Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1884 — Page 3

gljeJlcmorraticScntmcl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, ... Publishes.

The reskleace of Mr. M. R/eks at Mansfield, 0., caught fire on the roof, and Miss Willie Ricks, a delicate young lady, ascended to the roof by means of a tree, and, tearing off the shingles, put -out the fire, saving $5,000 worth of property.

Cardinal Manning has passed his seventy-sixth birthday, and has now begun to find that “the spirit indeed is ■willing, but the flesh is weak. ” He has broken down in health, and the physicians have required him to cancel all his engagements to take a necessary rest.

A farmer on the Pratt grant, near •Chico, Cal., has on his ranch a 6-year ■old filly which has been suckling two mule colts for the past three months, and is becoming poor in flesh. The •colts do not belong to the filly, as she /never had a colt of her own, and has never been in a condition to have one, which makes the case of her giving snilk the more peculiar.

A curious Indian of Belleville, Ontario, recently placed two ties and a bowlder across the track of the Grand 'Trunk Railway, so that he could see them fly when the express train came /along. The ties failed to fly, however, and the train came near being wrecked. Subsequently lie was arrested and convicted for attempting to wreck a train, and received a light sentence in the -county jail.” A. Dakota farmer in 1-881 planted a /single grain of wheat in one of his oatfields. From it grew twenty-two stalks, -each one bearing a full head. These yielded- 860 grains, 760 of -which were planted tile next-year,' producing onefifth of a bushel of splendid wheat. This was planted last spring, yielding seventeen bushels, making 1,020 pounds -of wheat from one grain in three years.

The Rev. Jame 3 P. Smith, speaking at Fredericksburg, Ya., of “Stonewall” Jackson, told this story: “Jackson’s power of self-control was wonderful. One day a warm friend and admirer ventured to ask him which way the army would move the following day. ‘Can you keep a secret, sir ? Jackson. ‘Yes, sir,’ said the gentleman, supposing he has about to obtain the desired information. ‘Then, sir,’ cetorted Jackson, ‘so can I,* ” >■ The etiquette of funerals in Mexico -does not permit the female relations of' deceased’to Only men attend thedeparted to the church and the tomb. Funerals are. so expensive that often ruin business men. All feaaaie relatives, even to cousins and ■children, must wear deep mourning for During the mourning none of the ladies of the household sedn in public. Bodies are buried encased in laces and decked with precious stones. ’. *..j&r'A , j < , - * The late John W. Garrett was brpught into close personal relations with President Lincoln during the war, Mr. Lincoln was once appealed to by a deputation of alleged Baltimore Republicans to take the road out of Mr. Garrett’s hands for pseudo-political reasons. Mr. Lincoln’s reply was brief and to the point. “When any or all of you," said he, “have done half as much to aid this Government as John W. Garrett I may consider your request.” While England is discussing the abolition of the House of Lords, Japan is rehabilitating her nobility, and admitting to its ranks the most distinguished civil and military officials who took part in the work of the restoration. By an imperial decree of July 7 the old titles of the nobles are abolished and replaced by the five new titles of Prince (Ko), Marquis (Mo), Count (Haku), Yiscount (Shi), and Baron (Dan). The total number of nobles is 500.

In law, as recently laid down by the English courts, says the Current, if one partner in a firm sell out to the other, reserving the right to go into the same lino of business as a competitor, the “good-will” of the business is seriously depreciated in value, and often entirely destroyed by .his reservation. The retiring partner may, under such an agreement, use all his knowledge and personal influence to take business away from the old house, and cannot be enjoined- The fairest way is for the retiring partner, in consideration of a certain agreed sum, to bind himself to keep out of that particular line of business for a term of years.

A coekbspondent writes to Nature: "Last night I rescued a frog from the claws of a cat, and, to my great surprise, it turned, and, after gazing at me a few seconds, jumped slightly toward me, halting after each leap and looking up in nny face. It thus gradually approached, and in about two or three minutes had attually climbed upon one

of my feet. Its mute appeal for protection was most remarkable, and could not possibly be misunderstood. ”

A young man of Greece, N. Y., who has for two years past shown signs of mental aberration, recently attended a wild-west show. On his return home he secured a - gun and repaired to the show, where he gave exhibitions of glass-ball shooting, as he said. His mode of shooting was unique and very amusing to the spectators. He would throw up the gun as high as possible and then throw stones at it. After two hours of this tedious work he gave up the task in disgust, and after remarking that he could not break a ball, threw his gun into the lake.

The disgraceful retreat of the Washington militia from Bladensburg when the British approached that place, and the contest as to which army should reach the capital first, was for years afterward a sore topic to those engaged in it. At Baltimore, an association was formed called “The Defenders,” but the Washington soldiers did not defend their homes, so they called themselvei “The Survivors.” One by one they have died, until, of the 133 members in 1855, there are only five survivors, and two of them are so feeble that the asso elation will not meet again.

The amount of lawful money on deposit in the Treasury for the redemption of the notes of banks reducing circulation is $24,464,988; banks in liquidation, $12,882,410; failed banks, $889,983; total, $38,247,381. The state ment of the United States Treasurer shows gold, silver, United States notes and other funds in the Treasury as follows: Gold coin and bullion, $215,952,064; silver dollars and bullion, $146,580,726; fractional silver coin, $29^551,197; United States notes, $37, 913,492; National bank notes, sll,133,484; deposits with national bank depositaries, $10,375,201; total, $451,503,164. Certificates outstanding: Gold, $87,806,690; silver, $86,095,981: currency, $15,250,000.

The horriblfe stories bf’tfSe' cannibalism of the Greely party in the arctic regions are now supplemented by the details of a similar atrocity on the sea. The yacht Mignonette, an Englisft bifiat bound for Madeira, was wrecked on the sth of July and the crew took to the yawl, saving pnly one can of turnips in the way orrocra. For two or three days they ate nothing, and then when hungei was fast reducing their strength they devoured their smutty ration. When this was gone and they wore again on the verge of starvation they caught a large turtle, on which they subsisted for ten days. T£ey had neater and they suffered much from thirst. - With the party was a cabin boy named Parker, who, notwithstanding repeated’ farmings from his elders, persisted in drinking salt water. Finally lie fell "sick/and when the turtle was gone and the men ; 4r w S 3 f) St jC were desperate with hunger the captain suggested that they draw lots to set who should’offer himself a sacrifice foi ■ the others. This met with an unfavorable response, all agreeing that it would be better to die together. The nexl night the captain renewed his proposition and it wa? rejected. Toward midnight he suggested the boy, who was sick, might be killed, but the men begged’'hTm to wait until sunrise to see what the day might bring. At 6 o’clock on the 25th of July, no sail being visible, the captain again broached the subject. The boy was asleep in the bow of the boat. No one then opposed the murder, but all refused to do the cutting. The captain himself then crept toward the lad stealthily with knife in hand, and plunged the blade into his throat. As the blood trickled out the famishing sailors caught and drank it. Then they devoured the wasted body. On the morning of the fourth day after this they spied a sail, and their signals having been seen, they were picked up. The crew of the rescuing vessel buried the remains of the boy and did everything in their power to relieve the sufferings of the survivors, which were great. The men were unable to walk and their pain was excruciating. When they were landed in London they were promptly arrested for murder. It is expected that their trial will be a very interesting one.

Underclothing.

No one should sleep in the same underclothing in warm weather that is worn during the day. Cool, well-aired nigM clothing is very essential to good rest in summer. A frequent change of underclothing is also very necessary to comfort at this time. If one is not provided with sufficient underwear to change every day, two changes can be worn several days by wearing them alternate days and thoroughly airing the suit not in use. —Nellie Bums, in Arthur's.

Miss Eulali/A — “l don’t see what the men can find to admire in that Miss Hansom to call her the belle of the Springs. I think she’s just horrid.” Miss Eudora—“So do L She is so disgracefully vulgar.” , Miss Eulalia—“l had not noticed that.” Miss Eudora —“ O, her vulgarity is simply unendurable. What do you think? The other afternoon when we were playing lawntennis, she actually got in a perspiration.”

WOMAN GOSSIP.

Her Reason for Reaving. “Why, Mary Ann, I'm much surprised That you should wish to go; There is no reason that you should— That is, none that I know— You have but three to work for, and The work is very light, With nothing to disturb you from The morning till the night" “Sure that’s all true, mum, an’ that’s why I do be lavin’, tur ”Tis dread :ul to be stavin’where There’s not a bit of stir. I’m going back to my ole place— Oehl that’s the place for noise— Eight children, mum—yes, mum—an’ six Of them foiu tightin’ bovs. “An’ thin the master an’ his wife— It’s but the truth I speak— Do have a loive.y, ’.earin’ quar’l At laste once a wake. Faith! hut it’s like the owld oonnthry, Wid plisint noise an’ riot; An’ back I’ll go, an’ not stay here To die of pace and quiet." — Harper's liaiar.

Privileges of a Hat. “That hat is too tight for me,” exclaimed Crimsoiibeak, as he was leaving for business in the morning. “Well, my deqr, you shouldn’t complain,” replied his shrewd wife. “Why not?” asked the man, tryifig to press the headgear down in place. “ Why, if you can go out at night and get tight you must expect your hat to take the same privilege in the morning.” —Yoiikers Statesman. Easily Satisfied. She (after they had been married two years)—“l guess, Charlie, darling, that I’ll try and get a place as table girl in that restaurant down town where you get your meals. ” “Why, what in the world possessed you to think of such a tiling?” “Because, Charlie, if 1 was down there with all those pretty girls I know you’d find time to run in and see me two or three times a day.” Charlie took the hint. The Smell of Boiling Cabbage. Here is a pieoe of information for housekeepers. We have tried it several times. Every one knows how disagreeable the odor of cooking cabbage is. All your neighbors can tell when you are going to have cabbage for dinner. If you put a small piece of red pepper in with the cabbage there will be no smell. The pepper absorbs the odor of the cabbage. Don’t put in too large a piece of pepper, however, or the cabbage will bo hot.— Cor. New York Sun.

toress and Complexion. The color of skin can bo greatly modified by the color of the bonnet and drees. A complexion can bo improved or injured by colors worn in close proximity to it. Pink or rose red put in contrast with rosy complexions causes them to lose much pf their freshness, unless separated from the skin by White lace. Dark red is lesg objectionable than rose red, because it imparts whiteness to a rosy skin. - When a complexion lacks color, light green tints will greatly help; but green should never be used when the face is sufficiently rosy, because it will- cause it to appear too red; if, however, the green be very dark, it may be used, as it imparts whiteness to the skin. Yellow should never lie used where ilie, skin is fair, because it gives to it a violet appearance, and makes it look dull and heavy, but , may be used in case of brunette, or those of the blackhaired type, because it gives a rosy eflfedl'to their skin. Violet is perhaps one of the most objectionable colors, unless it be very deep in tone, because it imparts a greenish-yellow to all complexions, and especially to trie fair.Art Amateur.

Light Work for Women. The field for the employment of women, says the New York Commercial Advertisei', is constantly increasing, but, unfortunately, as the candidates for positions, multiply, the wages decrease. Women who, five years ago, were enabled to make $lB to $22 a week in some special branches, where men had theretofore been employed, now are paid from sl2 to sls. Still, as the occupations for women multiply more livings are made in desirable and womanly employments than ever before. Among the better paying occupations for young women type-writing ranks well to the fore. The type-writer has been brought to its present perfection within.five years. At first it was bought by a few real estate agents and lawyers, and discarded, after a short trial, as it required considerable skill to be operated. To-day about 800 young women use the type-writer. The field is becoming somewhat crowded, however, and it is advisable to combine stenography with typewriting. Girls who are expert typewriters, find employment ih law, insurance, real estate, and business offices. The commercial agencies'employ about 100 of them. The hours are from 9in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, and the labor is rarely fatiguing —far less tiring and exciting than telegraphy, and usually better paid. Type-writer operators receive from $8 to sl2 a week, a 1 though in some special instances when the operator is required to make herself generally useful, to keep books, to file documents, and to answer questions the pay is better. But it is now difficult to find employment as a type-writer operator simply. Young women who are fair stenographers as well as type-writer operators may be had for from 15 to 25 per cent, more . pay, and naturally a lawyer or business man prefers a stenographer who may act also as an amanuensis. Stenographers readily obtain employment as type-writer operators at salaries from $lO to sls per week, sl2 being the average, and even $lB or $25 being paid for specially proficient young women, who are able to answer correspondence without dictation and to transact a secretary’s duties. Women who combine ability as type-writer operators and stenographers have a large field, and may always readily find employment. Another class of women operators open offices for copying legal documents and business circulars; but it is a hazardous undertaking, as are all such office businesses. A young woman should have money enough to pay

SIOO for a type-writer, and office rent for six months, besides her living expenses, for it takes time to obtain patrons. Unless she has a large circle of professional acquaintances she had better content herself with working for a salary. Helpmeets or Companions? The daily papers are constantly sprinkled and stained with records of quarrels between husbands and wives, says the Philadelphia 'limes. Divorces are as frequent as they are destructive of every finer domestic feeling and debasing to every higher quality of human character. And the cases of domestic tragedy that get into the papers are as units compared with the unwritten thousands of cases that ache themselves out to some sanity and charity or into silent graves. Plainly the remedy for all this is neither in multiplied divorces, which simply multiply the wrongs, nor in bachelorhood and prostitution, nor in polygamy. Perhaps the reform, if any is possible, must oorne from a different view of the marriage relationship, from a renewed and higher conception of domestic duties, or a sort of swinging back to the old biblical conception of things. No man in his senses will war against modern education. No man who has tasted the advantages of knowledge will throw anything, even a hint, in the way of others who are seeking the same possession. But that modern education in its purely narrow secularism, with its eye on individual rights rather than on individual duties to a higher law in the first instance, has invaded the sanctity of marriage vows few people will deny who have watched the business in communities where the secular ideas have had most perfect sway. The old notion of a wife was that she was a helpmeet. The modern termagant idea is that she must be a companion or nothing. There is more difference in these two conceptions than at first sight appears. The secular person says, “Certainly, there is. Your Bible idea Was that the woman should be a drudge to her lordly husband.” So the secular person gets in his abuse of the Bible, and, at the same time adds to his own poor blindness. Plainly, the scriptural idea of a wife as a helpmeet was that in all conceivable ways, and especially in the temper and tone of her life, she should be a joy and an inspiration to t&ie bpsbarnl, who as shepherd or wan’ior or mechanic or priest, was recognized as the main burden-bearer in the outside

world. ■ ,•; ■ , Because to-day there are, perhaps, a larger number of women who take up the burdens and carryTliein, that,does, riot alter the essential, pMWailing,«ocl order of flaihgs. Nor does it )#that woiperi the Wond operate any more fitted for companions to men in the sense of sharing the actual world’s work than were of old/ Mrs. Carlyle wanted to be a cpmpaniou| to her Thomas; and so riaad* his litre miserable and her own. If, instead of prating about companionship and stitching his boots forspite, she wrought the hidden charm of her nature into his weary hours, Mr... Fronde would * (jleof||e Lewis the companionship theory and sunk the best of- both their lives in the business.’ So did John Stuart Mill and his Mn):Taylor. These are rioted examples'that little people of chromo culture are aping, and so setting burning examples for a giddy world. Perhaps there’ is a distinction* worth considering in the contrast, of this old Bible and this modern idea of marriage, and -the ypuug people, at all events, Way as well look at the vision through both glasses for awhile.

What Is Congregational Singing? ' .From an “Open Letter” by Eugene Thayer in the Century, we quote the following: “Everybody iB ready with a reply. 7®* lew will give a correct one. In the many chUrfehes where congregational singing,has been attempted, and alleged failure has been the result, tlTe first essential has been lacking, namely,: a congregation. A few worshipers scattered over an auditorium fkr too large for them do not constitute a congregation. A congregation is such a number of people as completely fills the edifice or room in which they are gathered. Five hundred people in some charming country cnurch or chapel would at home make a congregation. The same persons in Dr. Hall’s church in New York City would not be a congregation at all; and their singing in the latter place would be practically a failure, however fine and effective in a church which they filled. If a church seats 5,000 people, there must be 5,000 people in it to have any congregational singing in the true and proper sense of the word. Singers may be likened to gunpowder. Condensed in tho pistol, the thimbleful of powder may produce marked effect; a barrelful scattered over the lawn will not injure him who may apply a torch to it. Our singers, whether choir or congregation, mußt be compact and together if we would realize our just expectations. Therefore, let us not attempt congregational singing until we first have a congregation. This essential lacking, let us, with or without money, get a choir to do for us what we shall fail in attempting ourselves.”

He Was Insane.

“What occupation has the defendant followed?” asked the attorney for the defense in a case of petition for the appointment of a conservator. “He carried a hod for $1.50 a day,” replied the witness. “Had he succeeded in saving any money ?” “He had saved up $1,000.” “Well,” said the lawyer, pointing his index finger at the nose of the witness, “do you swear that you believe the defendant to be crazy ?” “I do,” said the witness, firmly. “What did he do to make you think him insane ?” “He threw down his hod and started a country newspaper!” “That will do,” said the court; “put him in the asylum and the conservator will be appointed.” —Paris Beacon. Thebe can not be a greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse. — Locke.

Taking the Starch Out of ’Em.

A knot of idlers stood upon the ena of a pier which ran out into the Hudson River,’ in one of the small towns near Albany, amusing themselves with hurling stones into the broad stream, each vying with his neighbor in the endeavor to pitch the missile to the farthest distance from the shore, when a tall, rugged-built "Vermonter, direct from the green hills, suddenly made his appearauce in their midst, and for awhile remained a quiet observer of their movements. He was a very brawny, strong-look-ing Yankee, and was very decently clad. The efforts of the little party had been exhibited over and over again, when the stranger picked up half a brick which lay near him, and giving it a jerk, it fell into the water a long way beyond the line which had as yet been reached by the foremost of the crowd. At the conclusion of this feat, a loud “bravo 1” went up from half a dozen voices around bim. It was a cold clear day in October, and the men, determined not to be outdone, renewed their attempts, but the Yefmonter, without saying a syllable to any one, continued to pitch pebbles far out into the stream, which seemed to annoy one in a green jacket, the apparent leader of the gang, wlic declared he “wouldn’t be beaten by a fellow right and straight out of the woods, nohow;” and sliding up to the stranger, he determined to make his acquaintance. “Where do you come from, neighbor?” he asked. “Me? Wal, I hails from Vermont, jes’ now, friend.” “Ain’t been in these parts long, I reckon ?” “Wal—no. Not edzactly yere—but up and daown, sorter.” “Yis, so I 'sposed.” “Yaas,” continued thegreen’un, carelessly, and seizing a large billot of wood, twirled it over his head, and it landed several rods from the shore in the water. "Yofc’ve a little strength in yOUr arms, neighbor.” “Some ‘punkins’ with them flippers, stranger; up in ourtaown a muntli ago, I.driv them knuckles right strait thru a hoard more’n a ninch’n haff thick.” “Haw, haw!” shouted the hearers, the man in the green jacket laughing the loudest. , “Maybesrou don’t believo it?” “Not milch,” answered the crowd. “We ain’t very green down here in York—we ain’t,” said the fellow in the green jacket-; “we’ve been about, you bet.*'“Wal, jes’look here, friend,” con- I tiftued the Vermonter, in the most p|ausi^j||]iianner; “#fe, in aour country, wfeyj| got A'.jaufty big river, considerin’ you’ve liearn on it. Wal, I hove a man clean across that river t’other day, and he o*mo down fair scrnaie on t’other sffie” .. - #' 'I % “Ha, Ha, lia,” yelled .the njnitjjbsl “Wal, naow, you may faff,but 1 kin deu it agin.” said jacket “Done,” said the Yankee, and drawing forth n. bill /iinnn a hrnlten. downEast bank) he covered the sfim-pleeter. - “Ken ye swim, feller?” “Like a duck,” said the green jacket . —and without further parley the Vermonter seized the knowing Yorker stoutly by the nape of the neck and the seat of the pants, jerked him from his foothold, and with an almost superhuman effort dashed him heelsover head, from the end of the docks, some two yards in the Hudson. A terrifio shout rang through the crowd as he floundered in-the water, and amid the .cheers and screams of his companions, the ducked,loa er put back to the shore and scratched up the bank, half frozen by this sudden and involuntary cold bath. “I’ll take that ten-spot, if you please,” said he, shivering rapidly, to the stakeholder. “You took us for greenhoyns, eh ? We’ll show yoii how to do things here in New York.” And the fellow claimed the S2O. “Wal, I reckon you won’t take no ten: spots jes’ yet, cap’n.” “Why? You lost the bet.” “Not edzactly. I didn’t calkilate on deuin’ it the fust time—but I tell yo’t I ken deu it,” and again in spit# of the loafer’s utmost efforts to escape him, he seized him by the neck and the Beat of his overalls, and pitched him three yards further into the river than upon the first trial. Again green jacket returned amid the shouts of his mates, who enjoyed the sport immensely. “Third time never fails,” said the Yankee, stripping off his coat; “I ken deu it, I tell ye.” “Hold on 1” said the almost petrified victim. “And I will den it—if I try till tomorrow mornin’. ” “I give it up l” shouted the sufferer, between his teeth, which now chattered like a mad badger’s—“take the money.” The Vermonter very coolly pocketed the stakes, and as hp turned away remarked : “We ain’t much acquainted with you smart folks daown here’n York, but we sometimes take the starch out of ’em up our way—and p’raps you wunt try it on strangers agin. I reck’n.you wunt,” he continued, and putting on a broad grin of good-humor, he left the company to their reflections. ” —Hare Bits.

Three-Story Names.

The •women with what the irreverent call three-story names increase in number without any sufficient reason. Nobody is to be blamed for having a double baptismal name, but why should a woman who was a nobody before she married think it necessary, after having found a fitting mate, to couple her name and his together? —Kansas City Times.

Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist, but by ascending a little you may often look over it. So it is with our moral improvement; we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit which would have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.

A HAIR’S THICKNESS.

A Delicate Machine in the Post office Department and Its Use. A curious little machine in the office of the chief of the stamp bureau of the I’ostoffice Department is the cause of the cancellation of the contract of the New England firm with the Government for furnishing envelopes to the Postoffice Department* It is a queerlooking contrivance—a cross between a set of butchers’ scales and ordinary grocer’s scales, or, rather, a combination of the two. There is a larger dial, like the face of a clock, with the little hand that flies around the face pointing to the figures at the side, which are arranged like the figures on the clock face, with little dots between. “You see three dots?” said the gentleman in charge, inquiringly. “Well, the space between these indicates one-sixteen-thousandth of an inch. Getting it down pretty fine, isn’t it? Yon see this movable piece of iron here, which comes down with a smooth surface upon this other solid surface? Well, the raising or lowering of that moves the pointer which runs round the dial. To test the thickness of a sheet of paper, we simply place it between this movable piece and the solid surface below, and when the movable piece of iron comes down upon the paper, the hand registers the true thickness of the paper. Delicate instrument? Well, I should think so. Just give me a hair from your head, will you?” Then he took a hair and slipped it deftly between the movable pieces. The hand on the dial followed the motions of the screw until it stopped at the figures 20. Just 20 10-lOOOths of an inch in diameter,” he Baid. “Now let mo try a hair from your mustache. They are generally much larger, especially if you have been in the habit of shaving.” He took up a pair of scissors and clipped off a hair from the mustache and placed it iri position. The hand stopped at 50. “Fifty 16lOOOths of an inch thick,” he said. “That shows thq effect of Bhaving. I measured a hair from the hand of a gentleman a few minutes ago which was 10 16-lOOOths thick, hut those in his mustache were precisely the same thickuoss, the reason being that he had never shaved. Yes, that is the machine that proved that the firm making our envelopes was not fulfilling its contract,” he said, as he foil back admiringly. _ . “Bv this dial wo can sqp just the thickness. By this lever, which is very much like a pair of grocer’s soales, we can tell just what pressure the paper will stand. You see, we have two other movable pieces of iron lifer#, with a holo entirely through both, and a plunger which passes through that hole. Well, we put the paper between those pieces, which, when they arb pressed together by this lever, hold ‘lit firmly. The plunger, which pasiefc through the opening in the two pieces of iron, encounters this paper tluui firmly held. To know what the pressure is, we have the plunger attached to a scale lever with a weight attaoMfi like an ordinary pair of scales, and, by moving this weight out along the lijver until the paper breaks, of course we cgn see just what the weight is tbit made it break. See! Very simple ftfwr you understand it. Well, that is wfckt the paper-makers thought after tfyfeT had lost an SBO,OOO contract by it. It woe a new thing to them, but they, acknowledged that they were beaten when they saw it. ” This delicate instrument, only itmcently invented, is a companion pifQe .to the Beales in the Assayer’s office pf the Treasury, by which the weight of hair is accurately tested. —Washing ton Post.

A Private Railroad Station.

"We made a singular discovery the other day,” remarked an official of a road running into Chicago.) "About three miles beyond a certain station on pur line there is a farm-house by the side of the track. Just beyond the farmhouse is a littlo creek, over which there is a small ■ bridge. About four years ago some repairs were made to that little bridge, and, of course, the bridge gang; , had to put up a signboard‘Bun Hlow,’ on either side, during the day or so the bridge was weakened. When they had finished their work, they went off and forgot the signs. The fact is, the, boards had disappeared* and they didn’t take the trouble to hunt them up. “Some weeks afterward, no one knows just when, those signs reappeared in their former places. Nobody knew who put them therfefOr what for. Nobody cared. If the section men noticed them at all they thought the bridge men had done it. It was none of the engineers' business why they were there —it was their duty to observe regulations, which required them to slow down at all such signs. Observe regulations they did. For about four years not a train had passed over that little bridge without slowing almost to a standstill. The culvert, for that’s all it is, has been as safe as any part of the road-bed, and yet stopping and starting trains there has cost this company thousands of dollars. You know, it costs money to stop and start traihs. “You are wondering how it all comes about, of course. Well, that farmer stole those boards and put them up again at his leisure. Foi four years he has been going into the town or coming from it on our trains, getting On or- off right at his own door. It was a slick scheme, and how he must have laughed at us and enjoyed it all the while. But his game is up now, and the engineers are having their revenge by keeping up an infernal screeching of their whistles at all hours of the day or night whenever they pass that farm house.”— Chicago Herald.

A Cool Request.

“Well, it does beat all. I thought we were through with that rascally cashier, but it seems not. ’’ “What’s the matter now, sir?” “He incloses a couple of dollars' worth of postage stamps and tells me he can’t use them over there, and wants the money on them immediately.”— Wall Street News.

It is much easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.