WEEDING RAILWAYS, Odd Method Adopted to Cet Rid of the Troublesome Crowth. In the Southwest the rallre a large item expense which no place on the books f la panies, this being for the remov weeds which grow rank and lux ly between the tracks peding rarid running under the wheels and tracks greasy and slippery methods have been proposed and to destroy these weeds, but that fin adopted by the Atchison, Santa Fe 1 burn means of an oil fis ' This burner destroys the between the rails and oy twenty-four to thirty in of them. The outfit consi made of iron, of iron shicld under the car and betwe an oil-tank car having a 1,500 gallons similar of S00 gallons capacity, str withstand a press pounds to the square is filled from the tank car sure is supplied for forcing the burners. ! five feet long, is streng'h necting trusses at th sheathed with « end. pulled over the The shield two feet long, ! retain the heat and winds carrying the flame of the shield. The f{orw protected by an auxiliary tened to the bottom of Lhe bars. When shield is lowered to wit four inches of the rail, a then slide on the ground ing bridges the shie af gerjousiy being Fopeka them and a {fo inch The car, wh cab one The car road beneath with Te Lo the fire | of the rails twelve to fif of air through 1 he oil in een means pre acting pulle in ¢ valves the extinguished, 2nd apply ross bridges oil are cle newed when the oil opened. The is the inclined und:r surfaces which th ne oil retains sufficient oil, even after it for half an hour verts and r perienced from the oil ra not. over five speed of four miles an hou if the covered and matted with h $ the speed must be two miles half an the light blades of grass the part bong while many stalks appeas after the flame passes OF few days they, too, wilt an i One curious and unexpiain which has also been observed nection with forest fires is tl kind of vegetation appears burning. The of car for a day of twelve Bb go that covering thirty mil per mile is cinimed the oil consumed | tively small in the the transfer frcm ons part © to another and the ase of a | bring ng it up to the Railroad Gazetle cable, whereas track and a greater cost oper average cost X1.6 tota item # Sn A Use for Eng ish Sparrows. The crusade against the our song-birds cannot but receive indorsement of every right-min« woman We are all Audubon societies, and help in ¢ way to keep cur forests peopled with beauty and tuneful with song Bu there is a little rowdy fellow beyond the pale of our sympathies—that wicked little fighter, the English spar- row Individually he is harmless enough, but collectively he is capable of the greatest mischiefs. The exter mination of cur song-birds is appar ently the chief aim of his existence We can never fargive him, but our Kill to join very ready becanss of his one redeeming point he iz good in pie. of him wou'd reproduce that maichless dish of nursery fame of “reedbird” he is constantly sold in our markets and praised by purchasers in the final act of disposing of him. So gceson, since we may do so without we are doing society a service man’s Home Companion. Electro-Magnetic Railroad, Experiments are now in progress at Gt. Louis which may give the trolley the first formidable rival it has ever had. It is also an electric railway, bu its method of operation is very differ- ent. First there is a system” of electro- magnets through the center of tue street, over which the car is to oper- ate. Then what is called the field of the motor iz ext open and lald out in the center of the street. The armature is then straightened out and fastened In this way the power under the line of and without being sent through of The in between are travel, gearing magnets, the and one ol the other prin any sort the sixteen inches es the car get buried street ‘ rach apart on Irawn on On a simian me shington for sd CEP AFTER EATING. Is It Beneficial, or Does It Retard Diges- Results of Experiments +} £4, d n tion than Ge fie come Old valual is i 1 eonduce to our comiart and and to our prospe is Atlanta Jcurnal piness iife Central Agia. ® are being caused Malaria ravages the dreaded malaria among the pop fati of Tashkend ; pec fis (Great Central ia, es the of the Asiatic quarter inhabitants said to be dying like flies. It even than the cholera becatize a visitation of the latter is of ! 4 Hmited duration. and after having destroy.d its quota of victims, passes away. iving the survivors with un impaired constitutions. Malaria. how sver, hag been prevalent for the last four years, and while causing a heavy mortality estimated at several thou. sands leaves the survivors heavily physically exhausted, broken in health and jprapaci~ted for work, It is al | most fnipossible to cope with the di i At Merv, for example, the most i i : f in the i ally nw town, Oi worse malady I stringent and radical measures have been taken to stamp out the malady, but without success, and it has been found necessary to transfer the Rus. stan garrison of that town to Kra#no- vodsk, in order to preserve it from {i complete destruction. bs AA SAAN It is strange that, while the country is so far advanced in electric railways, it ,should be behind Europe in the pnenmetic tube system of transmitting { me Yonges apd mall packages. WILD CHILDREN, A FEW OF THE CASES ON MOST AUTHENTIC RECORD. A Little Boy in India Was Brought Up By tories which tot the remarkable have } ETOUPSE A vinong travels from time me nat faitn the | rated tu of pdmiring and ful listener of so-called connected with ch those finding wild ildren fascinating d of hi thin venear with vr at lareve i ATES darkly hints managed aptured vouched was found gome sportsmen, M. Izard's asylum When found, he was withou though thermomete; degrees of frost, he on 1718 by brought to and the registered several the pastimes His body bites and was scratches, and that he had lately been engaged in other than amicable with some other denizen of Unable to speak, he was to and purposes an animal, covered with discussion all intents condition it was impossible to say. Oa his arrival in Paris, M. Izard, the superintendent of a deaf and dumb ored to tench hi= language. When- ever any one éntered the room in which he was the child made toward them on all fours and wniffed at their legs like a dog. Like the prodigal, he fed upon acorns and Zausks, and ap pears to have taken to this diet in preference to others, Once, on being given a live bird, he promptly Killed it, tore it limb from limb, smelt it, and finally threw it away. M. Izard's at- tempts to teach him to speak always Lad the effect of throwing him into a violent passion, in which state he would tear up his clothes and every- thing else upon which he could lay hands, becoming altogether nomanage- ble M it when ard, however the he be , had observed boy looked down from a frightened one helght ame at once submissive he intendent 1 und and so on OCCA» on, when had "run amuck the him, third pet a window the » out that weeding effect became quiet Pt real erward By on « attempt degrees Wis per iothes, but pttempt teach m the the aipnabet proved pre with no re. SHE SPILLED SOME SALT. Mrs. Turlingham Knew She Would Have a Quarre!, and it Came, “My - women sid Mr. 1 ting Temptation, him element with his charged. and mode of registing then No’ manfu ist decide at if tou out his He waiting to deliberate Hike lost and act resolutely once and baland “the woman Temptation YOUNE man's vielded to. the weaker and Yield once, and a portion of Resist manfully, and the first decision will give strength for jife repeated, it will a habit It is good habits which insinuate them- selves into the thousand inconsiderable acte of 1"e, that really constitute by far the greater part man's moral conduct —Ram’'s Horn. not reasons; for youth deliberates is try once who will come to the and resist irength to power BIrOWS weaker virtue has gone becosae of Useful Cames, Yrobel was a great advocate of games which would develop the acute- nessa and discrimindtion of the senses in children. Autumn fruits may be made to play an important part in this respect. The children of a Kindergar- ten or of a nursery may be taught to name, count and draw such with col ored chalks. Then one child may be blindfolded, and another child hides one of the fruits, If the blinded one guesses which one is missing he ia cheered, if not, he tries again. An- other way is, to have all the childre. guess the names of the fruits by the fee! of them. — The Housewife, A Pittsburg company has secured the contract for lighting London with electricity. The plant will cost $400,- 100, as much at b + was in the kitcher Now it happened ber that a vessel wa about iii Ihe and not being sand, the captain tried to Bussell's Home, steer hea Bar sbe ran aground, and there atavea, with t fos he water gradually The lif steataer was ing into her boat which w on boird the leaked, mn at iowere eight people who drowne he and were to swim through it, and there was not a honse Or a persen in sight The girl of sixteen was riding along native servant. She caught sight of the vessel, and turning her When she reached on fill much She rode bodily With she reached the vessel in her arms and put them before her on the saddle, then took women and larger children. So she went back ward and forward four hours till all were safe on land, the servant having ridden in to bring out the last man. Tired and wet as the girl was, she still had something more to do. Those protection before night came on. trace rode for help, but by the time she had gone the eight miles, she was so worn ont that she fainted, and it was some time before she could tell what had bappened. Her married sister started off at once with food and sraps for the shipwrecked peoples, 5 ; a ide {and the next day they were all taken Yo Mr Bus Don't you think she s : Rei Lome % deserved the Jeg J A fort tine of Japan iunny i = ii You ross on thi the longest one jake a round mark He you don’t catch a York Sun. and New The Comradeship of Miners, A touching incident iz reporied from the Australian province of Victoria. A miner met with an accident and broke his leg The nearest doctor was at Orbost, thirty-eight miles sway. He was sent for, but conld not leave the township, where several serious cases claimed his attention The miners mates thereupon decided to carry the sufferer to Orbost, and thirty-two of them having improvised a rough streteher, carried the poor man there in a day and a haif. They had to traverse the roughest country in Cros. gingoland, and to cross a river and two creeks, all of which were in Sood. | They got their mate into the doctor's hands in time to s&ve his life —8an | Francisco Call. Boston is to have a new public | school named after Paul Revere, which , will cost, including the site, about | 3.000000, The building will be con pink granite, gray and white brick and terra cotta, It for the children.
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