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VOL. XXV. NO. 19.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1892. SI .50 PEli ANNUM.
BLI
Mrs. liar Lease says that the prairies
of Kansas are dotted with the graves of
women who died of "mortgage on the
farm."
An oI)3ervnnt woman is authority for ,
the statement that the evolution of man
iu the mutter of domestic science has
taken a might; stride- of late. . In proof
of this, cites tlio Boston Transcript, hero
is King Humbert of Italy proudly dab
bling in amateur cooking.
The United States Senate is a great
placo for chums, avers the Chicago News
Record. Beck and Allison were such a
pair, as were Don Cumeron and Butler,
Vest and Plumb, Edmunds and Thurman.
Another notable caso of congressional
Damon and Pythias is that of Torn UeeJ
and Bourke Cock ran in the IIouso.
In 1825 there was but one lone repre
sentative of homeopothy in this country.
To-day 25,000 physicians are enrolled
under the banner of Hahnemann. In
1830 the first homeopathic college in the
world was incorporated, issuing diplo
mas to sixteen physicians in six years.
Now, says the New Orleans Picayune,
there are sixteen such colleges graduat
ing annually 500 students.
. That the Norsomcu discovered Amor
ica centuries before Columbus did re
ceives emphasis from Professor Horsford,
of Harvard, who says that they landed
on the Charles Kiver at Cambridge.
Tho professor petitions the municipal
authorities to protect certain ridges of
grass-covered earth, which ho claims are
the fouudutions of Leif Ericksou's house
und dato from tho year 1000.
"Whilo farmers in tho South are com
plaining that the last year's cotton crop
of nearly 9,000,000 bales the largest
ever raised will leave them scarcely a
dollar of profit, and bring thousands of
them in debt," exclaims the St. Louis Re
public, "tho Illinois State Board of Agri
culture reports that seven of the ten corn
crops of that State between 1832 and
1SUI were raised at a loss of $30,000,.
000."
Now York Is tho first city in the coun
try to start an effort to provldo artistic
street decorations for a public celebra
tion. In order to secure worthy results,
Perry Belmont, Chairman of the Ait Com
mittee for the Columbus celebration on
October 13, has called to his aid as ad
visers tho leading painters, sculptors,
designers and architects of the city. This
is a distinct and important advance in
civilization, declares the Boston Trans
script. The popular taste has been too
long at the mercy of mere contractors.
John Burns, the eminent English labor
authority, says that no man's services are
worth more than $2500 a year. The. St.
James uazetto notes that an exception
will have to be made in the case of opera
tenors, as Jean de Reszko earns that
much iu a week, Recently he contribu
ted one night's salary to the Erving
Thomas memorial fund in tho shape of a
check lor $800. At three performances
a week that amounts to the neat sum of
125,000 a year, more than the most
fashionable physician or the most success
ful lawyer cau hope to clear. For the
last two generations, says tho Gazette,
fumous singers have been paid the most
euormous rates, yet none of them have
transmitted auy amouut of money to tho
next geuuratiou. It is easy come, easy
go.
Aa interesting contribution to the dis
cussion of American country roadg
comes from Professor Richard T. Ely,
who anions that "poor roads cost this
country on tho average over $20 a
horse." Ho is sustained by Professor
Jenks, of Knox College, who think
"$15 a horse is a low estimate for this
loss." The Board of Trade, of Knox
ville, Tenn., has also made the sugges
tive computation that bad dirt roads cost
the people of that one commonwealth
more than $7,000,000 a year. From
tables made upon other statistics it is
also declared that on a gravel road a
horse will draw nearly one and a half
times the load, and on macadam over
three times the loud he can draw on the
common dirt road. The losses from
time consumed, from wear on beast and
vehicle and from repairs in indirect ways
fall principally, of course, upon those
engaged in agricultural pursuits. Tho
average cost which produce carriers
bear iu hauling to the Kuoxvillo market
from the surrounding farming region is
estimated at $7.50 a load. This aver
age, it is authoritively stated, could be
reduced one-half upon good dirt roads
ami five-sixths over good macadam roads.
That is to say, one of tho chief expenses
borne by farmer, is doublod through
the extravagant economy which perpet
uates poor roads. It is, comparatively
speaking, a saving of cunts aud a spend
ing of dollars. The amount of money
annually lost iu this country from coast
to coast through badly kept highways
can only be guessed at, but it is some
thing eUUlWUli.
AFTER THE COWS.
The pasture reached to the bleak uplands
where the sugar maples stood
Firmly rooted amid the rocks, at tbe edge of
the great pine wood:
The brook from tho spring in the forest
leaped downward In clouds of spray,
And the tall ferns drooped and nodded their
heads above the bowlders gray.
The hush of the summer evening fell, restful
and cool and damp ;
The firefly in the buttercup meadows lighted
his ghostly lamp;
And high in the flare of the sunset climbed
up tb. dome of the blue.
As three little children went after the cows,
barefooted through the dew.
The whlppoorwill sang in the alders that
fringed the bank of the stream;
And, like the mystical music one hoars in a
beautiful dream,
Tbe tinkle of cow-bells blended with the
rippling waters below,
And tb. full red moon in the shadowy east
on the horizon hung low.
The air was sweet with the clover bloom from
the banqueting-grounds of the bees,
And the woodsy scent of the mosses that hid
in the shade of the trees;
The cow-path wound through the hemlocks
and round the high ledges curled,
Where, gazing out through tho distance, we
saw to tbe ends of the world I
We called the cows through tbe gloaming
Ruby, and Bessie, and Floss,
Cherry, and M illy, and Dimple, and Bounce
"Co,' boss! co,' boss I co,' bossP'
And down tbe path through the clearing they
thundered, and trampled, and roared.
With their bellowing heals borne high aloft
as they galloped to reach tbe ford.
Knee-deep in the gurgling water they
crowded and pushed as thuy drank ;
They reared and hooked at each other as
they climbed the sdppery bank;
They plunged their heads in the clematis as
it hung in its tangled net,
And tossed on their horns the eel grass, so
snaky and green and wet.
Three little children followed them clos:?, all
fearless and happy and free,
Holding fe tanned brow.i bands of each
c her three little children, three,
Through tbe soft cool damp of the shadows
aud under the light of the stars,
Driving the cows with their tinkling bells
home to the barnyard bars.
Clara Augusta, in Wide Awake.
A TALE OF TEZCUCO.
O back with me
in fancy, dear
reader, to a time
almost six cen
turies ago. Turn
southward to the
royal city of Tez
cuco, on the east
ern border of tiie
great Mexican
iukc, that power
ful neighbor and
ally of the Aztecs,
which for several centuries flourished in
a part of what is now the Republic of
1U11C 01
lelds or
Mexico.
Stretching away from the irapfc,
city toward the mountains were fields
yellow maize, that glittered in the sun
light like seas of gold. Mingled with
and beyond these were plantations of the
maguey or aloe, one of the most im
portant and useful products of the
country. Farther in the distance, and
from ihonce extending to the mountaius
themselves, were vast forests of tbo rich
and variegated flora of the then semi
tropical region.
One evening, as the sun was casting
his last bright beams on the valley, shed
ding a refulgent glory over the land
scape there stood at tho edge of the
forer. two men engaged in earnest cou
lulu "on.
Q of these, although young, was
clad in the garb of a high warrior, or
"lord of the realm," with a short tunic
over which was a cuirass made of thin
plates of gold and silver. A magnificent
cloak ol many-hued feathers and a silver
helmet, from the top of which waved a
panache of variegated plumes, sprinkled
with precious stones, completed .the attire
of the Prince, for such he was.
His companion was a man whoso hair
was white with age, yet his eyes Hasl ed
with energy and his step was still firm.
This was Huitzil, priest of the terrible
war god, Uuitzilopocbtli.
The younger man was speaking.
'And thiukest thou not, good Fathor
Huitzil, that my father, the King, will
decree to save the maideu, that she may
become my wife?"
"Ny, Prince Nezahualcoyotl, that
may not be. For who would oppose the
commands of tho great and awe-iuspiring
Huilzilupochtli, the god of gods? Aud
has he not spoken through me, his ser
vant, that the maiden must die? Nay,
my son, lift not thy hand against the
anointed of the gods! Thou shalt fiud
others as woithy of thy favor us Tula.
The world is wide and Huitzilopochtli is
its ruler. He who tuketh one can give
another. Be advised, my son, and let
not thy hand be guided by the rashness
of the unbeliever."
"My father, thou art wise, but thou
art old. It is nuught to thee that tbo
fierce passion rages in my bosom. Thou
art like yonder mountain, rearing its
snow-clud summit toward the suu. I am
like ths fire mountain, the flumes roar in
my bosom. What knowest thou of youth
or the love ot youth) I tell thee that I
love the beautiful Tula, aud she shall be
my bride, or another shall sit on the
throne of Tezcuco iu the stead of my
father. I have suid it."
The visage of the old priest was stern
M he replied to this impetuous outbreak.
"My son speaks truth and falsehood,
jle is young, and has the flames of the
fire mounluiu within his bosom, yet is
he wisdom of the gods withheld from
kirn. Huitzilopochtli hat opened im
yes, aud I see into the future. The oM
king sit upon his throue in peace, lit
dreams not of danger, yet the euemy is
at his gates. One comes from the inmli,
and the old king U alitiu, 1 uu luu I
Prince Nezahualcoyotl driven like the
beast from cave to tree. But at last he
is the victor. He Rita on the throne of
Tezcuco, and a maiden sits by his side.
The face of the maiden is not the face of
Tula."
As the old priest continued he fell into
a rhythmical chant. He stretched his
arms toward the setting sun, and as he
ceased speaking tbe last ray of the orb
of day fell aslant his upturned counte
nance, lighting it with an almost divine
radiance, until the listening prince stood
awestruck and wondering.
The ray of light faded away, and still
they remained silent, wrapped in
thought. At length the priest con
tinued ;
"My son, I have spoken truth. Thou
shalt seo it. Gol"
The young man stood irresolute for a
moment only, theu turned toward the
city, while the priest entered the for
est. The judgment hall of the royal city
was of such splendor and magnificence
that it would indeed seem strange in our
clay, when the temples of justice scattered
over our land are usually plain and un
embellished by ornament of any descrip
tion. On the walls hung tapestry, raado
of the hair of different wild animals, of
rich and varied hue, festooned by gold
rings, and embroidered with figures of
birds and flowers. At one end of the
hall was a throne of pure gold, inlaid
with precious Btoucs, above which was a
canopy of variegated plumage, gleaming
with gold and jewels. On a stool in
front was placed a human skull, crownod
with an immense emerald of a pyramidal
form, and surmounted by an aigrette
of brilliant plumes and precious stones.
On the day following tho young
Prince's interview with Huitzil tho
priest, just as tho sun reached the merid
ian, the sound of the tomtom was heard,
calling the lords to the hall of judg
ment. Soon they entered the outer or lesser
hall, where they arranged themselves in
tho order of their rank. They were a
noble looking band of men, fourteen in
number, all wearing the gold and silver
cuirass, the cloak of rich featherwork
and the silver helmet which proclaimed
them to be the great lords of the realm,
the highest in rank in the court of the
Tczcucan monarch.
When all had assembled tbe King,
Nczhualcoiotzin, was announced by a
messenger, and presently the monarch
entered, clothed in his robes of state, and
precoded by a band of thirteen priests.
Leading the way into the judgment hall,
the King took his seat on the throne,
placed a golden crown, encrustod with
precious stones, upon his head, and took
in his right hand as a sceptre a golden
arrow.
From the grave faces of the lords it
was evident that the case on which sen
tence was to be given was one of import
ance. Silence was over the assembly
until Huitzil stepped forward from
among the priests. Placing his right
hand over his heart, he made a low bow
to tbe King and then spake:
"Most noble and illustrious Nezahual-
coiotzin, thou who rulest over all Anahu
ttc, know that under the forces of thy
arm and the terror of thy might there is
no Nation left to withstand thee.
Tho captives are few, aud the terrible
Huitzilopochtli is a-hungered. Already
is his face cloudod when he looks upon
Tvzcuoo. His feasts are no lougor red
with the blood of many captives, and
his anger has arisen. But, O King, the
terrible and mighty war god spake to
thy servant Huitzil face to face, and for
one little sacrifice will his anger bo ban
ished. The god of gods, Huitzilopoch
tli, great and teirible, commands that
the most favored maiden of Tezcuco be
offered on the altar of sacrifice on the
tenth day hence, and the lot has fallen
upon Tula. Thus shall his wrath pass
over the head of the King and be kin
dled against his enemies. The prophet
of the gods has spoken."
The priest retired, aud from the ranks
of the nobles camo the youngest of all,
the Prince Nezahualcoyotl. With a
profound bow he advanced to where the
priest hud stood, and waiting in silence
until the monarch commauded.
"Speak 1"
Then, amid the most respectful si
lence, the prince begun:
"Most noble Bire, thou who art in
very truth my fathor, many days ago thy
sou, the prince, hunted iu tbe forest.
There found I the maiden Tula in the
hands of thine enemies, tho robbers of
Tepaneco, who would have borne her
away to their haunts. I rescued her aud
carried her back to her homo in the roy
al city. And I loved the maiden, aud
we plighted our troth when the moon
was high over the figo mountain. Aud
now, O my father, would tbo priest of
the terrible god take the maideu Tula as
a sacrifice. Other maidens there are.
fuir to see, aud highly favored; their
breath as the zepher of the south, their
skin white as the lily of the lake, their
countenance of Quetzulcoatl. O my
father, is there none who may be
offered but Tula?"
With faltering steps the youug man
retired, overcome with emotion. . On the
faces of tho no S was written pity aud
sympathy, bun priests looked haughty
and triumphant, feeling confident that
the monarch would not oppose the will
of the gods.
In silcuce they awaited the decision of
the King. The law of Tezcucaus al
lowed a plea aud couuterpleu ouly within
tho hall of judgmeut, all other evidence
or argumcut having been heard pre
viously in another place.
The momeuts passed, and the King
spoke not. The silence reiuaiued uu
broken. The face of the monarch was a
study; the coi ttict that taged in his
breast between love for his sou and fear
ol the gods was long and severe, but at
length the latter gained the victory.
Suddenly he arose und advauced to
ward the stool where rested the skull.
With the golden arrow in his right hand
he drew a liue across the emblem and
the deed was doue. The maiden Tula
was doomed.
bixutly they left the hull tut the; lutd
entered, the King leading, followed by
the priests and the nobles.
- -Tho
royal city was all bustle and lifo.
Multitudes of gayly clad pedestrians
thronged its streets. It was a day of sac
rifice. Towering high above all other build
ings rose the sacrificial tower of the god
Huitzilopochtli, in order that tbe Im
pressive ceremonies in honor of the deity
might be witnessed from all parts of the
capital.
Along one the principal streets passed
the procession of priests with the vic
tim, Tula, the bethrothed of the young '
Prince. And it was no wonder that tho j
heart of the youthful warrior succumbed i
to the charms of tho gentle Tczcucan.
Of a type of beauty long since extinct in
Mexico, in her the beauty of the south
land was united with the ruddy, robust
character of the north. Her dark eye!
sparkled like twiu stars; her luxuriant
nut brown tresses fell in waves almost to
her feet. Clad in the sacrificial robes of
pure white, with bare head and feet, her
ravishing beauty would havo sufficed to
turn the head of even the most blase of
modern gallants.
By her side walked the Prince, for by
the earnest entreaty of the old King he
had been granted that privilege by tbe
priests. Pale and sorrowful he was, and
clad only in the plainest of garments.
For what signifies gaudy apparel and out
ward splendor when the loved one is in
danger?
Just as the sun paused in the heavens
at the midday hour, the chief priest and
the maiden commenced to ascend the
stairway that led to tho altar at the sum
mit of tho tower. Around the altar stood
five other priests, whose duty it was to
hold the victim fast while the chief priest
performed his horriblo work.
In a long, passionate chant-like prayer
the old priest invoked the blessing of the
terrible war god, beseeching that his
wrath might be turned away, in consid
eration of the sacrifice about to be made.
For full half an hour tho invocation con
tinued, and ere it closed a low murmur
burst from the lips of the assembled mul
titudes below.
There was good reason, too, for the
surprise and consternation of the people,
for halfway up the side of the tower,
where none but the priesthood and tho
victims bad ever yet dared to tread,
oould be seen the young Prince Neza
hualcoyotl, swiftly and stealthily mount
ing to the summit. In his right hand
he grasped a light golden dart; by his
side hung a curiously wrought sword,
inlaid with gold and precious stones, and
on his face was a look of determination
which boded ill to any one who might
oppose him.
Tho prayer was endod. The chief
priest Huitzil advauced to consummate
the sacrifice, when suddenly he threw up
his hands and fell, pierced to tho heart
with a golden dart.
Then the people witnessed a sight
such as they had never seen before. Ere
the astonished priests could comprehend
what had occurred, the Prince had
leaped up beside the altar and slew all
five with the sword. Then he sprang to
the edge of the tower, after reassuring
the trembling maiden, and his tones rang
out clear and strong as he thus addressed
the people:
"Men of Tezcuco, this day ye have
witnessed a deed that shall be for the
glory of the true gods and the good of
our nation. This day has the false priest
been slain by the arrow of the gods
which only pierces the heart of him who
speaks with a crooked tongue and a
deceiving spirit. This day have the five
priests of the altar been slain by the
sword of Quetzulcoatl!"
He raised the gleaming blade aloft,
still dripping with the blood of its vic
tims; the sight of the sacred trophy was
the signal for a mighty shout from the
listening populace. Then he continued :
."Hear the commands of QuetzalcoatI,
the true god, who reigned in the golden
age of Aiiuhuact Thus saith the god:
No more shall offerings of maidens be
made to the gods of Tezcuco. No more
shall the terrible war god be feared and
worshiped, for the day of his power is
passed, and peace shall again spread her
pinions over the royal city. This day
shull the maiden Tula become the wife
of the Prince Nezahualcoyotl, and the
tcmplo of Huitzilopochtli ahull be luid
waste. The messenger of the true god,
even the messenger of Quetzulcoatl, has
spoken."
Then turning to Tula he raised her to
her feet, and with their arms twined
around each other they descended the
narrow stairway, to bo receive 1 with re
joicing by tbe people.
How the old kiug was shortly after
ward slain in a battle with the Tupauecs,
aud how the Prince Nczubualcoyoti on
ascendiug the throue completely ban
ished the worship of Huitzilopochtli,
aud bow upward of forty years he cou
ducted the most peaceful und prosper,
ous reign ever known during tho history
of the Tczcucana as a natiou,are matters
of history. During his reign human sac
rifice was greatly lesseued, although not
until after the conquotof Mexico by the
Spauiurds, about 300 year afterward,
was it entirely abolished. Wuverley
Magazine.
A Warbling Girl.
A lady writing in the British Medical
Journal sys that sho recently heard a
young girl of fourteen years "whistle,"
as her people called it, but "warble" it
really was, for she kept her uiouth slightly
open, aud the lips merely trembled, ths
notes being formed iu the throat, the
centre of it working as a bird's does
when siuging, and the sounds produced
were exactly line those of blackbirds and
thrushes. Sho warbled several airs to
pienoforte accompauiments faultlessly
and most beautifully modulated, aud so
powerful were the notes that her grand
mother, who was excessively deaf, could
catch every one without the slightest
effort in auother room, a little distance
off. In the same room some notes were
deafening when she poured thein out at
the forte parts. She had been self-
taught, entirely from "whistling' to her j
dog aud sitting in tho wiudow to
"Wttiblu'' Ui the bird.
THE CANARY-BIRD TRADE.
A HOUSE INDUSTRY OF NEEDY
GERMAN PEASANTS.
Poor Famlllra liaise tho Keathoreil
Klnurra In '1 heir Monies This
Country lluy. the Mont Canaries,
FOH more than a century the
business of raising cauarios has
rendered bare existence a pos-
sihility to many poor peoplo
iu Germany. Fifty years ago it had
alieady grown to such dimensions that
it became necessary to seek a foreign
outlet for tho trade. About 1650 the
Gcrtnan dealers began making shipment
to New York, and finully they turned
their attention chiefly to the United
States, the demand from this side of the
water having becomo very great. Dur
ing tho last year canary birds wcro
third in money value among the articles
exported to tho United States from
Hanover.
The breeding of canary birds in Ger
many is mainly a house industry of poor
and needy people. Their profit is, of
course, small; hut to the poor, who cau
hardly earn daily bread, their bird cages
are like little savings banks, from which
they can draw at regular intervals airitlo
that, added to their other earnin g,
enables them to make ends meet. Tho
canury bird industry, without making
any serious claim upon the peasant's
time or care, cheers his home ond brings
him a modest profit. Having in the
summer raised a brood of young birds,
he awaits with anxiety the visit of the
denier in the autumn, which will place
iu his hands money to help him through
the winter.
Tho principal seat of the industry was
formerly the Hartz Mountains, where the
pcor mountaineers, engaged chiefly in
mining nnd lumbering, were in great
need. Almost every family had iu tho
sittiug-room, in the bed-room, or in gar
ret a breeding place for birds. In the
summer the food necessary for the birds
was easily obtainable, and before the
winter came the dealer had purchased
them. After the Harfz .Mountains be
came more frequented by visitors desir
ous of improving their health in the pure
air, the poverty of the mouutainceis was
diminished, and the canary bird indus
try fell off more and more. At present
only fine singers are bred in the Hartz,
and for these the dealer must pay a high
price. The industry was then transferred
to Eichsfelde, in the province of Han
over, whero there are many poor weav
ers. Nearly ull of these uro now en
gaged in tho breeding of the chcapei
varieties of canary birds. The industry
exists also in tho poorer districts oi
Hesse, iu tho great Lunenburg Moor, in
parts of Westphalia, and among the
fsudetic Mountaius in Saxony. About
250,000 canary birds are taisod every
year in Germany.
First in importance is tho market of
the United States, which takes in round
numbers 100,000 birds per annum. Next
is the English market, which takes about
50,000 per annum. Then come Brazil,
Chile, the Argentiuo Republic and Aus
tralia. To these countries salesmen are
sent with canary birds every year. The
rest, especially the finer Hartz birds, are
fold in Germany, where more wc-'ghl is
given to fineness of song aud where
higher prices can be obtained than any
where else. The average prico for ordi
nary canary birds is from sixty to eighty
cents for males. Hence the canury bird
industry adds about 1,000,000 murks pel
year to Germany's National wealth, and
this amount goes chiefly iuto tho hands
of the poorest class.
The growth ot this industry is due to
two causes: Tho German bird dealers
have ulwuys been very eutcrprisiug, and
the canary birds raised iu Germany uru
tuid to sing better thau any others.
While very beautiful birds are raised iu
Eugluud, in song they uru surpassed by
the German canaries. German dealers
claim that cuuary birds bred from im
ported purents in the United Stutcs are
poor singers, owing to the warmth of
our climate.
About two-thirds of tho 100,000
canary birds exported annually from
Germany to the United States are im
ported by a Gcimau resident of Now
Yoik. At Braunlagc, in the Hartz, this
man has a factory which is capublu of
turning out every duy tho muteriul for
one thousuud bird euges. The material
is given out to the peasants, wdio muko
the cages at home. The birds are
shipped to New York, via Bremen, ac
companied by attendants. Each at
tendant has under his care about 1000
birds, each iu its wooden cuge. As each
bird must be fed aud cared for regular
ly, the attendant are kept busily em
ployed. One of these attendants has
already crossed- tho ocean more than a
hundred times in charge of birds. There
are thirty such employes. The New
York house disposes of these birds the
Guest amorg them being the Andreus
berger Hartz canaries in New Orleans,
Charleston, Suu Francisco, aud other
American cities, as well as iu Canada.
Moreover, buyers are sent throughout
the t'uittd States to obtain American
birds and animals, and also to Mexico
aud Cuba fur purrots. These ure brought
to Germany by the canary attendants
upon their return. In this manner this
sume person annually imports into Ger
many from the tuited Stutes about 5000
Virginia cardinal birds, 3000 nonpareils,
2000 indigo birds, aud 500 uiockiug
birds. Boston Transcript.
How to Store Table Silver.
Silversmiths now couusel their patrons
to keep tiue tublo silver iu Cuutou flan
nel rather thau iu wool. Tho explana
tion is thut tho woolen llunuels hitherto
commonly employed for this purpose
are treated, iu the course of their pro
duction, with sulphur, ami enough of
tbe lutter clings to the flannel to turuisli
the metal when it is kept iu tl niuel bags.
Boston Transcript.
Paris ha increased in population about
seven per cent dining the lust four years.
In ISM) it had 2,-'o0,yiS luhubiluuU.
N.WW U hat 2,.,'JG'J.
SCIENTlflC AMI INI'l'STRIAL.
Pure butter may coutain ten per cent,
of water.
A lead mine which yields almost pure
lead has been discovered at Turner, Me.
Morgnn County, Missouri, it is said,
furnishes tho best fire-brick clay in the
world.
Professor Calvin, of tho Stuto Uni
versity lias been chosen as Iowa's Stuto
Geologist to conduct a new survey.
Tests recently mado at Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y., show that alumi
nium has no very marked influence upon
tho magnetic conductivity of cast iron,
but slightly decreases its permeibility.
Tho strawberry plant scorns to possess
an amount of intelligence. It will in
variably run its shoots in the direction
of ground which contains a maximum
amouut of nutriment, and will never
grow its runuers towards u barren or
sandy spot.
There are in southwestern Missouri
many openings iu tho earth, which arc
called "blow holes" ami "cold caves,"
from which issues a cold blast of air. . A
local theory is that the temperature of
these places is reduced by tho enormous
deposit of ammonia, caused by the pres
ence of bats.
Pieces of iron which can bo sot up iu
tho form of a rudimentary steam engine
were recently found, together with a
Latin treatise on steam as a force, in an
iron chest, dug up near Holsingfors.
This extraordinary archie ilogical rind is
supposed to date from tho first half of
tho twelfth century.
Shooting-stars are small bodios weigh
ing at most a few pounds and consisting
mainly of iron and carbon. They trav
erse space iu swarms and also revolve
around tho sun in long elliptical courses
like comets. Their brightness is duo to
heat engendered by the energy of their
motion. Their speed is enormous, be
ing nearly twice as great as the speed of
tho earth on its orbit.
The installation of n 4000-ton hy
draulic press iu tho St. Jucqtios iron
works ut Moutlucon, France, servos to
mark the progress of an innovation in
forging works. Tho substitution of hy
draulic presses for powerful steam hum
mers for the forging of largo massos of
steel has for somo timo been steadily on
the increase. It is found that tho work
of the press is more rogulur, homogene
ous and rapid, und that the press costs
much less to install than tho steam hu:n-
It is said that raven? ofton reach tho
age of a hundred years. Ducks nnd
cuckoos are likewise very long lived.
Magpies, which livo to a very advanced
age at liberty, do not exceed twenty
five years in tho confinement of a cngo.
It is not rare to seo domestic cocks of fif
teen years; and with caro they reach
twenty. Tho limit of tho existence of
pigeons is ten years; the smallest species
live from eight to eighteen years. Night
ingales will not enduro more thau ten
years of captivity. Cunuries roared in a
cuge live twelve or fifteen years, but iu
their native islands they reach an ago of
several dozen years.
Kichcst Jewel in the lliitlsh Crown.
India, as a part of tho British Empire,
forms the richest jewel in the crowu of
Queen Victoria. Tho dazzling beauty of
the Koh-i-Nur diamond well represents
the glory of tho Indian Empire. Exclud
ing Burmuh, it covers a territory of 1,
378,011 square miles, with a population
of 285,000,000. Of this territory over
500,000 squuro miles uro under native
rulers subject to tho English as the para
mount power. The larger native States
or territoiies are nine iu number: Raj
putana, Central India, tho Mahrutta
Stutes, Hyderabad, Mysor, Travuukor,
Nepal, Kashmir and the Mohumiuedau
Stutes of the Punjab aud Sindh. Tho
various nutivo Stutes, including the
minor piiucipulities, number nearly 500.
Some of these chiefs wield great politi
cal influence. Tho Nizam ot Hyderabad
controls 11,000,000, of people und main
tains an army of 50,000 men. The
Rajuof Gwulior governs 3,000,000 and
has an urmy of 22,000 soldiers. The
Raja Holkur controls half u million peo
ple, having an army of 8500 uieu.
Chicago Graphic.
Oddities About the Itivur Nile.
Tho Nile has but a full of six inches
to the thousuud miles 1 Tho overflow
commences iu Juue every year aud con
tinues uutil August, attaining an eleva
tion of from twenty-four to twenty-six
feet above low-water mark, and flowing
through the "Valley of Egypt" iu a
turbulent body twelve miles wide.
During the last thousand years there has
been but one suddeu rise of tho Nile,
that of 182'J, when 30,000 peoplo were
drowned. After tho waters recede each
year the exhalations from the mud uru
simply intolerable to all except natives.
This mud deposit adds about eight inches
to the soil every century, und throws a
mudily embuiikmeut from twelve to six
teen feet iuto the sea every year. This
being the case it is plain thut the mouth
of the river is thousands of feet further
north now than it waa iu the time of the
Ptolemies, and it is only a question of
time when the sedimeut will maku a dam
entirely across the Mediterranean Sea.
An Klectrie Hath Cabinet.
An electric bath-cabinet made by a
Western manufacturer is of the usual
size of vupor baths, with u lid euclosiug
the body completely, except the head,
which is exposed. Electric lumps are
distributed around the body of the
patient, being arranged in groups ot
fourteen ami operated by a separate
switch for each group. About sixty
lumps ot sixteeu-caudle power me used
in the bath. The sides of tho interior
it the cabinet ure backed by polished
nickel to ivo reflective paer. Tho
e licet of the strong light is to brown the
skin us if it hud been exposed to the
suu. The combined effect of the electric
und vapor bath uru said to be without
the usuul depressing effects of the vupor
bath ulone, iu lac!, huviug uu opposite
ilka. - New York 1'ust.
A BONO OF NEFD.
When you shall dwelt In Tranquil land,
Where sweet the summer. W,
Lean in the light and kis your hand,
And kiss your band to me.
For I, who dwell in Lonely land.
By that sweet sign shall see
That Iore to you Is kind aud r rand
Bo kin your hand to me.
When you shall dwell In Midnight land.
Where tears and moanins tx.
Fold on your heart the nnkissed baud
And sigh your soul to me.
And I, though lost in Lonely land,
W UI send an answer true, '
And groping blindly for your hand.
Creep in the dark to you I
F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"Hard lines," said Mr. Flunkor,
when he couldn't translate a passage iu
Homer. Yalo Record.
"Hullo, Bronson! Y'ou look hot. How
did you get in that condition?" "Open
ing a car window to cool off." Harper's
Bazar.
Jagson says it is strange nobody ever
finds out what the wild waves are saying
although ever so many go to sea. Eluiira
Guzette.
"Miss Budd is a very sharp girl."
"Yes, indeed. I guess that is why she'
cuts so many of her acquaintances."
Tho Club.
There is never so much excitement
when a man begins to smell a rat as whoa
a woman first sees a mouse. Philadel
phia Times.
"I felt so cheap during tho ceremony,'
confessed the bride to her dearest friend.
"Why, my dear?" "Because pa gave mo
away." Detroit Free Press.
"Do you believe all you see, Hicks?"
"No. I bco you whonever we moot,
but I dou't believe you more than a tenth
of tho time." Brooklyn Lifo.
A woman will fight her relatives any
time for her lover, and when ho becomes
her husband will work him any day tor
her relatives. Atchison Globe.
He trented me coldly last nl;ht.
And yet I'm not mud, as 'twould seem,
For his treatmitut 1 hailed with ileligho
He bought me six plates of ice-cream 1
boston News.
Said tho locturor "Tho road -
theso mountains are too steep ami ro
for even a donkey to climb; therefore
did not attempt the ascent." Boston
Transcript.
Amy "Has ho over lovod any other
girl before?" Mabel "No; that doosn't
worry me. What I want to know is if
ho will love any other girl in tho future."
Harper's Bazar.
"Whatl Do you diue iu that fourth
rato place!" "Ouly when I am net
hungry. What is the uso of wasting
good food on a poor appetito?" Iu
diuuapolis Journal.
"Do you know Widdikon's widow?"
"Oh, yes." "I hoar she is going to con
test tho old man's will." "I dau't won
der at all. Sho always did wheuhe was
alive!" Chicago News.
"Do you think that truth isstrangor
than fiction?" "I don't know," replied
tho cautious man; "when some pooplo
that I know get through with it, gener
ally seems to bo." Washington Stur.
She "How did you and Tom Hilbw
happeu to got married, Blanche?"
Blanche "We wero both siugle, you
know?" "Yes?" "Well, we married
to get even." Smith it Gray's Monthly.
Sho (to Cousin George, who has just re
turned from tho tropics) "Oh, tGoorgo,
dear, how kind of you to bring me this
dear little monkey 1 How thoughtful you
are I But but it's just like you!"
Funny Folks.
First Student "How did you get on
in your examination?" Second Student
"II idly I Aud to add iusult to injury
oue of the professors was hard of hear
ing, so thut 1 hud to repeat in a very loud
tone everything I did not know."
Fliegeudo Uluettcr.
"Do you kill tho germs in the hydrant
water, ma'am?'' queried the family phy
sician. "Yes, I try to, doctor." "You
boil the water, I suppose." "Not uow,
doctor; it's so thick we bake it I" Chi
cago News-Record.
Wells "I hear that stingy old Grub
gold bus really married a shop girl."
Griggs "Yes, but everybody kuows
thut he never would have fallen iu love
with her it ho hadn't found her at the
five-cent counter." Chicago lutor
Ocean. Miss Ireno Kersmith, (iu ruptures)
0, she pluys thut. Beethoven symphony
so beautilully I" Little Johnny Ker
smith "N it a hard piecu to play?"
"Hush, Johnny! Yes; it: very diffi
cult." "Is that why she's mukiu' ull
them ugly faces ut it f" Chicago Tri
bune. A comedy sceno followed tho third act
of a tragedy at a theatre iu an Euglish
provincial town. The villain had met
his death, and tho curtain was lowered,
but hung three feet above the stage. All
efforts to lower it pioved unavailing uutil
the corpse arose from the stage aud said,
iu sepulchral toues, us lie dragged dowu
the curtain, "No rest, eveu iu tho
g-r-r-rave!"
A highly humorous legend is npendod
to a magnificent drawing by Rulle". It
was during the last war iu Italy; a
group of French Greuudiers are camping
round a lire thut is being put out by the
ruin, which falls iu torrents. An old
Sergeant, with au air of grim satisfac
tion, rubs his hands und exclaims:
"Won't those Austriins come iu tor u
drenching!" Lu Petit Parisiuu.
Ellie "Did George play football
while he was ut college" Maud "No,
I dou't think ho did." Kllio "Did ho
row on the crew?" .Mau l "I never
heard any thing about it." Kilie "Then
he must have played baseball." M md
"Ho never said anything ab-ua it.
I'm pretty sure he didn't, tmm;U."
Klliu "That's very queer." Mind
"Why?" Ellie "llecuuse I heard h
was graduated with huuoH." il.iiVJ.rd
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