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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. TUESDAi, NOVEMBER a. 1896.

AN ELECTRICAL FISH NET.

A FRENCH INVENTOR INTRODUCES NBW METHODS OF FISHING.

llo^r Ik* Snare Work*—Atfrncted By Klectrlc Lights and Reflector* To the Swlnalna Trap — Will Preeerre Gronnds.

New Tork Herald. H !• freauentiy said “the sea ought to nourish the land.” and In view of the rich suppllea of food which the sea contains this seems to be Just. On the other hand, the complaints of the fishermen prova that their calling is far from lucrative. Ws hsar frequently of regions where fl*h were >• formerty abundant which at present are harttfy -produc.ng anything. What is the cause of this state of things'; There may to truth be many causes, out It is largely due to the crudeneae of the methods employed. Fish show a strong tendency for quitting the place where nets have been employed, which frighten ■ ham, or to avoid returning, if they are of m-gratory habits. On the other hand, the nets and drags often tear up the bottom and disturb tne spawning beds with the eggs, and sometimes ,the young. These considerations have led a gentleman named Trouve to conceive a new system for fishing, employing some of the methods of modern science and overcoming, as he thinks, some of the objections to the antiquated methods. He claims to have accomplished, among other results, the attracting of thestlsh Into his tolls and capturing them without frightening them, and without muon wear and tear on the nets themselves, in his nets, for Instance, of a cylindrical shape, the ring form.ng the bottom nas lead sinkers fixed to It In the ordinary way, while the upper edge consists of a rubber tube, which is In communication by means of a long rubber flexible pipe with a reservoir in the boat and which is supplied With compressed air by means or one or more air pump*. Instead of being placed iq. the boat this reservoir can in some oases be arranged on shore, or even * on a special buoy. ■ When thrown In the water in the usual way the rubber tube having been emptied of air, the weight of the net will, of course, . take it to the bottom, where It forms a stationary mass of relatively small volume which .will not of- Itself terrify the fish. Having proceeded to attract the fish to the location by. methods which we will allude to further on. as soon as there Is reason to believe that they have gathered in force a stopcock Is opened, allowing the compressed air from the reservoir to flow into and inflate the tubular ring contltuUng the upper border of the net. This ring as a result augments in volume, and formSTndgfd mouth for the net and at a given mortwnt, In accordance with the law of Archimwles, It becomes buoyant and rises to the top of the water, carrying the net wfth It The Important Part. • The Important point is that this Is accomplished without noise and without agitating the water. The fish Is not alarmed and la captured before he knows It without making any attempt to eeoape. The same principle may be applied te seine nets and purse nets. It Is well known and recognized that fish in common with most terrestrial animals, nqt excluding “humans,” are strongly attracted by anything which glitters. Mr. Trouve has taken advantage of this, and has constructed luminous buoys, cootahdng batteries or accumulators connecting with Incandescent lamps. A flattened reflector spreads the light over a wide extent These buoys are placed with other bait In the nets, and the flsh are attracted from a-11 sides, like moths to a candle, and become prey. The next thing l* to know when to draw in the net To employ watchmen la rather priml'ttve, and Mr. Trouve has devised a much better system—at any rate In theory., KJs Idea ir to. make a sort of scale, •eonrtstthg of s beam pivoted to a stake; this beam has at one end a square net, and at the other a tray, in which is placed a weight slightly greater than that of the square net An appropriate median tarn clock-work or otherwise, raises up this ;tra>' at regular Intervals, say every five or ten minutes, which gives to the beam an oscillatory movement. Every time the beam rises beyond the horizontal position sn electrical contact Is made connecting at a distance, on the bank or In the boat, wherever the floherraan is stationed. Whenever there are no fish In this square net U rises quickly, carried up by the excessive weight at the other end of the beam, and a Short interval of ringing ^ shows that the beam has gone by the horizontal position without stopping there, and conaequenly there are no fish. If, on the contrary, the square net Incloses fish the excess of weight will no longer be able to carry Kaip beyond the horizontal, and the bell win ring continuously. L.IBBRAD, Birr DISCREET. A Man Who Hag Bad Experience With Expensive Timepieces. Washington Star. "I want something handsome In the way of a clock,” ha said to the jeweler. "We have a very fine line of goods,” whs the response; "and the prices are very moderate.” "I don't core anything about the price. I want something that gr.U Show at a glance that it oost a whole lot of money.’’ “Certainly. We have some beauuiul imported goods." •‘That’s the idea. Something that came from abroad. ■ I want an onyx pedestal and ormolu trimmings and a statue on top of It." “Here’a a veritable work of art” "That’s pretty weH; but I’d like something more attractive than that, u s to i be a birthday present to my w.fe. We haven’t been keeping house very long, and sbe’e been worried for fear people would think ws wars going without a Clock because we couldn’t afford one. i’m going to see that she has something so handsome that It’ll daggle everybody wno comes Into the parlor, and so precious that it has to be kept under glass like a specimen in the museum.” "How is this one?" the jeweler inquired, as he lifted a massive ornate article from a shelf. "That’s the very thing. That’ll please her almost to death. Pack It up and ship It out to my house and send the bill to my office," “ITU oost»»,” th» jeweler mildly suggested. "That’s all right. It looks as if it were worth It.” He started for the door, but came back and sold: "By the way, you’d better give me another dock—ofte of these small, nlcket-piated affairs that cost about gl.50, so that we can stick ft off in an obscure corner to look at when we want to know what time It fs.” DOGS SUPERSEDE HORSES. Hweklcs Arc Held In High Repute In the Northern Part of Canada. - Fbreet and Stream. Doga are used as draft animate in the northwest of Canada, on the Labrador coast, and In the vicinity of Quebec. Dog teams are used during winter In the Northwest by the Indians and the Hudson Hay Company’s men. The detachments of the Northwest mounted police also make nee of them in the northernmost divisions of the territory. Butler, tn his • Oreat Lone Land" and "Wild North Laud” gives an excellent description of the huskies (as the dogs are called by the half-breeds and Indians out there), and of the work done by them. .Along the Labrador coast, where there are few horses, dogs are used as draft animals in winter. In summer all traveling and freighting are done by water. In the former season the malls are carried along the coast by dog teams. Doga In Labrador are harnessed differently from those in the Northwest. There, where they drive over plain* or thrqugh open woods, they are harnessed tandem fashion, one in front of the other, and alvara retain that position. In Labrador each dog la haTressed to the sleigh by a separate thong, *0 that when the team gets on ice, a* it frequently does, going over the bare -from point -to point, to shorten the distance, the dog* spread out Uke a fan. Thia does not interfere with the draft, la safer when going over thin

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Ice, and a clog can full out t? satisfy the demands of nature or to sorativi his flea 1 ' without stooping the remainder of tho team. These thongs are of various lengths, so that when the team comes to a narrow road between trees the dogs can fall Into Indian file, one behind the other. The leading deg always has the longest thong, so as to eas.Iy keep ahead of the oth?rs. This he Is always anxious to do for many reasons. In tha first place, he Is very proud of the position, and Is always ready to fight all comers for the privilege, and to retain the post he must be top clog In all combats. Then he is generally petted, made much of, better cared for and better fed than the others, and sometimes kept In the house while they have to rough It outside, the r&sult being chat he Is proportionately hated by all the others, who, in their enx.ety to get a snap at him, pull with ail their might, while he does the same to keep away from them. This Is pretty muon like the idea of holding a carrot on a pole in front of a donkey's nose to Induce him to go fast. The harness is all made of seal skin; a broad simp rests on the chest, being retained in position by another over the neck; a piece over the back Joins the top of the breast piece to another around the body and from this the thong leads back to the sleigh. THIS GIRI, TACKLED A BEAR. Brought Him Down, Too. AVIth Her Rifle, IhnwMlnted. Sea berry Settlement (X. V.) Letter. Miss Anna Dickinson, eighteen years old, as pretty as blue eyes, tosy cheeks, fine form and features . can make her, killed a big bear here last Thursday under unusual circumstances. Anna came up on the stage on Tuesday all wrapped up in a clout, and apparently disgusted with the five inches of snow that had fallen tho night before. Her luggage consisted of a big trunk, a sachel and a rifle. Everybody in town knew that the postmaster was to have a new boarder, a girl, but not one of them was av/are of the fact that the. boarder could shoot with the best of them and wdn. They watched the girl pick r;p the rifle and sachel and go Into the house with open-mouthed interest. That was about noon. Two hours later Anna came out of the house looking entirely different. On her hands were big mittens. On her head was a knit cap that came down over her ears. Her dress was of gray wool, the skirt coming down below her knees to the tops of laced hunting boots. She had her rifle in her hand. Three hours later she came back with two big hares and three partridges. Lem Lawson expressed the general sentiment as she passed the postottlce toward the house when he said: “By Jimps, she ain't slow with that rifle.” Wednesday she killed some more partridges and rabbits, and on the following day w’ent hunting again, heading up the trail toward the old Frazier clearing. She came back in about four hours. Instead of going into the house, as usual, she went Into the postoflic e. Every woodsman there made the most of the first good look he had had at her close by. "Got a horse and sled?” she asked the postmaster. "I want him If you have.” "No—er,” said the postmaster. “What do you-er w^ant a horse and sled for?” "Bear. Where can I get a horse, then?” Anna's next question was. "What!” said everybody, from the local taxidermist to little lisle Frazier. Then Anna said that she had shot a bear up near the old Frazier clearing. Lem Lawson hitched up his horse, and the woodsmen all went with Anna to see and get the bear. Anna's rifle Is a 38-55 repeater. With It she had killed a deer at Noblesborough, while camping out alone, and lots of small game. The rifle proved deadly against the bear while it was eating a big dead deer it had found. Anna had followed the bear’s track, as she would have followed the track of a rabbit, not thinking that she would come up with a beast that walks as fast as bears do, but the bear had stopped, and, •Inoe the girl was going quietly, had not heard her until she was about ten rods from It. Then the beast had turned its head and looked over Its shoulder at her. Anna put a bullet into its ham. The missile ranged forward and lodged In the neck, killing the bear before it could run ten Jumps. Two other bullets missed while It was running. This is the first bear, so far as is known, ihat a girl ever followed In Its tracks, after the manner of a still hunter, ajid succeeded In killing. There are Instances, however, where girls have shot treed bears, or have come upon them unexpectedly while hunting other game. * SLAUGHTER OF RICE BIRDS.

INDIAN ARROW POISON.

DKIDI.A VENO'i ISED l»V APACHES AND PILTES

Obtained From Rnttle*nnko«« of the Arizona De*ert When Their Poison Is Most Powerful—The Venom of the Tarantula.

Enormous Numbers Killed To Protect Southern Plantations.

New Tork Sun.

The luscious rice bird, the tidbit of the Southern seacoast plantations, is now at tho hight of Us season, says a Rome (Go.) correspondent. In the markets of Charleston, Savannah and other coast cities one may hear the cries of the ebonyhued venders at early dawn, In that weird, musical patois that Is unlike any other language In the whole world: "Rloe birds! He&h yo’ nice, fat rice birds, only two bits er dozen. Buy some

rice blrda, mahstar?”

There la no close season for’ the protection of the rice bird. It is a marauder which It Is considered not only lawful, but also l&udctble, to shoot on the spot, wherever It may be found. Men are employed at regular day wages to shoot them in the rice fields, and thousand* are left on the ground where they fall, the task of the hired gunners being to destroy aa many of them as possible. No amount of ahootlng, though, seems to Intimidate the heedless gormands. AH day long the work of slaughter goes on, the gunners being posted In different parts of the vaat expanse of muddy marsh whence the salt water has been turned oft to permit the grain to ripen. Everywhere that the birds are allowed to feed for ten minutes the work of the reapers is unnecessary, for the little gluttons squeeze out. the soft kernels from the half-ripened grain, and that portion of the crop Is rendered entirely worthless in lea* time than It takes to tell how the de-

struction is accomplished.

By the time that the harvest Is over the birds are so fat that they can scarcely fly, and fall an easy prey to the prowling torchlight hunters, who risk the dangers of snakes and quagmires to secure the

luscious tidbits so highly pr

mends of the cities. This method of

torchlight hunters, who risk the dangers lake

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gorm „ IPHPBi

hunting the game Is simply murderous. The hunter arme himself with a pitch pine torch, a flail of stout brush, and a gunny sack, and. having located a favorite roosting place, which is usually a dense thicket In tne midst of a swanqs. he sets out soon after dark and picks his way carefully through the reeds and bushes till he reaches the place where the birds are sleeping. The light blinds and bewilders them, and as they flutter about among the bushes he strikes them down with hi* flail, and soon secures aa many as he can

conveniently carry.

Eye Headache.

St. LouU Globe-Democrat. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell attributes many headaches to disorders in the refractive and accommodative apparatus of the eye. It Is becoming the custom to go to the oculist when a stubborn headache asserts Itself. In some instances the brain symptom is often the most prominent, and sometimes the only prominent, indication of trouble In the eye. There may be no pain or fatigue iu the organ itself, and the strain In It may only show itself by ache in the brow or back of the head. Long continued trouble In the "ye may be the unsuspected cause of insomnia, vertigo, nausea and general ill health. In many cases the trouble In the eye becomes suddenly mischievous, owing to seme sudden failure of the health, or to Increased sensitiveness of the brain from moral or mental causes. ,

Shnm and Shume. Youth’s Companion.

The derivation of- a word may have a practical relation to life and manners. Sham Is a dialectal form of shame. It is thus often easy and natural to say that a sham te also a shame, as in the ease ot spurious patriotismA Martyr To the Cause.

Life.

“Your teacher fells me you were not at school yeeterd&v. Now. young man, you know what you are going to get.' Bob (firmly)—I -do, pop; and I’m willing to be licked any day for a oircus parade Lke that. Y ' T -rO— o The Force of Habit In Germany. ; - Kllgende Steelier. Reporter (wrlUng)-Vesterday at 10 o'clock h s Majesty, after Inspecting tne other sights of our city, was pleased to examine the eclipse of the sun. and to express his satisfaction therewith.

PcnivT.a (Ca’.i letter N-w York .Sun. "I had been a cattle ranchman on the plains 'of Southeastern Arizona for some two years before I could find out how the Apaches poison their arrow Ups,” said Hpnry Sampson in telling of his experiences at the Hotel Palomares the other

evening.

Mr. Sampson has been in the Indian service, a ranchman in Arizona, and a railroad surveyor in the Territory for fifteen years. "The Indians,” he continued, "inherit from their ancestors an intense secreUvej ness as to the manner of preparing venom I for hunting or warlike purposes. A tribal | chief years ago would as soon think of I cutting off his own head as to let another j chief know- some method peculiar to the i tribe of preparing powerful poison. Now that the savages use firearms almost to the exclusion of their primitive weapons, the older warriors will not, if they 'can allow Information concerning their tribal manufacture of venom to become known among the palefaces. I had in my employ a bright young Indian buck who gave me full information concerning the way the plains Indians have for many generation made poisons for their arrow's. One day Tie went so far as to get permission for me to go over to the mountains to see a tribe of Yavapis get their weapons in proper poisonous condition, just as they' used to do when about to start upon the

warpath.

“Rattlesnakes are the chief element in the po-nsons of the Apache and Piute Indians. To see the savage prepare the poisons and try their efficiency on himself is enougii to distress even a frontiersman’s dreams. The bloated rattlesnake of the hot alkali desert of Arizona or the Panhandle of Texas makes the most powerful poison. There is no more hideous and deadly serpent In America than the bloter rattler. It is a terror even to an Apache Indian, and if there is one thing that is worse than a rattlesnake in the opinion of plainsmen and settlers in Eastern Texas and Southern Arizona It is an Apache Indian. The Piutes, although a more cowardly gang than tne Apaches, hold this bloated rattlesnake m less horror, but they give it plenty of room. The Piutes draw on the snake for their poison after the reptile is dead. The Apaches, in spite of their fear of the snake, make It contribute its venom to them while it is alive. Six Feet Loug. "The rattlesnake of the Arizona desert grows to a length of six feet, and attains a girth of five inches at the thickest part. They have tremendous sets of rattles. I saw one once That was over five feet long and had twenty-three rattles, and I heard of a snake being killed that had a string of twenty-seven rattles. The head of the desert rattler is an enormous triangular thing, often five Inches long from the thin neck to the blunt nose, and three Inches wide, measuring at the base of the jawbone. This snake has fangs an inch long, and is frequently fitted with two sets. The poison sacs at the doase of these fangs are as big us a hazelnut. The snake is a bright yellow in color. “The desert rattlesnake is a dreadful enough customer* any day in the year, but during August takes on the fullness of Its frightfulness, both in appearance and ir. conduct. About the middle of August, when the weather is insufferably hot, this snake becomes bloated fcom some cause ustil it is a third larger than Its normal size. Its appearance is as if the snake had been blown up like a bladder or charged with gas like a balloon. This rattler is always sluggish and slow In Its movements, and, like all of its kind, usually makes an effort to get out of the way of intruders, but in August It simply lies still in bloated repulsiveness and will not move for anything, being ready at all times to strike at everything that comes near It. At that time of year It Is simply a swollen reservoir of venom, and its bite will then send even an Apache Indian to the happy hunting grounds, and quickly at that. “A Piute Indian who wants to lay in a stock of poison for his arrows, kills at this time of year enough of these rattlesnakes for his purpose. He cuts off their heads and takes them to his lodge. He places in one of the rude earthen vessels that are among the Piute household effects ten or a dozen of these snake heads. To- them he adds perhaps a pint of tarantula killers, as the big hairy Texan or Mexican spider is called; or, rather, he puts the abdomen of the spider In with, the snake heads. This spider has a sting that injects a poison powerful enough to kill almost Instantly a tarantula, which is itself about as poisonous a member of the animal kingdom as one would care to meet. The poison sac of the tarantula killer Is in the lower abdomen of the insect, and it is this that the Piute brave mixes with his rattlesnake heads. He then pours in a pint of water, seals the lid of the vessel on with moist clay, and places the oessel in a pit, where he has made a bed of redhot coals. He buries the vessel in these coa-ls, and, besides that, but-da a blazing fire on top of It. This fire is kept burning fiercely for several hours, when it Is swept aw'ay, and the Indian digs his vessel out of the coals. With a long pole he knocks the lid off. and does not venture near the pot until the steam that arises from it has entirely ceased to appear. Would Be Instant Death. “Th? Piutes say that to Inhale the smallest quantity of that steam would be instant death. Whether that Is true or not I am not able to say, as I never saw It put to the test. After the fiery ordeal to which the snake heads are put, a brownish residuum is found at the bottom of the kettle. That Is certainly the double quintessence of poison, if Its action on human blood, or, at least, Indian blood, is any indication. The Piute always tests this poison before trusting his arrows to it. He cuts a gash in the fleshy part of his leg and draws the blood, which he allows to trickle down his leg. When the red stream has run down six or seven inches he dips q stick into the poison and touches it to the lower end of the bloody streak. If tho poison la all right It actually burns the blood almost like hot iron' touched to water, and rapidly runs up the trickling stream. The Indian has his knife ready, and scrapes the poisoned blood off dry. If it was permitted to reach the wound It would be ail up with the Piute. The arrows are dipped into the poison, and the Indian feels that whatever such an arrow hits had much better not have been born. "The Apache collects his poison in a much simpler w'ay. Dreading the Staked Plain rattlesnakes as he does, he nevertheless makes it his business to go apiong them at the very time they are most deadly. He places the liver or heart of a deer, freshly torn from a victim sometimes not yet dead, in front of a snake, within easy striking distance. The snake protests against the presence of the object ana quickly sinks Its fangs Into it again and again. In a fev.- seconds the heart or liver will take on a purplish black hue, so quickly does this potsjd affect it. When the Indian thinks . tho receptacle nas drawn all the venom from the snake's head it Is removed and hung up in the sun. It is left there until It is almost ready to drop to pieces from putridity. If the Apache feels like testing its deadly qualities he runs a stick into the poisoned heart, calls his squaw, ami makes her gash her leg or arm as the Piute does his leg. As the blood runs from the wound the poisoned stick Is touched to It. If the venom la active the blood will coagulate and turn black and change to a dry powder. The squaw has to look out for her own safety, and wipe away the poison before it reaches the wound, for the brave walks away to steep his arrows in the poisoned mart as he sees the venom's action on his squaw’s blood. After he has jabbed his arrow heads into the putrid and polsort-charged heart or liver they are ready for use.”

as it D generally supposed to be.

I por; of the committee appointed to pret pare a working budget for the ensuing financial year asserts that the deficit will only amount to about one million pounds Turkish, an i a good deal of this may be saved by reduction of expenditures. On the other hand, the report rays nothing about the enormous arrears of pay due to the army and governmental officials ! every where, and it is further noted that j Dje!al-ed-din Pasha, the president of the i committee, is noted for his skill in c.ookj ing figures. As to the distribution of Turkish securities in Europe, th? total amount i is estimated at a nominal value of £158,474.000 and actual value of £79.4K,000, of | which 70 per cent -are held in France, Bel- | glum and Holland. 14 per cent in England. 13 per cent, in Germany, and 3 per cent, in Austria, according to published

! reports.

^ WEDDING CAKE BOXES. Some of Them Are Made of Silver Nowaday* and Cost #30 Each.

New York Sun.

j One was a stout, comfortable-looking j woman, and the other a dainty little creature, with a far-away look in her big, j brown eyes, evidently her daughter. They 1 hung over a counter in one of the big jewelry stores looking£it a lot of little boxes. Some were paper, some were satin, some silk, while others' were of solid silver. They differed in shape, but the girl had ! no eye for any’ save those made of silver

j In heart shape.

"But I don’t see how I am to let you get that style.” said the elderly woman. "The salesman says they vary in price . from $10 to $50 each, and you insist that j you must have at least seventy-five.” “It’s my wedidngi and my cake, and j my friends that I want to send the cake to, and I thiftk I, at least, might be al- | lowed to select the cake boxes. People | don’t marry but once in a lifetime,

I and ”

J "Oh, yes, they do, my dear," interrupted ! the mother. I ‘‘Well, I shan't, anyway.” rejoined the girl, “and I never wdll be happy unless I ; can have the very latest things at my j wedding.” j “If you are after the latest novelty in | cake boxes, then you certainly must have some odd shapes in solid silver,” the young man behind the counter hastened to say. “Of course, they come high, but j all the novelties do, and anybody can have cake-boxes made of paper or silk. ] But here is a sample of one we made up for one of the swellest autumn weddings, j The bride was celebrated among her i friends as an excellent whist player for a woman,” with a scornful accent on the J “woman,” “and she claimed that diamonds have always been her lucky trump. ! So she had her cake-boxes made dia-' mond-shape. The material used was heavy white taffeta .silk, and the only decoration on the lid was the monograms of the bride and bridegroom in silver letters. Of course, the cake is cut to fit the box, no matter how curious the shape. “Of course, we are prepared to make cake-boxes of any shape. I remember some time ago, when two prominent musicians were married, they had white silk boxes made in the shape of a harp. The Initials of the bride and bridegroom were painted on the top in the center of a wreath of violets, the bride’s favorite flower. By the way, it is quite a fad for the bride to have ] her favorite flower painted on her cakei boxes, and those made of silk take water colors wonderfully well.” “Bui, after all, said the girl, with a sigh, while the salesman paused to take a fresh start, “these sliver boxes are the swellest and newest thing, ain’t they? I Anyway, I don’t want any other style.” “Yes, they are the. latest.” resumed i the authority, “especially the heart design. They are made of plain silver, bright finish, and usually have no decoration, cither than the combined monograms the supposedly happy pair. The lettering is often done in gold, which makes the box much handsomer and at the same time more costly. We can get you up a very beautiful heart box without the gold lettering for. say, $20,” he added. The two women held a whispered consultation, which resulted in the elder say-

ing:

“Well, get

each.” ' , Besides such expensive boxes there are pretty little boxes made of white paper In mo're. effect. They are very cheap by the huundred, and are made in all the newest shapes. They look very pretty

«-tied with white satin ribbon, and then

there are white silk or satin boxes handpainted, which cost about $5 each. A very

W™ EDISON AND LOIE FULLER

THE FAMOUS DANCER VISITS THE FAMOUS INVENTOR.

Edison Talk* of Ills Experiences, His Dependence I pon Pie For Stlmulns and His Respect For Japanese Students.

up fifty hearts at $20

&

rettv and inexpensive novelty is a cakex made of pure white crinkled crepe

ESr Hms StB

each.

Financial Condition of the Porte. New York Post. According to one of the foreign correspondents tn Constantinople, the financial

HER TEN-WORD MESSAGE. An Instance Where An Attempt To Skeletonize Was False Economy. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Blodgett twirled the slip of yellow paper thoughtfully around between his thumb and forefinger, and when he looked up Mrs. Blodgett saw that he was about to communicate something of considerable Importance. “Caroline.” he said, "it Isn’t often that I fin<i fault with you because of your expenditures. I like to see you dress well and keep the house up in good style, and I never begrudge you the necessary funds. Now r , do I?” And Mrs. Blodgett admitted he never

diid.

“But there’s one thing I do kick about, went on Mr. Blodgett, “and that is the literal throwing away of money. Listen to this last telegram you sent me, and cell me what you think of it, viewing it in the

light of common sense.

“ ‘Dear Robert—Come directly up to the house from the depot. I have invited some friends for 7 o’clock dinner. Joey had a too’ch extracted yesterday. Your loving wi fe, CAROLINE. “Of course I was glad to see our friends at dinner, and it was all right about Joey's ‘tooth, but I should have appreciated it just as much if you hadn’t w asted so much mofiey In telling me about It. I don’t mind the money so much, but I do hate to give i*t to the telegraph c6mpany. Hereafter, Caroline, when you find it nwessary to send a telegram limit your message to ten words. It’s a very easy matter to express yourself with that number of words if you only ’chink so.” Then Mr. Blodgett went to St. Louis on business. He had been there three days and had pushed his scheihes so energetically that a meeting with several gentlemen at the Planters’ Htftel on the evening of the fourth u-ay would, in all probability, bring the deal to a successful issue. Several hours before the time of his appointment he rece-ved a telegram from Mrs.

Blodgett. It read;

“Fire Sam frigh’tened Joey badly hurt

no one escaped uninjured.”

Mr. Blodgett pored over the unpunctuattd message for several minutes. It w-as a decided puzzle. At last his anxious mind

evolved this out of the chaos;

“Fire. Sam frightened. Joey badly

hurt. No one escaped uninjured.”

Then hte-fatherly heart was troubled at the» thought of his little boy lying at death’s door and the wife of his manhood passing into eternity without his being there. He has’aly scribbled notes of explanation to his business .associates, and

took the first train for Chicago.

His pulse throbbed wildly, and te-ars coursed down his cheeks as he neared his home, and when he saw that the house, at least externally, was no’c damaged, a prayer of thanksgiving ascended on high, and he hoped things were not quite so bad as represented. He let himself in and hurried up-stairs. His wife was .in her room. He clapped her in his arms and

wept aloud.

"Thank heaven, you are not badly hurt," he cried, “where are the children?” "Out in the yard playing,” sne said. “Why, what on earth ails you?" “Out playing so soon?’’ he said. “What

did you mean by this?” and he gave her

the telegram.

"Why, just what it says.” she replied. “ ’Fire. Sam frightened Joey badly. Hurt no oae. Escaped uninjured. If 1 hadn't wished to confine myself to ten words I should have said that the fire was aroumt the corher. that Sam frightened Joey with i a new false face, and that all escaped uninjured, but I had to leave out words. I thought you'd understand it all right.”

Overwhelmed By Fate.

Washington Star.

The villain was foiled at 'last. It was worse by far than the dramatist intended or the audience suspected. Just at that moment when nis power seemed unassailable; when he was in a position to taunt the heroine with unkind remarks about a lover, hte face blanched and his step became unsteady. H.s discomfiture was complete. An envious rival had sewed up the pockets of his trousers, oo that he could not put his thumbs, into them when he swag-

gered.

“To get Edison’s attention, you have but to demand the impossible,” said Col. Goureaud on our way to the great man’s laboratory at Orange. “I prophesy for you an occasion of extraordinary interest. The combination of Edison and Loie Fuller is something unique In the way of an interview. To begin with, la Loie is distinctly a woman of brains and almost unlimited resources, with tremendous magnetic power to boot. You will see her propound the impossible to Edison, and you will see how he will snap at It.” And it was even so. What the clever dancer didn’t ask for in the way of the novel and weird, the fantastic and unattainable in color effects doesn’t exist even in her seething cerebrum. In a moment she had Edison’s rapt attention, and it was not long before he began pulling vigorously at his right eyebrow, a sure indication of concentrated thought with him; and then at intervals we would heart “Yes, yes; I think that could be done. You ought to be able to produce that effect,” etc. In fact, they talked of dynamos and polarascopes, of 12,000 pow'er lenses and X rays, of polarized light and cellular systems, of fluorescing and equivalents, in a way that was pure jargon to the unenlightened, one of whom I know secretly rejoiced when the conversation turned upon the distinguished men Miss Fuller had met abroad, and involved the more personal side of the man of genius before us w'hose face, brilliant with thought, seemed to me the most fascinating I had ever seen, and whose simple, even childlike manners—for he was “In the vein"— charmed one beyond expression. They did not leave the subject, however, until the famous electrician and dancer had arranged^ that in the near future Mlsis Fuller should spend a wmek in the laboratory experimenting with Mr. Edison on color effects, and though the fair danseuse had planned to start the next day for a trip that would land her in China, she wisely considered It worth while to cancel some future engagements In order to return and work out new Schemes with so able a collaborateur as the one and only Edison. Finest Chinn Silk. “If you could get silk woven 800 threads to the Inch,” he at one time remarked, “and I am sure you could get this done for you in China, and then have the threads twisttd and distorted, you would in the right light get every variation of the prismatic colors; millions of hues; it would be gorgeous; simply gorgeous. You can’t get that effect with the silk here, it is all so fearfully loaded. But in some parts of China they weave with the single fiber, and a piece voluminous enough to fill this room wouldn't weigh more than an ounce." “My dancing robe of five hundred yards I can draw through an ordinary gold ring,” said Miss Fuller. “It is that fineness that gives the marvelous shades that you see in the mother of pearl in the oyster; that runs about six hundred sections to the inch." - “Apropos of nothing, Mr. Edison, did you ever meet Flamarrion?” asked Miss Fuller. “Flamarrion of Paris, the man with the brilliant imagination?” “Yes, that he has, surely. But he is one of the greatest astronomers in the world for all that.” “Yes, I know him. Undeniably a great man. But 1 should say that he had an imagination of about forty horse-power.” “Was it not strange,” said Miss Fuller, "that it should have fallen to me to introduce two such famous men as Flamarrion and Alexander Dumas in their own native Paris. I said to them: ‘How is it that an American girl has to travel over 3,000 miles to present two such distinguished Parisians to each other.’ “ T really don’t know',’ said Flamarrion. ‘How is it, Dumas, that tve never met bef<> " e ‘Probably because you dwell in the heavens, and I on the earth,’ replied the novelist.’ ” LI Hnng Chang’s Hat. “By the way, Edison, that was a nice dance you led me with LI Hung Chang,” said Colonel Goureaud. "You knew I had given my word to produce you at Niagara, as the viceroy had expressed the greatest desire to see you. When you failed to appear at the meeting held for that special purpose, suppressed mutterings w’ere heard from his excellency, followed by the most searching cross-exam-inations ao to the means I had employed to find you. Finally, the Interpreter slowly articulated: ’The rajah says you appear to have not kept your word.’ When the full purport of the viceroy’s remark, with all that. It implied, dawned upon me, I rose, seized my hat and stick, took a step backward, when my eye accidentally lighted upon my congressional medal of honor; and almost between clenched teeth, I managed to say: ‘Please say to the viceroy that for only the fourth time In my life I donned the medal of honor to wear In his excellency’s presence; and If it were possible for me to do what he has Implied I could never again look upon that badge without shame.’ "At this the viceroy asked to see the medal and inquired minutely into its origin and significance. No sooner did he find that he had been guilty of an Injustice to a gentleman than ne sought to make amends by every means In his powei. At a word from him, the interpreter sent a servant from the room who soon appeared bearing the viceroy’s hat. His excellency then motioned me to approach, and, with a little ceremony, placed the hat on my nead, saying that he regretted that u was not a new hat, but that perhaps I would not value It the less when I knew that it was the one he had worn in the presence of every sovereign that he had met In his journey around the world. Later on, during my trip to Toronto, his excellency, w'ho was sitting beside me, took the hat from my head and sent it from the room. In a few minutes it reappeared and w r as replaced on my head by the same hand that had removed it. Glancing up I saw reflected from a mirror opposite a br.liiant jewel on my forehead and simultaneously heard these words from the interpreter: ‘The rajah says that since he has an exact duplicate of the stone you wear, when you come to China you will send him this hat* and he will know that it is you. And also when you present yourself at the door of the imperial palace wearing the same, it will give you audience with the Emperor.” Edison Indifferent. At this point in the narrative Colonel Goureaud took the hat from his pocket and placing it on the head of Edison, said “And all these honors that have been conferred upon me were but reflected honors, and belong only to you. I therefore place the hat upon your head and the diamond shall be a joint heirloom to our children.” Edison, who seeme to care less than nothing for pomp and ceremony and all the distinguished honors conferred upon him, was apparently little impressed by the interest.ng ceremony, scarcely looked, at that hat or diamond and only ejaculated: "The Chinese are jus* trying to get ahead of the Japanese. But those little Japs are the fellows. I tell you they are smart, and they know how to vrork, too. I have had three here studying for the last year. They will work steadily eighteen hours a day and are never satisfied with what they do.” This capacity for “toiling terribly” is the surest passport to Edison’s favor, his own habits lying entirely outside the orbit of the ordinary human being. Here is this man of superhuman working power, splendid in physique and perfect health, living in absolute violation of every known law of hygiene: frequently working sixty hours on a stretch and then after five or six hours’ sleep rising fresh as a daisy, ready to go at it again with renew ed vigor. Indeed, he says that sleeping is just like dr.nking, the more y\m have the more you want: and that seven or eight hours out

of the twesnty-four is only another form of intemperance; and as for his diet, let the enemies of pie give ear. Longed For Pie. “You should have seen Edteon at a very swell dinner that I attempted to give him in London,” said Colonel Goureaud. “It was to be one of our famous fish dinners, and I had ordered every rare and delicate morsel on the menu. I noticed, however, that he did not seem to be eating anything. “ ‘What Is the matter. Edison?’ said* 1‘What are you waiting for?’ “ ’P-i-e" was the laconic answer. And if you will believe It, that man passed by every delicacy that I had ordered and filled up at the end on such pastry as 1 could command.” “But I never saw’ such a place as London, anyway, to get anything to eat in,” said Edison. I could hardly work there. I can't think wdthout pastry. They gave me bacon and fish for breakfast, ham ard eggs for lunch and roast beef for dinner. Why, I got so I couldn't work at all. My brain was all roast beefy. I hadn’t any Ideas. Then I began going about London in search of pie. and a good tramp It gave me, too. After a while, in some out-of-the-way place, I found a bake shop where they had pie and tarts. Such tarts! It w'as just Elysium! (With an angelic smile). I Just tucked In those tarts, and then took a big bag of them home with me to eat In my room. My brain grew clear, my Ideas came back, and I made a big success of what I was doing, didn’t I, Goureaud? And all owdng to pie.” In (i Loudon Cellar. “When Edison first came to London,” said Colonel Goureaud, "the only place he could find where he could carry on his w6rk satisfactorily was In an old soap boiler factory, way down in the slums. Night and day, day and night, he worked there, as is his custom, and I used to go down and stay with him, and—’ "Yes, and you should have seen him,” chimed in Edison. “He would come dow ; n from his swell up-town clubs in immaculate linen and top hat, and there he would sit in the cold and damp and filth, often becoming drowsy and chilled to the marrow One morning about 5 o'clock he concluded that flesh and blood could stand it no longer and wanted to know if there wasn't some decent place near by where he could get something to eat. I politely invited him to go around with me to a little ale house in the vicinity where I occaslonalljf lunched. The ta-ble-well, it was pretty bad, and the coffee was made out of burned bread or something worse, and as for the bread, I don’t know wh*at that was made of, and cockroaches were running wild over everything. But I tell you at that time In the morning, and In the condition we were In, it tasted good, first rate; but that man there wouldn’t taste a morsel.” “And he worst of It was,” Interrup’ed Goureaud, "Edison kept up an endless chaffing, smacking his lips over the stuff, and absolutely drank two cups of coffee and ate twm or three pounds of that breq<i, vowing all the time that it was firstclass.” "I tell you,” said Edison, ’^everything depends upon your conditions. What Ufferenco does it make what you eat so long as it digests?” “Even to cockroaches?” “Even to cockroaches. I haven’t a doubt but that I ate some. But they will digest all right. When a man is absorbed in his work, the only point of eating is digestion. Everything—I tell you again—<lepends upon conditions. Now, I W’ouldn’t eat cockroaches at the Waldorf, but down at my coap boiler factory it was quite another matter. And I succeeded, too. My experiment was a fine success, wasn’t it, Goureaud?” DELIA DAVIS.

ABOUT ASBESTOS. It* Uoininereln! Value anti the Many Uses To Which It Is Now Put. Railroad Gazette. The credit of discovering the commercial uses of abestos rightly belongs to Mr. H. W. Johns, who, In 1S67, having been dissatisfied with the perishability of hemp and other vegetable fibers, which he was using in a cement, became alive to the need of a fiber stronger and more duraable than any yet known. In a search for this he came acroes an article in an encyclopedia on asbestos, and immediately became convinced that here was the fiber he was looking for. He then set about discovering the deposits which were said to exist in Staten Island. These, when found, though brittle and of poor quality, answered the first purpose; but slight experimenting with the new mineral opened to his imagination wide possibilities of its future usefulness, and havng a firm belief that nature provides in sufficient quantities all substances needed by man ,he at once took steps toward bringing to light the hidden treasure which he was sure existed. In order to elicit information concerning other deposits he advertised his asbestos cement in the leading scientific and other newspapers, adding a description of the characteristics of the curious mineral, with the result that letters of inquiry containing samples of asbestos began to pour in upon him from all parts of the country. These, however, were, all too brittle to be spun or used for the more valuable purposes. Italian asbestos was then tried, but proved very expensive and unsuitable in many respects. The Interest thus awakened in the subject led, in a few years, to the opening of the Canadian mines, which supplied In abundance the desired quality, and rendered possible the many applications of it which have been made. Asbestos has become a necessity of our daily life, and Its uses o^e innumerable. It sheathes our houses, covers our fur-nace-pipes, appears in the form of rugs and blowers before our fireplaces, takes the place of paper for covering the walls and finds its way into our kitchens In the form of stove mats, baking paper and iron-holders. Every theater Is required to be provided with a curtain of asbestos. But Its most Important uses are in mechanical and electrical lines—here we find It as a packing in steam engines, a covering for steam pipes and boilers, firings—In fact, asbestos plays a very important part in railroad equipments. Fire felt for lagging locomotive boilers and covering for train pipes Is the only malenaJ upon the market which fulfills all the requirements of these purposes. It consists of asbestos fibers formed into a felt-like removable febric, possessing the highest heat-insul-ating power, unaffected by»the excessive vibration, and practically Indestructible by moisture or otehr injurioois effects. The vulcabeston used in the Westinghouse air-brake pumps is composed largely of asbestos, and packings of asbestos in sheet or rope form are very generally employed for railroad, marine and stationary steam engines. In combination with other substances it forms the standard electrical insulating material of the world. Electric car heaters are In common use—the "electrotherm,” a flexible heating pad for use in place of hot-water bags and poultices, is one of the latest valuable Inventions. Dug Out of a Cave-In By His Dog. Chicago Tribune. Henry Miller, of this city, came as near losing hte life near Greggs, 111., yesterday as a man could and still escape, and It was only owing to tne sagacity of his dog that he escaped death. Miller went out 1 ^ early yeesterday in search of nuts, taking his dog with Mm. When he alighted from the train he proceeded to a walnut grove two miles south of Greggs. After filling hte sack he espied a wood- ■ chuck on a neighboring side hill, and, after j shooting at It, ran it into its hole. Leaving hte dog on guard, he went to the house of Jaeoo Meyer, a. mile disc am, and borrowed a shovel, with which to dig the animal from Its burrow. Miller soon dug a deep pit in the side of tho hill, when suddenly a portion of the overhanging bank gave way and buried him under hilf a ton of gravel. Fortunately, Ms face was not covered, and he was able to breathe, but he was so weighted down it was impossible to move a muscle. He shouted for aid until he was hoarse, and was about to give up in despair wheu he thought of his dog. Calling the faithful beast He made him dig. Tne dog seemed to comprehend, and scratched gravel so zealously that at the end of half an hour Miller was able to move one arm, and soon succeeded in escaping from his position. He was so thoroughly frightened he took the first train back to the city. Before leaving he refused an offer of $50 for the dog. : o Best Time To Wind Watches. Chicago Chronicle; Watches should be wound in the morning, says an experienced jeweler. The mainspring of a watch should always be relaxed at night when the witch is still, and tight when the watch te carried about In the pocket during the day. Winding everv morning will effect this purpose, ana invariably secure the most accurate time.

The Wm. H. Block Co.

Wednesday AND Thursday

7 and 9 E. Wash. St.

Note the Items Note the Prices

Special attractions in the following departments: CLOAKS, SUITS, NOVELTY DRESS GOODS, DRESS TRIMMINGS — AND OSTRICH BOAS.

VELVET CORDUBOYS

28-inch heavy Velvet Corduroy.

The latent thing for Waists. Navy, myrtle and garnet. Regular price, 86c yard. This sale..

SILKS!

SMS!

1,000 yards Fancy Taffeta SMks, comprising Stripes, Brocades, Ombres and Changeable*, In new designs and colorings— adapted for Waists and Skirts. Value, 86c to $1 yard. This sale 10 pieces Black Satin Brocade. Regular value, 75c. This sale..

49c

SILKS!

68c 66c

BUCK ROVELTVDBESS GOODS A few special bargains for Wednesday and Thursday: You know' the famous manufacturer, “PRIESTLEY.” No better goods made, and a rare chance when you find it much less than the regular price. Priestley’s Brocaded, Black Novelty Jacquards. Warranted all wool. Regular value, 85c. This 03C 46-inch a 11-Wool Black Serge 38 c 42-inch Fancy Boucle Novelty Fabric, new patterns, stylish designs, very choicest for Skirts. Regular value, $1.25. #1 flQ This sale $l*U0

DBES8 TBH1IIG8 Special prices on up-to-date Trimming*. The newest for the season Bolero*. Plain and silk, iridescent beaded bands and net*. Braid Loop Sets, In all the new colorings and full assortment of prices. Colored Applique and Pemian Zouave fronts, beaded and embroidered Chiffon Lace, pearl buckles, steel buckles and Persians. Our prices will interest you. OSTBICI BOAS from $5 to $17.60 each. COLLARETTES COLIjARETTES. $1 M, $2.40, $3 to $5 each. Changeable Velvet Shirt Waists, latest novelty for the season. — Your choice (value $6), this J j A GREAT SALE OF TAILOR-MADE SUITS Every Suit In our house, from $10 to $50 each, will be placed on sale to-morrow

(Thursday) AT 3353

less than regular price.

We have perhaps one of the finest and most complete Suit lines ever shown. Cheviots, Serges, Scotch Novelties, etc., all the latest improved Ideas in modern Suit-making. All yours to-morrow 14 off

regular price. „ LADES’ JACKETS

Extra Special—1 lot Ladies’ Jackets, in Black Boucle Cloth, onehalf silk lined, lateot sleeves. A bargain at $10. Your choice.. 1 lot Novelty Jackets, two-toned rough effects, all silk lined, military braid finish down the front, rows of pearl buttons, latest style sleeves. Value, $23. This sale Kersey Tailor-Made Jackets, braided sleeves and front, large sleeve, latest and newest front. Value, $12.50. This sale You should see our Figured Mbhair Skirts for this sale. Taf-feta-lined. Velveteen-faced, 4% yards sweep, for—^

Some very special values In Children’*

and Misses’ Jackets.

$6-96

$16.50

$850 $198

The Wm. H. Block Co.

OUR CORSET DEPARTMEHT Have you made this department a visit? By all means you should. We hoar on every hand—what a Corset Department! Every line worth having is here. We carry the best-known brands in both imported and domestic—-P. D., Thom peon's GloveFitting, Dr. Warner’s, R. & G., W. B., J. I. C.. Dr. Ball's, Kabo and other lines well known. Special for this sale: $2 W. B. Corsets 89 c 75c R. &-G. Corsets 59®

TheWm. 11. Block Co.

ITALY'S NEW SHIPPING BOUNTIES.

Large Sums Paid For Construction and Mlleacrc To Increase It. New York Sun. The law for the encouragement of Italian maritime commerce, which was promulgated on July 23, has just been published in the official Italian newspapers. No doubt many will doubt that the new law' will be efficacious in promoting the industry of ship and engine building to the extent that the advocates of the new law have declared. Others will declare that the bounty schedule is intended as a blow to the German steamship lines trading between Italian and South American ports. However the new law must attract the attention and study of dose interested in American maritime commerce, and its principal provisions wm be of Interest to them. They are as follows: For every iron or steel steamship built In Italy, of native material, a bounty ot about $15 a ton, grosa register, will oe paid; for the engines, per indicated horsepower, $2.30; for boilers, per ton weight avoirdupote, $18.20; for auxiliary machinery, per ton weight avoirdupois, $20. If the mateBial of construction be' of foreign production, it must pay the full customs duties. There are also provisions In the law for the reclassification of the materials where different portions of It are of foreign manufacture. Should the vessel be built of wood instead of Iron or steel, the bounty to be paid Is only $3.25 per ton of gross register, instead of $15. Then there are premiums or bounties provided for navigation; these are dvld* ed Into three classes, as follows: Voyage beyond the Suez canal or the Strait* of Gibraltar, 16 cents a ton of grosa register for every 1,000 miles during the first three years of the vessel's age, decraasmg by 2 cents a ton for each succeeding three years. For voyages to the Black sea, Azof and Mediterranean ports, and coasting voyages, two-thirds of these rates are to be paid. Steamships of sixteen knots speed and over, made on a twelve hours' trial, however, get 50 per cent, additional to the above rates. Steamships to be entitled to the bounties must be of not less than 600 tons gross register, and of the highest class in the Italian registry and of Italian bulla; or, ir bu.lt out of the country, they must have been registered under the Italian Mag prior to 1887, and they must not be over fifteen years old. The law is to remain in force ten years. It will make the matter clearer if we take, for example, a steamship of 4,006 tons register, steaming an average of ten knots an hour. The builder or owner would receive $60,000 on the gro« registered tonnage; for 2,000 m tlal norsepower of engines, $4,600 more; 100 tons weight of boilers at $18.20 would give $1,820; and fifty tons of auxiliary machinery at $20, $1,000. This makes a total of $67,420. In addition, she receive* the mileage bounty. Calculating that sne steams IfO days out of the 365, In otner words, steams 38.400 knots per annum, the rate for the first three years w.U be 16 cents per grosa ton for every thousand knots, and for the second three years 14 cents a ton. The ship-owner will thus receive In the first six years 123,181 for mileage. or,,a grand total of $180,600 for his vessel. Novel Campaigning. Baltimore Sun. \ Ex-Congressman J. B. Richmond, the sound money elector for the Ninth dtetrtct of Virginia, recently made a proposition to meet any reputable Bryan reprasmtative i on th* stump at all Ws appointments, and, ! further, agreed to pay said representative’# expenses and give him $5 a day for the service which Judge Richmond conj ceived said speaker would do the sound money cause. The Bryan and Bewail

Election returns received *t Arcade Kneipe.

lying J _ f. The la'tter has replied that be will stand by his proposition, and tbe joint discussions are expected to begin this week, though the name of the free stiver debates hoe not yet be&n announced. Th* Homing Sense. James Weir In November ISpptnoott’s Evidences bf this sixth sense are to be observed in animals of exceedingly low organization. On one occasion, while studying a water-louse, I saw the MU* creature swm to * hydra, pluck off on* of It*-bud*, then swfm a short distance away and take shelter behind a small bit of mud, where it proceeded to devour

It* tender morsel. In a short while, muen to my surprise, the louse again swam to the hydra, again procured a bud, and again' swam back to Us h-dlng place. Tnis occurred three times during the hour 1 had it under observation. The louse probably discovered the hydra the first time by accident: but when It swam oadk t» the source of it# food-supply the second time and then returned again to It* sheltering b.t of mud. It clearly evinced conscious memory of route and sense of direction. - ‘^Barkers” For Beer. Chicago Tlmea-Hersld. Belated wayfarers going south on State street after midnight will have noticed a new industry that has recently assumed Interesting proportion*. The thousand ~ ~ ' one saloons, more or less, that Itoei busy thoroughfare, find business dull through competition. Hence It Is that the more enterprising establishments have engaged “barkers.” The front doors are closed at midnight. In deference to the police regulations, but the passing public are not allowed to think that business is absolutely suspended at that hour. “The side door 1* open yet,” say* th# smooth-voiced barker to the passing pedestrian. Sometimes it Is a well-paid “barker” who adds a good-natured "josh" to the announcement: sometime* It i* a fellow who volunteer* Ws. vocal' persuasiveness for the sake of a purely liquid liquidation. Tbe South Side citizen* were Invited to the side doors In this way e?ght times in a single block th# other nigHt. but the only patrons who appeared to have been prevailed upon were a pair of policemen. - The Jewel Weed a Miniature Cannon St. Nicholas. The most curious of all the way* of spreading the seeds Is (hat adopted by the lewel-weed. This 1* a Handsome plant, often seen In shady ptec« along brooks. It owes it* name to the dew that In early morning hangs In glistening drops like smail round diamonds, along the scalloped edges of the leaves. Late In summer—In August and September— the Jewel-weed 1s covered with iWetty flowers, something like snapdragon blossoms, orange-red spotted with broom. I^ater on. when tbe seed* are *lpe, the Ugh test touch will make! he—pods that hold them burst open suddenly, and scatter them far and wide, like shot from a tiny cannon. For this leason the European jewel-weed Is known as NoUmetangere. which te Latin for “Touch me not.” The garden balsam, or lady* slipper, a relative of the jewel-weed, ha* the same sort of elastically-opening pod*. Located Is No Uoaaty. Chicago Chronicle. The city of St. Loui* Is on# of the twe or three cities to the United State* which are not located in any county, haring determinate limit* of their own and being, by special charter, completely free from county supervision. The ad vantages ot such an arrangement are so numerous and manifest that, In almost every large city of tni* country, ther* have been movements for a similar condition. In cities located m counties the conflict between tho city government and that of the county are frequent and annoying, and even wore there no other reason thi* of be sufficient justification tor exempting the cities from county government and placing them on an Independent footing. blxteea-Year-Old <l«e«a. Mercedes, Prince** of the Aaturia*. who was Queen of Spain for a few month* before the birth of her little brother, ha* just completed her sixteenth year. She te not pretty, but has beautiful eye* and black hair. Empire* mad Republic*There are twenty-seven republic*, twenty kingdoms and fourteen empire* on th# earth at the present Urn*.

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