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COLOR BLINDNESS.
Experiments ON tho EyesiKht SHOW In
terc>tinE Eesuits-

experiments ON tho EyesiEht SHOW In
tercstinE Hesuits-
Prof Herring undertook q series OF OBJ
serva.ions upon three normal-sighted
persons, namely. upon himself and upon
his two assistants. DIR. Biedermann and
DIR. Shilling. These experiments were
designed to elicit whether any constant
differences could'bc detected in the color
judgments of the three normal-sighted
persons who were the subject of expert
mcnt. The question proposed for judy
mcnt was the determination of the point
at which a red. which had been grad
uated OFF on the one side into a blue-red
and on the other into n yellow-red.
could be regarded as at the neutral
point ut which il did not incline
either To the one or the other
Of these colors. When the matter
was put to the experimental test
in this manner. constant differences
were actually discovered To obtain be-
tween the judgments of the three i'm
dividual observers. The one observer.
DR.. (now Prof. Bicdcrmann. in all
eases still continued TO see yellowish
tinge when the rcd proposed for judy
mcnt had already. in the judgment of
the other two observers, long ceased to
contain any trace of yellow. Similar
ly, when 1t was question of transition
from n bluc-rcd to n pure red. the blue
faded out from the red first to Dr.
Bicdcrnann, next 10 Prof Herring, and
last of all 20 DIR. Shilling. In fact, Dr.
Biedcrmann had regularly begun to
see yellow shade in the red before il
had well ceased to have blue shade for
DIR. Shilling. Prof. Herring was asccr-
taiEed to occupy n kind of intermediate
position in respect of his susceptibility
TO yellow and blue rays.
II thus became evident that there are
physiological differences of scnsibility
To the blue and yellow rays to be found
in persons of perfectly normal sight,
and Prof. Herring was able To show, by
means of an ingenious method of OK
perimcntation with exciscd retinas.
that such differences were not refcra-
bic TO any disparity of color nomencla-
ture. while they might well be account.
ed for by individual differences in the
depth of fermentation over the central
| region, the so-called macula Utica, or
yellow spot of the rctina. 1t was pointed
out by Herring that an increased depth
OF Fermentation would naturally en-
tail greater absorption of the blush
rays during their transmission to the
| dccper-lying sensitive layer of the reti.
ma, and further that the result of such
an excessive wedding out of the blue
rays would be to give every color judg-
mcnt which cmanated from person
with deeply augmented retina dis
tinct ycllowish bias. This we have seen
was the condition which was found to
obtain in the case of DIR. Biedermann's
color judgments.
On the other hand, the color iudg-
ments of n person whose retina con-
tanned less than the average of pigment
would be characterized by n blush bias,
for the light which would to the ordi.
nary eye appear as colorless would 70
such an eye appear to be blush, owing
to less than average elimination of
the blue rays.-Dr. A. l.. Wright, in
Nineteenth Century.
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AN iNSUFFERABLE BORE.
The Chronic story Teller who Makes Him
self Odions.

INC Shrohic story Ieiicr VINO Makes Him
self Odious.
What an insufferable bore the chronic
story teller is. You know whom | mean
the chap who waylays You on the
street, snserts his finger in your button
hole and relates some chestnutty warn
that You have heard time and time
again. Then there are aggravated
types of this mania for telling stories
in season and out of season where the
story teller is afflicted with a faulty
memory and hence forgets when he
meets You on Tuesday that he told YOU
his one story on Monday. The result
is that you are obliged to stand and
listen to the same wearisome nonsense
that blightcd the day before
for you, and as you shift uneasily in
the grasp of the story-teller, you won
der why n live electric light wire
doesn't break from its mornings and
electrocute the life out of the consum-
mate bore beside you. There are story
tcllers who are genuine artists in that
respect and whom il is a pleasure TO
hear spin yarns, and could mention, IL
l were so disposed, "a number of men
right here in Detroit who can tell a
funny story just as well as any body in
the country A frst-class story-teller
to begin with, must have good MEM
ory. Then he must be clever mimic,
and IN order to prove effective he
should have at least a fair knowledge
of three or four dialects. lie must
also be able to tell the most excru-
ciatingy funny story without the
movement of any of his facial mus
cles, for II there is anything that ruins
story it is TO have the relator there
OF litter and smoker at his own clever
ness That story telling is not neces-
sarily the pastime of feeble minds. or
is in any way pndignificd, IL attested
by the fact that greater story-teller
never lived than grand old Abraham
Lincoln. Uncle Abe" always had a
pertinent story at the end OF his tongue
to fit any and every theme that might
be preached, and il is fact, / believe.
that oftentimes he could more forciblv
and clearly convey just the idea that he
sought by telling n story that was ap-
phcabie TO the subject under discussion.
than other men could by an elaborate
and detailed argument But as for the
bad story-teller-out Of him, i say. and
may his tribe steadily decrease. until
there Is not one on the brood left 10 en-
cumbcr the earth. detroit Free Press.
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AN AMERICAN GIRL
or tho OIden Day.


She took the Quaker town by storm.
Her eyes. her tiny feet. her form.
Were perfect ESQ the gailants said).
And those poor officers she led
A sorry lifo twelve months nj least
She was the belle Of fete and feast
The envy OF all other girls
Before her shrine xnclt dukes and saris
And countless lords. and I've heard cell
Ut may DO true) q prince as well.
While she. Queen Anne. they called her then,
Smiled ~ the homage OF the men
And smiled rs sweeuy on them all
made one subaltern NJ n ball
So happy that he lost his way
In going home. and found next day
He'd walked into tho Yankee lines.)
So fair was she my pen declines
To do full justice to her grace.
And brave OF heart as fair Of face
tAh. those were fine old stirring dsysO
And hearken- no slight part she plays
In history, IL truth were told
One letter, worth its weight in gold,
She sent 10 Washington. who said
Un confldence) that he who we'd
Her had 10 be as brave q man
As ever lived None other cam"
Cuoth Washington. "rt see TO that
don't know what the fates were ~
But suddenly we heard. one day.
Shc had eloped with Matthew Gray
IAN honest, wcll-bred man was he,
But poor "a anyone could be-,
And when she came 10 town again,
Queen Anne alasl had ceased 70 reign
The dignitaries all had fed
And Washington was there instead
She might have been ''her ladyship,-
But no. she let her chances slip
And led a simple, homely life,
Best known as Matthew Gray's wife,
-Flayel Scott Mines in Leslies Weekly.
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visitor in, but he walked in Of his own
accord, and taking seat near nv table.
babe me be seated, too.
| obeyed mechanically, at the same
time making a light: then for little
while we were both silent, / fumbling
the letter which still held in nv hand.
and Mr.. Bernard glancing about the
room, noting the contents.
We'll" he remarked. fixing his gao
on me, you seem 20 be very cory here. "
Yes, sir" ] answered; Il am very
well situated"
Yes. very well, indeed" he replied
81 thought when ! recommended this
place 90 you that you would find il "a
your liking. but knowing your propcn-
sity for accepting things without muir.
mur 81 protest ! thought IL better n
come and see FOR myself whether YOU
were satisfied and comfortable"
You arc very mindful Of me. T muir
INJURED. considerably embarrassed.
No more than ] should be-" he an
swcrcd with % wave Of the hand III
don't feel an interest in you who will,
~ ! don't show some thought for Won,
welfare, from whom can you expect H..
II there was anyone nearer 90 Won. 2
brother. an uncle. or some other ncai
relative, IL would bc different YU
understand what my duty B. under ok
listing circumstance. and IL 90 times ma,
conduct seems oficious YOU must re-
member That ] am your nearest conucc
ton and for that reason think nothin,
strange Of me-"
mndc some remark which ] though
applicable o. tlu occasion brf ,-.
stih very DID, SO ease and my mind deeD
~ Illustrated and ] dare say ms
words were somewhat unintelIipiblc
tried 20 reason myself into the belle
That Mr.. Demands utteranccs ver,
from the heart, and that be felt IN
therly interest in my welfare and wa
striving 60 serve me as "a true friend
and IN truth. i did believe IL in a way
Yet ] was not altogether satisfied. and
IN spite OF all nay reasoning and ali m.
belief, shade ~ uneasiness and fea
iurked about my heart
There was momcntary silence
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WIT AND WISDOM.

We are led on like little children.
by way we know not-George Eliot.
1t is always the man who doesn't
shovel the dirt who is willing to give
advice.-Columbus Post.
Mystery would be another name
FOR our ignorance; five were omniscient,
all would be perfectly plain.
"A woman's idea of riches is not to
own much, but to own more than any
one else she knows.-Atchison Globe.
The sphere of woman may indeed
be boundlcss, but she has To stop when
She comes TO wire fcnce.-Ram's Horn.
One place is just about as good as
another for n man without any money.
In fact, he is nowhere anywhere. Gal
weston News
Hollow do you like my new hat.
Miss Arabella? Better than my travel
ing cap? Arabella-Oh! much better!-
1t shows less of your face.
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast but there is more spring in the
legs when fellow sits down on a tack.
-Binghamton Republican.
A'Ethel-I have had an offer of mar
rage. Clarissa-Gracious has it got
out that your grandmother is going &c
leave you some money?-N. Y. Press.
Henry, I'm afraid that new girl
of ours is one of those anarchists"
"Eh?" "Sbe seems to believe in the
total demolition of property. INDIAN
apolis Journal
Lovely woman may not known
much about politics, but she can tell
how much another woman's dress cost
yard as far away as she can see
Somerville Journal.
The editor comes down TO the level
OF his readers when he takes his pen in
hand. 1t is only when he takes TO his
inucilnge that he is apt TO feel stuck up.
boston Transcript.
But how do you know she is mar
RED? You never saw the woman be-
fore this minute" Don't you see?
She has her suspenders fastened with
horseshoe nail. "-Indianapolis Journal
-Credit.-Caller-T trouble with
your modern poets, sir is that they do
not sing. Editor recognize that as a
fact, now that you speak OF IL: and
believe in giving credit where credit is
duc.-N. Y. herald
Ills Honor. My honor is at stake"
exclaimed notorious political hecler
70 an editor he was trying TO work.
Its blamed rough on the stake" re-
piled the editor. and the interview was
at an end.-Detruit Free Press
"A building at the Chicago Worlds
fair is 10 be devoted exclusively 60 brio
u-brac, furniture and other articles
brought over in tho Maynowcr The
structure Will necessarily be the largest
ON the ground. Norristown Herald.
"A Misapprcnsion Corrected. Edith.
II hope Emily Thumpitt hasn't de-
termincd TO be one Of those disagree
able self-supporting OLD maids. taking
lessons ON typewriter. Jacls.-Why.
my dear girl she's right on the high
road TO marriage. Dcmorests' Maya
zinc.
-Neighbor. - Occupying adjoining
npartmentson the same fiat )-"Ah, my
dear young lady, have great favor To
ask Would you be so kind as 90
sing this afternoon between and ~
Songstress (hattered) Very willingly,
sir; j suppose you are having COM
pany?' Neighbor-"Not exactly, but
our landlord is coming to draw his rent.
and ] should like 20 take the opportun-
ity 10 ask him to reduce it2"-- Der Uik-
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What lo Do Nith a 1Ind 30.

By thrift he had become a millionaire
and he had splendid St Bernard dog
which he was very proud Of One day
the servant came to him, horror.
stricken.
Master. Master Cesar is"
as what?"
Mad He won't touch water. and he
has all the symptoms Of going mad"
Great heavens! it is lucky Won dis
covered IL i'm time. You must not lose
q minute. Take the animal away be.
fore he has bitten any one"
"Ycs. sir"
And sell him. Texas Siftinps
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Miss De Menor-Oh, really; Amy IL
nothing but n child
Miss De Muir Why do you call her
so?
Miss Dc Menor Why. Jack kissed her
on the piazza last night, and she told
me about it as IAN adventure sc Puck.
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- NNhnf d. 1Nnntnh-

JAMES father had taken him in 70
sec the baby.
There, my SON" he said, "is little
sister for you. Won't she be a nice
prescnt?"
Yes" replied Jamie, she's nice
enough, ] reckon, but I'd rutber have a
goat ~ Chicago Tribune.
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SINCE the fire az the Bcnodictinc mon
astory 10 has been revealed that al
most thirty per cent OF all the bono-
dictine brewcd is consumed in Finland
by about 100000 people. 10 Is the ma
tional drink. - Is drank in tumblers.
three or four young men not thinking
anything 2f consuming . couple so bot-
Gcs
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II say" said che old SUBSCRIBE,
what has become of the man who
used TO get up all those presidential
dciScts that would DO sure 20 win for
your papcr?' I'VE had 20 give him a
vacation" replied the editor. Hes
been taken with a lucid interval -
Washington Star.
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When a man gets out his pocket
book how his children gather around
him!-Atchison Globe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10

ton. Some contractors arasped at this last
straw. but there was nothing in 1t. Tho
trainers now returned to work In body.
There we're complaints every day. espe-
clally from the public cartmen, who woro
losing heavily. and there was every chance
OF the men hurrying back to work In mass.
The Delegates. seeing they could not hold
the men. declared the strike of, and as
many OF the men as could find employ
ment returned to work
Nothing was gained by the men In these
strikes to Offset the immense amount OF
money they lost In wages. 1t Is believed
their loss is from 100000 to $l,0O0.Ooo, be-
sides which the treasures Of some OF their
unions are depleted through the payment
Of strike benefits.
One great popularity OF this strike is
that there was no question OF wages or Of
hours OF labor In 1t. from beginning to end.
Neither did the workmen complain OF any
grievance. 1t was all the work Of the
Walking Delegates. and nobody else made
anything out OF 1t except loss and suffering
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10
Tho Fur Seal and the Lawyers.

The preparation OF the American case for
the high court OF arbitration ut Paris goes
merrily on. Retaining fees arc active.
The Hon. EDWARD j. PHELPS In chief. as
sisted by Messrs. CARTER. BLoDaETT and
WILLIAMS, aided by Son-in-Law LANSING
OF the Immediate domestic circle OF the
present thrifty Secretary OF Suite, and
abetted by the entire legal staff OF the
State Department the whole working force
OF the Department OF Justice. and tho able
jurIsconsults OF the Treasury, not to
mention two or more lawyers retained
In London. and perhaps others OF whom
The Sun knoweth not such Is the impos
Ing array OF twenty. thirty. or forty regu-
lar and special counsel now engaged in
getting ready to argus q case which. as
every intelligent man knows. Is foredoomed
to failure on every one OF the points SUBJ
mitted for adjudication
Meanwhile what becomes Of tho main
question. the preservation Of the fur seal,
90 valuable to this country and to tho
civilized world?
The seal Is lost sight OF in tho splash and
spume raised over the preparation OF legal
bubbles with which to put through as
gloriously as possible a hopeless case to it's
inevitable failure. Until this elaborate
farce OF arbitration Is acted to it's end. the
main question must whit
And when the decision has been pro-
nounced against us ut Paris on the points
formulated in the amazing Treaty to which
Gen. HARRISON and the Republican Senate
consented. in what position shall we be to
take up successfully this main question OF
tho nrotection OF seal lifo apanst pOachers
In Behring Sea and In the North Pacific?
The sensible course would be for our Gov
eminent to take immediate steps for n
practical international arrangement to pro-
tect the SEALS and to allow the )" American
case" at Paris to go by default. even II forty
retaining fees are thereby forfeited.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10

Labor" said Mr.. GoMPERs in his speech
in st. Louis. lis the creator OF all the wealth
In the world: look at the grass. tho trees. the
hills. and the minerals" But then the grass
was not created by labor. nor the trees. nor the
hills. nor even the minerals. "Of what USE"
continued Mr.. GoMpEEs. are all these things
until labor has made them marketablel" Tho
grass Is useful as food for the cattle: the trees
are useful. some OF them in fruit bearing and
others to stand under when the sun Is hot or
the rain lively: and as for the hills. they are
useful In various ways to beasts and birds.
But not any Of these things was created by
human labor. The grass and trees grow on
the earth. and tho hills raised their heads long
before mankind got into the Garden OF Eden
and perpetrated a misdeed which has not yet
been remedied. Labor Is truly q great thing.
Few OF Us can steer clear OF 1t. and nearly all
OF US do our share Of it; but We suppose the
globe would get along. and the creative forces
would continue their activity. II all OF US should
strike our Jobs tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10
The Campaign OF Eduoation.

Tho Hon. WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY is
not n member OF the National Democratic
Committee. or Of the Executive Committee
OF the National Democratic Committee. or
Of the Campaign Committee OF the Execu-
tive Committee OF the National Democratic
Committee.
In the party organization he holds q moro
important Office. He holds that office by
The Suns appointment.
He is Fool-killer for the Democracy. Up
to date his work has been glorious. WHIT
NEY has not killed all Of the FOOLS yet. but
he has managed to silence most Of them.
In Mugwump Row In this town. his en-
ergetic efforts have been particularly eff
cacious. Ho has taught even Mugwumps
to shut their mouths and inkstands.
This is the sort Of campaign Of education
that was needed. Hurrah for WHITNEY,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10

The trolley electric system OF propulsion
on street railways has been 30 far sanctioned
by the public authorities In the city OF Brook
Ign thatit Is to BIO adopted upon all the princi-
pal surface lines there: and strenuous efforts
are making to introduce the same system here
in the city OF New York
Tho advocates OF the trolley are earnest aad
doubtless sincere In asserting their belief
that the current OF five hundred volts which Is
used Is not powerful enough to kill human be-
ings who may accidentally receive shock
from it, although its ability to kill horses and
other animals Is abundantly established.
An incident reported yesterday from Port
Huron in Michigan. however. will serve to
create considerable doubt In tho public mind
a. to the correctness OF the Wow entertained
by the trolley electrical engineers and exports
as to the perfect safety OF their system 80 far
as human life is concerned.
A lineman named NEWTON TALBOT. who was
employed by the City Electric Company at Port
Huron was instantly killed on Monday morn
ing by accidentally coming In contact with .
guy wire while at work on trolley. He was
seen at the time the accident occurred and was
very quickly drawn away from the wire. but 1t
was too late to save him. THE short duration
Huron, and the fact that the current Is only
fivo hundred volts. causes considerable sur
prise that he should have been killed"
Something more than surprise will be caused
by this intelligence among sensible people
who are naturally averse to having the streets
OF the city they iahabit and which they and
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A Man Named Abner Saunders.

1t Is almost the story Of THOMPSON the
Hero OF Angels. Of whom and an uniden-
titled pallid man. man sick with fever and
ague. MIR. BRET HARTE wrote nearly twenty
years ago. The scene. instead OF being IL
camp In Calaveras county. Is n hamlet in
West Virginia. The climax is not left to the
imagination. but is palpable tragedy.
HENRY JAMES. a miner of Poca Creek,
went to the little village Of Raymond with
his Winchester rife and took possession of
1t. He found fine sport In running all the
people into their houses. until he came
across "a man named ADNER SAUNDERS"
as the meagre account says. Perhaps AB-
NER had no house to run into: at any rate
he seems to have been unknown to the
residents OF Raymond. 1t is pretty GER
tain that Miner JAMES. who was him
self exceedingly we'll known, didn't
know ABNER, for he up with his
Winchester and shot at him. 1t is
inferable from tho too condensed de-
spatch concerning the affair. that this man
named ABNKR SAUNDERS resented the con-
duct OF Miner JAMES. At any rate he drew
his revolver. and the miner instantly be-
came a body. Then the residents came out
OF the houses into which they had been run
by the late miner. and to those In author
ity among them. the survivor OF the two,
the man SAUNDERS. who had remained out
doors. surrendered himself
II the miner from Poca Creek had been as
quick In starting and as feet when started
as the Hero OF Angels proved himself to be,
or IL the man who remained outdoors with
him had been only just as handy as tho
Baldheaded Snipe OF the Valley with his
tirearm, the ending OF tho episode might
have been like that Of the poem. When the
residents emerged from their houses and
looked around. they might have heard at
some point In the environment of their
hamlet 1.-The petulant pop of the pistol Z"
and resumed their wonted occupations with
out knowing that there was such person
as "a man named ABNER SAUNDERS"
From their way OF designating him, the
inference must be that the people o! Ray
mond wish to convey the impression that
they are not on visiting terms with ABNER
Now that thoy know where he Is to be
l found temporarily. they had better cult.