Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 10, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 December 1895 — Page 2

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THE INDEPENDENT.

PLY MO Ulli. INDIANA. NEVS OF THE LAKES. Harrow ICscapc of Many Shipwrecked Sailors Iast I'all. i The present navigation season will ba imeinorable in lake history for the narrow escapes of tin crews of lost vessel?. Of five boats which have foundered lurir.g the fall, the crews were given lip for lost on tlis? statements of mariners who were out in the storms. . The first vessel was the big schooner iA. W. Comstock, which foundered on Xake Superior with a cargo of wheat, rrhe crew succeeded in Rettins their yawl boat afloat, and after riding out the pale for several hours were sighted 3y the steamer .1. J. McWHliams. The teamer took a position to windward of tho yawl and lines were thrown to the shipwrecked sailors. One by one they tied the lines around their bodies, and jumping into the water were hauled on to the steamer by her crew. Some received injuries, but all saved their lives. ' Next the schooner K. K. Williams foundered at her anchorage in reon Hay. The crew of the steamer Santa Maria, whieh had the Williams in tow. 'were certain beyond a doubt that the trailers on the schooner could not have survived, yet two days afterward they -appeared all safe at Manistiquo. After everyone had given up the rew of the barge Klina. for it was said no shipwrecked mariner on the l'ietured rocks of Lake Superior had ever survived, the crew was found alive and well, with the exception of a single asailor. on a ledge far above the water's ed.se on those precipitous and barren rocks. Then the schooner II. C. Richards foundered on Lake Michigan in one of the heaviest sales of the fall, but the Schooner's yawl boat outlived the storm, which had sent the Kichards to the bottom and landed its nine occupants cafe and sound at Montague. Last of all was the heroic and successful struggle for life of the crew of the steamer Missoula, which went down on Lake Superior. The single lifeboat, -laden deep with double the number she ought to have carried, for one boat was filled in launching, carried the seventeen occupants safe through the icy blasts of a Lake Superior gale late in fthe fall, and after drifting ninety miles before it, landed on the desolate north ehore, in an uninhabited region. The next day the same lifeboat did noble work in carrying the men down the :oast many miles to Lizard island, (xv be re some of the crew remained with a. camp of fishermen and the rest borrowed a fishing boat and sailed to fiault Ste. Marie for help for their shipmates. Klectrie Canal Towage. Canal barges have recently been very successfully towed by electric power on the summit level of the Canal do liourgogm. This portion of the canal is three miles and three-quarters long, nnd has been made very narrow to reduce construction expenses. There is 710 towpath, and hauling is effected on the submerged chain principle. The hauling upon the chain is now done by electric power instead of by steam. tis heretofore. A generating house Jins been fixed at each end of tin? seclion, the current being gem-rated by ivater power. The dynamos at the two stations, three miles and three-quarters apart, are -oupled in series. The three mains nre suspended on rubber insulators in jart from wires spanning the canal and Jn part from the tunnel roof of the tunnel sections of the canal. Trolley arms of the usual type are used. The motor used on the tug which hauls upon the submerged chain is of nineteen liorso power, running at nine hundred revolutions per minute. During the passage through the tunnel the current Js utilized to light the boat, and at night 1s used for this purpose during the entire run. The cost of the plant was nlnuit twenty-seven thousand dollars, und a saving of eight hundred dollars, a year is recorded. A Family Kciuiioii. A lawyer in Australia was defending n young man whose record was malodorous. Ignoring the record, however, the lawyer proceeded to draw a harrowing picture of two gray-haired parents in I'ngland looking anxiously for the return of their prodigal son to spend the next Christinas with them. Had they the hearts to deprive the old ouple of this happiness' The jury, liowcver, found the prisoner guilty, liefore passing sentence the judge called for the prisoner's Jail record, after examining which he said: "The prisoner has some five previous convictions against him, but I am very glad to say that the learned counsel's Appeal would not remain unanswered, for I mean to commit the prisoner to Maitland jail, where his aged parents at the present moment are serving sentences respectively, so that father, mother and son will be able to spend the ensuing Christmas season under one roof." No Training of Snakes. sue cannot train or teach n snake lo do anything whatever. Their brain over is so limited that the marvel Is how they have ever managed to survive in the great competition, especially when one. finds that they are still on the "ascending curve" of evolution. Most of them can be tamed to some extent by constant human companionship and judicious handling (some Speeles very much more readily than others); when they have learned to trust, to appreciate the fact that there Is do necessity for self-deftucc.

then they mny to trjßtcd, a principle which applies to meat animals; and there the scope and possibility of their education comes to a.i end. After that, the most that a skillful exhibitor can do with them is to adapt himself and his actions to their movements, which by familiarity he can pretty nearly anticipate, so that theso may appear purposive and intelligent, lie may affect to listen to the serpent's counsels, or receive its kiss on his lips If its head Inclines in an upward direction, or to lure it from one hand to the other, or to guide it to some given spot, should it by chance glide horizontally or downward; just as the Indian snakecharmer takes deceptive advantage of ho natural defiant attitude of the avcIIuigh untamed cobra de capello.

Trimming a ,lutge. Curran was often annoyed when pleading before Lord Avonmoro, owing to his lordship's habit of being iiitlueuceil by first impressions, lie and Curran were to dine together at the house of a friend, and the opportunity was seized by Curran to endeavor to cure his lordship's habit of anticipating. 'Why, Mr. Curran. you have kept us a full hour waiting for you!" grumbled Lord A von neu e. "Oh, my dear lord. I regret it much: you must know it seldom happens, hut I've just been witness to a most uiclanholy occurrence." "You seein terribly moved by it take a glass of wine. What was it? What was it V" "I will tell you. my lord, the moment I can collect; myself. I had been detained at court in the court of chanceryyour lord knows the chancellor sits late." "I do, I do but go on." "Well, my lord, I was hurrying here as fast as ever I could - I did. not even change my dress I hope I shall be excused for coming in my boots';" "Pooh, pooh! Never mind your boots the point come at once to tho point of the story!" "Oh, I will, my lord, in a moment. I walked here I would not even wait to get the carriage ready it would have taken time, you know. Now titers is a market exactly in tho road by which I had to pass. Your lordship may perhaps recollect the market do you?" To be sure I do go on, Curran go on with the story." "I am very glad your lordship remembers the l larket, for I totally forgot the name of it the name the name " "What the deuce signifies the name of it? It's the Castle Market." "Your lordship is perfectly right it is called the Castle Market Well. 1 was passing through that very identical Castle Market, when I observed a butcher preparing to kill a calf. He had n huge knife in his hand it was as sharp as a razor. The calf was standing beside him. He drew the knife to plunge it into the animal. Just as he was in the act of doing so r. little boy, about 4 years old his only son the loveliest little baby I cvof saw ran suddenly across his path, and he killed -Oh. Heaven, lie killed " "The child: the child!" vociferated Lord Avonmore. "No. my lord, the calf!" continued Curran; "he killed tho calf, butyour" lordship is in the habit of anticipating." The Koog! Hark or Trees. The practical cultivator understand that Nature makes provision for getting rid of the bark of trees a.'; the trunk increases in size. On the groVvth of the past season may be seen small olive spots. These are forma liors of cork. From year to year, in subsequent development, these little patches spread, really eating their way through the bark. This is the provision which Nature makes for finally lifting the bark in each species of plant. These cork' cells have their own special :ines of development, and this m the reason why each kind of tree has its own particular bark. The characteristics art- so prominent that clover observers can select different kinds of trees by their bark even at midnight. As it is the evident intention of Nature to get rid of old bark, it is a great help to the tree to assist Nature in this respect, and any washes or treatment whieh aids tho plant in getting rid of it is a practical advantage. Soapy water washes or lye water is useful and even scraping has been found of great advantage. In a rough sort of way, lime wash is frequently used, the only objection being the white and glaring color. It is. however, the cheapest and the best of all bark treatment. llchiml the Times. "What's the latest news of the r? was the surprising question that staggered the customs otlicer who boarded the slop William IL Connor as she sailed into Portland, Mo., one day last week. The query was put by the captain, and the otlicer eyed him suspiciously until he explained that when he sailed from Kohl, Japan, on May S last, the China-Japan xvar Avas in full swing, and he AA'anted to know how the fighters Avere getting along. The war had been over so long the customs otlicer had forgotten all about it. Comforting Words. Andrew Lang, in a recent article on words of comfort, mentions among others: The lady's "yes" to her lover's fond question; the doctor's "it Is a loy. sir," to the anxious papa; "not guilty" to the prisoner at the bar; "finis" to the end of a writer's latest book; the physician's "out of danger," and "not out" to the man at the bat. Snaggs "Do you know, llilkins, I think I'm a gifted orator." liilkins "What makes you think so?" "I've spoken twice, now, and Avhen I sat down on both occasions the audiences Avere much pleased and applauded loud-lrv-Adams Frsemam

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The urexplored area of Canada Is over l.OOO.OoO square miles. Osborne house, in the Isle of Wight, Is the queen's private property. There are said to be 0,00." pieces in the modern high-grade locomotive. The Avorld's consumption of champagne amounts to about -1,000,000 quart bottles a year. The total railway capital of the world is 0.000?ooo. MN. oi' which Great Iiritain owns one-sixth. Under the deadlines "Living uestiotib" a St. Louis paper proceeds to discuss the city morgue for half a column. In London the natural incrca;j of the population, from excess of b'.rihs oer deaths alone, is about 4,000 a monr.t. The greatest bull fighter :n S"p:un receives $i.roo for every performance, and appeared in t lie arena seven ty-ev-cn limes last year. A well-known physician said nor :z since that "Shetland wool underwear, if constantly worn, would save many a valuable life." Most Luropean nations averag; f.i the male " feet 0 inches, but the Austrian, Spaniards and Portuguese just fall short of this standard. Untcrrilied small boys in Portland. Me., a few days ago stole tho grave markers ffom the cemetery for v.se in making bounds fur hockey playing. The cult known as Christian Science, founded in Hosten in 1800 by Dr. Mary Ilakcr Kddy, now lias 'JitO incorporated churches in tho United States. A committee has been formed for the erection in Metz of a monument to the late Prince Frederick Charles, the "Hcl Prince," father of the Duchess of Connaught. At the court of Louis NIV. the uo of perfumes was so general among both gentlemen and ladles that throughout L'urope it was known as the "scented court." A flowing Avell of petroleum Avas discovered in the Olympic mountain in Washington last Aveek. The oil is raid to be identical in character with lha of the eastern wells. German experiments have confirmed the fact that there is a zone round fog signals, within which the sound cannot le heard, a fact first demonstrated in the United States. It is a cardinal virtue with Englishmen that they should control their emotion. It is an equally accepted code of life in France thar the emotions should be given free play. It is proposed to put in force the anthropomotio system of identifying criminals in Ireland as soon as selected ofiicers have been taught how to take the various measurements. There are in London 1ÖI Church streets. Those called Union are 1'J'J; John. J 11; New. 110; George, lot); Queen. W; King. ir: Charles. Pi; William. NN; James. NT; Princess, TN; Elizabeth. Ilecent estimates indicate that Arizona has now an Indian population of rT.on. During the past twelve months not a single A.hit man lias been killed in the territory by an Indian. When William of Germany goes hunting he takes along all the modern conveniences, including a telephone, tin? Avires of which arc carried in a Avagon and strung as in military maneuvers. A princes, a countess. ä duchess and the daughter of a reigning prince wore ninong the 1.km thieves, professional and unprofessional, arrested in Paris di.ring the first six months of this year. Woolwich is the great depot for ordnance in England. There is a military academy, a laboratory, a vast number of cannon, a carriage department, a large amount of shot, shells, rockets, etc. Diphtheria serum is about to be manufactured on a commercial sea I a by a dyeing establishment at Höchst, near Frankfort-on-the-Main. It Avill be much concentrated and live times as strong as that hitherto used. At the Aberdeen Methodist Episcopal Church at Maysville. Ky the minister announced that the church boll would toll Hallowe'en for leid souls, and he Avan ted every Christian who heard the bell to pray for sinners. The loss by fires in the whole United States during October is computed at $1.".. K'l.r.oo. or about Sö.om.ooo more than last year, while the tota! loss for ten months is about .N 1,000,000 more than for the same time last year. The largest moose killed in the Moosehead lak' region of Maine In several years was shot last Av-ek by an Englishman, who came across t!e Atlantic solely to hunt, and who is naturally greatly dated over his lud.. The antlers had a spread of within a few inches of six feet. The North Atlantic squadron, under Admiral'ituiicc, is to be prcpaivd for a cruise in the vicinity of the WYst Inlies. Tin? squadron at. present consists of the New York, Columbia, Minneapolis and Montgomery. To those it is expected to add the Maine, Texas and Cincinnati. There are still folks who think they know the location of the big treasure Captain KIdd Is alleged to have buried on th? Maine coast. Only a week ago a searchiug party was at work Avith much secrecy ami hopefulness in vhe vicinity of Ellsworth. They have gone away now and the treasure is yet unfotind. The new first-class armored cruisers to be bnilt by England are to be 4.'Jt feet long, 00 feet beam and I1.i00 toas displacement. They Avill thus be TO feet longer and 4 ft broader than the Ulake and Illcuhaini, and M feet shorthand '2;i feet narrower than the Pow-

erfnl and terrible. Iut they" are each to have ""J.OoO horse-pcwer and a speed of twenty-two kiio: Engineers who returned to AVinnipeg las Aveek from r trip of exploration through "ho region, between that place and the shore of Hudson's bay say that a Avater loute, by moans of the livers, with canal connections, between Winnipeg and Hudson's bay i entirely feasible. They allege that it would undoubtedly prove a financial success, and there is talk of a company organizing to undertake the enterprise. OIL FEOM SHALE. Siiivrnlnr cotliIi Inilnstry Stiitsntji tcI by the Drop in Petroleum. The drop in the jn duetion of petroleum in this country has had the ficct of stimulating an almost extinct industry in Scotland, the listiila iion of ;1 from shale. Fifty Avars ago it was of great importance and was even wurke.I under royalties in the United States. where there were lutwceii lillv .Ted sixty eoal and shale du tills ries. While the producers AVel'e at the height of their prosperity, tie n:; I era I oil 'bids were opened and the old business wont to pievs. so that -.nly two ;m-oii Ii companies wer.' 1 ft i;i tlie field. Lilie most inanul"aeu;!!!g -uHTprisos hi Set? land, it Avas the waste products which furnished the profits of the industry. Tho mineral distilled is a bituminous shale or hard day. and tlie product of the distillation, of which 7ri.ni-o.iHM gallons were made last year, bears little rest mblahee to c al oil. The Avaste products which have -on-tributcd to the ontinuc! 'Xistcnce of tho industry are pa rath' no wax and the sulphate of ammonia. The value of tlie former has been at'LVch'd seriously by the output of the distilleries in this country, but the ammonia is produced only from shale, and the lluctuations in its price have decided very largely tlie profits of tho business. The crude shale oil bad to be listilled like petroleum and the lamp oil refined from it has a higher Hash point and density than that made l'roni petroleum. As tho price of oil has fallen, the shale distilleries have imirovd the retorts and stills to an extent Avhich has resulted in the reduction of the ost of the finished oil to a little over -1 emts a gallon, about one-sixth of the cost thirty years ago. It is impossible not to admire the logg'd letermination and enterprise Avhich. year after year, has caused the accounts of the Scotch companies still Avorking to thow a saving in Avorking expenses that has practically noutralb'.od th? loss from the falling prices. NVw Yiw TVh'gram.

The TMirainors. The Tourainers themselves nre comforting to behold a stalwart, brownfa ced people, wit Ii contentment deep set in them. The wonu-n in their blue cotton gowns. Avhite mutches and unAviehly wooden shoes, are p?oturosqu enough for anything, if their dark, sloelike wes ami ready smiles be also taken into account. One sees fair faces among the younger girls Madonna faces. It Ave re tsy to fancy that Agnes Sorel, "the fairest of tin? fair," resembled the best of Ihem Avhen she, too, Avas young ami had nc caught iho eye ef a king. As fr the men. they are Avhat one Avould xpect them to be in such a natural garden-a hnrd-workfUg class, prone to ivjoieo in all the f es live leisure they can obtain. They love their native province passionately: it is ditiicult to realize what they must have felt Avhen. n quarter of a century aero, the Prusshn soldiers trod their fields and vineyards under foot and burned their bonifsteads. 'T do not believe,'' said one of them to me the other day. then' an ). any other 'oun!ry in tho Avorld bettvr to live in than Touraine. W? hav l-o much sun even in winter. The climate is so mild and all things grow in 5t. .Tewels od" Austria's Empress. Truly gem tit for a pteen an? those possessed by the Empress of Austria, says the Princess. The Austrian crown jewels have just been rearranged In one of the rooms of the Burg at Vienna, called the Schav.kaminet or Treasury, and make a reg.il show. The empress' state jewels. Aihich she now seldom Avears, are superb; she has a particular weakness for enu'rahl?. and her collection is the finest in existence. The necklaces, pendants, earrings, zone., rings and tiaras of these most precious stones remind ooe of Aladdin In the "Arabian Nigh fa' and his presents to the Princess Hadrou,hadour. One stone, as large as a puim. is hollowed out as a bonboniere and tipped Avith gold. A watch pi von by the shall to her majesty som? years ago is also composed of a s'.ngl? immense emerald and has a chain of ritamouls of the purest water. Single stono.s in their unset state are also showu; one diamond f carats belonged to Charles the Hold. The Deepest Water. Forty-nine bundled fathoms (Lt,-100 feetl without bctrum biug found is the Ieep'st sonnCIlng made. The British surviving ship Penguin recently found this Vpth In the Pacific ocean In latitude 2d doftWes 40 minutes south, longitude 17." degres 10 miaut es Avest, northeast of New Zealand nid Kerma1m islands; the wire bmlre before touching bottom. But Admiral Wharton in Nature s-ajs: "It is at any rate certain that tho ep1h is nt least IM." fathoms greater." The deepest sounding before this ahu 4,(505 fathoms, near Japan. TelegrapTilnj; t l ho Hrain. Tlie nerves f warm-blooded animals telegraphs In format ion to their brains at tlie rate of aboux 150 fort per second. Mbss Kostiqm?--Do you Huo-.v w hen 1 seo you looking so happy it reminds me of what a great poet occe said. C holly Saphead Indeed! Pway, Avhat AAas it? Miss K, Where Ignorance Is bliss. Philadelphia Record.

PRESERVING THE TERRAPIN

National Commission Mi;;lit He in Better Business. It seems that the United States fish commission is about to undertake systematic work for the preservation nnd propagation of the diamond-back terrapin. Avhich. by the way. is not a fish, and for divers other reasons might rightfully be considered beyond the scope of the fostering care of the lish commission or of any other body supported by general taxation. As an edible the tarrapin is beyond -onipare. but for reasons hardly necessary to losoribo in detail he only delights the palates of the ri !j and haughty. Ilia growing scarcity, together with a certain idea aim-iit in the first circles that to set terrapin before a giltst is almor t Pke brandishing a patent of nobility before Iiis '.ves, have resulted in making this aristocratic variety of mud turtle Avorth its weight in gold. It gees with line old crusted Burgundy and die with tho line old crusty noso3 which Burgundy of that tvpc produces. On Fifth avenue and in the -hibs the appearance of terrapin is not so infrequent as to mark a red letb-r day, but the great body of American taxpayers Avho support the 1'sh commission Luoav more about humble hog and homely hominy than they do of terrapin and champagne. Demand for the best activities of tho 1'sh commh-sioa in preserving the really useful, though commonplace, food lirihes of the Uniteil States is not 60 sdight as to Avarrant that organization in diverting its energies to the propagation of Avhat is merely a delicacy. The salmon, Avhb-h has practically been driven from the Atlantic coast, is being rapidly thinned out in its last resort, tho rivers of Oregon. Along the Noav Kngland coast and in the neighborhood of New York, the food fishes are rapidly disappearing, driven away partly by the pollution of the Avaters by dumping into them the refuse of great cities and destroyed largely by unscientific and Avasteful methods of lishing for tho market. It is no extraordinary thing la Fulton market for thousands of pounds of lish, perfectly good and fresh, to be destroyed in the presence of a community in Avhicli Avant and hiingT are common simply in order that prices of the remainder may not be cut lown by a glut in the supply. A very considerably industry off NeAT Jrsey coast is the catching of menhaden and other fish not edible for use as fertilizers for the soil or for conversion into oil. For this purpose steam lishing vessels are employed Avith huge trawl nets, Avhich gather in enormous quantities of useful food fishes along Avith the less valuable prey sought. T these steam trawlers is due very much of the groAving scarcity of lish on the Atlantic coast from Cape May nortlnvard. The Connecticut River shad has practically disappeared and there is a groAving scarcity of the shad in the Potoniae. No animal created has such wonderful powers of multiplication as the lish, yet, great as is its fecundity, the dstmetive genius of man has more than kept pace with it. Until something effective is done toward regula ing the methods of taking lish for the market so as to do aAvay Avith the enormous Avaste of which the fishermen are now guilty, and something accomplished in the direction of chocking tlie other evils Avhich are rapidly driving the lish out of the Avaters contiguous to the more densely populated States, the fish commission va ill only make itself ridiculous by adopting the savory but expensive terrapin for its especial charge. Chicago Chronicle. The Kuliber Band Fiend. There is a sharp chap about town Aviio is making money with both hands, as it were. His stock in trade consists f a piece of ruhher hose, a pair of scissors, and a tongue Avhich Avorks with exceeding smoothness. He tlrops in on business men and asks them if they are in need of rubber bands; if so, he will give them the very hest sort for $1 for ooo. The average man is likely to say that he lias no use for s large a supply, and that starts the -onver-satiou. Ho of the rubber hose. scis. sors, and tongue says that he can supply any number of rubber bands of the best quality on the spot, lie can furnish 100 in a minute if the customer Avants them, ami he adds that lie will cut them from his hose right then and there. The customer says he cannot lo it, and the rubber-band man smiles and says he has a dollar lurking somewhere In Iiis pockets that says he can. More than one man has put up his dollar on this game, only to lose it, fairly and squat cly, for the rubber-band "liend" gets out his scissors ami gos through his piece of hose even as the hungry boy goes through pumpkin pie. Thosa who have seen the operation say that it is easy for him to slice of 100 neat litth? rubber rings in sixty seconds. Springlicld Republican. Intelligent AMcrmcn. The aldermen at Oakland, Cal., recently passed an ordinance in the Interest of public morality providing that all bathers av ithin the city limits must Avear a shirt or jersey covering the entire upper part of the body exwpt tho arms. It was not until the ordinance Avas a law that it Avas discovered that according to It all bathers Avould be compelled to bag their heads. IIole the Bicycle nt I'ighty. William Adkinson, aged M years, surprising the court day crowd at Ilarrodsburg, !n., by riding a bicycle lown ami then up Main street tlie other day Avhile iht thoroughfare ams crowded Avith vehicles. He says he felt like a bird on the wing, and Avas so phrased by the sensation produced that he will at once order a Avheel. It Avould shock every man If he kneAV what a small corner is assigned to him la his wife's air castles.

WE HAV AGZ ENOUGH. . No American NccI Long for (l jic?0 of Vciu rnt ion at Home. We are :; -usi ml t -peak of verything in Ameilm r.s bniiid-uev.-. It snivlis to us of varnish nior th;:n anything e lse, and w!: -n Ave go abro.t.I wo say of buildings am! of in;';; r.-;.,:.s, "Alas, wo have i'oJ:;::g at ell fort in America:" There is ir-::h in this, and yti; perhaps we do v-4. sulliciently realize how long our . art civilization has been grow'ng. and how much of Iii' world's hi-;; -er;- has been mmie in the I.:t LT.o ye.-.rs. Ir is Intere.uing i tind a suggt;e:i of the; nature emanating fivm so the - :-vrny Kuli.sh a so;:rc as the Ln hn v 'ator, tho attention whi-.-h 'ra . !' drawn to tl:e :g. of our A:: t e v:; -.d-lcgcs by a Pof.k -f il'ur,a;: . .. 0e.r university buildings. I- t lis !i;'uv," o;;r this si. eg ' -"'ort, and. taking liarvard l iiive:-; a ioeasur- d' age. wher.- w,,-! i was sianding :;t the time ;" 'h :n:ndath'H of 1 t ;j ut :::. 7 hi.' r.s III !::-. Oinr'.es I. was ,-n ti . Kngland. fnoivo II was a : -; 1::, "gUilllvrs ef Ids c.inü-y's ." l had just been ttin.. d ba. k P - ;.; his Ida n of o:i:in- to A:erin. The : ermany was then desida!:-! v.vh the Thirty V.-ars wer. K; !:e;: :: I : ! informed the 2-"i -f.t-Ii Aeadcmv. ! s in iho -:!it!i ,f .is pMwer. Th Sr;:!:ish in;uiit!!Mi wis pursuing i;.- .!,..;- less work, and ialileo wa.; e: bu.-y Avitli Iiis lilerrry labors. It w.i ;ytyeats hefoie JVi r Thr ;.::! njC'lied in London for his naval :ipp:-:-u': oh:p, and ne.itiy n years before I';e ! -vi- k: the Ireat ame into Iiis irraeri: : :.". We are apt to think of Kngish 'i: --i-turo as ante-dating .ur A:.:eii a:; civilization; yet at the time the New World had taken on the dva-njioriai arid moral strength whi h gave us Harvard Collego, Knglish literature was pt i -!; a;iy unwritten, if v.ex-.pt ch:r;e, r. Sjunser and Shaki-p. are. '.-i:-id.s!. Lost" Avas only a d;vam of Milton, who was "0 years eld in 1;.:s. then be -an his ontinenta! journeys. 1 Myden was G years ohl: Ihmyan was o. wi;h no thought of serving under Crn;'v--ll or being jailed for his views. Tape. Swift, Addison, r.olin-hsoke. It-shop It. ikeloy, Avere yet unborn. These ivfleetions how us !'-- i.nrgo a part of human history bel-iags i:t tho period since the foundation of (.: oldest univ-rsity. Into tho life of thi5 young ami growing republic -tli thepo things entered -ihe growing bailed of absolutism, tlie spread of re!:eio,:s uderation. th" literary inspiration of Milton's day. the artistic spirit that breathed from St. IVter's lom'. The American of to-day need not lack for objects of A'cneiat ion in his ov.n -or,:::;y. It is old enough. Its foumhrs are! those who have preserv'l it Avith stiff .-rings ami leath. and sometimes harder servicef living ffort ami leni.d. have eft bright spots in the dark and devious stmgglings of the human race. To emulate rather than to lisj arage their character and servico is the defy and privilege of the inteligent pa tri r f today. Moreover, to consider h matter from another point of view, paradox is true that, if we are ?. i . .k to antiquity, the pnent age is the eldest. A Curious Traritm'a";-Ti. A fashionable andiene- ::. i4ri recently listened to a lectura ca-v-nis-try by a celebrated ehentN' A; the conclusion of tlie lecture a i f ly and gentlonian who were aueevg :. ;irr to leave lite hall had reached 'h' ojie: air, when iho lady caught ;:: ort staring ar her. "What is th-' :u.i:;"rr'f asked iho nsadamo. in surj: ;- Pardoll me, but you are quite K-ia" Tho lady returne! to :he hall and a;e.p. allied a mirror. She started b-i.-k hi horror. The rouge upon her ch-vks had been eon ve:;od into a beau-ifui blue by thrt chemieal do'.ompoivm which had taken place under the :! of the gases which had been ;i-'r;i;ol during the lecture. Tlie nii; :-':;y f the woinon in the audience had suffered in a similar manner. There w-ro ail sorts of -oois- blue, yellow, violet and black. Some whne vanity h.id induced them to put ivory on th- skin, coral on the lips, rouge on he cheeks and black n the eyebrows it id undergone a ludicrous transform.'. tior.. Ncv York Tribune.

(iospel Ship Work. For some little tinn? a tw-vity-foot sloop eallet! t'ospcl Ship No. 1 has be 11 ruislng in the region f Sr. Andrew's Hay, Florida, Avith Cliristiatt evangelists aboard, bung missionary work among tin? sailors and the residents along shore. A new boat, to be forty let hour, and to be called ospel Ship No. l. is now building, and, when linishod. it is to -ruise along th' 'iulf of Mexico, doing missionary work. Subscriptions towanl building tho boat btiA'e been rceivol from various parts f the Fnion, and a minister from Massaehusdls is t sail on it. About the lMough. The plough is known to be about sevMi humln'd years ohler than tho .'liristian religion. It is one of the first implements inontiontM in the Md Tstainent. In that h'tigth of time an impb'nu'tit of 'very-day use, it seems. Avouhl b brought to a high state of perfection. Xevertheb'ss the Fniteil States S'retary of Agriculture says ihe modern plough is an enemy to fertility, lie invites the genius f America to invent something better than the plough to take its platv. Mr. Wick wir I wndcr what are the fce'ings of a deposed sovTcigu? Mrs. Wi' kwire -1 imagine the contrast is something similar to that felt wln-n one has bought all ne Avants. and is merely sitting around in the way. waiting for her change. Indianapolis Jour-uaL

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