Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — Page 6

B|eJrmocroticSnrtinel J. W. McEWEN, l»ul»llslier. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA.

THE HOPE OF FRANCE

SKETCH OF JEAN CASIMIR-PER-IER, THE NEW RULER. A Man of Democratic Ideas and Strong Individuality—Vows That He Will Never Betray the Republic—His Wife, Home, and Antecedents. Carnot’s Successor. Now that matters have assumed their normal condition in France the attention of all parties is concentrated on their new president, Jean Casimir-Perier. His election to the presidency is regarded by everybody as a most serious and significant event for the future of the republic. By this must not be understood any connection with the sad event* attendant upon the death of the late M. Carnot, or any measures for the suppression of anarchy, which will necessarily be the outcome of this cruel murder. Anything of such nature is merely incidental, nothing more. Why all France is more deeply concerned in its latest choice is because no one party has as yet been found which can claim CasimirPerier as its unswerving adherent.

He was chosen because he was universally regarded not only as a safe man but also as one in whom all parties saw their representative. “The Italian's dagger not only killed a man but also a regime,” exclaims the sanguine Paul de Cassagnac in L’Autorite, and this exclamation finds an echo among journals of all political shades. When Carnot was murdered a foreign statesman remarked that “France fortunately produces men like Carnot by the thousand." This, though of course well meant, was a very ambiguous compliment to France. No such expression will ever be made of Casimir-Perier, for na country produces the like of him in hundred# or even tens, much less thousands. He is a man of high mettle and distinction, with a strongly marked individuality. He is thoroughly flemocratic in his ideas of independence. and holds the right of men to be equal, irrespective of wealth and station. He has always insisted that the teaching of equality before the law and the respect for the rights of the people are the fundamental safeguards of a republic. Casimir Perier has not the slightest reverence for anything which is, according to his ideas, obsolete and absurd. This was illustrated when he announced that he and his ministry would be present at the funeral of Al. Carnot, though he knew that there was an order as old as the republic explicitly ordaining that the head of the state shall under no circumstances attend any funeral. This incident, a tritie in itself, reveals the most pronounced characteristic trait of the man—a predisposition to judge and act for himself. Will Unite France. It is predicted with confidence that

Casimir-Peri er will unite the whole French nation in a way never accomplished before. He is not only regarded as a safe man by the reactionaries, but he is openly friendly to the traditions which speak of France as the oldest son of the church. Under his skillful hands he will be able to make a good deal more of the court at Elysee than his predecessors have done, at least since the days of MacMahon. He has a happy faculty of being able to use people when they least suspect it. In this way he will bring together noblemen and prelates, who have rather kept aloof from matters of state, with other elements, that of soldier and bourgeois, all with one purpose—to fuse them into a unit. Jean Casimir-Perier comes from a most Illustrious family. He is both son and grandson of distinguished statesmen. He was porn in Paris In

JEAN CASIMIR-PERIER.

1847, and is consequently a young man in the prime of manhood. It may be doubted it any other living Frenchman, except the venerable Jules Simon, is better fitted by intimate personal knowledge and actual participation in affairs of state |to be this administrative head of the republic It is said that he wishes to even eclipse his Illustrious grandfather, premier of Louis Philippe, in etate-smhnshlp—a rather ambitious

desire, to say.Lhe Least. When scarcely past his majority the Presidentelect was appointed- secretary to his father, who was elected a life Senator in 1875 for his brilliant services in assisting Thiers with bis financial problems in the budget The elder Casimir-Perier died in 1876, and left the president-elect a heritage of immense wealth and a legacy of liberal conservative political opinions which he never materially altered. In persbhal appearance Casimir-Pener is a rather short, substantially bdilt man. His complexion is dark and has the healthy glow of a man that enjoys life. He is a man of easy approach and admirable presence, who inspires confidence and has also the ability to make people with whom he comes in contact say a great deal, while be says very little. He has a full appreciation of the dignity of his statlop, and woe betide

the misguided individual who should attempt to be familiar with new French president. In his family circle and among intimate friends he lays aside all restraint and is a most delightful companion. His father left him a snug legacy of 40,000,000 francs, and through his judicious investments and skilled management this handsome fortune has been largely augmented. Casimlr-1 erier surrounds himself with all the substantial luxuries which his wealth will procure. He enjoys a good dinner and is a connoisseur of good wine. Ete does not smoke, in which respect he follows Thiers’ example. He is fond of clever people and likes the society of both bright men and women. Married a Second Cousin. The wife of the President- is his second cousin. Mme. Casimir-Perier is a splendid-looking woman, with a decidedly intellectual cast of countenance. She has a high, finely modeled forehead, a beautiful mouth, though the lips might be a little fuller. Her eyes can justly be called glorious, and she has a firm chin, indicative of great will power. Her nose is her least pleasing feature, the point being a little too long to be satisfactory. She is of decidedly aristocratic tendencies and a woman of the world. Her receptions have long been noted fortheir distinguished gatherings of all that society judges as par excellence. Mme. CasimirPerier is not at all enthusiastic over

RESIDENCE OF CASIMIR-PERIER.

her husband’s elevation to the Presidency, but rather accepts It as the inevitable. She is a devoted mother, having a daughter 14 years of age and a boy some years younger. The little daughter was the most pleased of the family when she heard that her father had been elected to the highest office in France. The family residence, for the present at least, Is the superb chateau, Pont-sur-Seiue. It is a magfaiflcent structure and was bought- by the present owner’s grandfather from the state under Louis Phillippe. It is furnished in a severe but yery elegant style. The dining-room is a particularly handsome apartment, being furnished in a very dark tone, which is heightened by the vast thickness of the walls, the window recesses looking more like casemates in an ancient fortress than anything else. The new President is the incarnation of that order of liberty which is the only form of liberty for a people so impulsive as the French nation. It is the American idea which has root in M. Casimir-Perler’s mind. He is the hope of France.

In a catalogue recently issued the following rules are given for the measurement of rooms to determine the exact amount of paper required to cover the surface. As most paper, when trimmed, is 18 Inches wide and 24 feet to the single piece, a piece will contain 36 square feet. Measure the length and height of each wall, getting the total number of square feet. Divide this total by 36, which will give you the number of pieces required for side wall. Allow onehalf piece of paper for each qlQor and window. To allow for waste in matching it is safer to divide by 33 instead of 36. To find tho dumber of single pieces required for. Veiling multiply length by width in feet and divide by 33. "

Seldon Spencer, of Essex, Conn , has a hen which lately astonished him by laying an- egg that weighs twenty ounces and',measures eight and a half inches in circumference

MME. CASIMTR-PERIER.

Room Measures.

What’s the Breed?

TALLEST AND SMALLEST.

Two Business Balldlnjcs—One Is 348 Feet, the Other 10 Feet High. To appreciate the difference bej tween the tallest and the smallest i buildings in New York City, it is necessary to know that one is 348 feet and the other 10 feet in height The tallest building is that of the

TWO BUILDINGS.

Manhattan Life Insurance Company, at No. 68 Broadway, which is just being completed. From the building level of Broadway to its top landing it is 348 feet; other measurements are in proportion. The Manhattan represents the most splendid type of the modern “sky-scraper. ” Handsome architecturally, imposing in its solidity, it is one of the most str.king buildings in the world. Its interior arrangement and finish are not only

THE MINNEAPOLIS.

The Fastest War Vessel Aflo.it on the Waters of the Eirth. In the matter of shipbuilding the nations of the earth bow to Uncle Sam. Several European nations have stronger tieets numerically than our Government, but our infant navy for its quality easily leads the world. The test of the new cruiser Minneapolis demonstrates the fact that we have the fastest war vessel in the world, and, counting the Columbia, the two fastest ships afloat on the waters of the earth. The Minneapolis developed a sustained speed of over 23 knots and for a distance of over two knot* a speed of 25.02 knots. According to the English plan of determining speed—running their vessels over a measured mile—the record of the Minneapolis would be 25.02 knots, something never ap-

beautiful, but, to some extent, original. The floors, the stairs, the walls and the multitudinous passages have been constructed regardless of expense. The smallest complete building in New York City is in Houston street, near Mulberry. It is so small, indeed, that one might question whether it is really a building in the accepted sense of the word; but since it is duly registered in the Department of Buildings, which not only issued it a certificate of inspection, but approved its construction, it must be be known as a building. By contrast with the mammoth Manhattan it is little more than a dry-goods box, but nevertheless it serves the purpose for which it was constructed. The dimensions of this iiliputian structure are: Front, 7 feet; depth, 10 feet; height, 10 feet. The contrast between it and the Manhattan does not lie alone in the difference in size, but rather in the conception, in finish and in the purposes for which they are used.

Why Incense Was Used.

The sense of smell, which at the dawn of civilization was a declining one, and since then has tended to become less and less of value, would appear to have little chance of gaining an important position in any branch of human culture. And yet it came about that one characteristic of the exciting cause of odors brought them into prominence in the service of religion, and this prominence has continued in that connection up to the present day. Far back in the history of our race, at any rate long before the dawn of history, the apparently immaterial and, so to speak, ghostly nature of the exciting ause of the sensation of smell, led, it would seem, step by step, to the use of incense in the service of the gods. When it began to be felt .that the ancestral or other spirit that had to he appeased was hardly of a nature to consume the material food or drink offered to it to appease its wrath or to gain its favor, an easy stqp of reasoning suggested that this food or liquid wouid be more acceptable in the form of smoke or vapor. The gods had become of too spiritual a nature actually to eat the food, but they would still require some form of nourishment, and what could be more suitable to theip than the furans of burned flesh? This is the conception that is prominent, or, at all events, survives, in the descriptions of sacrifices in the “Illiad,” where the thick clouds from the burning thighs of the slaughtered oxen, and from the fat in which they were wrapped, ascend to Olympus and cheer the assembled gods. It was

but a step from this to the burning of fragrant woods and rosin to provide a Jess gross gratification. Moreover, by the consumption in their honor of these precious spices and fragrant gums, obtained at so much cost and trouble, another motive of sacrifice was satisfied. The Egyptians in the preparation of their mummies had need of a vast store of spices and aromatics. This need, no doubt, was the origin of their trade with Southern Arabia—the land of Punt—a trade which attained to great importance under the eighteenth knd nineteenth dynasties. That, in search of aromatics, there was also a more northern trade route, which must in early days have brought them into contact with the Hebrews, we have good proof. The Egyptians in this respect were far in advance of the Greeks of Homer. They burned their incense in a conser, using it in a similar way to the Buddhists and Christian* of later days.

Strange Signs.

To the soldier on the march the frying-pan in which to cook his rations was a rare luxury, says the Old Veteran, so he learned to broil his pork or fresh beef on a stick or ramrod held over his camp-fire, an occasional fall in the ashes only making the meat more easily digestible, if not more palatable. But the tin pot to boil the coffee in was an absolute necessity., The army surgeons ordered the soldiers to drink coffee early and often to keep off the malaria, a command the boys were willing to o.bey. even though the milk and sugar was not often to be had. There was an Irishman in the company with me, illiterate, oily and good-natured; though not averse to a scrimmage at times, thoroughly honest among his own comrades, but a good hand at foraging in an enemy’s country. Moreover, he bad a strong prejudice against the “Dutchers,” as called a Pennsylvania regiment that marched with us. One morning Jack's tin dipper was

proached by any foreign vesse l . By the same standard the Columbia’s record is over 24 knots. This is a remarkable record, inasmuch as the United States is only in the infancy of shipbuilding. Oui naval progress is watched with surprise in Europe, and a foreign writer in comparing our vessels with those of Great Britain says that, considered as all-around fighting and scouting machines, our cruisers are better than the English by not less than from 15 to 40 per cent. The Minneapolis. of which we present an illustration, is 412 feet long, 58 feet in breadth, 22 feet 6 inches in draught, has a tonnage of 7,350 and 21,000 horse power. The Columbia’s dimensions are the same, but the horse ptwer is 18,000. In design and finish the Minneapolis is entirely American.

missing, and you may be sure there was a tine row, until at last he declared the “Dutchers” had stolen it. “But,” said he, “[ shall know it again if I see it, and 1 will have it, too.” Sure enough, the next morning Jack came to the fire with his dipper all right, but the tin was almost new and untarnished, instead of being blackened by the smoke of a thousand camp-fires. The thief had scratched his initials on the handle, and as Jack could neither read nor write, he had to go to the sergeant of the company to have the strange signs interpreted. The sergeant generously responded and Jack felt both wise and content. That morning he was on hand bright and early. “Where did you steal the new dipper, Jack?” a-kcd some one. “Sure, it’s me same old dipper,” replied Jack, “but the Dutchers brightened it up a bit, thinking they would fool me. Don’t you see me letters on the handle? C. L. stands for John Kelly. ”

A Clock of Birds.

The ingenuity of the scientist who established a “clock of flowers,” by planting in ngular specimens whose corro.las opened at specified hours, has been matched by a German who has composed a “clock of birds.” This is especially a night clock. The birds and hours of their songs are as follows: The chaffinch from half past one in the morning until two; the titmouse from two to half past two; the quail from half past two to three; the redstart from three to half past three, the ousel from half past three to four; the warbler from four to half past four; the marsh tit from half past lour to five; the sparrow at five. It is a curious incident, that the most celebrated of the birds, whose song has always served to mark tire hour, is missing in the list. “It is not yet near it was the nightingale, and not the lark. . . . It was the larx, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.”

No Postage Stamp Sold.

In Mexico when the mail arrives at the postoffice the names of people to whom letters are addressed are written on a slip of paper and posted on a bulletin board. Merchants go every morning to examine this announcement, and if they find their names on the list hand their cards to the delivery clerk, who hands them their mail. No postage stamps are sold, but those having letters to mail take them to the postmaster, who sticks t|he stamps on. In all public places men are found sitting around provided with pen, ink and paper, ready to conduct the correspondence of any one who has not the ability to do str. The number of these scribes proves that their business is 1 a paying one.

CURRENT COMMENT.

Wright and Hig Pkh. Cannot Mr. Wright see the inconsistency of acceptii g a favor like this from Pullman and then sitting as an examiner in a strike in which Pullman himself figures?—T. led j Blade. Colonel Wright investigating the Pullman strike with one ha d and waving a Pullman pass ii t. e other would make a grea hit as a living picture.—Grand Ray-ids Democrat. The fact that Carroll D. Wright has a Pullman pass will <au e many people to believe that hit judgment as an investigator of the Pullman strike cannot be unbiased.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. Being a “per onal f.iend” o' Pullman and car.- , ing a Pullman pass in his pccket, L; bar Commissioner Wrigut would have done himself hon r by declining to se ve on the investiga ing c ommittee.—Kansas Citv Journal. If Mr. Wright has a pa s entitling him to ride ireo on Pul man cars at any time he shutid have returned it to the gne ■ i efora undertaking the present investigation, which will prove of little vuh e unle s it is a i impartial and thorough one.—Buffa o Enquirer. If the admitted fact that he is a doadnead s cepe? and a close personal friend of Sir i.m rge Pul man ha> no bear ng what ver on his co diet in the str .ke inquiry, why k Ccmmissicner Carroll D. Wright' si highly incensed over its publication?—Louisvil e Times. If he was ■ ailed for jury duty in a case where the PuTman"Company was one of the litigants the fact that he hadaPudmm pass would, upon its disclosure beicre his acceptance, be cause for his instant rejection. If the dis overy was made after a verdict it would be sun cient cause for the granting of a new trial or the setting aside of the verdict. And the same would be true if he was the trial judge.— Terre Haute Expiess.

The Armor-Plate Scandal. A more disgraceful chapter of contractors dealings with the government would be ha d to find than is supplied by this inves Jgation.—Baltimore Sun. Both the Carnegie company and the government :ns ectors are handled without g oves in the *e port made by the investigating < ommittee, of which Mr. Cumtrings is chairman.—Mercury. The immense amount of noise about f.auds in armor plates and castings of nearly every kind for the navy has resulted at last in the arrest o two contra t is, charged with plugging Uncle Sam s plates and r lucking his pockets. —Louisville Courier-Journal. The officials of the Cat negie company will not relish t?e report of the committee a pointed to investigate the facts ie arding the quality of armorplate which has been furnished the government. Congre.smtn Amos Cummings is an adept n writing sharp and stinging criticism on o. casion.—-Boston Globe. The committee finds that it cannot speak concerning the Carnegie a-mor-plate scandal except n the superlative degree and the burden of the Congressmen’s complaint against the Pennsylvania iron-workers is “that the commission of such frauds is a moral crime of the gravest character.”—Newark Advertiser. Remarks on Mr. Pullman. If Duke Pullman has a single friend lei in 11l nois the fact does not appear on record. He is the most despised man of his day and generation.—lllinois Stale Register. When all this trouble shall be ended the memory of the condition of the Pullman men and the sac; that the strike brought that condition to public notice will remain—a lesson for the great corporations of the future.— Grand Rapids Herald. The Pullman company’s contracts with other corporations contain a provision that all differences shall be adjusted by arbitration, and tne people at large are lost in wonder why the rule does not also apply to his employes.—Springfield hews. Recent events are calling special attention to the management of the Pullman Palace Car Company, and the smaller shareholders think they are being squeezed to' death by the autocratic “boss,” George M. Pul man, whose arbitrary methods have immensely aggravated pub ic sentiment against the Pullman company.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. New York’s Disgrace. Never has any invest gation ink charges of official wickedness revealed so much o f what appears to be horribly discreditable.—\\ a.hin ton Star. The corn ption is a result of Tammany methods and its exposure will probably contribute to the downfall of that organized body. Journal. The investigation of po’ice affairs in New York €1 y is progressing with a vigor which is as surprising as it is certainly welcome to all honest citizens.—Philadelphia Bulletin. It reveals that it is the lowest and most bestial class of criminals that are able to purchase protection of those who are ostensitly employed and paid by public taxation to suppress crime.— Philadelphia Times.

Tillman's Manifesto. The drought in South Carolina will scon disappear, as G v. Tillman says ho will open the disj ensaries.—Florida Times-Union. Tillman setting up the State dispensary in South Carolina against the court's decision is a case c f other spirits against the spirit of the law. — Philadelphia Time-'. Just a; peace has completed the spreading of her bright wings Mr. Ti Iman takes occasion to remind the country that the Governor of South Carolina we have with us always.— Milwaukee Sentinel.

Sparks from the Wires.

Flames starting from an unknown cause destroyed property in South Bend, Ind., valued at >.'25,U00. Railw \Y; mail clerks are wrought up oven.theaiew'’o i rdermequiring them to live t n-the line or their run. Resolutions were passed by 70,000 persons in London demanding the abolishment-Of trie House of Lords. Citizens of Elkhart, Ind., are alarmed loVer a fissure in the earth which threatons to destroy many buildings. Government officials are endeavoring; to have murderer Adams, under sentence of death in Mexico, .mprisoned -or li.e instead. Ep-Speaker Reed Opened the Maine campaign with a speech at Old Orchard, in which he attacked the Democracy of the South. Chris Zimmerman, an' Indianapolis confidence man. while lesLting arrest at the old soldiers’ i icnic at Burlington, J nd., was shot by an officer. The revolution in Nicaragua is gaining strength. At Managua the government forces we e driven back and a number Of houses on the outskirts burned.

A Variety of Bats. Wonderful is the variety of head gear worn in the streets and parksol Paris. In most instances the station of a person is defined by the manner ,in which his head is covered. Maids and nurses are in white caps, often decoiated with gay rjbbons; peasant women, fresh from the country, appear in bonnets whose queer shapes differ according to the province whence t» e wearer has come; and market women wear colored handkerchiefs twisted around the head in a style they term marmotte. Workmen, tradesmen and those in the service of special companies wear on their heads the imignia of their occupations. Civil employej, police, postmen and firemen are uniformed; the drivers of omnibuses, tramways and carriages have their distinctive hats, and to a stranger it appears as if all business weie under military rule Pastry cooks’ apprentices appear in caps of immaculate white linen. The drivers of private carriages have hats decorated with various bands of gold and silver, as well as cockades of different colors. Wellbred Paris poodles are shaved once a month. Men who make their living by shaving them bear ihe announcement of their trade around their hats. They are high, black, varnished ones, prot ably originally belonging to coachmen, on which are painted half-clipped poodles and half opened shears.

Merely a Speculation.

At first thought, Egypt would be the last place to look for the invention of hooped vessels, its arid climate making it especially unsuited for their employment. Possibly, however, that may have been the compelling cause of their invention. All through the East the bamboo is largely used for making hollow vessels, a section of the stem through a node securing a solid bottom, and one between the nodes an open mouth for a natural tub or bucket. In all wellwooded regions, nothing would be more natural than the employment of hollow trie trunks for the same purpose, or sections of tree stumps, hollowed out by fire or otherwise. In drying, such vessels would split and spoil, and it would require no great natural genius to repair them by means of withes or wooden bands, the. primitive form of the hoop. If the users of such natural barrels should migrate to a region where timber was scarce, economy of lumber would be likely to suggest the building of barrels from pieces artificially split, in short, the use of staves, by means of which the primitive cooper would be able to make several barrels out of a block that would suffice but for a single dugout. But this is a speculation merely. It is enouah to know for certain that the cooper’s art, like the potters, is one of extreme antiquity.

Increased Trade of the South.

Very significant, indeed are the figures of the bureau of statistics showing the exports from the United States in the eleven months ended May 31,1894. The total was $834,000,000, against $782,000,000 in the like period of the preceding jear, an increase of $52,000,000. But more than half of this increase was in exports from the South, showing the decided revival of business activity in that section. The exports from Southern ports aggregated $285,700,000, or $27,000,000 more than in eleven months of the year ended May 31, 1893. Baltimore’s exports aggregated $73,963,000; those of Charleston, $13,028,130; Galveston, $34,985,000; New Orleans, $79,373,000; Newport News, $13,638,000; Norfolk and Portsmouth, $10,039,000; Pensacola, $3,694,000; Richmond, $3,965,000; Savannah, $24,815,000; Wilmington, $6,999,009. These totals, as respects some of the ports, are surprising. The rates of increase over last year are also surprising. Baltimoie’s increase was $7,400,000; that of Savannah, $5,900,000; of Newport News,s6,ooo,000; of New Orleans, $5,100,000; of Charleston, $4,000,000. Baltimoi e Sun.

And Lost His Fee.

A Berlin dentist, in drawing a lady’s tooth, had his finger bitten by a convulsive closing of her mouth. He died in two days from blood poisoning.

And Now Magnetize Them.

A late invention is a scheme to illuminate keyholes.

A MISTAKE ALL AROUND.

HUMOR OF THE WEEK

STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Many Odd, Curious, and Laughable Phase* of Human Mature Graphically Portrayed by Eminent Word ArtlsU of Our Own Day —A Budget of Fun. Sprinkle* of Snlee. A Kansas farmer refers to his blooded goat as his bread and butter. For a book agent to sell his own autography is “taking his life in his own hands.”—Richmond Dispatch. “Truly.” said Witticus, when he saw ox-tail soup and tongue on the free-lunch counter, “extremes meat" —Life. The boy who eats all the melons he sees, whether they are green or old, is what we call a painstaking urchin.—Galveston News. “Is Chincher making any money out of politics?” “Not a cent. Says he is perfectly satisfied with what he makes in it.”—Buffalo Courier. HE heard them kissing on the sly And peeked in through the door, And then he cried in accents high. “Say. sister, what’s the score?” —Detroit Free Press. The fellow who kicks an’ squirms tew git a front seat at a circus is the one who takes a back seat in a prayermeeting. “OP Nutmeg’s” Sayings.

“Oh, Mr. Longhead, I just saw Charley Greene "eloping with, your wife.” “Good! Now I’m even with him. He sold me a horse last week.” —Life. After a man passes fifty he should watch himself with great care. Nearly every man does something ruinous after he is fifty.—Atchison Globe. “Have you ever been around the world?” “No, but my arm has.” “What do you mean?” “Well, you are all the world to me. ” —Harlem Life. Judge—“ How old are you, miss?* Elderly female—“l am—l am • Judge—“ Better bqrry up; every moment makes it worse.”—Fliegende Blaetter He—Do you usually take a stick with you when you go climbing on the mountains? she—Oh, yes; would you like to go along to-day.—Yonkers Statesman. Bacon—“ Does Penman make anything out of his writings?” Egbert—“l don’t know. I never could make anything out of them,”—Yonke’s Statesman. Father (visiting at college)—“My son, these are better cigars than I can afford.” Son—“ That’s all right, father; take all you want; this is on me.”—Yale Recora. Tommy—“ Say, paw.” Mr. Figg—“Now, what do you want?” Tommy —“What is the difference between the sea horse and the navy plug?”— Indianapolis Journal. Pat—“Be jabers, yez shot ilaythei wan av thim!” Mike—“ How th’ divil could I, whin th’ report av th’ gun frightened both av thim away?”— Frank Leslie’s Weekly. “Did the new cook bring satisfactory recommendations?” Mrs. De-Style—“N-no-er-yes, she is just what I want; she is too large to wear my dress.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

Angelina (to her new betrothed) —“Oh, Edwin, there's such a goodlooking girl just behind you! Du look!” Edwin —“Ah, I’ve no eyes for good looks now, darling!”—New York Ledger. She —Bixby appears to be quite a bright young man. I hear he acquired enough money by writing to pay for bis education at college. He—Yes; writing home to his parents.—Arkansaw Traveler.

He would have confessed, but she waved him in silence. “No,” she said, “I prefer to be kept in the dark." After a moment’s thought he arose and turned the gas yet lower.—Detroit Tribune.

Gwendoline—l’m at a loss to account for the fact that Mr. Crandall has more enemies than any man I know. Seward—l think he must go through life acting the part of a candid friend.—Vogue. Chappie—“What is the armor plate they are talking so much about?" Sappie—“l haven t given the subject much study, but I presume that it is the plate they serve the armor on to the soldiers, don’t you know. ” Doctor—Don’t be alarmed. I was sicker than you area year ago, and with the same trouble. To-day lam well and hearty. Patient (anxiously) —O, Doctor, tell me who was your physician.—Browning’s Illustrated. “And what’s your reason for increasing the servants’ wages, pray?" her friend asked. “Because my husband complained that my dress and (millinery bills equaled the household expenses, and I want to show him (they do not.”—Fliegende Blaetter. Mistress—“ What in the world is the matter with the twins?” Nurse ■ —“Sure, I don’t know; but, from the (way they’ve been frettin’ and cryin’ jail day, it’s my opinion that they’ve frnixed tbeirselves up and can’t tell (which is which.”—Good News. —Dog days, says an exchange, are So called because they fall about the itime of the “heliacal rising of the dog star,” Sirus or Canicula, the latter word meaning “little dog.” It is the heliacal hot weather they bring that makes the dog days uncomfortable.—Picayune. “I never saw any signs of such great meanness in Hobbes.” “You (don’t know him. Why, he gave his wife a life insurance policy executed in her favor as a Christmas present last year, and ever since then he has been practicing a regimen conducive to longevity.”—Chicago Record.

Confined Sound.

The intensity of confined sound is illustrated at Carisbrook CaStle, Isle of Wight, where there is a well 200 feet deep and 12 feet in diameter, lined with smooth masonry. When a pin is dropped into it, the sound of it striking the surface of the water, 182 feet below, can be distinctly beard.

Very Likely.

The “rock cork” mentioned byPliny and other ancient writers is thought to have been asbestos.