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Electricity That Kills.

DIR. G. F. Chandler of the Columbia
School of Mines says: can interesting
misrepresentation that exists in the minds
of a good many persons is concerning
the vital dangers that lurk in the pres
sure of, say, 1000 volts. The newspapers
often tell us that a man has been killed
by such a pressure, whereas, in fact,
such a pressure alone couldn't kill a
humming bird. I have frequently caught
in my hand sparks possessing an electro
motive force Of 100, 900 volts without
feeling anything more than a very slight
burn.
1.-The danger arises only when the
volts are REINFORCED by a good many
amperes or currents, as when one takes
hold of a charged wire. Then one feels
a shock that is unmistakable, because
force of a great many currents in the
wire suddenly decompose all the fluids
in the body. The salt in the blood at
once turns to chlorine gas, and the man
whose veins are charged with this deadly
poison cannot in reason be expected to
live long"
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Detecting a SmC@Gler.

A treasury agent, speaking Of the
watchfulness Of Uncle Sans officials,
said: "A handsomely dressed man got
off a ferryboat and seemed to be unusu-
ally nervous. A moment more and he
was struggling in the hands of the Off
GERS and desperately clutching at the
lapels Of his coat. It's no use,' the
officers remarked; we know what you
have and where it is. Better give it up
and save trouble Apparently crushed
by the discovery, the man quietly as
sisted in opening seams and produced
the diamonds from various portions of
his clothing. Your shoes, please!' This
rather staggered him, but he submitted
with good grace, and one of the heels
being unscrewed another lot, though
smaller and less valuable than the first,
was found there. The diamonds were
examined and pronounced to be a splen-
did article of paste, worth about rs
cents each. This did not satisfy US, and
the man was stripped to the skin. A
huge piece Of sticking plaster was On
his back, which was removed, and IN
der it were concealed scores of genuine
diamonds. It is not often that a ruse
is SO adroitly planned and practiced."
New York Times.
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Women Clerks In Washington.

There have been great changes in the
government departments in the last 80
years. The first woman regularly en-
ployed was put on the rolls Of the navy
department 35 years ago. She was a
young widow, and the officials consid-
cred it an awful problem how to dis
pose Of her. Finally they hit upon a
plan. They treated her as if she was a
contagious disease and isolated her in
an attic ROOM. She received and re-
turned her copying by a messenger.
But the disease caught on, SO to speak,
and today there are l, 900 women in the
treasury alone. There is one to
every seven men.
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A Youthful Yankees ingenuity.

A boy we know had some chickens OF
which he had made pets. He and his
father went to their work early in the
morning, and while the rest of the fam
lily were away for the summer it became
a question how the chickens were to be
fed with proper regularity.
The boy was equal to the occasion. He
took an alarm clock and fastened it Sc
curely to one side of the barn by means
of two spikes. Next he hung a bucket
of corn to a rafter and connected it with
the clock by a stout cord.
He wound up the alarm and set it at 4
o'clock. AT that hour the alarm went
off, wound up the string and tipped over
the bucket. And SO the chickens were
fed by Observation-Disclosures Leader.
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intellectual Men and ouida's Novels.

intellectual Men and Ouida's Novels.
Some time ago a busy man Of tina
world asked Mr.. Charles A. Dana how
he managed to keep himself mentally
so fresh and vigorous. Mr.. Dana gave
several explanations, and among other
he admitted that he had taken to read.
ing novels. Frequently Mr.. Dana il
seen riding on the elevated reading g
novel or a volume of short stories, and
the smile which plays on his face ind.
Gates how thoroughly he delights in such
pursuit. He is a great admirer of a nov.
elist whom Mr.. Howells would esteem
with horror, and that is Ouida; and it il
a curious thing, perhaps, that among the
many readers Of this popular writer il
this city there are to be numbered Sc
many vigorous intellects.
Roscoe Conkling anticipated a new
novel of Ouida's with as much pleasure
as a Frenchman used to look for a new
installment Of Alexander Dumas 70
mances, and he regarded Ouida's Under
Two Flags" as one of the best stories
which he had ever read, and even went
so far as to recommend that grim and
digniied justice Of the supreme court,
Samuel B~latchford, to read it if he
wanted a mental tonic. Congressman
Reed is a great admirer Of Ouida, and
Joe Choate confesses to the pleasure he
has taken in reading the works Of this
Novel reading has become a passion
with many of our professional men, and
l saw the other day the dignifed presi.
dent of Yale college trotting across the
street to the Grand Central station with
a couple of novels under his arm and a
other one in his hand, with his fingers
inserted between the pages, as though
he had just been reading it and even be-
grudged the interruption which took
him from his hotel to the railway sta
tion.-E. j. Edwards in Philadelphia
Press.
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THE SECRETARY BIRD.
The Cool Manner In Which 1t Kills = Snake,
Its Natural Prev.

AS NaluEaA 4TSy'
AS o as the secretary bird, O,
snake eater, of South Africa discovers
q make, it advances toward it without
hurry and without hesitation, and when
within striking distance it Immediately
elevates its crest and the feathers Of the
neck, and without losing any time de-
livers a blow with its foot. If the snake
has avoided the blow and attempts TO
strike back, the bird interposes a wing,
thus receiving the deadly fangs harm
lessly upon the long feathers and i'm
nediately strikes again.
The fight is then virtually over, for
If the secretary gets in a single blow
the snakes back is broken, and the bird,
lightninglike, plants its foot firmly Oh
the reptiles neck and head, pressing
them into the ground, while it delivers
the coup de grace with its beak, and
then deliberately swallows the snake
whole, beginning at the tail, and just
before the head disappears, giving it an
enthusiastic parting rap on the ground.
But there is nothing refined about the
secretary birds appetite, for one writer
Gay . IC III 41c1OC OAO ApGALo
"as long as his ARM" II lizards z
inches long, 81 tortoises about 2 inches
in diameter, "besides a large quantity
of grasshoppers and other insects, or
in other words, TX feet of snake, 64
of lizard, SO of tortoise and say a yard
of miscellaneous trifes!
The secretary bird is protected by the
cape authorities for the immense public
benefit it confers in eating poisonous
snakes, and a penalty is attached by
law to its destruction. And if it were
necessary hundreds Of eyewitnesses
could be called to prove its right TO the
title of serpentarius. C~uriously enough,
too, this bird may be trained, and is
trained, to protect poultry yards, not
only from snakes, which are too fond Of
eggs but from other birds of prey.-St.
James Budget.
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Fooled by q FiIibuster.

A. P. Hulse, late of the custom house,
tells a good story Of some flibustering
that came under his notice years ago:
In 1859 Harry Maury, a midshipman,
who had resigned from the service q
the United States government, was il
command of a brig off Mobile bay. The
vessel was loaded with flibusters for
Walker and was overhauled by a revenue
cutter. An officer went aboard in the
night with instructions to seize the YES
sci and bring her to Mobile. Maury,
who was equal to the emergency, pre-.
pared himself by unshackling the anchor
from the chain and fastening a lantern
to a pole. When the vessel arrived at
Dog River bar it was hailed from the
cutter and ordered to come to.
Then came the order, ''Let go you,
anchor!' Maury let go. "Pay out
thirty fathoms of chain!" was the next
order. Maury ran the chain through
the hawser hole and over the rail back
on deck. He was ordered next to hoist
a light, which he did by lighting the
lantern already affixed to the pole and
sticking the latter in the mud. He then,
when all was quiet, put off down the
bay, leaving the cutter watching the
light, which it did until morning.
In the meantime the officer from the
cutter, who was in charge of the flibus-
tering vessel, was down in the cabin
playing cards. On arrival at the en-
trance of the harbor the officer was
tapped on the shoulder and told of where
they were and asked if he wished to go
ashore. A boat was at his service and
he took it, returning to the cutter in
time to share the chagrin of his mates.-
San Diego Sun.
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English GHiminals,

Doubtless, to judge from your aver
age daily journal, murders and sui
cides, crimes and catastrophes, wars
and feuds and frauds, would seem to re-
main the staple Of the human record.
But be it remembered that, for obvious
reasons, all our worst and darkest is col
lected there. One might as we'll judge
of public health by the painful cases
described in a medical publication as
of the vast mass Of solid human happi-
ness and innocent living joy by the dali
ly catalogue of these really trivial ex-
ceptions to it. AS for sins-the most Sc
malicious-though the population in
crease, they seem steadily to diminish.
We had 81, 6G8 "habituals' in 1868;
now the evil roll is only 80, 1873.
When the population of England was
19, 1857, 900 in 1869, there were 1859
persons undergoing penal scrvitude;
now, with a population Of 1880, 179,
the number is only 947. III 1873 the en-
tire number Of prisoners III our jalls
was 20, 1888; the entire nUmher at the
same date last year was IL, 6G3, though
the population had increased by 6, 00O,-
600. Pauperism is also declining. In
1870, 1.O79,391 persons We're in receipt
of relief; in 1891, with an addition Of
moro than 7 200, 600 inhabitants, there
were only 774,9O5. The upshot Of these
figures - without pressing them too
much-seems surely to be that the''cos-
mic process" in our own little orner Of
the universe is not doing SO badly.-Sjr
Edwin Arnold in Longman's Magazine.
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or Two Evil. Choose the Least.

Doctor-If you are to recover, you
must spend the next three months in
travelling.
Patient-ButI can't afford it. doctor.
Doctor-Nery well, stay at home if
you must, AID l will visit you daily.
Patient-Never mind, doctor, l think
I will travel after all.-From the Ger
man.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to a1 and have made it the mos
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. k. NEW YORK. nv.
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Proportions of the Human Figure.

The proportions of the human figure
are six times the length of the right foot.
The face from the highest point Of the
forehead, where the hair begins, to the
end of the chin is one-tenth of the whole
stature. The hand from the wrist to
the end of the middle finger is also one
tenth of the total height. From the
crown to the nape Of the neck is one
twelfth of the Acknowledgement Litera-
ture.
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S94
ILLUSTRATED.

HAMPERS MAGAZINE tor 1894 will maintain
the character that has made it the favorite
illustrated periodical for the home. Among
the results Of enterprises undertaken by the
publishers, there will appear during the year
superbly illustrated papers on India by Edwin
Lord Weeks, on the japanese Seasons by AL
fred Parsons, on Germany by Poultney Bige-
low, on Paris by Richard Harding Davis, and
on Mexico by Frederic Remington.
Among the other notable features Of the
year will be novels by George du Maurier and
Charles Dudley Warner, the personal remi
niscences of W. d. Howell, and eight short
stories of Western frontier lie by wen
Wister. Short stories will also be contributed
by Brander Matthews, Richard Harding Davis.
Mary l.. Wilkins, Ruth McEnery Stuart. Miss
Laurence Alma Tadema. George a. Hubbard,
Quesnay de B~eaurepaIre, Thomas Nelson Page,
nd others. Articles on topics of current in
terest Will be contributed by distinguished
specialists.
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John Wilson, better known in litera-
ture as christopher North" was a ro-
bust walker. A forty or eighty miles
tramp was no unusual undertaking for
him. He often walked at the rate Of
five miles an hour for a whole day, and
at the end of those long walks would
write off columns of the brightest things
that adorned the pages Of his Edinburgh
Review.
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Expected Too Much.

Woman lin third class carriage)-Oh,
what a noise! That horIid whistling is
enough to drive one mad.
Guard suppose you want US for
your s~ixpence to engage Patti to sing
on the engine for you.-Avondpost.
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Trinity College

The character and public worth of a higher
institution of learning j. known by what II Is
and does. During the past 70 ty years TRINITY
College has rendered unstinted public services.
having been sustained by private Contr1ou-
lions and given her efforts TO the pubic wei
fare. 1t stands for progressive ideas and Is
the representative of advanced tnought IN
public life. The leaven Of her efforts has
Quickened every other educational institution
within the range of her influence.
For 1888 1 the foiIswing departments are
open for instruction after August 81:
- l.. Philosopher! and Literary dor A. b. can
didates)
Phi. Il. candidates).
3. Scientific (for b. s. candidatesl.
4. archaeological (for b X. candidates..
8. Law School (summer term opens July Ia.
6. Theological (fOr Il inisterial candidateSj.
Z. Commercial Course preparatory for bust
ness purSuitsI.
Besides these there are three special schools
with courses o. a more practical professional
character:
/. The Normal School for Teachers-Ten
courses of professional instruction for one
year.
Weber. director Courses of instruction in
English, Civics, Political Science. History,
Sociology ana daily practical nc "sIaper Work
). school of Finance, Economics and Adj
years courses III the
higher studies related 10 public interests;
The College is prOvi ed with ample facilities
IN the Laboratories, Libraries and Electric
Plant for giving the best Instruction in courses
offered.
The buildings are the finest and best adapted
in the state.
The STAFF of Instructors is chosen for its
merit in and devotion to the work OF edu|at-
ing students. The participation OF students
in their own government in college will begin
with the opening of the year, August 81:
Rooms may DC secured and interesting 1nfor-
person to JOHN F. CKOWELL.. Presd't,
Durham. N. c..
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TLANTIC AND DANVILLE RAILWAY
A. p. THOM, RECEIVER.
Schedule in effect October 10, 1893.

CONNECTIONS.
At Be!field with AtlaGtic Coast Line for
Richmond, Petersburg, GoldsborO, Winning
ton, etc.
At Jefress with chi and Danville
Railroad for Chase City, oxford, Henderson,.
Durham, Raleigh, etc.
At Portsmouth with the N. Y, P. and N.
Railway, Cape Charles Route.O and Bay Line
Steamers Tor Old Point Comfort, Baltimore,
Phlladelph "a, New York, Boston aud all points
North. With Norfolk and Virginia Beach
Railroad to the Princess Anne and Ocean
Shore Park Hotels.
The A. & .. hallway company'ss steamer City
of Chester effects prompt transfer of pas
sengers and baggage bet cen Portsmouth and
Norfolk.
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1894.
ILLUSTRATED.

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1t gives the fullest and latest
about Fashions; and its numerous illustrations,
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are indispensable alike to the home dress
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ness of the highest order. Its bright stories,
amusing comedies. and thoughtful essays sat
isty all tastes, and its last page is famous as a
budget oI wit ana humor. In its weekly issues
everything is included which is of interest to
women. The oeriais for 1894 will be written
by William Black and Walter Besant. Short
stories twill be written 10y Mary T.. Wilkins,
Maria Louise Pool. Ruth McEnery Stuart,
Marion Iiarland, and others. Outdoor Sports
and Indoor Games, Social Entertainment
Embroidery, and other interesting topics will
receive constant attention. n new series is
promised OF Coffee and Repartee."
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G.. Il. HE9HES. Manager,
Portsmouth, Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-15
The Senate Programme.

WAsHINGToN, ID. C., January IA
According TO tho eprousamue agreed
upon by the Senate last week the CON
sideration OF the Federal Elections bill
should begin 10 morrow. The tndica-
tlOns, however, are very strong that the
measure will 20 over for at least day
or two. Should Senator Gray persist
u his effort TO have the agreement ad-
hered to, his action would probably be
antagonized by some who are
friendly TO the bill, who
will ask the Senate to go into
executive session early In the day for
the consideration OF the Hornblower
nomination. II that question is taken
up there is little doubt that IL will con
sumo the entire day as there will in all
probability be spirited discussion
over it.
II Senator Hill, who is supposed to
be leading the opposition TO Judge
Hornblower.cO could have his say the vote
would probably be taken without any
| speech-makinR whatever, but II is pre-
sumed that the friends OF Mr.. Horn
blower will wish to be heard.
Under existing circumstances a Ha-
waiian speech is always possible, Al
though there is a disposition 10 allow
| this subject 10 rest until the Foreign
| heldlOns comm lJtee can conclude lts
/ Investigations and make its report.
Senator Gallinger has given notice OF
a tariff speech for tomorrow, but IL, as
well as the elections bill, may be
! crowded over until later in the week.
The probabilities are that an eKecu-
! tive session, 10 which the HOrnbiUwer
! nomination will be the chief subject Of
| consideration, will consume the greater
| part Of the day tomorrow and possibly
/ Of more than one day during the week,
| that the federal elections oil will
/ be taken up for final disposition, al
| though its consideration may not be
| completed this week aud that there
may be speech or two on the tariff
| and as many or more on Hawaii There
/ will Of necessity DO more or less routine
/ work and the passage OF some OF the
/ minor bills on the calendar is among
/ the probabilities.