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' I Tb number of playhou wfileh are open forw theatrical entertainment other than variety

shows itlU (tick at tiro, both held by showT which wear welL On Wednesday evening "ThT Ulkado" reaehe It fiftieth performance, a

LA guf prlln record considering the season and thsr' entire familiarity of this Gilbert and Sullivan" work. The unexpected degree of favor which It

fcu had comes M a staggering afterthought tomanager who early In the summer pondereddeeply the question of possible vehicle withwhich to iuccessfnlly meet the popnlar tastetaring the oncomlnK threatening Reason, Weltdone. In strict adherence to the opera's originalform. It has proved a wlso choice and prospered.Ho hint of a successor U as yet given, thoughone could be had on short notice.

L Preparations are being made for the one hun--') dredth performance of " The Passing Bhow" atI the Casino, and the burlesque progreseet with

very evidence of prosperity. Hardly a weekpasses bat changes are made In the performance,and the play Is of snch a nature that the addedbit count merely aa so many additions to thewhole and not as propa or substitutes for weakportions. Monday wilt And a new performeremployed, who will offer a gymnastic dance,and a remarkable exhibition of high kicking Ispromised. La Dlancho Is the newcomer's name,and It Is claimed that she can lift her feet aboveher head in a manner most startling. Frank li.Ulalr and Edith Murtlla will offer a comicalmusical aketch for tho first time, and otherfreshening Items will be added here and there.

The "Scenograph" at the Madison SquareGarden amphitheatre occupies nearly the entirewidth of the building, so an Idra of the slzenfthe picture Is easily had by thinking of It asbeing nearly as long aa a city block is wide. Ilo--

J talning all the novel features of cycloramos. ItV possesses many additional ones which mnko It,y In part, a working model besides a handsomef picture. The lighting Is vey cleverly managedI to produce the effect of change from noondny toI night, and a gorgeous sunset Is followed by

U. gradually deepening darkuess till the wholescene Is almost totally obscured. Then follows

7J the lighting of the Fair buildings one by one. tillthe whole foreground Is again vividly Ulu- -snlnated and Is backed up by a dusky sketchof town, lake, and prairie.

Novelty Is as engaging In the ahows whichhave taken to the suburbs and to the open airas In the amusements of the town, and quite asImportant a factor toward success. Strong Inthis respect is Buffalo Bill's " Wild West" atAmbrose Park, and It has the added advantageof being readily accessible by a Journey whichIs In Itself enjoyable. The riding of the highlytrained horsemen, the wonderful marksman-hi- p

of OoL Oody and his assistants, and the In-

sight had of the methods of life and warfareamong Indians and pUtnsmen all possess the

' taking quality of strangeness to a high degree.

I; In consequence the two dally performancesdraw numbers of visitors, who are comfortably

' sheltered though viewing an open-ai- r show.Houm's band is heard twice every day at Man-

hattan Ue&ch in very attractive programmes,which combine popular and classical music In away to successfully meet the public taste. Singingis a feature of the baturday and Sunday con-certs, and soloists are Walter Williamsand Lucille baunders, who will render Sulli-van's "Lost Chord" and Molloy's "Home,Dearie, Home." In addition there will be a de-scriptive song entltld on " The Other Side." byWalter Jones and W. II. Slo&ne, who will Im-personate George Oould and the Prlnoe ofWales and tell of the trials of International yachtraces. A show which comes every evening butSunday and Monday at this resort Is Tain'sspectacle "Lalla llookh." with brilliant fire-works as an Important feature. Adjoining thestage for this display is the arena where thellagcnbeck trained animals go through three

u performances every day. In them lions rido17 horseback, bears waltz and box, birds drag a

tiny fire engine to a burning house, pump waterupon the flames, and rescue one of their fellows,and many more examples of skilful training ofoeasia are snown. i lie performances are given

A In a building which affords ample chance forlj viewing all In comfort without the slightestchance for an outbreak of any unruly beast Injuring the sightseers.

This evening's concert of the Seldl Society InIlrlghton lieach Musio Hall will engage Mrs.Tyler Dutlon, Marie Maurer, and Max Treo-ma-

as soloists. Their selections are from"Tannhauser" and "Lohengrin." Tuesdayevening brings a repetition of the programme ofthe first symphonic concert, Wednesday nightthe third Wagner programme. Thursday even-ing's offerings will consist principally of instru-mental solos, and the fifth symphonic concert isnnderllned for Friday night.

Tne Palisades of the Hudson make an Invitingpicture at all times, and ore especially alluringof a warm day or evening. Perched atop themare the grounds of Eldorado, which are veryhandsomely laid oat, dotted with shade trees,and always kept; In perfect order. llalloon as-censions are a dally feature at this resort, and

. the aeronaut in each case drops from a greatr height, with the aid of a parachute. To-da- y

l there will bo, besides tw o band concerts, ascensions by two aeronauts, with a prize for the onewho desoends from the greatest height.

The vaudeville theatres this week show moreof novelty than has been offered In recent pro-grammes. A new style of exhibit which prom-ises soon to become an established feature Inthe variety shows Is the showing and testing ofvarious forms of bullet-proo-f cloth. Therecomes to the " continuous" performance at theUnion Square on Monday Herr Zeltung, an In-

ventor who stoutly claims priority and su-periority for his device will be shot atnightly while protected by a shield composedof his fabric. Another Item hero is Angela

Ulinore, who comes to the vaudeville stagefrum. opera and makes her first appearance inthe former. The remainder of tho list IncludesCharles Cowlca, Kaymon Moore, Charles H.Loenr. JohnE. Drew, Kauffecaud HIIL, Leonard

v and Moran, Master Dunn and Ed Young, Itus--sell and Pearl. Harry and Urannon, C. . Wll-Ham- s,

and Mason and Tucker. A new dance,"'Ihe bprite of the Moon," will be done

fur the first time by Ltertha Flsch.The roster at Koster & Blal's Includes a num

ber of newoomers. Of these the Orauss Tyro--rlean trio are an excellent feature, Mazzus andC Abbacco havo a comical sketch, and Lolsset

' brings an odd circus of storks, geese, and dogs.Of retained ones there are Coicedo. the slack-wir- e

acrobat; Klchard 1'ltrot. mimic; liunthard Rudd In grotesque comicalities; Trojo. andMario and Dunham. Oscar Hammerstela's" living pictures " are continued. On the roofJosephine Uabel and Victoria Walters arena- -Bloyed as assisting vocalists to tho concerts of

Hungarian orchestra.Beginning with Monday the twelve-hou- r pro-

gramme at Proctor's will be devoted entirely tovariety performance, of which "llvlngplcturea"will constitute a conspicuous factor. This week'siult.lt of them is entirely new, and Susie Ker.

win has had charge of their preparation. Theirrange of subjects Is as wide as the rleld of varie-ty show Itself, and the patriotic, humorous, andnude will receive attention. The withdrawal ofthe opera Increases the number of specialists en-gaged. The leader U Will Jl. Fox, who plays thepiano In several ways peculiar to himself, andcracks Jokes hich are chock-fu- ll of fun sure to

, be readily appreciated. The others arejiealeyand CosteUo. Wolffe and Mlnette, James W.Iteagau, the Garrisons. De Forest and Wilson.

ebetcr and Conlan, It ita Durand. Watson andIiupre.Bert Hale, Vive Nobrlga, Edniund Ks-tu- s.

tVieland, Kmll Miller, KatlUeen Warren,and Ella Carlington.

The week's shift at the Madison Square roofbrings several new faces. Of these are Al II.v lleon, with songs and Jokes In good Germandialect. Lottie Moore, Edward and Joule Evans.and Grace Uaylnr, Jjessie Uoneblll is nearlngthe end of her stay, and the other holdovers areAdrienne ljuive, Consuelo Tnrtajada and hertroubadours, Seely and Wet. Cushman andH oleum be, and Caron and Herbert.

Only a few of the entertainers at the Ameri-can roof hold over from last week. The new-comers are headed by bmlth and Cook, verycomical bvirlesquers. and the others are John A.Coleman, a very eccentrio dancer; Newell andilekard, horizontal bar gymnasia; the (ilenroybrothers, Josephine Sabcl. Edwins, and TatalLJohn W. Ransoms la among the retained ones,

I and De Ilursell and a are the others.hunlco Vance comes to the Casino roof slags

Monday, and It is promised that she will bring abudget of new and really English songs. Othercontributors to the .performance are Charles

i Shackford, Bertie Crawford. Theo, MarioCeleste, Lydla Lear, Jessie llltt, the Electricquartet. Star and Leslie, Hodges and Lauch- -Piere, Katharine B. Howe, Mollle Thompson,

and Seamon, and Madge Leasing.Terrace Garden's bill for the week is a goodne and gives a prominent place to the lingersrothers, funny German imitators, and to

Bonnie Thornton, a very successful singer withvariety show audiences. Others engaged axethe G Irani, Ceado, Fannie Heaneand Joe Hard.tnan, Rlano. and Benlly. and lt an and KU hfltld.

Ths group of wax ngurt-- at the Eden Museewnlca represents the rulers of the world is thisweek to be so rearranged as to bs practicallynew. All the figure will be freshly costumedand will be placed In a handsomely appointed

f) reception room, which 1 to be furnished show- -tiy in Louis XV. style. All the other features ofI tuts Interesting wax exhibit are retained, and

I the Gypsy band la In attendance every afternoonand evening.

Monday will find Doris's Dims Museum InEighth avenue open again. Here are two thea-tresone where farces are given under the di-rection of HP. Crollus. ths other devoted tovariety shows. Ths week's bill for ths formerUa farce entitled "Paddy Mllrs's Boy." withMr. Crollus In the title role. Ths conspicuousspetlallsts In the second theatre are Belle Ver-ne- r.

who Imitates the fsors of many celebrities,and Prof. Bliiitliam. whose specialty 1 tle4iheNooaLead Family." In oddities the es--tab.ll,intnt U rich. There I Eta Valeria. aonua u lio plii ou s gnat variety of tnstra-snt- s;

Ellal.ate.a wuman with slasUc skin:togldlxtin. Indian magicians; BrunSuo-def.a,llnoan- t.

aul ths Austins, withof famous group of statuary.

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tOHK TOXKB WOKTJt MMABIXtf.

eir Saly Bttr,ftvm Ms CtnefaMfl Irlswas.Were this our only day,

DM net earyesterdays end morrows gresTo hops ana memoir their Interplay.

Bow should ws bear to live IItot merely whst ws srs.

But wnst ws wsre, and whst we are re beStake p our lite i the near days eaeh a Mar,

The far days nebnlas.At one would love forget

Its keen pursuits snd coy delays of be),And Its dtisctous pangs of fond regret

Were thers no day but this.And who, to win a friend ,

Would to ths sxrets of his heart lovltsA IsUowshlp that hosld begin and rod

Between a night and night ICoins Kotct.

Orapsi,Jress zlU

Ds wood's pfled high on ds cypress srhart,An' ds shinties hlfhsr still i

De moon shines bright theo ds summer night,Downbydeole sawmllli

Ders Is room ur hide, sn' mo beslds,Et we hears de peeler's shrill.

I sen' my whistle thoo d night,I shakes It long an' low.

An' eohoes sounrf rom ds shadows revs'.An' eyes begin to slow.

Decoast is clear I fw gang's all beretOln ds craps a sbowl

W kneels togedder in a ring- --

"Up wid yo nickels, menl"1 hesr ds bones on d pebble stones,

"HI, relet You fads again!ril aeben twice, wld my hoodoo dies,

Dey ain't no second tent"Dey crowd arous.' an' dey brsaf eoasm be.,j las' fling let Vr solAnachalt Crsekl Bring ds quarter back.

Bebbent Oot'ersho'lFhmbe dee. as I'm sites!

Crack! Comes a Utls Joel""Up Jumped a drbbllt Caught alas twles,

Vo nine on de dire feryou.Owlneter git aped I.... what's dat scraped t

Was dst a eoppy blew J"Light out, chapi; run now till you drapsi

Vu 1 sr busted gsms er craps.

"Dot's Bhoat-I- 'll Ooasa Sown."from ias OiritMan Mtriea.

- BOTrloui like." said the tree toad,'Vn twittered for rain all day

And I got up soon.And hollered till noon!

But the sun lilt biased away.Till I Jeit dumb down In a crawfish hols,Wsary st heart, and sick at soul.

" Doted away for an hoar.And I tackled the thing agalai

And I sung, and sung.Till I knowed my lung

Was Jest about to glvs laiAnd then, thlnki I, ef It dont rata now.There's nothln' In slngtn' anyhow.

" Ones In a while soma fsrmsrWould come past

And he'd hear me cry.And stop and sigh.

Till I lest laid back at last.And 1 hollered rain till I thought my throeswould bust wide open st ever nots I

" Bat I fetched hsrl Oh, I fetohsd hselOsuss s Utile while ago.

As I kind o' set.With one eye saet.

And s st nam' soft snd low,A eolcedrapped down oa my jsvsrsd brata,IsjtBg. 'Eryoull Jest huhrtl rain.'

Jams WnrrcoscB Boar.

Tns' Minstrel sa4 ths Knaav,Trom Ok Ovtrland Xa&url.

A, mtnstrsl ones, ss ehanos befsU,flspped wbsre ths Koslem Tartars dwsaiynarrthe walls of a princely pllsnessnghtssongi yet griered ths whlls.Thinking bow Terr nne t'would bsTo reign s Khan or Tartary.

Osaghls, Khan of Tartary.Weary with ruling his kingdoms One.looked from his towers, that eohoed raThe Tenesel's sullen roar.And saw the bard In the court below.

"Allah!" he sighed. " That I wars so,A man of uierrie minstrelsy,lastssd of a Khan of Tartary."

CBAatas V. Bowaa.

The Old Thrse-Deeks-r.

JYeet fas Saturday JZeirfeie,

roily thirty foot she towered from water Use so ran.It cost a watch to steer her and a week to shorten

sail;But, despite all modern notions, I found ber Brvt and

beat:The only certain packet for ths Islands of ths Best,Fair held the Trsds behind as, twss warm with

lorrrs' prayers:Ws'd stolen wills for ballast and a crew of missing

Tney shipped aa Abls Bastards till ths Wicked Xurssconfessed.

And they worked ths old Thres-deek- to ths Islandsof lbs lUeit.

Oarambaa and serspaa ws wsvsd to every wind.We smoked good Corpo Baoco when our sweethearts

prored unkind;Ws'd maldi of matchless beauty sad parentage an- -

gueftsed.And s Church of England parson, for ths Islands of

the Illut.And through ths maddest welter and "nesth the wild-

est kite.We'd pipe all hands to listen to the skipper's homtUssiTor oft he'd hack his topalo or moor In open seaTo draw g Just reflection from a pirate on ths les,

Xo moral doubt assailed us, so whsn ths port wsneared

Ths villain took his flogging st ths gangway, and wscheered.

Twss flddls on ths foCsIs, twos garlands al thsmast,

lor every one got married, and I went ashore at last.left em sll In couples on ths decks iJ left the lovers loving snd ths parents signing

chfeks.In endleas English comfort, by county folk caressed.1 left the old Thiwdecker st the Islands of ths Blest,

That routs la barred to steamers: yeuTl never liftagain

Our purple, pictured headlands, or ths lordly keeps oBpaln.

They're Jul below ths sky llne.hows'er so far yoacruise

In a liner with a braes ofscrswi.

owing round your aehlng search light i twin snow nohaeen's pesos.

Ay, blow your shrieking sirens to ths deaf, graybearded seas;

Boom out ths dripping oil bags snd still ths dseps un-rest.

But yott aren't one knot ths nsarsr So ths Islands ofthe blest I

And when you're threshing crippled, with shatteredbridge and rati.

At a drogue of dead convictions to hold yoa head togsle.

Calm aa ths Flying Dutchman, from track to taffratdressed.

You'll sea ths old Tares dscksr for ths Islands of thsBlest.

see her tiering esnvss la shested silver spread,?ou11 hear ths n thunder nrath bar Issplngfigurehead!

Whlls fsr. so far, abovs you her tall poop Isntsmsshine,

Unvsxed of wind or weather, Uks ths csndlss round ashrlas.

Bun down, hull down and under, she dwindles to aspeck.

With noise of pleasant musie and danetag on bar deck iAll's well, all's well aboard ber I She's dropped you

far behind.With an Old World scent ef roses through ths fog

that Use you blind.Ber crew are babes and madmen I Ber port Is still to

make IYou're manned by Troth and Bclenes, and you steam

for sleamlngs saks IWell : tinker up your engines. Yon know your business

best.Bhe taking tired people to the Islands of the Blast.

The Tots of the Tmrtr.BeholdBXIlam thsDemocratic party,With a targe D--

.

Perhaps I'm not biggerThan ths Senate todsy.But wsteh ms growlYou bet I'm not sawing wood stOksr.This U ths time to talk.And I'm doing my sharsiAlso a deTil of a sight of thinking.I know what I am here for,But I dont ezsctlx knowWhen I am at.I need s disinfectant.And need It badly;But I cant get an agreement la confer saesAs to what kind.I think I'll havsA recelrer appointedTot myself.But who shall It batPerish ths thoughtThat It be a HepubllesalTom Reed, for InstaoostGreat Cicssr, think of that, and tamblstI ha vent Capped together for so loagThat my flappsraAre rusty,IfeelthsllhsrelaaDull thudWaiting for ms la Xevcmbsr,But I am trylag to sffset a eomnramlssAnd head It off.The monkey sad ths parrotBars got loose la ms.And you know what that msmsGel onto my curves, will yon fTney srs numerous sad oft.And you caat miss them.I am tor free raw material,Andlalnt;I am for ths lumens tax,And I slat;I am for ths aogar Trust.And I slat;I am for ths Chicago platform,And I slat,la fact.lam what Jam,And I eaa't be no earner than t aa,Pamncsal

QTTXSTXOXM BT SUIT nKAtiXKB.1. anms months back there appeared la Tire Srs ex.

resets from the writings of severs! eminent divines laths Protectant Church asserting thst the telling of sn

utrutn. In certain cases spoelned by ssld writers, waentirely jnstlnsble from s religious and moral standpoint. Will yon kindly reprint said extrsita, or tellpe the date of Tun Scs containing them l S. Will youInform me what proportion of the criminals of hewYork city are Irish 1 8. Is It In accordance with theusage in the most reflned circles tolsaee the knire andfork on one's plate when passing It or sending It bywaiter to the carver or other person at the table t 4.Is It ever admissible to put the knife In the mouthwhile eating a. Is It cimtomsry In the most reflnedcircles to studiously refrain from speaking of gentle,men by thattltle. and tnuse the wont " men" wlifnspeaking of gentlemen ? . Why Is It Incorrect tossy" I feel badly," " rte looks splendidly," e. 1 Do anyKammarlans defend these forms of expression 7,

" pants" used exrluMrely by "gents 1"'M. Are not educated Englishmen morecarerul and cor-rect In their choice of words and grammatical con.stnietlons than educated Americans? n. Is there aamuch lawlessness and rrtme In England at In theUnited States f in Are tho column uf English news-papers as over burdened with accounts of dishonorable political methods as are ours I

Ova ScawMsta.1. We do not remember publishing anything of the

sort. t. It Is Imposslbls to do so. It Is comparativelyeasy to glvs ths nstlonalltlas of the persons srrested,but we do not believe thst the other figures are attain-able. . Yea. 4. In eating cheese ws believe that themakers of manners permit the knife to be put Into orto the mouth, ft. Kot to go to extremes tnsvoldlngths word "gentlemen," but to avoid Its use where it Isunnecessary, o. Because " badly " Is an adverb quali-fying the verb " feel," and not an adverb descrtptlre efyour feelings. 7, Yes. 6. We think they ere. The In-

fluence of the classics Is itltl strong In Qreat Britain,and whlls here a man may graduate without a knowl.edge of the classics, or without more than a supsrn-ela- l

knowledge. In England at least until within a tewyears, a graduate was certain to know a good dealmore about the classics than many professors of clsas-le-s

in this country. 9. Noj ths conditions are differ-ent. 10. Leering outof consideration the word "over-burdened," we think that there are fewer "politicalscandals" In British papers than there are here,libels, even when political, are punished sharply inEngland, Jntt as crime la There are fewer chances totake In committing crimes there or publishing libels.Our laws as a rule protect the criminal and let thepeople look out for themselTts. In Greet Britainthere ts almost no protection even for an Innocentman accused of crime. A result Is thst there Is lesscrime! and a corollary Is. leas publication of scandal.

I. Bow does the number of males In this countrycompare with the number of females? 8. Are morefemales born In tills country thsn males? J Diws.

1. There were In 1HV0, In the United States, 38,007,NS0males and ao.53t.370 females ; that Is, M.2B0 females toevery 100 males. S. There seem to be no data bearingexactly on your question; but In the whole countrythere were 37.000,760 nstlve born males to 28,371,1)33natlec born females, or 07.071 females to every 100malea. In the north Atlantic- and the south Atlanttodivisions, comprising the Old Thirteen fltates, andMaine, Vermont, and Florida, there are 171,183 morefemales than males. In all old countrlea there aremore females than males; and this country.when It isold enough, will follow the accepted rule.

Canyon tell me anything of the history and fate ofBcuddera Museum of Natural History that flourishedin this city In the early part of the century ? Alsowhether any catalogue of ts curios Is In existence.

Coirrrr Ilcinza,Bcuddsrs American ktuseum was opened In ltllOi

It occupied the city poorhouv, which stood In the(City Ball) Park, facing Broadway. Later Bcuddermoved to ths corner of Ann street and Broadway, andIn December, ltMl, sold out to P. T. Darn urn. Thsmuseum was burned July 18, 1663. The old Htraldbuilding stands where ths museum stood. Wehseeneeer seen a copy of the catalogusi but It la not Im-probable that ths Historical Boclety may havs s copy.

Why ere the eastern coasts of various countriesbring washed away by the sea eastern Encland bythe North Sea, eastern Italy by tho Adriatic. Cape Codby ths Atlantic, and Jspsn by the Paclflo while thswestern coast of the same countries sre slowly pro-jecting ? L 1L

"Westward the star of empire takes Its way;" butthat Isnt conclusive as an answer here, it la possiblethat the rotation of the earth baa some effect la thserosion of the eastern coasts of the continents. Certainly the ocean currents are so distributed thst Ifthey were responsible for the erosion, the westerncoasts as well as the eastern would show the chsngesyou name.

Whst ts ths meaning of ths Indian word "Sas-katchewan ?" II. C. P.

Dr. Esmes of ths Lemox Library gives us these roferenees : " &uarat-rcfi- , poor Hsistat'tran, coursntraplde, nom d'une des grandea rivltres du nord-oues-

(From Laoombe's XHdUmnatrt d la Jaagve de CrU(Montreal. 1871). p. 711.) SattafrMtraa (rlrer InCanada). Cree HstsfrdcAluuit, ' the river runs rapidly.'OJIbwa HsAUttoan, from iUSt- - ' fast,' and .((icon,

dean, the river runs thus.' (From Kstton's tlanNam ertaet Near fas OrtU Laku (Detroit. 1883)."

A dispute has arisen aa to the exact location of whatwas known as The strand, kept by the late Dan Krrri-gan- .

Some contend that It was nearer to Tlitrty-flrs- tstreet than to Thlrtl-t- h street: that starting fromThirtieth street we first met the Star and Garter, nextto that the Newport, next to that the Empire (Jim Irv.Iiut). and above that cams The Strand. Wll) you de-cide? J. A. P.

We're not certain about the Newport, but we'rereasonably certain that The Strand was abovs the Starand Garter and the Empire.

Will Ths Sen give the name and Information aa tothe means nf procuring soma book or publication Inwhich protection and free trade are discussed Impar.tlally. but with special reference to their effect onthis country? Msxtox B. Owxs.

There la no such book, that Is, if you stand up forImpartiality, The book that most nearly fills yourbill Is Simon Patten's "Economic Basis of Protection,"(J. a IJpplncott Co. of Philadelphia, l).

Did the Republican party ever propose that foreign-ers should be 21 rears In this country before theycould be naturalized ? T. C.

It neeer proposed so formally! there has been agood deal of unofficial talk about a law to this effect,but no modem party has proposed Its enaetment.

Your correspondent O. C Oris wold can find the shortstory. "Short Creek Daea's Conversion." by AlfredIlenry Lewis (Dan Quint, In the Short storU for Sep.Umber, lew. Vol. XI.. No. 1. J. F. M.

Thank you; do you see, Ur. Ortswoid 7

Why is sf rphlstophsles represented in old prints sndcsrvtngs with onebroken horn? A.S.O.Ws dont know thst he la; and If as Is, we dont

know why hs la,

Who wrote a poem called " Ths Lone Star of Ts xas I"

Ws do not know. Does sny of our readers know I

if. it C. Ths Csthollo Summer Baboo! at Plattsburghopsned oa July It, two weeks sgo.

X.A.T, 8. You will hsvs lived In this Bute and thiscounty long enough to vote next lfovt mber.

L. DUlon The plural of teaapoonfui ts tssspooa--

fulsi ths plural of brotherln-la- Is brothers-t- a law,

W.B.la Orav. By ths census ef ISM Baa Fran-cisco had a population of 388,697 and Buffalo one of183.884.

ECAorls OtBwrt. A train carrying ths malls has thsright of wsyovsr any number of lines of boss taliacross Its tracks by a firs department.

Btudnl. Ths vetsrinsry colleges in this city srs st141 West Fifty fourth street, W. J, coatee. Secretary;(33 Zast Twenty-ssTent- 0. E. Bllllngton, Secretary.

Steady Aeoders, Ths highest mountain la the worldIs ths Svtrest In ths BtmalsyaaMount Hercules In New Guinea shrunk a good dealafter It was measured.

Aartove Ths representstlvsfor ths Fifteenth Con-gress district Is Mr, Isldor Straus. To team where hswill gel an appointment to ths Wars! Academy, writsto lbs Nsvy Department.

T. J, XX Two books, either one of which should helpyou In studying philosophy, are " Fundamental Con-cepts of ModenCPhUosophto Thought," by R. Eucken(11,731, and " Biographical nistory of Philosophy," byO. IL Lewas (t.1 30). D. Applelon A Co. publish bothbooks.

J, J. CVmimy. It is said that ths word " Sheenyfcomes from ths Hebrew Hit, AfssAlaa ("May yoasuffer the Use Judicial curses"), an anathema pro-nounced against their enemies by Irritated Jews dur-ing ths times of recognised persecution. From thscurss ths Jews wcrs called aheenles.

lAf.-- Wi think that Schouler's "Blstory of thsUnited Stales" Is as gooj at any. It runs from 1789 to18A0, and Mr. Bcbouler Is getting up a volums to coti rtheclrtlwar. Mr Hotter Johnson's "History of lbsCltll War" Is good In lis way. These books can bs bsdfrom Dodd A Mead, who publish lha flrt named.

OmomAaga. Ths native-bor- son of an alien is aattissn by birth, snd votes without taking out nat-uralisation papers. If, however, when bs becomes ofsgs hs doss some overt set to show thst bs does notcoasldsr himself sn American, bs would hsvs to Ukscut papers If afterward hs desired to be a cttlaea.

X. A. r. Tnsrs la no reason la what you tell ne whyyou should not r turn to Oermaay for a visit. Youwin aesd a passport, which can be obtained throughnotary public, aad you'll have to ksep aula! and nottalk loo loudly about bring aa American and so out ofreach of ths German army, whlls you're la Oenuay,

B. W. lamtimg I. Under forced draught on ber trialtrip ths Minneapolis burned about Iweuty tons of coalas hour. t. Without forced draught ahs will run nlse-tse- a

knots sn hour, using sbout clgbt tons of coal aahour. 3- - The big modem "liners" bum about Wtoss of coal s day, 4. Ttasw vtaaels carry crews utabout 400 men, mors or less. Abuot ltd of these arela the engineer's depsrtaeat, aad about sixty ef thesearatnoaa.

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APHO-AMxnicA- ir xoxsa,Tsxss Is M State. It has thirteen

newspapers, and their editors are Just as sensitiveabout the honor of their State as are the white editorsof the Stats. One of these, the TrTa Illuminator.furnishes tho following Items of Interest In Its lsteetIssue! 8. C McCoy Is City Clerk and C. J, Williams Isan Alderman of Oatveston, while M. M. Rodgers Is anAlderman of I Orange and If. B. Hancock of Austin.Fort Worth and Oalveston each has a successful

drug store. Mills and Stella are suc-

cessful grocers at San Antonio. There are fiftyphysicians In Texaa and several dentists.

Cicero Howard uf Eagle Lake has been a Commis-sioner of Colorado county for sixteen years. Traveracounty has over 000 Af ro--J merlcan farmers who eachown from 0 to 1,000 acres of good land. J, D. Dell ofHouston has- - a good grocery business snd arent roll of $3,800 per annum. The Deaf,Dumb, and Blind Institute at Austin la the onlrone of Its kind In the country fostered bya State and manned entirely by negroee. There aresix letter carrirrs and one chlrt mailing clerk In theAustin Post Ofnrc. "What office In ths South canbeat this?" asks Ihe Illuminator. K. J. Morrow IsPostmaster and chief dry goods and grocery dealer atUttlff, In Travrrs county, a flourishing town ownedalmost exclusively by negroes. Taylor A Foley ofColumbus own a two-stor-y brick store on Main street.In which they have conducted a paying business forten years. There are now thirteen summer normalschools In full blast scattered over Texas, having experlenced nrgro conductors at their bead and an armyof teachers In attendance.

The Little Rock Vtpa'cA advocates the formation ofa negro party In Arkansas, and two counties have

to hold conventions to discuss the Idea."Every race mutt act for Itself In this republic,"

declares, "Independently If It would berecognised politically,"

The AfroAmrricant of Lynchburg, Va--, are to barsa bank.

" Aunt Mary " McDonald, who Is said to be 138 yearsold, and "Uncle John" Gibson, 120, Inmates of thsHome for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons, al Phila-delphia, have tieen celebrating their birthdays recently.

The Negro Democratic leagues are to bold a conven-tion at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 14. C. B.J.Taylor,Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, IsPresident. Ho wants to lie reelected. II. C.C. Aitwoodof New York vt 111 probably be his most troublesomecompetitor.

There are. It It said by a local newspaper, thirteenlawyers In Boston. Chicago has more

than twenty five. New York about ten, while Wash-ington ts plastered with them.

J. J. Spellman, who died at Jackson a short timeago, was one of the best known men of his rsoe inMississippi. Be waaborn at Norwich, Conn., Jan. 18,1841, and received a liberal education In the schoolsof Connecticut. In 18AA he went to Mississippi andsettled In Msdlson county, which he represented Inthe Legislature, being at the same time a special correspondent of the Krw York Tribune. He edited sev-

eral race papers In Mississippi and took a leading partIn Masonic affairs. He held also many minor Federalpositions. At the time of his death he was the sittingPast Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias ofNorth snd South Amerlcs, Europe, Asia, and Africa,and a trustee of the Knights of Honor of ths world.Mr Spellman was a son of " Pop " Spellman, who waafor upward of thirty years pastor of Abyssinia BaptistChurch, In Warerley place. New York.

Tbe measurable success of the New Orleans Jo0yCrusader has stimulated other editors,aa the proprietors of the Atlanta topic's Advocaiand of ths Pelersburgh (Va.) ITteXlv nevoid announcethat they will soon Issue dally editions.

The colored people of Lynchburg, Va., are, ss a rule,In splendid circumstances, declares the CrwaasUorandHerald, tbe local race oracle. The majority of themown comfortable homes; and, unlike the colored peo-ple In most cities. North or South, they are not hud-

dled together In one section, but their homesmsy be found In sny part of this picturesquesnd hilly city. This Is accounted for by the fact thatwhen the city was founded and factories and rollingmills were being established, the colored people whowere employed to operate them saved their earnlnnand purchased land. But, more than this; when theImprovementa incident to growing towns came thun-dering down upon our colored brother in the shspe oftaxes, he humped his back and declared he would notmove. If Industry and economy would enable him tosustain himself. It was a success, for there he Is to-day, living oa terms of absolute pesos with his whitsneighbors.

The recent convention of ths Pro-tective Association of Iowa, at Ottumwa, was a de-

cided success. The attendance was large and thscondition of ths race In Iowa received a thoroughoverhauling. There are upward of 80,000

In the State. Industry wasadvocated, and a committee appointed to look Intotho matter. An assessment of 10 cants a month IsImposed upon the membership of each local organisa-tion. In ths address adopted ths following appears:"We denounce labor organisations aa the negro'sworst foe. Not until laborers hsvs freed themselvesfrom ths prejudice of caste and stand upon the broadplatform of equal Justice to all men, black and whitsalike, will labor Itself be free." The following officerswere elected for the ensuing yean President, R. N.Hyde; H. F. Sawfoot, W S. Pags,James LDameroni Recording Secretary, Miss VlrglsWhltsett; Corresponding Secretary, W. P. Shields;Treasurer, II. Riding; Attorney, A. O. Clark.

Mr Thomas J Calloway has been appointed Presi-dent of Alcorn College, a Mississippi Slate Institutionat Rodney. lie Is a very young man, a graduate ofPlsk University at Nashville, and for a number ofyears has been a clerk In the War Department atWashington. In addition to his department work andIn conjunction with his wife, also a graduate of risk,he conducted a teachers' bureau, through which bswss enabled to find employment for a great manyyoung persons desiring to engage In ths work of schoolteach In. Mrs. Calloway Is the author of a very usefultittle teachers' handbook. For a long time Mr. Callo-way was the Washington correspondent of ths NewYork Aoe and the Detroit rialndealtr. Bslslnevsryway Qualified to All his new position.

Chicago are rejoicing In ths posses-sion of a woman lawyer. Shs graduated from thsChicago College of Iaw at tbe late commencement.Mlaa Ida Piatt It the fortunate young woman. She Is astenographer, and as such sbe entered ths law officsof Jesse Cox In 1892, snd began her studies st thscollege. In 1803 she established herself In ths AshlandBlock as a stenographer and law reporter. In orderto pass the final examinations It U necessary to haveat least 83 marks out of every possible 100, but MissPiatt went II beyond the roqulremente, making 9ft.Miss PUtt waa bora Sept. 29, 1 SC3. ner father was aNew Yorker, who established himself In the lumberbusiness In Chicago. Her mother was a Philadelphia!!.Miss Flatt Is cousin to Ur. James C. Matthews of Al-

bany, a successful lawyer and Democratic poli-tician, who failed of confirmation as Recorder ofDeeds of the District of Columbia la Mr. Cleveland'sfirst term. Miss Piatt It at present employed In thelaw office of Errant A Langworthy,

Prof. W. S. Scarborough of Wllberforoe University,a member of the American Philological Society, hasthe distinction of bring ths first man of bis rare towrlto a Greek text hook. He has written many trea-tises on Greek subjects, ths most thorough being thsone on " The Birds of Arlstophsnee." The society matst Charlottesville, Va., last year, and Prof. Scarbor-ough read his paper In the historical halls of the Uni-versity of Virginia, where negro students are not ad-mitted, and where the presence of negroes Is onlydesired whsn they are servants. The Irofaasor, whoregurds New fork as a good summer resort, spends afew weeks here regularly, where hs has a wtds cirolsof friends.

CaKsht DIseeasbllaK.Fross (As H'osAlntfton Xtonfag Stew,

" rtiollv has a very thoughtful axpresaloa on hisface," said one girl." Cbolljr'a becoming deceitful," replied the other.

Ths Alaslghty Blaekberrr,JYvia (As Jfadiaon Advertiser,

A man that has grassy ootton now Is Ufa. Cuffwon't work when blackberries an rips.

The Woman's AaawsaHe Dont you think ber conversation Is Just Ukschampagne ?

bhe rtpark ling or dry ?

P "ACTINA" ll x PERFECT ELZCTUIO POCKETS BATTERY USAULE AT ALL TIMES AND IN fl ALL PLACES BY YOUNG OR OLD. IT a

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p And never fulls to eradicate tA CATAKItll IVoas tha ayataaa. at4 Dont let oculists cut. drag, or probe yoursyssX unleas you waat to gu UlnX Call and sxsmlosa Actios. It costs nothing to consult ua. ff9 ruor. wiuhox!)J MAGNETO. CONSERVATIVE tURtlENTSj? are aa puszllng to the phrslctaas aa ths wonder- -

m worklag Actlna. Tner curs paralyaU, rbrusna-- 9

tlsm. Brisk t's disease of the kidneys, dyspepsia, A0 nervous debility, Ac, sod where sll drug treat- - Tmeuts Mis.Mead for PROF, WILSO! DICTION. K

WJk.nr or DIHEAHK--A Valaakls Boon. ?sv Fres oa Application. m

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$z fJ-- -n The housewife may bo Jl&& "" persuaded to try another II

fl kind, but if she has used Cleveland's 11

cjjl Baking Powder once, she remembcra Jl((J. I how light and flaky her biscuit were ; fl

Wt how her cake kept moist and fresh-- l and she will return to Cleveland's and 1 1

stick to it '' IIv IIr No baking powder costs so much to maVo fl

JxCIJlCniOer as Cleveland?.. No other gives such value, ' Jl

xorxa oh bcixxcb ajtd nmvtrnr.Considerable Interest ha been created among

aclentlflo men by the announced discover' bythe Government geologist In Australia, of a newmineral possessing come Interestlngcharacterls-tic- s,

to which has been given tho nam"willyamite." It contains antimony, cobalt,nickel, sulphur, and traces nf iron, copper, andlead, according to the description given of thssubstance before the Hoyal Boclety of NewSouth Wales. A remarkable feature staled Inconnection with this new mineral. In a geologi-cal sense, Is that It was found In one smallpatch only, associated with a one-ha- lf hundred-weight lump of dyscroclle, or antlmonlal silver,tho further fact appearing, that allhnught sev-eral lumps of tho latter were found In closeproximity, only one contained the new mineral,willyamite crystallizes In the isometric, system,possessing the perfect cubical clonrage charac-teristic uf analogous minerals, and ha aspecific gravity of 0.8, hardness about .8.

A differential spring governor for steam en-gines Is among the recent mechanical Inven-tions of note, the device possessing the advan-tage of lielng applicable either to control a valveby which steam Is admitted to the engine valvechambers, or to directly actuate the cut-o- ff

mechanism of any customary type of valve. InIts construction there Is a fulcrum lever, onearm nf which connects the devloe with thevalve or cut-o- ff stem, and the other with a col-

lar sliding upon tho governor spindle. Thegovernor balls, or weights, have ehort armsconnecting wlthn Imr fixed to and rotating withthe spindle, and other arms extend outwardlyon the opposite side connecting with the barwhich Is slldable tiiion the spindle and whichactuates the mnvablo collar. The angle formedby the levers which extend out from the op-posite side of tho balls or weights are Internalangle, no that, as the balls are thrown outward,theso balls ore brought more nearly Into astraight lino with each other. A compressionspring acts to return the parts when tho centrif-ugal force Is reduced.

In determining the mineral elements of whichvarious rocks are composed, an Ingenious use ofcolor photography hoe for some time post beenresorted to at the office of tho Geological SurveyIn Washington. For this purpose, as desorlbed,a small piece of the rock la ground down untilIt Is a transparent film, so thin that It can beread through, and It Is then put Into a photo-graphic apparatus, an Important part of whichIs a microscope, and the Instrument Is so ar-ranged that a ray of light posses through aprism of Iceland spar, which has the proiiertrofpolaiizlng light; the ray passes on througha fliin of rock, which Is stuck upon a sheet ofglass, and beyond through the microscope, theother end of which In ilttcd Into a camera avery much magnified image of the rock sectionbeing thus throwh upon the sensitive plate In-side the camera, and an enormously large pic-ture of It Is made. The picture Is merely Inblock and white, but the image produced on theground glass at the bock of the camera Is In avariety of beautiful colors, each mineral elementof which the rock Js composed being mode bythe refracting effect of the polarized light totake on a hue of Its own. The photograph hato be tinted with water colors copied after theImage on the ground gloss.

The experiments mode by M. Aucher, a Frenchchemist. In the coloring of loose cotton, withoutInjuring It for the spindle, hove resulted In whatIs declared to be a much simpler and cheapermethod of dyeing the fabrlo with aniline blackthan any hitherto In use. In accomplishingthis, the chemical reactions are brought aboutunder special conditions, and the raw cottonIs treated In small quantities at a time, at thadifferent stages. It Is first steeped, a kilogramat a time. In a bath of fifty kilo, of water andtwo kilos, of castor oil sulphurized and neutra-lized with ammonia, and eaoh kilo, of cotton 1

then entered Into a bath containing twentykilos, of hydrochloric acid ten kilos, bichromateof sodium. After rcmolntng In this a shortume. me iota ot cotton are immersed In a bathconsisting of fifty litres water, fifty kilos, ani-line oil, and five kilos, hydrochlorlo acid. Thisbath Is said to be enough for one hundred lotsof a kiln each, and the desired shade Is obtainedby adding chlorate of potash up to two kilos.The whole moss is now milled to drive the solu-tion well Into the fibre, and, after ten minutesthe cotton Is shaken up In a bath of six kilosbichromate of potash and ons thousand litreof water for every one hnndred kilos of cotton.In twenty minutes this olive-gree- n tint becomean Intense and fast black.

A valuable substitute, aa claimed, for thsminer's safety lamp. Is a foreign Instrumenttermed the formenephone. The principle onwhich this apparatus Is based Is that when twoorgan tubes, giving the same pitch, are subjectedto the Influence of two equal blasts of pure air,the sound produced la Identical, but everythingelse being equal. If one of the tubes Is blownInto by a mixture of air and go of different In-

tensity, the sound of the tube Is correspondinglymodified, and the vibrations produced are moreor less frequent as more or les gas Is mixedwith the air. This. It Is stated, occurs with suchunvarying results that It has been found prac-ticable to lay dnvt n a regular scale of vibrations,and their significance for the guidance of thoseneeding such aid. The arrangement presents,briefly, two blowers, or pairs of blowers. In-closed in air-tig- metallic envelopes, one of theserases containing pure air only, while to theother Is conducted, by a pipe, tbe air of tho partof the mine to be testod -- the air In each recep-tacle being blown by tho disengagement of aweight on the top of the bellows, by means ofwhich downward and forcible pressure Is Imme-diately produced Into the organ tube with whicheach receptacle Is prot lded. The'rcsultant soundis so Intensified by a special adaptation of the mi-crophone and telephone as to be distinctly dis-cerned, and a comparison of the difference insound of the two tubes gives an absolute indica-tion of the quality of gas In the air tested.

In a paper by F. W. Taylor, the n

authority on belting, tho Important fact Isstated that In a carefully conducted experimentbetween different types of leather belts made ina machine shop, and lasting nine years betweenforty and fifty belts being used the d

and fulled belts s ho wed themselves to bo supe-rior in all respect except the of fric-tion, to cither the d not fulled, the

or rawhide with tanned face;they lasted longer, caused fewer Interruptionsto manufacture, did not stretch unevenly,stretched less, cost less per year of senior, re-quired tightening only half as often, and gaveless trouble when first started than did thsothers. According to Mr. Talnr's fourteenyears' studious observations, the stretch duringthe first six months of the life of belts Is thirty-si- x

per rent, of their entire stretch. In the caseof double belta working according to ordinaryrules, under a total loss of one hundred anilelet en pounds per inch of ts Idth, and git ing aneffectltepullol sixty-fiv- e pounds per inth ofwidth; but If, however, the lwlta are workingaccording to a more economical rule, under atotal load of fifty-fou- r pounds, the stretch dur-ing the first six months Is fifteen ier cent, ofentire stretch: a double belt will stretch forty.

of one percent, of Its lengthbefore requiting to bo tightened, when subjectaccording to ordinary rules, to a total load ofone hundred and eleven pounds per Inch ofwidth, and siting an effective pull of sixty-fiv- epounds per inch of width.

For the more rapid and perfect balling oftwine a machine has Just been contrived, andtbe roll can lie automatically stopped when anyrequired diameter has been rrachrd. In Itsmain points of construction the spindle uponwhich the roller Is wound Is carried at It endIn bearings at the ends of a forked lever, thelatter reeling In brackets at Its opppslte end. Inwhich It may freely turn as the roll Increases;the spindle, which rest upon the face of a pul-ley aa wide as the pulley I long. Is flxrd to thsdriving shaft, which as It revolves gives motiontnthesplndls, The twine to be mudo Into aroll Is taken from tho bobbins and after pass-ing over suitable brake rods, Is put through aquickly traversing guide, whichmoves parallel to the spindle, Ihus winding thetwine uu the latter to the dlamrtrr dealrrd. Ata point on one side of the forked lever a rl Ususpended from a stud, hanging from It a littleout of pcrpemlli-ul&r- . the ri hating a nurolierof holes at one end, from any line uf which Itmay be suspended, according to the intendeddiameter of the roll, and at the lower tnd anotch is made; In a line with tho pulley whichdrives the spindle is a shaft upon hich Is nxla small forked lever, between the forked endsof which the noti bl rod rosta, and a rMng andfalling motion Uglvrn to Ihe small forked lever,and the action Is thus contluued tu the cud.

Much space ts given In the Omplt TUn-d-

tp a description of a continuous electriofurnace. In which materials may be melted outof contact with the carbon vapor of the arc.Tbe body of (ho furnace Is constructed of bricksof Ume, surrounding a central cavity, the sidesof this cavity being lined with alternate platesof carbon and magnesia, the latter being nextthe lime, as If the carbon plates were In contactwith the lime, combination would occur at thehigh temperatures reached, liquid calcium car-bonate being formed. The magnraia plates areIrreducible by carbon, and therefore can onlywaate away by direct volatilization: the cavityu closed with simple plauw, above which tsplaced a block of lime. ILc arc carbons paaU r High opposite walls of the furnace, and thsaru Is struck between them In the centre of thecavity: bslow the arc. and above ths bottom, atub M par carbon en er two rtntlmtlnu tu

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diameter posses through the furnace from sideto side, and is inclined at an angle nf thirty de-

grees to the horizontal. The ores to bo fusedarc placed in this tube and the arc struck, themetal as reduced flowing down to the lower endof the tube, whom It con bo collected. Using acurrent of six hundred amperes at sixty volts,an Ingot nf chromium of two kilogram weighthas been prodtit ed. tho fused metal as cast 111

moulds of sesquloxldn of chromium, to whichIt gave up any carbon It origlnallr contained.The heated port of tho carbon tubo Is trans-formed Into graphite

According to the Investigations of filr II. Hall,tho eminent scientist. It appears that were thesensibility of the human eyo Increased so as tomake It a few million times more powerful. Itwould be seen that the diamond atoms, whichform the perfect gem when aggregated in suff-icient myriads, are each In a condition of rapidmovement of the most complex description:each molecule would be seen swinging to andfro with Ihe utmost violence among theneighboring molecules, and quit crlng from theshocks It receives Jrnm the vehement encoun-ters with other molecules, which occurmillions ot times In each second, Dr. Halladmit that tho hardness and Impcnetrahllltyso characteristic would at first sight seem torefute tho supposition that It Is no more thitnncluster of rapidly moving particles, but tho oilknown Impenetrability of tho gem arises, hosays, from tho fact that when attempt wnsmade to press a steel point Into the stnno It falls,because) the rapidly mot lng molecules of thestone batter the metal with such extraordinaryvehemence that they refuse to allow It to ieiu-tra- te.

or even to mark, the crystallized surface.Again, when glass Is cut with a diamond theedge, which seems no hard. Is really composedof rapidly moving atoms the glass w hich Is cutIs also merely a moss of moving molecules, andwhat seems to happen is that as the diamond Ispressed forward Its several particles, by theirsuperior vigor, drive the llttlo particle of glassout of the way

Additional experiments made abroad withaluminum bronzes show, as reported, that thepresence of a very small admixture of boronmakes a denser and consequently more durablealloy. It appears, too, that this aluminumboron bronze cast and melts weU, and Is alsofree from some of the drawbacks met with Inworking with the ordinary aluminum bronzethe difficulty. In especial, experienced by

of that alloy In obtaining a uniform mix-ture, the fact being that an Intractable fusiblealloy sometimes forms on the surface of themolten portion, and, being accompanied by sur-face oxidation, does not alloy with the re-

mainder: the aluminum boron alloy forms,too, at a lower temperoturo than when purealuminum Is used. Tho process of preparingthis bronze consists In first making Ingots nfaluminum containing boron in the samo state Inwhich graphite exists In cast iron, theso Ingotsbeing made by Introducing aluminum Into amolten mixture of fluorspar and vitrified lirloanhvrlde. which has been heated In an nxrlir- - '

drogen furnace until fume of heiron fluorldoappear: the boron Is Immediately reduced, iindit dissolves In the aluminum, the lalter p Inthis way rendered crystalline and brittle. Whenadded to copper. In the proportion nf 8 to 10 jwrcent.. It forms the aluminum boron bronze Inquestion, which Is not brittle. The effect on thisbronze of the boron Is said to be quite differentfrom that of silicon, which latter is so destruc-tive of all bronze when present even In minutequantities.

English Ingenuity ho contrived a new cottonfeeder, claimed to posses some special advan-tages over those ordinarily In use. The machinehas the usual horizontal and ascending apronstn the hopper, a beater to strip the cotton, andthe other principal features. When the cottonIs stripped from the spiked apron and throwndown so as to fall on the feed lattlco the dis-tinctive feature of this machine Is found. In-

stead of falling Into the lattice the cotton Is de-

livered Into a box, which Is so arranged that itsexit orlfloo can be adjusted so as to let mure orless cotton pass through, this being done by ahinged board which pivots from its upper endand can be set from without to or from a colli

roller to suit the character of the ma-terial dealt with. The collecting roller Isdriven from the cone box of the fawn-er, or other convenient way, and positively de-

livers the cotton to the lattice: tho fact Ishowever, that the weight of cotton in

the box a wt II as the area of the delivery orifice,has an Influence upon t lie quantity pasted, and,la order to keep this uniform, special means arofirotided. This consists of n beater, retoltlng

or return direction to the colltyi-ln- g

or delivery rollers, and thus tending to throwthe cotton back; so long as the loiter in the boxIs below tho levt lot the beater the latter has noeffect, but, when the box fills, then sny excees ofcotton above what Is necessary to keep It filledIs flung upward on too special apron, which alsoruns in the return direction the result beingthat the surplus cotton is returned to the Iiojhper, and is again raised by the spiked apron.

A Virginia Inventor has constructed a new en-

gine of Improved working rapacity, among thoadvantages enumerated being that the valve Isperfectly balanced; the steam pressure enterthe valve In the centra, and the preesure beingequalin all directions, perfect balance Is conse-quently maintained; by so doing the frictionIs brought to a minimum, and butslight veur Is the rtsnlt. As explained,this valve being halnnreiL and havinglarge, short, and direct steam ports, withlive steam being held st Wilier presHiire withinthe volte and Ihe same hvlnif maintained luthe steam cylinder until the point ot tut off aquick admission and it high degree nf economyore reached. The construction Is such aa to beautomatic In taking up the slightest wear, and,the whole Wing tompletely balanced, only asmall per cent, of the engine s power Is requiredto operate, thus sating twenty per cent-- Inpower and twenty per cent. In fuel.

Attention has for some time been given bymechanics to a new kind of forge, which ha themachinery, presses, and appliances for manu-facturing railway wagons from one piece ofmetal, whether Iron or steel that la, the wagonItself, outside the wheels, axles, springs, c theconstruction being accomplished by means of apress and dies; and In a comparatively shorttime from a heated plate, the sides andbottom of a wagon are funned, therebeing no need of angle Inn, or ttril, j

or riveting. According to representations, thooperations thus fur mule In this line show that,w 111) the Ujo nf mild steel fur the winnnM". theoIs no practical dlfniull lu stamping out ruchwagons without making bad corners; It UmiI.I,In fort, that Ihe whole wagon, v hen finished,exhibits one comruu t und S'did piece of metal,without flaw or crack anywhere tltible. It beingthus evident that no great strain or tunsloacomes from the ojieratlim resorted to.

80 destructive tn brickwork Is tne seocoastclimate of the tropica, sa s a rltcr In the A rrW.Irrf, that great caution lias to bo exercised Inthe selection of material, the unfortunate factbeing that all bricks made near the MaWiaid,with ita brackish water, are exceedingly

to tho Heather, and rapidly moulder) wlien cxiiosed, this difficulty being met

b) pnslui'ing ihi'in at home distance from theroost, with Iresh water, rare lielni; re-quired to have t h 111 n ell and t horoughl) burned,but which, in such a climate, h here furl is gen.erully so tapeimlte Is iuit dlltli ult tu ituu-- r.

Ntor the eraiuast of llrurll It ! iuumlto protect oil brick Murk tilth ploeler. 4 Hit thudwhich serves Its purpne nrndlnulv at 11. Inthe Interior ( tliu roiiutr) wall burned bricksmay tand fur a fe jrur-- , but it Is ultjinattlyfound nrcesaar) In iilsyilrr tluni, or to give tin ina thick coat of whitewash from time to Urn.-- ,

lar over a coat of whitewash hu Urn uxlwltji considerable turecno fur the protection ofbrltk building and uthvr works of that mate-rial itiiutoiil) throw utl tho inoitturu u thaouieldeiiuiiU-r- . but tends to keep the Interior oftin building free fromiuolsturr.

Mention ts made of a remarkable geologicalsubstance found in Finland, a stone which fore-tells b) a chun;e In color the probable charac-ter of the weather in the near future, being. Infart, a natural tbrrruoinrter. ami known by thename of armakulr. It is said to turn blatkshortly before sui approaching rain, while in tineweather it I muttlcd with spot ut while It isstated that fur u long time this interestingpheiurnetiun won one of Inexplicable charac-ter, but that, 011 an analysis of the alone, it wasshown tu boo fossil Uilltxl ulthcU) and con-taining a turtiun of rock silt und nitre. Thisfact being kuuwu. au explanation of thechanavaIn the apps-aranr- of the lnj.UrialUyujue.aues inattrr ths salt; absorbing the moisture,turns black when lh conditions arc faiorablfur rain, ahlle tbe dryneas of the atmospheremust aa naturally bring out the salt from thsInterior ei tL stoas in whits spot on lb sur-ta- e.

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xhovules or rovito nnAXAXitrtx jlTv riaywrlght Whose 'ExpeHeas Was 1

Harder Tliaa tha Avirsxs, jlThe troubles of aspiring dramatist ar pretty 1 1

well known, but tho experience of tiro who rccntly rsmo tindcj tho notice of a play reader al a

1 1a theatre In this city wss harder than the aver 1age. One young man sont from o Western city 'Ian Impossible five-ac- t production which It took Ionly a few moments to discover was utter useless. '1 1The manuscript was returned with ths ous-- , Itomary courteous note, and the kind-hearte- d (Mreader, mindful of the enthusiastic, letter whlob, 1hod accompanied the play, added a few sym- - 'Ipathlzlng words, principally tn refereno to ths Iauthor's Ignorance of tho technical rule of th Itago. A short time afterword a young man , I

presented himself at the theatre and found hit '

way Into the reader' office. I" I'm so swd no," ho said. " and I sent yon a , Iplay lost month." .'

Bo monx people hod sent plays during ths pre. (

ceding month that tho announcement suggsstednothing to the readen After the eeplrant had 'Idcecrlticd the plnv lie sent In there was no longer I

I any doubt nf his identity, - ;

" Von said that 1 hadn't learned th stag Iwhen yjii nnvv tn d my letter," the visitor then Iwent on, "so 1'vo come on here to dn It. I want Iyou to see If you can't get me a position a astage hund, end let mn liegln nt Ihe bottom." M

The )onng mim did not get a place In that the--at re, and he never eninu batk to tell Display ;reader whether he hid succeeded anywhere else, "

Another joitng Westerner sent on a ploy 4

which was returned nfur a very cursory read-- -lng. It was apparent nt a glance that It ws -hopeless. Vcr) sunn this author also appeared 'at the thcnlro and asked for the reader, HIcall was only a friendly one, and his particularobject was to tell thn resdor his good fortune. ''' I vr got a backer," he said enthusiastically." w ho Is going to produce my ploys as fast aa I 'write 'em. Hn Is going to give first the one thatyou rend, and then follow with nil the others,He's taken a ltrondway theatre for the season.or, rather, he's negntlotltig fur one. I've bad

He's .1 solid man, with lots of dust."After he had modestly nccentrd tha congratu- -

latlnns of the reader who hail foiled to discoverIn any of tho plovs tho marks of genius which Ihod so dazzled tho financial magnate who woto produco them, the elntcd dramatist left andnothing tnoro was heard of him until aboutmonth later. Then the reader met him on Fifth "'avenue, it won a warm day. but the dramatist .wore on overcoat. He looked deeply dejected. ,

"Weill how are the plays coming on f Howthe backer?" were tliu naturally first questionof the reader.

"Oh. he was no good," was the disgusted '

answer of tho young writer. "He never had arent, and never did anything but lite off me andtxirrow every cent 1 had. Lost night he stolemy clothes nnd lit out, and I've telegraphed Mhome fur money to comeback. All I've got leftIs this overcoat and a pair of trousers. Hswssa ,1dandy backer."

CirANOES AT Till! iJT.TOX ZIBItABT. M

sy Ons May Visit It Now aad May So 'MTblnga Worth Heelag. slThe average New Yorker still believe that th I

Lenox Library remains as Its founder left lb Ia prison wherein sume mnuldy book and Impos- - .1slble pictures could be seen between 11 o'clockand 1 every day In the week except Sunday, IMonday. Friday, and Saturday by those person Iwho had obtained cards from the " Librarian" 'on proof that they hail never committed crime. MBut the average Mow Vorker Is behind the Urn . 'In many things relating to Nwy-.Vor- k. It may Inot be gracious to suggest that t was a threat Iof taking away the library charter that Iawakened the trustees to a sense of th dutythey owed tho city; but at all event they didw ake up, and tho library now Is open most of ths Itime, and one can go In and look about and find "IIntelligent attendants who not only may b Iquestioned but enp give answers. ITho collection of books Is not great, but It la lmvaluable, not to tho average man, bat to hint 4Iwho Is stud ing American history at It source. ' IThe library contains the historical library ot .1Geurgo Honcroft. the Drrxel Musical Library, Mtliu AMoin Library of modern French liters--turo. tha l)uLklnck collection, and other books,

s thu Americano collected by its founder,and tlu-o- e are nt thn disposal af properly ao- - Hcredited Investigators,

The llhrar) is interesting, however, chiefly be--couseof Its palntlngi, given by Its founder and Hby tho lata .Mrs, Robert L. rUowart, and for It '

"rhow houka"!n American history. A colleo- - '

tlnn, almost complete, uf the work of the original )Amerlriin printers is on exhlbltlon;'a oolleotlon Hnf mnnuvrliits and a collection of the earliest Hprinted hooks of all countrlea are to be seen Hthere; and In a month or so a collection of tha Hnewspaper of the colony ofNow York vv 111 be exhibited, complete exoept for Hono paiHtr; and that paimr I not to b had for Mlov o or Miotic) , H

The paintings or Interesting chiefly a an In--stance of how not to dolt: but there are som Hfamous pictures among them, and ths NewVorker may well add the Lenox Library to thatoo short list of things to be seen In th city.

cniXA'a FI.AOVB axd zojmomm. IThe Disease Believed' to Be tha Sajssa, ssssd H

to lie Bred by riltav,The plague raging In China, It U now said, in fl

Identical with the epldemlo known In history a Ht!io Great 1'laguo of London, Tho plague first Happeared In London late In tbe autumn of 1C8. HIt was quiescent during the following wintsr Hand early spring, but In May broke out again tn Hthe parishes ot St. Olles and fit. Martin, la Hwhat wss then the extreme west end of th Htown. It took the epldemlo six month to reach flthe extreme cast end, hut It progress. It (low Hwas sure, and tens of thousands ot people per-- flished. The disease Increased steadily In vio-- 'Hlonee In the course of the summer, and was at Hits height In September, when more than m flthousand persons a day died, fl

From that tremendous total the death rata Hfell to almmt nothing In October. Th figure Hfor the fire months la wbloh the plaguswe flepidemic are. May, 43; June, C00; July, 8,1 ST HJAugust. 17,011; heptembor, 31,150. This make Ha total of CH.Slid deaths In a population ol Hstlft.noo. The total Is believed to be too low, fog Hof the 0,4:1.,' deaths In that time of spotted fever Hmany wcro doubtless due to plague and war re. HIurted differently to avoid the difficulties thrown Htn the way nt the funeral and burial of viotlm Hof tbe plague, bums place the plague mortality Hat lOt).ti(li).

Umg the nestllenge had reaohed ltd flheight, Lendnn hod leeii doaerted by two-thi- rd Hof ita inhabitants. Those who remained warthnpixir vv ho couldn't get away. From th first jHtin) hul lirru Ihe chief victim of ths pesti- - HItuce, which was called the poor' plague. Thsy IfMwere prubibly scourged b the i.siilenoe, not flUiauc- - they were "ir, but because they war Hdirt). London at that time was as dirty and la Has lud sanitary condition as Uie cities of thLast, which the plsguo seldom leave, an la sHlu w. nnd the poor lived In its dirtiest quarters.llro.'hurst. a tuuleuiporarv physician, attrtbu- - IfMteil lie tili-li(e to the lucol cause of filth, Hun habits, and surroundings, and baakiciiiidrv urrangemrnu. Ills explanation of th Hgr at iitagij" hiu been accepted a ths true on,and l three cai.sc the plague In China Is due. sH

In Hi r,: Ifuiig iwUt.u tu Iindon In 1004, Hpcrui,oi ilianl) habits may expose themselves) Htu luMnglun without I oar. Lea than a dosea 1physiclansdlcddurlng tho London plague, and 1ovtrfmJ-u- e and exhaustion probably hastened aHthiir death.

A fav nrite practice In London wo to lock up a Mbuu-- containing plague patients and mark It Mt..ii a r, 1 cro.--s ariointunlrd by the lnsorip- - Mii'. 1. in.l huvi uu-ri- on us," to warn out- -HU' rs. inu rtsultivas I hit everybody tn th MM1. jvih died, a a rule, wuilo the premise re- - MMmulriul a breed ng place of pestilence.

The plague tpn wl widely In Fngland, but no. (whe-c-w- w oa in la Oxford, Mmwhhh wji hoi rd fir its cle.cn condition, ths MMIcstllrtice made no progrei at all, notwith. Hstand .ns its i.iarni-i- , to lymdon. H

Thi n'ukue ri vlveil in Iiml n In the spring of aHIiido. C.t I ?(Miu deaths resulted, and the Hprelil'-- iiuu well under control long beforethe great fire, which la popularly supposed to H

'have swept it uut of existence, llefoo wrote MMw hat puriHirt to be an account of th plagua, 1which Is equally realistia and thrilling, butthere Is reason to bells ve that It U z&or lata. Mastlag than trustwerthjv, H