CHINESE LIFE. MCCt'MAR CUSTOM!, AS SF.KN IS THE CITY OF CANTO. Pawnshops nnd Poultry Stores Birds Nests For Food A Visit t to Prison Various Form oC Punishment An Kxecutton. I VISITED Canton several time while at Hong Kong, staying from one to two days each time, and under thn same guide, Ah Sin, writes Frederick Hlcarns in tho De troit Free Press, This, m well m other guides, knew some "piReon Eng lish, m it id termed, bnt as for any intelligible explanation!! of historical objects, religion symbol or reasons for most habits, ways and customs, they seemed densely ignorant. I shall in this writing give without close con nection, or in the sequence as I bow them, some interesting points. The pawnshop are a striking fea ture ia tho architecture of the city. Thoy are lofty (seventy feet or so), about fifty foot square, brick, with bnt few and small windows, and those high np ; a largo doorway in one front corner six feet a strong wooden partition, a barred opening in this abont five feet from the floor, ltehind which Chinese clerks receive the bundles of clothing or other things which are offered in pawn for money. Those pawnshops exist under imperial licenses of sixty years, for which a large price is paid, ns well as a moder ate annual tax. These places charge from one and a half to threo per cent, per month interest on the money loaned on thing in pawn, the limit being two years. Thu city treasurer loans money to the pawnbrokers at twelve per cent, per anutim, which ids them in ready money capital. If one pawnshop fails the rents are re quired to make good the Government loan at least. Some bad years, late in the season, when the distressed poor need tho winter clothing and bedding placed iu pawn in the previous spring, the Government interferes and com pels the pawnbrokers to reduce the interest, so that really the system is under some, sort of control. In Can ton there are over a hundred of these pawnshops; in the province over a thousand. The flouring mills nro common nnd primitive enough. One Hop Sing's a narrow bnt deop building, in one lofty story, has twelve run of stone, not cased in at all, oaoh about thirty inohes in diameter ; the lower stone fixed, tho upper one revolving, the grain fed in a centre hole in the up per stone ; a scoopful at intervals runs at coarse meal from the middle of the edge. The powor was in shape of bliudfolded oxen, blinded so that the short circle they tread, going round and round for hours, would not make them dizzy. To koep the droppings of the animals from contaminating the flour and mill, tubs were tied under them. The sifting of the flour from the bran was done by a simple sieve or bolt. .CHINESE One whole street is devoted to pre serving eggs, mostly rather small ducks' eggs, which, as offered for sale, look like lumps of soft mud. The pro cess, I understand, consists of pick ling them in paste of wood ashes, oommon suit and lime, wet with water nromatised by boiling cedar or fir leaves iu it ; after some days of this they will keep almost indefinitely. Near this is a poultry street, where fowls ducks, geese, as well as many kinds of game birds, inoluding owls and storks are sold alive, w ith eyelids sewed up to keep them quiet; and here I should mention - that enormous quantities of ducks' eggs are hatched by artifloial means by special persons, who sell the young as soon as out to certain boatmen, whose business it is to feed and raise the ducklings. These boatmen have broad, very low boats, on each side of whioh are bamboo ooopa to accommodate sometimes 3000 birds. At first they are fed with boiled rioe and similar food, but they oon get so as to forage for themselves. These -duck villages tioenV-aronnd the halloT. places, where at low tide they re let out on to the flat and where they And abundant food in the mud suid shallow water, and from whiah they retarn promptly to the boat at given signal, with perfect rush, as the laggard are sure to come in for a beating. The coffin stores are abundant, and a good coffin ia a costly thing when of precious wood, a thousand dollar ; and it i one of the proper thing for a eon to give hi father a nice coffin a a birthday gift on the clone of any decade in his life after fifty. They are of the rm of the lower tmnk of a tree, and, indeed, consist of the trunk of two tree, including the spread at the root. Each trunk i Rawed into two plank lengthwise, and the four planks ho joined edgewise a to afford space for the body ; that is, the Ride edge of the plank are fitted so the plnin surfaces are at right angle to each other, the convex surface out si ile ; a square panel is placed in each end. It take six to eight coolies to mrrnoK or a rnrvr.sE cmwrAt. carry ono of these ; they are smooth outside, and sometimes painted. A large industry consists in making from paper imitation money, clothing, nhoes, hats and many sorts of objects used in worshiping the dead and at f uncials, which are afterward burnt, and in spirit find their way to the abode of the dead to help them, or pay their way to Nirvana. Tsenng-lan street is largely given np to shops that (leal in the edible birds' nest. It is evidently a prosperous business. In the back of each is a restaurant where one can have the soup made from this delicacy served at prices according to its quality. These nests are found in or near rocky sea- oousts, caves in Borneo, Java and Su matra, and are builded by specie of swallow, from probably a delicate sea weed which they find in the surf, and which, with some secretion of the crop, they form the nest, which is like a little rouuded shelf, slightly con cave, of tho appournuce of liussian isinglass, and is affixed by its own gluey substance to tho face of the rocks. The best white ones aro 8-0 a catty ; the darker ones, soiled with feathers, etc., less, down to even 93 per catty. These darker one I saw soaking in warm water, by which they fell apart, looking like shreds of wilted cabbage ; from these the long, dirty nailed Chinese clerks were picking out the cleanest bits. I bought of clean nests enough at least for one soup. The wholesale drug storon were very low buildings, full of strange-looking bales. At the doors were many Chi nese, shaving or planing root into thin sections and drying leaves on bamboo frames. Tho retail drug shops were full of striingc-shnped packuges and curious vials, a foreign to mo as if I had never been iu a drug store. My guide was useless so fur as helping me in obtaining any information in these places. Tho pottery store were disappoint ing, inasmuch as the ware now made seems rough, hoavy and without beauty. Very few old pieces are seen in the curio shops, which latter are abundant, and such pieces aro not as fine as commonly seen in the collec tions of Europe. Hence it must be that the ware of the old dynasties is soaroe and has mostly gone abroad. Jade is the precious stone of the Chinese. Every man, woman and BOAT. child, even coolies, seem to wear heavy,, round bracelet or amulets of this substance. It varies in oolor from a grayish-pearl of a greasy appearance to mottled copper-green. Earrings, finger and thumb-rings, amulets, hair ornaments, besides buckles and open work carved ornaments are seen; these, however, without grace or beauty. Jade is very hard and the diffioulty of working it adds to its cost. Ornamental silver work, oousisting of jewelry and various vessels, in both filigree and repousse, abound, and the white silver -amulets - on- -the 'brown skins of the children and women look appropriate. Ivory oarvings by the Chinese are familiar to most persons in our own country. Such show much labor and detail in deep and undercutting, are in design erowded, orude and taste less ; for export they follow European designs. I noticed that each street at its end or where there . was a jog in it had strong, wooden gates, which are closed at night, and a special watchman guarding them. Besides funeral undertakers there are numerous wedding undertakers, who furnish on hire everything, snob as sedans, umbrellas, - ornaments, bridal crown and other requirements. Furnituro of Chinese model, of heavy woods, is stained black and con siderebry carved and often profusely inlaid with bits of mother-of-pearl. Little of this ia exported, bnt there i a very large home market for such among the wealthier classes. I visited the place where weaving of Chinese figured silks was done. The same old primitive hand loom, elnm aily made and half buried in a dirty floor, with a atont Chinese "cherub" of abont one hundred and fifty pounds "sitting up aloft on the frame, pull ing tip alternately cluster of the warp threads ns the shuttle went liack and forth below and no formed the figures in the web, all of which i changed in western countries by the Jacquard device. I went through a narrow street, nearly a half mile long, which was oc cupied almost exclusively by pearl button makers, oaoh with a little re versible lathe and a file or two for tools. Another was a spectacle street, and there everyone was busy cutting out louse from water-white masse of nat nral rock crystals, by long steel wire saws and oil and emery powders. rWSONEB WEARING THE CAXOfB. A curious but rather coarse painted enamel on copper was the product in another dirt riot ; it is rather pretty and very cheap, the painted design being burned on. Whole streets soemcd to be nothing but fan-making shops, and feather funs, at that. I do not remember of ever seeing uch iu our country. It is said that whole villages in China do nothing but muke the common open palm-leaf fans so much used in Amer ica, and that the palms are especially grown for this purpose on large farms. The shops for head and foot wear and for clothing are endless. The Chinoso shoe with its thick felt sole is a good idea easy to wear, noiseless. warm in winter and water-proof, all excellent qualitios. Of course the coolies are barefooted, or wear only straw sandals. There are many places where second' hand embroideries, the slightly-worn garments are sold, of the wealthier people, mandarins and their wives, and of such I was enabled to get some very fine examples at nominal prices. Every master of such a shop brought out his recommendations given by foreign patrons, many of which read, "I have bought embroideries of so-and-so and fonnd them unusually clean." The prisons and the halls of justice claimed attention. 1 found myself in witn a lot or miserable creatures, who crowded around me, saying, "Money, money," I asked the guide who they were. "Those sentenced ' to be be headed," he said. They were in a sort of dirty oourt yard with a shed for shelter, and looked as if beheading would be a relief. Another room part room and part oourt was filled with prisoners wesring the cangue, or three-foot square wooden oollar. They cannot feed themselves or lie down, save they place the big square collar at an angle, one edge on the ground, and then it is a half incline with the neck resting on the edge of a two-inch plank, and yet I saw a lot of them asleep on the ground, and in the filth upon it. Torture is still used bas tinado, beating the ankles, ball and chain, whipping,' thumbs screws, im palement, crucifixion and all that sort of barWity. From thenoe I went to the execution ground a long, narrow space used between times for drying coarse pottery before it is burned. J interviewed the big headsman, num ber one, with his sword. When he saw me draw a bead on him with my camera he scowled and went back into his den, but headsmen number throe saw some silver in my hand, and he took up thf aoiineter, rich with the blood of many hundred dissevered necks, and struck an attitude, so I boxed that picture, the crowd grin ning. The pavement, gory with bloody sawdust, cheap, and common, great jars as large as barrel stood there full of heads, from whioh quiok lime was slowly eating away the flesh. Abont one execution day is the aver (?, thnnah they are generally be headed in lot of four to fifteen at time. It is said that at the close of the Taiping rebellion, a few years ago, over 50,000 of the rebels were beheaded in one year in this yard. Life is oheap in China, and nothing so convinces one of tho fact like a sight of the prison and of this Golgotha of a yard. In tho street Hheung-mun-tai, or street of bookseller and publishers, is an old double-arched gateway for merly a section of the city wall crossed tho street, but that was removed long since, leaving this ancient arch as a temple or shrine. On top is an old clepsydra or water-clock, which has kept the time for about 700 year. It consist of four large inverted cones like leaching tubs, mdo of copper, placed on a stair-like mass of masonry. From openings near the bottom of each the water slowly drop from the top one into the next Ik1ow, and so on to the bottom one, which ha . per forated cover, and through thi holo the graduated staff of a float rises as the water rises slowly and regularly. The water is returned twice a day to the upper jar, and at the lxginning of each hour a big hoard with the name of the hour is placed on the outside, wall, so it can be seen from the various high building and fire watch tower of the city. Here one can buy stick or circle of punk, or incense, which, lighted at dawn, burn slowly, and mark thn time by hour by means of block spot on the punk, t was much interested in overlooking the house tops from this old gateway. The tiled roofs, on each many row of round stone jars filled with water for putting out fires; but what seemed most strange was a railed-in wooden walk that led over the bouses, up and down, adjusted to the varying bights, abruptly turning to the right or left, bridging over intervals; all this for the elevated night watchmen, who in thi way patrol large district of tho city above the house-tops, on tho lookout for fires and robbers. Robbery is very common, and yet tho authorities make short shrift of the robber when caught. The gables or ridges of the roof are . always parallel with the street. The tiles are coarse brick, alternating flat with half-r.mnd ones to break joints, these set in mortar. A Novel Mouse. The smart blouse which is shown in this sketch is arranged in a lovely new material which has only just made its appearance in Paris. It is a soft and silky velveteen, with small silver spots scattered over it and sunk into the velveteen surface as though they had been stamped upon it with silver paint. The upper part of tho blouse, both bock nnd front, is quito full, the graceful folds being drawn iu at tho waist so as to show the outlines of tho figure, under a very wide band formed of black moire, smartly held in place by largo buttons of fine jet. Below this moire band there is a very be- coming pointed basque of the blue and silver velveteen. The sleeves are of velveteen from the shoulder to the elbow, and of moire trimmed with jet from the elbow to the wrist. New York World. Trinidad's 4ueer Little "Lapp." The climate of the island of Trini dad is ideal. It has an average sum mer heat of seventy-nine degrees, a winter heat of sixty-eight degrees. aud owing to its lovely - scenery, fine fishing aud picturesque natives, is coming into notice as a health resort and pleasure ground. Sportsmen love to hunt the "lapp," a small animal, whose flesh is said to bo finer and more delicious than oven that of the reindeer. It is a queer, spotted, long-snouted little oruature that often hides in the water when pursued, but lives in the hills. Its flesh tastes of THI QCTUR Uml LAPP OV TRINIDAD, veal and pork, and is better than either, or both. The Parisians annually consume, net inhabitant, 145 pounds of apples, twenty of cherries, 130 of pears, 183 of plwas, two of raspberries and thir. teen of strawberries. SOLDIERS' COLUMN OKI Or CARNEY'S- STORIES. The Close Call as eout Experienced ia The Bands of Bloodless Seces sionists. THE scouts of Whom I drsir to speek were attach ed to the lliirena of Information of the Army of the Potomac, snd had to go wherever they weie sent, if It was st all possible for rCVJiWf 'nemio get mere. tffyyi-lj They frequently '(l. 1 , 'J 1 made trips for mllet inside of the lines lll of the enemy snd OV If their sdventures wers written and gathered tnio hook- lurm, it wumu inn, a ve-y large vol ume to hold them all. . !.-... Hut I snail con- " -;'flne mytelf to one eventful trip, from which the scout was fnrtunsis In escaping with his life; snd, lest I shsll be charged with unduly coloring the matter, 1 shall endeavor to give ths story as nearly as possible in ths words of Anson II. Carney, who was for a long time employed as one of ths scouts at Army Headquarters. Here Is the story, substantially at Csrney told It: "While s member of the company of scouts, and about ths time I wst making Preparation! to go into winter camp in ths all of 1WW, I was ordered to report st Army Headquarters. On arriving there I was informed that tome rebel deserters had come into our lines and reported that s part of s brigade or, perbapt, two or three bri gades of the enemy hsd left Uen. Lee't army snd taken all their camping outllt with them. The deserters said they knew this to be s fact, but they could not tell bow many rebels bad departed, neither could they give their business or their destina tion. "I received orders to go out snd find out If possible the truth or falsity of this report, snd bring back sll the news I could gather regarding this statement. Judson Knight, the well known scout, went with me, and crossing the Rappahannock st Kelley'sKord we marched on through ths country till w resched s point sbove Falmouth. From there ws csutioutly worked our way In ths direction of Chsncellorsvllle, and not very faraway from Uen. Lee's Headquarters at Bpotitylvaula Courthouse we visited s Union man with whom we were acquainted. Aflei telling him our business, w induced him to go south toward Richmond and find out foi ns all he could, as well ss get us copies of late Richmond papers, 1 withhold Ins name ss he has tome relatives living wbo might not with to have sll ths fscls known. "When the I'nion msn returned, hs tsld that, at near ss he could find out, two bri gade! hsd reinforced (ten. Htuart in ths Valley and were contemplating a raid over In Maryland for horses, forag and recruits At It waa important that either Knluht or myself should get back to Uen. Meade'i Headquarter! at toon at possible we drew cuts and the lot fell upon me. "I slsrted that night about 10 o'clock and having arrived near the Rappahanock river a little after daylight nejet morning t con cealed myself in the bushes all day. 1 tramped sll the next night, snd about day break reached the vicinity of Cheiten'i Mills, on the rosd from Hsrwood Church to Kelley's Kord. I thought 1 wsi near enough to the I'nion pickets to bs out ot danger, unlet I should sccidentally meet a rebel Mount. Yet, I kept in the cover of the woods ss much as possible, but while work ii g along a bridle path and eating some chinquapins I had gathered on the wny.tbe first thing 1 knew 1 was looking down tivs carbine barrels, and the rebels shouted st me: "Hall! Surrender! Unbuckle that belt! Don't touch that pistol!" "They took me right down a steep hill snd sway from the road, where they strip ped me of all portions of my clothing that they thought better than theirs, Now, I had in the lining of my boots s paper on which I had sketched some plans that could be understood only by myself, and I also had copies of Richmond newspspers I account ed lor the Richmond paper! by saying Unit I had been on a visit to a brother of mine, who belonged to the 4th I'a. l av., and who was on picket, and that my brother had traded newspaper! witb rebel pickets over the river. llut, unfortunately the men who hsd cap tured roe were rebel scouts, and ss tbey did not want to return to their camp for a few days and betldei at they did not with to be bothered with guarding a prisoner, two of them were determined to thoot me then nnd there. Lucky for me, however, one of the scouts, bv name F.som, wbo lived near llealton Station, said that he would take charge of me and ses that I wat safely land ed in Libby l'rlson. "All these msn had been raised in that Vicinity, and wers well posted about all ths roadt and bridle path! snd sf ler debating awhile at to whether I thould be killed, thoy took me to the bonis of s msn with whom tbey wsre well acquainted and called for something to eat. I began to think my time had come because the old man and bit daughter joined In with those of the tcoutr who thought I ought to be tbot. Kixm pieaued my cause st well at he could, but wst overruled by ths others.who condemned me to die at toon as they got what they wanted in the house that it, something to est. "In the meantime, the old man, Stratton laid that he would be my executioner, and tbat as be wst too old to serve in the ranki, he could serve bit country by killing aYan kee prisoner, snd thutthow bit loyalty to the Conlederate Government. Not only did Slratton say he wanted to thoot me but bit daughter said the wanted to be pretentwhen the thooting wat done. 1 Uf course by thit time I had made up my mind tbat this wais case of 'root hog or die,' sod it can be well imagined tbat I did a great deal of rapid thinking. Well, they all tat down to their hoeuake and mackerel, and 1 wat told to tukt a back teat in a chair by the window. Uf count at I wat con demned to be thot as toon at they had eaten it was not thought best to waste any Con federate victuals on mi. About tbit time I noticed s pail of water near the window snd s gourd hsnging on a nail abova It. so I rost to my feet sud said I wanted a drink of water. "I started for the pall and at once Jump ed through the window, and then. of course I struck out at fait ss I could for tbs woods. Tbey tired tome builett after me, but I kept on running, thouah one bullet mads a flesh wound under my right arm. You can easily imagine that I had a hard time of it that night in tbs woods in my bsr feet, but I succeeded in reaching the river and cross ing it at Kelley's Ford. I traveled on until my feet became so sore that I stopped at the first bouse I cams to and msdeup my mind to risk the chances, becauss it was alinott impossible for ms to get sn y farther. 'Uood luck was on my uide, for ths man wbo lived in tbs house was a preacher, and ha took me in snd fed m. His name wat Jamas Brenntn and hit wife, God bliss her. mads ms a pair of cloth shoe that would bs easy for my sors feet. These good people concealed ma until they could get word to Uen. lluford. Mr. Hrennan said thst some of Gen. liuford's man uted to corns to hit wbettstsck nearly every dsy to get fsed for their horses snd (hat he would watch for tbsm and make report about ms. Hs did so snd soon afterward I was taken to Head quarters in su smbultnce.where I made fud report of all I bad discovered. "After I recovered so e to bs round again a party of ut went over to villi my old ft lend Blrsttoo, the man who wanted lbs Job of shooting me.Thlt time circumstance hsd changed and Stratton was very friendly but laid lis hsd noting to sst. However, w did not believe lilm, so w hur.ted sround snd found plenty of vlctusli.snd we also found hit son in law, who belonged to the rebel army. "Somehow or other his buildings all caught tire snd burned down, end It remains s mystery to this dsy how those buildings caught Are, etpeclslfy when to many people were about. H. M. Cobosst In National Tribune. KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES,' MOHIBtTION CONVENTION. Harrisri'so. Ths Prohibition Stste Convention held here wat attended by 60 delegates snd Henry F. Morrow, of Dela ware county, wat nominated for Congress man at Largs after an hour's contsntloo over the psrty rules. In the platform adopted sn encouraging view of tbs Prohibitionists it taken because of ths numerical progress It hss msds ths past two yean. As to tbs depression to buiinest the platform bat this to say: The political and business conditions now existing ws claim are not of recent orign, but are tbe result of causes culminating for years; that thest conditions are chargeable io tbe Republican and Demecratlo parties, who have fostered and perpetuated tbe liquor tralllc to drain business and burden taipnyers at ths rate of over l,000,0uo.i)00 annually; wbo have Indicted upon the country class legislation to the benefit of the few at tbe expense of a fair and equal chance to the many; who through profligate public expenditures hsve imposed needless tsxei;who have winked at political debauch ery snd bribery till to-day rum snd cash are tbe potent factors in securing majorities snd municipal rule especially has become sn acknowledged farce. . PENNSYLVANIA SANS. RESERVES. The returns of tbs condition of national banks In ths State of Pennsylvania exclu sive of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, on December 19 last, show tbs reserves to hsv been 28.30 per cent.; loans and discounts, 1104,632,000; Individual deposits, (1)7,279,. 000 and lawful money reserves. 112,129, 000. THREE IONS KILLED OK THS RAtLROAD. Greenville Alfred, ton of John McAn drews, was killed nesr ths rolling mill by a Pittsburg, Bhensngo and Lake Erie rail road train. This Is ths third son of Mr. McAndrsws killed on tbe railroad within Iwo yean. ROILED TO DEATH. Johnstown A 4 year old son of Frank McUuIre of this city wat boiled to death by falling into a tub of scalding water. Tbs Ikln fell off the child In great patches and death followed rapidly. miners' wages reduced, Jeannette The Penn Gss Cosl Company hss Issued notices to its employes thst Jan uary 10 ths miners' wsget will be reduced 10 cents per ton and outside employes 16 cents. An.iT. Gem. Greenland has issued com missions to National Ouard otUcert in the Hecond I'enniylvania brigade at follows: AI01110 Miller Porter, captain, Company H, Tenth regiment; John It McKwen, captain. Company C, Fourteenth Regiment, Frank Barr, first lieutenant, Company F, Sixteenth Regiment: J, Conrad Kay, major, Eigh teenth Regiment, The Governor commuted ths death Den sity in the case of Joseph Zappe to impris onment for life. Tbe reasons of the board of l'ardons for the extension of executive clemency speak of the sood character of Zappe and that a careful review of tbe facts furnished reasonable basis for doubt that Joseph Zappa actually lutltcted any wound. Henry Miller and Thomas Doyls were lodged in Jail at llutler charged with burglaty at Delano and other placet on the West I'enn railroad, a number ot articles fouml in their possession being Identities by owners. T. A. fluTKiEwtrz, who has been appoint d postmaster of Naticoke, Luzerne county, is the first Pole to bs appointed toa Federal ollice In this country, lis is a hustling politlcan and can speak eight languages, Four deaths from diphtheria have occur red within ten days in the family of An drew Albert at Water Gap, and two mem bers sre still down with ths disease. RsroRXEnchurch preachers of ths Lehigh valley st a meeting in Allentown declared In resolution that "Santa Claus" entertain ments in churches are irreverent. Laeayette LowHV.a farmer near Jermyn, fell over ths side of bis wagon in such a manner that a wheel caught his head snd in Its revolution broke hit neck. Clarence Bihns.13 year old son of Martin Burnt of New Brighton, Hunday night died from the etVects of eating wild haws. The seeds lodged in bis bowels. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wilson of Shady Plain were dangeroutly snd perhaps fatally Injured by being thrown from their carri age by runaway horses. Tiie Scranton glast company drew the flret under iu big tank furnace. Three hundred workmen are out of employment. Two Poles snd a Hungarian wers killed by a train in Carney's tunnel on the 1'ennaylvanis railroad near Ureentburg. A movement it on f oot to bsvs ths trutteee of Frsnklin snd Marshall college, Lancaster, opens its doors to female students. At tbs East Stroudsburg. glass works, Bon-union, tbe wages of all employes hsve been reduced 10 per cant. The Reading railroad managers have srdered a wholesale discharge of shop hands all along tbs routs. Tas Psrkertburg Iron works hsvs shut down and 300 bauds are out ot employ ment. Scarlet fever Is an epidemic at Waih ington sud tbs schools havs been closed. Tub Eighth Ward Hotel at Altoona was gutted by Are. v Loss (4,000 partly iuiured. Maple icoab making, once a conilderable Industry in Berks county, is nearly dead. ' Near Selkirk, Frank Brown was run otsr by a tram car and killed. Tii Measure Ocean's Depths. An Instrument bus beon Invented for sounding tho dopths of the sea without uilng a lead lino. A sinker Is dropped containing a cartridge, which explodes on touching the bot tom; the report Is registered In a microphone apparatus and tho depth rockoued by the time at which tbe explosion occurred. Durability of Woods. After two yean' trial with pine, oak and iriaeobeart In the Suei Canal works, It ha been found that while bin and oak art destroyed by tbe borer worm, the greenheart, which comet from British Uulana, was un harmed .
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