Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1894 — Page 9

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IT HAD A SILVER LINING.

mm txoiDY itEconn oe the old YEAR WAS OT ALL BLACK. Progress Made in rolille, Litcrntnre, Art, Mimic, Mechanic, Cheini.it ry. Astronomy nuil Ollirr Srlrorr A (rami Vfar fur uiti i-llie World l-'alr nprnnl V t.enerul Itcu me . AftTOlOKJ. During the year 1W. business in th tomnvreial and financial worlds was Subjected to startling and vital changes, the effect of which, as months pa-ss-d, lernadened cut until every s.- tion felt the new conditions, and all -lasses of trade were influent eel to a gre-ab r or bss extent. The year will pass into history as most memorable in all t!iat relates to business interests, ar.d the sad cbroiitele of peril is ci!);i't,v.i in ineffaceable characters upon the memories of the partici pants. Notwithstanding this fact, however, th old year had Ures and snvp to f;',!" red-'cmir.g fvtttlic world many valliable rcmml'mn s. It IHil: t net be luo severely e oud First of all. tic world's fair, tie u "l:tn-'d. ar gav o forth th :i a n l st ir.Mln- t ion of human genius and Are The. total receipts wer.;i an enterprise. ;js.i;,i.p;s.7."V and the total c xpen Hiui os v. re $J."..il.i,fc:7.S.". Th total paid adnii-sioiis niu.ib"red Cl.O.C-d, and with the pas.s.s XJiade a grand total f U7. .".;:'. ; U. In rational s! s ! 1 1 p i a : . ;. .- it, a a ' i - d 'i'us :mi ! t Wet ; tie year th iron stairs Xy.ir with colds Were n :i -enshas been most gratif.e tonnaRf; bnüt in il. i ceeded that f ai-y p.but ee on i i j. ( ) broken and the tine town ;i r. I N'-w V"i k i . i' d to " tla y. T2 hours and 17 line may I." u -parade a vni-. f width th. and ia all i : ttCNlin. I;i the vaj mud-.? ia-.; th- Aiieri-a's 1.1 MM i-l:!io:;. U'tit i:t v- . ( 'p. .:i the Gallic d fl" .treai liaval '. h.tct... I-', tue like n. . : ! :..re !y v.l'.l never V.Z -. the e l.y the tae. in w'iiii the eilly v.-o:t.. T.t of the s," w el r for ve;n- - i'p- . v. r fc'usn. as usaa in- war il'-p irn.e: lU'-nt h.as pv . I s-v tHtisfa.-tioti during tie -i"al inipfov c!ne.;r and Te: -i e f. .- s, ant of h a is -,1: ral thinsrs t its y ;o- and ad. -pte.l in ils defensive tiie nx st inip .i tpower tO hie... I n P--!-.und shells tw i e -i ; i. h tnortar wn'.i pia.-iical ac- ;" Ih.e inot iinpt.rti." a n-'W and su-'-ah:i-ships on the f a taut trac-iuis-Minuitati ; 'y six;.- '!' etaiüei; -j; : j,i a at a f:e-i.iile ran-,-.-curacy. Ill ' l'i:Vel ii'e; Bat it.ii ro . i,i'"ils v. l-essfl.ll Iil.-th.ill ,f ( 1-i u ii as l.y nie,;;Moll cable. i no st' 'ia-," ! a 1 1 folvc r.iany of tri. ity, app.-. is 1 r. in th.it set. m ry Hitter. hi. h is to H.e i.:oh. ins ft e!-"--:ii I he pror-. ss made ls;t:; lo be a practical certamty m t..- near future, liiih.rt.. tl:e stora-,. !.att- iy has been not ,,r,h C-xpensiv. but almost a failure. Th f.:--at diih. 4;i.. s ju t j, way of buildm;an ect.notnj -al st..r; ir batterv have leen now ov -reoi...-. With the nVw hatt:y a tar can be ran :-t a third less ost than im.l-r the troll. .y syst-m and the economy ;hus paiiie.l has i.-.n s far deni'-nstrat -d that electricians now concede that the c-r.-at end desired has been attained. In chemistry a n- w elements was discovered. It was f.eiad in s-ene specimens alum I'lo'irht fr..m Kjrypt ar..I ias been Cidl-d masrium. It resembles beryllium in some of its properties and zinc in others. Markt d advance was Els., made in the production of colored photographs. I Hiring IVO astronomers learned several far-t.s which they did not know b ?- fore. One of ti:e most remarkable astronomical developments was the result Of the application of photography to the discovery of minor planets. The year was not marked by anv preat recovery in the science of medicine. Preliminary work has been commenced for the purine of reducing' the Jnortality from tuberculosis, a diseis that may well be called man's deadliest -nemy, and this promises th most brilliant results. Arctic exploration made advances daring and two expeditions ate now Ixke-1 in the oU embrace of the froen .'orth. Thes-e ;. t e the exphtring- parti-.s iff Peary and Nansen. The lcur in PolilicH. Tor itss politi. s the year deserves a kindly epitaph. Slujrsrish elements, lun öormant, were lathed into healthy activity and cyclones of no mean proportions came to sweep away diseases that had their resting place in stag-nation, sothinff is so w holesome and so bracing In polities as a genuine tornado, even though it should somewhat startle timid t tatesmen and disturb iriRenious calculations mixed with abortive prophecies. Ü'he first mutterinp-.s of the storm were heard when the autocratic republicans tailed their convention, at a time and tinder circumstances that showed excessive inllation of spirit and indifference, openly manifested, to popular feelings end preferences. Th peojde were awakened, however, and plainly evinced this fact at the polls. War taxation was voted to its eternal death and thn world wa-s toll that American manufacture, n-fter a century of development, was at last prepared to stand on its? feet and nter into comrtition with the world. Art has n"-t had a very brilliant year. TTue. there are more art students In the country and their work has doubtless been much Improved, but there have been very few noted sales, pain tings by rtlsU of repute, whese works usually find ready pun hasers. are still hanging upon the walls of the studios in which Jhey were painted. The financial panic Is of course, to a great measure, responsible for this. The year saw r.o star of dnrzHng brilliancy ruse in the upper realms of literature, nor the unveiling of any remarkable genPjjj. The three boohs of the year that sta id out most prominently are und'-mhtcdiy "The Prince of India.'' by Gen. Lew Wallace, whom Indiana delight to honor; "Tho Heavenly Twins." by Sarah Gra.nd, and "Dodo." by E. . Benson the firVt religious in its them the second in its title, and the third in its genesis. Thomas IJ. Aldrlch and "Mark Twain" have been more active than usual and have given, to the world fom brilliant ebullitions from thir scintillating genius. while Howeiis. Jiarrie and Kipling have ably sustained thHr reputations by some fine work. The year will always live in the memory and traditions of woman as the year of her triumph. The two greatest movements of the woman's world are in the direction of higher education and "luaJ suffrage and representation. s;h hau twn admitted to Harvard eolleer, John Hopkins medical college and other noted institutions, while Stanford university has passed into control of women. In exploration fhe has also, taken bold Ftep. Mrs. Ve&ry is in th Arctic refrioni with her hu.sba.nd, while a noted JCngllnh woman has started for Africa to pursue studies in botany. Miss Klumpke, an Knglish woman, nppeared before the acadmi de scionce in Paris and took the examination for the degre In matheniatlcJi. while )Ir. Sarah Evans took the Evan art prize in Honten, ilany other notable acxon.plishmcnts by

women were recorded during the year. Among thousands of other things that are worthy of note are the ciening of the Cherokee rtrlp to 12.009 persons ia one day. the admission of the new state of Arizona, the cementing of peaceful relations between France and Itussia, as witnessed at the festivities at Toulon, and the passage of the home rule bill To be sure there wre many evils and calamities that offset these blessings to a certain extent. Thete was the Sea islands disaster, wherein l.0 persons lost their lives in that terrible storm; th- drought and storm in this country, which caused a falling off in the crops of ix).000.0ih) bushels; the Italian bank scandals with the conse lueut loss cf conlidonce and widespread linancial disasters and the terrible list of sensational murders. The Hering sa disputes were amicably settled between this country and England, and. while America lost, it was nevertheless a source of sincere congratulation that the affair was at last dispose.! cf and a precedent set for Ihr settlement of international disputes by conference. The year witnessed th creation of a new and important otlicial in .America. This is the permanent apostolic, delegate to the I'nited States, who personally represents his holiness, the pope, in this country, relieving th Vatican of much work in the settlement of Amerian church questions and bringing the Inchest catholic authority into closer touch with public sentiment in the I'nited States.

The Niearnguan revolution and troubles in Erail also occupied the the attviHi") of the diplomatic world. 'I lie .uit'il A I ii ! men t. In music the recotd of the y.ar is also most gratifying. The engagement of Paderev.ski began a season of ivcital.-i that will end triumphantly with the best performance of opera that this country has ever known. Another important feature to n.uMc !oers is the recent evidence of lr. Dvorak's genius to compos' a successful smplioii" upon a p.irely American pint. The 'hit-ago mu.-ie exposition will also be gratefully remembered for what il did finally sin -ce"d in accompHshiii'-. America still has Abbey, Dami-oscli and Dvorak. As Dr. Tal ma go s vill put it in a recent article, it is hich time that tic wis and bats of !!. niht f ij. pressioii l!y back ii.P ti.eir oiuriis and that the people tiiiciw v.id- op-ii the wiii'low- ! shuttt rs. t.f n. w.-inii'. l cilices ai-.l church, s and 1 t in tie- moming. There have been d;ri:s t-tiough. The world is twentv years fuith r on toward the worlds l-Me niza t ion than it wits hvtlv:' norths ago. That world's fair put things on the swift run toward universal betterm'-nt. It did more to destroy caste, multiply kiiowhdg' promole international broMu-rhond, educate i taste, advance ;,.-t. en. . .urate sci.-n. e. lu. ike war impossible, lift up nations, weaken dep. i.-iiisms ai d adv.ui .' five principles than anything that lias happened since the i ;. ; hi-It in star sh d light on the i:- thi. he,n caravansary. I.'t the huzzas of the world and the hallelujahs .a" the thutili commingle. At that fair Hi" prot-tant and critl.oiie churches f..r the lust time shook hands, and th" old tight betw.-n tlcm can never again be pctcd. Tln-y v. ill always tliT'-r. but nev.-r rtsii'iie viol.-nee. lb-blew ard (bniiie discussed (.n the same platform "The ?.bsiah!" Nothing but tror.ii an c"ni.' of sia h convoeati n if there b an tiling w 1 in light, and kindness, and generosity. i'tiiIokv of (lie Yciir. The net rology of the ar is esp -i ially to 1 noti -"d. The i,,-es among persons of oeDbrity in nearly all tic walks of hfe were mi nieroll.-. In the month (if January al -ne there pass, d away (o n. r.eiijamin 1 l'aitl. r, Mrs. Martha 1-amb, the historian; b n. Unfits Itigalis. ex-I'i-'sid-nt Hayes. I'liiliips i:r..ks, the gr.-it preacher; Justice I,. t. C Lamar, the lb m. Janus C. l;lai:v and Con. D-.ubl.-day. Among tho military ncn of distinction who died during the year were bn. i'.e niregar !. C n. Kirby South. ".,1. Jerone Honaparte, Marshal McMaht.n, and among naval men, Jlc.ir Admiral English. Literature mourned Taine. the historian. Cay d1 Maupassant, tlcoi jk e M. Towle. Kraneis Parkman; science. Prof. J.dm Tytidall; the stage, Edwin I'.ooth. James E. Mur.lot h. Annie Pixley; the pulpit, the Ue-. C. l Deems, l'.ishop Kip. Hishop Hissed aral Dr. Philio Schaff. ( -tiler persons weil I.nowi', wlio pass.d over b the majority, were Dr. Notvin Creen, Itufus Hatch. Jubs I-'eiry. exSenator Eli Salisbury, Col. I'.lliot Shepard. ;e,-rge I. Sen-y, Senator Patterson. Senator .eland Stanfoid, Justice Hlatchford, Hamilton Pish. Sir Alexander Halt, Lucy Stone Hlackwell, (,'arter Harrison, Sir John Abbott. Mrs. Almira Hancock and Pauline CV.shnian, th t?cout. i.oi'i;i itoi m with iYirrn. Though I Ich Conduct of a Kreuch (iniirr) mau. When a man calmly carries about with him six cartridges of dynamite and ten detonators, u is not surprising that he should cause a scare in a hospital and be regarded as a pre-eminently dangerous member of society by sick nurses and male attendants. Prosper Millot, quanyman. aged fiftyfour, went to the Pitie hospital yesterday in order to see his son, who is a patient in that institution. On entering the lodge he had to submit to the operation of searching, which was performed by the gate porter in the presence of a soldier of the republican guard and of several male and female ward assistants. The jtorter soon observed that Prosper was carrying "something bulky i:t his double-thonged walslbelt. and naturally insisted upon knowing and seeing what it was. "Oh! it's only dynamite." rtw'Hy remarked the professional manipulator of explosives, to the horror and dismay of his auditors, all of whom, with the exception of the porter and the soldiers, took to their heels. After the cartridges hail been put in a place of safety, Millot was taken off to the nearest police station, and there he made a statement to the commissary about his exceedingly perilous burden. He said that he had received the dynamite from, his employer for the purpose of blowing up rocks, and that he had no time to carry it home before going to the hospital in oder to see his son. Notwithstanding this explanation, the commissary ordered the dynamite to be deposited in the laboratory, and the quarryman, much to his amazement, was summoned for carrying about explosives to the detriment of the public security. London Dally Telegraph. While Itlood in Her. A foreign diplomat, conversing with the Hawaiian queen on the subject of the mixed races in Hawaii, said, "But your majesty purely has no white blood I in your veins?" "Indeed I have white i blood in my veins." Faid the queen: "my grandfather ate Capt. Cook." Exchange. DurlliiKton ltoule. The Uurlington Route Is th best railroad from Chicago and 8t. Juis to St. Paul. Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Omaha. Dead wood and Denver. The scenle line via Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo. Ieadville, Cilenwood Springs. Salt Lake City and Ogden to all California points. All its trains are vestibuled and equipped with Pullman sleeping cars, standard chair cars (seats fre) and Burlington route dining cars. If you arc going West, take the besj. line.

AS TO LONG ENGAGEMENTS

THE COtMTESS A'ORRAIKOWS ADVICE TO VOOti WOMEX. ?lot Drploraltl of All Matrimonial Conclusion Hrsult of thr Rule of Winnen In the lloaneholil -Hunt y En HHcrmoiil Increase of IJacliclor tilrl.' So many unhappy marriages have resulted from short engagements that a few words, carrying with them the wisdom of experience, may not come amiss. The inose deplorable of all matrimonial conclusions is the marriage of a miss in her teens. She is, in all respects, little more than a child with all a child's conceit in the extent of her powers. Such marriages must of necessity be the result e.f short engagements. How much wiser it would be if the youth and maiden would consent to a prolongation of the engagement beyond the first feverish h -at of love! A young couple becoming engaged on three weeks' or a month's acquaintance should, if the parents bo wise, continue so at least a year. Sober common sense should govern every action of our lives, particularly the linking together of two young hearts. Haste und' r any condition is a serious f o tor, and it is especially so in forming the relationship above named. The youih of twenty-one or twenty-three ears and the maiden of seventeen or eighteen cannot possibly have formed h.ibi.s which will characterize their after lives. Youth is the sea-on of change, ami the gawky lad just merging into manhood stands ready to be made or marred. Tin- .same rule holds good in the young girl's i a sc. The union of two tender lives not yet expanded may mean in tic near future a pulling apart. It were will if girls would coivent to leniain single until they bnl passed at least their twenti- th birthday ; w hile the average young man, by the time he had reached twenty-six or twenty-seven, would lind that bis ideas of life had greatly enlarged from the callow period. In such cases engagements not extending lnynd one year are tl-sirablc, for by a few nit . tings cat !i can tell whether h. or sh is suited to the otla r. Where the law of primogeniture obtains, as in England, the younger sons are oftjnirs relegated to such a position that they are let permitted to display much f. tree of character. As a rule, jeiiiig men of this latter stamp make fairly good husbands, from the fa t that the wife b-concs the presiding genius of the household. Permit a Woman to rule, and peat e will reign. It is when two rulers hold sway in one d.-main that tic times become out of j. int. A sensible motlvr will eaily instill int. her daughter's mind the necessity of making a wise hole of a mate with whom to walk through life. Ciris brought up order such jurisdiction seid'.m marry before they have i-f-;;i ht tl an age at which they may be said to know their own mind:. With them the marriage agreement is not hastily entered into, and the heart is only yielded up after matin.' deliberation and the promis of an engagement extending over sin h a period as to permit both parties to beet ime thoroughly acquainted. Life is not entirely like the summer sea composed of roseate hues. It I:? more often like the surface of old ocean, on whi h storms and sunshine follow in quick su. ce.isi. ii . The test of love lies in its end'.ir.itice. and only well-balanced minds coin out unscarred from life's battle. In the heydey of life its twilight is obscured, and it is the ability to meet both whith comments the marriage tie. In these rapidly progressive times, when peojde rush headlong through life, too little attention is paid to this most holy of tites. It would seem that even the necessity for its existence were in a measure passing away. Men and women, instead of forming conjugal unions, are arrayed against each other in individual efforts to secure a living. And so tie battle surges on. The spirit of the times creates a compulsory independence, and woman in all tilings considers herself the equal of man. Th'..;. in rn.iny respects, is not to be doubted, and indeed In certain fields sh0 is his sutH'tior. The man. nevertheless, y.t stands king, for in this busy world might still makes right anil the battle Is to the strong-. Thus in certain walks of lif" it is only occasionally that woman rises to man's dignity. It is these exceptional cases that -ire held up as laudable and worthy of emulation. "Where man. the king, can be counted as tens of thousands strong the greatest woman apiears as but a beacon light to the members of her sex. What we want in this busy workday life of ours is that we stand fide by side with man not seeking favors on the score of womanhood, but determined to rise or fall on our merits alone. Sjecial training Is required to fit us for pufh a task, and the young woman who while still almost a child enters the matrimonial state finds that the ties of home and family bind her more closely than th tire of the wagon's wheel encircles the spokes. Properly to prepare a woman for life's work as a bread winner, however, requires years of study on her part. This possibly accounts for the late marriages among this class. It sometimes happens also that long engagements become a matter of necessity rather than of choice, for while the aflinity may be strong the pockets often are weak. Occasionally such agreements continue for so many years that death carries off one of the parties, and the remaining member plods his or her weary way alone. Life is . at best but a dream, and a feverish one at that. It is composed of hills and valleys with intermittent sunshine. The lives of the rich can be made no criterion for the poor. The lovemaking of the one is totally different from that of the other. Wealth gains privileges and concessions which the lack of it debars. The rich girl when she meets what she supposes to be her alter ego. does not stop to probe beneath the surface and bring to light the man's innate characteristics. This with her ceases to become a neccesity and she looks only to the dashing manners and gay repartee of her polished suitor. Marriages among this class, therefore, are often hastily entered into and repented of at leisure. The young girl of poor but no less respectable parents is forced to view the matter in a different light. Having little or no money of her own, she must perforce look into the character of the man into whose keeping she contemplates committing herself. In such instances engagements extending over one, two or even three years are to be commended, from the fact that each should be made a character study by the other. Time alone can enable them to arrive at genuine results. One condition which lads to hasty engagements is the so-called "lovu at first Fight." This rarely happens rutfide the experiences of very younff people and Is usually anything but a tribute to the wiodom or powers of discrimina

tion. A pleasant word, a bow, a smile and the heart is lost. Perhaps after a very short acquaintance the couple will become engaged, and this is quickly, followed by marriage. To one of experience all this seems vefy absurd and ia the acme of man's and woman's foolishness. One hears men e often say, "What a charming girl my wife was when I first met her; but. alas, how chanped she is nov:!" And what is the reason of this metamorphosis? simply that the glamour of infatuation has worn off. and the natural attributes of the life are laid bare. This is generally more apparent in the woman's case, for the man's outside calling tends to hide many of his disagreeable proclivities. W man"s sphere is the home, and if she shines not there it is usless to look, beyond. I am sorry to say that in most cases the wife's path is one of retrogression, while the husband steadily wends his footsteps forward to progress. The woman Is not to blame for this, for man has made the condition for her, and ofttimes he steadily enforces it until the fpirit that would otherwise soar is at length subdued and made a willing subject. It Is possible that if the young couple had taken time to study each other's character this sail conclusion might not have been reached. It is not denied that sensible people may form a mutual liking at iirst sight, but that is something very different from love. The women of America, as a rule, are noted for their practical common sense, and they take pride in doing what most conduces to their personal welfare. The hasty engagement and marriage are practiced only by the younger members of society, while to thf matured mind deliberation in such matters is considered absolutely necessary. It would seem that, from the rapid rate at which "bachelor girls" are coming to the fore, the young men will ere long have to lttok to their laurel-:. With this new contingent in the field, tic average man will bo left but little choice in his amatory aspirations, in all probability the coming man will lind himself solitary and ahme, while she whom fate had destined to be his mate usurps, pro bono publico, the once dominant place, he htld. COUNTESS XOUUAIKOYV.

THE DEATH OP A HAMv NOTE. In England n ml 1-runce Tliey Are Never lt-in-!. The bank of England is a modem saturn. constantly destroying its own children. It ii 'vcr reissues a note. Supposing, for instance, that you called at the headquarters in Tinea iiieedle-st., cash a check "short," suddenly change your mind and cross tit nee to the gentleman charged with the duty of redeem ing promises of the bank to pay, lie j will take your brand new notes, at once tear a corner off each and hand you over bright coin of the realm, b-ss beautiful than the liofs yon have just parted with, which will be burned with die ceremony. "They order this matter bi tter in Krance." but it is only in recent years that they have arrived at a Ic-s wasteful expedient of disposing of withdrawn notes. Several Kreuch journals have aim. Hinted lately thai the bank of Krance has just made up its mind to turn all notes withdrawn from circulation into puh. instead of burning iiv in, as hitheiio. as a matter of fact, however, this new system was adopted at the bank about fourteen years since. At the same time a little information about it will not be without interest, and this has been furnished by an authority at the bank of Krance. "It is about fourteen years since we disposed of our old bank nies hv burning them." savs this oflicial. "Formerly vv used furnaces neateti to a very high temperature, but the combustion of the paier was slow, and in consequeiue of the representation of a givat number of the inhabitants of the quarter, who complained that llaming pieces fell on their ro-fs and sometimes e-ausetl tires, the authorities decided to destroy the old notes by other means. Then they const mct-d two cylinders two meters in length by 1.-1 in diameter, worked by st-am. The withdrawn notes were thrown im these oylind rs in pat kets and transformed by acids in less than twenty-four hours into a blackish pulp. This is excellent material for the bat ks of ledgers, and is sold for that purpose. It Would be absolutely impossible to find any other use for the pulp except for the manufacture of cardboard of low quality. Mu !i less would it be possible to use it for the manufacture of m-w banknote paper. A committee watches the introduction of the old notes into the cylinders. When the transformation is completed this committee' satisfies itself that the pulp is homogeneous and that there does not remain any shred of paper that has not beeji subject to the inllueiice of the acids. Satisfied on this point, an order is given for the extra, tion of the pulp, which is sold after a brief eb lay to the wholesale paper dealers. This sale takes place at irretgular intervals: that is to say, every time there is a sutTieient number of withdrawn bank notes on hand to fill at least one of the cylinde rs. The defective or Imperfect notes from tic sjx'cial printing house of the bank of Fraiii-e are also disposed of in this manner." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Where Lightning- Mrlkem Tw ice. During the last seven years live hoi.-' s have been killed by lightning on a single knoll on the Fiem h farm, which lies on the road leading from Flint to Flushing, Mich., and nearly every tree on the same farm is said to bear the marks of the "forked fury." An open lot at East Creat Plains. Conn., has been "hit by thunderbolts," as an olti resident of that place- expresses it, eleven different times since the spring of ISS7, and a piece of wootls not more than half a mile away has been literally 'riddled by the electric shots. At West Heath, Mass., a hill near the village school-house has been struck by lightning so often that the old settlers have tired trying to keep a record of the singular occurrences. How Children Should Eat. Children should be trained to eat slowly, no matter how., hungry or what important business is pressing. Much safer a little food well ground than a hearty meal tswallowed in haste. Cold food is even mre difficult to digesTTTIan hot if taken too rapidly. The normal temperature of the stomach is about SS degrees. Food has to be raised to this temperature lefore digestion can take place. People's Health Journal. Something SorpriinK. Manager "Yes, I want a new play, but I want something novel, something startling, something never seen or heard of before." Author "I've got it; just the thing. The plots leads up to a train, robbery." "Nothing new about that." "Yes, there is. The passengers rise as one man, and Emash the robbers." N. Y. Weekly. Ilovr He Won Her. She "Some persons claim that they cannot look from a hlght without wishing to cast themselves down. DM you ever have that feeling, Mr. Ycarnso?" He "One'." "Indeed. Where Ä-?re you?" "I was in un elevated car, and I saw you In the street." N. Y. Weekly. An Expenalve Dm. Angry Man "Thnt rrescrintion you J gave me to have tilled for my wife cost mtt a pretty sum. My dog ate it. Physician "It certainly will not cost you much to have it refilled." Angry Man "That is not the point. The dog died and he cost me $1')0." Tuck.

AT AN ELECTROCUTION.

HOW MOUCItV SCIENCE PUTS TO DEATH. A MAX Srrnm In Mine Sins I'rlnon The Recent Exeenlion of IJelflno reerlhel Mcetr of Preparation The Aiumber of Volts Iteciniretl. It takes four seconds to put a man to death, says the Philadelphia Times, in the electric chair which now standj within the towering stone walls of Sing Sing prison. The state experts in electricity and medicine have worked so hard to reach perfection in. their deadly apparatus since the burning cf William Kemmler in Huffalo, four years ago, that the success of the new method may be said to be established and all grounds for controversy among humane people done away with. The four-second record was made last i Monday, when a hardy young Italian named John Dellino, who a year before had murdor.d a woman in IJrooklyn, sat in the chair, and for that length of time was the center of 1,7') sthing electric volts. There was no need in his case of a second current, no burn ing of tic body, no uncomfortable scenes I imagination is itoumi to can up, mm when tic corpse was taken from the chair and cut up the doctors said the man had di-'d without a pang, of paralysis of the heart. Owing to the many improvements in this nineteenth-century method of cxe-cutic-u an unusually distinguished gathering was present to witness Deltino's taking off. Warden Dursto.i of Sing Sing sent out his invitations on Saturday to twelve' newspaper men and eight physicians, among fhe latter being Dr. Edward Carroll of Hrooklyn, Dr. Charles Clark ward from Crannier of New York, Dr. LdE. Densen of F.oston and others different citis. Dr. Irwin, the prison physician, was alvo present. The invitations called for the presence of the invited ones at 11 o'clock in tin morning, the law requiring the execution to take place at .some time during the week, and Warden Durston fixed it I'arly with a view to ending the condemned man's misery. The governor had dee-lined to interfere, and the absolute hopel -ssn. ss of his case had brought the prisotn-r to a mental condition which even religious enthusiasm could not relieve. When th-: crowd was the black v i-itors reached the prison a about it waiting th rise of Hag above the roof which of another murder avenged. Would tell Of Head Keeper Connaughton. the oldest employe about the plate, stood at the front entrance and instcoted the invi tations. On the inside a clerk was seated at a little desk recording the nanus of the guests in l-egal documents, which the law required. Warden Durston shook hands with every one and nervously busied himself about the room during more than a half-hour's wait. The priests were below in the square, dark st-ne cell, in murderers' row, praying with Dehlno. Next to him was Iluohan. in. who is soon to be electrocuted for murdering his wife, unless th 1-iw intervenes, and only two cells removed was the burly negro, Johnson, whose life is similarly threateivd. The proceeding's sadly affected these two and thev pac-d restbssly up and down their fnv feet of space while the agony lasted. At 11:"t o'clock Warden Durston had the twentv witnesses down stairs into the jail, Across a l-ng stone passagewav, out throcgh im open emit into a central building ami then into the death chamber. This place is an oblong room about by 2" feet, built of stone without an oak within. The ceiling is whitewashed and the floor eatpetless. Two big windows eur-ained with while muslin let in a bright light and a pud try little stove near the e-;it wall he'. its the room somewhat indifferently. About three ,,f the walls seats w.-re rr.nged and these the visitors just filled. Against the other wall stood a high, s mar- oak cabinet, from the top of which reached an iron arm wilh a dangling wire. This wire, twisting- and curling, came down to an inch or two above tic back of the wooden execution chair. All one side of the cabinet w.as taken up with the electric switchboard, which is similar to those used in all modern buildings, except that above a tiny push-button in oic corner was posted this printed notice; 1 Hell Cot ready. '1 Hells Full force. :; Hells Ueducc 4 Hells Full again, f. Hells Slow off. 1 Pell Close. I, pells All through. These signals were lor th-' informal Ion cabinet, whose is always kept supposed to be or tne man msiue n itidentity as exeeuxtioner seen t. although he is another pi isoner whose sentence is lightened for his grim services. The interior simply contains space enough for the man to stand upright in and operat tue switch, which by a linely graded scale runs .ill the gantlet of volts which th iowerful prison dynamo is able to throw into the dangling wire above the cabinet. The chair itself is a plain, square oak frame, with a hardwood head-test and rigid arms. AVlcn the visitors entered the death chamber ugly leather straps hung from the arms of the chair, and there were two round metallic, instruments on the floor which contained the wet sponges and conductors which were to touch the head and knee of the condemned man. A wire which curled up through a hole in the floor was connected with the knee clasp, but the head-piece was loose. State Electrician Davis, when the visitors were seated, began a series of experiments with his dynamo. He connected the chair wires with a board on which were twenty incandescent lights, and with these representing for a moment the body of the condemned man, the whole series of voltage was gone through with. Warden Durston touching the push-button and the unknown executioner on the inside obeying him to the instant. The full development was 1,760 volts, and when these were turned on the twenty lights blazed up fiercely, only to die away to a dim glow at the third signal. Mr. Davis, rubbing his hands comfortably at the good showing of his deadly charge, came forward and explained the workings of the dynamo. He said that one full charge of the current would kill on the instant, and that for once it would be best not to raise and lower it as heretofore. The men of medicine who were present and Warden Durston agreed with him, and the lay spectators shuddered at the business-like proceedings. Only Mr. Davis was calm. Head Ke-eper Connaughton opened an iron door in the wall to the right of the chair and disappeared. In two minutes he returned with three broad-shouldered keepers in uniform, who stolidly ranged themselves with folded arms, one behind the chair and one on either fide of it. A hush fell on the little gathering, and one or two men who had made a pretense of Keeping up a light conversation abruptly

left it off. Warden Durston nodded again to his head keeper, and turning to the spectators warned them that the condemned man had left his cell and that the procession to the death chair had beun. Connaughton went again into the dark corridor which led away from the iron door, and during a few seconds of suspense even the cold-blooded doctors shivered. Then the sturdy tread of Connaughton's feet, echoed by the faltering footsteps of the man whose moments of life were numbered, soundvd from the dark corridor. When the little party appeared Dellino was spiorted on either side by black-robed, pale-faced, nervous priests, who were chanting their prayers in tones almost inaudible. There were only ten steps to be taken from the iron door to the chair, and these Delfino took alone, the priests releasing him when the bright light of the death chamber made them blink. The man apjveared to be a muscular young fellow of twenty-five, his smooth-shaven face showing white against his curly, black hair and rough, black clothes. He showed in every movement that terror had almost wholly robbed him of physical force. One weak glance about him at the fringe of melancholy spectators, a false Start tOWaro! th. t.ll.-lrr.r ttm-n n.l (V.,..n

i ' - - f'ia-,,j cwiM with the man staggered straight for the chair, clinching and unclinching his white j hands, moving his lips and shaking in j every limb. He fell into the hard oaken j arms which here opened for him, and as j he did so the two priests kneeled a ; few feet from him and went on with their prayers. One of them rave a fearful, frightened look i at the grim lowed his head seeing or hearing anvthing. . As the body touched and fell back In the chair three uniformed guards leaped at it. Two of them strapied tht trembling legs and arms to the chair, one litted clown over the forehead the metal cap and then attached the second electrode to the knee of the right leg, which had been bared by a long cut in the trousers' leg. It took them but fifty see-onds to do all this, and as Mr. Davis connected the ugly dangling wire from the cabinet with the head piece. Warden Durston stepped to the pearl button and touched it once. The physicians in the audience leaned forward and the others shuddered. Durj ing a few seconds of time the man lay j strapped hard to th chair, his lips i moving in prayer and his hands closed I tight in an agony of mind which was ) too keen to escaie even the three guards. . They turned their heads away. Then the warden made a movement with his hand on the switchboard, and as he ditl so the form in the c hair bounded forward and stood hard and lirril against the confining straps. The leather creaked and a whirring, sizzling noise filled the room. In abject terror the priests fell back a. step cr two, and the spectators looked hard at the polished floor. The body in the chair strained ami seemed to show' a muscular revolt against the enforced position, while the head, hell by the electrodes to the top of the chair, was thrown so far back that the neck seemed to be bent double. Then the bell in the cabinet tinkled strain, and limp, lifeless, and apparently bloodless, the figure in the chair sank back into the recesses of its arms. Dr. Irvin stepped forward, bared the breast, and put his ear over the heart which had beaten in robust health a few seconds before. The other physicians did the same thing, and they all agreed that deaths haj.1 been instantaneous. There was nothing to indicate the cause of death on the surface, for neither the leg i;or tic scalp was marked where th" electrodes had touched them. "He's dead," said Warden Durston. "The current showed l.TtO volts, and it was only turned on once for four tcconds." The three guards brought from the corridor a few planks and supports, and i:i front of the chair a rough table was built for holding the autopsy. On this tic body was stretched, and as the physicians began to remove their coats and to reach for their knives the rest f the spectators hurried away into the open air of the courtyard. Some one said that on the same table, as in the same chair. Carlyle Harris and seven other strong men bad been laid after the see olid touch of the little electric button. In the jail office the clerk brought out more leal documents and all the witnesses signed their names to tie m, testifying to the pathetic fact that Delfmo was dead. There was also the result of the autopsy to be certified, and when this was done the case of the state of New York vs. John Delfino -was legally as well as morally ended for all time. Some members of the young man's family claimed the body, and as it was being carried out by the thre guards a curious crowd commented on the occurrence. 'It is not so bad when y.r.i get used to it." Warden Durston said to the newspaper nidi. "I think this execution proves the success of the method, but there is one improvement which 1 hope the Jtext legislature will attend to. Instead of establishing half a dozen electric plants over th" state, each in the hands of different Jail wardens, there should be only one. Let there be? a central place where all the work is perfected and all executions take place. Then you will never hear of the escape of a lloehl or Pallister cr the burning up of a man." A Helle of the Eocene I'eriocl. Prof. Cope of Philadelphia has a creature which all naturalists are unanimous in pronouncing the lirst representative of the hoofed animal species. The animal is not alive; neither is it entire so far as flesh and blood are concerned, but to the paleontologist, who cares only for the fossiled bon?s, the specimen is perfect. It is not larger than a yearling calf and not nearly so tall, and was found in the Wind river country in AVyoming. Prof. Cope named it Phenaoodus priniaevus when it was lirst discovered, giving it as Iiis opinion thnt it was akin to a specimen which was found several year.s ago In France (the paleotherium), and which gave Cuvler and the other naturalists so much trouble u classify. At the time of the discovery of th French specimen the savants of Europe decided that it was the ancestor of "hoofed critters," but the Wind river fossil, which is easily distinguished as being a type of the same, is believed to be much more ancient. Cope's curiosity was found in rocks belonging to the eocene period, and the time when It grazed on the western pralrits has been placed as far back as f.oo,00Q years. Every bone is perfect and In place, and the specimen could not be purchased for 510,000. St. Louis Republic. Ilovr l"ut Doe Thought Travel f Prof. Donders of Utrecht has made some interesting experiments in regard to the rapidity of thought. Hy means of two instruments, which he calls the "neomatathograph" and the "r.oernatachometer." he obtained some important results. His experiments show that it takes the brain .067 of a second to elaborate a Fingle idea. Writing in regard to this. Prof. Donders says: "Doubtless the time roqulred for the brain to act is not the same in all individuals. I believe, however, that my instruments may be perfected until we will be able to determine the mental caliber of our friends without our frie-nd3 knowing that we are testing their aptness." The professor further says: "For the eye to receive an impression requires .077 of a second and for the ear to appreciate a found .04'J of a second is necessary. These curious experiments have established one fact at least viz. that ho eye acts with nearly double the rapidity of the ear." Philadelphia Pre.

A WOMAN AS A DRUMMER.

SHE ACHIEVED JHEvT Sl'CCESS IN" A ITEM) M:V TO HER SEX. She Covered n Territory" Larue! Tlmn dually En II to n. -Commercial Tonrint'-Vcmlnlne IVronllty More an Assistance Than a Drawhack. . . The first woman to become a commercial drummer in England while in New York recently was seen at lvr apartments by a reporter. Mrs. I-:. D. S.iwkins, the "drummer." looked a good deal more like an elegant "society woman" than what you might expect in one who is "strictly business." She is tall and slender, with beautifully arrr-nged blond-j hair, clear bluo ryes and a delicate complexion. A handsome black silk gown trailed after her as she walked, and her manners were pleasant, refined und "quite English, you know." When a woman has been a glittering success at anything it is always interesting to other women 1) know Low the did it. "How did I happen to become a commercial drummer?" said the lady. "It was this way: I never could bear the round of visits and tea drinking that make up the life cf so many women. I wanted to be in busin-ss to be doing something cf some account. I took a position as booliceper with .oiA: a wholesale f.rr.i cf i:.nuf acturin; chemists in London, and one day when one of the commercial travelers, who was unreliable, was away, and they needed some one to send out, I ea'd to the heal of the firm: " You let me take up Ids business, and see how I get on.' He looked at ma in amazement, but I think he saw I wa-s very much in. earnest; at any rate he concluded to let me try. "I bgan by soliciting orders in th small towns about London. Finally I traveled all over Europe as a representative of this house. I came to the United States and visited nearly all of the large cities here as well. You see- I am an American. I was born in Halifax, though I have lived a large portion of my time in England and Australia. "I traveled for thi3 one firm for nine years. Finally they wanted me to go to Australia to establish branches cf the business in several cf the. large cities there. The head cf the firm went with me, and the large Ftores now doing business in several of the principal cities there are evidences cf our success. "After I had been in Australia -about six months I was married to Mr. George Sawkir.s, the astronomer and newspaper man, a native cf Sydney and grandson of Thomas Sawkins, who went out second in command of the colonizing exi-iition uinb-r Sir Edward Parry. "My husband wished me to leave tho business at om-e, but I was under contract to the firm end obliged to remain with them fix months after I was married. "Mr. Sawkins is a student and thinker, and when he decided to lecture on 'S 1entific Keligion I determined to takthe management. There isn't a partii cf business about him; Lis mind is always on his studies, and as 1 like business I turned manager. "I always went in advance of him, attended to the distribution cf circulars, the placing of his j icture iiv the windows and the advertising and noticed in th papers. I Itlieved in advertising liberally in papers and was invariably well treated by th press. After I had completed my circuit of towns ahead, 1 would gj back and join Mr. Sawkins." "Do you think comm-rrial travelir.gr a good field for women?" was asked. "1 think it is a splendid thing for a woman. If she is businesslike, she is sure to be successful. He-sides, she can do about four times as muc h for an e mployer as can a man. A lady going into a store and asking to see the proprietor will stand fivi hanc. s to a man's one of seeing l.irn. I often was adnuied t the head of the firm immediately, while a dozen m. n were waiting to se him. "Then, too, a man is often told to call again, so you p.-e th waste of time he lias, compared to a w. man. It certainly is a much pleasar.u-r and more healthful occupation than that whith most women in business 1 avc , "I always made it a point to travel first class and stop at the best hotels. 1 too.: xi samp! room and arranged ray wares as attractively as possibl:. As th lirm were manufacturing i-heinists I had all sorts of cosmetics, perfumes end toilet articles for ladies. These I would arrange as invitingly as I could, taking care lo have pretty spreads on the tables. "Hefor trying to see th proprietor cf any business house I would lind out Iiiname, so tr.at I would know pos-tiv e-ly for whom to inquire. I was careful to be always well d:vss"d you know urp'arances are a great deal after all and when 1 once gained admi-Ion to the gentleman I s.;id at on -e that I represented such an 1 such a house and e-n-deavprcd to mak mi aj p. int neat with him to come and look at my samples. 1 never carried any s impl. s with me, because that le!.ed to ma h like a canvass.r. "1 was careful to iv.ak rr.y appointment-; s that in two probable customers would come at tln sann- time. When I got the p-ntl nian there u;.d could give my entire time to him, 1 always succeeded in totting an older, often selling a lot c f goods h didn't want or had not intention at lirst of buying. Frequently my orders would amount to l,Mj worth, sometimes j,evO. You see, 1 dealt only with wholesale men and never sold ks.s. than half a pross of anything. "Hair dyes were some of the things I sold the most. Tnere was an enormous demand for them in England and Australia." "So the women want to look pretty and young over there j.ist as much as here?" "Oh, yet, indeed. I also sold a good deal In New York at one time. "When Mr. Savvkir.s concluded to come to New York to lecture we broke up our pretty home in Australia and teok a sailing vessel, my hu-band, hü valet, our little son, my mail and myself, for this country. The captain had a saloon fitted up for ns, and we wet s fourteen weeks on the way. Such a delightful voyage as it was! I brought 200 chickens from my poultry yard on the ship. "I am now manager for my husband, and I have already received a good offer from a well known theatrical manager here to attend to his outside business but of course 1 could not accept." N. Y. Recorder. Card of Thank. I hereby desire to extend to all of my friends thanks for the many kindnesses extended to me during my past Llness of over three months from rheumatism, and I especially desire to tell them that but for Sulphur Hitters I should have been suffering tili. May you never puffer what I hive is the vbli of . our friend, D. II. TAYLEUlv.