- INTERNAL REVENUE Operations of the Service Shown in the Annual Report. ————— Receipts for the Fiscal Year Esti. mated at $1560,000,000, The annual report of John W. Mason, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which has just been submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, contains a mass of in terest ing information in regard to the operations of that service, The total receipts for the last fiscal year from all sources were $146,085410, an increase of $3,440,719 over the receipts for the previous fiscal Joa. The cost of collection for the past | year was $4,210,604, or 2.88 per cent. of the receipts. The cost for the pre- vious year was 2.89 per cent. of the collec tions. The estimated expenses for the next fiscal year are $4,522,550. During t. 2 year 608 stills were destroyed and ninety-seven were removed, involving the arrest of 378 persons, The aggregate amount of taxes collected from tobacco during the last fiscal year was $32.706.270, The decreass of collections Jor the last fiscal year as compared with those for the previous fiscal year was $1,162,720, This is due to the reduction, by the act of October 1. 1800, of the tax on snuff, and smoking tobacco January 1, 1501, from eight to six cents per pound, and to the repeal of special taxes relating to to- bacco May 1, 1801. The increase of taxed tobacco and snuff over the flscal year 1590 was 15 650 884 pounds; the increase of taxed Cigars was 887.002,754, and the decrease of cigars imported and withdrawn for coasump- tion was 20,740,720. The increase of taxed cigarettes was 451,284,080, and of cigarettes Hane was 35,224,200 "he total number of grain, molasses and fruit distilleries registered and operated dur- ing the year is 4040 and 3519 respectively, a decrease of 2381 in the number registered and a decrease of 2302 in the number operated. The quantity of spirits, 115,062,350 gallons, roduced and deposited in distillery ware Fuses during the fiscal year ended Yur 80, 1891, is more than the production of the year 1860 by 656, 461 gallons. The quantity of spirits in distillery ware- Whisdy, ues 30, 1801, ik the bighest quantity #0 held at the closs of any fiscal year The quantity of distilled spirits in the United States, except what may bein cus toms bonded warehouses on the ist day of October, 1591, was 152,045,773 gallons. The commissioner announces his purposs of substituting weighing for gaugio”, ni as certaining the quantity of distillaa spirits subject to tax. He has contracted at the expense of the United States for 2300 scales of weighing beams, with poises and barrel hooks Tables in regard to the production oleomargarine show an increase from year to year in the production both for consump tion at home and abroad. The t stal produc- tion of oleomargarine during the past year was 44,902 400 pounds, being the largest in the history of cleomargarine operations. In a chapter on sugar the commissioner details the action of the bureau in providing for the payment of bounty as authorized by the Tariff act, The number of sugar pro- ducers who have applied for license is 4% 0 and their estimated pro luction is 613% 370,380 pounds, of which 572,403,380 pounds is cane sugar. On this subject the commissioner Says: “The above estimate of production was made by producers early in the season, and is considerably in excess of what may be expected. In making their estimates for the year the jproducers naturally placed their figures high. It is what they hoped to make if all conditions were favorable.” He es- timates the bounty to be paid on cane sugar, $8 912,500; on beet sugar, $500,000; on sorg- hum sugar, $40,000; on maple sugar, $176,850; total, $9,638 750. The commissioner estimates that the re- ceipts from all sources for the current fiscal year will aggregate $150, 000,000, a chewing of PALU ALTO IS KING. Senator Stanford's Great Stallion Trots a Mile in2.0853 4 Palo Alto, ford's peerless stallion, ls king « turf. the world's United States Senator Stan { the trotiing few days ago this greatest wou of Elec tionser, trotted & mile at Stockton, Cal, in 2 {. equaling the rec wid of the queen of trotters, Mand S., and going dangerously near to that of Lis recent stabis companion, Sanol The great stallion nade his mile without s%ip or break and finished mi rong. Marvin, king of drivers handled the ribbons over him. and was greatly e'ated whea the hor assed under the wire in time sarpassed only by one horse and equalled only by anc ther, The track had been in preparation for the trial for some time and when Palo Alto went to the wire it was almost in perfect shape The time by quarters was: 0:31 bs 1 18634, 34083 greatest ftrotiing mre, ONY 438 $s x Tux price of broomecorn has advances dur. ing the past six weeks from $70 to $150 a ton. The United States uses 35,000 tons of broom corn annually, and there is now only 27,50 tons in the country - THE MARKETS. 4“ XEW YORK. Beaves, .... wessases 300 Miloh Cows, com. to good... 20 Calves, common to prime... : Sheep. . Lambs ..oovnnvennvnsnninon 8 Hoge =LAve, covvvninininens Dressed. ....coo0000e Flour-City Mill Extra..... Patents. ..ccovevsene B Wheat—No, 2 Red. ....cou0s Rye-—State wsastesens Barley —Two-rowed State... Corn—Ungraded Mixed..... Uats—~No. 1 White. ....ovuue Mixed Western....... tr EEE ELE EE LTE Butter—State Creamery... , Inir to good, West. Im. Creamery Factory Cheese—State Factory...... Skims-—Light ,..... EEE EE TE sane ER an Western Egge—Stateand Penn........ BUFFALO, a, to Good, ... Flour—Best Winter. ........ Wheat-—No, 1 Northern..... Corn-No, Yellow, conse Oats~No, 8, 11 Barloy—No, 2 Western ...... BOSTON, we NOM -DY . cnsviviannne Potatoes~Native Rose. ..... Cheese— Northern, Chotoe. , EEE AA EBLE Powu=IR ore —mm em £25 ES gssess assanasss £Sszss Hid sitses 583=gx 133 WATERTOWN (MASK CATTLE Boot =-Ditred wolghb, coves ve weight... Een SR A gleex x = 3 Aas EsIAN Flour—Choles Pann, W heat—No, 4 Red, Dee. eee | than in any other year of its history fa | 200,170,77 | works, and $4, 881.561.00 for | objects, making a total of 845, ~88| 253 Elen SKIDS. vv0t ses Corn=De .uivaiigs sotivan OUR MILITARY SERVICE The Secretary of War Makes Public His Annual Report. The Problem of Coast Defenses Practically Settled. The annual report of the Secretary of War has been made public at Washington, It reviews the entire status of each branch of the army service, together with the sub- ject of const defenses, pensions, promotions, war records, national cemeteries and sol diers’ homes, {egarding the subject of coast def ensn Heeretary Proctor reviews the work of the board of army officers and civilians pro vided for by Congress in 1885, and also the results of the consideration of the same sub jeot by both houses of Congress. “This policy,” says the Secretary, “‘necossarily contemplates n system of land defenses as its most important feature, We have some 4000 miles of seacoast, ex- clusive of Alaska. No great naval power has more than a few hundred miles of const to defend, and yet even they protect their harbors with heavy fortifleations and high ower guns. The cost of jand ms not increased as rapidly cost of the means of attacking They are not only the cheapest build, but once built the cost of maintain. ing them can be reduced to the minimum, Neither are they an experiment, nor can they become useless, but they may ba built with a view to further strengthening if re juired, and eapable of if necessary as the them. The Secretary points out that over hall | the has been allotted and about $350,000 expended. He therefore recommends that an appropriation of #500 entire apnronriation | 000 be continued annually uatil all the nec | essary sites are secured. Desertions from the army have been less From January 1st. 1867, to June 30th, 1501, twenty four and one-half years, the number of de sertions from the army was 58.47, It hax cost the Government a very large sum for } 3 pay, clothing, subsistence, and transporta | tion of recruits to replace these men For the year ending June 30, 1880, the rate was 11.0 per cent.; for the year ending June 30, 18%), nine per cent.; for the year en ling June 30 180i, €.1 per cent During the months ending September 30, 1891, rate 58 per cent, and for a like period en 5.7 per cent It is recommended that the age limit for original enlistinents in the army be ro offering greater inducements 3 1 his sh auld be done by a I'aso i the pay non-commissioned especially of First and by them a oppportanis 3 « an pete wu examination fon ibe Secratary SER the pros sion of the statule making the re mendation of company condition § srovdient to prom gion from ranks to a Lieutanancy bo repealed The adoption the three-battal tom is urged on the ground that, under pew tactics required by the increase in range and rapidity of fire, a ten-company battalion cannot be mane Nothing unfavorable has to the attention of the department ing the utility as military organizations the Indian companies of either arm, but far there is no reason i that muc more than was expecta experiment will be realized, Twenty-eight army posts have been abandoned since June 1, 1559, and the num ber of post traders has been reduced from eighty-five to twentj-lwo nce March 4 180 The number of cases received by the He ord and Pension Division of the department in the course of the last year was 158.250 in excess of the previous year, being an increase in business of fifty-two per cent The work of transcribing the original records is going on rapidly, and the work can be completed within a year and a half, when the depart ment can dispense with the services of 600 of its present Jerks, ata saving to the Govern ment of at least $1,000 000 yearly The work of collecting the Civil War aecords is also progressing raph iy The most gratifying results have attended the new system of examinations for pro motion. It is urged that the exception re- arding the promotion of First Lieutenants n commission be repealed, and the law made to apply uniformly to all, It is also urged that the department have at its im mediate disposal correct information rola tive to the capacity, habits and pr fessional attainments of each officer in the army There is no inducement for the mainte- nance of a greater number of militia than is actually required by the law. but rather the reverse, if economy be consulted The alk jotment as now made js not based upon what States do in return for the appropria tion, but what thay ought to do The report cone jos with a memoran dum of expenclitures, approoriations and estimates. he expenditures for the flsoal year ending June 3, 1501, were $51,450,764 #8. of which $2,150 MA 58 were for salaries and contingent expinses, $25.544.100.78 for the support of the army and Military Acad omy. $10,061. 478.96 for public Works, incinding river and harbor im- wements, and §7,804,.430.45 for misosl yus objects. The sstimates for the fiscal year ending June 3, 1508, include $2,086, 179 for salaries and contingent expenses, $20, - for the support of the army and Academy, $18,208 308 for public miscallaneous 073,008.37, twaive the was only fing October 31 increase in of Ser officers that geents, ter giving bet to CUM MIIEROns Lestion wy renews as 3 the ommandar a the 1 AYE the ivred brought regard. » boon wo n Military nn I POPULAR SCIENCE. A well of eleotricity has been discov. ered near Red Wing, Mino. A man thirty years of age may expect | to live for another thirty-two years. The use of gas for illuminating libra. | ries is found to destroy the leather biad. ings of books. A trunk line of fifty telephone wires, between New York and Chicago, will soon be completed. Leprosy's microbe, recently discov. ered, is of infinitesimal size, and is re. markable for its activity. Professor Keeler, of the Allegheny (Penn.) Observatory, says that the sun will continue for 8,000,000 or 10,000,- 000 years to lllumine and warm the earth, A French scientist has perfected a device for obtaining oxygen from sea water by electric means, and carrying it to any part of a vessel to use as a dasin- fectant, A mixture of powdered aluminiam snd chloride of potash will give a brilliant flash light. It gives no smoke, and is thus far better than magnesium for pho- tographic purposes. Recent experiments upon the electro. type generation of pressures from gases formed in a closed space have been very succesful, and a pressure of 1200 atmos- pheros has been obtained. A French bee.keoper has experimented with his bees as carriers of d Ooo difficulty of the bee service is that the insects will not return over a dis. tance of more than two or three miles. defenses | to | mounting larger guns | | SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON YOR NOVEMBER 20, “Chiries Hotoro Pilate” xix.,, 1-16-Golden Text: Romans iv.,, 25, Lesson Text: John ———— 1. “Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him,” Before the high priest He was ncoused by many false witnesses, and by the council condemned to die, because He said He was the Christ, the Bon of God; then they mocked Him, smote Him, blindfolded Him, spat in His face, and when the morn- ing was come they bound Him and led Him away to Pontius Pilate, the Roman govern or. It was while He was before the high wrist that Peter thrice denied Him. Plate nding no fault in Him (xviii, 38) desired to release Him, but they insisted upon lease of Barabbas, a robber and How like those who now prefer murderer from the beginning, Prince of Life a9 “And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe seo Him receiving the stripes by are healed; sinner’s stead, for the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all (Isa. li, 6). In the crown of thorns we sea Him bearing the curse upon the gr swund (Gen. iif., 1%, for His redemption when fully consummated shall bring deliverance to the very earth itself, and there shall be no more curse (Rev, xxii, 8: Rom. vill, 21). The purple robe was their mockery of His royalty, but His real royalty shall vet be seen, as it is written, “Yet have 1 sot My King upon My holy hill of Zion” (Ps. ii. 6). Bee also Jer. xxii, 58 “And said, Hall, Xing of the Jews! 8 they smote Him with their hands.” When the Jews rejected Him as their king and mocked Him, we need not wonder at thess Roman soldiers and their words and cons duct. The lesson for to-day Is that if Chris tians think as little of Christ as they seein to, what wonder that the world goes on its way thinking still Jess of Him 4 “Pilate therefore went forth again and gaith unto them, Behold, 1 bring Him forth to you, that ye may know that 1 find no foult in Him." 5 “Then came Jesus forth, crown of thorns, and the purple robe And Pilate saith unto them, Bebold the man " Concerning the first king over Israel we are told that when Samuel saw Haul the Lord said unto him, ** Behold the man” (I Sam ix. ID Saul, however, was a great oon trast to Him i Zech wi, 12 14 the Branct temple of the glory, and shall throne Loch, xii 6, “When the chile officers saw Hin Crucify Him, beasts thirstin How they shadowed brethren 7 The Jows answered Him, We have a Jaw. and by our law He ought to die, because He made Himsel! the Son of God Their accusations were that He mid God was His Father, making Himself equal with and that He, being a man, made Himself God chapter v., 18; Xx, a3 His works had clearly proved that He was what He said He was, for who but Gr wi could cleanse the leper, opens the eyes of one born bl nd and rajee the den! wearing the y shall rule upon 10 priests therefore cried out, Hi n" wl they seek ' Him it any ng, Like wild His life. fainuy mop 4] yf g I hated forth in is but ' God, When Pilate therefore heard that say- ing be was the more afraid y Y And went again into the judgment hall and saith unto Jesus, Whenoe art hou? jut Jesus gave him no answer.” Jesus knew when to speak, and jast what to say, and when to be silent. If we are true Lai overs Christ is in us; why, then, sb wld we not know just when to speak and when to be silent 10, “Then smith est Thou not unto Pilate unto Him, Speak. me? Kopowest Thou not that | have power to crucify Thee, and have poe to release Thee? So It seemed to “late, but he like other rulers of whom we read in Seripture knew not that “The Mont High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it U whotnsoever He will, and setteth up over it the basest of men” (Dan. iv, 17 Jesus Himeolf was the very one who as God had given this position to Pliate for the time wing, but Pilate knew it not He only aw before him a helpless man whose lle was being sought by an angry people,and whom, as be though, be bad power to release or crucify i Jesus answered, Thou couldst have no power at all against Ma, except it were fie fn thee from above: therefore he that de lvered Me unto thee hath the greater sin” Even the devil could not lay a finger on Job, the servant of God without God's per mission Job L, 12: i. 6. How much less could Pilate touch the Son of God without permission from God. But permission from Uod does not Jessen the guilt of the sinner, therefore the High Priest of Israel, who de livered Jesus to Pilate, was more guilty than Pilate 12. “And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him: but the Jews cried out, say- ing, If thou jet this man go thou art not Coear’s friend ; whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cmsar " Flite knew Him to be innocent and testified to thal fact; he had just acknowiadged to Jesus that he had power to release Him: the knew that that was the right thing to do, and yet be hesitates to do it. We cannot say a good word in favor of his fear to do right, hen we these hypooritical Jews standing for Cosar against their own King, the Lord from Heaven 15. “When Pilate vherefors heard that saying he brought Jesus forth and sat down | in the judgment seat, in a place that is oalled | the Pavement, but, in the Hebrew, Gabe bathe.” Pilate decides to continue Corsar's friend at all costs, however much he would | like to bea friend of Jesas, aad he sits on | the judgment seat as Cmsar's represen. | tive, 14 “And it was the preparation of the sver and about the sixth hour, and be | sayeth unto the Jews, Behold your king In verse 5 it was “Behold the man™ Son of Man, Son of God, King of the Jows, it is all true. It shall be seen now ere long, A the passover shall have ita complete falfith ment in the kingdom of God (Luke xxii, 15 16%, when He shall coms, no longer in he miliation riding upon an aw's eoltiJohn xik, 14, 15), but upon the white horse of power and victory, scoompanied by all the armies of heaven (Rev, xix., 11-16) 15. “But they cried out, Away with Him! Away with Him! Cruoify fim! Plate sith unto them, Shall | cracily your king? The chief priest answered, We have no king but Cesar.” Contrast Pe Ixxxix., 18, “The Lord is our Tsrasl is our days, when they rejected Gol as thelr k (1 Bam. vill, 7), so now they re A : manifest in the flesh, the Son of bt Abratam, Son of Man, Son of God, and they have been the fruits of their oholos from that day to this 18. “Then delivered ho Him therefore unto fied, And they took Jesus The voices of the chi” og # We have no king AX untutored foreigner stripped oft his raiment and went swimming in Boston's famous “frog pond” the other afternoon. This affords Mr. Howells the best possible theme for another realistic novel. bat Jesun,'' = the re | jorer. | ; i th il a | Of bave not found the right specialty to Jesus, the | i | anything else, "In the scourging we | which we | He who did no sin suffers in the | THE FARM AND GARDEN. ———— EPECIAL FARMING, There has been some controversy in regard to the comparative merits of special farming and diversified farming, with a general opinion that special farm- ing was the most profitable, Undoubt- edly it is so in many cases, where the farmer has a special liking for sone one | : : { soluble phosphoric acid is worth branch of his business and an adaptation to it, and 1s in a locality or upon a soil pecubarly fitted for it. He gives his whole attention and energy to it, and liking it well enough to strive to do the best thing in the best manner, he could scarcely help achieving success. Yet every successful one has had a host imitators, who have failed to attain any- thing beyond mediocrity, and financially have not obtained good results, They either are not adapted to special farming, | 9% h | will also render the phosphoric acid farming, 6s in requires patience, per- coursge to sbic k to failures, and errors the right found. Aguin, all this a capital to | | LEE com yet, and a speciaity in severance and despite discouraging wait until by methods many have there must be behind carry him through the unfavorable been and the losses which seem to time in any kind of New Oricans New Delta, sons nt NOSE, - busi ROTM LIME THE ARSENITES, used more a more. } substances often If ph s strengll 3. these h take from » trees then that should strive r. Wt more Then chance of dange surely Wie shoul these poisons sir ’ i 1] ) misiure be 1 aked, or Lha Burdeaux lime must carefully E 8 New York 1ribune, for they may and able to | est for what he natural granulated sugs not do, and sift twenty pound ys il 1s not v . J} containing & gaiion © be ob pounds, stirring it together; tie Oney 2 nD fix honey honey can to prevents granuiation, "nt be had add just vinegar to InaKe ; to preve gma Appropriate 1 DY warm, tartaric acid or nt the them slightly MAD Y bee-feeders for sale by trade, but any earthen household vessel can be used for the purpose if one is careful. A of glass or ea | p for t sre Of Bn bees must be vosse) 5 Mhenw ie gt ings, or chips. i used little pans, | cloth locsely, | by tying over them cheese so that it would settle down as they took out the sirup, and could not get under it, | Wooden butter dishes which do not leak, the bees can not drown, The make good feeders, as hold onto wood and not Dadants use tin fruit cans by tying mus. lin over the top, and inverting them on a plate. The sirup is held by atmos. pl eric pressure, and can be the bees, when they will take it through the muslin. Bees must be fed inside the | hive, in such a way that none from the | outside can gain access to it] int defense, and the Holy One of | King." Butasit was io Samuel's | wo-story hives this can readily be done. or to give twenty-five pounds of feed now. than to disturb them by feeding in spring. spring when they know that their stores are getting low, If they starve before flowers bloom, all the feed given to them will be lost, A number of small colonies better be avid, Son | united than left to starve and freeze. Take away all queens but one, and set in the combs alternately, no two from the same hive together. The combs containing hosey could be uncapped and put in the upper story, with a little place for the bees to come up, when they will carry it below, Orange Judd Farmer, HOW TO DOUDLE THE VALUR OF MANURE. The chemists of some of our experi ment station have adopted the following trade values of the ingredients of fer. tiligers for the presont year: Nitrogen, per pound in hair, horn shavings, and salts, clightoen and a hall cents. Phos per pound insoluble in | ble phosphoric acid. | turers of fertilizers have not yet discov- | of | | This must be done on | much more available, | We { Know ni filled with cut straw, shav. placed above | It is bet. | They do not breed up strong in | | of its natural position the animal suffers. Those who grow coarse fish scrap, seven cents | in smmonia soluble in walter, Nitrogen is nitrogen, and phosphorie acid is phosphoric acid, but there is a great difference in their trade and manu- rial value according to their availability. A. pound of insoluble nitrogen in course fish scrap is worth only seven cents, while a pound of soluble nitrogen is worth eighteen and a half cents. A | pound of insoluble phosphoric acid is worth only two cents, while a pound of eight The whole vast business of manufacturing artificial fertilizers rests on the discovery of a method of convert ing insoluble phosphoric acid into solu. But the manulac- cents, ered any cheap method of converting in. soluble nitrogen into soluble nitrogen. the farm. And the same process that will decompose the organic nitrogen and render it soluble and consequently enhance its value. To truckers, growers this subject should be frait- of spec jal gardeners and interest, because a supply of soluble and n- at AL readily available manure is of gre Of the manure they apnusay clear that they do not get half or a quar- er the effect that the { Lt tains ie capabic of producing, portance. large quantities of ase it is quite sitnply be- cause it is not in an available condition. want to convert nitrogen, whic h we ean buy or make for seven cents per und, into nitrogen which we cannot for than cents per ater CRS eichteen Af A TD of pay~- or at an yr thirty cent bh annt pa PLOT y ic i { 4 P yuna, 4 u in tankage ar cents a we 48 worth the than three this were not eight of If not Keep pay lars every id, That {ar- i convert LnsoiuDIe ' cents when 1GsoiuDie, the case we should on ing over twenty mung i year than saturate as ne for Le But during vears a great flood of WwW should vi farmers bave {red years or more en ! has been thrown on YW the sami re rate ZIONS beds own gar- is not manure to fercaent Case we buy som kage that furnishes inso “a | Oa pay for the labor of piling and ing it. In that fish scrap or tal at & cheap rate, an 1 spread it, with t the layers Janure as w¢ make the pile. But we must not forget the yeast, it necessary to a id some plain ach i growth of the of Can luble nitrogen he nitrate yeast, on ol n ) and may also be phosphate to increase the yeast plant and to prevent the ex ammonia till it is conve: ted into nitrate. American Agriculturut, apt ———— FARM AXD GARDEN NOTES. A garden must have zo0d drainage. It never injures an orchard to manure it. Be sure the strawberry bed is well drained. Make a garden of your farm as far as possible. Clean out the currant bushes and other small fruit plants. A family without a garden deserves yablie commiseration. Corn fed cattle have not been plenti- ful in the early part of tha preseal sea- son. Whenever a horse's head js raised out High checking is hurtful. Is the stock in the back pasture hav | ing the core that will get them into wia- ter quarters in good shape. | Even more than knowledge of how best to produce crops do we noed knowl. edge of how best to utilize them, Lima beaos claim that no other farm crop brings in as many dollars to the acre, but they require “heaps of work.” Breathing into the nostrils of a horse | when he draws his breath has a wonder. | ful effect in allaying his fear sad calm- | ing his temper when excited, | Rake up the cobs once every ton days and burn til well charred, then pu’ out the fire by tirewing aa water, sprinkle with salt and let pigs feast, Have a lock of nice hay or lick of meal 1a the manger each nigh and morn. ing for the cows, and there will be no need of sending a dog or tired and cross hired baud after thom, | wenr | the State Corrosion | drops | engine weighed but fifteen grains when ow— . INDUSTRIAL. SCIENTIFIC AND Boston, Mass, has the largest fly~ wheel, Tiny incandescent lights are now made for surgical uses. Electric weilding bas been applied to to the manulacture of projectiles for light guns. Two Maine women have discovered an acid that bleeches wooG pulp designed 1c used in the manufacture of paper. The Calumet and Hecla a smelting works in Buffalo, N. ¥ capacity of be 250 month. Works have . the which will tons per When you sre floating through ice fields in the ocean you go very slowly. The Jeannette drifted through the Arctic Ocean at the rate of two miles 8 Gay. The upon Cod, const is shown to be at the rate of Cape Mass. , -r rE Wear 756 cubic yards per yesr, or an anu al of 8 OG sbout eight feet. W. Dunn, the California na w ~ over the coast eq has collected ), 000 nse the horp-winged tribe and NUMerous fat \ PRIA Y the cricket al terfl rare TRIIWAY seven is under construe tion on Japan, to connect raliway There fect and : t Karnisawsa nels, 12.200 } lis the line, to filteer Hew 8 widle has series ol the altdle , ‘ vif BCG gs § Working shape, of tempered sted whoret t} . wherever Lhe ID 1 bring Loe weight ol The hair that tanneries has out 3 " this Lal on board vessel Howe has de in the inuer tube similar 3 sud in one of the big Eaglish ironclad Anson, the . i The the the Channel ‘I'he absolute conversion of tar into gas can now be ellects i without leaving any residue in a retori The process consists in injecting a spray tar by means of a Korting jet supplied with superheated steam 10t0 & red-hot retort half filled with coke. The gas has a high candle-power and does not need the use of expensive enriching material. of "he injury of metallic sleepers from has been greatly overrated. Even in the damp climate of the Nether- ian nok, t is ssid, exceed four per ceni. in twenty Experience in ludia shows that ¢ sleepers which are subjec ted to bel leaving y to be relied on for iency and lasting wear, is the loss from corrosion does re the works are thoroughl efi The new artificial quinine produced by Messrs. Grimaux and Arnaud, of Paris, is mentioned as one of the greatest dis coveries of the year. It is obtained by treating the base cuprein of a Brazilian shrub with sodium, then treating the re- sulting ¢ ym pound chlorides of methyl. The product 38 quinine abso. lately identical with the substance in familiar indis- with has become 80 and so pensabic E —— A Wonderful Steam Engine. It was in 1874, [ believe, that D. A. A. Bock, an iagesious mechanic of Worcester, Mass,, constructed a perfect steam engine of such lilliputian dimen- | sions as to gain for its maker the plaudits | of the world. | the engine, boiler, pumps, governors and : all | occupy | inch in diameter, or about the area ol an | old fashioned silver three-coat piece. To go into exact details, were 80 exceedingly small as to only A space seveo-sixtoeaths of an It wns only five-eighths of sn inch high, yet it contained 145 distinct parts, nearly all of which were sliver and gold. It was held together by fifty-two screws, | the smallest being but one one-hundredth of an inch in length, all the valves, gearing, on the ordioary horizontal engine. of water filled the boiler! The engine had ete. to be found Three The clear of the base plate. The diameter ol the cylinder was but one-sixteenth of aa inch: length of stroke, three flity-soc- onds of an inch, —=St. Lowi Republic, BR —— Lamb-Goned of Samara. In a book ealled “The Dake of Mol stein’s Travels [nto Persia and Muscovy,” published in 1836, there is an account of a curious vine product called the siamb.gourd,” which runs as follows: «jn the neighborhood of Samar, Ruse sia, there grows a gourd which closely resembles & lamb in all its members. It changes place in growing as far as the stalk will reach, and wheresover it turns the grass withers and dies. This change of the gourd-plant the Muscovites call feeding; they further say that when it ripons the stalk withers, and that the outward rind of the gourd is thon cub veyed with a sort of wool, which they use instead of fur.” Sealiger also makes ;
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