally loaning them. In tbo dressmaker's rooms the expenditure tor pins is no small item. Tho overago dressmaker uses and loses twelvo papers of pins ft month. v ot the floora of her rooms are not matted with Uuuu, and frequently her v?all goes up, \What has become of all tho plnsV* Where Indeed do thoy go? Is there a crust of pins subtly forming under tho everyday sweep that will puzzle explorers In some far ago to come?—Philadelphia Lodger. The Victoria Medal. The Victoria medal ia made out of bronze from Russian guns captured In tho Crimean war. The design Is th« work of tho prince consort of Queen Victoria. The medals aro made sop aratcly and only when ono is needed Thus when some soldier or sailor, no matter what his rank may be, has shown \conspicuous bravery or devo- tion to tho country in the presence of dnnger,\ as the act rends, tho war office sends to the royal jewelers tho bronze needed for tho metal. It la carefully cast, filed smooth around tbo edges and then tho design Is brought out by chasing. The soldier's medal Is sus- pended by a red ribbon and that of the sailor by a blue piece of silk. A Letter to RoUter. •Tcou promised mother a letter. Write It now,\ Is one of the mottoes on the Walls of the Nagasaki Home For Sea- men, a motto that, it la asserted, has restrained more men from going wrong than almost any other inBuenco of the place. Wanderers over the globe are aot the enty ones whs need such a re- minder. Indeed they might be able to give lessons In filial duty to many who have never realized how fortunate they are that home and mother are not far away, but near at hand.—youth's Com- panion. Halting Matters Wont, Amateur Critic (in the studio of Z., the great painter)—Splendid picture, really 1 Allow me to compliment you. But why did you ehoose such an ugly model? \She's my sister.\ \Oh pardon! How foolish of mel I ought of course to have noticed the resemblance.\ After It. A.—Let me see! Somewhere I read of a book entitled \A Young Qirl's Heart\ Do you know anything of It? B.—Yes; It came out Just after \A Young Han's Purse.\ The Foot's Wax. The Barber—The fools are not all dead yet Tho Broker-No, but there ore a lot who dye every day, aren't there?— Yonkers Statesman. Quite a. Difference. \What Is the difference between a gown and a creation?\ \I can't give you the exact figures, but it's a small fortune.\—Chicago 'Post A Novice. Photographer—Did you ever sit for a photograph before? tittle Girl—No, sir, I've always •tood. „ NO STYLg:' mom JACKSON HI* Cpolc Waj» Colled at Interpreter For French Diplom»tl«t». ''Although 'Old Hickory' was a blunt man in all, matters of business and rejehed'-Mspurposes by the straightest road,\ said Van oljdt- newspaper man, \still he was courteous in an eminent degree and bad a, high respect for the forma of social intercourse. While president j3f the United States his re- ception, of. foreign ministers and emi- BQat oitissens was distinguished by tourtljfi etiquette and noble hearing. It is related that on one occasion a fer- elgn minister just arrived had a day and an hotir appojated by Mr. ItcJUme, tften secretary of. state, to be presented to the president, and, misunderstand- ing the premier's French and perfectly af fault by the apparent simplicity of republican manners, the minister at the appointed time proceeded to- the White House alone and rang the hell. \Je suls venn voir M. le President,** •said the plenipotentiary to the Irish servant \An* vrtiat does that mean?\ rautter- «4 Pat, and continued, \He says presi- dent, though, an' I a'poso he wishes t» see the general,\ \Oui ouf,\ said the minster, bowing. Without further ceremony the gentle- man was twhered Into the green room, where tho general sat, complacently smoking his corncob pipe, and on tho instant ho commenced a ceremonious harangue In French, of which \Old Hickory\ did not understand one word. \What does the man want, Patrick?\ asked tho general, without concealing his surprise at what be had witnessed. \It's Fronch that he's spnkin' In, an* with your lave I'll Bind for the cook to find out what the glatleman wants.\ In due time tho presiding officer of the kitchen arrived, the mystery wa» explained, and, to the astonishment of the cook, the servant and the old gen- eral, an accredited minister from a for- eign government was doveloped. For- tunately at the Instant the secretary came in, a ceremonious Introduction took plaeo and all parties wore soon at ease.—Washington Star. THE OtP FIRE HORSE. VathQttq EmHner tQ Bh» IlrHilawtapdj Glorious Career, The story of a veteran fire horse that lA<llAou „„ ,, was disabled and found.his way into j.\ Xj^g an? behavior are governed i>tttu's Have9Aori:m^fV\ ; There Are about JftOjlQ.OftO inigr|to,Fy-' sheepin Spain, which eack^ear travel; as-inucb as 200 inli.es ft'oistn^lflarnitoj the mountains Tjiey-are.teao^fl r is transbumanteft, and their ffio*#, rest> POULTRY POINTERS, the street cleaning department is told j by „ pec! ai Regulations, dating; from the by SeweJl Ford in, \Horses Nine;\ The f^jteenth. ceaturyv At eerlain ; '%nes: author says: ^ | no one may trftvel \the same route # I There was ao delfty about bis initia-; ^ 8U eep,\ which have the right' to tlon* Into his. fore hoofs they branded g^ae paail open and, common, land on this, shameful inscription, \D. S. C„ t^g WM ,, For tWs purppse a SO»d nlhes- .937.\'. On his back they flung a forty ^ . ya^/feide ajust he left On'ftil In\\ pound single harness with a dirty 0 jj,g e a ^i ^rivdte propei'fy.' tCheibepj piece of canvas a's a blanket, They ,hj» r ds lead their flocks, which-; follow, hooked him to an Iron dump cart, and n j ter ftni j ground.. Ilie floclo? are fte* then with a heavy lashed whip they CO mpahied hiv provision mules\ and; by haled him forth at 5:30 a. in. to begin large a ogs , to* guard ogalnst^wolveSv the inglorious -work of removing refuse Tbe mDr ino sheep travel'40ft miles to: from the city streets. ' the mountains, nud the total time, spent Perhaps you think Old Silver- could on the m igi- a tlou there and back I*? not feel the, disgrace, the Ignominy of fonrteou w«wic» -'-•*-- . •-- It all. Gould you have seen the lower- A condition in TCTiielj, the y*^*o* ed head, the limp hung tail, the dulled Foil- M DayiiKM E^a** eyes and the dispirited sag of his, guar- Night blindness is a condltlori 'in. tors you would have thought differ- which vision is perfect, or fairly so, in ently. daylight, btit falls with the setting ot | It Is one thing to Jump a hook and the sun ana is not restored under oral- ladder truck up Broadway to the re- nary condition? of artificial iliumljia- llef of a Are threatened block and tioo, The sufferer f row night bUnd- qulte another to plod humbly along tbo ness can usually, see\the JIght of a can- I curb from ash can to ash can. How die or lamp when he looks directly at Silver did hate those cans! Each one lt» but he cannot- reafl,even Tvhen the should have been for him a signal to light la thrown directly upon, the page. stop. But it was not. In consequenco Usually, however, be sees \well In * ho was yanked to a halt every two room lighted brilliantly witb, electrie- mlnutes. ity, the decree of Mnmlnatk>n Jhenep- Sometiraes he would crane his neck proachlng that of sunlight, and look mournfully around at the un- The cause of nlgbt blindness is be- slghtly leg which ho had come to un- Uevetl to be an Mhausting of the power dorstand was the cause of all his mis- of. vision by too great light, for it oc- ery. -There would come into his great curs mainly among soldiers and sailor* eyes a look of such pitiful melancholy in tho tropics, who are exposed for . that one might almost fancy tears roll- many hours to the glare of the son, and ing out Then he would bo roused by waong arctic explorers, whose eyes are | an exasperated driver, who Jerked enr- dazzled by reflection from the snow, elly on tho lines and used his whip as On shipboard It Is ofton associated if it had been a flail. with Kurvy, and persons woo nro de- To another horse, unused to anything pressed pbysicully or mentally or in hotter, tho life would not have seemed any other way \run down\ are more hard. But to Silver, accustomed to likely to suffer than the strong. such Utile amenities as friendly pats Sailors have a superstition that the- . from men, and the comradeship of bis troublo Is due to Imprudence In slcep- j fellow workers. It was like a bad ing on dects In the moonlight, and this dream, nad he not lost his caste? Ex-' belief Is embodied In tho teem \moon prea3 and,, draye horses,d the very, ones ( blink,\ by which thoy call- It The that had once scurried Into side streets tropical moon Is probably. as guiltless at sound of his hoofs, now Insolently | la this respect oa it Is In tb.e produe- crowded him to tho curb. When ho had ! tlon of insanity Keep Uio turkey hens tame by feed- ing them close to tho house. When the fowls havo a free range, ono cock to every fifteen or twooty hens is sufficient Tho game* haTe more meat for their iu» than any other fowl. They grow slowly, but aro solid and Una. Cooping up the mother hen and al- lowing tho chickens to run around U the safest and most economical plan. Wooden floora close to tho ground at> lorb tho damp from tho earth, and tho atmosphero of the honso la always moist. Bone meal will greatly assist the growth and development of bono in chickens and In a great measure pre- vent leg weakness. The ncsta must be renewed occaaloa- illy and kept dean. Clean, dry straw Is the best nestling material. Tobacco items will help to keep away vermin. If It Is desirous to bnro the greatest number of pounds of ment from the smallest quantity of feed, select the largo breed—Dorktoa, Cochins or Brab- maa. The Canitls of France. Few who have not traveled In «outb> ora and central Franco know of her vast systems of canals and cxuialtzed rivers. Many persons spend mouths or years In Paris and know nothing of the great basins In that city from which canals radiate, binding nil parts of France to tho great heart of tho cap- ital. These canals run Into rivers con- necting those of tho water sheds north, south and west Through many of these small Btreams—we at home would call them creeks—you will see little towbonts pufllng, grunting nnd lifting up a heavy chain from the canalized river bed, winding It rouud n drum nnd thus towing long lines of barges with * moat -teenmymlc o^qpondltiiro ot nnwoy —Argonaut A Knir Exchange. He was ono of those Irrepressible youngsters who are constantly brim- ming over with mischief. The loving, tender hearted mother wound up a serious talk by saying, \I love you even when you are naughty, darling.\ A day.or two later this same small boy received a spanking, and In a little while he climbed into his mother's arms, saying as he lovingly patted her face: • \I lub L you, mamma, so much, even when you \pank me.\—Little Chronicle. The Inlc That Homer Used, Ink of various hues was used by tha ancient Romans, that of n purple tint being considered the exclusive fluid for the execution of all royal writings, as It was distinctively the royal color. It It said that Homer's works were writ- ten In letters of gold on a roll 120 feet In length, formed of the intestines of Berpenm, but we are left in ignorance as to the method of preparing this ink. &• -•. ; y- : \' ; ••' '<''•' . Und^ver V When pu feel 4^11 aftet eating. When ^Jiiliave jio appetite,' •.'. WW you ia-ye a baU U!$t«,mtlie ^nquth. '•;-»•->•* \v - •;'•;..•': '*\ \• -iVAen your .Uvea'svtoj!j>id,, ^lien^our bovyeja are echstlpated. When you\ have a lieadautie. ;\ Wh,enypu.ieerbilipij,8,, '.'• vJftey H'iji improve., ypu'^appetite, cleanke and. iMv^oratftyoui\ stoniacli, a»{l;.rsguhite j .^oMr iiverajidj'bowels. J, J rjce 25. cVntfl-per ho*, *, For B aJe -by, Ohas.- 4-. Mack,. Druggist. 420 ;Ma|n .St., jfetljua, iJi. V, ' \ • \The Flf »'t -'*tea««re ot Time, It was* the moon and not the sun wWchhnijst suggested.,*} ^'ankh^d the circle of. the year as a measure of time. The sun exhibits no changes of appearance r and hi*. Bghi; obliterates ail the landmarks of the sky, ,A lu- minary 1 -which; 4* 4bw;*ahta -yestjrdayj today and tomorrow might give jjse to .conceptions .of perfection and eternity, but beyoho^the alterations of day and night it? could suggest to men's minds no abstract measure ofUme, But; with our humble satellite it is far otherwise. The regularly recurring^ phenomena of new moon and, full iuoon are too marked.to, escape the attention qf the most obtuse and unreflectkisr of sav- ages, \ * ' ' • The motion of th» sun may be com- pared to that of the minute nan.(J of a clock, sweeping on hour a^teRb-our with, out leaving much record of its compar- atively vast Journeyy The.-progress of the moon, oa .the, contrary, may he lik- ened to 'that <f the \hour band, which rcgjiters the moyeipeats of its, com- panion and resolves them into twoiv* well defined period*. been on the lire truck Silver had yield' cd the right of way to none, he bad held bis head high; now bo dodged nnd waited bo wor a blin bridle nnd he wished neither to see nor to bo seen. Wh«( AUcil the Clack. Mrs. Benson's clock, aftor having kept excellent time for several years, suddenly stopped. After trying for ( some Umo to mako It go she removed . Dash of tlgbttnlng-ali, that U something It from its shelf and sent It <o a clock out of tho ordinary, something to won- Tho only treatment for night blind- ness Is keeping away from bright light or protecting tho eyes with ROgglcs. or a bandage until the exhausted retina has recovered It* toac-Yoath's Com- panion, . Tho Raindrop. Tho falling of a drop of rain Is • commonplace, overyday matter, but a repairer. \Madam.\ he snld after Inspecting. \Is this clock kept In a damp room?\ \No.\ sho replied. \Wo keep It In tho driest room In the bouse.\ \Has it ever had a fall luto a tub of water or anything of that sort?\ \Never.\ \Well. I can't undoratnnd It Its works nro as rusty ns if It had been loft unused In n cellar for a year.\ \I can't see bow that can be.\ said Mrs. Benson. \We are so careful of that clock that we always keep our vials of muriatic and sulphuric acid Inside of It, where wo know they will never bo touched.\ ^ Then tho jeweler understood.— louth's Companion. Sixteenth Centarr London, It is a mistake to Imagine that tho streets of London In the sixteenth century presented a much more lively appearance than they do at present. The everyday dress of the people, ewn of the highest rank, was almost tavwl- nbty made of broadcloth of a sober col- or, occasionally eulivened with velvet nnd smart ribbons. It was only on state occasions or festivities, parties, balls and public entertainments that the gay silks and velvets and the cloth of gold were exhibited, and It must be remembered that BO costly were the materials which could then be em- ploycd-Ja..<Sgale or female dresg thnt not Infrequently parents left their best clothes by will to their favorite chil- dren as a much valued legacy. Old Comical Pictures. There is In the museum of Turin, Italy, a papyrus roll which displays a whole series of comical scenes. In the flrst place, a lion, a crocodile and an ape are giving n vocal and Instru- mental concert. Next comes an ass, dressed, armed and sceptered like a dcr at, so BIOJI men think. Tbo bum- ble physicist plodding on tbo trail of these manifestations of physical energy thinks otherwise. To him tho drop of crater falling gently la much more of a mystery than the sudden rupture ot tho sir gnp and tbo headlong rush ot elec- trical energy in a disruptive discharge. Although rala hat fallen ttneo the dawn of crx'.-illon, man knows very lit- tle about the origin, tho structure of the raindrop. The reason for this Is that the simple looking drop of rain la In reality « marvelous microcosm. Bo mo day when the mechanism of a drop of rnlii slinll be made plain it will bo found thnt tho universe itself Is not more wonderfully held together. Tho size of the drop Is not the obsta- cle in the way of a clearer inowltdg* of tho drop structure, for the *Terag* diamotcr of raindrops Is not far from one millimeter, and men of science have to deal with quantities tnflnlttiy smaller.—Snaset Slagnalne. Pal'* E*vul*. Five or BJX men were recently chat- ting hi a village inn wheu one of them. said: **1 say, I bets ye dinners ail round y« can't tell me the answer to a pujxla I' knows of.\ \Done they said. \1 bet we can, WbntlsltT' ''Well,\ aald Pat, \why is a Jouraalr tat thi fussiest gpgntnfg In. **<& warldSf* After vainly trying for about two. kotzrs they sadly said they must give it op. \Why said the delighted Pat, \be- cause his tale comes out of his bead.; dMi'tll?\—Rnnre Moments. Why JJcsrrocB Can Dear Beat. The function Of a negro's black skm Is supposed to be tbe conversion of tha sun's light Into heat The heat tans generated remains in the skin and does pharaoh. With majestic swagger he not penetrate to the deeper tle^es. receives the gifts presented to him by | Being thus provided with a sun proof a cat of high degree, to whom a bull | armor the negro can stand an amount acts as proud conductor. A lion and I of heat that would be fatal to a white, gazelle are playing at checkers, a hip-1 man nnd xun little or no risk of BUTi- popotamus is perched in a high tree ttroke. and a horse has climbed Into the tree and Is trying to dislodge him. Profltleaa Busincal. \What's Jinks n-doin'of now?\ \Settln' still on' growlin' at the world.\ \What for?\ \Well the world won't rise up «n* make a livln' for him.\—Atlanta Cori- lUtutioa. He Had Arrived. Ijrwyer—;When I was a boy, my hlgb- ist ambition was to be a pirate. Client-You're In luck. It Isn't every man who can realize the dreams of bia jrouth.-Plttsburg Gazette. HI« Inheritance. \Did MacMerger inherit his money?\ \Indirectly. He inherited the ability to get the best of others.\—Life. Tl»e Mean Helgbt of tana. The mean height of land above sea level, according to the most scientiac geographers, Is 2,250 feet The mean depth of the ocean is 12,480 feet Only 2 per cent Of the sea <occans In gen- eral) Is Included Inside a depth of GOO fathoms, while 77 per cent lies be- tween 500 and 3,000 fathoms. If the land were filled into the hollows of the seas, water would roll over the earth's crust to a uniform depth Of two miles. Envelopes In the Eighteenth Centnrr Envelopes are supposed to be quite modern, but in the Birch manuscripts In the British museum, No. 4433—105, there is a letter from Martin Trlewald to Sir Hans Sloane, da.ted Stockholm, April 24, 1755, Inclosed in an ordinary envelope, which Is opened out and mounted at the end of the letter,- Notes and Queries. If dogs could speak they would have something to say about the fool names that women give them.-New York Mail and Express, JL kenBtfcy Snnrlae. Bhe-Simrise of a beautifrjl morning ia a sight of whlcL I never weary. He-Oh, but yon shouia'see mel Why, I pass whole days looking *t It —Figaro. . Love's Excuse. He-Toa passed me without speak- ing to me. She-Ob, I oust have been thinMn* about yon. \\ Tonng; Xiaslea. An eagle lives fromjelgbry to 160 years. The young birds are driven forth by their savage parents to pro ride for themselves as soon.as they are able to fly. to traihlng'ls, given them by the old bird. That' is left to their wild Instincts, which hunger and he> cesslfy develop. Theie is' *ho \going back to the old home'* for the young, ea- gles, The niqtber bh-d tears up every vestige ot the nest, and' 'if* tney emit plaintiff shrieks the old •bIMVdart at\. them and puiA them .off the .crftgs or' -rocks and thereby make them, take to thetf Wings, Jt takes 'three' years for a young .eagle to gain Its complete .*_'. Ptantotf 6 and steenjrthHtaaepehdegt. A New York theatrical nfanager was advising a friend to be cautious in an undertaking he had ia view,, \You. can't take.too many precau. tlons,\ he asserted. *An ounce of pre- vcntfon,» as the copy book used to say!, Is better than seven pounds at allo- pathic, homeopathic or hydropathic cure.* One Of the most contented men I over knew was the most cautious. Be was deaf and dumb, and he never Wont to bed without putting on boxing glove*,\ \Boxing-. «loT««f. \What for?' \So that h» wouldn't talk In hli •Ieep.*» W« M*ft Urn rx-«»ldr»l Emllj-. One striking characteristic of Wash- ington life Is the ease witb wblcb ao InUrriew can be held .with tbt preai- aunt.the members of tha cabinet and thi holders of' office. .How they c« through their current work witb all these Interruptions Is a mystery, but they do. It Is undoubtedly better that i subject should b* discussed do rive rolx with the chief than that It should filter through many.chAnncl*. toarrivt as a more or lew garbled version at hwdqutrters. The result bean rood fruit, for. thinja arjLofjttn settled off- hind which tike iqrttkaand months la 'another country. Mttt, it tr bumnn na- ture to take more Interest in a petaon- iltty thaffiin a tn«r» naifi».-Hon. Uand Paoncafot* In NiostMnth pantury. Colonel BUI S.terrett\ used to tell •boat a man who went into' the tndiu territory to sell baby carrlsge*. Everybody said he was.crmxy. It WJ sdm^tted, that tho.re .was a fins crop el babies' In the territory, bat no oci conld tee what tha squaws, wbo wen sued t o packing jthair offspring on their backs, .could do witb baby carriage*. fcfill orders began to cc-ine'baci, em tor downs and than'-for ctrloadi, sod finally Sterrett went up reinvestigate. He wea$ Info on* of the Indian vil- lages. ' \ I \And m htV dashed,',' said Colond j Bill, \if I didn't sea a do*ea,i!g fat In- dians alttina; l: ifl baby carriages, ill scroufect op, wljn* the lqnaws ires pushing them around. Thp baby car rlige man bad made \me Indians be-' llevs that baby carriages wore the right klad o£B}Msnre rigs for the B» MeVrtd m^-iNe-irqrork World. Ho-rr Orrter» Grew. A matt .who, :ha» dented nfueh tim« to the study' of the oyster says that tnii bivalve is born wfth his'shell on and Uuitbe grows only in. the summer time. The beard of an oyster. Is not only hi» breathing organ—*bat is, his lungs- tratlt al»0j serves to convey food to his mouth? when'the warm, calm days of -June comfe the oyster opens bis shell andby means.ot jaia heard.begins build- ing an adaltionall 'story to his house. This \fie does by depositing very, very fine particles of, carbonate of lime till, aeiast they form a fubstance as thin ar silver .paper and exceedingly fragile-1 Then he adds more anotmore till at last I the new-aheJI lsyas hard as the old ahe«.| .<^I»ajilra« tlx? jn)mse»<. ,'Btany, peptide ^declaim..,against tWI v crnejty*of/^kf§phlg,birds'In cages, bell i«sa/#ell proved irdth'jhat.C8ge birdjl live about Six times BB long as a wild I bird,\ a¥a'\me\biM'mvarla'bly becomal so fond of It* owner and its Burriund-r tags that when the, cage Is thrown opa> I it .wULnot fly- av^ay* \It suffers so U«l«;l from JNWltJflde that if,, a prospectivi inaje is wtrotfueed it hits her on tM head at first for? her impudence In daf'j Ing to Intrude Into a private apart-f ment. -> \ - ''••'\*. a.Utaatpinperor. Mp^minu^ 'the' gittnt Roman e* poror,e<juj[d l^rjtat,<oina.in{o corkscrew* pbwdp hard WckBb^twsen his flnga* imd do othVr'^Wmlngly, impossIW*l things. When ahgeredj he often*ro»| the jaw i oj;a#6\^e.or of an ot I *ltn ^ ! lfftfe i %Jitjittfefi bracelet served.l lilm foV,.a'rinif,Vand every day he s» r •Jx^«Ppimal,:ef;^it ! i«a drank «» — $$!&ixl<- — 1*T\ No. Fall an DOS- HEW flTTSf BUPf mm ma Co: H-€ R 0WD< OLD IH Richmond WAS Ste«meni«U< frontier as, Ho Haw York, yorfutt Old Ddmit •1 BKA0H ff .r.p.fcr.*. If ifs W,'.!\••»
