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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

We rarely realize how easily the earth
parts with its heat, and how cold space is
through which the earth sweeps in its
orbit. Nor do we commonly appreciate
how relentlessly space sucks away the
heat which the earth has garnered from
the sunbeams, out into it's illimitable
depths. Way out in space is a cold so in
tense that we fairly fail to grasp it's mean
ing.
Perhaps 800 degrees or 400 degrees below
the freezing point of water, some philoso-
piers think, are the dark recesses beyond
our atmosphere. And night and day, and
summer and winter, this insatiate space
Is robbing us of our heat and fighting
with demoniac power to reduce our globe
TO It's own bitter chill. So after all our
summer and winter temperatures are only
maintained by the residue of the suns
neat which we have been able to store up
and keep hold of in spite of the pi tiless
demands of space.
Our margin sometimes gets so reduced
on nights in winter that we can readily
believe the astronomers and physicists
When they tell US that reduction of the
suns heat by per cent. and slight in
crease in the number of winter days would
sufhce to bring again to our hemisphere
new age of ice, with it's inevitable desc
iation. The balance is really nice one
between the heat we daily gather from
The sun and the share of it which we lose
IN space.-Harper's Magazine.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

In the diary Of George M. Dallas, form
erly United States Minister to Russia, oc-
ours story which, as the writer remarks,
illustrates the extent to which, in mon
archical countries, the most important
matters are subject to imperial whims.
The incident, it should be said, occurred
more than fifty years ago.
The empress, having written a letter to
her father, gave it to a servant to put into
the hands of courier, then waiting to
start. The servant, Misunderstanding
the order, deposited the letter in the post
office, and the mistake was not discovered
until five or six hours had elapsed. In
the meanwhile the regular mail for Rus
STA, and, indeed, all Western Europe, was
made up and despatched.
AS soon as the empress was told what
had been done she sent an express to
command the whole mail, bag and bag
gage, back to st. Petersburg. About If
teen hours were lost. Everything was
reopened, the imperial missive recovered
and placed in the courier's care, and then,
but not till then, the mail was allowed to
resume its journey l-Youth's Companion.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
A Russian rustcm,

In compliance with an ancient Russian
custom, all the young men and women OF
the mercantile class Of st. Petersburg as
semble on Whit Monday, the former to
stare and the latter to be stared at. The
young girls, dressed as richly as their
means will allow, are arranged in long
rows by the sides OF the flower beds in the
Summer Garden, with their mammas be-
hind them. The wardrobes OF their
mothers and grandmothers are laid under
contribution, and everything bright and
gaudy is carefully brought forward to en-
rich the drapery, the headdress or the
girdle.
Some OF the young ladies are so covered
with gold and jewelry on these occa-
sions that their natural charms are alto
gether concealed; indeed, the ludicrous
excess to which this sort OF decoration
Is sometimes carried goes beyond what
has ever been attempted elsewhere. Thus
bedixened, the bushing damsels are
drawn up In mute rows, while. the papas,
in flowing oaftans and curling boards,
parade their sons up and down. Here
and there the papas and mammas try to
lead the young folks into conversation
with ono another, In the course OF which
certain little looks and emotions may
arise, pregnant with further circum-
stances. Eight days or 30 after this
bridal exhibition private family meetings
take place, at which those whose hearts
are captivated at the grand show are
more formally afiianced to one another
by their parents and rolstives.-Kohls
Sketches oil ST. Petersburg.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
Money in Rabbits.

The government of New South Wales
spends large sum of money annually in
the payment of royalties on the skins of
rabbits killed, the aggregate royalties in
the last seven years amounting to over
"a 900, 900. A killer gets two cents head
royalty from the government for killing
the animal, the skin of which he can sell
at from four to six cents, and for the
meat he can get from two to six cents
from the canning factories. The skins
are bale pressed and exported to London.
The skins, which are bought up in bulk
in London by the hat manufacturers,
are turned over to the operators, who
pluck off the pelt by hand, no suitable
machinery for the purpose having yet
been invented. A fine blue fur is then
left on the pelt. The skin is then pared
away from the fur by machinery so deli
cate that when the last pairing is cut off
the fur sometimes hangs in one tilmy
section. This is worked up into felt. 1t
is hard to understand why American
matters do not import their skins direct
from Australia, as they turn out probably
not less than 5000 hats every year, as
against the 10000 of the English manu-
facturerS.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
Idea for a Patent Grave Marker.

The expense of a funeral in a large city
mas grown to such proportions that the
average man commits more extrava-
gance in the act of dying than he ever
uld during life. 1t has been suggested
mat much less costly form OF grave
stones than that usually erected would
meet all the requirements of affectionate
remem brance and respect, and the sug-
gestlon has been carried into effect in the
patenting of ga grave marker" This IS
simply memorial leaf. 1t consists of
TWO outer plates bent so as to form a
holder for leaves and tablets, adapted to
De suspended from frame to receive and
retain objects desired to be kept as
inementoes of the deceased. The tablets
beneath the outer plates can be designed
IN any desired form, and as they have
sues OF mica or transparent material to
protect the tokens, any object, such as
photographs, sketches, ETC., can be in
serted. For instance, a sketch of the
me OF the departed or lock of hair can
We placed in the receptacle, where it is
securely protected from the weather,
anu, as 1t is covered with mica, it will
las. lor many years without bleaching or
oeceylng.-Philadelph Item.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

The practicability of telephone COM
munication between an army and it's ad-
vance scouts in time of war has been
thoroughly established, and an army
commission has been appointed to carry
out further experiments. An apparatus
used in these tests is a light, strong reel,
upon which 1,700 fest of telephone cable
is wound. The cable is OF unusually
small diameter and weight, the whole
contents of the reel weighing but seven
teen pounds and the reel frame itself less
than two pounds. The wires from the
cable are attached to flexible connector,
which brings the conductors in electrical
connection with their bearings at either
end of the reel. A head telephone con-
nected with the bearings completes the
apparatus.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

Manager-Your daughter would make
a fine appearance on the stage. Has she
any talent?
Proud Father-Well, when it comes to
elocution, she can just elocute all the
girls in town right out o. their boots;
but when it comes to music, she amt
there She can't play nothin'; and as for
singin', she can't tell one tune from an
other.
Manager-That won't matter. She'll
do splendidly fer topical scngs.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

A few years ago Edison said that he did
not believe 1T would be possible to build
an electric dynamo which would be man
ageable and could furnish electricity
enough to light more than 1000 lamps,
and it seemed to electricians as though
he was justified in such opinion. Within
a few days electrical experts and those
who have put their capital into electric
companies have been talking great deal
about dynamo built by George West
inghouse, Jr., which will furnish lights
for 10000 lamps. 1t is one of several
dynamos that are to be exactly alike, for
providing light for the Worlds Fair in
Chicago. Nearly 10000 incandescent
lamps will depend on the dynamos for
their capacity to make brilliant the build
ings and the grounds.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

"You don't have to skirmish around
much to get feed to fatten one OF these
hemlock porcupines on" says an old
Potter county woodsman. "Just sprinkle
some salt over a stick OF cord wood, or a
sswlog, for that matter, and he'll eat the
whole business and enjoy IL like you
would minee pie"
The customary diet of these animals,
though, is hemlock browse. They make
themselves home in a hollow log, or
under the roots OF some old tree, but al
ways in reach OF a big hemlock. The
hemloek is their pasture, and they make
beaten paths going to and fro between
the teee and their home. The porcupine
climbs the tree as readily as squirrel
would, provided he don't slip up and cut
his tail of while no is going up. Some-
how or other he can't climb the tree with
out his tail, nor he won't come down
without IL. II you catch one of these
poroupines climbing tree and chop his
tail off close he will stop right where he
Is and will stay there until he starves to
death, unless he is taken away. Once up
the tree the porcupine goes out on the
big limbs, and pulling the small branches
into one paw browses on the pungent
ieaVes. IN gong through tho Woous yoa
will find little piles OF these fine leaves on
the ground under hemlook trees. That
means that porcupine Is feeding in the
tree, the leaves on the ground being
dropped from his feast. Sometimes a
porcupine will remain in hemlock tree
week at time, hugging close to the trunk
at night and feeding during the day. This
curious little boast is the only known
living thing that eats the foliage OF thu
hemlock. Times.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

There is servant girl in this town
whose malapropian English is the wonder
and Amusement of her friends. On one
Of the hot MORNINGS feoently her mis-
tress inquired about the weather.
"Its cloudin' up some," replied Mary,
"and it's dreadful suiky."
Again, in speaking OF the man of the
house, whom she admires very much, she
SAID:
Mr.. Brown is such good man; you
can see ii in his ,nhdence and he shows
it on his forward"
How she ever made countenance into
confidence" and forehead into " for
ward is pathological mystery. Toledo
Journal
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
Too,< No Chances,

Aunt Mary--I know one sign that's
never failed yet. If you can slice an apple
in two without cutting seed, you can
marry the one you wish.
Sweet Girl (ten minutes later)-Ive
done it'll I've done it!
Aunt Mary-D d you use sharp knife?
Sweet Girl-Of course not. / used a
paper cutter.-Good News.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
A Sporting Qnestion.

Athletic Youngster-How large is Lap
land, papa, and how many people are in
it?
Father-I don't know. Why?
Athletic Youngster-I only want te
figure out how many laps there are to the
mile.-Puck.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

Bunker-I wondea what Plankington
sold his house for?
Hill understand he couldn't stand
the expense of keeping it up.
Bunker-He gets a good income, doesn't
he?
Hill-.Yes. But when spring came in he
started garden.-N. Y. Herald.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE.
a.s Not Until all the Rules eth Once
Had Been Complied with

The sole clerk in the real estate offic,
IN an obscure corner OF st. Paul street
had. apparently, very little to do yester.
dav afternoon. The broker was away
and not likely to return that evening; SC
he lighted his cigarette, brought out
conv of the News and sprawling bach
ON chair in a comfortable fashion, with
his heels on the mantelpiece he pro-
ceeded to absorb himself in the reading
Presently q nervous looking stranger
entered in a hurried manner. Leaning
over the begrimed counter he inquired:
ais Gen. Bulhampton about?"
"Gen. Bulhampton" responded the
clerk. without glancing up to see who
asked the question.
dyes" said the stranger.
"Gen. II. L. BuIhampton?" asked the
representative.
Yes, yes"
"The boss of this officer"
ayes, yes, yesl"
"You seem trifie impatient" said the
clerk, turning over to another page.
"None Of your comments" replied the
stranger, tartly, with a shade of annoy
snce deepening on his countenance; "but
answer my question. Is Gen, Bulhamp-
ton inf"
"Gen. H. L. Bulhampton?"
"See here, you BANKED idiot-what do
you mean by such conduct?"
"Rule of the Office to be exact and ex-
pIicit, you know"
DWELL, don't care a rap what your
rules are. want to know il Gen. Bull
hampton is inf"
"The boss of this"
"If you repeat that again" shouted the
now thoroughly enraged stranger, "I'll
fracture you in sixty-eight thousand
pieces and distribute the fragments to the
winds"
ais that so?" and here the clerk care
fully folded his paper and removed his
feet from the mantelpiece. "Let's see.
Rule number one-Exactness and explic-
illness; rule number two-Be ever oblig-
ing to patrons. Maybe you would like
to try"
The stranger jumped up and howled.
"Come from behind that counter, you
incarnation of stupidity" he shouted,
"till make you look like defeated sill
yer BILL"
"Suppose I'll have to accommodate
you," unused the clerk thoughtfully, Gin
consideration of rule number two"
He climbed over the counter.
In less time than it requires to tell it
the fun began. as
1t wasn't that quiet kind of fun, either,
that conduces to the repose of the soul.
Even the furniture seemed to take a
hand, and few about in a whirlwind to
take refuge in the corner.
Pretty soon things quieted down
slightly, and then it was found that the
clerk sat astride the PROSTATE form of the
stranger, toying with muscular and ma
chine-like regularity with his physiog-
nomy. lsf If
SCOT enough?" inquired the clerk.
les, replied slo stranger, feahiy, az
think have" t..
Perfectly sure?'-with show of anx-
iousness. tt'
Perfectly"
The clerk arose, passed around the conn-
ter and resumed his former position and
paper.
"say, said the stranger meekly, as he
climbed painfully to his feet and felt of
himself to ascertain what was missing,
"will you kindly answer one question
for me- Is General Bulhampton int"
"Gen. Bulhampton?"
eyes"
"Gen. H. l.. Bulhampton?"
eyes"
"The boss of this Officer"
eyes"
"No; he's out. Anything else can do
for you?"
Ono"
"Well, good day. Hospital is just
around the corner"
Thanks. Good day." - Baltimore
News.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

Brass pipes have been in use nearly
eleven hundred years. They were first
imported into England by Catherine, of
Aragon, the wife of Henry VIII.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

IL is believed by Cinnamon that cats
aeat Is remedy for lung diseases. 1t is
serVeo In most of the Canton restaurants,
sooked in various ways.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16

London has 100000 houses inside its
city limits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
The Story OF a Ringer.

From the Chicag, Times.
when l hear of jockeys pulling their HOSES
for few paltry dollars" rema rked a veteran
sport Friday evening in the Wellington, cit
always reminds me of the hot day when the
box held over $780, 900 on Sma Ii Hopes at Bos-
ton.
The story was asked for and was told as fol-
lows:
Eighteen years ago there was no trotter on
earth US fast as SIN all Hopes and but few people
knew it. He could trot in 212. which was a
phenomenal gait at that time. He was owned
by DIR. Deyo OF Jackson, Mich, but he never
knew the speed o I the colt. Deyo got in fnan-
cial difficulties, and the SD eriff was about to
swoop down on HIM when the horse was spir-
tied away. Bill McGuigan, the vetcrn driver,
took hold of him and he began to campaign
him. He beat everything in his class. and then
he started in as ringer. He went through
barrel Of money. He was in the 80 class. then
the 25 and then the Is. On reaching Kansas
City the crowd-two rubbers and McGuigan
went broke. and there wasn't enough to
pay the entrance fee. A gambler named
Prentiss was seen, and be was told OF what Nc
Gulgan had. Prentiss said il he would show
him moonlight trial in 20 he would advance
81 900. Small Hopes was hooked to a sulky and
without even a pacemaker he covered the dis
lance in q II. Then Prentiss wanted to buy the
animal, but he wasn't for sale. Two days fol-
lowing he was entered in the 2.20 race and he
won in slow time. He was shipped that even
ing to Boston, where he was entered in the q rs
trot along with Dictator and other fast Ones
Prentiss went along and stood to win fortune,
but the trick was discovered. Small Hopes had
awhile hind leg and in order to disguise him it
was painted. The race was for blood and the
little horse was pushed. being driven out in
2.l9. The next heat he won in 2lS and then q
crowd gathered at the stable. While he was be-
ing rubbed the driver Of Dictator passed his
hand down over the painted leg and the color
stuck to his hand. loud cry OF ringer went
up. Michigan was arrested and the rubbers
escaped All bets were called off and finally
the horse was sold to Vanderbilt for SIT ,O00
Small Hopes was the greatest ringer the Amer
lean turf ever saw"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

Prom the London Globe.
When Darins I. according 20 Heroao,u..
wished to erect his statue near that ~ Ran.os
III tSesostris), the priests objected on ,bs
ground that Sesostris was a greater coaagcr,-
then he, The statue m question va. one a.
several erected before the Temple OF P,ah a,
Memphis, on the borders of the sacred iak.
where is now the village q Bcdres1 heir After
Memphis became Christian tho r,novn OF ~.
monuments died away. and when Il rerishol
the stones were removed 60 serve in baila,ux
Cairo One colossus remained 60 cur dav. a
having been preserved under the sand aud IN
being unearthed by CavigliA at the beginning n
the century was found TO represent Sesostri- IN
his youth.
This colossus has been visited bv most tour
lists IN Egypt. ltlay the sands near the la IN
of Bedresheim. in a hollow or ditch. and wa.
covered with water during the inundation The
remains OF the temple might be traced along
the lake, which is still represented by depre.-
sion in the ground covered with wheat fields.
or late years Gen. Stephenson aud Maj Bag
mold, X. T.. have excluded the waters from The
colossus, raised IL or timber supports above the
ground aud surrounded il BY a brick wall On
payment OF pisstres, however, IL can be seen
by the curious.
NJ. Msspcro. the great Tgyptologist. relates
In French cotemporary that the Arabs had
formerly great awe % this which they called
About Hol. the father of fright" a. they 10
the Sphinx. The ancient Egyptians. ne as
sures US, believed that statues. divine or human.
were animated by spirit or "donble' de-
tached from the soul OF the person they repre-
sented. This doable ate. drank and spoke OF
delivered oracles. In later times the donbls
was credited with playing evil tricks on those
who approached the statue. and even with ALL
ing them. has power could be DESTROYED by
breaking the statue, at least the features,
hence IL is that 80 many statue. OF the Pharoahs
have been mutilated by the Arabs.
The spirit of Ram.cs IL was supposed to
hannt the palms At night. and II. Maapero re-
lates that every time he passed by in the even
ing toward dusk tho driver of his asa would
mutter his prayers and hurry on his beast
One evening ". Naspero asked him II he VA.
afraid OF some ''afaite" and the driver begged
him not 70 speak Of such things or some harm
would befall Kim Presently ". MasIero was
thrown from tho ia the middle OF the wood
and the incident was regarded by the driver ~
punishment for his not speaking respectfully
OF the spirit in the statue. Egypt Ia fun u
such superstiIions, dating from the far pact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

only larger womanhood, not narrowed one
The pretty girl, the pampered girl, the already y
selfish woman, the unframed child are going
out of fashion. The pictures i have chosen
are only few of many. The beauty Of soul is
being acknowledged. We may hope for better
times. better men, better homes. and when
that Is said all is said
BY the way. only one OF these women wears
earrings. The others have delicately modelled
ears, sure sign OF innate refinement They
have all weil-marked eyebrows a sure sign OF
well-baanced mental power. They have all
well-marked iashes and that is n sure sign of the
poetry and imaginative capabilities that go to
make up the lovely women. They all show
those minor points Of delicate beauty by virtue
Of which woman is truly lovely. By the way,
/ am willing to wager that they all have smoo: IN,
clear skin, the sort of skin that woman
with well-baiauced mind and the good diges-
ton that usually attends such a mind has and
i will wager, too, th.t their hands are full of
character, beautifully unbeau.iful a. are their
faces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

IL you would follow the conventional and
neyer-changing French form of wedding Cos
tune let the material be what it NAV. bus your
gown must be high-ueck and long-sleeved-
really high and long. not filed in. You will
thus carry out the oldtime notion of being a
veiled virgin in all ways. and don't DEPEND
upon transparent tuile yelling. Here and in Eng
land the bride wears "a dress as low az her neck
permits. and, rs the French woman never would
she wears Jewels. The BRIDE worea marnifi-
cent pendant Of diamonds. the gift of the
groom. and Iiara from her father" How
often We such line in the description of
swell weddings. In the form of marching in
and the arrangement of the party much lati-
tude is allowed the taste and even fancy Of
the bride. The fancy that is governed BY
the fundamental idea of the bride as n
veiled and modest virgin brought to
her husband is most likely to evolve a
really tasteful and impressive wedding. That
which has rs its chief purpose the starring
as II were. of the bride is pretty close 10 vul-
garity- The attendants are, as the bride de-
cldes, bridesmaids or pages Ii the bride has a
honor. and bears to the bride the relation that
the best mar does to the groom. Often all but
the sister or friend are dispensed with on the
brides side. who has then merely the maid of
honor. Ushers. who are supposed to equal in
number the brides maids and balance the party
are essential. whether there are any maids or
not They see to seating the people if it is a
church wedding. and to d;sposing the guests at
a house wedding. Only after all this is done
does the bridal party appear, and then the
ushers are free to take their part in the bridal
march or to take their places has been ar
ranged.