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Show When Father Speara for Eiit. Wh.-n pnrk an' lamh .i.-.iN ,, I, .on An' ..Ili.r ,r,ln imii l...rl Tn . ill uv "any .--.1. Tro-n win ,t hi. r.-l r ,,', Mo liiimu' ,.i 1,1- H.-.-I-An- . way ,n ti II" .'M. k If dn.s hi. I,.,.k.l mi Hi' ! An' r.H. a hi r.ni.i.l li'ili-Thrn li'ili-Thrn li.n... mi nr. .ii lla " "P'sr In. Hlli -hl tu a l. lw--l--.it l.-.l". An Hi. n lir ).!. II In lli niu. I. H. itm-llm. n not mr- lli.ot tvl.-. An' mil will mir u l.i l...il ei-l A-wiulrmur on th lie. Thn t.a will li an p..k an' Jsb. An' wnlk Hr..iii..l II" h..l. A amlli iitin hlH arlxil.-il faca. An' ty an' by he ll lva a yank, Vt llrnrv.-r mi. Ill- f.-l. L'ntll ho nilr-l hi. lio.K'l full L:v frosn ciiiil.d els. An' failior h' plllea Ihem A meal uv'vlltl. Mirw lbs Ire I. IK, wa -an do down hrm. P n-rmp i-.iiiiniK.I with hli bit, An' ni-vir wniila f.ir nuatu; '('us h.n ho aln'l a-h.-U'ln' ma lis out a-spi-arln' rla. Myitery of Loat Bound. An eminent arlenllat nnilclng the myaterlmia way In which loiimla aomeiimea are lost In pace) recently undertook an Inlniestlng experiment In a halliKin. Me found that while allll within talking distance of earth all sound of the human voice was tptenrhed In Ihe mere IndUllnijuUh able hum of tho human hive. Kiually lost was the striking of clocks and ringing of bells, but a dog' bark rani out clearly. Ho. aluo, the bellow of a cow fur out in nme field would pen trato nhovo tho babel of a buay towa, while si-reechliig of railway whlatliw pierced the aky up to three miles and, gathered In from vaat areas, often renihed an Intensity poaltlvely painful. Tho atrangcHl of all acouatic phe nomena la the unaccountable llenre which aomeiiine e-iauea when sound I to bo exjiecled. In many casea It haa been proved Hint, apeaklng liter nlly, the loat aoumla leaning from a IMiint on a neat-oast were nut extinguished, extin-guished, for they wore heard distinct ly farther out at a.a. Heavy aalutes. unheard by people within twenty or thirty mllea have boon plainly auil Ihle at a much greater dlatiiiico, ami thla apparently not In a direction favored by tho wind. The aclentlst who conducted the balloon oxporl munt offers tho theory that condl lion of the aerial current rather than the dlniilon of tho wind are reaiHinalhlo for thesn pheiioiueli. Through a certain upper etralum measured by many hundreds of feel, i U Uiubd auaxmlta ol wlud, . wU4. strung and biting, and dead opposed to the main broad current. Tpe coplou commliiglltig of dry, cohk-r air with the warmer and mutator wind tho BflontlHt maintains, wa net'eanar-Uy net'eanar-Uy an otiaiiuo aound barrier, and when allowance I made for casual but powerful iipdraugliia thero would seem no difficulty In accounting lor flcaieneaa In the travel of auund. Oriental Paper-Making. In the matter of making and lining paper w- are not In Hue with tho t'bl-neae t'bl-neae and other Asiatics, who not only make tho finest paper In the world, hut apply It to all aorta of uses, nuking nuk-ing window panea, fans, umbrella, sandals and even cloaks and other garnicnte of It. ' The art of making paper from mulberry bant la aald to have been Invented In-vented In China In tho second century U. C. Afterward bamboo shouta, traw, gran and other materials weio also uaed. Tho manufacture spread to the adjacent countries. Tho Arab learned It In Snmarcaiid, and their learned men carefully kept secret tho process by which they made paivr fur their own use. The crusade mado Kurupo acquainted with tho art, and thn first paper mill lu Germany date from Hie twelfth century. To till day the pruccna of pajier-making pajier-making in thu east la simple and apparently ap-parently crude, the fibres being umi apart wllh tho fingers and tho pah, pressed ill soiuo such primitive i isj. trlvanco ua thu uno here Illustrate. Rain of Rate. A very atiungu pticuoincnuu bus occurred oc-curred In Algeria. In tho district round about liougle, during the pi, aagu of a cyclone, which wrought much damage. The natives who lud como Into Ihe town relate that duriig the lorm there was a regular hail of rats and mice. The story, on the Iv.i of It. appear Improbable, but ti0 wltneane who testify to ll truth o numerous that aome amount of credence must ho attached to It. m, stated that the rodent full In ,ttll great quantity that during the uiur- tor of an hour that the phi nenm lasted all the fields were ltifcslj Borne of the rals and mire were fom,j Impaled on the pointed atnkes en. ployed to separate one piece of laid from another. The uin'stlon nat. ally arises: Where) did tlio aulnis come from? Result of Lightning Stroke. On the night of Muy ; a storm pa ed over (lullhersburg. M,., Ihe 11,-bj nlng striking a large red ouk tree tn, stood about thirty fret from a vacan bouse. A Inrgo alnh was torn fio6 one side and was broken Inlo , largo pieces and hundred or smai ones, some thrown a ilmliini e of fort-yarda. fort-yarda. One plii e. twelve r. ,-t h.it. went entirely over lie house; , at rm k a lame in n near hv. ami th, heailent. ten feet bug d welghln, about seventy noiimls. si ruck against the closed shutter of a window, broke through shutters, aanh and alas. inrrylng all away, tore a largo hole in the celling, then crashed Inlo a window fraino on the opposite aide of ...o room The limber doing the damage was a 'stump piece," and had part of a root to t, the ground end having Mm, k. ihe house first. To do this It was thrown upward at an angle of about thirty five degrees, a the hole In Ihe celling shows. Thl aeema tu prove that the lightning panned upward from the earth to th cloud and not In the other direction. Th "Taaameter" Cab. rubllc automobiles operated In Merlin run at the same tariff as the droaehkiea. which go by horse power that la, about seventy rive cenla an hour. I.Ike moat of the llerlln public vehicle ve-hicle and I hone of other Herman clllea. It I equipped with a taxa-meter. taxa-meter. Thla device la a clock whose speed Is aiceleiated by an odometer attached to tho axle of the ,.i, Th. revolutions of the wheels mark th distance traveled, and according to tin diatanco you pay for the use of your cab. Tho clock's face la divided Inlo apace, reprea-ntlng one hundred pfennigs. Tho minimum face I fifty pfennigs, and the clock hand atari at tho fifty pfennig mark. When you bavo traveled a distance which according ac-cording to tho legal chedulo I chargenhle at fifty pfennigs tho clock hand Jump In fifty-five, and It continues con-tinues to move aa tio wheel revolve. If your cab stands still tho hand still gov, but at a slower rate of speed. Costly Neat For a Rat. From a double handful of tnttered plocea of green paper Major J. F. Finney, Fin-ney, the head of the aiib treasury In New York. I trying to determine whether the government owe Ihe paper owner a fortune or nothing at all. The fragmenta are all that I left of a hidden store of greenback which V. II. l.avlKiie of Itlvorslde. N. J., found tho oilier day In a barn he had Just bought. Ho waa looking over the building wheu a big rut Jumped across his feet. Ho fuund the holo It had come out of and looked lulu It. To his amazement he aaw a Inrge pile of bill flattened out against Ihe aide of tho hole, a though the rat had been nesting on them. He reached In and pulled them out, but they roll In plecea In hia finger. Mr. I.avlgno brought the piece to Major Finney fur redemption. He Ihliika they are wurth about 15.000. I K Is possmie. however, that the I money I too badly torn to be worth anything. Partl-Colored Sheep. In tho Camuroon district of Africa aro thousands of remarkablo sheep, and the Hermans who have aettlsd thero aay that they are usulul domestic domes-tic animals. There nr. V..I black and white and the other white and yelluwlsh brown, and they all differ dif-fer from tho ordinary sheep In the fact that they are covered with ahort smooth hair Instead of with wool, the rams being the only one among them which have a thick fleec around tho neck. A few of these animals wore recently re-cently lniKirted Inlo Germany, and are nut attracting much attention thore. Eatats For Orphans' Benefit. Tho will of Dr. George W. Kainaay, who died In Washington, Pa., a few duya ago, la one of the moat remarkable remark-able documenta of the kind ever placed plac-ed on record. A valuablo landed estate es-tate Is held In trust fur hi grand. nloco. At hnr death the ealate reverts lo the corporation of Washington county. I'ennsylvsnia, to be hold In trust In perpetuity for all Indigent orphan under 14 year of ago who aro descended from the fnther of the testator. After 2nd years all orphans born In the county of the age named are to become beneficiaries under this provision, the same aa literal descendants. Tho estate will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be very valuablo In 21112. Cat Fed It Mistress. Mr. B. II. I.ove of Oral Oaks, Nottoway Not-toway county, Va., vouches for this story of animal Intelligence and devotion, de-votion, and Mrs. I-ova Is the wife of a llaptlat minister. For some time she has boon In very poor health. Her cat seemed to real-izo real-izo hor condition and seined also to decide that something must be done about It. Instinct taught the animal that something to tempt the appctit wa of first Importance, so she turned turn-ed her attention In this direction. Almost every day siuie that time the cat ha brought a partridge or young rabbit and laid It at th (oet ut her mistress. Nod Made Will Legal, Surrogate Church has decided In the contest over the will of Mra. Virginia Vir-ginia Vilile In llrooklyu. that a nod of the bead waa auftlcleut to dispose of an estate. Mrs. Wilde left a small estate to her daughter, and her sun contested the will. When the will was uxecuted she waa suffering from a throat affection, which tuudo It dim-cult dim-cult for her In speak. When the will was prepared in accordance with what tne executor holleved wero her wiahea i id v un rend tn her. she nodded nod-ded her assent to Ua provlnlons and sinned It. the executor Holding her hand New York Aim Hum |