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Show Se eT I can nee my loved one there; She is Ineeling down on the parlor floor In an attitude of prayer. “Before ask? ‘‘Nan was sion. Why, string for the day— it? about Nan, eh? Well, female typesetter we had, and she was a hummer. Shecould talk longer, and on occasions | louder, and truth compels me to say broader, girls. Pretty? Slender, lively, salmon, teeth pretty well justified, and eyes that were usually blue, but Kable to turn green if she got mad. Nan Boys was going to used to say that if Paradise she'd be late getting there; but I never saw nothing bad about her except, once in a while, her tongue. Mister, don’t you get it into your head that because a girl sets type or works in a factory among a lot of men she can't be good. “To resume my yarn. One day there came along a handsome young fellow that we dubbed Mr. Kokuk, because he came from the town of Kokuk. Nan took quite a fancy to him. Rat were about the He and The only persons in the office that Nan did notice. We called him The Rat because he went back on the only woman Kokux crept dren? asked Mr. a blanket. “Well, Nan and lipped burnt in : went Mr. Kokuk to two or three dances and a circus or two —we used to get plenty of comps to such things then—and first we knew they were engaged. The very next week Kokuk. and Kokuk. ‘In they went, and ally surprised at and they were as she said didn’t want a poor printer turned green she wouldn't go because to, ‘so there! About she a week after the strike began Mr. Kokuk and I were in a saloon opposite the block where The Rat’s folks saw Nan come roomed, and we and I were left in the office, I heard him ' go over and tell Nan he must break off| engagement because the strikers, she had gone, but more particu- | larly for the reason, that he would never| marry a woman that bought whisky| by the flask was kind a you see. stool, her at a._saloon. Nan eyes of goody wheeled snapped Mr. Kokuk goody fellow, about on her, till the lashes fairly cracked, and she said: ‘You are a little plaster of paris god, ain’t you? Be careful you don't tip over or you'll break in two. Yoy cought to go as a missionary to the cannibals. You wouldn’t be good eating, but they ain’t very particular.’ Mr. Kokuk put on his coat and went away, but after he had gone I went to lift a handful of type out of a form that stood near Nan’s case, and I saw that her eyes were sweating. Tears as big as rain drops fell down over her case. She kept on throwing in type. She tossed ‘a’s’ into among among less she the ‘e’ box and commas over the periods and ‘caps’ down the lower case letters in a reck- manner. set foreman up Every next day thrcatened stickful was of type so lousy to discharge What do I’mean by lousy? the her, Why, full of mistakes, to be sure. I knew the reason and corrected some of her galleys to help her out. At the next meeting of our union some one said it had been proposed to raise a fund to bury The Rat’s two \ children thet had just died that day of \scarlet fever, both on the same day, mind you. tie had buried his wife the week before. ‘He ought to’ be able to bury his own dead; he’s been at work right along,’ scid some one, and nearly all growled assent. *** Who started the movement the fund? asked I. to raise ‘**+Nan,’ answered the fellow who had roposed the matter. ‘She headed the ist. She’s about the only friend the family had. Sat up nights to help take care of ltav’s wife, who was a mighty sweet little woman. Bought whisky for her when that was all that would keep the poor woman alive.’ You ought to have seen the expression of Mr. Koxuk’s face when he heard this explanation J the ‘And saloon when much and when the formance and Mr. Kokuk took Nan in his aris and kissed her, what did she do but drop her head on his shoulder and cry! She said it was because she was warn out watching with The Rat’s folks, but I reckon those tears were tinctured with the compound essence of joy. ‘Say, do you see that kind of countrified looking fellow with a slouch hat standing over there by one of the forms talking to the foreman? That's Mr. Kokuk. He’s now editor and prepeeter of printing and He’s is Gets all the county making here on a a barrel of visit and telling the boys about Nan. Gave me her picture as she new looks. Gentle, refined looking lady, ain’t she? She’s boss of the Sunday school in Kokuk, has two scholars from her own family to send to it, and when any of the printers goon the tramp bustles into tosses metal with The the Banner office and best of them. If there’s a sick family in Kokuk or the contiguous territory that needs help, you ‘Say, mister, I’m not well posted on religion, but when the saints take their places in line.in heaven Pll bet Nan will be not far from Evening Sun. the head.”—New York We were in there celebrating the end of the strike. Ali went back next day, and late in the evening, when only Mr. Kokuk, Nan back on is usu- in at the family entrance and buy a flask of whisky. the was Mr. minister had reached the end of the per- bet Nan will be there. Wecall said Nan, who married, lar Nan’s eyes him, nothing, she blacksmith. see astonished when Mr. Kokuk asked the minister to marry them, but she consented we went on a strike again, all except Nan and The Rat. He said his wife was dying, and he had to earn what he could. It wasn't much, because he was a regu- a blacksmith. case “Ves, answered Nan. ‘**Let’s go in money. thin holes to her “hen how Mi. Kokut did plead for forgiveness! Nan said not a word for a long tine, but finally she turned about with a half sneer on her face and said: ‘TD jeff to see who pays for the ticceis te the theatre to-night.’ To jeff is to play @ game with type. Mr. Kokuk got stuc for the tickets, and I tell you he was tickled. They went; but they only saw part of the play. As they were walking along to the theatre they passed a parsonage. ‘Isn't that the man that preacaed the funeral sermon for The Rat’s chil- The Kokuk Banner. pock marked, up as to why Nan to get a bottlebeeinsof Rat's wife died.’ went to whisky. : continued SCIENCE AND PROGRESS. SUBJECTS OF PRESENTED GENERAL IN A SIMPLE INTEREST Extoruions in Chinese Prisons. A writer in The Chinese Times says of Chinese prisons that the amount of extortion that goeson in them is amazing, and the warders and others display surprising ingenuity in extracting money from the unhappy prisoners. The newcomer almost invariably for- gets to fee the night watchman, The consequence 1s, that sleep is rendered almost impossible by the terrible noise which is kept up outside his window all night, and he speedily apologizes for his forgetfulness and makes good the oversiyht. [f the coolic who cleans out the cell is not satisfied he collects all the insects he can find and introduces several hundreds into the apartment of his victim, who is then only too glad to call his services into requisition to get rid of them again, even at an exorbitant'price. Many of the warders and servants are criminals who have escaped capital punishment by the omission of the emperor to mark their names for death when the list for the autumn execution .is submitted to him. This list, which sets forth the name and condition of the criminal and the circumstances of his crime, is divided into three parts. The first contains the new cases, the second those which were not marked the previous year, the third those which have escaped marking for two years. It is said that the emperor marks about eight names in ten, and. that a man who escapes once is safe from subsequent marking, although he has to go down to the execution ground the two following years. The list is brought from the palace direct to the place of execution, and until its arrival neither criminal nor officials know who is to die, the unhappy victims only being sure of their fate upon hearing themselves called out to pay the last penalty. The prisoners who have escaped are imprisoned for life, but they have a very easy existence, and, as they are employed in the prison and share in the extortions practiced on other prisoners, they often amass considerable wealth.—London Times. A Simple Scientific ROCKLAND COLLEGE, Experiment. 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Implements for Gathering Microscopic Objects That Were Described and Recoiinended “by aC Motiber of the weve" Pe Microscopic * Society. Mr. Stephen Helm, of the Royal Micro-. scopic society, whois also a member of the%: microscopical section of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) institute, described at a recent meeting a simple and very efficient method of gathering pond life. Following is an illustrated description of the same, as originally given by Scientific American; . a Bh SSSR NSS BE ap Ses ah @ UY, ats, S seen W. H. BANNISTER, A. M., Principal. i Se ~ Dig PLONE g aS G2: 4 yy) ad thing.’ fellow, with eyes like two mourner, looking like a whipped spaniel, and said: ‘Nan, do you know what | think of ou? ‘+ No; and wiiat’s more, I don’t care!’ snapped Nan. ***Well, 1 thins you area saint upon earth.’ * *Do you snow what I think of you?’ said Nan, knocking about halfa handful of matter into pi, ‘I dont think any- us when we struck. We'took him back -out of pity, but no one loved him. Lank, cadaverous, Mr. that each Next day she was back et her case, type, Mr. done. .Here’s my regular rope. ain’t “Want to know she was the only color of canned any more moved and at evening, while she was distributing her nnmber. See! here is a slug eleven. Printers use their slug numbers to mark their matter; else how could they thake up their strings? A string? Oh, we paste all our dupes together, and that makes a string that shows what we’ve hair the could say and she looked handsome on a cheap .dress of black she had got for the occa- that’s Nan. She was Slug 11. Oh, no. Slug 11 wasn’t hear nickname. ’Twas than—well, than some Not exactly. just soso. he into them, and’—— carry the motion? Well, rather. ‘‘Never been in a printing office before, I suppose. What woman’s picture is you with member be assessed $2 to defray the funerai expenses of Rat’s children, and| that as many of the boys as could hire subs should attend the funeral. Did we SLUG NUMBER ELEVEN case, nearly all night Kokuk sprang up and As I draw near wit! gentle step, And head bowed, as her pose demands, I see that she kneels by a register, And is merely warming her hands. —Cornelia Redmund in Judge. that up angels drop down Her back is turned, so her clasped hands And her face I cannot see; Yet I feel in my intiost heart that that prayer Is raised to heaven for me. over sat them. I tell you, boys, printing offices have their cevils, but now and then I softly peep through the open door, that and fell all = oe eev ew aera small vessel, Cirer f . ine te. GATHERING MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. The objects are gathered by means of a wide mouthed bottle clamped in tongs attached to along handle, cane, or even a fishing rod. By means of this device mud can be removed from the bottom, the stems and leaves of aquatic plants can be seraped so as to remove animalcules, and objects can be readlly dipped from pools aud shallow places. To concentrate the material, Mr. Helm employs a wide mouthed bottle or jar provided with a perforated cork, in whick is inserted a.funnel for receiving the niaterial, and another funnel is inverted and placed within the jar or bottle, with its nozzle extending upward through the stopper. Over the lower end of this funnel is stretched a piece of thin muslin, and to the upper end is applied a short piece of rubber pipe, which is retained in a curved position by a thread tied around the neck of the bottle. The material gathered is poured into the funnel, the water escapes through the strainer, and the objects are retained in the bottle. Mr. Helm said. that the hooked knife (which we have shown in the engraying) was of great utility in cutting and fishing out parts of aquatic plants and submerged branches and roots, which axe often teeming with microscopic life. Danger of Fire from Iron Steam Pipes. The nature of the fire danger of all heating apparatus where flues or pipes are laid through or near wood work seems to be misapprehended by many who might be supposed to be well informed upon such a sub-., ject. One editorial writer, addressing an audience of artisans, compares the methods by which wood is set on fire by steam or hot water pipes or hot air flues to ‘‘the drip of water falling always upon the same place” gradually wearing the hardest rock. ‘‘Thus,” he adds, ‘‘a comparatively low degree of heat acting for years upon wood is able to first char, and then, under certain external influences, to set it aglow, and finally in flames.” ‘If his premise that ‘‘the temperature to which pipes and flues are raised is never. high enough to set wood afire” is true—and it doubtless is not far away from verity, says The Sanitary News—then the steadiness of the dripping would insure safety, no matter how long continued. Now, the manner in which a temperature too low to start rapid combustion in wood operates in originating a fire is by first 1educing the oxide of iron (rust) to a metallic condition. This is. possible only under certain external conditions, among them a dry atmosphere, Just as soon as the air is recharged with moisture, the reduced iron is liable to regain, at a bound, its lost oxygen, and in doing so to become red hot. That is the heat that sets the already tindered wood or paper ablaze. Where there isnorust there is no danger from fire witha less than scorching temperature in the pipe or flue. Hence the necessity of keeping steam or hot water fittings in good order. Insect Damage to Corks and which may be NS oS gG° BV Ee ghac conveniently Contractors and Builders. PIONEER ‘Steam Planing Mills. LUMBER VARDS. / o ts CO we ENE wy ON Ww" OS S e eV)QO OEEx Re SNe oo wy ENSNDR = 26, © & SY Sor we One Block East of U. C. Depot. 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A wood louse was also mentioned as a cork eater. The last named attacks them probably only after they have first been attacked by insects. The idea of substituting rubber corks for bark ones was brought up but not favored, because the rubber would be apt to spoil the flavor of the wine. 4 made out of a thimble. At the upper end is placed a ring of very fine, bright and clean iron or copper wire, supported by two other wires fastened into the cork. The ring should be about four inches in diameter. The apparatus is then placed in a vessel of water, and sand or fine shot placed in the thimble until it is balanced so that it floats with the ring from one-quarter to one-half of an inch above the surface. If the ring is then pressed down below the surface the tension of the film will be great enough to prevent the ring breaking through it; and it will remain just underneath the surface, which is pressed up a little and rendered sligutly convex. Now, if a drop of ether be placed inside the ring the surface tension is diminished, and the ring rises up through the water as if propelled by an unseen force. Some care is necessary to have this experiment succeed, the principal precaution being to have the wire ring perfectly clean and bright. It is better to sichtly grease it by drawing it through the, fingers. Bottles. At the monthly meeting of the Entomological society of Belgium, held May 7, 1887, Mr. Preudhomme de Borre presented a communication regarding insects which feed upon the corks of bottles in cellars, especially wine bottles. Different species eat holes through the corks, theerby causing the wines to escape. Two species were found in corks brought him from Burgundy. As a remedy he recommended the covering of the bottles with a bard and thick wax not subject to breaking or cracking. His closing words were: ‘‘For the love of the god Bacchus cover your bottles well, then, gentlemen.” While advising this remedy he had been disposed to believe that the ezgs of the insects do not pre-exist in ror? Jes" ven AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. In the cut here represented from La Nature is illustrated an experiment which shows the reverse of this phenomenon, and will well repay the slight amount of trouble necessary to prepare the apparatus. A good sized cork is taken, and to the lower end is attached a W. J. Tuddenham, Contractor and Builder, Mantles, Grates, Tile Hearths, . Ete., Ete. 39 S.West Temple St, SALT LAKE CITY. ! . day children Worked he the speaker. *and fus two sick, she cared for them. PRAYER. WEEKLY. Fog HER WESTERN PY Gein Set pes. . . Big Dia Senin es THE 2S |