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Show lvn X and inoffensDe game. It r an en-I-f when play ml iu rely differ tint tWf 1ariile island. According 'O the DERIVED new Kngliah hiahop of Melanesia., FLAYINO - CAROS was howled out by one of the coo verb, FROM ITS ANKLE BONE. i - ' t to j Christianity at the outiwt of to first gam in Norfolk island, th- k lalnnitr frmttmmr Dvrlsree That native don't "flap their hand. Madera raatabaarda Hare fcvolvod p in token of appiaune. . 'll in Frvra Tfcla Carkuai Mere Cariosities whoop i mono like a shrill siren whistle than anything else. When at laalllw Caaaa ImpIvmeeW. J the batsman misses he leap abojit the crowd of onkokdr Who would suppose that playing whooping lo to hint. while he a wiit; and 4wk they -Him ere originally dsrUrd I coin hi head tettw perilf,i hjw-bround bauchle bone of btep Yt Jfyhj,ia r" the fact, if you do not beheve It, auk withinImagine what .Ntesart ethnologist, attached antic ofrange." fylin, Uu Norfolk iUpJ ar-- t wo'd 1 - to the university of IVnsylvania, who, be if they wore to acquire any knowlrrordutg to the Washington Star, edge of our national gatuo of baseball. )ta made the study of games, from the scientific point of view, bin ape SQUADRONS OF HORSE FLIES. knuckle bonf cialty. The ere familiar enough, being used to Scksa for Carry Isa DUmn this day by children in rarloue parts (atop of tfcv Kasrar. of the world. They are the ankle Some amusing particular of the inbonus of the sheep, end ere foureided. vention that have been offered to the It seems odd to And that, dine in French war office since 1871 hate re, Arabic are called by a name which cently been published in a French mans ankle bones. Nobody knows newspaper, the majority of which, ac tiow long they were first employed for cording to the London Court Journal, One day it Occurred are about equal to the Laputan scheme playing' games. to somebody that h rulte waa --hotter for plowing field, namely, by sowing adapted to the purpose. That must aoorns in rows and then turning in have happened In very ancient- - times, pig TO' root them up. 71Jno genius lor the Romans of old had dice which sought a patent for the training of were just like our own, eveu to the squadrons of horse flies. These auxarrangement of the numbers on the iliaries were to he fed exclusively pn faces L e., the six opjsMite the one, blood served up lieneath the delicate the five opposite the two, and the four epidermis of mechanical figures clothed in the uniform of members of opposite the three. observed the that of be will sum It tho triple allianca, so that "wficn in Europe wrt-any two opposite numbers lJ always' political relation even. This may have something to strained Die Abut might lie given io with the fact that, seven used to be a little of the juice of eertaiy ?fkison-o- u regarded as a magical mimter. Of plants, and on actuaoeclaratibn the respect accorded to it there i evi- of war b turned the path inf dence in many passage of the jyble, the enemy. ARvior ingenious person !The most ancient cubical die knows pro)OHcd gAwYibme for oduenting war " dates back to 600 B. C. thariT. 2,600 dqge. ,..ln time of peacy )ie would ear agol It wu .fount Id K aueyatu.Vq tyv&.'Freaclr war 41(4 lay Crock colony in Egy pt. Tho earll rtigure wearing 1russlan hclmci, in order that cm the outbreak ret dice were made in pairs, anl kfts, liko knuckle boqr,flo of of war tho kennel of tha whole coup-tr- y which was always from, jtoTight leg Plight be mobilized, and let lobe nl the other from tJj'jTt-f- t leg of the on tho enemy. Then tlc-rare e animal. Twody-'werusually empi"OiKal for bridging river ployed, bciyephcy were two knuckle by mean of pope, attache ,1, pcannon Gulin say tliat dice prob bones. ' Ivalls, and a photographel- kuggesta a lily originated in India, From that novel kind of captive shell, which, , ?,m Ttr' they were carrie 1 to (Tiiua, breaking over the fortified portion of whence they have been distribut'd all an enemy, would disclose . a small over the world. The Chinese are camera attachud to a parachute. The great gamester; they invented a enemys fortification would be instanmod if rat ion 6t tho dico, which I taneously photographed and the aprailed the domino, Iftt two dice face paratus hauled bark 'by tho string and aide by side and you have a domino. tha negatives developed at leisure. Dominoes are said to have been de Two idea are very inhuman. Ono is wl cd in the year 1120 of the Christian a scheme for sending large quantities ora. by a Chinese emperor . for . 1 ho of poisoned nesdlci, a If in charity, ranscment of hi wives. It U more to the enemys generals, who would, likely, however, that they merely ob- of course, distribute them to their tain vd the imperial approval at that forces, and 90 poison the unfortunate sla'e, users; and the other to jthai'ge explo' Many game are played in China on sive bullets with pepper. Two objects Ixmrd and diagram, tho moves being are pursued by the investor of tho thrown by throwing dice. In one of pepper its discharge would blind the ibe-- , called the table of tho promo- enemy and tho groat demand for the tion of official," a large sheet of jta-)- condiment In time of war woul stimuwill be used, on which are printed late the trade of tha French .colonies the titles of various officials and dig and increase the revenue of the counHilaries of the Chinese government. try. 'fliero are also many other Iffa-eare advanced or set hack ac- equally absurd proposals, such as sugcording to their throw. The story gestions for making soup by machintoll cbout the invention of this game ery, growing potatoes on barrack is ihnt the emperor Kienllng, A. I). roofs In lkwoinber an I killing whole 1750, was walking at nightfall among army corps of Prussian by but the house occupied by candidate for they are too niimrous to pot be mena . triennial examination at Fokin. tioned. .i II tring the ounl of dice throwing in ! I C.iastrf. ones of tho dwellings, he sent for the They had but recently bo vn married offender. The latter, ax an excuse, and the young husband was airing Tits . fold tho monarch that ho had his bride. An old . deaf a chart on which were writ- wttrbefore unknown to tha bride wa passten the title In the government. Ho man, I say, said tho husband, aid that he and Ills friend threw ing. the old man, you old dice, traversed the board according to idiot.'did you know your hat their throw, and were thus Impressed wasn't on straight?" Why Charlie? with the knowledge of the various Hood evenInterrupted tho bride. rank and stops leading to official said tho old man. halting, and ing," ' cmcnt. of tho Insult ; may I ak The emperor commanded him to unconscious if you saw a big rod calf coma along hi for the chart Bring inspection. roaT a minute or twoago? I've That night tho uhfortunate student, this lost sight of him, but 1 thought I whose excuse was a fiction created on l.ife. the spur of the moment, sat pencil In heerd him holler, .hand fin til daybreak and made a chart. TRICKS AND TRAIT3. which h curried 'to the emperor. The latter was pleased with the diliA New Turk widow Is said to wear gence of tho scholar, who - improved a pinch of tier husband's cremated re.hi mind even while amusing himself, mains in a locket and dismissed him wbh many, com-- . - The F.gypt!aui believed that tb tbr&latkma soul lived only" atong os The IsvdjT ike an ordinary domino of bone or endured, henej the philosophy of emwood, enlarge it, make it of paper.and balming the Wly to make it last as XI It ix'Oinx a play Ing card. r. C'ulln's long a possible. . et.idv of tjje sutvjwt ha led him to tho town authoriiiev of Itraddock, The xincUutiod That this is the way In Pa , have passed an ordinance imposwhich the playing card wa "brlgtna'ly a line of 87,' cents' for every pro ing with fene word used evolved, Tho evoliTlton by any person oa the linuckle bone, wldch became a cubicat streets of the town. ( lie; the latter wa transformed into a The editor of the Dalton. Oa, Ardotulnd, and the domino, in Its turn, in his paper: "Our coat . was mctamorphosiHl Into a raid. , A gue eeys new a needs tail, and one of our socks xloudno with two fives" oti H repre-aent- s the ten-- j ot" of the pack. The needs repairing. Can't, you help us with a little 'cah eq account? origin of vktng," queen" and jack" outA n s r. Kentucky grocer advertUes ii know n. rositly a Httjc.JIgH Snit sideTacTdleS,"' "TilcbtfiCOlnbV bo- - thrown- . iniay the upon mystery and trace chains, watch ti?e hairpins four the fact that sides of the Ty Ikn irkla boni arj cal!edJn ArahlcThe charms and'siedgehammers, hair oil vlxler," r peasant" and and blasting powdef.'einnatfloS drop "i.ih," .slave." The same natna are given and Colt revolvers." The mother of a family showe 1 ths Nto the numbers on tho cubical die, the six being the shah." One of the ticket collector on the 'railway a half-rat- e tickets for her Kwmesplajod with dominoes in rhlwa couple of children. The latter, after lookTwo i apparently the prototyjie of whist. Nobody knows whn dominoes and ing at them doubtfully, said: 'How wTirds were Introduced into F.uioj, old are they?" They are only six, Ah?" Then XVe, In America, get all our games and they are twins.," Trots Enrojsj; we Invent no games, after a moments pause the mah ini Poker is an old English game modi- quired, And where were they born?" fied. Mr, Colin says that there are no The mother, unthinkingly This one in New York and the otlnr new game; the brought out from was born ' Paris. in modifications year to year are merely A York New firm ' of wholesale of eld on s. (lames are originated in nightgown-maker- s have issued most of social primitive stages developadvertising card. It shows ment, (ine would naturally suojvose that a base ball field jvith grand stand and "bleacberies" filled with , an the spinning die. calk'd the toe " must be derived fnra the same admiring assemblage, of cranks and rooters, while oa the nina points of original 'source s the cubical die. are nine of The such Is not tho case.. My. the in and b-known 'members of the new A Via has traced th toe totem to 'on' rwh're it seems to have had, it Imgln-iing- . champion Baltimore club, each.aslecp different position, and each ln wearing only a nightgown of Ihf Wfc- -r 1 K Crick ansr-a- v .firm t make This charming fanei . Although we are accustomed here is entitledt "A Faultlessly Larne. I TIIE SHEEP TO BLAME iit aar-whoo- cl r 1 -j jfbila c - ot r con-druit- id bald-head- ad-w- -- te to-to- out-field- s st too regard cricket as d rather quiet COTSACK hr-s- Best" HORSEMEN, t Met Darlag j Mast Nat SmU KqaallMl kj CwSat. The prinHjial exercise in which tha OossacsT'exeel remindM me very mucliof 'wlmt 1 was familiar with at Point wiicn the boys were free to iddutge their taste for, gj moastic ou hofsetiack. - Our cadets, at least a large1 proportion of every clas, are guile a clever with thdrhorses a tKe I have seen them average ('os-ac- k. stand m the horse's baik and gallop fn ttiftr vwuit inland - out of th is reach down add pick object fro, u leap hurdle with the borne, alighting from the animal just before the hurdle i touched, and vaulting into the saddle a the horse dears the otsdade. 1 have also seen our West Pointer change horse while at full gallop, or oue take the other behind him. All these exercise I have aeen done not merely with the saddle, butTrlihout; and not merely in the riding school, but while riding out on country roads. These are the exercises in which the Cossack chiefly excels, write Poulteney Bigelow in the Century, and it may W added in parenthesis that the horse of the average Cossack resembles in many resjveces the degenerate beast which the government places at the disjositlon of the United states Cosaaek military academy. learns these trick 01-- a boy when be is allowed with- & mates lo ride the horses bareback to water, anti Ineiden-tsU'i-encouraged to indulge in manner of sport on the way. lie is eucouraged also to persevere in exercises of this kind, and to bo pre-- I csl to make' an exhibition of himself when a a aoldtc he is garrisoned iu town, where such exercises smack of the circus rather thau of the barrack-yard. The Cossack is so ofton pictured in the act of doing daring things with his horse that it ha 'become eonmion to think that all Cossacks are up to this work. As a matter of fact it is only a small and select portioh that keep up these exercises, and those aro embodied in a special section of the cavalry regiment, designated 'Ihvhigita' The Kiusran regulation of war order the encouragement of these acrobatic cavalrymen, jmrtleulariy when they indulga in any exercise which may he turned to practical account in war, as, for instance leaping over an obstacle and firing at the same time, or compelling the horsa to stop suddenly and fall to the ground, so that it body may bi a breastwork behind which the trooper may shelter himtolf. ct - C' y Tsl HI Paatawlma, When this gentleman got aboard of a Broadway car at Forty-secon- d street he must have been one of the cheer-Mocreatures In New York. He was was about 85 excellently years of age. Ho waved a hand blithely to aomo male friends standing at tha curb, and then, with a smile that lit up his face like a heliographio signal, put the same hand in his pocket and drew out a letter. It wa large and square, and as he opened it the odor of orri root filled the car a though aotne one had taken out of a big jar of sachet powder. Tho note was evidently not a long one, for he had read it and torn it into a hundred piece while the conductor wa ringing in hi fare. Then the heliographio signal wa cut off and even the fleeting summer' ruddiness seemed-- to fade. Every line of hi face that had gone up came down, his collar grew loose, and hi nerveless cuff siipjMd down over his hanging hands. And every one in the street car knew that she couldnt or wouldn't st the-stopjj- N. Y. Sun. At lh Clreaa elephant hit the bars of the cage a whack with What do you want? growled the tig''- - . Til 9 tiger his-trun- - Ha I APPEARANCES. a XatoJIwk of a ' F Off VISIBLE A Canaan A MOMENT. Which Delivers Jte Eire ami Lawar. Mai TUatt V Thea Disappear te He Brlotds. Sai" a gentleman whb is" well A remarkable invention I the Cro-acquainted in the mountain countries: zier disappearing carriage and gun. I noticed Tit the 'dry a fu'jtqiny since Captain Crozier is etatiom4 AsSVSr Isn fwiillsrltlw ,Aerdlo( an hftoruey from an Eastern Oregon Hook. His latest a gun ie i YSeli 'XuteoilItjrlThi CsVaSlao county who came here to appear be- now being tested there. The under-- Ij Botch fore Judge Fee in chambers. s He Ctrl Bold and lVirllti-T- V ing principle of the mofhanUm is wore a felt hat with no les than five founded ujnrn the geometric theories Arc Qoich. inches of brim. His neckgear was by no that, if a right line move so that two means such as would be furnished by of its jxtinta remain upon two other home women on ska to are. some- - a dty outfitter. Ilis coat wa a miser- lines, ' making an angle with eat-what hko thaddUle gird who sported a ablyfor pantaloons; other, the extremity of Any "other poor fit; and curt right la Ihg middle porat Ht the TiRJVtEg aead-- . They look . either veclvvecy bag is those pants hung Out conspicuThe trunnions of the gun ellipse. good." or else they approximate quite ously four or five inches below the are mounted at the ends oLlwo levers, AlOH'ly to horrid, say the Montreal knee and the dust of the street wa which in turn are mounted at their News, it really must be confessed swept by the lower centers on two hydraulic buffing edge trailing that the skato, as she now worn by along behind him. The moustaches cylinders, which are placed ono on tbe New York girl, i not always a worn by this attorney were and. of each side of the top of tho carsuccess. But there are extenuating course, are such as to lend a riage. The other ends Of these yet, circumstances. The New York girl fierce appearance to an levers carry the counterweight, a particularly in fact, a composite cosmopolitan, otherwise unique figure. As the lawmass of metal weighing 87,000 pounds, New York the Journal.Her yer passed along the street toward the says placed in tho center of the carriage, right foot may skate a her grand- court house,. some one inquired who carrying with them the trunnions of mother, a market woman of Holland, the person was and was informed he the levers' and raising the supjiortitig left while foot her did, may take the was a disciple of Blackatone. I counterweight, which is hpld in Its elestroke of her Scandinavian grandthere was an amused expres- vated jwsitionjty a system of pawls and thought father. Skating ha been one of the sion ou the ratchets. tTheu the counterweight is Inquirer's face. rights of women ever since they used Now I wish he could have gone released it throws the rear ends of the to strap long bones to their feet and with me to the lovers forward and uplawyer's house in one push themselves over the ice with a of the mountain towns. He would ward. The buffing cylinders are and ppinted stick, particularly has have been greeted by the lady of the drawn forward over their stationary been the inalienable privilege" Of a house in the most cultured manner. pistons to the front end of the carDutch housewife. , Entertainment would ha given evi- riage. At the same time the breech in skating Holland, however, is not dence of tho presence of refinement. end of the gun is carried up' by steel of a highly ornate order. This is be- A arms, whose upper ends are pivoted library would have been at the cause a prudent woman i not disdisposal comj)psod'of some of to the gun. ahd whoso lower ends are posed to attempt the evolution of the rarest volumes extant. And these to sliding blocks which move spirals and other figures when she has volumes would be found to' be as pivoted in circular groov es, and which maya basket of fragile eggs upon her arm. familiar to my friend the attorney as be raised or lowered to give the deBut the Holland girl goes in forsjteed, Mother Goose's melodies to the aversired elevation. 4 in proof of which statement there is a In the mind of this age When tho discharge oecurs the force person. once that a time two upon story could be found a wonderful of back recoil attorney throws the upper ends neighborly soul had a difference Over store of valuable information; facts of tho levers, which in turn force the the question of their resjiective skatdigestei and with tho meaning aud cylinders to the rear end of the caring abilities. Even the Dutch tem- bearing on men and events extracted riage and raise the counterweight to sometime gets stirred, and the therefrom; in short, ono of the most its per where it is original argument tinaiiy waxed exceedingly, remarkable minds I have ever met. caught and held by tho jiavtls and warm warmer, in fact, than the And tbcn T aould' cnjoy watching the ratchets' Neither the gun nor any vseuther, winch was clutching all the face of the. - matr aof the carriage is exposed above that inquiringcanal in a grip of ice. Tbe two went U'fore a jury and jart the protecting parapet except for the attorney dame continued the dinpute until a out a matchless and convincinstant of firing. The extreme elevarace wa arranged. - They were to poured Educated -- liberally, ing tion is fifteen jlegrecs; tha depression, eloquence. skate thirty miles, and to tho one cov- trained in West iolnt nine degrees. It is calculated that military acadtiie in distance tin shorter time ering and for year a captain in the two thirds of tho force of tho recoil a prize was promised of the finest emy regular army, later thoroughly edu- comes up in the hydraulic cylinder, pair of skates in Amsterdam. cated in the law. thut tall, peculiarly the other third being used in raising Tiie match came off. witli great accoutered lawyer would prove a most the counterweight. Ton rounds were eclat and a- largo attendance. The agreoabre surprise to one who came in fired from it in fourteen minutes and winning time wa two hours, and if contact with his disciplined and teconds, the most rapid any girl in New Amsterdam can do mind. Tho name of this personof any gun known. The shell is firing let show her her record Is It better, will occur to. all members of the 575 pounds. A noncommissioned, not quite likely that the familiar age bar. It is the same as the title to one offieer and eight men can handle the phrase, It beats the Dutch," originof i bir Walter Scott's best known gun. A reporter for the Now York in this little ated episode? not els." East Oregonian. Herald saw it tested the other day. Now, as has been said, the Dutch When the bar released the ratchet the women skate because it is the quickest The Jeweler's Carat.' rose in the air with an ease and gun means of locomotion between their The carat is a standard used by the grace that was astonishing. The exkitchens and the market. The Scan- jewelers to express both weight and plosion was deafening and the instant dinavian women skate because it is fineness. When it is used as a weight after down it came to it original pomost the rapid way of paying calls, it is equal to four grains, or a 120th sition with tho same gentle and graceand the Russian women rarely skate part of an ounce, In determinful motion, as if it were a mere toy at all. Tbe river in Russia flow sq ing the fineness of troy. precious metals, 24 being handled by a girt. swiftly that they seldom freeze, and carat is considered the highest even in the cities most of the skating standard of this Rmabnah 1,000 Iran Old. According purity. is done by the English and German. standard an The oldest known gold ring conof rose.When a Russian woman does skate, tains three parts of gold and one of bush in tho world is at Hildersheim, however, she can discount every other some base metal. Hanover. It was planted more than nationality in the beauty of her cos1,000 years ago by Charlemagne in tume. She is not afraid of brilliant HERE AND THERE. commemoration of a visit made to him color effects, and she and her furs are the Caliph It takes a snail fourteen days and by the ambassador It of inseparable. the year 818 a five to hour travel a mile. - In England skating is an art, not an was built around vault Charles Johnson, a industry. Tbe English girl is as adits sacred roots, and a few years later dicted to open air exercise as her negro preacher, is causing a a cathedral was built near by, so eloso, American cousin is to ice cream. She tion in Atlanta, Ga. Indeed, that the vine were trained Watt By the way, who wa the along its skates conscientiously, if not always stony walls. In the year with marvelous grace, and with her patron aint of fishermen? Wiggle 1146 tho cathedral was destroyed by-sisters may bo seen by tiie thousands DuUna Itjsn't Ananias, isjt? fire but. tha vino survived and still on the Serjventino and in Regent park. The time ' i cemlng when, by flourishes At present it is twenty-si- x The Canadian girl improves each methods already foreseen, we shall feet high and covers 300 square feet of shining hour of ice, but she often has store and make use of the heat of the the cathedral wall. Tha main stem, te have her skating area dug out of sun. hovever, after over 1,000 years the snow. A Canadian girl i a bold It wonld take a man seventy year growth, is only two inches in diame- and fearless skater. She is not so to pas through Harvard college If he ter, but it is said to be as hard as stiff as an English girt nor so luxuri- studied every course offered in the ivory. THEY BELONG TO MANV FERENT COUNTRIES,' DIF- - v dy 10-in- -- lffiS7WtiT-dP,$mtsr7:-a- n -- 1 i. - -- vis-ito- re - - well-fille- d nino-teuth- s '' Ir at liaroun-al-Rashi- coffin-shajte- d. d sen-.a- - ous as a Russian. She wraps un in the warmest of woolen suits, and pulls a festive toboggan cap over her ears. There is a streak of French in her blood, which makes her don bright colors and which put verve and dash into hor style. There 1 the girt who knows that she can't skate, and also knows that every one else knows it, but doesnt care a continental. She is going to learn. Sho has no manly arm to lean upon, so she embraces large section s; say-ing- ?" , rMl Look a T I wantel to know. replied the elephant mildly, If you knew we are in winter quarters? Of course do; what do you take mo for? Well,' smiled the elephant, ! dont have to take you for anything. but if I did. I snp forward. One cannnt help murmurpoo Id take you fur medicine." aud he blew a trunk ful of dust Intojhe ing, What are the wild waves as one watehes the circles her , tiger' cage. arms describe Jiuto never mind, sho will loarn. The Ilrltoa and III, Hl'k llat. No orthodox, respectable And, speaking of the manly arm. Briton would ever dream of going to church there are only two desirable positions on Sunday in a straw hat or a derby. with regard to a girt on skates. One Tall silk tiles are do rigueur, and i very dose to her Escort very close. ever sincq that inconvenient head- A woman's respect for a man never dress camo into fashion, at the be- readies a higher altitude than it dees ginning of the century. It has al- when she is perched on a pair of wobways been a problem a to how to disjjhe is not only ready to bly skates. pose of it in the most eon veil tint man-ne- r fall on his neek, but she actual iy does during divine servire. If one put it-i- t She fall ail ever him, in fact on the floor beneath theseat if gets Ami the timid dependence covered with dust, while if it is placed the haughtiest girl dines te a man on the seat it I Hkely to be sat ppont strong right am f ample reward for tn the Invariable delight and satisfac having ' that same- arm "pi ached Mark tion of ono'a fellow vrorshijiers. and blue In the process. The other position is one ol remoteLaad f the Snath. ness. One which absolutely removes The South contains over 200, 0 her escort from the reach of her acres of forest land over one-hadutches and kicks resulting from her of the woodland are of the United last equilibrium." , State. She ha almost an chiles vaNeUtj et CIkImUL riety, so far a quality i concerned. There I preserved by a private There are nearly 6,000 saw mills in in Baltimore Major Robert operation, employing over 78.000 family hand. The output of the planing K Irk wood certificate as a member of the Society ot the Cincinnati. The mills la 1890 was 22,000,000. certificate bears the - signature of tftpalrtoile. Washington. The parchment is T am afraid Bunk in hasn't much framed under glass and Is worn through in" places as though h had patriotism In hi composition." . So?" bee kept folded. The "major" wa a Ye I happened to say to him revolutionary hero of Delaware, and that this was the greatest country on a village of that state bear hi name. the earth, and the idiot wanted me to l.l(htkius Iran. explain why 1 thought so." A lighthouse lens of the first order A lira I h In. Is six feet in diameter and costs f i.250 Young Lady Doctor, can. you ree- - to 1.400; second order, lour feet ommend something that wiil make me en inches and costs 12,760 to $5, and tho third order, three feet three pretty ? Doctor Ye. Money. Two dol- - inches and costs from 11.475 to 8,- 64). Thors aro three other site s. lar, please. ' thank-goodnes- DECEPTIVE GIRLS THAT SKATE. O lf ev-55- 5, V catalogue. There are about ten lawyers in New York, thirteen in Boston and more than twenty-fiv- e in Uhicagot It has been estimated that it will men working every require eighty-fiv- e day until 1947 to unearth the entire ruins of Pompeii. One-o- f the most popular clergymen in Birmingham, England, is a negro - Rev. Peter Stanford, pastor of the Wilberforce Memorial church. lit report ot Captain Pratt, superintendent of the Carlisle Indian school, show tha attendance Is 6U2, of whom MS are 'boys and 244 girls. Forty-fotribes are represented. A socialist in Northampton, Engnotified the poor land, recently guardians of the town that he was about to commit suicide, provided they would guarantee him a decent ur funeral In the Forum Dr. George F. Shrady says that Dimsdale, a prominent physician, of London was called to vucri'tate the Empress Catherine IL IIousj lav on I eavev The peculiar deposit ofton noticed on the upper surfaces of leaves; as peeialiy upon those of the basswood and the hickory, has been accounted for in two ways: By the excretion of a species of minuto insect , balled aphides, and also as an exudation of the leaves themselves. It may be truthfully said that the cause of this exudation, which is a saccharine liquid of wonderful swootnoss, is still aaunsolved lotanicai mystery. Gray says: It seems to be caused by something jteculiar ia the atmosphere, and occurs most frequently on trees grow- log upon islands in temperate latitudes." -- e -- Ihv etna Dmi Mora Forward. The clam is commonly taken for an examjtle of all that is unprogressivo, but he is by no means a stationary creature. Every man bred at tho seaside knows how a clam left upon the sand will utterly disappear by sinking him-e- lf below the surface; but tho clam also has forward movement, utuL- - will trave- lthirty --Jeefc course of a week. The large mutclo of the clam, which helps to make him indigestible is hl jdngle Leg, and by . the aid of this ho makes his progress. os s Csroon Start One of the most successful illustra tors for tho. humorous papers was once a bank clerk in Fhiialelphkw He used to amuse himself and his fel- - . low clerks by caricaturing the custo- inert of the bank. Some of his friends at length seht a few of his sketches to a humorous weekly of New York, anil a check was promptly returned for the pictures. That started the Illus- . a lad of 11 years. Jeremish Fisher has resigned his Carver cotton' gi n position" company of East Bridgewater, Mass., on aceooat of failing eyesight.' HO is 90 years of age, and made the 'first gin ever manufactured ia IRe work. Oronyatekha, a Mohawk Indian, who lives in Toronto, draws StO 000 a year as a supreme offior of the Order of Foresters in Canada, and has an income as a practicing physician. Be looks 45, ami ia suspected of being over 7ft . . Artificial whalebone is now being trator on and made from leather, which is soaked soon became his sole occupation. after for two or three days in sulphate of potassium, slowly dried, subjected to I lln. a high temperature and then to a In the museum at Mayeneel Glare heavy pressure, which makes it hard many, there are several and elastic. , . piles which were used by the Romans The scientists of a European expe- 2,00 ) years ago in the construction of dition now in Ecuador hare been a Iridge' near that place. making analyses of ashes which fell 150 miles away from Cotopaxi at the hiiuitlt Hvrw Collar. A pneumatic horse collar finds favor time of its last eruption. They have found them to consist mainly of feld- with many horsemen, and the animal spar. quartz, maquetite and specular themselves seem to appreciate it, as iron ore. One sample yielded silver . I 3 justs Itself to every motion of tho at the rate of soo grains to the Von, J neck, in'-th- -- r, Iron-Tipp- illni-trating- " ed iron-tippe- - d |