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Country. N acUc will Ukra
f aioarmoui
wuiniucauou.
R
ST
Franca receives about 180,000,000
every yenr from the monopolies con
trolled by her Government.
Medical journals say that the young
women of to day ro far bettor developed
physically than tlio young women of 100,
or even fifty, yours ago.
Dr. Green's favorite illustration of
tho vnstness of tho Western Union Tele
graph system, of which he is President,
is to say that its wires would make a
quadruple lino to tho moon.
Two hundred and fifty dollars have
been olTcroi by t'na Peace and Arbitra
tion Association as a prize for the bost
model chapter on peace and war, suit
able to be incorporated in elementary
readers.
Among the various religious bo lies be
longing to tho Evangelical Confession
the greatest increase has taken place, ac
cording to tho Chicago Herald, in the
Prosbytorian, Methodist and Quaker
communities. These are from three to
three and a half times stronger than in
1871.
The days of natural gas are num
bered, arnounros tho Boston Cultivator.
The supply was greatest two years ago,
snd though new discoveries have been
made since, sotuo even of thoso have
failed within that tim-j. It may be used
for a while for illuminating purposes,
but it cannot bo relied upon to furnish
powor for. factories.
Tho Now Jersey inau who claims that
ho has an electric road over which cars
may be run at tho rato of two miles a
minute has only to demonstrate tho feasi
bility of his scheme, observes tho San
Francisco Chronicle, in ordor to gather
in a fortune. What tho traveling public
wants now is speed, and tho man who
can annihilate distance may command an
imperial fortune
The Boston Transcript makes tho
alarming assertion that "an insect as
dangerous as that which is generated in
pork exists in raw Bugar. It is called
acarus sacchari, and is less than a hun
dredth of an inch long. Small as it is,
it is capable of much mischief iu tho hu
man body. It is never found iu refined
sugar, because it canuot pass through the
charcoal filter, and if it could it would
find oo nitrogen oi which to live. So
do not eat raw sugar or raw pork."
In a recent magazine article on "Veg
etable Diet," tho author makes the state
ment that there is an idea that cancer is
caused by eating tainted meat that is,
animals brought a distance and being in
an exhausted and almost dying- condition
before they are killed. The writer of
the paper also asserts that vegetarians, as
a rule, have unusually clear aud beautiful
complexions, which claim, if it could bo
substantiated, would probably huvo moro
1 1) flue ice, at least with wotnoti, than tho
first statement. Dread of disease does
not seem to balauce desire for a clear
skin. ,
It is stated in one of the Swedish
newspapers, as a comparison botweea
American and European business
methods, that a locomotive for ono of
railwaj's of "Sweden was needed in a
hurry. It was found that in England or
Swoden at least a year would be required
for the filling of tho order. It was
therefore contracted for with the Bald
win locomotive shrips, of Philadelphia,
whero it could bo had in two months
aud a half at A cost of $5910, delivered,
a considerable reduction upon tho
European price It is not that American
locomotive works employ more men or
for longer hours as a rule, the Chicago
Graphic explains,but tlio moit improved
methods and machinery obtain, and there
is closer application during working
hours, and moro iutdiigeut labor, evcu
in those portions of tho work classed as
"unskilled."
The collapse of tho Panama Caual, tho
gigantic scheme of Do Lessops to conuect
the two oceaus, seems near at hand. Its
overwhelming financial troubles ' are
pretty thoroughly well known tho
civilized world over, and now they havo
been supplemented by a serious dispute
between tho canal company and tho
Colombian Government. The company,
in order to prevent merchants using its
chsnnel to carry their lumber and
produce ti the coast, placed a chain
across. The Colombian G jvurnmcut,
deeming this an iutcrfereuce with its in
dustrial affairs, ordered tho chain's re
movul. Thereupon the company placed
the chain across the cauul itselt. Tho
Colombian Government, it is said, is now
seriously considering whether it will not
revoke the concession to the company on
the ground that tho latter has violated
the terras of its contract by Bulling part
of its machinery. What the outcome of
the matter will Ir; cau only be surmised,
but whether the concession ba revoked
or continued the fact remains that the
canal scheme is the most colossal of
failures.
MOPB,
Blithe portress at the gate ways of the soul I
Dear sycophant, that dost so fondly cling
To even our worst of sorrows I Bark whose
wing
Dauntlessly voyages to illusion's goal,
Heedless if it be shadow, If rock and shoal 1
White bird that carollest thine unwearying
Trebles of song, like those by new-born
spring
Lured heavenward from some blossom
tinted knoll I
Ah, Hope, tbon art sweet when mad seas
glass wild sklea,
; When war, pest, earthquake riots In bitter
g'ee,
Or yet when tyranny tortures and enslaves;
But sweetest when thy shape phantasmal
flies,
A luminous dream named Immortality,
Over the darkness of earth's myriad
graves I
Edgar Fawcett, in the Cosmopolitan,
SAVED BY A PARASOL
BY OWEN HACKETT.
HAT scar? You sqp
only the end of it.
Fortunately by
wearing a high col
lar 1 can just con
ceal it ; but it ex
tends from tho neck
(close by the Jugu
lar vein, too, my
v bov !) down over tho
shoulder quite to the breast bone.
A tiger did that a royal Bengal and
a beauty he was, I tell youl You can
see the skin any day in my married sis
tcr's sitting room. But it's a Btory quite
worth telling and it has a funny side, too,
that was thought quite worth repetition
at the time in the English papers, though
though they did not get at tho inside
facts of the adventure.
It was tho iienod of tho hot season
stagnation when wo were iu the consular
service at Madras, you know.
The English society (including (ho
few Americans there) were doing little
else thaa sleep and yawn to pass tho
time.
But everybody, the men especially,
were calvauizcd into excitement when
the news came in that a tiger had canicd
oil first a woman and then a child during
the previous week from a station about
fifteen miles in the interior, at the foot
of the mountains.
In half an hour a hunt had been agreed
upon and servants were flying everywhere
about the town to arrange the details and
secure the accessories, such as teams and
wagons, nntive porters and beaters; and
in the cool of the evening nftccu or
twenty gentlemen sportsmen were en
gaged in oiling gun locks, swabbing out
rifio barrels aud iu preparing gonerally
for the morrow s expedition.
It was just dawn on the following
morning when we started a curious cav
alcade of fifty or more, in which the
white faces were largely in the minority,
Some were on horseback, some in carts
drawn by bullocks, which in that country
were very differcut from what are kuown
as such at home.
Hare they use the small and Blonder
gray zebu with its curious hump, and
known to the menageries of tho west as
the "sacred bull of India aud said to
be regarded with veneration in the East.
There is littlo to tell of the hunting
expedition. We arrived at tho station
or plantation and found that not only
was the descent of the tiger true, but
that since then ho had maimed and all
but carried off an able bodied coolie, who
bad been rescued only in the very nick
of timo. .
We therefore spread our beaters out in
a circle covering a wide bit of the neigh
boring jungle, while our party distribu
ted itself iu a line that formed the chord
of this arc, towards which the native
beaters were gradually converging.
There was uo result, however, iu the
way of tigers, during the twe dnys in
which we continued these operations
from one locality to another in the neigh
borhood around the station.
True, we bagged innumerable game
both feathered and four footed, but of a
kind that was only commonplace for In
dian sportsmen. It was therefore with
acute disappointment that we gave up on
the second day all hope of our quest, and
early on tho following morning turned
our faces homeward, calculating to arrive
at Madras that afternoon.
Of the party big Major Gallanton, of
her Majesty's Fusilier stationed at
Madras, seemed the most disap
pointed. As was this big hearted
fellow's wont, he vented his chagrin iu
a great deal of blustering with his deep
bass voice and used much expressive
language, in a way calculated to impress
stranger with the belief that words
and not deeds were the major's strong
point.
But in this regard Major Gallanlon
was an anomaly and a surprise.
Loquacious fire eater in times of peace
and quiet, iu the moment of responsibility
or danger, had no word to utter ex
cept that of incisive command or wise
direction calm, silent aud ready for
any emergency.
About a mile from Madras there was a
little bungalow, commanding a view of
tho sea, which had become a sort of
house ot public entertainment, popular
with the better class of residents as a re
sort for tiflins and such littlo excursions
as we would call picnics. The sur
rounding groves and forests had been
improved for a short distance until it
was a sort of wild park, and on this little
point of land was to be had the full
benefit of whatever zephyrs might hap
pen to be wafting over tho bosom of the
torrid Bay of Bengal.
The resort lay almost in our path ; and,
tired and nearly overcome with the heat
of our long journey, the suggestion
to diverge thither for some refresh
ment was welcomed by all aud tho line
of march wan therefore diverted.
We had hardly entered tho grove
when a silvery feminine laugh .greeted
our cars, coming from the direction of
the native house,
Tho major, beside whom I was riding,
perceptibly started at tho sound and
glancod at me. I In turn looked in
quiringly at him.
"Don't you recognize the voice!" he
asked.
"No; I can't say I do," I answered.
"Who is it? Surely none of mine bost
Singh's family have such a sweet trill."
"I should say not, decidedly 1" as
sented the major. "But I must be
wrong, if you don't recognizo it I
thought it for nil tho world like Miss
Bradford's voice."
I could not help looking quickly and
keenly at tho major; Miss Bradford was
my sister, and the major had certainly
been very attcntivo to her during the
few months of their acquaintance. If he
could recognize her voice in an Indian
jungle when her brother failed to do so,
there must bo something serious on the
carpet.
I therefore had a peculiar interest in
the developments of the next few mo
ments. "It is positively cruel of youl" said
another and a petulant voice. "You
make no allowanco for my extremely sen
sitive organization. But I simply cannot
go back over that road tho mere
thought of it is killing! Hark I don't
you hear something creeping out from
the grove?" aud there aroso a shrill
scream which became hysterical as it
seemed to diminish, as if the feminine
speaker had flown iuto the cottage.
She had doubtless heard us breaking
through the thicket; in au instant tho
head of our cavalcado came in full view
of the place, and there, sitting calmly
on a scat before the door under the over
hanging boughs, and looking expectant
ly but undismayed towards us was my
sister I
"You hero!" I exclaimed, really sur
prised. "And Miss Blithedalc, too; I
need not ask that," I said, glancing at
an open parasol of flaming cherry that
lay a fow feet away on the ground where
tHe fair and nervous owner had dropped
it in her flight.
That parasol I In defianco of all the
scientists from Ben. Franklyn down, Miss
Blithedale must needs import from the
west a sunshade of the color which above
all others reflected least the rays of that
very orb. This she imperturbably car
ried, a shining mark for derisive jokes,
or, perhaps, as an incentive to well-born
subaltern bachelors in the arena ot love,
sho tho matadore and they the quarry.
"How penetrating you are I" was my
sister's ironical reply. "Major, you are
just in time. Miss Blithedale has just
declared that she will not return to town
without -the escort of the wholo garrison
or of Major Gallanton, perhaps."
Tho major looked almost pained at
this allusion to the dead set that Miss
Blithedale bad been making at him to
every one's amusement.
"And so, "my sister continued briskly,
"you have had all your hunt for notli
iug t The royal quarry seems to know
something about flank movements and
strategy as well as your own gallant
selves."
"Iteally, I don't understand, Miss
Bradford," said the puzzled suldicr.
"What is all this about escorts and flank
movements I Ah, Miss Blithedale," as
that lady appoared, apparently norvod
again to a welcome euconnter with tho
major; "this is a most charming coinci
dence. But, explain, please, Miss Brad
ford," Then my sister narrated as follows:
Tho two ladies in question, bored to
death at the absence of tho only object
ot interest the lutu uau decided on a
littlo expedition of their own. They
had hired ono of the "native "jaunting
cars," ms we call them, with its zebu
team and nutivo driver, and stowing a
lunchoon hamper in the "boot" had
driven out before the noonday heat for
tho "park."
Already in sight of tho grove they bad
been horrified to see the sudden appear
ance of a tiger, who stepped out from
tho undergrowth beside the road, dis
closing his superb proportions and brill
iant coloring as he first gazed curiously
toward them and then lowered his head
aud bogau to stalk after them in long
strides.
Miss Blithedale uttered a terrific
shriek; the driver, turning, saw tho
beast and, wild with fear, first whipped
up his bullocks and then incontinently
fled into the jungle.
Meanwhile, in the samo moments, my
sister had been equally appalled. But
Belle, is a girl of pretty strong nerves,
as you may know, ana though, wuito
with fear, she uttored no cry, but
silently if wildly looked around for a
weapon.
There was none, of course but stay I
the cherry parasol I She snatched it
from the nerveless bauds of her com
panion, opened it with a vicious snap
aud thrust it sheer into bo face of the
beast, who was not fou Vet away.
At the same time shf osed her eyes,
from sudden fuiutncf nit recovering
iustantly she looked nJ i aud he was
gonet She could jusj o tho tail dis
appearing rapidly as crawled among
the leaves in dire frii
Without au iriBt. t hesitation my
sister sprang to the "box," whipped up
tho slow bulls, drove the few rods to the
bungalow with Miss Blithedale cliuging
to her and alternately moaning aud
screeching, as we learned in private.
That was live hours before; Miss
Blithedale had absolutely refused to re
turn with the cowardly native driver
who had arrived before them, aud my
sister had laughingly vowed that, in
that case she would go back alone, ask
ing no better protection thau the cherry
parasol.
"You have revolutionized the tiger
bunt for the future, Miss Bradford," said
the major, with his eyes full of admira
tion at the tale which my sister told so
lightly and laughingly as to rob it of
auy trace of egotism. "Hereafter wo
inn j expect to Bee long lines of beaters
tile through the jungle armed with red
umbrellas, and flamiug cotton stockades
about the villages."
There was some discussion as to the
identity of this particular beast, but it
was generally allowed to be the same
wo had been hunting, if for no other
reason than to turn the joke against our
selves, the empty handed Nimrods.
Wo started back to town and jokingly
made a great show of surrounding the
car as a protection on every side.
But it turned out to be no joke. When
hall way bock (tho major and myself
riding besido tho car) there arose af
frighted cries ahead, and tho leadors of
tho cavalcado came tumbling back upon
us in the wildest fear.
The major and I dashed to the front.
There, In the middle of tho road, stood
his kingship, glaring at the procession
with blazing eyes.
Wo flung ourselves from our horses,
unslung our rifles nnd Ho had been
creeping slowly toward us; now, he
sprang at me just as tho major's rifle
cracked.
The bullet could not stop his advance.
I felt a terrific shock as the tiger fell at
my feet with outstretched claws. One
paw dug into my neck as he descended,
aud tore down over my breast deep
through the clothing and into the fiesh,
pulling mo down with terrific forco upon
his own body.
I sprang to my feet and saw that he
lay dead I
The major's shot, truo to the mark be
tween tho eyes, had caught him in mid
air.
As ho lay there tho type of ferocious
beauty and brute power, we all marveled
that such a magnificent beast should have
been frightened off by a mere parasol,
even thongh it flamed like tho fires of
JEtna.
We were met at the edgo of the town
by a piece of news that went far to ex
plain this improbability. He had satis
fied his hunger on a low caste Brahmin
only an hour previous to the road side
encounter with tho ladies.
Tho major claimed tho skin, aud uo
ono thought of donying it to him. But
he only wanted it to present to Belle, and
as they wero married the following year,
ho got it back again.
My sister, however, backed by all her
friends, made a demand on Miss Blite
dalo for the cherry parasol, and sho has
it yet, as her peculiar trophy.
Indeed, Miss B. was quite resigned to
parting with it, as sho at the samo timo
procured a substitute in a gay scarlet
jacket that covered the noble form of
Lieutenant tho Honorable Algernon
Binks, U. M. 97th Fusiliers. The Ar
gosy. Sweating of Coins.
The Mongolian electricians of Califor
nia have, according to tho Engineering
Magazine, dcvelnyed the art ol coin clip
ping by means ot electricity.
A consignment of $60,000 in gold
eagles was recently sent to a Now York
bauk from California, which on exami
nation, was found to contaiu twenty
light weight coins boaring the date of
1891. These were apparently new and
bright, but on being examined with the
lenso, showed the surfaces wero covered
with infinitesimal pores. About a dollar's
worth of gold had boen extracted from
each eagle by electrolysis, and it is to be
noted that this offense can hardly bo
reached by law, even if the offenders
were caught, as the law only reaches
cases whore the operation is provod to
have been performed with fraudulent in
tent. This would in any cose be a diffi
cult thing to prove.
We do not know what has led our
contemporary to tho conclusion that tho
deficiency In weight of tho coins in ques
tion was caused by electrolytic action.
It sccoii nore probable that it was caused
by the much simpler and more available
method of solution iu aqua regia, which
is a process well known, and alas, too
often practiced. This method of ex
traction of a portion of the metal from
coins is termed "sweating."
Tho Engineering Magazino is certainly
in error when it states that this offonso
can hardly be reached by law, even if
the offenders were caught, as the law
only reaches cases where tho operation is
provod to havo been performed with
fraudulent intent. The fact Is, that tho
debasiug of a coin by clipping from it,
rolling it out, melting it up, or other
wise rendorlng it unfit as a coin for cir
culation, is au offense against tho United
States laws. In many cases there could
bo no intention to def raud, as iu tho case
of melting up or rolling out of coius, in
order to use the metal for other purposes,
still, tbo persou convicted of such prac
tice would be amcuable to the law, al
though not liable to tho same penalty as
one who abstracted from the weight with
the intention of passing tho coin there
after at its original face value. Elec
tricity, New York.
Some Curious Lob.slerj.
Visitors to Portland Pier, Mo., who hap
pened one day uot long since to drop into
the lobster house of Mr. Lewis McDonald
were favored with a view of a bright blue
lobster which was caught oil Cape Eliza
beth by a Peak's Isluud fisherman. Tho
color was decidedly ditferent from the
green of the ordinary lobster. On the
Ittck the bluo was of that doep variety
that belongs to indigo, and toward the
extremities and under parts shaded off to
a fainter but still unmistakable tiut, and
thence into a pure white. The under
part of one of the claws is almost a pure
white. The lobster is about eleven
inches long. One claw is of full size,
while the other is very small. It is Slid
that one other bluo lobster has becu
caughto tl the cape this season. Mr. Mc
Donald thinks of preserving tho speci
men. He has also a pure- white lobster
caught about five years ago and pre
served in alcohol, Mr. McDonald thiuks
it is the only one ever caught.
Some of those who viewed tho blue
lobster recalled other queer lobsters that
have been seen in Portland. Not long
ago W. S. Trefethen had a lobster that
was half green and half red. A straight,
perfectly distinct line rau from head to
tail along the back of the crustacean.
I pou one side of the line the color wus
a vivid green and upou the other a
bright red. The lobster was sent to
Professor Spencer Baird.aud is now in the
Smithsonian. hcieutitic American,
SEEDS FOR THE FARMERS. 1
THEIR DISTRIBUTION BY THE
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Collecting and Tenting Rood A
Iini ge I'orcn Employed in Their
lliat ributlon Much Oooil Done.
THE Seed Division of tho Agri
cultural Department, at Wash
ington, annually distributes
several million packages of
flower, VDgctablo and tree seeds. John
Quincy Adams inaugurated the system
when he requested the consuls of the
United States to procu.e nnd forward to
the State Department all such seeds
plants as they thought could bo culti
vated successfully in their own country.
It is only recently, however, that system
atic efforts have been made to collect
valuable seeds from all parts of the
world by the United States Agricultural
Department, and to distribute them gen
erally throughout the different States.
To-day the Agricultural Department is
of great importance to the country, and
its effective work in experimenting with
farm crops and issuing voluablo scien
tific bulletins, cannot be over estimated
by the farming classes of tho Nation. The
Seed Division sends out annual reports
as to what seed are of the greatest value
in certain section;, and then it supple
ments this advisory work by supplying
the farmers with great quantities of pure
seeds such as are recommended by their
bulletins.
The collection of thc9e tons of seeds is
interesting. In special cases the Gov
ernment has its own seed farms, where
certain varieties aro cultivated and gath
ered with great care; but the vast ma
jority are purchased by special contract
from largo seed growers. Itcsponsible
seed growers give a guarantee that their
seed will reach a certain stnudard of
purity, vitality and cleanness, and the
Department reserves the right to reject
them if they do not stand the Govern
ment test.
The seeds are tested in a patcat seed
tester first, and then in a propagating
bouse, and finally by the botanist of the
Seed Division. If ninety per cent, of
them germinate they are aacepted as
worthy of distribution, and in certain
cases of rare plants they simply have to
approximate from seventy-five to eighty
fivo per cent. The Government agents
visit the var'oua seed farmers iu the
country, and if their work appears favor
able they are allow to offer a bid for
certain quantities of seeds which appear
to thrive we'l on their farms.
Congress annually appropriates a suf-
ficicnt sum for the purchasing and dis
tribution of these seeds. The first real
appropriation for this work was in 1830,
and amounted only to $1000, which was
to be taken from tho Patent Office fund.
This sum was gradually iucreascd each
year until 185 !, when it reached $35,
000 a year, but to-day it is $100,000,
which is by no me ins too much.
The distribution of tho seeds lias al
ways been a matter of difficulty, anil
with every Administration tho question
has been brought up for discussion. The
method adopted to-day is a somowhat
complicated ouc, but it appears to give
satisfaction. The seeds aro distributed
through Senators and Members of Con
gress, experiment stations and agricultural
cnllogos of tho different States, county
and State statistical agents, agricultural
societies, and to miscellaneous applicants.
Through these various agencies about
five million packages of Bccds arc dis
tributed to the farmers iu all parts of tho
country. -
The seeds aro sent through" tho post,
office free, and the average weight for
tho past few ycura distributed through
the mail department has becu 200 tous.
A forco of about 100 men has been re
quired to pack and mail the seeds that
have been sent out iu this way.
Tho value of the Seed Division is ap
parent on every side. Nearly all plants
that can possibly be grown in this coun
try havo been introduced from abroad,
and tho Government has taken special
pains to collect, not only tho finest speci
mens of the seeds but the latest aud most
trustworthy accounts of their cultivation.
From Japan, China, Persia and South
America laro and little known fruits
have been brought here aud are now be
ing cultivated successfully iu Florida and
California. Our hothouses and floral es
tablishments are full of raro plants that
were never seen upon this coutiueut ten
or fifteen years ago.
But tho good accomplished has uot
halted in any department. The wheal,
com and vegetable products havo been
enhanced through tho efforts of the
Government. Superior varieties of all
of these plants have been recommended
and distributed by the Government for
ccrtuin sections of the land uud the
yield per acre has been increased marly
one-fifth in many States.
We are pre-eminently , a land of
farmers. Our chief industry is farming,
and the co-operation of the Government
in forwarding the interests of this work
bos been a successful experiment. Every
spring and summer the seeds of superior
merit are planted by the farmers all ovar
the country, and their successful crops
prove the efficiency of bcicucc ami Intel
ligence in farming, New York Inde
pendent. Hydrophobia Cured.
An experiment, successfully tried by
Professor Murri, of Milan, at tho Insti.
tution for the Cure of Hydrophobia, has
awakened the liveliest interest inmcdioul
circles iu Europe. A niau who hail been
bitten by a dog, and had undergone the
Pasteur treatment, was, nevertheless, at
tacked with hydrophobia. Paralysis hud
already set in from the waist downwards,
and his life was despaired of, wheu Pro
fessor Murri thought of making subcu
taneous injections of the virus iu it fixed
form. Little by little all the serious sym
toniH disappeared, and the inun is now
cured. Picayune.
A syndicate lu. beeu formed in Syd
ney, and an agent dispatched to Ecgliuid
to open up and permanently cslubluiu a
market for Australian horses.
SCIENTIFIC ANU INDUSTRIAL.
I
A child three years old is half the
height it will ever reach.
The medusa is a fish so fragile thnt
when washed on tho beach it melts and
disappears.
A tropical moth, called the atlas moth,
has a wing spread of one foot. It is gray
in color and flics by night.
An electrical brush has been invented
to kill grass and weeds along the track.
It destroys every blado of grass it
touches.
Carbon is so good a conductor of elec
tricity that, in the form of coke, it is
used to mako an earth connection for
lightning rods.
Experiments toward rust prcvantion
are being made in all the Australian col
onies, and a conference was held in
Adelaide, in March, to report results.
There are most beautiful butterflies in
tho Malay archipelago, of an exquisito
blue and other iridescent hues, which
measure eight inches from wing tip to
wing tip.
Tho "horn" of the rhinoceros is
simply a hyportrophicd bunch of hair,
the horns of lizards and of cattle aro
morphologically hypertrophied portions
of the skin.
When ripe, tho banana consists of
seventy-four por cent, of water, twenty
per cent, of sugar, twj per cent, of
gluten, and the remaiudcr of mineral
matter and woody fiber.
Every portion of soapstone lost in cut
ting is utilized In other ways. It gives
the dull color to rubber goods, is used
in paper to gaiu weight, aud is an ex
cellent article to use in making fire-proof
paints.
A remarkable esse is that of a man
who was stabbed in the heart. - That or
gan was punctured, but yet ho lived and
would have recovered had ho not be
come intoxicated before the wound en
tirely healed.
Experiments' In Germany show that
peat is a good material in which to store
potatoes, turnips, onions and other sirai
lar vegetables. Potatoes, after eight
months, were found in perfect condition
without ever having germinated.
Several of the higher apes share with
man the involutionary habit of blushing,
Indeed, they seem to possess it to a
higher degree then we uo, for the blush
of an ape extends over a larger portion
of the body than that of a huinau being.
It is claimed by scientists that all tho
lime in tho world has, at somn time,
been a portion of some animal. The
same atom of lime has some time, no
doubt, been a portion ot many different
animals, and possibly of human baings
also.
Heligoland is to bo made a harbor of
refuge for fishing vosiels, and is being
fortified heavily. The island is to bo a
scientific station, tho German Govorn
ment having erected laboratories thoro
for tho study of marine zoology, and
especially of tho ecouomic history of
food fishes.
The perpendicularity of a monument
is, although few may bo awaro of it,
visibly affected by the rays of the sun.
On every sunny day a tall monument
has a regular swing, leaning away from
the sun. This phenomenon is duo to
the greater expansion of the side on
which the rays of tho sun fall.
In Germany, barrels and tubs aro now
being made in a single piece by a new
system of cutting logs into boards and
veneers. The loir is steamed and
aliened, then placed iu a midline Bud
rotated against a knife which shaves oil
a continuous veneer, or biv.rd, till the
log is consume 1. Iu making bands., a
strip is notched m each edge, an t thou
it can be rolled iuto cylindrical form,
ready for hoops and heads.
Speed of the Pulse.
Tho rate of pulsation depends entirely
on the movements of the heart, each
representing a contraction of the left
ventricle. The normal pulse of the
adult male varies from sixty to eighty
beats in the minute; ho range of indi
vidual variation is, however, very great.
The range in females is even g eater,
ionic having a pulse rate of over eighty,
others less than sixty, tho majority show
ing a higher rate than male
In children the rate is moro frcqneut:
At birth, US to 141; first yen, 13'J to
130; ut sixteen years, ninety. Iu old
age the pulse is usually above seventy
two, but ofteu also bit ween fifty and
sixty. The pulse rate is higher iu short
than tall persons, and also varies some
what with the time of day, independent
of meals and movement diminishing iu
the forenoon, rising in tlio afternoon,
sinking during the night and rising iu
the morning. Habitual pulse rates be
low fifty-six and as low us forty-six have
been observed iu healthy adults, but
they are rare exceptions. We know of
no case ou record of a healthy pulse so
low us thirty. Brooklyn Eiglc.
Sail Ships Not Out of Dale.
From tho returns compile by Lloyd's
Register of Shipping, it upp-ar that iu
the year 1S!U there were luunche I iuthu
United Kingdom till steamers of N7M,
3511 tons, and 11 stiliug vessels of 'ifi'i,
40,'i tous, or a total of S'i'i vessels of
1,130,816 tons. These figures do not
include warships. Contrary to the more
or less general opinion iu this country
that steumships aie destined to com
pletely supersede sailing vessels, the re
turns show that the uumber of sailing
vessels built, us compared to the number
propelled by steam, is relatively incieas
iug year by year, aud during the present
year it is thought that thu increase will
be still more pronounced. Iu December,
lHN'.t, teu per ceut. ouly of the vessels
under construction in the I'uited King
dom were "sailing;" in lS'.l I, fifleeu pur
ceut., ami in lS'.il, no less thin twenty
five per cent, 't his shows that the build -iu"
of steamships for the nil reliant ser
vice has simply beeu overdone, and that
there is still a demand for the slow er and
cheaper Bailing vessel. Bostou Advtl-Ue,
LOVEU HORIZON,
The sky Is like a woman's love.
The ocean like a man's;
Oh, neither knows, below, above,
The measure tnat it spans I
Tbe ocean tumbles wild ami free,
And rage round the world;
On reef and wreck eternally'
Ita ruthless waves are burled. .'
The sky has many a gloomy cloud
And many a rainy dash ;
Sometimes the storms are long and loud,
With wind and lightning-Bash.
But ever somewhere, fair and sweety
Low stoops the adoring blue.
Where ocean heavenward leaps to greet
The sky so soft ami true.
They meet and blend all round the rim;
Ob, who can half divine
What cups of fervid rapture brim
On the horizon line
The sky is like a woman's1 love,
The ocean like a man's; ''
And neither dreams, below, above,
The measure that it spans.
Maurice Thompson, in the Ceutury.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A fresh skin Tho latest confidence
game.
Beats tho world Tho impecunious
tramp.
A woman's will always has a lot of
codicils to it.
Among the goods that "won't wash"
is tho article known as tho small boy.
Truth.
Wrinkles on tho brow aro time's en
dorsement of tho note for borrowed
trouble. Puck.
The wonderful cheek of man some
times covers thrco or four achers.
Galveston News.
Tho bundle on tho end of a stick is a
pretty sure sign of tho man who has lost
his grip. Puck.
No man is groat enough to veto a mil
linery bill after his wifo has O. K.'d it.
Galveston News.
Armies aro frequently put to flight.
Perhaps that is what they havo wings
for. Boston Transcript.
Tho new monthly magazine, Good
Roads, seems to bo on tho highway to
success. Boston Herald.
Make friends with your creditors, if
you cau ; but never make a creditor of
your friend. Texas Sittings.
Terse: Mudge "Oh, I say, old man,
how are you off financially f" Yabsley
"Away." Indianapolis Journal.
The world is full of men who havo
things thoy want to sell for less than they
paid for them. Atchisou Globe.
The persou who is afllictod with klep
tomania always feels that he "ought to
take somothing for it." Washington
Star.
Pedestrian "How is it that this street
is so much dirtier than the other?" Cop
"Tho women uevcr walk hero.1' New
York Sun.
Hicks "Digby is a groat man to stick
to his opinion." Wicks "And yet he
gives it to everybody ho meets." Boston
Transcript.
"Mrs. Primmius is exceedingly neat."
"Yes. If she could havo tlio earth she
wouldn't tuko it becauso it would be im
possible to keep it clean." Washington,
Star.
Muko up your mind to bo moro chari
table for people, aud tho man you hatu
most will come iu while you aro plan
ning where to commence. Atchisou
Globe.
Jerseyman "I want to buy a brush."
Drug Clerk "Tooth brush.''' Jersey-
Diau "Jit I What would I want a
tooth brush for? There ain't no hair ou
my teeth." New York Newi.
"Oh, spare me, dear angel, ono lock
of your hair," a bashful young lover took
courage aud sighed. "Twcroa sin to
refuse si modest a prayer, so take tho
wholo wig," tho sweet creature replied.
Tid Bits.
A Bostou cynic asks in tlio Transcript :
"What is love?'1 Aud this is his frivol
ous answer; "Two heads with but a
singlo thought, two fools that act liko
one." Bless their hearts, anyhow.
Buffalo Commercial.
Judge "What extenuating circum
stances cuu you give" Counter "citer
"Please your honor, I made the money
to pay my board bill." Judge "Very
good; it will pay your board and lodg
ings for fifteen years." Priucutou
Tiger.
Railway Director "We have divided
up the work so that each ol the directors
has a fair share to do. lligginsou is
Secretary.I am Trcasurer.aiid Pro-it is "
Friend "Wljy, Proat is so deaf that ho
can't hear thuuder! What does he dof
Railway Director "Oh, all tho com
plaints are referred to him."
"Several of the leading parishioners
have complained lo me," said the pastor
as he wiped his glasses, "of the loudness
of tho dresses worn by some of tho
youug ladies of the congregation, but I
have refused to interfere iu the miller,
us I uiu so de if that they cause me uo
auuoyauce." Brooklyn V. lylc.
Insurance Agent "I c nut to c ill your
attcutiou to the fact thai your p ile y ex
pires to-day and beg you to renew it."
hconomist "Very sorry, but tins is tlio
teuth year that 1 have insured iu yoi.r
company and nothing has Iiappe.ied, so I
have made up my nun I lo try another
touipuuy." Flicgende Bhieltvr.
The results of tiio ureal
Japanese
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l.uu-
ago was greatest, are thus nlh
tiitiriTnil .ISS'I ili'iitlw I :i
iii 1 1 y 5111:1-
persoiii
wounded, 4 l.'.ll.t dwelling bouses com
pletely and . I,.i s' partialis' demolished,
23,37'J damaged, and II VJ bum
l after
collapse, iu H'Mttiou b li
III
o.her
buildings demolished or tliiiu i
The combined debts of all th" N'l'i.'in
iu the world amount to mote th.ui
OOO.OOU.UOO.