Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1896, Page 13

“A MARCH CALENDAR signs of Spring as Shown ‘Thus Early. BIRDS, TREES AND SHRUBS A Snow Storm May Announce a - Change of Season. THE FLOWERS ARE COMING With the very first days of March come hints and promises of the springtime. Sharp winds blow and cold waves cover the earth for a few days at a time, but the sunshine at noonday is warm, and the breezes at twilight are soft. In the woods and along country roads the laurel is green and budded, the mosses are fresh and Green, and the trees look expectant, though their buds are tightly closed. He who lives In the city may observe many signs of the coming season. The forsythia—“yellow jes- samine”—is all in bloom. The little yellow blossoms along the leafless stems have @ hard time when the weather is capricious, but they manage to live through all the changes and trials. The trees in the parks have changed—a little swelling cf each bud —an amount entirely too small to be noticed in a separate tip, but amounting to a vague change in the whole treetop. The soft maples are full of big red buds—this maple is always in a hurry, and is fre- quently nipped by the cold. The beech’s long, slender, arrow-pointed tips are packed with material for the daintiest of leaves when the sun shall warm them into life, but the beech will come out a little late with its spring garmenis—it always does. It never hurries nor rushes pell-mell as the maple does. It is every inch an aristocrat— and locks The trunk and > ches are symmetrical and unbroken, tho smooth and fine, and a delicaie fra: is always about the leav. The Birds Are Active. In the White Lot, on sunny mornings, one may hear the notes of a bird song the sparrows’ chirps, and we hope th friends, the robins, are on thei from the south. South of the White House and the War, State and Navy Departments is the spot most favored by the birds; that is, In the northwest section of the’ city. There are wide spaces, plenty of trees, the Fiver is not far away; there is no noise of traffic to disturb them, and the birds can nest there quite happily. The spa: . by biding here the -sinter through, have learned some human é They have five o'clock teas, or something very like them. At twilizht, wherever a well-grown ivy affords ‘iouseroom, the sparrows congregate, fly in and out, all ¢hirp at once, and make a bustle and noise that might easily be mistaken for an afier- noon reception. The two big crows, who live in the cot- tonwood back of the White House, are home again for the season, and are very busy. They fly back and forth from some place beyond the monument, perhaps across the river. They scold each other and fuss with the gardener, the pedestrians and the bicycle girls, and seem to be ex- = ingly busy about most important af- rs. We hear from Georgia that the hyacinths are in bloom in the gardens, and from the north that the snows are breaking up a lit- along the fences and roadsides, while we, midway, are expecting the frst bios- soms in the woods. The Trees in Winter. It has been said that the winter is the best of times to study the character of trees. The beech fs an aristocrag always. The cottonwcod, without any fluttering sil- very leaves, looks snuffy, weak-minded, broken-branched and insincere. The little foreigner, the gingko, looks very well. Its extraordinarily long horizontal branches have weathered our winter without a break, Proving their sturdiness and fitness. The “maiden hair fern tree” it is sometimes called because its leaves are like the ferns’. They are as dainty as the branches are sturdy, and are a joy to the eyes from their first delicate green to the late days in the fall, when they turn a clear, pale, al- most transparent yellow—a yellow like pale amber or tortoise shell. The soft maple t ist hangs on the edge of respectability. its branches break and the bark grows rough and scaly, but it belongs to a good family and is full of pretty coiors in the autumn. The hornbean has a peculiar beauty on a rainy day. When the branches are wet they have a peculiarly soft black color— intensely black. Then the branches and fine twigs, with the tiny round buds at the end of eacb look like fine black Span- ish lace against the blue sky. When the first green is out and the spring rains come with blue skies the color effect is exquisite. The sycamore, with its dappled bark, looks sunny—at least those leading up to the steps of the Capitol on the west front are so. Sometimes the white part of the tree looks too bony to be pretty. Those at the Capitol must be a special variet they are so much prettier than the syc: more usually is. Preparing to Bloxsom. The daffodils, that in Shakespeare's coun- try “Come before the swallow dares and take the winds of March with beauty,” are not so brave here. They are just sending up their long slender leaves in cozy, sunny gardens, and have no intention of blossom- ing for many days. The crocus {s our brave little flower, its purple and white and yellow tips are pushing out of the sod al- Teady, not at all daunted by March winds. Not a dandelion is out. During the warm days in January they took it into their frisky littie yellow heads to blossom then, and out they came on every bit of parking and lawn. Probably because of their January lark they have to stay in late now. Crocuses had begun to appear before the sudden snow storm. The ar- butus is hiding its pink buds under the leaves on the hillsides, while the creek is singing all sorts of pretty melodies to tease them forth. It will come early, bringing its rosy petals and its pale petals and the dainty floating fragrance. The dainty spring is surely coming, at- tended by bevies of dainty bluets, shy anemenes, purple violets, jolly dandelions and rosy arbutis. The ferns will uncurl long-hidden fronds to greet her, the wil- lows will send forth funny little pussies to amuse her and the cottonwoods will launch a host of their bits of cotton and will tease the mortals with it, tickling their eyes, riding on velvet collars, flying in the windows, and scudding up and down the pathways in crowds, as rollicking as a lot of school boys out for a recess. All these joys are coming, and with them the music of brooks and little rivers, of nesting birds and busy insects—a sweet harmony for him who will but listen. Nature has carefully arranged every bud and leaf and blossom to make the world beautiful, and the buds and birds and rivers and brooks and humming insects all know their parts tn the harmony. However, one may say of our Riley says of the western May: I jes’ "Bominate its promises,— Little hints of sunshine and Green about the timber-land— A few blossoms and a few Chip birds and a sprout or two— Drap asleep and it turns in *Fore daylight and snows agin’. —_. —__ A NEGRO CITY IN AFRICA. ‘March as Sageard’s Fictions Rivaled by the Reports of a Recent Explorer. From the Springfield Republican. The following marvelous story is told by Rev. Josiah Strong, whose own high char- acter, together with the fact that no one bas challenged the authenticity of the story, make credible what would other- wise inspire doubt. The story {s told to il- tustrate the fitness of the Christian negro to evangelize Africa. It is an account of ®@ visit to an African city on the Kassal, « tributary of the Congo, whose king had threatened with instant death any visitor to his capital or any guide who should con- . So for nine years all at- mS ee It had been futile. When Mr. Shepherd came, speaking the king’s own language and being of his own color, King Laguba received him kindly and showed him every attention. This fe what Mi herd saw: rr. : They attended Lim to the city, and he found what he had not seen before in Af- rica, a fenced city, with broad, clean streets, in which hundreds of happy chil- acu were at play, with marbles or at leap- frog. or trundling their hoops. He found @ city laid out ke a checker board, the squares being filled with houses. Every street and every house was named. The houses were well built; commodious, and furnished with carved furniture and ex- quisitely woven mats. He was conducted to one that had been assigned to him and found it well provisioned. There he re- ce‘ved the neighbors for three days, and on the fourth he was summoned to give at- tendance upon the king, and the king sent two of his sons and a thousand children to escort him to his presence. He walked with them down a broad, beautiful avenue | into the great central square of the city. Blanket cloth had been spread out in a great circle of perhaps a hundred feet in diameter, and within this the ground had been covered with leopards’ skins. On these skins, sitting in a hollow square, were the 700 wives of the king and his aged sister, while thousands of spectators stood outside around the circle. As the king was borne in by his sixteen carriers the air was rent with the shouts of the people, and when the king was seated the People seated themselves upon the ground. Then two princes came forward, and tak- ing Mr. Shepherd by the arm, conducted him Into the presence of the king. The king was gorgeously dressed, and Were a crown. He took from his helt a knife which he sald had belonged to seven Lokugas, and this he presented to the young man as a token of confidence. The king safd to him, “If you or your people ee do not fail to let me know, and ever you want of me or of my people you shall have.” He then presented the missiorary to his aged sister, and the cere- mony was at an end. The prince conduct- ed him abcut the city, and as he saw their vast markets full of busy life, well sup- plied with fruits and vegetables and manu- factured articles, he felt himself to be again in the midst of civilization. He found there a people with laws which were strictly enforced, with courts of dustice and with prisons. Any member of that tribe who is guilty of bigamy suffers death: Any man who is guiliy of drunkenness, or of theft, or of gambling, or of wife-beating s severely punished. Every third day with item 1s a Sabbath, and they carefully ob- ve it. eo FACIAL EXPRESSION. Traced by the Evolutionist Back to Savage Instincts. Edouard Cuyer set forth at a recent ses- sion of the Transformistes of Paris the latest view of the evolutionist as to the origin of facial expression in man. His lecture_is summarized in a bulletin of the Societe d’ Anthropologie. G. B. Duchenne, twenty years ago, made some remarkable photographs of a human face, which, after being treated with a local anaesthetic, was subjected to galvanic action, applied now to one muscle, now to another, with the result that the proper expression for each of several passions was depicted on the unconscious face. The pho- tographs are now preserved in the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Darwin was much inter- ested in the experiments of Duchenne, and subsequent evolutionists have thought the Photographs highly valuable from an an- thropofogical point of view. The photographs, with the account given of the experiments by Duchenne, make it plain just what muscles are called into play to give the face the expression proper to this or that passion, and there is some evi- dence tending to prove that whatever ex- pression in the eye is supposed to be unre- lated to muscular action is illusory. In- vestigation proves that the mechanism by which the face is made to express feeling is simpler than might be supposed. Attention is expressed by a muscular raising of the eyebrows. Its original object, according to the evolutionist, was to widen the eyes so that our brute or semi-brute ancestors might see what danger approach- ed. Surprise is expressed by a still greater elevation of the eyebrows, again for the purpose of enabling the eyes to take in the astonishing object, often accompanied by an opening of the mouth, caused by the dropping of the lower jaw. This last re- sults from so intense a preoccupation with the object of surprise that the man is be- trayed into forgetfulness and muscular re- laxation. Then, too, the lips may be parted for the deep inspiration that a startled creature takes before fleeing from its ene- my or in preparing for defense. The reflex of all this is seen in the lower- ing of the brows at times of contemplation, this to shut out distracting visions about one. It is noted that the hand is involun- tarily lifted to shade the eyes when some puzzling question is presented. This look Passes, by the aid of the pyramidal muscles at the nose near the brows, into the look of menace and anger. Muscles about the mouth help to produce expressions of sadness, contempt and -dis- gust, this last when the lower lip droops and curls. These expressions the lecturer traced to the involuntary effort to eject disagreeable things from the mouth. Our “ancestors were children, so to speak, and the civilized babe of today, on finding a bitter object in the mouth, first draws down the corners of the lips, then turns the lower lip outward to help eject the disagreeable thing, and as a final resource thrusts out the tongue to expel the offending bitter- ness. We retain, to express extreme dis- gust and hatred, this thrusting out of the tongue. Amusement or pleasure is expressed by a smile that widens the mouth and raises it at the corners. The cheeks are ridged at the same time, and there are raylike marks about the eyes. The smile of Pleasure, which begins thus with the opening of the mouth, fs traced to the joy of our savage ancestors at the prospect of being fed. It {is a selfish jay, and M. Cuyer is cynical enough to believe that most of our smiles are the result of gratified selfishness. We welcome our friends with a smile that as much as anything eise, perhaps, expresses our selfish pleasure in anticipation of di- version or at the secret thought of our own cle ness which is to entertain the visitor. Often our smiles are of self-complacence or condescension, and then there are the smiles of detiance, which are simply a sur- vival of the ungenial way in which our savage ancestors grinned in order to show @ formidable array of teeth to an enemy. Man is not the only laughing animal. coo. HIS HONOR’S TOOTHACHE. He Proved to Be More Than the Den- tist Had Bargained For. From the Paducah Standard. A good story {s told of Judge W. D. Greer, a prominent lawyer of Paducah. Once during a visit to St. Louis he had a severe attack of toothache. He sought a dentist's office, and was met by a young man who was scrupulously neat and clean. The latter bowed suavely, and the judge began: be; “I believe you profess to be able to ex- tract teeth without pain?” “Yes, sir,” was the reply, “and if I don’t do it I'll refund your money.’ The judge was seated in the operating chair, and the last thing he remembers was the dentist inserting a small tube in his mouth. He got a dose of gas and be- came unconscious. When he came to the young man was under a table, his erst- while spotless shirt and collar covered with blood, and his clothes torn up almost be- yond recognition. He was desperately wav- ing the judge off, saying all the while: “Get out of here! Get out of here!” He seemed very anxious to have the judge get out, but he couldn’t be induced to leave his retreat from under the table. “Why, young man, what’s the matter?” asked the judge, who didn’t understand the situation, in surprise. “If I've done any- thing I’m willing to pay for it.” The young man obtruded his head for a moment, glanced reproachfully about at the demolished furniture and his own sorry plight, wavered for a moment, and then exclaimed: “Pay! You get out of here!” Jt seemed that the judge under the in- fluence of the gas had cleaned out the es- tablishment, and the dentist didn’t get the tooth either. —+22—_____ He Was Agreeable. From the Richmond Dispatch. Photographer—“Your pose is all right, my friend, but don’t you think a smile would be an improvement?” Jerseyman—“Guess it would. Fetch o1 the nectar.” ———ees. ‘Two Wishes. From the Indianapolis Journal. 2 Mister—“Oh, dear; I wish I could get hold of some good biscuits like mother used to make for me!” Missus—“And I wish I could get some geod clothes like father used to buy for me.” A Similarity of the Sun Raya and Oathode Rays. THE SUN AN ELECTRIC MAGNET What Modern Scientific Discoveries Have Shown. PROF. ENNIS’ PREDICTION Written for The Evening Star. The article which appeared in The Even- ing Star of Saturday, March 7, relative to the discovery by Prof. Parker of South Birmingham, England, of a method of pho- tographing- the corona of the sun by day- light, and also the discovery that the coronal rays were strikingly similar to the cathode rays thrown off from the magnet, was a subject of great interest to many of The Star’s readers who take an interest in astronomical and scientific matters. Such reading matter, by being more often given to the general public than formerly, and in less technical language, is getting to be better understood and appreciated. But my object in writing this communication is mostly to impress one particular point mentioned in the article, viz, the almost certain proof that the intense rays of the sun as seen in the corona are electrical—in fact, the higher or intenser rays of elec- tricity itself. In the earlier days of as- tronomical research it was held, and with much tenacity, by most astronomers, that the sun was a burning body, heated to the highest Jegree, and, in consequence, send- ing forth into space the great heat which her satellites experience more or less. Later on these views were somewhat modi- fied or changed in that this wonderful heat was superinduced by rarified gases, them- selves intensely heated by the glowing metallic mass of the sun’s body or surface. This has been confirmed by the spectro- scope as to the structural condition of solar matter and light. The Corona Mystery. The corona itself, which surrounds the sun outside of both its chromosphere (prin- cipal light so ¢alled) and photosphere (red flashes and projections), still remained a mystery, only seen at times of eclipse, in- determinate in its shape, never presenting the same appearance, and flashing out millions of miles into space, or perhaps at other times only hundreds of thousands of miles or less, much brighter and whiter in light, when submitted to the proper tests, than ordinary rays, and with long streamers—straight, curved or spi- ral by turns, or intermixed. Such is the corona, and it is strange that not until @ comparatively recent period have these Trays been regi as electric in_ their nature. Probably the most reasonable ex- planation ts that they were so seldom seen that their nature was not particularly studied. Many astronomers and _ scientists have discussed the probable origin, nature end laws of electricity, and now and then have thrown out hints or expressions as to its solar or stellar, or rather cosmos, origin, yet few have really advanced the thcor: as now accepted and probably affirmed, un- til a quite recent period. And it is to the credit of American observers that most of these suggestions are due. Prof. Ennis’ Prediction. Probably the most remarkable announce- ment of the theory is that of Brof. Jacob Ennis (since deceased) of the Pennsylva- nia State Normal School in a lecture, en- titled “The Electric Constitution of Our Solar System,” delivered before the Acad- emy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, in 1878, in which he distinctly and clearly de- clares the coronal light to be electric flash- es from tho sun’s photosphere, and evolved out of the intense heat and rarification of the sun’s atmosphere. He goes-into the fullest details and description and ad- vances proof and argurient which now seem fully affirmed by these recent discov- eries. Also in an article in the Sidereal Mes- senger (published at Carleton College Ob- servatory, lowa,) of March, 1887, he took the exact ground now announced in your article, and showed that the coronal light, the light of the tails of comets, the zodi- acal light and that of our earth’s auroras were all of the same relative character. Prof. Lewis Swift, also, of Warner Uni- versity, ¥.. remarks of tho coronal lught (1879) ‘The motion appeared not pul- sating, but a constant outflow of what I consider to be electric light of high ten- sion, streaming off in straight lines into space.” - Other Corroborations, Pref. Eces of Dudley observatory, Al- bany, who has several times witnessed this phenomena in total eclipses, writing of that of 1878, says: “Thes2 radiating stream- ers resembled very much the white ones frequently seen in auroras.” In a communication to The Evening Star in the fall of 1886, relative to some obser- vations of Coggin’s comet of 1861-2, I took pains to emphasize my belief in Prof. Ennis’ theory by comparing the vivid and striking radiations of that cometary mat- ter, as witnossed, when a young man, and that of our most striking and _ brilliant auroras, and the article was embodied in one of his to the magazine. above quoted. Many expressions of opinion bearing on this theory have since frequently appeared in various scientific and other publications, but, as previously stated, I think Prof. En- nis scems to be the only one of previous observers to come out. boldly and clearly in favor of the theory that the sun is a vast electric magnet (so to speak), in some wonderful manner constructed or condi- tioned so as to evolve or produce the in- tense aad powerful rays now discovered, which evidently warm and quicken ife and strengthen the forces and conditions of his various satellites. And granting, even, that the sun itself is a vast body of irruption, molten matter, intensely rarified gases, &c. (probably true),the result of this condition is evidently an overwhelming force of electricity, which, in its mysterious way, governs the forces and elements of our own and other plarrets to a degree we would not have credited had not these new discoveries opened up a greater knowledge of its potentiality. And, furthermore, that the Roentgen rays are but an illustration, as it were, of the intenser electricity which solar rays possess. BROOKINGS. = ee ee ee Dr. Le Bon’s So-Called “Dark Light.” From Le Monde Dlustre.' © “Dark light” is a term employed by Dr. Gustave Le Bon to. gesignate the photo- graphic influence exerted by the light of a kerosene lamp or 4 Welsbach burner after penetrating 9shéet oflead, copper or other metal on a sensitive plate. We have re- ported the results of former experiments. They are confirmed in various quarters, and likewise greatly extended, notably, by H. Murat of Havre, who has succeeded in olf- taining with “dark light” impressions ex- actly like those which cne gets with the Roentgen rays. We have been able to pro- cure the shadow picture of the skeleton of a skate (fish), taken through a film of cop- per, and presented to the Academy of Sciences at its last session. We shall have occasion to recur to the theories which guided Dr. Le Bon in his laborious and often misleading experi- ments, so complex were the conditions un- der which they were conducted, One fact which becomes evident is that the precise thickness of the metallic film interposed between the light and the plate is unim- portant. 4 +o+—___ How It Strikes a Boy. From the Boston Transcript. Said. little Johnny Green, This is the funniest world I ever seen; A fellow is sent off to bed ‘ we ae hain’t got a bit of sleep in his ead; And he’s hustled out of it, don’t you see, ‘When he’s just as sleepy as he can be. Open Street. Car. From the Detroit Free Press. “What is a good way to attract atten- tion?” “One of the best ways I know Is to leave ee eae: km esrech oat Onda On: aD [ = 48 Here is the way we do it: Chamber Furniture. MARKED DOWN Oak Suite, Princess Dresser. Birch Suite, fine carving. Birch Suite...... Prima Vera, pure Rococo. Birch Suite, oval plate. Mahogany Suite. 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MARKED DOWN Oak Closet, mirror back, glass Carpets. During this sale we do not want this de- partment to stand still, so have prepared 4 @ greater feast bere for you, but only during ¥ this sale. Don't come in the next day after it closes and expect the same prices, for you will be disappointed. These prices are made without reference to the cost, and only for three days. Every yarl in the house of every grade, ‘Te. and 90c. . And $1.00 Carpets at S7c. Body Brussels Carpets. Every yard in the house of every grade, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.85—at 87%. yard. Moquette and Axminster. Every yard of Moquette and Smith's Ax- minsters—goods worth $1.00 and §1.25—for We. yard. 150 yards of Royal Wilton-$2.25 regular price—for 9c. yard. $1.25 Wilton Velvets, 65c. Ingrain Carpets—B0c.—for 2c. VENEZUELA’S SHEPHERD BIRD. It in Called the Yakamik and Takes Good €are of Domestic Animals, From the Popular Science New! The natives of Venezuela and adjoining countries on the north side of the river Amazon often avail themselves of the ser- vices of a native crane to care for their poultry, and also, in the place of collies or shepherd dogs, used by North Americans and Europeans, to guard-aud herd their do- mestic animals. 93 103 This remarkable bird; WHich the Indians call yakamik and orntthdlégists Psophia crepitans, is found in §' wild state in the great forests that He bétweén the northern coasts of South Amerita atid the Amazon river, particularly in Véenezuela and British Guiana. The birds nev#f leave the forests unless shot or captured. They travel about in flocks of from 100 td’ 20, in search of the berries, fruits and inseats upon which they subsist. Their ugual gait is a slow and stately march, but, they enliven them- selves from time to timé'by leaping up into the air, executing eccentrie’ and fantastic waltzes and striking the mest absurd and preyosterous attitudes,, It pyrsued they en- deavor to save themselves by.running, for their flight is 50 weak, according to Schom- burgk, that when‘ they ‘xttempt to fly over a body of water of ‘@ny'cbnsiderable wid! they’are often obliged to drop ypon it and save themselves by swimming. When alarmed they utter the péecullar cry which has obtained for them their name of trumpeters. The sound is something like that prpduced by a person endeavoring to shout the syllables “tow, tow, tow; | tow, tow, tow,” with his mouth shut, or the doleful noise made by children on New Year with their trumpets. The yakamiks usually deposit their eggs in a hollow in the ground, often at the foot of a tree. A nest generally contains ten eggs, of a pale green color. The young birds follow their mothers as soon as they are hatched, but do not lose their pretty downy covering until several weeks old. The yakamiks are very readily tamed, and prove valuable servants to the Indians, who domesticate them, and as they are courageous and will protect animals intrusted to their care at every risk to themselves, even dogs are obliged to yield to their authority. They may be trusted with the care of a flock of sheep or domestic fowls, and every morn- ing will drive the ducks and pouitry to their feeding places and, carefully collect- ing any stragglers, bring them safely home at night. A yakamik soon learns to know and to obey the voice of its master, fol- lows him, when permitted, wherever he goes, and appears delighted at receiving his caresses. It repines at his absence and welcomes his return, and is extremely jeai- ous of any rival. Should any dog or cat approach, it flies at it with the utmost fury, and attacking it with wings and beak drives it away. It presents itself regularly during. meals, from which it chases all domestic animals, and even the negroes who wait on the table, if it is not well acquainted with them, and only as r a share of the eat- ables after it has driven away all who might aspire to a favorable notice from the family. It appreciates favors in the same proportion as it is jeaious of sharing them with others, and manifests joy and affec- tion by the most extravagant capers and gesticulations. When the animals of which it has charge are shut up for the night, the yakamik roosts upon some shed or tree near at hand to be ready to take its place as keeper as socn as they are let out In the morning. One quality that makes it valu- able is its sense of location, which is per- fect; however far it may wander with the flocks or’ herds it guards, it never fails to find its way home at night, driving before it all the creatures intrusted to its care. It is strange that several species of South American birds of different genera should share with the yakamik its instinct of guarding and taking care of domestic ani- mals. One of these is the crested screamer @icholophus sristatus), another the horned chauna (Chauna chavaria), which ts often domesticated as a poultry keeper by the natives. His Reagon. Brom Photos and Sketches. 1 5, First Company Promoter—j‘You think old Lambe is suspicious, then?,, How did he eee ra Dino cwhy, °' nd aetiberately ccunted his fingers after J half shaken hands with him!” a ——_—-+ e+ ___ How It Worked. From the Chicago Record, 1°: “Doctor, will Mr. Mohtmérency have a slow convalescence?” ..- 1 “Yes, nurse, I think so; you see he has been very sick and there is a serious com- plication—he is extremely wealthy.” ——+e A Seasonabie From Harper's Bazar. —— “George, dear!” She Ipoked anxiously at the clock, which pointed:to 12:30. “What is it, love?’ “I don’t wish to‘hurry you away, George, but you know that papa Is not overly fond of you, and he is an early riser.” + At this hint George commenced to get ready to take his departure. ——_+e-+___. ‘The Thousand Islands. Frem the Detroit Free Press, ‘Hiet. or Minister—“‘And do you belleve that your greatest troubles come from heaven?” Deacon—“Well, they say that’s where marriages are made.”” DOWN THE RIVER ON A STURGEON. An Exciting Ride Until the Fish Was Beached on a Sand Bar. From the Richmond Religious Herald. Among the many incidents of the olden time that interest us now, Dr. J. Russell Hawkins tells us of one that happened in James river, at the Falls of Ricnmond, in the year 1779. He assures us that many of the leading citizens of Richmond at that time were eye-witnesses to the fact, and that he had it straight from them. It was concerning Martin Hawkins, an uncle of the doctor. This uncle was a great hunter and fisherman. In those days James river was well stocked with shad. In May they came up from the sea, and hundreds of people, fond of the sport, Would assemble on the rocks in midstream aiong the falls, and with dip-nets would supply themselves with all they wanted. Our hero was at his post watching for a catch, when along came an immense stur- geon, and stopped to rub his sides against the rock, according to the habit of stur- geons, when Mr. Hawkins concluded that if he could only get his hands into the gills of the monster he might succeed in landing him. Accordingly, he crept to the side of the rock, stooped over, and began rubbing the sides of the fish near the tail, and proceeded quietly up toward the head, until at last the gills were reached. With @ sudden thrust the hands were sent home to the very inner jaws of the fish, when it gave a lurch that jerked the fisherman from the rock. He fell astride the fish's back, but his hands were held as in a vise. For a moment all was surprise and inter- est, then both fish and rider sank in the deep, roaring waters of the fiood. The spectators were aghast with fright. They thought their friend was lost. But, after a few moments, fish and fisherman came to the surface about 100 yards dcwn the river, and remained at the surface long enough to breathe, then sank again. A moment later they rose again, and then again and again, as the waters bore them away. They passed under Mayo's bridge, half a mile from the starting point. People along the shore became excited and gave chase as best they could. In the meantime the fish was being exhausted, and the rider had discovered it and began to try to steer for a_sand bar, then a little way below them. This he reached success- fully. And here, after a struggle, he drag- ged his trophy ashore on the Chesterfield side of the river, and on the side opposite from the point of starting. Richmond was then a emall town, and in a little time this strange adventure was known to every’ inhabitant. An ovation followed. The fish, which measured ten feet and weighed 300 pounds, was served up in a manner to suit every taste, and the night that: followed this episode was spent in high glee, and the distinguished adventurer was ever af- terward known as Martin Hawkins, the sturgeon rider. This gentleman died in his seventy-third year at the residence of a friend, Daniel Burton, about ten miles west of Richmond. ——_+e+_. Tite Judge’s Comment. From Tid-Bits. “All I demand for my client,” shouted the attorney, in the voice of a man who w: pald for it, “is justic “I’m very sorry I can't accommodate you,” replied the judge, “but the law won't allow me to give him more than ‘seven years.” ———_+ee_____ No Business to Think. From Londoi Answers. Teacher—‘Thomas, I saw you laugh just now. What were you laughing about?” Tommy—“I was just thinkin’ about some- thing.” “You have no business to think during school hours. Don’t let it occur again.” “however, the repast was composed of rab- WHAT SNAKES EAT. One Owned in Paris Averaged Five Meals Each Year. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. During the last few months some of the gentlemen connected with the Museum of Natural History at Paris have given to the world various interesting results of their ob- servations. The learned professor at the museum, Leon Vaillant, describes the diet of a ser- pent more than twenty feet long, which has been on exhibition at the Jardin des Plantes sitce the month of August, 1885, Up to the end of 1895 this reptile has eaten fifty times, that is on the average of five times a year. The largest number of times in one year that the snake took food was in 1886, when he ate seven times. Nearly always the food consisted of the flesh of goats, old and young. Three times, bits, und ence a goose. The feeding of the serpent, which will eat nothing but what is alive, offers an uncommon spectacle, and many persons request to have notice of the times when the creature feeds, so as to wit- ress the feeding. Yet the lightning-like rapidity with which the reptile seizes its Prey produces a powerful impression. Apropos of the volume which can, by means of dietension, enter the stomachs of serpents, Prof. Vaillant relates that a French viper was once put in the same cage with a horned viper. As these indi- viduals, although belonging to different species, were of the same size, it was sup- Posed that these reptiles would live amica- bly side by side. Nevertheless, the horned viper, during the following night, swallowed his companion in captivity, and in order to accommodate this prey so disproportionate to itself, its body was distended to such a degree that the scales, instead of touching each other laterally, and even overlapping each other a little, as in its normal condition, were sep- arated, leaving between the longitudinal rows of them a space equal to thelr own breadth. All the same, digestion proceeded regularly, and the viper did not appear to have suffered in the least. The case of the cobra that swallowed a brother cobra by mistake at the zoo affords another example of this extraordinary capacity for the ac- commodation of food. —soe Unc’ Ephraim’s Wisdom. From the Chicago Record. “Wo'ds cuts in an’ dey rankles, but silent contemp’ stabs deepah, an’ de woun’s am slowah to heal. s “I'd raddah be hated 'n’ ’spised, but I'd ruddah be ’spised er t’ousand years ’n ter *spise my owns’f. “De wickedness ob angah am hits weak- ness, an’ de weakness ob gittin’ mad am de uselessness ob hit. ir man w’at kaint git mad nohow no mattah how yo’ "buses ’im am jes’ a shade meanah 'n de man w’at’s allus et de ma’cy ob he passions. “W'en er man’s b’ilin’ mad ’e ain’t er- lookin’ fo’ folks ter 'gree wiv "im, an’ dey ain’t no uddah way to mek ’im so furi’s an’ so bam’mless ez ter answah Sweetly, ‘Yis,” ter ebberyt'ing ’e say. “Dah is shuahly times w’en hit am bofe dooty and necessity ter hol’ er man’s full- len’f pictchah up in font ob de nose an’ eyes, but dat sawt ob er exerbishin allus oes de preachah mo’ good ’n de audience.” peer ee es Unpleasant for the Others. From Youth’s Companion. A mother, commending her daughter for a situation, was asked if she was in early riser. “An early riser!” she exclaimed. “Well, I should think sol Why, she’s up in the morning and has breakfast ready and makes all the beds before any one else is up in the house!” PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station corner of 6th and B b sxrecte, Harrisburg to Chicago, Cinei Ind Be oui cle eland edo.” Bumet 10:30 A.M.” FAST" LINE.—Pollmen Roffet, Parlor Car rrisburg. Parlor and Dining Cars, Mar Fisbu' Pic 8:40 P.M. CHICAGO AN ing Cors, Cinciunati, Louisville’ and Weis EXP 7:10 P.M. —Pollman — fy nt iw aud Harrisburg to Clevel to Chic 7:10 P.M. SOUTH-WESTERN EXPRESS.—Puilmam, aud Dining Cars to St. Louis, and Sleep- ¥ Harrisburg to Cincinnati. 10:40 FM. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- lo Pittsburg. 738 AM. “for ‘Kaw! *conandatgua, Rochester anf Niagara Falls dally, except Sunday. 10:30 A.M. for El a Gatty, gzcent Sunday. “For Will: sport daily, 3:40 P.M. 7:10 PM. for Williamsport, Rochester, Buffalo an@ — Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday, with | inc Car Washington to Suspension’ Bridge ral 10:40 P.M. for Erie, 5 Cenanaigua, Rochester, Bufe falo snd Ntazara Fulls daily, Siceping Car Wash- jon to Ela! % PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND TOR x “CONGRESSION, ‘all Parlor Oars, with Dining © Regular at 7:05 (Li ir), 7:20, 92 Car) and 11:00 0. (ining Cary, 10:05 inks “ Car trom Wilmington) A.M., 12:45, 3:15, 4: 6:40, 10:00 PM: yo: Wining Car, 1100 8:15, F 10:00, E 12:45, 240 (4:00 Limited), 4: 3: —§ oe ie wa 3:45 j0, 10:00, i P.M. For ine, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. dally. except Sundoy. For na pol! 7:20, 9:00 A.M., 12:15 and 4:20 P.M. daily, ‘except Sunday.” Sundays, 9:00 A.M. and 4:20 P: Atlantic Coast Line. ~Florida for Jack- sonville and St. Augustine. 10: . week By for Richmond, on Atlantic M. 246 P.M. daily. Richmond ‘M. daily. " Richmond only, 10: A.M. daily, and 245, 8:40, 9:45, 10:57, 6:37, 220, 4:25, nd 11:39 P.M. On Sunday at MM, 2:45, 6:15, 8:02 ava 10:10 SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Yiedmont Air a Line.) Schedu'e in effect Janurry 6, 1896, AN) teins arrive and ave at Penusylvan Pawsenger Station. 8:00 A.M.—Dally—Local for Danville. Connects a& St Lynchburg with the’ Nortelk snd Western wi ‘Norfolk ard Western and with C. & O. daily for Natural Bridge Gitioe Forge 11:15 A M.—Daily—The ny od STATES FAST MAIL curries Pullman Buffet Sicepers New York ‘and Washington to Jacksonville, uniting at Jotte with Pullman Sleeper for tun Siceper New Xork to New Orlee! ‘1_P.M.—Dally—Local for Charlottesvilie. 10:05 P.. bere Teed York and Florida Short Line, Limited, Pullman ent and Ubserva- Pullman Drav- om New Tampa 6: AtS.as Vestibuicd Day Coach, Wash, iugton to St. Augtsiine, and Dining Car, Salisbury, Sy rer N VESTIBULED LIMITE! P-M.—Dally— WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- Dining 2 rik mery. Vestibuled Day Goach Washington to Athata, Southern Railway Dining Grcenstoro’ to Moutgumery. TRAINS BELW YASHINGTON AND ROUND on 9:01 AM. HILL hive Warkingt ally and 4:45 P.M- cell. except: Sunday, 1nd 6:25 P31. Sundays cols, for Round Hil 2 Pe exce Sunday, for Leesburg, and 6:25 P. for Herndon. Returni arrive at Washi 8:26 AM. and 3:00 P.M. dally from Round Hill, 7:05- A.M: daily,except Sanday, fiom Herndon, und 8:34 AM. daily. except Sunday, from Leesburg. ‘Through trains from the south arrive at Wasbing- fon, Gad, AL, 9:45 AM. 2:20 PML and, 9:40 P.M daily.” Manassas Division, 10:00 A.M. daily, except Sunday, and 8:40 A.M. daily from Chare <sville. veNekeun SI ping Car reservation and information furnished at ofices, 911024 1200 Pennsyiva nue, aid ut Pennsylvania Railroad Passe oN General Superintendent. Schedule in effect December 1, 1805. Leave Washington from station comer of New Jersey avenue and C st For Chicago and Nortnuwest, Vestibuled Limited 730 a.m., 8:20 p.m. 11: 0 “For Ghucieoat vats an Tndignapolix, Vestle buled Limited 3:45 p.m., Express 12:01 night. For Pittsburg aud Cleveland, Express datty 11:30 m. i pam. Knoxville, od ae CE ql 30 a.m., 12:15 and 4:28 -., 4:32 p.m. °$:30, *11:30 a.m, 1:15, 94:30, ti. For Hagerstown, °11:30 n°: For Boyd snd way ae a 10: Es Paes eae 11.80 p.m. Washington Junction and 15 p.m. xpress pm 00: 8:00 ‘05, *9:40, Way points, 19:1 °9:30 a.m., Pp. trains, stopping Rovde BLUE TINE “ron Rew? i aND PHILADELPHIA. All trains Mununated with pintsch light, For Philadelphia, New York,” Kosion and the dass (7:00 Dining’ Car), 8:00. (10:00 Cur), 31:30 (12:30, Dining Car, 3:00 Car}, 8:00 p.m. (12:01 night, Slec id 0, cles. Sundays, (0, Be a.m... ining: ir), 412 30, Dink Gar), 3:00 ©:05, Dining Car), $:00 (1. i Car open for parsengers 10:00 p.m.). o all day trains, leeping Buffet Parlor Ca ci 10:00 and 11:30 a.m., 12:88 a.m., 12:30 p.m. ally. iSumdays only. trains, checked from hotels an@ fer Co. on orders left at For mm. ‘Sundays, ‘Except Sunday. Express ge called for and by Union T: Offices, 619 Pe “MEDICAL Dr. Leatherman, SPECIALIST, 2 F Treats NERVOUS, BIA DDI diseases. Treats ‘HYD cL STRICTURE by modern Consul . 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