FOR YOUNG FOLKS, MR, TURNIPS COMPLAIN, Mr. Turnip sat sighing, And this was his moan * : + *“Those tiresome young rabbits Won't leave me alone, “They nilxle nnd nibble On this side and that They think I've no feeling, Becavse I am fat.” So sighed the poor Turaip, Wit/a tears in his eyes «Oh, could that those rabbits Were made into pies!” {St. Louis Republic, Y/HAT A POTTED PLANT CAN DO, 8 little potted plant was given to a »¢k boy by a kind-hearted neighbor, Phe boy's family was poor, and their manner of living wis not as neat as it might have been, Every member of it prized the pretty plant, however, and sought the best means of caring for it. ao that the plant might get more hieht, Then when it was not too cold, they would raise the window for the plant to fiave fresh air, hoping thus to i grow better When they was they suddenly found the saw how clean the window coom untidy. ht —y " a” 13 *‘put things to rights” generally Gradually it dawned the that several chairs needed upon mend them he stayed at home several evenings, and the habitues of the “loaf ing place” missed him. After awhile they missed him altogether, found that it was a pretty good idea, after all, to stay at home in the evening. being the better for it in other respects, The whole family was the Can you profit by the moral of this and give. your neighbor a { New Orleans LO, tittle ported plant, too! Try it Yicayune, story THE SOLITARY CHESR PLAYER. kind, venerable Turk. His charitable | Coarse burlap from cotton bales made the tail, which was owe hundred fect long and weighed cleven pounds. The burlap was cut in strips twelve inches wide, sewn together end to ena, then knotted with streamers four feet apart, The flying rigging was constructed upon certain plans of Uncle Sam's, and was similar to those described in previous numbers of 8t. Nicholas, with the exocep- tion that the upper nart of the kite was strengthened by two additional staying cords. These cords were hooked into rings on the frame half-way from the top to the hub; then the flying-cords of proper length were fixed, like the cover, with snaps and rings, and were snapped together in a common iron ring about one and one half inches in diameter, to which the flying-cord was attached, The flving-cord ‘and flying rigging were of one-quarter inch manila rope, stout enough to bear a strain of five hundred pounds, On Monday morning, August 31, strong, steady wind blowing, much excitement, the « t was laid face downward fn one of the largest of Dudley pastures, the frame put upon it and snapped into place. The excitement increased as the six men who handled it took their place to aun h the for had there not who doubted to raise a fift we found a and, amid Wer great air-ship; beet plenty of scoffers, { ability of the wind i pound kite? “The Uncle Sam” was lifted fr face by two men at the top walking down i hy its and seizing the two lower a third man from the face of the kite held the flying line. Three other men were at the reel When the word was giver, *'The Uncle | Sam" steadily of own accord, | and after hovering on the wind for a few | seconds, ai if in doubt, finally took the line as it was paid out and rose toa height of one thousand feet, followed by cheers from the enthusiastic spectators, old and voung Some idea of its pulling power may be gained from the fact that four men were ust able to hold it. A large pair of ice scales were attached to the and it was estimated that the pulling capaci varied from one hundred and | five to two hundred and fifty Nicholas, V 111001 6. edge Corners; about fifteen feet rose its ine, seventy pounds i Lf POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES. not overabundant means, he | the method rich of the land a percentage of noble purpose to collect the wherewith to relieve his suffering fellow men, So systemati that he Kept himself revenues of the different had Ben Ali lost severely at the table since his pre edine visit other wise met with financial reverse tribution was lowered, and unformed of the i and liviuals, card ind his con enriched thereby correspond ereased Once. when starting n one of regular sem-annu uw of colle and riding through a CRBC upon x his tion, dense fo rest, he utk deeply engaged in a of Prompted by he reined in his male, and after by solitary fram che as, * uriosity a while opened conversation wking who was the Fhe player interested to ments, then gust, he replied RY Lio won’ ’ Allah “*Allah? low assed the vem winaer, 3 tine ! was to 5 apparently notice arising with deep ¥ him fos Ww mo > i { ent dis Visi} ' gn" rable Turk, in surprise Twenty piasters “And how d tinued Thereupon tne Was his chess on that daily habit to play soecinded spot with Allah t, ! irthy to ns opponent, ne - take his losings, and that Allah at regular intervals sent an emissary in the some traveller bounty due him. Io this the person beta he handed over Lis piasters, thi . Much pleased at this unexpected con tribution to his fund, and by the same way return trip and collect All tlues, the venerable man rode on. Returning after days, he again fell in prin ar “Who won other rose, alone being wi form of to collect the instance it was undoubtedly him, and purse containing 100 Loan rer ve trai es losings of five gan 14 TH i ¥ mentally re on fils further solving to come th's five an interval of with the cceentric to day he asked, as the “I won to day,” was the reply. “How much did vou win?" “You see,” was the explanation, ‘Allah is a much better player than | When | lose, iv me when | win, 1 1007 costs t a ge pilasters, and his debts, Pay up, old man.’ With these words, and levelling a pair of cocked pistols at the stupefied trav. eler, the brigand captured his purse con claimed as his due from Allah, Harp er's Young People, HYHE LARGESY RITE IS THE wort.” place for Kite-flying; and was planned and built. It wae the result of much studying and calculation by a certain Uncle Sam and his pephew, and its great size, together with its beauty, makes it deserving of more than local repuiation, The frame was made of six ash sticks, split back about four feet from the center and bolted to a hub six inches thick and eight inches in diameter. The sticks were about two and a half by two inches, tapering to one inch by three quarters, ‘The whole frame weighed thirty-four pounds, was twenty-two feet high, six. teen feet wide, and about seventy feet in circumference. With its wire and coarse twine to keep the cover from bag- ging and to strengthen it, it looked like an immense apider-web. When not in ase it was strapped under the eaves of a large barn, as no barn door was big ‘enough to admit the hugh frame. | The cover was made of unbleached cotton cloth, strengthened in the six corners with canvas; and it took forty yards of material, A quarter-inch manila rope was bound into the and the «corners were provided with small snaps which f into rings on the ends of the sticks, ' The cover clone, when completed, weighed thirteen pounds. New Two-Coror Prixtise Prrss i Mr. F. X. Hooper of Baltimore, Md., has 2» rotary printing press which at onee from Princeton curved stereotyped plates, | invented print % tWO CO Ors The press is e-color print rotary going steadily in the thwes | panile of St. Paal's Cathedral, but, although the works remain it condition, the authe BG . eeller sities orders and it to make room {or structi People in the city are ask i why this should curred, for St, Paul's clock was one few which ) nt parently | its removal, has been taken dow a clock of modern « expense have been ew kept acearate time ie 3 i 3 "wr, was i reason auld not | continued to day clock, and st The ie the bob wely P was an eight | hours sixteen and quarter f ert few : t and wae suspended by probably dark clock tials y iti ute hands, { inches in and wel hour hands are f.ondon Tels pounds. The feet shorter, — graph Coons oF THE (JCEAX A interesting charts, illustrating the colo number | the ocean, have been prose; ted to the | Paris Prof. Pouchot, accom pe ng explanations. It is wn that M time | proved, after extended investigations, that { the differences in the gsolor of parts of the ocean are due to differences { in the water itself and not to the presence i of vegetation and insects, and | charts in question confirm this view It that he and his associate, M. d { Carfort, watched together the Atlantic from Spitzbergen to Scotland and the i Norwegian coast. and with such thorough to admit of nothing escaping attention. Their observations that the transition from one color | to another is often very rapid: that near pitzhergen the water is blue, then it changes to green as the Nor | wegian flords are entered. For such sudden changes no sufficient cause has | up to the present time been assigned; ‘and, though it has been known for cen | turies that blue is the prevailing color in | active water, the most recently published i of Museum by with we il Pou hot some ALY various the new | Seams ness nas | their i sho % as *O0n i . . Sad | tinguishes other localities also. Varvapie Resvrrs oF Exrenivesrts Urox AxiMars, in a recent article Sir | periments upon animals, useful drugs, such as digitalis, chloro tro-glycerine, and many others experiments on animals we have discov. ered the nature and relations of infec. tious diseases, and how in some measure to control the development and spread of fevers, cholera, anthrax and septicemia, Through experiments on aanimals [the legs of Galvani’simmortal frogs. Ed. | we have received the electric telegraph, and nll the various services which electricity now renders to the conveniences and uses of man. And yet with all these services before us, one cannot (in Eng. land) scratch the neck of a rabbit for the advancement of knowledge without be. coming a legal! criziinal, But, on the other Bra, for your pleasure or for your profit, or for any other object than the promotion of knowledge, you may, with. out let or hindranee, , Wtarve, mu. tilute or destroy as many animals as you lease, Knowledge can only be advanced Dy aeporitrent . . and lastly, if experi. mental Yewvarel uirde ns the vamts ol ox. perimenters it is only too plain t an active antagonism to it Sone a disre- gard of accuracy, a violation of charity, and a spirit calumny that have no parallel among ordinary men. "={Ilnde. pendent, SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Querr Facts and tures Which Show That stranger Than Fiction, Mu. J. B. Dyke, a Colorado capitalist, cured a cuse of dipsomania the other day very promptly, though unintentionally. Truth Is » Wynoochee River, Washington, for five weeks during Februray and the begin When the storm which snowed them up eame they ex- hausted their stock of provisieas and had killed eleven elk. They lost their game and were three days without food, Later they fouud an elk powerless in the deep snow, They lived on elk and eagle alone for over an month. The snow was eight to fine gold chain. Sometimes the animal sprawis with outstretched legs on Mr. Dyke's shirt bosom, sometimes it takes refuge under his vest, In shape it is ungainly: in motion ungraceful, but as it lies peacefully breathing upon his shirt front, scarf or coat lapel, its ever changing flush of beautiful, hrouch the green sometimes shines the gold ; upon an inhalation purple mingles with and drives away the gold: next is a hideous black, and then a glow of red and chase each colors is 1: a orangee, SO on ad infinitun other until rer makes the reptile seek « erfectly bh A few traveling, Mr. Dyxe w s friends drink A party of traveling men there for them many rmiess with some of hi tO tuke a Were the sa and of purpose On ne evidently been ther times. He was lass to his lips with an when he caught sight Hazard He put the glass d and remarked to Mr. Dyke irfpin wear had YW tnt you took in the situation at a glance, plied “What pin? I wear no pin brushed his hand over his scarf, and the chameleon ran over on his coat collar Yareat Heavens, cried “ man, it's alls s drummer ; t's on your eonllar ‘My dear fellow, youre mistaken.” putting his hand to his collar under Have a drummer stared i lizard had been «11 looked like a lizard on fire,” he remarked t brain or stop shot his vest drink xt the with me collar where “hut I guess it is my stead, I reckon I'll and he walked away, untasted Heanixa the Sorings, Miss, man freak lived only a few miles from this t leaving statement made io Holly that a remarkable negro yw, a Times-Democrat correspo ined to obtain the facts in the ged pegress t determin the brads went mans dropped it eed n wi as hick the head, but t * i 5 Hi #8 0 man = the spring to of a finger na measunn and rio avs happening BIO Ene we burexi from his head to such that the pulsation of the brain could Ix felt Very little medical given him. only household being applied. The half of the skull Now, alter a year, the bony substance of the skull is being reconstructed and bids fair to completely heal, making almost new bony covering for the brain The has few: than he had before the accident sind is clear and he now does the { an ordinary farm hand bone ittention was remedies burn removed one man r fits work of ’ » A vEny ind of trex in one's front vard is reported as growing near some springs about twelve miles north of Tuscarora, [Its truly wonder ful characteristic is its luminosity, which is so great that on the darkest night it can be plainly seen a mile away, A person standing near could read the finest print by its light. It is about six useful to have Even tually they reached a deserted camp and found an axe, with which they split wood and made rude by means of which they got back civili- zation, BHOW slioes, to Tie novel charge of stealing a house ind the furniture a sheep corral, a load of hay, and sundries, and away, was preferred against a Walla Walla, Wash day, He was formerty a reside it contained, together other the whole i business carting man the other nt of that town, and ay ear nao he took up a rand h, idioinine a sheep farm, in The owner of the ibs nee of versity rs noo, to study snies and philoso ] Ph. D. a {ew 1 dissertation ug i ree Of Bay id in the « un Heral the VERTS Iosto Grand Manan fisherm Winchester BYR i i ivy i t ad Elidad Frank an Nn One if feel and oor the ann inch king Two of them ar t in height Md M« remembered as of Their o> down as woodamen without their caps o seven fed iittie ods : 1 snl fim Frank heiny more that other is their taller than any one father, is thom cupation put farmers, hunter« and horse swoppors Axotuenr fastance of the petrifaction of a human bonly is reported, this time at Carivie, IH John Russell, who was buried there six sears ago, were exhumed and were found campicts " : : lie remining of the size of an ordinary man's wrist Its foliage is extremely rank and its leaves resemble somewhat those of the aromatic bay tree in shape, size and color. The luminous property is due to a gummy substance, which can is three times Funerals in Mexico, A funeral ic treated with much rey in Mexico, Noae so proud who will not jift his bat to do it reverence. The burial is on the day of death if possible, and the priest repairs to the house and celebrates divine service for the repose of LRN The principal objection to the use of this kind of tree for a street lamp would soem to be that its luminosity is probably due simply to phosphorescence, and place and if the sun did not shine every day, it would not be up to candle-power at night, i § in the shape of an electrical storm is re. well, on her voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, says Lightning. The elec. trical display occurred after dark. The most peculiar part of the occurrence was that while the lightning flashed a winter gale was blowing furiously and the sea was running very high. The storm Insted about two hours, snd the captain states that it was the most remarkable he ever witnessed. The ship at times seemed ablaze fore and aft, and, while no d © was done, it was several times thought that she had been struck. The very beauty of the scene was awful. The blackness of the night was converted into unsurpassed brilliancy, Even the seemed ablaze, and the waves as they dashed upon one another resembled tongues of fire, Pour hunters were snowbound fn the mountains at the headwaters of the altar of lowers and candles, full view of passers by on the street, who respectfully Kneel on the pavement, children on the open street in attitudes describes the practice of the poorer peo ple, The upper stratum of society is more reserved in its devotions, Palace, ealled the Calle Tabaqueros, is filled from end to end with coffinmakers, whose wares, in different stages of com. pletion, are piled on the curb in grue. some confusion. The wayfarer who pauses a moment to look at the unusual scene is immediately surrounded by the tradesmen, who inguire, in voluble Span. ish, if he wants a coffin, Of course he doesn’t, but that makes no difference, and he has to run the ntlet until he gets out of the street, fast na ple Liere have to do who pass the clothing dealers on Baxter Street, — {New York Times, Ax association of artists, architects and citizens with artistic tastes is to be formed in the endeavor to mise the ar. tistes standard of the public buildings of New York City and the statues and monuments in the parks and other pub lic places, NOTES AMD COMMENTS, Tre six counties in Texas that border an the Rio Grande River between Eagle although rich in soil, especially the bottom-lands, receive scarcely any caltivation because of the Inwlessness prevailing along the frontier, For cotton and semi-tropical fruits there is no better soil in the State. Neverthe less it is given up to stock-raising, and even this industry is renson of the raids of cattle thieves, The Dallas News says “The only way to protect this country without a stand- ing army the entire distance is to buila a railroad from Brownsville to Eagle Puss running within a few handred feet of the river all It in true this would three times us long as one would be if built on an air line, but would protect the country a road would not be a ase and Brownsville, not extensive by alo jr the route require a road other road Such for thers nu expen LIT Wong be no heavy grading to do or bridges to build larger than a culvert Vith such the the Con 3 8 ros bye protected 101 Lroons LHrow { thi xiTy Unione #1 the i church « At the clos f each sion of the San day school th iperintendent briogs forth an i box with « slot in th ef It is called the birthday box The mw of discr sho have had birthed the preceding week 10 come sated redd-letiored an ites al ckel for each 1 JENA, Nn of mm IVA 8B man wil nd Japan for American family + European feed a it i* not it is as Hhroen | #OME Years throws family from starving iI would Chinese or merely food ti Look at this der of bron “Here is a With four away woul Op Japanese family, we waste jel, tuced a evlia- hat, i Oven. and he pro large as a ‘plug Chines ‘ picoes of charcoal a Mongolian will make tea and cook rice and over that, while an American domestic would use up at least a hod of in the same operation. Lucky we rich couldn't keep up our national extravagance,’ stove, or five eons ronal aes oar wr Tie English Horticultural College re ports that several applications have been rocvived for women head gardeners, and one for a woman to take eatire charge of conservatories and green houses, The students are trained in all branches of fruit, vegeiable and flower cultare, as well as taught how to make jam and fruit juices, and the science of canning, erystalizing. and evaporating fruit. The course also includes botany, chemistry, horticulture, bookkecping, and physics Tux London General Post-office will soon lay a telephone between London and Dublin, Glasgow merchants will soon be able to communicate with Bele {ast by the same means, In time itis intended to form a complete circuit by which the cities of Dublin, Belfast, Glas. gow and London will all be enabled to have telephonic communication one with another, Avsost invariably the latterday inven. tions of war materials have tended to in- crease the destructiveness to life and property of the instruments employed. Now, however, a German genius comes to the front with a preparation to make a cloth enirase, or breast armor, bullet. proof. This is a pleasant departure-—if there must ever again be war, I A S35 le Music Needed by Invallds, 1a the Medical ine Doctor Black man says that the t of music is trans. mitted Ly the roflex action of the nerves which govern the blood supply, that it directly affocts the circu { the blood, blood ARMOR YOR SOLDIERS, Semi American Officers Take Little Stock in the Alleged Bullet" roof Uniforms. A serics of experiments with so-called willet- proof uniforms recently been Dowe, a tailor, is th His idea 2 wear in action a composition, faced : buttoned over or under he uniform He claims that steel faced vats from modern rifles have failed to wnetrate the stuff at any distance over 00 metres At less than 200 metres the shock of a bullet might render a man : RIOT unconscious What sver may be the real value of the inven ion, rinin that a Berlin flered Horr Dowe an enormous sum {or ne mmient, hans nventor of the hat soldiers nillet proof, fl new should sible HErmnmor vith cloth, ana r ! asl in Lhe ion. it ix « firm has Major General Howard, of th A # not believe d into i 1 orn at least, nod o decades {for marching nde ately With reg Herr Dowe's am foclined to think OYEIIe] *aough 10 ira to that he invention « ard WAS intries some vears SCaIned, tested in several Scarned’s c¢ther a una } orgugh fy iv hud Beine quite { ’ fi%iL movement of ATIDROT WAS RG vo apped Pe h 31 wa ! by ho t heer ogreln sks Fhe Rock of Gibraltar lw appearance, wonderful pense utwardly line ingenuity and at There above another heavy two 80 in with enormons are three tunn HIAaTINRICSS been tunoeled ‘ is, ong ted at inter They contain facing as from some led. Here the eve sweeps over the Atlantic and the beautiful Mediterranean at the same time, and also two quarters of the globe, The highest point is 1,430 {eet above the level of the and is called the Signal El-Hacko., The rock is three miles long and from one-half to three-quarters of a mile wide, [It is six miles in circamier ence. The extreme end of the rock fac. ing the sea is “Europ Peint.” It is crowned by a light-house, and defended by strong batteries. In 1797 it was taken from Spain by the English at the battie of Trafalgar, in which Lord Nelson lost Lis life. Since then an enormous amount of work has been done by the English government, a million dollars a year being speot there on its fortifica. tions, — Indianapolis News and all conne vals by iron gates thousand cannon, The view loop-holes is Wer many loop-hoies of thes unris sen, The Robber rab. a The steam tug R. C. Bishop, which re turned to this port a day or two age after an unsuccessfal search for the mis. sing boat's crew from the wrecked bark Lady Lampson, brought back with her u monstrosity in the shape of a robber. crab. The ferocious looking crawler was captured on Fanniag Island. Strange tosay, very little soems to be known of the crab sround Honolulu, It is a fact, how. ever, that it makes its home in the hol low of a decayed cocoanut tree, and that it climbs live cocoanut palms and sawsat the stems of the nuts until they drop to the ground. ‘Then the crab descends with marvellous mpidity, and by the aid of its powerful nippers strips the husk from the nut.
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