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Of national*!***, Auatrla armla H; Bermuda. 1; -Bohemia. S; Canada. V. Cuba. 2, D*-nmark. i; Ea»t Indies. 2; Enitland. ST; Fiulaud, S.' France, 0; Germany. UT, Hoi land. ». ilunitary. S. Ireland. Ill; Italy. SO; Mexico. 1; Nova Scotia. 3; Poland. 1A Portugal. 1; Greece. 2; Ituasla. 10. Scotlan.l. C. Swerlen, S. SaTtxerland. 2. Wal.a. 1; West Indies, 1. and Spain, 2. Out of the 1.3S6 convict* only STS are for-

eign born.

Their ages vary from IS to TO and the average age is 3S. Only SC of the convict* »re over SO year* of age. One thousand two hundred and eighty one are white. 1U3 are black. 2 arc Indians and 2 are Chinamen; 1.243 had a common school education. 18 an academic, 6 collegiate apd only 120 Of the IJWk 1.0S6 are there for the first time. S* vrn hundred and sixty-.ix had atonly 3 among strangers. — New York W" 1 ’ 1 Uncle Jared Wharton, an ecornlrie char-1 ncU-r of Forks township, died at the age of j ninety-one years Hr hat*d mualc. and hr ; wa. hriug prrai-hnl, tieeausr, he said, the | singing irritated him. Sevend years sgo i the congregation I.night an organ, and uf ■ j

old man had been toothless for forty old years, and whenever bis friends urged him to buy some artificial teeth f..r himself he declared that tbel*ordwould cause natural te. th to grow in bis mouth before be died. In the summer time Uncle Jared went aliont his place ban-fouled. When it rained be riaitrd tbe neighbors, and as be plodded along the muddy road from bouse to bouse, be bail bis trousers rolled to his knees and an old cotton umbrella over bis bv;*d. He seldom wore a hat in hot weather, and hit white hair was strong and thick when he died. Many years ago the old man made a Collin for himself out of 2-1 neb white oak planks. The handles were mode of borsew hlrh he was very food. The gentle brnsl was killed by a stroke of lightning, and the old man buried her under a tree where she had fallen. He desired to have her shoes burled with him. and so he nailed

them to his heavy coffin.

A few mouths ago Mr. Wharton lined hl> coffin with fox sklna, tbe sly animals from which Uiey came having been abot by himself. He often expressed a w-Lb that a bearskin robe belonging to him should lie placed under his head In the rough oak box. and that his own sous should act as bearers. Some of the old

man's relatives advised the sons to gel a decent coffin, but their advice was not taken. Every wish uf the aged dead man wxa carried out to the letter. Vnd on a

beautiful afternoon last week the eccentric tionogennrian waa laid to rest in bis oaken casket.—Scranton Republican.

I know-a wife who is waiting, safe and soiiii I in her father's home, for her young hiisl*and to earn the money single handed to make a home worthy of her acceptance. She makes me think uf tbe first mate of a ship who should stay on shore until the captain tested the ability of bit vessel to w eather tbe storm. Back to your sMp. yon down with It. but do not count yourself worthy of any fair weather you did not

help to gain!

A woman who will do all she can to win a man's love merely for tbe profit his puree U going to be to her, and will desert him when tbe cash runs low. Is a had woman and carries a bad heart In her bosom. Why. you are really never wedded until yon have dark days together. What earthly purpose w-ould a cable serve that never was tested by a weight’ Of what use is the tie that binds wedded heart* together if. like a filament of fios*, it part* when the strain J* brought U* bear upon 111 It is nof when you are young, my dear, when tbs skies are blue and every wayside weed flaunts a summer blueaom, that tbe story of your life ts recorded. It Is when "Darby and Joan" are failed and wasted and old. When poverty has nipped the rosea, when trouble and want and care j have flown like uncanny birds over tbrir brads (but never yet nested In their heart*. ‘ thank God!), that the completed chronicle of their live* furnishes the record over which approving heaven etnllca and wee;*. [ —Chicago Herald

Dietetic Treatment of I’.pllspsy.

Whether tbe theory of the ex plosion of nitrogen in the brain substance as the cause of the epileptic seizure be true or 1 not, certain it U, according to John Frr- | guson. that the malady Is aggravated lu patient* subjected to a nitrogenous diet This fact seems to have been confirmed by clinical experience and actual experimentation. Ferguson, therefore, acting on tbe strength of aucb a fact, has subjected his epileptics to a strict vegetable diet, and has even dispensed with the uae of drugs. This method baa glveh, in his hands, sxcelleut j results, especially in well marked cases. In these case* a noonitrogenous vegetable diet alone has rendered better service than tbe bromides, without restriction in diet, !

says Tbe Therapeutic Gazette.

The way to tall a well bred dog, according to a canine fancier, is to grasp him by the back of the neck and bold him up. If a cur, be yelps; If well bred, be never UP

INTEF.PLANET SIGN ALINA.

A French nun has bv^icathod 100,000 j francs to the Academy of Science, to be ' given as a prize t.i any one who shall dls cover any means of rommunicatiug with another world, plaurt or star. The planet I Mars waa suggested In the w ill as tbe most convenient heavenly body on which U ! "This pro|ejsit*on may seem ridiculous I but It Is not any more so than the idea ol ) James Lick, tbe founder of tbe I.ick ob ■ eervatury."said a man well versed In starry J "The Uck bequest to build the great fact whether or not the moon Is inhabited, i Now let us consider the difficulties In th< ; way of t his project. The distance of tla I earth from the moon may be stated it round numbers as240,UXImilev. It Un fact recognized in military sc'euce that a mac can be fairly distinguished by tbe eye at > mile's distance. In making calculation, regarding vision It is tbe general rule t< : estimate that to be seen a mile away an ob • Jcct must be half a yard wide. Tbe best : telescope has a magnifying power of 2.0X I

diameters.

‘ Half the distance to tbe rnoon Is 120.0* miles. Divide this by 2,<M0, the magnify ' Ing i>ower of the glass, ami yon get sixty yards as the minimum size of an object 1c the moon discernible by the aid of tbe tele 1‘COI’O from tbe earth. So an object musl be ISO feet wide or thick to be more that an appreciable dot. I bare made tbe moat liberal allowanrrs In this computation The atmospheric condition must be per feet, and 2.000 is an unusually high power "If an object must be ISO feet thick to U seen from tbe earth on tbe moon, it would be best to make It 200 feet To give thi inhabitants of the moon nn Idea that then are Intelligent Isriugs on earth, it would b« necessary to plan-, say, three object* it j view of tbe moon's people—let them re rnsiu fora time arranged at the angles o.i ■ triangle. Then they might 1* changed i oo aa to be In a straight line. Tbe man It | the moon, seeing these pbenomeba, might conclude that there were intelligent bring, I on earth and arrange for some correspond lag signal to tbe inhabitant* of earth. But while this seems possible. It shows how j preposterous wonld be the attempt to de termloe with the most powerful telrseop, , now In use whether the moon is inhabited I "Now. as to the proposed cummuuicatiot with Mara. At the time when Mara and perthi-linn—the distance is in round num hers S5,(U),(MO miles Take half this dls tanec ami you have IT.SUO.OOO as tbe nnm her of yards that represents tbe alxc of at object in Mars that could lie seen that dls : tanre with the naked rye. Divide this bj 2.0CM, the power of the biggest telescope | and you hove S.T50. the site of the amollesl j object plainly discernible at such a dls j tanre with the telescope. ThL is equal u

"An object In the planet Mars could b* 1 perceived as a little larger than a dot will j the aid of the largest refractor and undo the most favorable, lu fact abs*ilutely [icr - feet, atmospheric and other conditions, it it was five miles In diameter. This is whet ! the planet Is nearest to us. On the othei j hand, at that Ume nothing on the eartt j could be discerned from Mars, because th< ; earth would be In a straight line betweet i it and the sun and In tbe Maze of thesun'i > light. • An Inhabitant of that planet wouk have to wail until the earth was in son** other part of lu orbit, and tbe distance be tween the earth and Mare would then U many limea as great as In perihelion. "So It would lx necessary to construe* an object, to be discernible on tbe eartt from Mare, say, twenty mile* in diameter It might be circular In form. Other slruo turee nut Inferior in size would have to Ix erected at distances of not less than twenty miles from rarb other. Then, after these bad remained for a time, tbrir relative p» aiUone might be changed. These bodies moreover, to be clearly distinguished frotz tbe surface of Mare must bo intensely lu n*toons. A solid ball of electric light twenty miles In diameter wonld aaffice. ••Considering the size of the structural required, their distance from each other, and tbe necessity of changing tbelr places to Indicate to'a man In Mara that these lu tnlnous structures were the result of Intel ligenl action anil not natural phenomena tbe sum bequeathed by tbe French nut may be seen to be greatly Inadequate. Tbi Academy of Sciences at Paris may for tbU reason refuse to accept tbe bequest. If tin sum were offered for a prise essay on aomi plau for accomplishing communication with a sister sphere it wonM be more res "In all tbe above computations It musl not be forgot u-n that all tbe condition, must be favorable, the atmosphere as wck ns tbe relative positions of tbe earth and Mare. Such condlUous happen only pua In a great while."—Chicago Tribune.

Kefused Her llerause She Cried. A wedding was once stopped in the fol well to do farim-re. Tbe day waa fixed breakfast pn.-[*ared. carriages waiting ai the door. Ail things were ready. Th, bridegroom drove up to tbe boose anc ran In to ere bis bride before be started foi tbecbapvl. He found brr weeping, aa brida often do when they leave home. And wbc would believe it if they read It in a ro

mancef

Tbe bridegroom coldly Informed th, yonng lady that "If that was tbe way ah, was going to begin, it would be tbe end o: It.” He left the bride In a dead faint, left the house and drove away. It was the ene of It In more way* than one. There was an action for breach of promise. Tbe yoaut lady died of a broken heart He afterward married three wires It rapid succession Every few yean* be crueoec my path, and 1 have reason to know that his life was far from being happy.—Cor London Tit-Bits.

I once knew a genius wbo waa tbe most uncomfortable |n-rson I ever met Sbr thought she could wear your clothes and never return them, Ixirrow your books and give them away, dress like his satsnlc majesty, and hqvt It all excused because she was a genius. Another acquaintance of mine was one who a-as spoken of as baIng "far above the average woman,” and ebe was so deadly far above that abe hadn’t aense enough to do what even the dogs do

—go in wken it rains.

Sisters and brothers, specially brothers, I express my gratitude that the good Lord made me just an average woman, and I think tbe donkeys who object to her are for below tbe average woman and show It by tbs way they bray.—Bab's Letter.

Tbe following metals will conduct elsotricity in tbs following proportions, via.: Silver. 100; copper.ad, gold, 72; aluminium, S2; rine, 38; platinum. 18; Iron, 15; nickel, 12; tin, 11; lead, 7. Of the above copper and Iron bare tbe greatest commercial

THREE CHARACTER COMEDY

There was a great commotion the other evening In front of the depot of the narrow gauge road, in which a West End conduc tor, a middle aged woman and an Inter feeing old mao took pxrt An Atlantic avenue bone ear had just received a full freight and was about te start, when a fussy, well dressed woman frantically cried out: "Here, conductor, I wont yon to fix this lamp; the oil is dripping all over my

dress."

The bell pnneb man answered the enm moru, and after looking at the lamp for a few nilniiUa said. "Well. 1 can't stop It; It yon wish to esca|*e tbe drops you mast find

"But tbe car Is filled," replied tbe worn an. “and I haven't time to wait for an

other.”

"I don't know what I can do; tbe filling of these lamps Is not a part of murork. The only thing I can suggest It f..“ou to stand on tbe front platform or wall for an This aroused the Ire of the woman, and she screamed at the top of her voice. "Whatl me stand on the platform with the driver? Not If 1 know it, sir. Give me your number. I shall report you to tbe company fur your Insolence.” "Here It Is. madam," said tbe conductor, taking off bis hat and passing It over to the infuriated female. “Was ever such insolence known?” she again screamed, as she gripped the handle of her parasol. "Your days on this car are numbered, my young man.” "Take his number, madam,” urged a wrinkled faced old (na» who sal in a real aenu "l will see that you have justice. 1 am well acquainted with the manager of the company.” The coudnrtor reached up and gave the The wrinkled face old man gave the bell rope a savage yank and the car came to a standstill “You try that again,” said the conduc tor, "and I w ill put you off tbe cor.” Now It was tbe old man’s turn to bnbblc

and boll

"You scoundrel, sir; how dare yon talk to me like that? Do you know who I am?" running this car, anil If yon Interfere with my duties I will find a way to put a stay "Y'oa are not going to start this car while that lady Is standing. Do yon heat me?" Ami the old man thnmped hb> can* U|s>n the is.ttom of the car until it seemnl as if he would knock a bole through it. “Don't have any trouble with him." In terposed the woman, who was trying to esexix- the oil bath. "Wo will bare out turn when we see the officers of tbe com I**ny tomorrow- morning." Just then a l•igdropof tbe lUumbintlng Raid splashed upon her dress. This rekin died the tires of her indignation, and she called the attention of the passengers te witness the discolorations of her ranch ad

“Tills is a nice business. Isn't It?" she yelled at the Conductor. "How will you feel when you are called upon to [uty for this dress? Do yon know bow much It cost? Oh. you don't, hey? Well, the bill "Y’ou ere fooling me," waa tbe lanlalis log reply of the nickel gleaner. "Writ, If this doesn't heat anything I ever exixrrirnced In the whole course of ntj life.” shouted the enraged woman. Hr t*u*v calls mra liar after ruining my dress." She made a lunge at the conductor with her parasol, but did not hit her mark. “I am positive it cost no such figure, a, ladies who wear two hundred dollar dresser do not ride on horse care,” waa the taunting and cutting retort of the West End “Oh. let me get at him He will newt pnll another rope if 1 can just get one good whack at his buck with this parasol," foamed the well dressed woman as she.cm tbe dimly lighted atmosphere with bet sunshade. 'Stop tbe car! 1 will not ridr with him. I wonld rather walk in mod up to my ears than be anywhere with ouch a

two legged hyena."

The old man with a wrinkled face pulled at the tell rope, and the car came to • standstill again. Then be helped thecrim son faced woman to the street, and they both went over and stood under a gas lamp until tbe next car came along.—Buetou Herald

Insect Immigration is ordinarily a thing to be dreaded, but occasionally a foreign bag worth welcoming applies for ualaraltzalion. Tbe Anstralisn lady bug servud as an offset for Cte SUU.OOO.OUO scales just Imported from Tahiti, And now- Mr. James Shinn has sucootord in domesticating at Nilcaan Insect that bids fair to raise fig culture in California from tbe rank of a harmless amusement to that of one of the great Industries of tbe state. Tbe little wasp that Is going to do ns this favor enters the flowers of tbe otherwise useless Capri fig. loads itself with pollen and carries It to tbe Smyrna fig. Without this assistance the latter does not mature, and It ts the lock of the Rule wasp with the big

fined us hitherto to tbe culture of the inferior “California fig.” Instead of tbe lu* cioos fruit of Smyrna.—bon Francisco A Singular Cura far ObasltrA singular surgical operation for tbe cure of obesity was lately performed In Parts, and to which tbe name of "degralssuge" has been euphoniously given. Two medical men, Urs. Marx and Demon, performed tbe operation on M. Hiroguelle, an author. Having put tbe patient under chloroform, they raised tbe skin and cut away rather more than four pounds of adipose tissue; tbe skin waa then stitched up again. Tbe patient bos moils a good recovery, and. report odds, is so delighted with tbe improvement In bis figure that be is thinking of a series of other parings in different parts of bis body.—London Tit-

Mr. W. B. Cunin, w ho "risldra .near Providence, discovered that bis chickens were disappearing, and be concluded be would try and find oat where they went to. He discovered tracks around tbs chicken bouse and followed them to a bole in tbe ground not tar from bis dwelling. He Investigated said hole and found an opossum and palled Urn net and fastened It, and made another dive and hauled out another and continued until be had pulled out thirteen. It was not a good day for opossums. either.—Oxford (N. C.) Ledger.

While InvsHgallng the probable amount of damage done to tbe wheat crop by Insect* Profeasor Fletcher, of Canada, president of the Association of Economic Entomologist*. estimates that 10 per cent, of the total production is lo*L lu dollars It amounts to orar $33,000*000 on nil kinds of crop*.—New York lb-currier.