To Bottle an Ego.
"If you were to see an egg enclosed
In a bottle with a neck io narrow that
!l would scarcely admit of the pass
age of an object Jtint one-half the ilea
of the egg. It would give you lust
cause for wonder and amazement,
wouldn't it?" Mr. It. W. Brandon said
to me.
"And yet It la an exceedingly simple
and easy trick to perform. In order
to accomplish It with entire success
m egg of any size may be taken and
placed In a quantity of vinegar, enough
to cover the egg completely, and Jn
the vinegar It should be allowed to
land for three or four daya. During
thia time the vinegar will gradually
absorb all the lime In the shell, thus
rendering it aa soft and pliable as a
piece of cloth, but without altering
lta appearance In the least. The egg
may then lie taken and forced through
the neck of a bottle, ohe not too small
however, but duo care should be ob
served In IIiIr, for any punching or
scratching with the fingers will be apt
to perforate the shell. The best way
to got it through Is to roll It out
lightly between the palms of the
hands. The bottle should also be held
so that the egg will slide easily down
the sides and not drop. Once the egg
la Inside, fill the bottle half lull of
lime water and let It stand thus sev
eral days.
The shell will absorb the lime, and
In this way resume, Its former hard
and brittle condition, after which the
water may be roured off, and In the
perfect egg in a narrow-necked bottle
one has decidedly curious object."
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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London possesses a curiosity In the
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Immense Clrcnlar Saw.
The largest circular saw in the world
hns Just been made In Philadelphia. It
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and will bo used to cut pluo stumps
into shingle bolts.
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fuses to drink milk for a period of
eight days, on tbe principle that the
color of tbe liquid does not harmonize
with her mental gloom.
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ministry 52 years, having graduated
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I TORPEDOJiS IN WARFARE
THEIR SUCCESS IN CHILI, BRAZIL,
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Low Cost of the Destroyer Devices
by Which Battleships Hope to Es
cape Destruction by the Swift Ma
chine. Tbe Whitehead automobile torpedo
may be regarded as the parent of al
most all the ailtomoblle torpedoes
which are now In uno In (he navies of
the world, writes Sir William Laird
Clouso In the Loudon TclrRraph.
Our own serv'.ce torpedoes, which nre
made at Woolwich, at Portland, and at
Ieeds; the French service torpedoes,
many of which are made at Toulon;
the Russian service torpedoes, which
are made In Russia; tbe German ser
vh torpedoes, which are made In Ger
many all owe their existence to the
original Inentlon of Mr. Whitehead,
an Invention now more than a genera
tion old; and although each national
type differs somewhat frdm every oth
er, each still bears a strong coiiRlnly
resemblance to tlhe service torpedo
which the firm of Whitehead makes to
day at Flume, on the Adriatic, for
such powers as have no torpedo manu
facturing plant of their own. Among
these powers Is Japan.
It Is true that the original Whlte
liead was a weapon that traveled on
the surface of the water"only, while the
modern automobile torpedo Is essen
tially a submarine engine. Many
years, nevertheless, have now elapsed
since the marvellous weapon, by steady
evolution, became extraordinarily per
fect and formidable, althotmh It Is but
right to add that Its Improvement has
been continuing from flrnt to last, and
Is not yet at a standstill. Strange to
say, however the significance of tho
automobile torpedo as a factor in nnval
warfare Is only now beginning to re
ceive adequate recognition. Tho
weapon has always had lis enthusiastic
champions of course, nltbough until
quite recently they have been the few,
whlfo Its detractors have been In the
majority. According to some, the tor
pedo, was little better than a bogey;
according to others, It was suitable
far us3 only against vessels at anchor,
or vessels, with Incomiiete.it, if not
crlilnally careless, crews on board;
according to yet others, it could never
be employed with advantage against
ships of the rhllizod and well-dlsel-pllncd
races, especially If such ships
chanced to be und"r way.
It was admitted t!int t'to automobile
torpedo had won sucress during the
civil war In Chili, during tho revolu
tionary fighting In llrazll, and during
tho conflict between Japan and China;
"but," said Uio wiseacres, "wait until
one of the leading nnval powers Is
concerned, and then you will see that
although the torpedo mey be all very
well against iSouth Americans or Yel
low Men, It won't work agaliiKt civ
ilized Europeans."
In spite of this sort of discourage
ment, which reached them from within
tho various services as well qft from
without, torpedo officers have never
ceased to study and develop their fa
vorite weapon. They inrreased its
speed from 10 to 12 to upwards of 30
miles an hour; they Increased Its ranpe
from 300 or 400 to a couple of thousand
yards or more; they Increased Its explosive-carrying
capacity from 30 to
nearly 200 pounds; and they Increased
the accuracy of its submarine flight,
both literal and vertical, until, even
In a cross-running tideway, its pre
cision could be depended upon. By
means of a device which is now being
perfected In America the speed of the
weapon can be incrcaped to some 40
miles an hour up to 2000 yards. The
process employed Is a mere superheat
ing of the compressed air as it is fed
from the "flash," or reservoir, to the
driving machinery; and it Involves
little additional expense. We know
now what the Japanese, acting not
against careless and Ignorant Celes
tials, but against the finest officers and
best ships of a leading European navy,
has been able to do with this perfected
engine of destruction. No one will
ever again decry the power of tbe tor
pedo. And this terrible torpedo, In its
most highly developed form, costs only
about 400. A big battleship costs
anything from a million to a million
and a half sterling; yet, as events
have shown, it may easily fall victim
to its small and absurdly cheap foe.
Of course, I do not mean that the mere
outlay of. say 400 is likely to be the
sole expenditure involved In the crip
pling of a 13,00q-ton Czarevitch. The
torpedo, if used at sea, mup.t be dis
charged from a vessel of some sort,
by men who must inevitably run some
risk. But the craft which are usually
employed on torpedo work are small,
costing, It may be, no more than from
15,000 to 60,000 apiece, and having
but small crews. Thus, there may be
on one side but 23,000 worth of ma
terial and IS and 20 lives, and on the
other a rhlp worth 1. 200,000, with
750 people on, board; and, as we have
seen the cheap little boat may spoil
the career of the oplendld machine.
Even if the big ship do her worst In
such a case, she can do nothing ade
quate. Lft her sink half a dozen of
her twopenny-halfpenny opponents and
drown all their crews, she must still
have run awful risks risks which are
quite out of proportion to the objects
to be gained.
Is there, then, It will be asked, no
way of safety for the big ship? Un
doubtedly there is. The nose of tha
modern torpedo is furnished with a
"cutter"' which will shear a way
through any ordinary steel net that
may be bung round a ship for her pro
tection; but there are nets and our
navy possesses them which are cut
ter-proof, and, moreover, these nets, al
though at much Inconvenience, can.be
kept hanging round the' threatened
vessel, even while she Is moving at low
speed through the water. Buch de
vices, combined with the keeping of a
good lookout by means of fast scouts,
the cultivation of coolness and accura
cy at gun practice by night as well as
by day, a proper knowledge of the
uses and limitations of the searchlights
with which every modern vessel Is
provided, and tho maintenance of per
fect discipline In all circumstances,
should deprive the torpedo and the tor
pedo boat of some of their terrors.
Nevertheless, the menace must always
be a very serious one Indeed.
It may bo worth while to add that
the Japanese are understood to be In
possession of a few automobile torpe
does of altogether exceptional slxe
having a diameter that is of as much
as 24 Inches, or six Inches more than
the biggest servlco, torpedo of other
nations. Whether any of tfcese were
with the fleet off Tort Arthur la, how
ever, doubtful.
It will also be useful to add that at
the opening of hostilities Russia may
have had about 20 destroyers and 12 or
15 serviceable seagoing torpedo boats
at or near the srene of action. At the
same period Japan had at her disposal
not fewer than 20 destroyers and (10
torpedo boats of various classes, all lit
for work. Some of these can scarcely
fall to play an Important part later
in the campaign.
BRAIN REST.
Medical Disquisition on the Curative
Properties of Prolonged Sleeps.
As long ago as 1FS3 Dr. J. Leonard
Corning of New York brought forward
this plan of managing functional nerv
ous disorders In a monograph entitled
"Brain Rest, a Disquisition on tho
Curative Properties of Prolonged
Sleep," and In a subsequent edition,
published In 1885. the wholo nmttcr
of practical management was elaborat
ed to tho last detail, says the Medical
Record. Dr. Corning observes that
"as applied to the brain, rest Implies
something totnlly different from that
which Is described by tho term when
used l;i connection with tho muscle.
Joint or tplnnl cord. This radical ilif
ferenco Is chiefly owing to tho fact
that tho brain being nil organ, of tho
Intellectual processes, rest In so far
as It concerns that organ, moans noth
ing less than a cessation of mcntr.ll
zatlon. with all thereby Implied. It Is
Impossible by a mcro lint of tho will
to cause cessation of thought; tho
very idea embodies a contradiction,
lor tho will as physiologically under
stood is Itself a product of very com
plicated Intellection, and cannot, there
fore, 'bo regarded as a thing sul gen
eris a something without tho palo
of other psychical processes." Only
during sleep Is tho ideal repose of
tho cerebral faculties realized. But
while a physiological amount of sleep
Is sufficient to achieve this In health,
the period of uncnnsclous repose must
be greatly augmented when by over
taxation or Inordinate mental strain
the nerve cell has become devitalized,
and is no longer able to hoard up a
sufficient store of energy during tho
usual period of unconsciousness. It
is in such cases that prolonged sleep,
a sleep continued for 10, 15, or even
20 hours at a time, achieves tho moBt
striking results.
"As a rule," observes Dr. Corning,
"I am In tho habit of secluding the
subject In a darkened room, eventual
ly for from 10 to 15 hours at a time,
according to the amount of sleep It
Is dotdred should be had during the
24 hours. I do not, however, attempt
great things In tho way of sleep at
first; but, on the contrary, tho dura
tion of the period of unconsciousness
is progressively Increased by the
utilisation or habit, hydrotherapy, ap
propriate food, and, in urgent cases,
mode, ate medication." In extreme
cases the period of sleep Is prolonged
to as much as 20 hours at a time, tho
patient being awakened and given
small quantities of nourishment and
then allowed to sleep again. Ho
warns, moreover, against the evils ac
cruing from attempts to keep In bed
nervous. Irritable persons while In a
conscious condition. Such individuals
should be told to lie down only on
the appearance of drowsiness, which
In intractable cases, may be brought
on by the moderate use of sedatives,
during the latter part of the day, and
exceptionally by the exhibition of hyp
notics before retiring. Recumbency,
then, is purely incidental, the prolong
ed unconsciousness is all. In thus
strenuously insisting on the radical
difference between cerebral and or
dinary corporeal rest. Dr. Corning has
rendered a substantial and practical
service.
Living for Ideals.
That was a wise old clergyman who
urged his brethren not to admit young
men to the ministry unless they were
evidently more broad minded and en
tnuslastlc in their faith than their el
ders. "We must allow," ho said, "for
the inevitable shrinkage." Tho same
allowance Is necessary In every life for
the sure closing In of the real upon
the ideals of youth, and tho unavoid
able narrowing of bops and aim that
must come with middle age. The
more idealism we start with, the more
certain to receive, the more joyous llfo
will turn out to be as we go on living,
The dreariness of the middle-aged
viow of life springs largely from tho
fact that Its ideals are so shrunken as
to be no longer a source of vitality,
of renewal. As long as we believe
lu life, and in love, and in friendship,
and In heroism, and in other Ideal pos
sibilities, life Is worth living, and we
are strong to take our pat In it. Liv
ing for ldeala Is happy and courageous
living. Living without them Is "tttu
dull gray life and apathetic, end."
Harper's Bazar.
Planting Berry Bushes.
Do not plant berry bushes along a
fence. 'They are hard to keep clean at
the best, and the difficulty Is Increased
when they can be got at from one side
only,
Plymouth Rocks.
There seem to be but few other va
rieties In the product of American
kill In breeding that can be put on
the markets in this country with so
much pride as Uie Plymouth Rocks.
There are only two or three others
that are received from our shores by
foreign fanciers with such favor. Tho
strongest proof of the superiority of
this breed Is that it has successfully
stood tbe boom of a score of new vari
eties and has met and vanquished In
ferior ones and still lives. Other
breeds havo their booms, but tho
Plymouth Rock keens on Its steady
course, winning greater and greater
popularity with each succeeding year.
This favor has been won by merit,
and by merit It retains what It has
won. It la the farmer's favorite for
meat, size, laying qualities, vigor and
quickness of growth. There are few
breeds that will not suffer by compari
son. The difficult union of qualities
places Plymouth Rocks among tho fa
vorites. For market they are one of
the best breeds, being large, plump
bodied and full breasted, with clean
yellow legs, while the meat Is sweet
and Juicy.
The Late Crops.
Beets, carrots and parsnips will do
better If put la as early as possible.
True, the custom nil nlopj has been
to wait until the weather became very
warm, but they prefer the cooler pnrt
of the season, and the earlier they are
put In the better, fllvo them a wholo
season In which to grow If you want
good crops of them. Cabbage plants
should be looked after for tho winter
kinds. Tho Drumhead and Flat. Dutch
varieties, and the improvements In
thoso llnrs bnvo no superior for late
setting out, end they continue to bo
tho old standnrdn. Tho cabbago Is a
gross feeder, nnd one cannot mnko tho
ground too rich for them. They thrlvo
with frequent hoolngs nnd workings,
and should hnvo plenty of cultivation.
Corn Is planted usual!:' before now,
south of Baltimore, but It Is not safo
to put it In until danger of frost is
over In this section. It Is a semi
tropical plant, and onco touched by
tho frost It will not pay for tho labor
that Is put on It. Too much care
cannot bo riven the selection of seed
corn, however. Corn is also a gross
feeder, and ennnot bo placed on any
loll that will bo loo rich for It,
Maiden's Blush Apple,
This applo hns long been popular nt
the east. During roe.ent years It has
become a great favorite at tho west
where It has proved hardy and re
markably productive of largo and
handsome apples evenly shaded with
a red check or blush on a clear pale
yellow ground. .While it is a valuable
apple, It Is a good keeper, and If pnt
in cold. storage can bo kept Into early
winter. Tho flesh is peculiar, tender
and dcstrablo for cookins or for des
sert, and Its peculiar beauty makes it
a favorite in the market. At the re
cent western New York horticultural
meeting Maiden's Blush was spoken of
as an apple that was coming into fa
vor in western New York ' with the
large orchardlsls. Tho fruit Is In
great demand In the market. Its
beauty and season of ripening and Its
good keeping qualities make it partic
ularly desirable as a market fruit. At
the season when the Maiden's Blush
ripens, apples fit for eating or cook
ing are scarce. It has been noticed
for many years that Maiden's Blush
has been gaining in popularity. The
tree Is a good grower, and It Is healthy
and hardy in western New York.
Tree Planting.
You would think that any one would
know how to plant a tree, but there
are many people who do not know how
the work should be done. In plant
ing an orchard the entire field should
be put In fine tilth the same as though
It was Intended for planting corn, or
sowing wheat. It will not do to fill
In about tho roots of Irpoa with
sods, or any kind of manure. The
holes for the tree.s should be made
large enough to allow the roots to en
ter without cramping them, and deep
enough to permit the tree to stand a
little deeper In the soil than It stood
originally in the nursery. After plac
ing the tree in the hole In the proper
position throw over the roots finely
prepared soil. When the hole Is half
filled press the dirt flrmlv about the
roots and Bee that no cavities are left
under the roots. Then fill In more
fine earth, and when tho roots are
nearly covered press down the earth
as firmly as possible. Then spread
over the surface fine earth and leave
It loose as a mulch. But often trees
are planted In grass plots where no
cultivation is given. In such places a
much wider expanse, of sod should be
removed than the tree will occupy,
and a larger hole should bo made.
The sods remove should be placed
In a nlle at one side, and tha Ana
earth from the hole at another. Then
place in your tree and cover the roots
with the fine earth and nack It. flrmlv
with your feet. It may be necessary
to draw somo earth from your garden
In a wheelbarrow in ordor tn uot
enough fine earth to cover the roots
oi me tree properly, when the roots
are well covered, and the soil la firm.
ly pressed In about them, throw the
loose boq notion? sice upward over
the roots of the transplanted tree and
leave them there as a mulch. 8uch
aods make an excellent mulch. Every
week or two they can be stirred with
the hoe which will keep them from
taking root and robbing the trees of
moisture. Later apply a mulch of
strong manure.
.
Small Fields Preferable.
Though they may require a great
deal more fencing, small fields are de
cidedly preferable to large ones; yet
the reason msy not bo apparent at
first thought, to every one. A change
Is often very beneficial both to man
and beast, and this change may be
had for our stock if we will only run
a few cross fences. In large pastures
it Is necessary to allow our stock to
remain In one field too long, so that
after so long confinement In one field
the grass becomes scented and Is not
relished so well. . Then. too. portions
of a large pasture will be allowed to
grow up and fall on tho ground, when
It loses lta strength and Is not so
sweet and tender. In order to have
the best pastures they should not bo
allowed to grow too tall before they
are grazed off, thus affording more
and better pasture. Frequent chang
ing Is very beneficial to the health of
live stock; especially Is this true of
hogs and sheep. Many contagious dis
eases may bo prevented, or arrested
when begun, by turning Into new
quarters, where the atmosphere is pur
er. Changing from one field to an
other will often give a change In the
variety of grasses, which often works
much good. The greater tho variety
of grasses, the better the pasture. 1
am an advocate of mixed pastures
for all kinds of live stock, and havo a
great many lots around the barn for
changing stock and giving those
which have been stabled a great deal,
a chance to sun and to breathe fresh
air. These few conveniences will
work a great deal of good In a life
time, and the more we do In this lino
tho more we will want to do. Tbutiow
W. Jones In the EpItomlsL
The Care of Milk.
Aro the patrons of butter and
cheese factories prepared to cool their
milk during the coming summer?
Don't expect that running It over some
aerator, where the only cooling It gets
Is from tho air, will do very much. In
cool weather It will. In warm weath
er Buch treatment will do more harm
than good. Exposing warm milk to
large tin Biirfnces Is a fruitful medium
for contamination with perm llfo. Ia
other words, I am suro that air con
tact alone is of no vnlu, and may bo
fipsltlvrly harmful. Whero a sudden
lowering of tho temperature takes
placo when exposed to tbe air results
may bo eminently satisfactory, even
though germs may bo present, the low
temperature retarding their develop,
ment. If tho nerator Is kept scrupu
lously clean and. by the way. It Is
ono of the utensils that gets tho least
care and the operation Is performed
In a pure, clean atmosphere, I havo
no protoBt to mnko; but an ordinarily
done, In close proximity to a stable,
near tho corner of a barn whero thero
Is an air current carrying germ laden
diiBt. there Is danger of contamination
and a protest Is necessary.
There is ono snfe, sure wny to care
for night's milk whero hauling Is done
once a day. Vse fortyquart cans.
standing them In ice water Immediate
ly after the milk is drawn, occasional'
ly stirring until the milk is cooled to
00 degrees. I will guarantee. If suf
ficient c&re is exercised In milking and
In the strainers, and if palls are clean,
that this milk will make good butter
or cheese.
This old notion that milk had an an
Imal odor or cowy flavor has been
burled since farmers have come to
practise cleanliness In milking and
so keep the cow manure out of the
milk pall. H. E. Cook In the New
York Tribune.
' Large Troughs Best.
After having tried several kinds of
feed racks and troughs. I have dls
carded all others for the "Wagon box
kind." I use this kind for a center
feed trough In the barn and out door
feeding; measuring three and a half
feet across tho top; two feet ten inchi
es across the bottom and two feet
deep; any length, from ten to thirty
feet. They may be made permanent,
using posts, or movable, set on blocks,
Either way, set the bottom six or eight
inches from tho ground, to prevent
rotting tho bottom boards. Make the
trough tight, especially the bottom, so
that grain may bo fed In it without
wasting. This makes an Ideal fodder,
straw aud hay trough for feeding
large herds or cattle, horses and
mules, for the feed capacity Is great;
so Is the stock capacity, for they can
eat from both sides nnd each end. As
they can only eat half way, there is
chance for very little fighting over
tho trough; an economical feed ar
rangement, too, for there Is almost
no waste. Another advantage over
the rack Is that they feed below their
head level the natural way and
thero is not tho risk of chaff causing
eye trouble. If I am feeding stockers
corn, I clean out the trough with a
fork, scoop or my hands, nnd feed
corn usually in the morning, if feed
ing it only once a day, for then the
stalks are better cleaned. With this
arrangement there Is very little need
of shredding or cutting up the feed,
for thoy will cat all that is best for
thorn to cat. If Judgment Is exercised
In feeding. I can see no use in mak
ing an animal fill up his stomach with
the indigestible pith and hard hulls
or corn stalks; the proper use for
such Is bedding. For a wall trough, I
make them the same depth, and two
feet broad at tho top and twenty inch
es at the bottom. Tho Epltomist.
Out of 250 automobiles in the annual
exhibition In New York city SO are
electrical and 175 gasoline.
JAPANESE BAMBOO.
Rapid Growth Said to be Its Most
Wonderful Characteristic.
Tbe word bamboo suggest to most
Americans a faithful fishing rod or a
dainty fan, says the National Geograp
hic Magazine. To the Japanese and
Chinese, who are the most practical
agriculturists In the world, It Is as In
d'iepensableas the white pine to the
American farmer. They are not only
dependant upon It for much of their
building material, tut make their
ropes, mats, kitchen utensils and In
numerable other articles out of it.
There are many varieties of the bam
boo plant, from the species which Is
woven Into mats to the tall bamboo
tree which the Chinaman uses for the
mast of his largo boat. One variety
Is cultivated as a vegetable, and the
young shoots eaten like asparagus, or
tbey may be salted, pickled or pre
served. Tbe rapidity of growth of the bam
boo Is perhaps Us most wonderful
characteristic. There are actual re
cords of a bamboo growing three feet
In a single day, mr at the rate of one
and one-half Inches an hour.
Varieties of bamboo are found every
where in Japan, even where there are
heavy falls of snow in winter. It Is a
popular 'misconception that bamboos
grow only In the tropics. Japan Is a
land of bnmboos, and yet where these
plants grow It Js not so warm In win
ter as it Is In California. Some of
these varieties could be grown com
mercially In the United States.
Indian Got a Receipt.
Senator Hansbrough of North Da
kota tells a funny story of an Indian
on the Devil's Lake reservation. The
Indian had paid a white man some
money and wanted a receipt. In vain
the white man told that a receipt was
unnecessary. "Me must have paper
to show owo white man nothing," said
tho bidlan.
"Why "
"If me go to heaven," replied the
Indian, "good Lord ask Injun If he pay
his debts. Injun say yes. Good LorJ
ask Injun where Is receipt, and what
Injun going to do then? Injun can't
go nil over hell looking for you."
The white man wrote the receipt
at once.
Fighting Beetles.
Thero are beetles In England (of the
family known to scientists as ttiephor
lde) that ere popularly called soldiers
and sailors, tho red Fpecies being
called by tho '"rmer r.amn and the
blue species by tho latter. These bee
tles aro among the most quurrelsome
of Insects and fight to the death on the
least provocation. It has long been the
custom among English boys to catch
and set them fighting with each other.
The King of Denmark hns a very val
uable collection of bird's eggs, which
Includes specimens of nearly every
kind in existence. The collection is
considered to bo worth about Beventy
flvo thousand dolars.
The history of International arbi
tration shows that by decades, from
1840 to 1300, there were, respectively,
G, 15, 23, 2(1, 45 and G2 cases. In the
last three years there have been C3
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