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VOL. XXVII. NO. 28. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31, 1894. 81.00 -PER ANNUM.
Tho army worm has cost this conn
try more than tho Revolutionary War.
Tho great cannod goods center of
Industry of the world in Baltimore,
Md.
Ballington Booth nay that tbo Sal
vation Army hag grown in twenty
oight yoars from two persons to over
a million.
i
Tho inlet of Massown, in tbo Hod
Sou, where Italy in sending its An
archists, is one of tho hottest places
in tbo world, and cscapo from it in
that storilo region wonld bo very diffi
cult. Thoonly school in tho United States
for tho teaching of the art of letter
writing is said to bo at Chautauqua,
N. Y. Tho iuotrnctre.es, Miss Francos
B. CallowaV. llAA mll.ila rnnmnfT fpnm
, tf. t uo -'5
tho Texas, cowboy to tho aristocratic
sooioty woman, and in ago from four
teen to, seventy.
The British postofllco has recently
introduced o now system of notation
for its dato stamps. Tho lottors from
A 'to M are osod to represent tho hours
and also of twelve intervals of fivo
minutes sach ; thus AAmoansl.OC,
A B 1.10, and so on. A. m. and p. m.
are oxpressed by A and P after an
asterisk ; thus M OA means 12. 15 a. m.
Edward Atkinson, tho statistician,
tentifiod boforo the Royal British Com
mission on Agrioultnro that ono client
of his in this country had recoivod
one singlo order for 25,000 Btentn
plows for the Argontino Republic,
lie said that there wero enough good
wheat lands on tlin TArilfmnv anil
Parana Rivers to food tho wholo
world.
Tho war botwoen China and Japan,
though not of vital interest to Ameri
cana, wjll yet bo watohod with ltopti
wtorost by all our military loaders,
ramarks tho Now York Times. Thero
has boon no great war sluco tho intro
duction of what wo bollovo to bo im
provements in tho modo of warfare,
and it romaius to bo tested whether
tho greater advance has boon in ado in
woapons of attack, suoh na guns,
smokoloBs powder and torpedoes, or
in moans of defense, suoh as armor
plates, now turrets, and possibly
bullot-proof coats for soldiers, aud
this war may touch ns many things.
It appears that England is tho great
est railway-traveling oountry on oarth.
In 1830, tho oxtctit of lines in Eng
land being then about 18,033 miles;
the numbor of passengers was nearly !
604,000,000. In 18D0, by whioh tlmo I
tho railway liues had incroasod by '
about 4375 miles, the numbor of travel- I
era had grown to nearly 818,000,000. I
No othor country in tho world comos 1
noar tboso figures. Evon tho railroa.ls
in tho United States, whioh inoasuro '
the enormous length of 158,750 milos, I
carried in 1890, only rather more than
620,000,000 passengers. IuGormany, j
in 1880, 215,000,000 persons traveled '
on 20,760 miles of railway ; in 1890 the
number of passengers was ever 420,
000, 000. .
Edward Bellamy shudders whenever
he hoars tbo name of "Looking
Backward." If you wish to mako a
friend of Franois Brot Harte don't
mention "Tho Hoathou Chinoe." Will
Carleton wonders how people can read
"Over tho Hills to tho Poor Ilouse,"
whioh he considers one of the poorest
poems he ever wrote. Mrs. F. Hodg
son Burnett does not wibh to hear
"Little Lord Fauntleroy" praised in
her immodiato vicinity. Charles
Heber Clarke has taken a very strong
aversion to his onco famous noio do
plume of "Mux Adler." But no one
recognizes him as anyone elso. "Tho
Opening of a Chestnut Burr," by E.
P. Roe, was considered by him to be
an, inferior work.
Our pestiferous friend, tho bicycle,
continue to grow in favor, and it is
being put to very praotioal uses, notes
the Chicago Record. In the German
army estimates for the present year
the sum of 825,000 is included for tho
supply of bioyolos to the infantry.
Two wheels are assigned to each bat
talion and an instruction has been is
sued dealing with the bicyole service.
These machines are to bo used for
communications between oolumns on
the march uud for communications
between advanced guards. When
troops are ill quarters bicyclists are to
fulfill the functions of orderlies, es
pecially where mounted orderlies are
wanting ; they will also relieve tho
cavalry from relay and intelligence
duties. In great fortresses all tho
duties hitherto devolving on cavalry
off .mtSMage-boarers are to be trans
ferred to bicyclists. In tho military
servicw of our own country the bi
cyole has already begun to figure con
Bjdououidy with admirable result.
. -A
WHAT DOES IT MATTER.
tt matters lltlk) whora Ifva born,
Or If my patents were rich or poor i
Whether they shrank at the cold world's
sooro,
Or walked In tho prlile o( wealth secure.
But whnthor I live ao bonnet man,
And holds my Integrity firm In my dutch,
I toll yon, brother, plain as I am,
It matters much I
tt matters little how long I stay
In a world of sorrow, sin, and ears
Whether In youth I am oalled away, '
Or live till my bones and pate are bare.
But whether I do tho best I can
To soften the weight of adversity's touch
On the faded cheek of my follow man,
It matters much I
Tt matters liltlo where be my grave,
Or on the land or on the sea,
By purlin brook or 'uoath stormy wave
It matters little or naught to me.
But whether the Angol of Death comes down
And marks my brow with his loving touch,
As ono that shall wear the victor's crown,
It mnttors muoh I
From tbo Swedish.
DOCTOR BARTON'S PATIENT
BY. HELEN FORnEIT OIUVES.
ND yon don't ovon
know her name !"
said Mrs. Ben-
wick. "My dear
Kenneth, there
uover was any
thing eo ridic
ulous?" Tho captain of
artillery Bhifted
uis loot to a more
comfortablo position on tho sofa, and
looked longing at a box of cigars
which was placed just bevond his
reach.
"Of course I know her namo," said
he; "and a very pretty ono it is.
Perry Miss Perry."
"But . who is it you are talking
about ?" said pretty Joyoo, who had
been preparing a mustard-paste for
her brother's chest.
Captain Renwlck answered prompt
ly "My swoothoartl"
"Keuuoth, dou't bo ridiculous 1"
said his mothor, somowhat tartly,
"Tho Bwoetest, prottioet blossom in
all tbo Adirondack wildernesses I"
Ditrsuod Kenneth. "The fairost of
Catnip tea I I doolnro, Joyce, I won't
drink it I What do you take me for ?"
"It's tho host thing in tho world
for a Cold ou tho chorft," said Mrs,
Ronwiok, wringing hor hands, "Oh,
if you had ouly kept away from that
camping party."
"I mistook her for tho boatman's
daughter tho first tlmo," said Captain
ltonwick. "Sho "
"Kenuotb, dou't talk ploaso don't
talkl" nrgod his mothor. "It's tho
worst thing you oonld possibly do,
with yonr lungs alt oongostod, and"
"But I must talk I" said tho captain.
"Consider, mothor, Joyoo hasn't
hoard a word about it. Hho only camo
last night. Fancy, Joyoe, my being
fool ouongh to mistako hor for a boat
man's daughtor 1"
"Why, nrou't boatmen's daughters
as nioo and la lyliko as auy ono?" said
Joyoo, readjusting her apron ribbons.
"Oh, but this boatman lives iu a
perpetual state of ahirt-sloovos I" said
Ronwiok ; "aud ho is a living fountain
of tobacco juioe, and talks abominable
grammar through his nose. And his
wifo is a low class of Mog Merrilies,
who takes too muoh bad whisky when
ever she has the opportunity. How
I over made such a blunder I cau't
imagine. But Jenkins sent me up to
tho Lako head to hire a boat, and
when I saw her sitting there among
tho water-lilies, I jumped at onoe to
the conclusion that this was tho boat
to hire, 'My good girl,' says I
fancy my idiocy I 'if you will just
row me up to Needle Point, and call
for me again in tho evening, I'll give
you a dollar.' "
"And she?" said Joyce.
"Rowed me up, of oourse. I wiidi
you could have seen the way in whioh
1 sbo handled the oars. But it was
j Dulph, tho tobacco-soaked old boat
man, who called for me at sunset.
'Why didn't you send your daugh
ter? says 1. it warn t my uarter,
lays ho; 'it was Miss Perry.' Well,
hen 1 met her at the pionic. Wu
waltzed together half the evening.
iho is as beautiful as she is graceful,
tnd as intelligent as sho is beautiful."
"Did you apologize?" asked Joyce.
"Of oourse 1 apologized," said Cap
taiu Kenneth. "And we had a good
laugh over it. Bha had been after
. water-lilies, she said. Sho paints 'em
in water colors. I am to havo one
when they are finished. Joyce, you
must know hor. She is a perfect
beauty. And sho dances like a sylph,
aud sings like Putti, aid"
"Nonsense I" said Joyoo. "A farm
er's daughter, seen through the big
I end of the opera glass 1 You were al
ways a victim to delusions, Kenneth.
"My dear Joyoe, I assure you"
"Children, children 1" remonstra
ted Mrs. Ronwiok, piteously, "do
have a little common sense, Kenneth,
you know you ought not to talk.
Joyce, don't you hear how hoarse your
brother is?" If pneumonia should set
in after this exposure
Captain Renwiek inado an expree
sive grimace. Joyce looked a litle
upprehousive.
"Mamma," said she, "you always
were a pessimist. It s only a cold that
ails Keuntu.
"But it is settling on his lungs, my
dear, tutul Airs. Kunwick, plaintively
"And out here in the wilderuew there
isn't even a drug storo short of fifteen
miles. Oh, dear 1 oh, dear ! why did
I ever allow myself to be persuaded to
come to the Adironducks I
"The scenery, mamma I "said Joyce,
soothingly.
'But one can't eat and drink
scenery. Aud this woman know.
absolutely pothing about omelettes
and French coffoo, and she never
broilod a beefsteak in her life until I
showed her how. As for her soupB,
they are simply uneatable. And the
bods are as hard an the neither mill
stone, and tho mosquitoes are unen
durable !"
"All these are trivial annoyances."
said Captain Ronwick, skillfully con-'
triving to tip over tho catnip-tea on
tho current number of a popular maga
zine, in his reach after the cigar box.
"To mo, the Adirondacks are tho gar
don of tho world I I shall never bo
willing to go anywhoro else in tho Bnm
inor. And she says it is evon finer
hero iu winter, with the trifling ex
ception of a little solitude."
"Kenneth," cried his mother, in
agonized aocents, "you must not talk I"
"My dearest mothor, I am all right
if you only won't fret!" declared this
prodigal son.
But Captain Renwick's eyes wero
unnaturally bright, tho hot flush of
fever burned on his cheek, ond his
breathing was alternately hurried and
laborious.
It was undoubtedly tho fact that ho
had takon a sevcro cold during tbo
camping out expedition from which
he had juBt returned, and that this
cold had boon proof, so far, at loast,
against all the romcdies Mrs. Renwlck
had used.
"Oh, dear I oh, doarl" sighed the
mothor. "Why don't the doctor
come? Joyce, look out of the win
dew I Soo if there are any Bigns of
him."
"The doctor?" ejaculated Captain
Renwiek, raising himself on one elbow
among his pillows. "You don't say
you have sent for a doctor?"
"Why, of oourse I have !" said Mrs.
Ronwick "for Dootor Barton, from
Nylosburg."
"A snuff-taking old fiend, who will
docse me with calomol, and experi-tnent-on
me with every ono of the hundred-year-old
drugs in his saddlo
bags Period the captain. "I won't
sco him I"
"Dear Kenneth!" ploateJ Joyce.
"My son I" sobbed Mrs. Ronwick.
"No!" ejaoulatod Kenneth. "I'll
be hanged if I do I I dospiso dootors,
anyway 1 And what sort of a medical
man do you imagine wonld perch him
self up hero on tho boughs of those
everlasting pinos?"
"Kenneth, you must see him I" said
Mrs. Renwiok.
"Mothor, I won't," stoutly doolared
tho robol.
"But what will ho think?"
"What ho pleases. It will matter
littlo to you or me what ho thinks,"
said Konnotb. "All I know is, that
ho shau't cross this threshold. Qive
him his fee and tell him to be gono 1"
Mrs. Renwiok and Joyoo looked de
spairingly at each othor. Undoubtedly
tho captain was master of the situation.
It ho ohooso to set tho dootor and his
gallipots at defiance, what was to bo
done?
All that moment, howevor, thcro
was a slight rnstlo down stairs.
"Tho doctor has oome 1 " cried Joy co,
excitedly, "with suoh a pretty littlo
horso and phaeton. Oh, Ken. I'm sure
ho isn't old, and ho don't take snuff.
Uu, 1 m so sorry l diun t catch a
glimpse of him."
"lie lias oome, has he? said tho
oaptain. "Then tell him to go about
his business."
Mrs. Ogden, tho fat landlady, put
in her head at this juncture.
"Please, mem, the doctor, said
sho.
Tell him" hoarsoly shouted Ken
uoth, flinging the pillows right and
left.
But bofore he could completo his
sentenoo tuo door opened and a tall
young lady, iu a blue cloth ulster and
a pretty plumed hat, oaine iu, with a
fiat morocco caso in her hand.
Miss Porry!"he exclaimed, star
ing at her from tho sofa, with a face
suddenly lighted into now brightness
aud enthusiasm. "How kind of you
to remember me ! You are acquainted
with my mother, are you not? Joyce,
this is Miss Perry."
Tho tall young lady looked com
posedly around her.
"I am sorry to hear of your illness,
Cantftiu Renwiek," said ohe. "We
must see what we can do for you."
"But," added Kenneth, stretching
his neck to get a look at the door,
which was still slightly ajar, "where is
tho doctor? They told me ho was
coming up."
The beautiful blonde sat down and
p-ently took Kenneth Ronwiok's wrist
in her delicate fingers.
"I am tho doctor," said sho. "Have
tho goodnoss to remain quite still for
a few moments while I ascertain the
pulse aud temperature."
Captain Renwiek was struck dumb.
An electric thrill seemod to dart
through every pulse aud vein. But
Joyce's eyes sparkled, aud tho dim
ples came out around her mouth.
"You !" she criod. "A doctor?"
Doctor Burton nodded, still intent
on the enameled face of her watch.
"l'eruella liarton. lhey call me
Perry for short. Captain Ronwick
always called mo Miss Perry. I don't
believe ho knew I hud auy other naino,
"And yon are reully a doctor?" said
Joyce. "Oh, Kenueth, how fortun
ote!"
Doctor Jjavtoa examined tier pa
tient's touguo, listened at his lungs
aud made somo abstruse hieroglyphics
iu hor notebook. Then she measured
out some gray powders in infinites!
uiul papers, uud left hen directions iu
the most business-like way in tbo
world.
"I shall look iu again this even
ing," she said, "it seems to be noth
ing more than ajtovore cold. But
do not intend that it snail gain any
headway.
I put myself entirely in your
charge," bail Cuptaiu Ronwick, with
a coutouted air. "I'm perfectly cer
tain that I shall Ket well."
"I thought you were going to tend
tha doctor about his buainoss." mail
cionsly whispered Joyoe.
"But I didn't know what sort of a
doctor it was, retorted the captain.
Pneumonia did not act in after all.
Doctor Barton proved a true prophet,
and soon dispelled the heavy cold.
But Captain Ronwick had yet another
ailmout in the region of the heart.
"Mother, he said, coaxlngly,
wasn't I right? Ain't ehe lovely?"
"Tho sweetest girl I ever saw," Mrs.
Ronwick warmly answered : "and tho
most talented and self-reliant."
"And if, mother "
"Yon will be tho most fortunate
man In tho world, said Mrs. Ren-
wick,
Captain Ronwick made the best uso
of his time, and, although Dr. Bar
ton's summer vacation was over, and
she lingered and lounged at picnics,
and in tho pearly shadow of water.
lilies, he still continued to make many
appointments for seeing her; and,
when he returned to tho ilundred-and-
Forty-seventh Artillery, he was an en
gaged man.
"And after the first of November,"
he says, "Doctor Barton will be phy
sician advisory to but one patient."1--Saturday
Night.
A Much Traveled Cat.
"I have got a pet kitten at home,"
said W. L. Slocum, of Manchester,
N. II., last night, "which, I think, has
traveled about aa rapidly and as far
In ono day as any other animal in the
world. One morning, about a month
ago, the kitten strayed into my fao
tory a short time bofore the machin
ery was started up. It got playing
around the floor, and soon took up it
position in the big fly wheel, where,
without being notioed, it nestled down
and went to sleep. Soon the machin
ery was put in motion, tho wheel
moving so rapidly that the poor kitten
could not escape. Indeed, it is prob
able that puss was soon unconscious
from dizziness. A littlo computation
shows the distance the cat traveled.
The wheel moves at the rate of 250
revolutions a minute, and at every
turn pussy went seventeen feet. As
the wheel was kept in motion 890
minutes without stopping, the kitten
must have travelled during that timo
a little over 800 miles. When tho
wheel was stopped the kitten was dis
covered and taken out, more dead than
alive, but it shortly recovered, and,
although it has remained about tho
factory ever since, it is observed that
it always giyes the fly wheel a wido
berth." St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Chinese and Music.
Tho Chinese have some extraordin
ary superstitions relating to musio.
Aocording to their queer notions, tho
Creator of the universe hid eight
sounds in the earth for the express
purpose of oompelling man to find
them out.
Aocording to the Celestial idea, the
eight primitive Bounds are hidden in
stones, silks, woods of various kinds,
tho bamboo plant, pumpkins, in the
skins of animals, in certain earths and
in the air itself. Any ono who has
ever had tho pleasure of seeing and
listening to a Chinese orchestra will
remember that the musioal instru
ments were made of all these materials
except the last, and that the oombinod
efforts of tbo other soven seemed bet
ter calculated to drive the ethereal
sound away thau to coax it from the
air, whioh is really the objeot of all
Chinese musical efforts.
When the band plays the naive
credulity of the people, both old and
young, hears in the thuds of the
gongs and the whistling of tho pipes
the tones of tho eternal sounds of na
ture that were originally deposited in
the various animate and inanimate ob
jects by tho all-wise Father. Phila
delohia Press.
Rescue ol a Band Hill Crane.
"The devotion of birds to their
young is one of the most beautiful
sights of nature," said WilliaraP. Bux
ton, of Dubuquo, last evening. "I
saw a striking illustration of this char
acteristic while on a hunting expedi
tion up in Minnesota last full. Ono
day I shot and wounded a young sand
hill crane, whioh with several others,
was resting on the prairie. At the re
port of my gun all the birds took flight
with the exception of tho wounded ono
and ono othor, which was almost cer
tainly its pureut. Tho injured bird
made several attempts to fly, and finally
succeeded in rising some ton or fifteen
feet iu the air, but as it could not sus
tain itself it fell agaiu to tbo ground.
It tried again, however, and the parent
bird, seeing tho trouble tbo young one
was in, placed herself underneath it,
allowing it to rest its feet ou her back,
both birds continuiug all tho while to
flap their wings. Iu this way, much
to my amazement, sho succeeded iu
bearing it off to a pluuo of safety."
St. Louis Globe-Doinocrat.
What $10 Mill Do iu Eirypt.
"3pcaking of the value of money to
an Egyptian native," said a traveler,
"I recall when I wanted to take an in
telligent fellow with me for a six
mouths' trip to act as my servant, in
terpreter and body guard. Ho sai I
ho would go, but thero was one dilli
oulty. "What is that?" I asked.
" 'I must louvo money enough with
my father, mother, wifo aud four chil
dren to support tbeiu for the six
mouths while I am away,' " he replied.
"I whistled. It was an unexpected
request.
"'How much do you want?'" I
asked.
" 'It is a largo sum,' " he replied
piteously.
" 'Well, uame it.'"
"I burst out laughing and gnve him
the money. Think of all that family
living six mouthi ou 310 1 'Detroit
Fro Pre..
CHEAPEST AND BEST FOOD,
INSTRUCTIVE BUIXETINS BT THH
AGRICULTURAL. DEPARTMENT.
Great Waste in Buying and Cooking
Food The Nutrition In Various
Kinds of Food-Man's Need.
"T" "TOW will tho coming man be
Vi d?
- j The Department of Agri
(J" oalture has become interest
ed in this question newly, and bofore
long will publish a scries of bulletins
on the subject. They will be prepared
by suoh well-known experts in thi
branch of research as rrofossor V. U.
Water and Dr. Edward Atkinson. The
former gentleman has been engaged
to conduct certain investigations and
experiments of an original and higUy
soientiflo character. At tho bottom of
the wholo inquiry lies the fact that
the people of this country do not
know how to choose the foods they
eat or how to cook them afterwards.
This burden of ignorance falls most
heavily upon the wage-workers, who,
taking an average among them, use
one-half of thoir money to buy food
with, this estimate not including the
cost of oooking. The poor man wastes
in purchasing provender ; his wife
wastes in preparing it for the table.
Most educated peoplo have queer
notions about foods. It is generally
imagined that an egg contains as muoh
nutriment as a pound of lean beefsteak.
As a matter of fact it has forty per
cent, less of nutriment, pound for
pound. Beef sirloin is only seventy
five per cent, as nutritious as beans
and peas. Chicken and turkey aro
ahead of peas and beans in this re
spect, being the most nutritious food
known. Shad and mackeral are as
sirloin steak. Lean beef is nearly
three-fourths water.
Dealers say that the demnnd for fish
is actually increased to a considerable
extent by the popular belief that it is
good brain food. The reason for this
is supposed to be that fish contains a
great deal of phosphorus, an element
that is more abundant in the brain
and nerves than in other parts of the
human body. But the fact is that
there is no specinl abundance of phos
phorus in fish. If there were, it would
be of no importance. Tho widely cir
culated phrase, "Without phosphor
ous there is no thought," was origi
nated by a German half in jest.
On one occasion tho elder Agassiz
delivered a lecture on tho importance
of fish culture it was in Boston and
romnrked in a jokiug way that fish was
nu oxccllont brain food. From this
Baying and from tbo oft-quoted
phrase of the German soiontist above
referred to has been derived the ac
cepted idea on this subjeot. In truth,
there is no oause whatever for believ
ing that the eating of fish promises
cerebral activity. But, speaking of
the relative valuo of foods, it is inter
esting to know that a pound of lean
beef and a quart of milk as it comes
from the cow oontains about the same
amount of nutritivo material. How
ever, tho nutrients in beef aro more
valuable for ordinary use. Professor
Atwater has invented a new con
trivance for measuring tho energy
produced by various foods. The food
tolootod for trial a doQnito quantity
of it is burned in a vessel surround
ed by wator. A thormomoter of ex
traordinary delioaoy rogiswrs tho rise
In tho temperature of the water, the
quantity of which is known. Then an
equal amount of the samo food is
burned in the human body, Of course,
all food digestod undergoes a process
of ohemioal oombustion.
It is a self-evident proposition that
tho cheapest food to buy is that which
oontains the greatest amount ot
nutriment for a given prico. With a
mall equipmont of knowledge on
this subject the poor man could select
his articles of diet in tho market with
a vastly greater economy. In other
words, he could live muoh bettor for
loss money. He ought to be taught to
select such foods as wheat flour, ooru
meal, boans, milk and the cheaper
outs ot meats. To start with, it is
not easy for him to realize that high
priced foods are iu genoral uneco
nomical, Tho maxim that the boat is
cheapost does not apply to foods.
The averago man, leading a moder
ately aotive life, requires flfty-niue
ounoea of food per dieiu. He oousumos
thirty-seven ouuoos of wator aud ab
sorbs in breathing thirty ounces of
oxygen from the air. His total bodily
iuoomo, therefore, is about eight
pounds daily. What ho needs for
his support oach day is four and one
fifth ounooa of flesh-forming albumen,
two ounoes of fat enough to make a
fair-sized caudle seventeen and a half
ounces of sugar and starch, four-fifths
of uu ounce of mineral matters such
at common salt, potassium, etc two
quarts 'of water and 159 gallons of
oxygen. So much water is contained
iu Bolid foods that we may be said to
oat as muoh water as we drink. Iu
ordor to supply tho substances above
montioued, a man should cat daily
twenty ouncos of bread, eight ounoes
of boefstoak, thirty ounces of potatoes
and one ounco of butter, with one
quart of water or the equivalent. A
human being is composed mostly of
water. The body ot a man weighing
151 pounds oontains ninety-six potiuds
or forty-six quarts of water. To com
plete his makeup must bo udded thir
teen pounds of albumen, ten pounds
of gelatine, twenty-threo pouuds of
fat, eight aud a half pounds of phos
phate of lime, one pouud of oabouate
of lime, thres ounces of sugar aud
starch, seven ounces of tluorido of
calcium, six ounces of phosphate ot
magnesia, a trifle ot chloride of po
tassium and a littlo ordinary table
salt. 'Washington Star.
Tha Odd Fellow of Mississippi have
decided to build a horn fur tlw luly
Uu oui of that Ordsr,
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL.
Tho starfish has five eyes.
Thonograph cylinders are now made
of hard soap.
Tho tolophono is about to be intro
duced into China.
Experiments in weaving by oleo
trioity are being tried in Germany.
Bailey, the astronomer, figures out
the weight of the earth at C,019,83G,"
000,000,000 tons.
Sapless cedar blocks from regions
swept by forest fires aro used in pav
ing Detroit (Mich.) streets.
Tho largest comets are so rarifted
that they never harm planets or satel
lites by colliding with them.
Sanctorius, an Italian physiologist,
estimates that five-eighths of all tbo
solid and liquid food taken are ex
haled by tho skin.
An examination of the eyes of
many animals has shown that the
natural shape of the pupil in cats and
other members of the genus Pel is is
circular.
A ton of Dead Sea water contains 187
pounds of salt ; Red Sea, 93 ; Mediter
ranean, 85 ; Atlantic, 81 ; English
Chapnol, 72 ; Black Sea, 20 ; Caspian
Sea, 11.
The group of sun spots now visible
is nearly 80,000 miles in breadth. It
is not remarkable for any unusually
large spots, but rather for tho great
number of smaller ones and for their
wonderful activity.
Petroleum is to be used instead of
coal on the locomotives of the Riga
Railway, in Russia, and reservoirs arc
to be built for this purpose, at fivo
cities, capable of containing colloo
tivoly 1,000,000 poods of petroleum,
A Bordeaux physician has treated
two cases of violent attacks of hyste
ria by simply holding the tougue bo
yond tho teeth frr a few minutes.
The attacks were brought to a speedy
close after tho usual remedies had
failed.
An interesting ethnological exhibi
tion has opened on the Champs do
Mars, Paris, consisting of a caravan
of the Chambaa tribe, men, womou
and children, with their animals an!
household trappings, brought thero
by the explorer, M. Bruneau.
A scheme has been proposed to re
duce the friction of salt water against
the sides of a steamer, whioh, it is
claimed, will increase tho speed fifty
per cent, it is to force air throusrh
the vessel's plates and thereby form a
narrow space between tho iron aud
water.
Dr. J. A. Gilbert, of tho Yale psy
chylogical laboratory, who somo timo
ago completed a sorios of tests regard
ing the montul and physical develop
ments of the pupils of tho New Haven
(Conn.) publio schools, discovered
that boys are moro sensitive to weight
discrimination the.n are girls, and that
girls can tell the difference in color
shades better than boys.
Water Your Horses Often.
Feoding a horse principally ou
grain and driving it five hours with
out water is like giving a man salt
mackeral for dinner and not allowing
him to driuli before supper time
very unsatifactory for thj man. If
you know anything about the care of
horses and have any sympathy for
them, water them as often as they
want to drink onoe an hour if possi
bio. By doing this you will not only
bo merciful to your animals, but you
will be a benefactor to yourself, i s
they will do more work, look better,
and live longer. If you aro a skeptic
and know more about horses than any
oneelse, you are positive that tuo fore
going is wrong, because you have had
horses dio- with watering them too
much, and boldly say that the agita
tors of frequent watering are fools iu
your estimation, aud yotl would not
do such a thing. Just reason for a
moment and lltruro out whether tho
animal would havo overdruuk and
overobilled his stomach if it had not
been allowed to become overthirsty.
A driver who sits iu his waou aud
lashes his worn-out, half-curried, half
food, aud half-watered team deserves
to be punished as a criminal. Our
Dumb Animals.
A (loose l'lant in Full llluu n.
The "goose" plant in Washingtou
Park Conservatory is now at it) best,
says tho Chicago luter-Oceau.
Ono of tho biggest gooso is over a
yard long, aud broad in proportion.
Tho plant is ono of tho most unique,
rare aud valuable known t scientists.
The correct iiaiue is aristolocbia gigas
Sturtevautii, aud it was at the World's
Fair, When thero it bore ouly ono or
two lloworn, owing to its being too
young to bear more. It is a native of
South America, and even there is con
sidered a marvelous production. Iu
ono of tint greeu houses' next to tbo
"goose" house at Washington l'ark is
a collection of caladiums ol the most
varied shapes uud colors. Mr. Kunst.
tbo head gardener, says tho collection
has no duplicate. Many of the plants
have leaves is delicately traced as tbo
finest Valeuoiouues laces. A newspa
per may be road if covered with ouo
of these transparent leaves. Tbo col
ors aro all shades of red, piuk, ma
roon, crimson uud yellow.
Some Kt'iiiarkable ('uses.
Hero are somo remarkable cases:
Tho other day a wagon maker, who
had been dumb for yoars, picked up u
hub aud spoke; aud a blind carpen
ter reached out for h s piano and saw ;
and a deaf sheep rauchmau went out
with his dog uud herd; aud a nose
less tishcriuau caught a barrel of her
ring uud sniolt ; aud a forty-tou ele
phant inserted his truuk iuto a grate
and flue. Victoria (Liritiau Columbia)
Uoma Journal
A BONO OF LOVE TIME.
Blng a long of love-time
All tho world Is light "N
Itlpple on tho river
And the stars a-shfnitiR bright. ' i
Blng a song ot lovo-tlme
All the world Is sweet ,
Halnbows round the heavens J
Llllles at your foot ! M
Sing a song of lovo-tlmo
Sorrow In eclipse !
Roy children cllmhing f
To tho loaning of your lips !
Blngasongof love-time
King It sing If, birds!
Set the sweetest musio
To the sweetest human words!
Bing a song of love-time
All the world mado new ,
And a heaven that Is nonrtT ,
Than tho hoaven In tho blue! .
F. L. Stanton, In AHlanta Constitution.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A civil tongno is a better protection
for the head than a st el helmet.
Ram's Horn.
Praising yourself relievos yonr
friends of a great burden. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
What availeth it if a girl weor whito
kid Blippers and nobody sees thein?
Oil City Blizzard.
Somo men onght to bo ashamod of
themselves, but they never happen to
think about it. Galveston News.
People who are always telling thoir
troublos aro never at a loss for some
thing to talk about. Ram's Horn.
No person ever lives tho allotted
years of mnn without wishing ho
hadn't written that letter, ruck.
We don't believe a long-haired man
knows any moro about medicine than
a short-haired man. Atchison Globe.
He "Shall we tako tho cars down
town!" She "No, Jack; let's have
the cars take us down town.'' Truth.
"Oh, doctor I doctor I I've swallowed
a filbert." "Swallow a nutcracker,
madam. Five dollars." Chicogo Tri
bune. Hfgbee "By Jove, old man, you
are looking extremoly well. Boon
taking a vacation ?" Bradford ' 'No ;
my wife has." Truth.
A man spends most of his time when
around home in wondoring where tho
women folks have "hid" the things ho
wants. Atchison Globe.
Stewart "Miss Mitford ia a very
magnetio girl." Darley (who is jealous)
"I have heard that she shocks every
one she meets." Truth.
A "We had an addition to tha
family yesterday." B "Congratulate
you, old man ; a boy cr a girl ?" A
"Noithor ; mother-in-law." Truth.
A mother's idea of as good luck as
any one can ask for is to occasionally
find a pair of stockings in the pilo
that doesn't need darning. Atchison
Globe.
Admirer "Where did you got all
this wonderful strength?" Famous
Strong Man "I was a carver in a
boarding house for three years."
Syracuse Post.
"What do you think? Dick said
that T was the prettiest girl at the re
ception." "Think? Why, that he
can't consult an oculist any too quick."
Chioago Inter-Ocean.
"There's ono thing I can't under
stand about mosquitoes," said Bobbie.
"Where do such liltlo bits of things
keep those groat big bites that spread
about so?" Harper's Bazar.
"How did Officer Dulan get tho
silver medal he wears?" "It was for
bravery." "What did ho do?"
"Walked by throe fruit stands without
taking anything." Chicago Intor
Ocean. "What does Dr. Slimpurso say pro
duced this case of uppendicitis?"
' 'Lack of work. " ' ' What ! Why, the
man never has an idle day." "Oh,
no; but Slimpurso has. "Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Mrs. Nuoook "Isn't it funny, dear,
we aro never troubled with tramps?
Why is it, I wouder?" Mr. Nucook
"Probably because you always give
them something to eat, darliug."
Chicago Iuter-Oceuu.
"Carry any life insurance?' "Yes,
$10,000 in favor of mywifo." "Should
thiuk you'd bo ashamed to look her in
the face." "WUu what for?" "For
living. What excuse do you give her?"
Indianapolis Seutiuel.
Dick "Cholly's down with nervous
prostration. Ho road a cablegram in
the paper that it was raining iu Lon
don uud couldn't turn up his trousers."
Harry "Why not?" Dick "Ho had
on knee breeches." New York Herald.
How odd it is that it seems nover to
havo occurred to tho street-ear people
that by takiug all tho seats out of
their cars they could get a great deal
moro room than they havo now for
folks to stand up. Somervillo Jour
nal. Cumso "Say, old man, why don't
you try electricity for your baldness?"
Caraway "Electricity? What good
could that possibly do me? Does it
make the huir grow?" Cumso "Bost
thiug you could uso sure to give you
a shock." Hurvurd Lampoon.
"My dear," ho said to his wifo upon
returuiug homo ufter tho vigilaLoe
committee were through with him,
"1 havo remembered ut last to got tho
tar to paint tho roof with ; and I havo
brought you homo somo feathers to
fill those cushions that you havo been
making. " Trut h.
Kin? ol ('rubs.
A soft shell crab weighing twenty
four ounces and measuring tweuty-ouo
uud a half iucbes from tip to
tip of tbo extended cluws, was re
ceived in liultiuioro a few days ago
from loal' IsluuJ, Md. Now York
Post.