E . . I WONDERFUL PLASTIC CURCERY. ll rnP T?fTT1)lVfVC rTTMNTVn 1 Ti I I I li. I I I Ml MJJJjj""?! ? SWEDEN'S CHEAP TELEPHONES. f MCDLTDRAL v 'When to Mulch Strawberry Bed.. Mulch the strawberry bods as noon as the ground is frozen, no hs to prevent alternate freezing and thawing of the ground and the throwing up of the plants. Da Not Use Unwholesome Dairy Food According to the Alabama station It does not pay to uso unwholesome food, and especially Is this bo In the dairy where the feed supply should be carefully and frequently Investigated and any kinds of decayed feed ex cluded from the dairy cow's bill of fare. Ill-smelling, fermenting silage must not be permitted In the stalls at thne of milking, as the milk Is liable to absorb tho odor, ond the boctorla In the sllnge are liable to Infect the milk. Bitter weeds and wild onions must be removed from the postures If possible, since they are liable to transmit a for eign teste or odor. Insects In Greenhouses. Bisulphide of carbon has been used In greenhouses and other enclosures for the destruction of insects, but It must be applied with care, as the ma terial is both luflnniniable ond explo sive when the fumes are mixed with air. About one pound In JOfH) cubic feet of nlr space will be sufficient, but the house must be made very tight ond the fumes should not be left too long, ns there would bo danger of Injuring the plants. Hydrocyanic acid gas would be Just as effective and more easily applied. It Is a very poisonous gas and must bo handled with greut -re. The Nest. Make the nest large enough to avoid crowding the hen, which will cause her discomfort and thus drive her to Shift her position more often than is good for the eggs. The nest should be deep enough to hold the heat In a reg ular degree on the under side of the eggs; there should also bo plenty of width all around so that outside influ ences of changeable weather may not have a bad effect upon the eggs. The hen should be given a fair chance to do her portion of the -work. When these matters receive attention much trouble and disappointment will be averted aud better results obtained from the eggs. The Feather. Knot Crop. nnd Improved lH-eede. The countries that lead In quality of live stock use roots as food for the ani mals. England, which gave us our best breeds, would never have done so but for her large crops of turnips. The English market reports give prices for beets, mangels and turnips ns regu larly as do our Journals for grain and hay. In some sections of this country the root crop is becoming an important one, but wo rely mostly on corn, which produces not only largely of grain, but also of fodder; hence it Is cheaper to grow corn than roots, but better re sults would be obtained if roots were added to the corn, hay and fodder. Labor-saving Implements now cheapen the cost of producing roots compared With former years, and with the use of roots the feed Is more varied, which promotes more rapid growth of young stock and greater yields from produc ers. The Early I.ainbs. Some of the earliest lambs come In January, but February and March are the months when the large majority of lambs are expected. They are cold months, and young lambs are. very tender little things. The ewes should now be given some attention, ns It Is necessary that each lamb have au abundance of milk. If fed too liber ally on grain the ewes may become too fat aud many of them be subject to milk fever. A pint of oats per day for each ewe, with an abundance of clover hay, using sliced turnips as a cbauge, will keep the ewes In good condition. When tho lumbs eomo they must be in warm quarters. If ex posed in the fields,, ns sometimes Imp pens, some of the lambs will perish, and many will become stunted In growth. One of the main points In producing early lambs Is to secure rapid growth from the start and get them into market as soou ns possible A Soir-CloaluK Gate. Take any ordinary gate and attach hinges as shown (to be mado from old wagon or buggy tire). Just so the same will work easily on the post. Then at tach trace, chain at brace nnd also to post on reverse side from gate. By opening the gate the chuin Is wound around the post, raising the gate about eight Inches. It will close by Its own weight. The hinges are cheaply and easily made and attached, using only two small bolts ou each. If people will adopt this hinge and method ot swing lng a gate they will have no further trouble by having gates left open. I nave used three now for four years ana havo had no trouble Before It was nearly Impossible for me to keep them closed. The gate Is suspended by the chain, and the brace Is for the purpose of letting the weight come on all four slats aud should be about eighteen inches from the rear of the gate. Farm and Ranch. Feed For UrowUi. We feed growing plg this season mixed food, the same as we ln at , lime ot the year, oats, oats whole, oftts mores or oat Bour, wheat shorts, bran una corn. We do not feed much corn a consider new corn this season of the year as splendid feed. But our Btuff gets too fat If we feed heavily of teorn. Spring ptga, weighing from 175 to 223 pounds, can utilize a good deal M corn, however, ir the, have plenty of range for exercise. We have no es pecial feed for brood sows ot this sen son. We feed a little corn. Have plen ty of water nnd a range of pasture where they get a good many ncorns. I consider good pastures very essen tial. There Is no pasture In this sec tion the equal of red clover after July 1 and until the weather gets cool. In the spring and fall, blue grass. Timo thy Is, of course, good. But I think the most rapid and cheapest growth can be put on during tho hot weather of July, August and September on clo ver, with a moderate grain ration, Sugar cane nnd pumpkins are good mixers In their season. When the weather gets cold we feed nil slop food warm. We never cook food, but keep hot water to mix feed with, nnd let it set from one feed to another. I have nothing against the cooking process, but the other way takes less work, with equally good results. Have tried both. Iowa Breeder. The Fig on the Small Farm. Since the advent of hog cholera it Is really astonishing to find the great number of farmers that do not keep a single hog upon their farms, and at the same time they are throwing away enough milk nnd refuse froin the table to keep a good sow or two, and, besides raising their own meat, have n nice little bunch to sell each year. The idea seems to prevail among a great ninny that unless you own or are operating a largo farm, there is no place for the hog. This is a very mistaken Idea. There can be Just as much made In proportion with hogs upon a small farm as on a large one. Few are the farms (it matters not the size) that will not support a brood sow or two nnd do it well, with scarce ly any other feed than the milk, par- ngs and refuse from tho table and a liberal svpply of grass. Sows kept in this manner will, as a rule, have more pigs, and they will also be healthier nnd stronger. After the sows have theii pigs, push them ulong nnd do not lot them become stunted, becnuse a pig stunted when It Is littlo will never make the hog It would have made had It been kept continually growing. After the pigs will weigh from sixty to 100 pounds, If they are nice, growthy, attractive fellows, there Is always a market for them. There Is scarcely n neighborhood where you will not find men that are always on the lookout for shoats of this kind, to follow cattle or feed out, and this Is tho small farmer's oppor tunity to dispose of them at a good profit, too. Ohio Fanner. Quarters For Ducks. Where the chances permit It Is a question If ducks are not more profit able to keep as layers than hens. Ducks' eggs are always higher than hens' eggs, seldom dropping much, If any, below twenty or twenty-fire cents a dozen. There Is always an advan tage lu feeding. Ducks can be fed a coarser grade of food than hens, and the growth of a young duck Is some thing phenomenal; it grows with amaz ing rapidity for a dozen weeks or so, when It should be marketed, if not to be kept as laying stock. Ducks, however, cannot very well be kept in the poultry house, nor in the barn or other buildings, since they are never tidy housekeepers. Neverthe less, they need a comfortable place n place by themselves for then they will yield a good prolit nnd without incon venience to the owner. A spneo even only a few feet high will suffice, which can often bo provided under a barn. workshop or other building ns suggest ed In the accompanying picture, nnd such quarters can easily be cleaned out with u hoo or rake, and a new lit ter thrown in. This low pen will be warm In winter, and so conduce to early laying, while, on tho other hand, It will prove a very cool spot during the heat of summer, being thus condu cive to continuous laying. Fred O. Sibley, In Ohio Farmer. lioplness In Milk. The slimy, viscid condition of milk has been a source of perplexity and abhorrence to nil dairymen aud milk dealers at one time or another. It is quite commonly supposed to be always duo to a diseased state of the udder, known as "garget," but we are told In the last Farmers' Bullet lu from tho Cornell Experiment Station that this Is a "mistaken belief." There Is a "ropy milk" that Is due to garget and may always be known by Its yielding ou standing a viscid or even bloody sediment. Bht what the milkman knows as "ropy nllk" is not that. This bulletin tells us that this kind of ropy milk contains bacteria kuown to science a". Bacillus lactls vlscosus. They live naturally lu water, aud pre ventive measures are most Important. Some are these: Wash and scald the milk utensils after use. Merely rinsing them will not do. Bacteria may be Introduced by that very act. Keep the cows' udders clean. The floors of all rooms whore ,ropy milk Is kept should be disinfect' ed with a mixture of live parts i crude sulphuric ncld to ninety-five pnrts of water. All milk utensils should be scalded most thoroughly dally. Never let cold water come In coutact with utensils unless they are scalded before using for milk again. Exercise tho greatest care to prevent eveu a drop of water from tho cooling tank getting Into the milk. That oci currence la probably the most common cause of trouble from ropy milk. It water must be spattered about, the cans standing In Ice water should bo covered. Utensils after washing and scalding should stand upside down to prevent the accumulation of dust ou the Inside. New York Trlbuno, A Philadelphia flrra has calculated that there still remain uumlued 0,073, 775,000 tone of coal In tho anthracite regions. . ; I lit A Mew Solution. I I HE world may become Indebt ,'. I ( ed to Russia fora new method I of overland transportation. "J The device lu question Is that of l'rlnce Khllkoff, the Czar's Minister of Ways nnd Communication, nnd Is so simple that one Is inclined to won der that It was not thought of before. The plan contemplates tho employment of automobiles of from three to six horse power for hauling ordinary carts over tramways made of boards, sheet Iron, cement or any material that way be found readily at hand. Stone, iron nnd wooden tramways have been used for transportation from time Immemo rial; traction road engines nre not new, nor can the Idea of drawing farmers' or carters' wagons in trains from farm to factory to the nearby market towns or railway centres be regarded as a novelty. The traction engines hith erto thought of lu this connection, however, nro comparatively slow, ex pensive nnd so heavy that a consider able portion of the power generated by them would be required to haul their own weight. Moreover, a pre requisite for their successful employ ment Is a hard, smooth and costly road. Prince Khllkoff's Initial experiments were conducted In the park surround ing his home. Ordinary sleepers were laid down, and upon these two lines of planks were nailed, Instead of rails, at a distance apart corresponding to that of the automobile wheels. Wood en combings were placed on the outer sides of the planks ns guards, to pre vent the machine from leaving tho track. With an ordinary three and one-half horse power carriage a cart laden with bricks, aud weighing with Its contents nearly two tons, wns easily hauled over the wooden tram way at a speed of twelve versts an hour. The estimated cost of a tram way constructed like the foregoing Is less than 2000 rubles per verst, while the cheapest macadamized road would cost tire times ns much. The first prac tical experiment of the new system is to be made between Tsnrkoe-Solo nnd the new water works, which ore being built a few versts from that city.' The line will be laid over swampy ground, where an ordinary road could not bo built. Various substances will be tried for the new automobile rails, such as Iron, cement and different kinds of wood. In the event of the success of this experiment, of which there Is no rea sonable doubt, the system Is to be ex tended throughout the empire as a sup plementary means of transportation between points not reached by rail ways. Another consideration moving the Russian Minister to extend the sys tem Is the impracticability of ordinary Russian roads for carriages and carts In the spring and autumn, when the wheels nre apt to sink hub deep into mire. The considerations nre as valid In the greater part of this country ns they are in Russia, aud it Is quite pos sible that the general adoption ot Prince Khllkoff's plan would be the solution of the haulage problem in the rural districts of the United States. An automobile enn be bought at a price but little exceeding that of a team of horses, nnd costs Incomparably less to keep. Tho cheapness of tho timber tramway would lay the road tax bogy, which tills farmers with apprehension whenever Improved roadways are mentioned. Tho point which would count most heavily in favor of the tramway principle is its adaptability to all locations. Ou any sort of soil the sleepers and board rails could be laid with equal celerity nnd case. No (clay would be too soft, nor sand too deep for It; the road could be made to follow tlie rubble stoue bank of dry river, und It would not be necessary to make long detours around marsh lands. On grounds of economy and general utility, the plan appeals to one so strongly that It would be surprising If some of the freeholders or supervis ors of our progressive rural communi ties should not give it an early trial. Philadelphia Record. New Method of Koad Huildlnjr. A novel system of road construction has been successfully resorted to in Monmouth, 111. The ground was pre pared for It by grading aud being al lowed to remain so for two months. It was treated to an occasional scrap lug.so that it would pack evenly, be ing thus rendered hnrd and even for the laying of a surface of brick, the chief constructive feature. The first thing was tho setting of n curbing, made of two by six inch plauks seven feet apart, held by oak stakes eighteen Inches long aud put dowu every four feet. Inside of tills was a five-Inch bed of sand, ull evened up, and a single course of No. 1 paving brick then put down, a line roadbed being thus ob tained. Outside the curb two feet of crushed rock were laid, graded up to make an easy approach, this plan In suring a way of eleven feet In width, nnd, as the earth ou each side was graded and worked, there was alto gether a width of some forty feet, af fording tracks on each side for use In dry weather. Such a brick road costs about ninety cents a running foot Handling Farm Products. An Item lu the report of tho Indus trial Commission, at Washington, shows that the cost of handling farm products over tho country roads is estimated at $000,000,000 a year, or more than the entire cost of operating all the rullroads of the United Stutes, which Is placed at $818,000,000. That seems Inconceivable, but no doubt It is approximately true, except In the fact that the farmers don't pay in money for the use ot their teainsvbut In unestliuated labor. The Industrial Discoverer. It Is not the boy who Is surrounded by the best Implements and tools that ingenuity can manufacture, but an Ell Whitney making a cotton gin in a cel lar In the South with the simplest tools, or a Cunard whittling the model of a ship with a Jackkulfe. that makes great Industrial discoveries. Success, Complicated Operations Performed With the Use of Paramne. A Viennese surgeon, M. Gcrsnuy, has found that In a great number of plastic or autoplastic operations ex cellent results may bo obtained by the use of paraffin, termed medicinal vasallue, writes Dr. K. Ronuno In Ln Rome, Paris (tho translation from which we quote being given by public opinion). To raise a nose deformed from birth or lost In the battles of life, or sim ply broken by a blow of the fist, Is a delicate and complicated operation under the present procedure. It is necessary to make, first, an appropri ate nasal skeleton; then this skeleton, once established, with a thin piece of bone tissue cut from the thickness of the frontal bono, the question Is to cover It with skin. When the nose has thus, with great difficulty, been re-established. It remains In place, and the tinnl result leaves much to bu de sired from a plastic point of view nt least. M. Gorsuny hns changed all this. Un der the Bkln of tho broken nose which needs to be raised, one simply Injects with a Praviiz syringe two or three cubic centimeters of vasellne-pnr-alline, first liquefied by boat, the In jected mass raising the skin of the nose. As the pnratllne becomes solid at thirty-seven degrees that is to say the temperature of the body It lias only to be fashioned during tho time It is cooling tinder the skin to give to the nose nny desired form. Noses which are made In this way uro absolutely perfect. But what becomes of the vaseline painttliio injected under the skiu? Ex periments made on auiinals show that It Is not reabsorbed and that It re mains in place. And not only is It not 'reabsorbed but it produces in the neighborhood tissues an excellent re active effect. There is formed n web of connective tissues which unites and traverses all the par's of the Injected vaseline. When at the end of some time the animals have boon killed, at ,the place where the injection was made n bard body similar to cartilage is found, a sort of conjunctive web of which the links are filled with tho pnralli no. The formation of those particular tissues allows us to suppose that the results obtained by the (iorsuny method are durable, perhaps conclu sive. Among the operations made ln this way sonic wore made two years ago, and the corrected deformity has not reappeared. Why the llocr Was Set Free. ' In the tight at Llndley the Dublin Hunt section of the Imperial Yeo manry suffered heavily. Trooper Will iam Holmes was found on the battle field severely injured. But for the kindness of a Boor who sat by him all night and conveyed him In a cart next morning to Llndley, he would probably have died. As It was, his condition was serious, and n log had to be cut off. In the course of time this very Boor was captured nnd transported beyond the soas. From his new quar ters lie wrote to the trooper lu tho bono that ho might get him sent back to the Cape on parole. The letter reached the soldier's home in Dublin before the Invalided man had returned there, but It was opened by his father, Lord Justice Holmes, who at once forward ed It to Earl (then Lord) Roberts. The comniandor-ln-clilcf answered by tele graph that the Boor had been released and was on his way home. It Is such grateful incidents ns these that toue down to some extent the horrors of war. Constantinople nepiii's Fensldny. One day in the year Constantinople is free from the beggar nuisance on November 25. This is the festival of St. John the Almsgiver, the patron saint of tho mendicant profession. No beggar of the Greek faith is on his or her beat that day. In the forenoon nil, or nearly all, orthodox mendicants attend n special service ln the Church of St. Constantino, nt which nn Arch bishop officiated. It was arranged by their corporation, for they nro organ ized Into a guild like any other trade.' The church, spacious as It Is, was none too large for tho numerous con gregation of cadgers, many of whom iiu their holiday garb looked like re spectable citizens. The rest of tho day was spent lu festivities, which wore apt to extend so far into tho night that many of the travelers were Unable to attend to business on the morrow. The Constantinople Ephl imerls. Sir Walter KalolKh'a Watch, Among the bequests of the late Dr. Edmund Croker, of Llsnabrlu House, Tallow, County Waterford, the pro late of whose will has just been pub lished, says tho Westminster Gazette,' lis a gold watch which Sir Walter iRaleigh gave to the lnfaut son of Richard Croker, the direct ancestor of Dr. Croker, ln 13S0. Rnlelgh, who nt :the time owned vast estates in Water-, ford nnd Cork, Including Lnsmibrin, gave Richard Croker a long lease of Lisuabiiu aud was sponsor to his In fant son, who was named Walter and to whom the watch, which has ever since been lu heirloom in tho CroUei' family, was given. Until a few years ago tho watch kept excellent time, although the case was worn to the thinness of silver paper. Life Insured For a Million Dollars. Mrs. Duusmulr, mother of the Pre mier of British Columbia, has recent ly secured two life policies of $300, 000 each, making an aggregate risk of $1,000,000. The Insurance iigen who placed them claims under tho provincial law a commission of five per cent., which would amount to $50,000. This Is resisted, so that Mrs. Duusmulr has not only a remnrkablv; heavy life Insurance, but a lawsuit as well. Toronto (Out.) Mull nnd Em pire, ; Britain's Fleet ln Many Colors. When the English Chauuel Squad ron starts for Its uext cruise every ship will be painted a different color. Tho British Admiralty Is anxious to discover the tint giving the greatest possible invisibility. The present black hulls aud white upper works are very conspicuous. Sky blue, kliakl and black liavo already been experi mented ou, and black has been a dead (allure except ut uight. 'ATlf.NT SKILL AND REAL ART IN NATIVE KNIVES. Character Kevealtd hy the Natlonnl Mu seum's Collection of Cnrlosllles The Headsman's Blade To Fit the "Tala bong's" Curve a Scabbard Is Designed. Filipino ingenuity nnd character are revealed at the National Museum nt Washington In a new collection of hunting and fishing Implements, head gear, muulcnl instruments and weap ons of warfare. The natives of the Philippine group have developed to a very high degree the use of rattan, bamboo, vegetable fibre and pr.lra leaves In the manufac ture of dozens of miscellaneous nrtl eles. Rattan is pleated and woven Into hats, arrow quivers, scabbards for swords nnd knives, and umbrellas. Bamboo 13 fashioned Into telescope fishing rods, water and wine bottles, covers for the swords of executioners and blowpipes. Talm leaves nre phnped Into a score of designs into dippers, water proof hats, torches and other ar ticles. The native has apparently found in the vegetable growths of his dwelling place mntcrlr.1 to supply nil his demands except the need for Iron. Possibly the most prominent feature ot the collection la a group of half a dozen "talabongs," or headsman's nxcr.. They ere huge knives, three feet long or more, curved llks a pciir.l tar rsversed. In order the bettor to strike the unfortunate victim's neck ,thls curve la irregular wide nt the two ends and acute in the middle. It is lmnn:sltil". of course, to slide such an eccentric curve into n scabbard, but ilio Tiiiilvmlno headsmen have ovcr- nntnn tlint illfRcultV onsllV. TWO plOCCS of bamboo, shaped like the scimitar and flat ou the side nearest mo. mane. lmvo been Inlued together along one edge with a fiber which la n little elas tic Ken.n-ntlnc these two lidhs or wood the swordsman can slip his blade into It from one side and from the end. The fiber at the outride joint holds ihe bamboo closely to the knife, open only nt one cud. Amoiiir the army officers this need for a knife fitted to a man a neck h las not been allowed to Intenero with Relish of design. Their swords or "campalougs," nre a regular, graceful arc of a circle. One such sword, Ap parently made from a thick saw brought to the Islands by a trading ship. Is chased nnd Inlaid with silver aud has a mahogany handle. The workman who engraved the blade evi dently worked long to carve the handle Into n shape singularly like that cf the swords used among the Saracen tribes. At the curve In the hilt Spanish coins have been sunk uutil flush with the surface. The handle is decorated with a fringe of hnir dyed red or maroon. Another knife is little and curved back toward the wrist when held ln the closed fist. This is Intended for a swift blow at the stomach, nnd then, when the enemy h.13 doubled over, to complete the attack with a stab in the back. Many of the knvc3 are decor ated with horn or silver handles aud one terminates In nn Ivory tusk. Near ly all ot these short knives nre curved into the form of a kris, nnd look like highly ornamented bread knives. An umbrella ln the collection Is a work of nrt, but It is suspected of Chi nese origin, rnlm leaves havo been cut nnd trimmed until they fitted to gether for an outer covering, as smooth and firm as heavy paper. This was then applied to a frame of split bam boo In the fashion of the ordinary Chi nese or Japanese parasol. Inside the frame has been decorated with rattan split into slender strnndd nnd woven about tho umbrella ribs. The whole was then given a toue of deep red and tho outside varnished to make It imper vious to water. Everything used lu the construction ot the umbrella is vegeta ble, even the fastenings nt the ends of the ribs nnd tho little rivets used in the frame. The Filipino blowpipe will disappoint those whose ideas of such weapons have been obtained from the geogra phies of fifteen years ago or more. It Is not ten feet long or two Inches In diameter. On the contrary. It Is a most inoffensive instrument, nbout three-quarters of i.n Inch thick aud ouly a yard long. It is merely an en larged putty blower, of the sort pos sessed by the American boy. Tho ma terial uso in its manufacture Is a sec tion of bamboo, with tho openings carefully rounded. For darts tho na tive shapes little arrows of split bam boo, nnd winds nbout the barb eud n little ball of cotton to fill tho tube nnd offer tho greatest possible resistance to tho nlr. Nothing could more fully moot the old atlas idea of South Sea Islanders than the bamboo wine bottlo which rests alongside the blowpipe. It Is about a foot long, four or five inches In dinmerr-r anil would hold possibly half a gnllou. Holes have been bored In the fibre at tho eud, aud a strip of rattan fastened Into them for n sling- strap. Tho last item of Its equipment Is a round wooden cork, wincn is tasi ened to the "bottlo" by rattan. The musical Instruments nre equipped with vegetable strings. One of them Is much like the guitar of the Tyrol, but more slender aud weighted down with long, highly carved keys. Tho other Is somewhat like an Indian pipe a queer bowl at. one end of a long, hollow tube, with strings from the top of tho bowl to the further end of tho tube. The musician in the Phil ippines evidently gives his extra time to carving his instrument, ns both gui tar and fiddle nre covered with little decorations cut with a knife. Tho last feature of tho collection Is a harmless looking cane that rattles when picked up, yet one might hunt for nn hour without discovering how It Is onened. Inside Is a steel blade, long enough for a duel. Another cane opens at the eud and lets out a sort of a spear. But the greatest surprise is the cone with a screw cap at tho fer rule. When ilnallv that can has been worked oil aud the caue hns been shaken, the wood grows louger und louger, until the spectator holds in his hand a ngnt, tapering, beautifully joined nailing rou. There nre eight hundred public baths In Toiilo, which are patronised dally by three hundred thousand persons. The charge Is about half a cent iv: FACTS There Is said to be snlt enough ln tho sea to cover seven million square miles of land with a layer one mllo In thickness. The New Hampshire Historical So ciety has the original patent oa a pro cess for the use of steam In propel ling boats. It was Issued to Samuel Morloy, March 23, l"or, and was signed by George Washington. The l'.)th of May, 17S0, was dls. tingulshed by tho phenomenon of a remarkable darkness over all tho Northern Stntcs, nnd Is still called the Dark Day. The darkness commenced between the hours of 10 and 11 a. m., and continued to the middle of the next night. It was occasioned by a thick vapor or cloud, tinged with n yellow color, or faint red, nnd a thin coat of dust wns deposited on white substances. Its extent was from Fal mouth, Me., to New Jersey. A rr.nn-mndo volcano exists in Bel gium, which hns been burning con stantly for nearly one hundred years, and emits vast columns of black smoke, rendering the neighboring country barren, baked aud utterly un profitable. At Brule, France, Is even the most remarkable volcano made by man. Originally It wns a mass of coal, millions of tons. Oue day, about a century ago, the coal caught fire, nnd it has never ceased burning. The summit of the smouldering mnss has a genuine crater. A singing well Is one of the natural curiosities of Texas. In lino weather a sound like that of an Aeolian harp Is given out by the well. At times the sound Is clear; then it recedes, as If far away, and then It roadies the oar very faintly. These changes take place every few minutes, and with great regularity. With au cast wind blowing the water In the well gets very low, and the mysterious musical sound Is faint. A strong west wind causes the water to rise and the sound to Increase in volume and clearness. An Interesting coin has just been sold in Germany. It Is one of the few coins In the history, .of tho world which can be accused of having a hu morous side to It. Ii 1079 the Danes descended on tho fort of Hamburg, but their attack proved unsuccessful. Tho Inhabitants of tho town struck a modal to commemorate the occasion. The legend on the coin wns as follows: "The King of Denmark hns been to Hamburg. If thou wouldst know what he achieved, look on the other side." It Is needless to add that "the other side" is a blank. The Kaiser's Family. Emperor William is the fortunate father of six bright boys, and each of those boys has u sister, ns the old conundrum puts It. Her name Is Vic toria Louise, and she was boru Sep tember 13, 1802. We saw her nt tho Zoological Gardens, lu charge of a governess and an aid-de-camp, laugh ing nt tlie capers of the monkeys and feeding the lions and tigers, just like hundreds of other children who go to the park every day. Mingling In the throng, no one noticed her, although people entering at one of the gates might have observed that some mem ber of the royal family was there, be cause ot a carriage bearing the Em peror's private crest, with a coachman and footman in his private livery. By those signs tho Imperial family may always bo distinguished iu the parks, boulevards und streets. The coachman nnd footman wear black, trimmed with silver braid, nnd a wide hatband of silver marked with black eagles. Chi cago Record-Herald. Is I.ylwc a Lost Art? Has the ancient art of lying fallen into desuetude nnd decay? Have we come upon an unimngiuntive age of truth, naked aud unadorned? Our re cent negotiations over the Nicaragua Canal nre characterized by the English press ns "the diplomacy of truth," nnd the newspapers of France nnd Ger many are discussing In ponderous fash ion the serious value of truth iu In ternational arrangements. Commer cially, too, the great department stores lend tho war agaiust lying, Hud every employe Is warned against misrepre senting commodities offered for sale. Tho very advertisements of the daily newspaper reflect this tendency toward truthful exploitation. Commercialism has discovered the weakness of pre varication, and wo have to thank the rude trndo Instincts of the nation foi this new ascendency of truth. Thus tho artistic and picturesque Instinct for untruth is crushed by the strenuous struggle for gain. Harper's Weekly. Mljrratlon of Insects. Not long ago a ship from one of the tropical countries was followed by a flock of butterflies, which persistently circled around the rigging of the ves sel until the shoro had faded ln the distance. Then the insects lighted on the masts and decks. A few disap peared ln the night and were destroyed In the wuter or reached the shore in safety, rfome of tho others crawled away ln the cabins and hold of the ship. After a trip of thirty days the vessel reached New York, and from their hiding place ln the ship a few ol theso butterflies emerged and flew ashore. Thus an entirely new species ot butterfly was introduced Into the country. An Automobile Fir Engine. The first town In England to effect ively display the possibilities of the motor fire eugtne for fire brigade pur poses is Ectics, iu Lancashire. The engine was constructed by a local firm and has proved a conspicuous succcbs. It carries five men, 300 yards of hose, two staudpipes, scaling ladders. Jump lug sheet und other necessary appara taus. It Is propelled by a six horse power electric motor. 'It Is remarka bly silent In motion, and averages a speed of fourteen to sixteen miles per hour on the level. It has also estab lished Its ability for climbing stiff gra dients with facility, , Great N timber In Use at the low Kates Charged. In the latest paper received, says correspondent of the New' York Her ald, writing from Nyland, Sweden, I notice that the price of telephones in New York is $240 per year. It may, be of some Interest to your readers to know something of the telephone business In this country. There aro two companies tho Government Tele phone Compuny nnd the General Tele phone Company (formerly the Bell Telephone Company). The former charges per year eighty crowns, or $22; In every city, and ninety crowns, oc $25, in the country. The latter com pany charges sixty crowns, or $1C, per year In cities, towns and villages, ex cept ln Stockholm, whirre you pay only. thirty-Blx crowns, or $9.75, per year. By paying these charges you are en titled to have your, telephone repaired whenever needed, besides having them inspected twice a month. The number of telephones may bo a surprise to you. In the city of Stock holm alone (with a population of 280, 000) there are no less than 30,000 tele phones. Outside the city limits ln any town you pay for telephoning a dis tance of thirty English miles fifteen up to thirty ore, or four to eight cents, for three minutes' conversation. From this placo to Stockholm, 300 miles, you pay thirteen cents for three min utes' conversation. The telephone sys tem bus been extended to the northern most town lu this country, Iliiporanda. From this place to Stockholm, a dis tance of 720 English miles, you can communicate by telephone for Just twenty-seven ceuts. There is hardly a village in tlie whole country where at least a dozen phones, are not found, and iu the very woods you may, during your travels, find a telephone put up for the accommoda tion of chance travelers or tourists. In these wild and deserted places there are no people living for miles around, still the tourist might be able to com municate with friends far away. Ha Is expected to pay the charges, which, he will find iu the guide books hung up nt the telephones. In Norway there are many less tele phones, owing probably to the vast desert places in the northern and mid dle counties. In Chrlstlania there are about 10,000 phones lu a population of 175,000 luhabltants, but the prices aro the same as In this country. WORDS OF WISDOM. Fear Is the mother cf foresight. II. Taylor. Experience teaches slowly, and ot the cost of mistakes. Fronde. A good inau Is kinder to his enemy than bad men to their friends. Bishop Hall. Knowledge is the treasure, but judg ment Is the treasurer of a wise man. Penn. A man of integrity will never listen, to nny pica against conscience. Home. Greatness lies not In being strong, but iu the right using of strength. H. W. Beecher. There never was yet a truly great man that was not at tho same time truly virtuous. Franklin. Many things are difficult and dark to me; but I can see oue thing quite clearly, that I must not, cannot seek my own happiness by sacrificing oth ers. George Eliot. Let it be our happiness this day to add to the happiness of those around us, to comfort some sorrow, to relieve some waut, to odd some strength to our neighbor's virtue. Chaunlug. Muscle and Books. Fhysical culture as It Is taught ln the public schools ot to-day comes de lightfully near to meeting with all of the requirements planned for it a score of years ago by progressive edu cators, who were, at that time, looked upon as Idealists. Until 1800, though much had been accomplished in this way of contriving novel modes of teaching and study, it was plainly to be seen that the Increased demands ot the school curriculum, however bene ficial mentally, tended to endanger, the child physically. The burden was becoming greater than the strength, to bear It. Ia .latter duys it has grown to be a well recognized fact that every child mind Is co-ordinated with a body to be propertly developed. That the physique should be careful ly looked after is now as freely con ceded as that the verb should be made to agree with its subject in person and number. Appliances have been put Into the high schools oil over the city for the furtherance of physical traiuing that leave little to be wanted in this direction. The apparatus. Is perfect In the most minute detail. The gymnasiums are large, well lighted aud well ventilated. Chicago Tribune- Filled the Dead Man. The following story of a former county magistrate was told at Tow sou: The body ot a man who had been dead for some hours was found by the police, and tho magistrate, actlug as coroner, was notified. He made an investigation, and after finding a re volver and $5.30 ln the clothes of the dead man, decided it was a case for a magistrate and not for a coroner, aud ordered that tho body be brought be fore him at the station house. Here the magistrate charged tlia dead man with carrying a concealed weapou aud lined him Just $3.30. the amount of money found lu his pocket. The, re volver was taken for other expenses of the trial, aud the body was turned over to the couuty authorities to be burled at the expense of the county. llaliiuioro Sun. WblsUers Keep Out Cold. There Is nobody In the Senate now adays with whiskers to equal ex-Senator Better's. Senator Slewurt has a luxuriant growth, but compared to Better's hirsute adornment, Stewart's chin Is. like a sfiiuble field alongside an acre of waving gruiu. When Bet ter wos lu the Senate, his whisker were a' better Indlcutor of the state of the' weather tbuu a barometer, tin cold and damp days PeflVr would tuck his board under, his coat and uso It as a chest, protector. On fine days ho allowed It to Hy freely, uutil ertcU separate hair stood out like a pen nant from a mast. Washington
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