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TIONESTA, PA.. WEDNESDAY, SEPF. 2i, 181)7. S1.00 PElt ANNUM.
nnonymout eo.uniiiaio Hlmn.
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Switzerland hat just decided to make
JiiBul-co against accident and sick
ness compulsory tn all citizens,
L ' J
Wheat ond corn Move done so well
in Central Kansas tlint it is ooraputed
in the New York Huu that the money
receipts from those sources will he
greater by one-third in that part of
tho State thin season than last.
A Purrsinii work on the morphine
habit says it is most prevalent in Ger
many, Franca und the United States,
and, strnngo to say, that the medical
pnfession furiiitdios the largest nam
M?r of Tnorphinists forty per cent.
As tho English upper classes do not
object to their boys being birched, it
is only royal Princes and the sons of
noblemen who receive corporal pun-
iHhment in tho great F.nglish.schools.
Bo at least Bays the headmaster of
Harrow.
Miss Lt'JT Hegonr, Huperiutendent
f tlio city-Fchools of Decatur, 111., re-
uscdto swear to tho assessor's list,
or to pivo him a lint oilier taxablo
properly. For this she was arrested
and fined $18. She believes that if
flh'jlunot vote sho. should not pay
axes.
Holland has extended the elective
franchise so as to permit workingmen
to oto. Though in most respects
progroxsivo KUlo, Holland has hesi
tated about this tttep becauBO of a
dread of the social ints, who uro bred
in llolliind into a peculiarly bitter
type which miht almost butter be
termed atinrohi-'ts.
Newspapers of the City of Mexico
report that o stock company is being
formed in that city with a capital of
$(10,01)0 for tho purpose of elevating
"thnoblo art" of bull lighting. Tho
- company will import both bulls and
flghtoi'B, the sislor Ili'pnblio eing evi
dently unable to supply tho genuine
simon-pure article.
The I w York World estiiuotcs that
Kansas, Nebraska and Okluhonia will
sell this year not less thau 05,000,000
buHhuhi of wheat at more than half a
dollar a bushel net price to the pro
ducer.' Tho other wheat-growing
States will roduco oven these figures
to iiisignitlcauce by their results.
There is more gold iu a good agricul
tural soil than in any Klondike placer
ever yet discovered. -There is truth
yet in Irviug's story of the Old Hudson
Piver Dutchman whose digging for
treasure under the inspiration of
dreams gavo him greater wealth in
cabbages' thau ho hud dreamed of iu
the chests of gold.
A recent statistical 'estimate placet
the number of newspapers which are
annually punted at the enormous
figure of 12,000,000,000. A mathema
tician, apparently with conBiderable
time at bij diposal, in order to give a
jigjyumprehousive idea of this num
ber, has calculated that a surface ol
30,000 square kilometres could be
covered with those pupers. The paper
alone weighs sl.Jlu tons, in case
one machine waJ forced to print these
millions at the rata of one a socoud
three hundred and thttty-three years
would be uecetsBury. Placed oue upon
another the papers would roach to the
height of eighty thousand metres.
Assuming that a person devotes five
minutes a day to reading his paper the
t)me used by the entire population of
the world iu reading newspapers each
year amouuts to one hundred thousand
years. '
A contributor to the New York
Evening Post inula himself able, in
reviewing tho manners of contempo
" rar American men, to aver that the
'lisiug generation of boys is a great
deal bettor bred than tho lot that pre
ceded them. For purposes of com
parison ho classifies Americaus whoBe
behavior has come under his per
sonal observation into gentlemen of
the old school, surviving examples of
which wore still extant iu his youth,
. gentlemen of a school which began
ubout 1875, uud the' youths of the
present period. Ho relates a number
of aillictiug characteristics of the
school of 1875, aud praises its latter
day successors as boing more civil,
more deferential to their elders, aud
better buluucud, as shown iu their
being much less apt to fall over one
another iu offering attentions to cauuul
uud unidentified Englishmen who may
havo straggled over to this country.
' In this new sehool of better Ameri
cans this observer sees "the influence
of their mothers those women we
know us giils, and who were so fur
ahead of their brothers uud husbuuds
iu refinement uud culture." To huve
seen these girls marry and bring up
their sous so well has boeu, ho says
a satisfaction and
a compensation for
iiiauy ueiusiousi
PATIENCE.
A-woolnR firntty rations,
went 1, h iovo-biok ewnin,
And found her In tlio orchard,
Amidst the t rees anl cram.
And then I plead wltli nrb-nt words,
And, wheu I thnunlit Imr won,
I S'-lzod hor would hnvo kissed hor Ah!
Tim ennnuost was not donn.
For with a haughty, mockltijr eye.
Low courteseylnK, the maid did cry,
"Kind air, havo patience."
A Bicycle Race
m
I3y C MUMKOKW HUUINSON.
WAS always very
fond of bicycling,
and from the
time when I was
a small boy, and I
labored for hours
with a bone
shaker, to the I
days when I bo-1
came the proud possessor of one of
the first "safeties" over made, I re-
velod in the enchanting paslime.spend-
ing hours on tlio back of my steel
steed, thus putting my physical powers
a long way ahead of my mental, in I
fact. I hated the siiht of a book, and
was never humv unless "scorching"
through the country on my bicycle.
My father was a doctor in an Eng
lish village, and having a large family,
he was thankful indeed when, at the
age of nineteen, a commisnion was ob
tained for me by a wealthy friend in a
regiment about to snil for Inula.
A prnml new bicycle was my iutuor s
parting present, and great was my ilo-
light at finding that another young
'sub iu my regiment was also a bi
cyclist.
Iu these unys, when tlio bicycle has
so many votaries, this may seom
nothing strange; but to realize my
surprise ami pleasure, you must re
member that a bicvelo was then a
comparative curiosity, and a bicyoliBt
a person to bo stared at and admired
or otherwise. Our bicycles were, 1
believe, the first ever seen in India;
aud as we rode together iu the town
some days after our arrival, ono would
have thought it was tho triumphal
entry of some Eastern poteutate.
I could 1111 a book with the curious
iucidonts aud accidents which befell
us going "up couutry." Our regiment
was always on the move, aud pnuius
of one kind or another were very fre
quent on our bicycling excursions.
Oue evening, uftor mess, Fred and I
signed articles to ride a ten mile race.
There was a grand native road with'
in a short distuuee of our camp, run
ning away for ten miles as Mat as a
drawing-board. It lay through the
open plain, and then a deserted tract
was reached, becoming wilder us the
road proceeded, and finally swallow
ing it up iu an impenetrable jungle.
It was on this road I intended
to train. Fred had found a circular
patu round some native huts a
short way from the station, measur
ing about six laps to the mile, aud
there he prepared himself for the com
ing struggle.
After a week of such training as
would muko a modern athlete's hair
staud on end meat almost raw,
cnopped very nuely, etc. we con
sidered ourselves fit for the contest;
aud the adventure I am about to relate
occurred the evening before the raoe
day. I was just starting for a last ride
over my favorite training course, wheu
an officer stopped mo aud said:
"Huve you heard of the tiger, Har
vie?
"No," I answered.
"The natives .have just brought
word that some tiger is marked down
iu a jungle about tou miles from here;
bo dou t go too fur, this evening.
"AU right," I laughed; "I thiuk
tiger would find it a difficult matter to
catch me my training would tell on
uini
I had not seen any large wild beast
as yet, aud my notion of a tiger was a
thui, sleepy looking animal, such as I
had once seen iu a traveling menag
ene.
Away I rode, my comrade's caution
forgotten before I hud gone a mile,
I started at a good pace, but not
racing, as I intended to do all I knew
coming home. Iu au hour
I reached my usuul halting
place, ten miles from the cuuip; but
this beiug the lust night of my tram
ing, I mudo up my mind to ride
another couple of miles, aud then do
the whole distance back at a "scorch
ing" pace
1 rode on, and in another ten miu
ntes found myself iu the jungle.
Now for the race home.
Dismouutiug, I oiled my machine,
tightened up every screw, and then
sat down on a bowlder to rest aud en
joy the prospect. A beuutiful scene it
wus, too!
Above me -Vs0 tho grand monn
tains; their snowy tops blushing
crimson iu the settiug suu; here a
waterfall, like a thread of gold and
silver, flushing down the mountain
side uud twining iu and out among the
musses of trees uud rocks; there, a
glimpse of fuiryluud through a juuge
vista.
lint now the shadows were deepen
iuir. the .TiiiiKuu ou thu luouutuiu tops
hud disappeared, uud the snow beguu
to look gruy uud ghastly. A flying
fox went iiistling past me, uud I
. . . . . .
hastily prepared to mount; for there
Is scmce.y auy twilight iu Iudia, aud
I knew it would soon be dark.
As I roseiuy eyes encountered some
thing which mudo me start aud nearly
drop my bicycle.
There, not forty yurds on, was a
tiger. I kuew the aui'.uul well enough;
but how ditl'eicut he looked from the
A-wuolng cruel rntlonee.
Wont I, a lovo-slck swnln,
And, aoro of heart and of conceit,
For lovo found only pain.
Then straight I turned mo round about
And would have strode away,
But saw the mnldon's lashes drop
As though to Mil me stay;
And while I pondered If to go
There came a whisper fnlt'rlng low,
"Kind sir, have Patience."
HlcliardStlllman Fowell, In ruck.
With a Tiger.
lean, half-starved little beast I had
seen at home! He had just come into
the opon space from t dense jungle'
brake, and sat there washing his face
and purring in a contented sort of way,
like n huge cat.
Was I frightenod? Not an atoru ; I
had my bicycle and a start of forty
yards, so if I could not beat him it
was a pity.
He had not seon mo yet, and 1 stood
for another minute admiring the hand
some creaiure, anu men quieuy
mounted (the tiger was directly on
my ngut, wuue tue roau streionea
straight away in front of me). The
noiso I made roused him; be looked
up, and thon, after deliberately
stretching himself, came leaping with
long, graceful bounds over the rank
grass and rocks which separated him
from the roa.I. lie did nut seem a bit
angry, but evidently wished to got a
nearer view of such au extraordinary
object
i orly yards, however, I thought was
quite near enough for safety. The
tiger was iu tho road behind mo now;
so I pulled myself together and began
to quicken mvpace.
Would he stop disgusted after the
first hundred yards and give tip tho
chase, or would he stick to it? I quite
hoped he would follow me, and already
pictured in my mind tho graphio des-
cnption I would write home of my bi-
cyolo race with a tiger.
Little did I think what a terrible
race it was going to be. I looked bo
hind me. By jove! he was "sticking
to it." I con Id not judge the distance;
but at any rate I was not further from
him than when we started. Now for a
spurt. I rode the next bulf mile at a
lively paco, butoii a jain looking round,
found I had not gained a yard.
The tiger was on mv track, moving
with a long, swinging trot, and going
quite as qnickly as I was.
1' or the first time I begun ' to feel
anxious, and thought nueasily of the
ten long miles which separated me
from safety.
However, it was no good thinking
now; it was my muscle and tnke
against the tiger. I could only do my
best and trust to Providence.
V1I1H1ICH. I
Now there wus no doubt about the
uuu vii a w tuuic. utt aniuum j km u H
n on...., w.t... f mu n.t
..i. ,.i ,,i
a i.i, a i..i . i
versed and the brute was slowly but Kailwoy, iu England actually disin
surelv closing nr.. tegrated under the wheels of a passing
I dashed my pouch to the ground,
o 1
hoping it would stop him for a few sec
onds; but he kept steadily on aud I
felt it was then grim earnest.
I calculated we must be about seven
miles from camp now, and before I
could ride another four miles my pur
sucr, I knew, must reach me. Oh,
the agony of those minutes which
seemed like long hours!
Another mile passod, then another.
I could him behiud me now, pud, pad,
pad, quicker and quicker aud quicker,
louder and louder. 1 turned in my
saddle for a moment aud saw there
were not twenty yards separating us!
How enormous tho brute looked, and
how terrible! His huge tongue hung
out, and the only sound he made was
a eontiuuul hoarse growl of rage,
while his eyes seemed literally to flash
fire. J
It was like some awful nightmare,
and with a shudder I beut down over
the huudles aud Uew on.
On, on, ou, I scorched, the Blight'
est slip I knew would be fatal; a sud
den jolt, a screw giving, a pedal break
iug, aud I should be hurled to instant
death.
My strength would not stand much
more; the prolonged strain had told
upon me, aud 1 lelt an would soon be
over. My breath came iu thick sobs,
a mist gathered before my eyes I was
stopping; my legs refused to move aud
a thousuud fiends seemed to be flitting
about me, holding me buck! A weight
like lead was on my chest; I was dying.
Then a few moments which seemed a
lifetime, and then crash with a roar
like thunder the tiger was ou mo and
I was crushed to the ground.
Theu I heard shots fired, a babel of
men's voices, aud all was blank
After many days of unconsciousness
aud raging fever, reason gradually re
turned, aud I learned the particulars
of my deliveruuce.
A party of officers had started with
a shikaree tuuuve uuiiierj to u trup
... i .- , . . i . .. .
which had been prepared for the tiger,
TIihv wra tulkiuir of our comiiiK bi-
cycle ruce, as they went along, and ex
pecting every moment to meet me on
my returu journey. As they passed a
clump of bushes I came ill sight whirl
I . . , . , ...I.: .i.
ug along in a eioiui oi uusi, uu-u
hid mv terrible pursuer
They soon, however, baw my awful
duuger. The huge brute, mad with
rage, hurled itself upon me just as we
reached them
My friends stood almost petrified
with terror and did not dure to fire;
but the shikaree sprung quickly to
K'ithiu a yurd of the tiger, and putting
his rine almost to the annual a ear,
tired twice aud blew its bruiua out, juet
in time to save my life. I was drawt
from under the palpitating body of mj
dead enemy, everyone present believ
ing it was all up with me.
Making a litter of boughs they car.
ried me into camp, where I lay foi
many weeks, lingering between life
and death.
The tiger's skin now adorns my
study, as my first and last prize won
in a bicyclo race. The White Elephant.
flow Tea I. Adulterated.
Adulterated tea, which is being sold
all over the European continent, is
described in a German medical paper.
This preparation has long been known
in Russia, where it is sold under the
name of "rogogeski." It is made iu
the following way: The manufacturers
of this adulterate buy in the tea houses
the residue from the teapots leaves
which have already been used and
mix these leaves, while still moist,
with other leaves and very little
geuuine tea. The mixture is heated
with an addition of extract of caramel
and campeche wood, in order to im
prove the color and the taste. The
weight is also increased by the addi
tion of sand or soil, and jnst before
being dried, the leaves are rolled be
tween the hands. The adulteration
is so difficult to recognize that a
chemical test is necessary to prove it.
If tea prepared in this way is dipped
into a cold saturated solution of cop
per, the blue color of this solution
will not be changed, not even if the
adulterated tea is allowed to remain
in it for three or four months. If the
tea is fresh and has not previously
boon Boaked, tho solution will turn
green within a short time.
When Elephant. Have Toothache.
It is not easy to tell when an ele
phant has got a toothache, but it is best
to keep out of his way when you do
know it. A London surgeon, who had
been for many years in India, says he
would sooner rink a railway accident
than meet an elephant with a tooth
ache. It appears that a toothache affects
an elephant iu a more severe manner
than it does any other annual. JMe-
I . . . !i; - I
?STJZ.rZTrM
madness.
Providinir'youare nbletoehoin down
an elephant aud draw out the offend
ing tooth, tho brute is certain to be af
fectionate to you afterward. Here is
an instance:
An elephant in Bengal, India, Re-
came affected with toothache, but the
keepers managed to Becure it while a
deutist drew a decayed tooth thd
cause of the trouble. After a time the
elephant seemed to nnderstand that
the dentist was trying to do something
for his pain, and be gave every evi
dence of appreciating the attention.
Wheu the operat ion was over he frisked
round the dentist like a young lamb.
Answers.
Do Metal, llccome Tired T
Various instances are on record
where metals, while not showincr any
' .J "
fPPreciao.e wear, u . ....., ...cu
ii. l. , : l ii
IT, , . . .
"Kl tBUOW. V a V i W wa a w w
ran, alter tweniy-iwo years couhuu
OU8 service, uu me uieui nvimciu
train. Bo oomplete was the breaking
up that scientists thought it worthy ol
investigation, during which it was de
termined that the metal had become
exhausted and had broken down, just
as an overstrained animal might be ex
pected to do. This has led to further
inquiry and scientists are Batisned that
metals do become tired out. Fine
oracks ofter appear in steel rails aud it
has been supposed that they are caused
by the continuous concussion of rail
way wheels. This, however, seems to
be contradicted by the examination ol
newly-made rails, in which similar fine
linos occur. The, idea that metals be
come wear' ' "vhile not altogether a new
ono 'tent a plausible one,
a?. - ful scrutiny of scien
tific societies will probably be satisfac
torily explained aud settled.
World'. HlKKe.t Fountain.
The greatest fountain in the world
was turned on recently at Indianapolis,
Ind. , uud permitted to flow for an hour.
It is one of the cascades now in the
course of construction at the base ol
the Soldiers' Monument. The flow ol
water measures fully up to the con
tract, which calls for 7000 gallons
minute at each of the two cascades Si
a regular thing, with a capacity undei
high pressure, however, that is much
greater. The combined capacity ol
the world-fumous fountains at Versail
les, hitherto the lurgest in the world,
is 80,000 gullons au hour. They would
make but feeble streams in comparison
with the monument cascades, aud yel
the cost of running the French fouu
taius is so great that the water is only
turned ou on gala days.
Turned the Cow Around.
When the goo ship Queen wai
weighing uuchor for Alaska from Seat
tle a few days ago a man rushed down
to the purser aud exclaimed excitedly
"Look here, I paid for a stateroom foi
myself and wife, and when I got there
i l j.i.i ....... ir; I..... i.
a wuuu uu oh omiwug uciu
through ttie window. "l am verj
Uorry, sir," suid the purser; "we urt
very crowded, but I will do the best
cauforyou. John (turning to a deck
baud), go up ou deck uud turn that
oow around!"
India llubber 8treeU.
India rubber as a paving for street!
was tried on a uriuge in nuuovor,
Germany, a little more thau a yeai
ago, uud proved so sutisfuctory that
experiments are being made in Ber
lin and Hamburg with it from ordi
nary roadways. It is suid to be per
fectly noiseless, uuuft'ected by heat oi
cold, aud less slippery and uiore dur-
! able thau asphalt.
TEE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
Revenge on a TllvalA Professional Prom
ise Corroboration Kxpenslve AIM
kn Conditions Hot HtnfT tie Didn't
Mind Obeyed Not Clnaslflcd, Etc.
He trneod Maud's name upon the Bind
A tribute to tlio lovoly bud
A Jealous wavo rushed up the land,
Washed out the "a" and loft tt "Mud."
Expansive.
"What large features ehe has!"
"Yes; I don't believe it would be
easy to stare her out of countenance."
Detroit Journal.
Corroboration.
Is it any fun getting a man
any fun getting
to
teach you how to ride tho wheel?"
"Fun! Why, I've been taught
three times." Life.
Obeyed.
Mistress "Bridget, did you put the
codfish to soak?"
Bridget "Sure an' I did, inarm.
Here is the ticket." Life.
Valuable Advice.
Wife "My dear, tho doctor insist!
that I must take a trip abroad."
Husband "I wondered what mado
bis bill so high." Detroit Free Press.
Alaska Conditions.
"But the conditions of life on the
Klondike must be hard."
''Yen, even tha milk of human
kindness is condensed." Chicago
Record.
Not t'lHSHldcil.
Teacher "How many
there in a human body?"
Pupil "I don't know.
bones are
I haven't
learned to rido a wheel yet." Detroit
Free Press.
How Kite Took It.
"Does Miss Merry smilo upon
your suit, Chumpley?"
"Smile? She laughs till you can
hear her a block every time I propose."
Detroit Free Press.
A Professional Promise.
"Ah, doctor, this is tho worst at
tack 1 over hat."
"Don't worry yourself, my dear
madam. I'm quite suro you won't
have another." Pick-Mo-Up.
Hot stulr.
Benny Bloobumper "Oh, papa,
the goat has swallowed a Ilomau can
dle!" Mr. Bloobumper "That's all
right. He merely wanted a light
lunch." Life.
He Didn't Mind.
Asking "Oue of the drawbacks of
married life comes when your wife
asks you to miud tho baby; eh, old
man?"
Kidder "Oh, I don't mind it
much." Puck.
Blade Him Prove It.
Mudge "What would you do if yon
were me? Thomas called me a gib
bering idiot."
Wutts "I'd make him prove it,
every bit of it. . I don't believe any
one ever heard you gibber." Indian
apolis Journal.
Heavy Handicap.
Lean O'Leary "Ma'am, I'm a wio
tim of most adwerse circumstances."
Old Lady "Poor man! What hap
ponod to you?"
Lean O'Leary "Mu'aw. I showed
my eigns of greatness in me youth!"
North Americau.
What. In a Name.
"I like a good drink of hot water in
the morning, but we can't get it at our
boarding house.
"I used to have tho same difficulty
in our boarding bouse, but now I tuke
coffee. It answers every purpose.
Boston Truusci ipt.
Too High.
At a recent birthday party iu Shep
herd's Bush a young ludy began a
song, "The autumn duys huve come,
ten thousuud leaves are lulling
She begun too hiuh. "Ten thon
Baud " she screamed, aud then
stopped.
"Start her at five thousand!" cried
an auctioneer who was present. Tit
Bits. Torture.
Tho party paused now to content'
plute Ixiou ou his wheel.
"I don't see where the torture comes
in." whispered jliucas.
Pluto, who was personally conduct
ing the tour of tho distinguished Iro
iuns. pointed silently to the uume
plate: it was a last year's wheel.
The son of Auchises shuddered uud
hurried ou. Truth.
Easier.
"What nonsense it is," remarked
the seutimeutal girl, "to take duisies
and by plucking off the petals try to
learn whether or not a muu loves
you."
"Yes." replied Miss Cayenne; "it is
very silly. A much better method is
to tuke the roses he Bends you aiouud
to the florist's aud find out how much
they cost." Washington Star.
IKatlietii-al.
"Here aro a few letters I winh you
would mail for mo, dear, suid Mrs.
Tonspot to her husbuud, who wus pro
purine? to go out.
As Mr. TeuHpot took them he glanced
at tho stt.uips, mid usked:
"My deur, why did you put fifteen
cent stumps on these letters? Two
cent stumps would have carried them.'
"I kuow it," replied Mrs. Teuspot,
"but how would a red stamp look oil
euvelopes of that lovely violet shade?
This uew stationery is of au exquisite
color, and I could not think of spoil
ing its effect with stumps which did
not harmonize. These purple fifteen
ceut stumps are the nearest mutch thd
Vuetufhce keeps, Uuiper s JOuzar.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
Inhabitants of Sinui, of mixed
blood, have faces that are spotted, pie
bald, and even white on one side aud
black on the other.
The electrio tramwny at Lausanne,
Switzerland, runs up the steepest in
cline surmounted by any train depend
ing on adhesion to the rails 11.3 per
cent, in one place.
Black, blue and red ink used in
German public schools has been found
to contain microbes. When scientifi
cally developed they prove fatal to
mice within four dnys.
Tests of a parasitic fungus in Capo
Colony promise au effectivo remedy
against locust swarms, large numbers
of the insects having died a few days
after infection of a few specimens.
The advantages of acetylene for
motor-carriages havo not been over
looked. The acetylene motor I now
being built to the design of M. ltaoul
Piotet will have three cylinders, and
will develop ten horsepower while oc
cupying small space.
Some idea of tho lino point to which
platinum wire can be drawn will be
got from the fact that threads havo
been drawn, two of which can be
twistod together and inserted within
the hollow of a humuu hair. These
threads aro so small that it needs a
magnifying glass to see them.
Tho eminent Swiss specialist, Dr.
Yersiu, a pupil of Pustour, declares
his conviction that the plague which
has prevailed in southern China since
1894, and in British India since 1890,
is tho genuino black death of tho mid
dle ages, and that it will in all proba
bility reach Europe in a year or two.
Digestion proceeds more rapidly iu
the horse with active exercise than
when eating is followed by a period of
rest, according to the experiments of
Dr. Tango, of Budu-Pesth. In the
dog and in man, the opposite is true,
which shows how unsafe it is to infer
results in ono animal from observa
tions ou another.
Iu experiments at some Prussiau
sugar works the use of electrolysis
alone for purifying beet root juice is
reported tohaveproveu impracticable.
When used iu conjunction with lime,
however, electrolysis completes tho
action, and precipitates almost three
times the nitrogenous matters that are
removed in the ordinary separation.
The combined process is estimated to
have saved about $7000 iu treating
70,000,000 pounds of beet root.
A piece of glass may be made irides
cent, according to a correspondent of
London Engineering, by flooding
with a dilute solution of silicate of soda,
and allowing it to dry upoutaueously
in an upright position. Washing the
plute in runuing water uud agaiu dry
ing may bring out the colors more
brilliantly, while blackening the back
af the gluss will render them gorge
ous, lho lain adheres tenaciously,
and can scarcely be removed except by
etching.
Vuluable Wood..
The economic uses of teak and
oamboo havo been of late very exten
sively commented ou. Teak is said to
30 the most valuable wood for ship
builders. Although porous, it is
strong and lusting. It is very light
ud hurd, but is easily worked. A
peculiarity of this timber is that it
contains an enormous amount of oil,
md therefore is not injurious to iron
whou used iu close ooutuct. Deenj
somes on very slowly even where
there is a great deal of dampness.
Bamboo has a much wider range of
usefulness, as it figures in ultuost all
of tho affairs of life from culiuui j
purposes to tho worship of the Chinose
deity. Leaves, stalk, roots, tender
shoots, indoed, every part of it, has
its uses, and the Chinoso are so ac
customed to rely upon it for almost
all of the emergencies of life thai
when they move to a new country
they are at a loss for a substance to
supply its place.
Astronomy and Lotiffevlty.
The astronomer Denning has pub
lished a paper showing that extreme
ly long lives Boom to full to the share
of those engaged iu uxlrouomicul pur
suits. In corroboration be mention!
tho eminent Fonteiielle, who lived tc
be 100 years old. Caroline Herschel,
the sister of the celebrated William
Herschel, who herself discovered
seven comets aud performed a greut
deal of other valuable work, died ut
tho age of ninety-eight. The older
Cassiui wus uiuety-seven when he
died, Sir Edward Subiu wus ninety
four, Do Murtin ninety-three, Mury
Sommervillo ninety-two, Giovanni
Hautini and Sharpe wore niuety-one,
uud Milet, Airy (the director of the
Greenwich Observatory), Huuiboldt,
Uobinsou aud Long all attained tho
ageofniuety. Of those who were cut
off ut the youthful ugo of between
eighty uud ninety Mr. Denning men
tioned no fewer thau thirty-two.
To Have Your llooU.
A new wrinkle may be leurued from
lyi English soldier who wus noted for
keeping his boots iu bolter condition
uud making theiu lust longer thuu any
of his brother officers. Wheu asked
whut ho did to them to prevent the
leather from cracking aud keeping it
soft aud smooth, his reply wus, "Mut
ton bone." Wheu au explanation wus
demuuded be suid: "It is nothing, I
ussure you. My man asks the cook
for a kuuekle bone, which he cleans
und theu dukes. After rubbing the
leather with creum, ho theu frotles
them us hurd as he can with the bone.
Usually my boots lust me three years.
Peat of a Noblo Whlu.
Tho present Lord Lousdulo cau
cluim to huve performed the record
driving tout of the uro. Ou one oo
cusiou ho drove a single horse, a four-iu-huud
uud k pair riddeu by postil
ions five miles each over u bud stretch
of roud iu I'fty-five minutes, including
a i-huuge of vehicle.
THE LASS THAT LOVES ME.
The w' ';at bonds down
With Its Roldnn crown
Thon hoi for the lass that loves mel
It's a brief, bright way
To the parson's town,
Then hoi for the lass that loves mel
For her eyes nro brlclit
As tbo twlnklin' llht
O' truestars o'er the wheat fields shlnln'l
And never I roam
but they HrM me home.
Wuoro tho lass for me Is piuin.
Let tho golden crown
O1 the wheat bond down
It's all for the lass that loves mol
The parson's town
An' a weddln' gown,
An' tli lips o' the lass that loves mol
Frank L. Btanton.
HUMOR OF .THE DAY.
"What the objection of the poli
ticians to the civil-service reform sys
tem?" "The examination questions."
Truth.
"What a queer look thftt fellow
across the corridor has." "Yes, he
has the pedestrian fuco. Doesn't ride."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Freddie "Ma, what is the baby's
name?" Ma "Tho baby hasn't any
name." Froddio "Then how did he
know ho belong jd here?" Tit-Bits.
"Hit am or nnfawchnit faak," said
Uncle Ebeu, "dat de more reason a
man hub fob indignation do less com
fort he's gwiutcr git out of it." Wash
ington Star.
"Tho doctor put my husband on his
feet in a week," sho exclaimed. "It
was no trouble at all. The bill he
presented fairly lifted him out of bed."
Chicago lteeord.
"She insists that her baby is the
picturo of its papa aud it doesn't look
a bit like him." "Ah, yes; she has
much of tho true artist about her, after
all." Detroit Journal.
Fair Critic "I always admire tbo
characters in your books." Novelist
"You think thorn bright, eh?" Fair
Critic "Well, they nil seem to bo very
widely read." Truth.
"My wife will bo the first Klondike
widow." "Why? Are you going?"
"No; but I'm being talked to death by
men who want to borrow money to get
there." Chicago llccord.
First Boarder "I wonder the land
lady lots him stay. Everybody con
sco that ho drinks." Second Boarder
"Yes; but he never has auy appetite
in tho morning." Puck.
He "Will you fly with mo?" She
"Certainly. Bring your air-ship
around at 3 o'clock, aud I'll bo all
ready but putting on my hat. Then
we cuu start at 4." Soinurvillo Jour
nal. Carrie "Ho said he would go to
the end of the earth for mo." Maud
"What did you say?" Carrie "I
proposed that he compromise, and
simply go home." Philadelphia North
Americau.
"Want your money for sweeping
the chimney, do you? Look at the
beastly mess you've mado ou tho car
pet. You cuu ask till you're black iu
the face before you get auy coiu from
mo!" Judy.
"I am bo glad to know you, Mrs. do
Cycle. Mazio has spoken of you so
often. Oh, excuse me, do you ride a
wheel?" "Of course I do, Mrs. Van
Gear. What a funny question !" De
troit Free Press.
New Woman "Simply because a
woman marries a man is no reason why
sho should tuke his name." Old
Bachelor "That's so. The poor fellow
ought to bo allowed to keep something
he could call his own." Judge.
In the Park: "Little Miss Mullet
"I don't suppose I ought to go
awouud all alone with a gentleman
like you, Mr. Donkey Boy, but I gueth
it's all right. Thu donkey is as good
as most chaperous." Harper's Buzar.
"They say, Grumpy, that tho Queen
of England bus sixty pianos, and
doesu't play auy of them." "I'm a
little bit cramped this spring, but I'll
buy my daughter lifty-nine more if
she'll follow the Queen's example."
Household Words.
"Mamio, if I wero you I wouldu't
go with Juy Burd. Ho is a very ir
rovereut young man. I don't believe
he ever gets on his knees. "Maybe
not, mu, but I kuow somebody who
does." And then she blushed."
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The pupils in a school wero asked
to give in writing the difference be
tween a biped aud a quadruped. One
boy gave the following: "A biped
bus two legs and a quadruped has
four legs; therefore the difference be
tween u biped uud u quadruped is two
legs." Tit-Bits.
The seashore boarder was accosted
in tfc-'irk luno lending to tho hotel
-villi a gleaming revolver,
vi 'houted the thug. "Oh,
I so), , " replied tho boarder,
'you're not goiug to collect till my
week's up, uro you?" l'hiludclphiu
North American.
"I am very much shocked." said the
Europeuu Statesman, "ut tlio tone ol
your country's protest, it wus uot
polite." "Well," replied tho muu from
tho United States, after Home thought,
"maybe they thought that whut you
did to call forth tho protest wusn't
very polito, either." Wuahiugtou
Stur.
A Kuitnrkablu Mule.
Professor T. D. Boa, has found a
mule thut he sruys is thirty-eight years
of ago. Tho uuiiual is now tho prop
erty of "Hub" C'l i ler, in tho eusteru
portion of the coiiuly. lie wus raised
by tho professor's father, u'.nl during
the war wus hidden on severul occa
sions to prevent his falling iuto tho
hands of the soldiers, lie wus sold
when twenty-four years of ago, and
that, the profesHor tuys, was fourteen
yeurs ago, mukiug the uuiiuul now the
remarkable ugo of thirty-eight. Ho is
still iu pretty good fix, uud will prob
ably live to be forty, if uot oldor.-
Muylleld (Ky.) Monitor,
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