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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Insanity affects one in 45O OF the,
American population.
White men are said TO bear up bet
ter against intense cold than against
intense heat.
There is enough salt in the sea to
cover 1000 square miles with layer
one mile in thickness. z
A process has recently been de-
yised for treating fre-clay in such a.
manner as to produce an abrading ma
terial that will compare most favor
ably with emery.
Infinitesimal as is the quantity OF
gold contained in English chalk for
nations, it is estimated that If 1t could
be collected it would suffice to pay the
national debt of Great Britain.
A scientist has found microbes Of
various kinds in seventy-seven samples
of ink--red, blue and black--supplied
to schools, and some Of the microbes
were deadly enough to kill mice inoc-.
ulated with them.
The Prince of Monaco. who is now
in England, addressed the Royal So
ciety recently in favor of the estab-'
lishment of an observatory in the
Azores, on an international basis, for
seismic, magnetic, and other scientific
observations.
Scurvyis now easily held under con-
troll, but in Anson's famous. ,expedi-
ton, some thirty years previous to
that OF Captain Cook, out Of total OF
nine hundred hands, six hundred died
before the expedition returned, and
chiefly from scurvy.
Wolfram bronze, new alloy made
by DR.. Roman, is said to be available
for all parts of bicycle, even to the
balls. The alloy, it is declared, can
be made to any degree OF hardness,
and used as substitute for steel. 1t
will not rust, and is much lighter
than steel.
At the medical congress recently
held at Wiesbaden, DR.. Saenger de-
liyefed lecture on the utility of the
nose in preventing injurious things
from getting into the lungs. He de-
clared that many cases of consump-
tion would be much more amenable
to treatment II physicians paid more
attention to the condition of the nasal
apparatus for tiltering air, which IS apt
70 get out Of order.
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No answer. No movement
~.

~" Nv.
Reuben turned to John once more.
Look here, man.. he said, "you
must go up and fetch her."
go up that ladder? II wouldn't
bear the weight Of both Of us"
."Some one must fetch her down. II
you won't, i must"
"I'll hold the ladder"
"Pshawr' And Reuben turned
away. Then suddenly turning back:
mind you, IL ] get her down safe I
try my luck again" And, shouting to
the men to hold the ladder. firm, he
cautiously went up. =
Emily, "said he, as he touched her,
''We must change places, my girl. ;"
She looked Mt him, her eyes wild with
fright 'That's right You keep
looking at me and doing as I tell you,
and you'll be as safe as tfivet," said
he, cheerfuily, though his heart was
working like q steam engine. How he
managed to change places with Emily
he snever knew. He always said it
was her trust In him that did 1t. When
she was safe on the ladder and he
clinging to the fragment Of wall he
said, impressively:
go down the ladder as quickly as
you can I'll follow. In two minutes
the whole place'll be down"
Emily gave him onsswift look that
sent the blood tingling through his
veins, and inless than minute she
was on the ground. John, who had
not been allowed to hold the ladders,
tried to put his arm round her, but
she pushed him from her as she
breathlessly watched Reuben's de-
scent. Then, turning on him:
"Gol" she cried. 'Go!' When I
marry, I'll marry--I'll marry man"
After that she tainted.
She did marry man. His name
was Reuben Saunders. John Adams
got the foreman's place in the shires.
Brooklyn Standard Union.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01
Harness Bells.

While they are still by no means
common, there has been in the past
three months considerable increase
in the use of harness bells in this city.
They are attached chiefly to the har-
ness of horses driven to carriages.
While this increase may be due in
some measure to the following of Gus.
tom, the purpose of the bells is to give
warning of the vehicles approach,
such warning having become more
and more necessary owing to the
greatly increased use of rubber-tired
wheels, and rubber-padded shoes for
horses, following the widespread in.
crease of asphalt pavement. When
oil these causes combine the approach
of horses and vehicles is made COM
paratively noiseless. The bells are as
yet chiefly used on private carriages,
but they are occasionally seen on pub
lie carriages, mostly hansoms.
The bells most commonly used are
like those made for sleighs and gilt
finished or silver-plated to match the
furniture OF the harness. In pair
horse harness the bell is buckled to
the coupling links that attach the
names together +; in single horse har-
ness it is attached to the hame chain
or martingslc ring.
The use of harness bells is far more
common in Paris and London, in both
Of which cities itSs required by law.
New York Sun.
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CAVE JEWELLERS OF ALASKA.
Queer People Who Inhabit Kings Island
in the herring Sea.

in the Bering Sea.
A race of cave dwellers live on
small island off the Alaskan coast. 1t
is Kings Island in Bering sea, due
south of Cape Prince of Wales. There
is only one village there, and this has
q population Of 200. DR.. Sheldon
jackson, the United States agent of
education in Alaska, says that it is one
OF the most remarkable settlements in
America, yet few people know of its
existence.
Kings Island is about mile in
length, and is q mass Of basalt rock
which rises perpendicularly out of the
sea to height Of from 700 to 1000
feet. AT the south side this is cleft
in two by deep ravine which is filled
by huge permanent snow bank.
High up on the west side of the ravine
is the village of Ouk-ivak, which con-
sists of about forty dwellings, partly
followed out of the cliff and built up
outside with stone walls. Across the
top of these walls are laid large drift
wood poles, over these are placed
hides, and over the hides grass and
dirt. The houses are entered by a
tunnel which runs along underneath
som etimes for distance often of fif-
teen feet, and ends under hole
eighteen inches in diameter in the
floor of the room above. This is the
front door of the establishment. The
tunnel is so low that it is necessary to
stoop, and often to crawl, the entire
length of it.
In summer these houses generally
become too damp TO live in. The peo-
pie then erect another dwelling on top;
this is tent of walrus hide which is
stretched over wooden frame and
guyed to the rocks by ropes to pre-
vent its being blown off into the sea-
These tents allow of room about ten
or fifiesn feet square, and entered by
means of narrow oval hole in the
hide about two feet above the floor.
A narrow platform two feet wide runs
along outside of the door and leads
back to the hill. These platforms are
often fifteen or twenty fee. above the
winter dwelling below.
At the other SHE of the deep ra-
vine at the base of the cliff, is huge
cavern into which the sea dashes. At
the back of this is large bank of per-
petual snow. The cave dwellers use
this as storehouse. They dig rooms
in the snow and store their provisions,
which freeze solid and keep the year
round, for the temperature in the snow
never rises above 80 degrees.
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Which, strange 10 say, was not what
she always thought about him in his
absence. After their usual greeting
they turned and walked on together.
1.-THE boss has been very civil to me
this morning." said John, "called me
into that little Office OF his and said he
thought as he'd heard Of place as'd
suit me. Kind OF foremans place
down in the shires; place called Bur.
dock, / think he said"
"Oh, John, how good Of himv" ex-
claimed the girl.
"H'm." said John, with conceited
smile: "don't you see he wants to get
rid Of me- wants me out o. the way
so he can come after YOU"
Mono; he knows better"
"He's 0 precious sight conceited to
know better. Lor' did laugh in my
sleeve as / thanked him, and said as
I'd be glad II he'd speak a word for
me. II / get IL we'll be married right
away. Now you see how wise, 1t was
Of me to insist on you saying nothing
about our being engaged"
you're quite wrong!" cried Emily,
who had in vain tried to interrupt the
flow OF her sweetheart's words. 'Tts
because he knows. He came and
asked me yesterday and told him"
"You told him we was going to be
married."
Eyes, I told him." repeated Emily.
"Well. I'm blowedp And John
looked as II after that nothing would
surprise him any more. Then after
q few minutes consideration: f"He
must be foolp' lie exclaimed.
To this Emily vouchsafed no reply,
so John, not exactly understanding
her silence. changed the subject by
saying: eiFfae7
''E'm, you've often wanted TO 60
over the old Manor House, and You
won't have many more chances II I
get this place. Shall we 60 now?"
Emily agreed. She knew the care
taker, so there would be no difficulty
in getting in.
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THE FLAG

Up with the tanner OF the free!
1ts stars and stripes unfurl,
And let the battle beauty blaze
Above the startled world.
No more around Its towering stan
The folds shall twine again
TIL falls beneath its righteous wrath
The gonfalon OF Spain.
That flag with consolidated stars
Shines ever In the vanl
And, like the rainbow In the storm,
Presages peace to man.
For still amid the cannons' roar
II sanctiaes tho fight,
And flames along the battle lines,
The emblem OF the Right.
II seeks no conquest knows no fear;
Cares not for pomp OF state;
Az plant as the atmosphere,
As resolute as Fate.
Where'er II floats, on land or sea,
No stain Its honor mars,
And Freedom smiles, her fate secure
Beneath its steadfast stars.
Henry Lynden Flash, In New Orleani
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Inventive Genius of the Romans.

Virgil occasionally INDUCED in hui
NOR at the expense of his friend, Me-
cenas. He made at one time pill
grimage to the oracle at Delphi, and
on his return said to Macenas: 81
was awfully bored while / was away"
"So?" said Ma cenas, "and what was
it that bored you, amicus meus?"
1.-THE augurs, of course" was virgil's
quick response. This incident goes
far to prove the inventive genius of
the Greeks and Romans, since even at
that early date augurs and gimlets had
come into use. Kansas City Star.
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III.

II was with heavy heart that
Emily went to meet her lover the next
day, which was Saturday, and there
fore half holiday. She had not seen
him since she had told Reuben of
their engagement, and was afraid TO
hear what Reuben might have said to
John about ii.
The first sight of Johns face when
they met treasured her. As / said be-
fore, he was o handsome young man,
and as he came smilingly mp to her
Emily felt certain that abe loved him
dearly, and that he was in every way
: more desirable man than Saunders.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01
New Us. for . Servant Club.

St. Louis Domestic Science club,
organized to elevate the domestic SER
want and domestic work and to con-
duct cooking schools in order to i'm
prove the health of mankind, is re-
ceiving letters from many men seek
ing wives, who want advice on the
subject from the club.
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III.

They had wandered about the old
place for twenty minutes, and had been
everywhere except up in the towers,
which was the Oldest part Of the house.
1t had been shut up from the public,
as dangerous, for the last two years.
John proposed that they should go up
to the top and see the view. Emily
was frightened, but he laughed her
out Of her fears, or out Of the express
sion Of them. So they went up, and
John, who was in teasing mood, in.
sisted on their getting out on the roof,
which was done by means Of short
ladder, leading through trap d DOR.
Though the day was warm for the
time of year, Emily soon felt bitterly
cold, and said she must 60 down.
John led the way, but had hardly got
his foot off the last rung of the ladder
when he felt the tower begin to rock.
With the impulse Of coward, scarce
staying TO give hasty shout to Emily
to follow, he rushed down the stone
stairs and out Of the place. A mo-
ment later there was series of creak-
ing reports, and three sides OF the
building fell with crash to the ground,
leaving Emily crouching down in q
corner of the roof, which still hung to
the remaining side.
Adams ran into the road shouting
for ladder Soon crowd was col
lected and the ladder was fetched.
Too short! Another was found, and
while willing hands were lashing the
ladder together Reuben drove up in
his cart.
When he heard what had happened
he took Johns place in binding the
ladders together, saying:
"You 60 and tell her what we're
doing. I'll see to this"
Reuben had the habit Of authority,
so John went
When the ladders were firmly bound
Reuben and two Others carried them
through the iron gates into the little
park where the crowd stood. A mixed
crowd of men, and women and chill
dren stood breathlessly gazing up at
the corner where Emily crouched, her
face covered, not seeming to hear the
encouraging words her lover was
shouting up to her.
Reuben looked at the wall. ave
must be quick" said he to the man
next to him, cor it'll be down before
we can get her of" Then after a
moment he added: 1T won't bear the
weight of the ladder. Run and fetch
the one off my cart"
This was done, and in few minutes
the thirdladder was pushed through the
rungs of the first about four feet from
the top, making an isosceles triangle.
Two men we're placed at the foot OF
each ladder to steady it,and the whole
reared sideways against the wall, the
apex almost touching Emily and the
upright reaching up above her head.
John hadn't been of much help -he
was like one distraugh', but when all
was ready Reuben turned to him and
said:
"Now tell her to get on the ladder.
Tell her too look up and catch hold OF
the frame above her head. Tell her
she is quite safe. !"
John shouted up these instructions,
but without more result than making
Emily half stretch out her hand and
shudderingly cover up her face again.
The demon Funk possessed the girl.
Then Reuben:
"It's all right Miss Bolton. You
just get on the ladder quick, and
you'll be safe enough. There's half q
dozen Of us holding it at the bottom, "
he shouted, encouragingly.
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Tn. military Spirit.

81 have just come from the oil re-.
gions," remarked the Casual Caller
to the Snake Editor, "and i find that
the war feeling has got into the pc
troleum producing business"
''How is thatY'
Drilling is going on actively
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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! A man WON HER.

c~~~~~>>~>~~~c
It's an awkward thing when master
and man are in love with the same
girl. One must give way, you seel
And IL the master is that one it's apt
70 be bad for the man. Knowing this,
John Adams and Emily Bolton re-
solved to keep their engagement to
themselves for bit, until they could
start in life on their own account.
Why the girl had fallen in love with
the man instead Of his master 10 would
puzzle conjurer to tell. I'm sure
she couldn't have said herself. II
was he, John Adams, who suggested
secrecy, and Emily, after little dis
pute, agreed.
Emily accepted John about Christ
mastime, and he9urged that 1t would
be ruin to be discharged in the slack
time.
"We'll keep IL to ourselves till the
spring, my girl, and then we can snap
our fingers at him, = said John.
But Emily had no desire to snap
her fingers at Reuben Saunders. She
was not built that way. She felt sorry
for him, and wished him all manner
of good things. Still she was in love
with John, and consequently did as
he told her.
But long before the spring came
in fact, it was the middle Of February
--it,began to be rumored about that
John and Emily were engaged. Reuben
heard the report, and went straight
way to her fathers cottage and asked
TO see Emily.
Mrs. Bolton opened the door. She
stepped back and called up the stairs;
"Em'ly, Emily Here's Mr.. Saun-
sders wants to see yer"
And then she went about her work
aud left him standing at the open door.
She for her part preferred Reuben to
John as q husband for her pretty
daughter. That she was the girls
mother and knew the value of money
by its lack may account for her pre-.
ference. Moreover, Reuben was as
good man as John, though not so
handsome.
''Ive only come to ask You ques-
tion, Emily" said Rueben humbly
when at last the girl appeared.
"Say ON, said Emily, not quite at
her ease, for there had been time
when she had given Reuben encour.
agement.
II hear that you and John Adams
are going to be married. And Rueben
lifted his honest eyes and looked the
girl straight in the face.
~ don't see what business that is
OF yours! I suppose we'vea right
began the girl angrily.
But before she could finish her SEN
tence Rueben said sadly, 'Pve got my
answer" and turned away.
The girls heart smote her.
''Stay, Rueben, stay! It's not my
fault. / did not want to keep it from
you. But--John said--"
Emily stopped. The meanness OF
II oil ashamed her.
"T know, know! Adams judged
me by himself, and thought I should
turn him off as soon as heard Of it, y
said Saunders, bitterly.
OF course, Johns sweetheart fired
mp at that.
eff you've got anything to say
against John, You can say 1t to some
one else, Mr.. Saunders" she criet
out.
II haven'tl" he shouted back, strid.
ing of down the little path to thu
front gate rs Emily slammed the door
Z, I'm give him n weeks wages and
turn him of" Reuben told himself
passionately. Then Emily's swee
face rose before him. ~ can't do i
II can't do itr' he muttered as b,
strobe on, his hands deep down in hi
trousers pockets, his head bent for
ward on his chest, a nobler man thar
be thought himself.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-05
puckwheRts and 'Lasses'
New York Press)

The cold snap rears visions Oh pu ~
wheats and molasses, but where Is the
'lasses? In the north, maple syrup - ipt
cied with tho wheats: in the south olu-
fash,oned molasses," generally OF the New
orleans variety. / have not been able 10
buy the latter in this city, the moiasses,
so-called, sold under that name peins .
CO... ~ manufactured and highly doctored
treacle. Glucose is all right in its way,
but its way for me is not on cakes l
want no glucohemia in mine. Some OF tne
grocers sell what is branded oio-f assn
toned Molasses" in pint cans, said TO DC
"packed in New Orleans" ana as tesu-
monv the face OF an old coo.ed woman
eating Iasses on bread, is on the label
PM I want old black molasses. Sorghum
&C. better than this refuse of Hayemeyer' :
sugar refinery. The best outdoor food II
the world is buttermilk, cornpone anc
sorghum. II our soldiers had been led
on that they would have eaten every
Spaniard in Cuba. 1t produces prong
io,a anuptitp.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-05
- ~
HAMPDEN-SiDNEfs
New students-A Kind Friend Walt
ing for Another.

HAMpDF.N- VA, october A.
(speciai.)-Two new students were ma
circulated yesterday, and Few more are
expected. The good order and studious-
ness of the young men were never ex-
celed Everything is moving along most
smoothly and pleasantly. ,,,,,
Mr., John M. Venable, Of Slate Hill.
has been very i'll for the past week, bu.
his friends are more encouraged evoue
him In the last day or two. his prothei.
Major r. NJ Venable. Of Baltimore, Is
with him. Mr. yenable is ruling eluer
OF College church, one OF the superVisOrs
of the county and a most trustworthy
and valuable citizen -, ~.
An alumnus and Interested frlenu vi
the college has contributed an ainount
OF money sufficient to introduce water
into the chemical and physical labora-
tories. and Professor Thornton. curator.
is making arrangements TO nave thls
consummated. The next Improvement
contemplated In this direction Is the IN
PRODUCTION OF gas, and the president Oh
the college Is on the lookout Tor some
penerous friend who covets the honor
OF comforting this benefit on the ihs.i-
tuition. - -
OF eleven ministers Of the Gospel who
are announced to take part In the exer .
cises II the Inauguration and opening Oi
Union Theological Seminary, at Rlch-
mond this week, six are alumni OF
Hampden- Sidney College, one or WASH
ington College, Virginia. and one OF Da-
wilson College. n. G. OF 1Oi students az
this seminary from Virginia colleges and
universities in the past four years;
eighty-four -four fifths are the alumn,
of Hampden-S Sidney. There Is the usuAl
proportion of candidates for the ministry
in college this session, and among them
some belonging to denominations other
than Presbyterian.
The football team Is In daily pracuIe
under Mr.. Lewis Engles, of Radford. IL
PLAYS its first match game on the home
grounds next Saturday with the Bellevue
team. Mr.. J. X. Johnson, Jr., or chris,
| tiansburg, is the efficient manager oil
| the Hampden-S Sidney team.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-05
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, october 4,-Flour-Bareiy
steady.
Rye Flour-DulL -e.,-o
Ruckwheat Flour-Easy AT $ltS8Si.fV.
Buckwheat-Dull at D4nc.
Cornmeal--Steady.
Rye-Quiet: No. 2. &c.; State'rye, iSc.
Rarley-Quiet: western mailing, AZ l-2n
5oc; feeding, IS S-ic.
Barley Malt-Dull.
Wheat-Spot easy: No. red. ~ 5-Sc,
Options opened weak, under large receipts
and cables After a midday rdhy on
covering and stssdier Northwest mar
kets. prices eased OFF on heavy increase
in worlds stocks. closing steadisr az un-
nhanoed nrlces In a final response to more
covering. No. 2 red. May. closed &c; De-
cember closed 81 5-sc. az, o.
Corn-spot market steady; No. 2. s5l-2c.
Options developed surprising nrmness To-
dsv ON advances and bullish returns from
the fields. Close SIC. net nlgner; 'iay
closed rs l-4c.; December closed "a l-zc.
Oats-spot firmer; No. z, &c. optiohs
dull and nominal
Cut Meats-steady; picked bellies
5T-sG7c. 30. ~
tober E'G. nominally; refined weaker.
Pork-Dull -. ga
pu,ter-Firm: western creamery l51-2n
., ice: do factory. IL l-2glZ l-4c:; Elgins
% i-2c. imitation creamery, lS9i'c.' STATE
dairy, lfD1sc - .,.. o, l<,,sc
Eeos-Firm: State and Pennsylvania.
II Isse.ssc western fresh. II lie.
potstoes-steady; Jersey. H.12 La
N'ni-2; New York. n.z5ua :s2 IL; sweets
Jersey, si2sas2; southern Eos
,sS,isc: do. yellow. q l-1d2zc.
'pstroieum-Firms refined New York,
a. az: Philadelphia and Baltimore, $50; II
bulk. $40. - a. sooa
$3.50.
Rice-Steady; domestic. iaif 10 extra
5-sQ5c. Japan. Sc. s ., rnz..
cabbase-euiet; Long Island; SsoeM
hanaad nrtoes ruled dull and fcatureless
With a dowyward tendency throughout IN
forenoon: foreign news disappointing; bu'
This feature Offset largely ~ small re
ceipts and tree deliveries; selling ehecke'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-05
TERRIBLE STORY OF WRECK.
Seven Lives LOst-Two Men Washe"
Up ON Beach.

CHARLESTON, 5. c., october r.
James Rowe and Joseph Meyers. two
negro sailors who belonged to the
schooner Sarah f. Palmer, were brought
here to-day from Edisto Island. where
they had been washed upon the beach
clinging to a plank. They tell terrible
story of the wreck of their vessel In the
storm of Sunday last, seven miles OH the
Charleston lightship. The Sarah H.
Palmer. Captain Whittier, was FOUR
masted schooner of Bath. Me. She was
bound from Charlotte Harbor, Fla, 10
Carteret, n. j., and was caught on TINS
coast IN the West Indian cyclone OF sun
day. She sprang aleak early that morn
ing. when of the Charleston hghtsnip,
and went down iu spite OF all her captain
ana crew C, vi do 10 save her: captain
Whittier ana all the crew save Rowe ana
Movers were lost Those lost were Cap
tain Whittier. Fsrst-Mate Briggs, Sc
cond-Mate Macdonald. Norwegian stew
ard: Pat Healy. and Seamen Wallace
Stanford and Thomas Leverett. Lowe
and Movers were washed upon the beach
after ciinging TO plank for fifteen hours.
They were thoroughly exhausted and had
suffered greatly from exposure.