GIANTS OF THE FOREST. TIIK ENORMOUS REDWOOD TREES OF CALIFORNIA. Great Size Wiiic'i Tlicy Attain—Stnmpi on Whi .Single .Specimen —Their Value Increasing. t y VARIOUS ports of California— and in that StaU rjjafl only there art J! groves of the se quoia, or redwood, , the value of which is becoming more and more generally known oach year, k says the San Fran cisco Chronicle. A great deal has been written regarding the beauty and util ity of the lumber cut from those trees, aud figures have been given to demonstrate the great size many of them attain. And still, beyond the facts that there are those standing through the trunks of which a coach and four is driven, others on the level stump of which quadrilles are danced, ami others that tower 100 feet into the air, no description of the magni tude of the greater number of the trees: found in the redwood forests will convey a better idea of their actual bulk than a brief sketch of what was lately done with one in the heart of the Big Basin, Santa Cruz county, by a party sent in there to fence in a large area. All of those hired were experienced workmen, and the work of establishing a permanent camp was quietly undertaken. A tree already lying on the ground was selected as being straight grained and of good size. It was about 10 feet through THE BURNT TREE, at the base aud 8 feet in diameter at the other other end of tne trunk, 100 feet away. There was already a cabin on the site selected for the camp, so the first thing done was to build a corral for the horses. For this stakes wore wanted. With the cross-cut saw a section of the trunk 8 feet long was cut off and quar tered. These quarters were then split into slabs throe inches thick and these slabs again split into stakes three inches square. As fast as these were sharpened they were driven six inches apart on the four sides of the square laid out, and in a short time an inclosure measuring forty feet on each side was made. On one side an annex for hoy and grain was built twenty feet wide. About 500 stakes were thus used, which was about one-third of the uumber split out of the first cut, The next cut was 12 feet long and wns split up into "slats 1 ' six inches wide and one inch thick. The second cut made about as many slats as the first did stakes. The slats were nailed as a ribbon or rail all THE CABIN, 810 BASIN CAMP. around the two corrals, which were then nearly finished. To complete them a gate was made to each one, the "swing*" post to which being hinged in primitive style. The upper end of this post, being rounded, was passed through a "fork" cut from an oak branch, while the lower end, bluntly sharpened, was set on an oak block slight ly hollowed out. The line of stakes between the two cor rals was cut down to about four feet in beighth and a row of stakes set slanting in the stock side. These were then lined and fioored with slats, and thus a feed rack wus made in a short time. The cabin in which the cooking was done and meals eaten was made entirely from redwood, there being used in it about fifty slats, besides joists, plates, tie beams, etc,, all split from a tree. The roof was couerea with "shakes.'' These are made three feet long, six inches wide, and one-quarter of an inch thick. On the roof of the cabin and the kitchen about 2,000 were usod. One side of the cabir. being cut out, a fire place was built, the adobe for lining it being made from the THE GIANTS* CLUB. stiff, black soil mixed with water. The chimney of this fire place was of slats set on end and the wet naobo was kept in place by a line of redwood, which is slow to burn when green. Besides, a small fire only was needed mornings aud evenings, the day being hot Now that the cabin, corral, etc., were finished the balance of the time could be utilized in various ways. Out of the trunk could be made over 200,000 shakes, worth SOOO on the ground, or 50,000 slats or stakes, or about 8,000 railway tieo. From a single tree—not an exceptionally large one—J 20 cords of wood have been cut, making over I5,i)00 cubic feet of wood, and this without utilizing much of the timber ati.ong the branches ana verj few of the branches themselves. In the Big Basin, where these notes wen made, there are thousands of trees tha will measure 10 feet in diameter, hundred# of others ranging from 12 to 15 feet, and not a few having a base of 17 to 18 feet One, the "Ooliatb," is a solid tree measur ine 28 feet through at the ground. 20 fee. at 5 feet above the spreading base, and 17 feet still higher up. This tree is now 200 feet in height, the lower half of the trunk being free from branches. It has boen estimated that Its weight is about 100,000 tons, and that It would make 1,500,0U0 feet, board measure, of clear lumber, the branches and top piling up 100 cords of wood. The lumber, shakes, stakes, etc., from s good-sized tree nave sold for over SfoOl), the man who got out the material being paid !jSi iO for his labor. The Big Busin trees are as yet inaccessi ble. That is, they are too far from any railway to be marketed profitably now. But their value increases every year, and THE PINE OAK. before many years tbey will bo cut for the lumber tbey afford. It is to be hoped that before that time comes the heart of the basin may be set aside as a natural park for the benefit of the present and succeeding generations. Farmer Hell. Farmer Bell did not believe in men tal or moral sugar plums in his own family circle. He was quite willing to commend friend or family acquaint ance, but he had a theory that his own family would be best improved by a Spartan discipline. The children must learn to do their duty without praise, and as for his wife, she had toiled for fifteen years without having once been told that she was a satisfactory house keeper. One night the two cqpie home from a tea party at a neighbor's house, and Mrs. Bell, with the courage of the meek, said: "Ezra, seems to me I heard you prais ing the mottoes the Smith girls worked ?" "Yes, I did," said Mr. Bell. "Real pretty they were for such nonsense." "l'our own girls have made some just like 'em. It'll tickle 'em to death. And didn't I hear you say that squash pie for supper was powerful nice?" "Well, Mirandy, 'twas a good pie." "Was it a mite better'n mine, Ezra?" "Well, no, I can't say, as 'twas." "When have you ever said one word to praise a pie or cake I've set afore you ?" "Maybe I ain't praised ye much, Mi randa, hut then I ain't complained." "Y'es, you have," said Miranda. "Yes, you have! Saying nothing is complaining, sometimes. It's just like pushing a heavy load up hill, besides what ye have agreed to carry, to go along day after day and not hear a word of praise." Ezra began to think, and, although he by 110 means changed his spots en tirely, he did from that time try to act on the theory that "woman folks" aro fond of commendation. Where He Was From. When Thomas H. Benton wai on his way to liis first seat in Congress, he, with a large number of other members, stopped at a wayside inn for a relay of stage horses—it being before the (lavs of railways. The members began teil ing from whence they came, and ex changing anecdotes about their States. Young Benton was silent during all the evening. Just before they began to retire, some one asked Benton why he didn't talk. He said he didn't know much, and had nothing to talk about. This caused a laugh, and an old mem ber asked him where lie was from, and if he was ashamed of his State. "No," answered young Benton; "but I don't think you will care to hoar where lam from." "O, out with it. Don't be ashamed." "Well, then, I'm from Arkansas. Now laugh, evorvouo of you blank fools." It is needless to say thov all laughed, but young Benton was voted to be the lion of the assembly from then on.— Chlcayo Ledger. A Sweet, Confiding Creature. "George, dear," said a young wife, looking up from the paper slio was reading. "I see that people are carry ing chestnuts in their pockets to cure rheumatism." "Yes, dearest." "Is it_ customary to carry things in the pockets to cure diseases?" "It depends upon whether the person afflicted is superstitious or not." "Because, when sewing 011 a button, it was your vest, I think, I discovered a quantity of cloves, coffee beans, and cardamon seeds in the pockets. Do you carry them as a remedy ? Is there anything the matter with you, dear?" "Ye—es, my dear," said George, stammering and turning as red as a lxiilod lobster, "I—l—the fact is, X—l —think I've got a little heart trouble." "I'oar fellow," she said as the tears camo to her eyes, "and you uevor told me a word about it." Selah! Parasites of the Blood. Home years ago a Russian observer discovered in the blood of birds living organisms strongly resembling those existing in the blood of persons attacked by malarial fever. It has since been found that these minute parasites are much more common than was at first suspected. Cold-blooded animals are especially liable to them, and the earnivora more so than other warm-blooded animals; but it is only rarely that they seem to cause incon venience, and in only four or five out of three hundred birds examined did death result in consequence of lesions produced by the parasites. In those cases the symptoms were identical with those observed iu victims of ma larial fever. A Proverb Well Indorsed. "Remember, my boy, that time is money, and you must use it to the best advantage," said Parrott to his nephew, at the conclusion of ail hour's harangue. "I will try to," replied the scape grace. And as he looked at the kind old man's fifty-dollar check in the hall way, he murmured: "Eighty-three cents a minute. That hour's been well employed."— Life. IN a horse-ear: Thin gentleman (try ing to sqeeze in a seat between two stout gentlemen): "It seems to me that people ought to pay fare according to weight." Stout gentlemau: "If they did, this ear wouldn't stop for you." CURIOUS OLI) CLOCKS. rilE VA I,l* A III.E TIME - I'IKCES OE IGEOHGK TV. CHI EI)S. I are Collection of BoauIIITH mid Costly Specimens ol Hie Work of Lous: Gone Clock AI II KITS A Few ofTliem Detcrilied and Illustrated. wr -irE WHO IS A T ALL PI I interested in memor -.1 ■ ials of the oast will I not be loth to follow In us in n short desert p -1 tion of the highly in- I] terestiug collection of JSL clocks belonging to *O,JLf ot Philadelphia, Pa. The cut below con veys an excellant idea of a magnificent specimen of the //II cloister clock of the J sixteenth century. I I Tne case is of French / oak, carved in fine 1 taste. The artisan who fashioned it gives evidence of exquisite skill in management of detail, but best expresses himself when the work is viewed tout ensemble. Stand ing twelve or fifteen feet away the case JTjfcs most impresses the beholder with the grace and elegance V of its proportions. jl | Listening to its slow, 1U qjjFml U solemn "tic toe, tic al | toe," intensified by its resonant case, it gw requires but small aid from the imagine- ' Juki tion to see it back £ 4 a ga 1 n in chanceled y. \ niche, with groined I Jl roof and vanishing I K isles, where its so- I G norous bell summon- I ed cowled devotees | VifcJ LA to monkish rites and M The history of this ■j| ® 1 clock, says the Key- Jjtf stone, is entirely un- U jjLl known, but it can fl K| | well be supposed to I ft I have come into the rfj j hands of those who bought and sold dur ing the spoliation of S m,. - - jffi Catholic churches at// f the time of the French jK. f&ffA revolution. Tho'J{l method of construe-/wfc / tion indicates that is at least 200 years old.. It stands CLOISTEII CLOCK. | about nine feet high, aud the orna | mentation in addition to the ! carving is of cast brass, cast and wrought i over by hand, but the figures are Roman numerals, on plates of Venetian enamel. The panels in the case are also of the same j cast metal, elaborately inlaid with tortoise j shell. The movement is of no sDOcial ia- AN EXQUISITE FRENCH CLOCK. terest, not being remarkably well made; the teeth of the weels are hand-cut and rounded. The clock shown is a very flfte specimen of the modern French clock make, by Chaumant, Paris. It was constructed to the order of Dr. Swaim, of panacea no toriety. Indeed, for that matter, it was made under Dr. Swaim's own supervision, and it may not be amiss to add that the doctor himself was a very fine mechani cian. Few clocks perform their function of time-keeping equal to this exquisite specimen of modern horological elegance, having a rate inside of two minutes in a year. It is a calendar clock, and shows the day of the week and month, making the proper changes for leap year, and showing twenty-nine days on bissextile years. Below we have something unique, and without a compeer on the globe, the case {S being composed entire- .gg ly of pieces of the a B ° r ' ot mosaic, bUt 8 ° Sk . ill,Ully ] Gold in HeadEr^f Apply Halm into oaoh nostril. ELY DROS.. 56 Warren St. N Y CHEAP HOMES in Arkansas: 30 per cent, guaranteed on investments in now towns. LAND COMMISSION EB, stuttgar t,Ark finilllJ HABIT. Only Certain and lIKIIIM easy C TRK In the World. Ir. V ■Mitl j. L. STEPHENB, Lebanon, 0 OUTFIT UKUMWOLL'* MO!?7 ftttaSoTY.rily IdiUIVO-pl** l l ■■ piSO'S REMEDY FOR CATARRH.—Best Easiest BEI -L to use. Cheapest. Relief is immediate. A euro is ■■ ■H certain. For Cold in the Head it has no equal. HH to the nostrils. Price, 50c. Sold by druggists or sent H by maiL Address, E. T. HAZBLTIXE, Warren, Pa. HI tfS" proverb r&ii-Thc p&n s&ys to the. pob Keep off or you'll smutch ma _ If your grocer sends you anything in place of SAPOLIO, send it hack and Insist upon having just what you ordered. SAPOLIO always gives satisfaction. On floors, tables and painted work it acts like a charm. Por scouring pots, pans and metals ithas no equal. Everything shines after it, and even the children delight in using it in their, attempts to help around the house. ENOCH ItOSSAN'S SONS CO, NEW YOBX. [ 'Tis sail to see a woman growing old beforohor ! All broken-down and hopeless when life phould hold its prime; ... She feels herself! a burden When blessing sho ' should bo i , And longs for death to bring her release from misery. If these poor, discouraged women who suffer from diseases peculiar to women fcqUfcl only know that health could be regained by tho use of I>r. Pierce's Favorltb Prescription, how eag- 1 erly they would hasten to avail theniaelVes of it. They ought to knovf it, and try it* Every whman who Is still healthy ought to be told ! about the wonderful virtue in this medicine, Sad understand that it is a safeguard ajainst [ie terrible diseases common to her sex. It is nudttitttd to gire satisfaction or money paid for it will be refunded. Cleanse the Jiver, stomach, bowels and whole system by using Dr'. Pierce's Pellets. —Berlin has 38,000 dogs. SHE TELLS ITIM THE SECRET. " 1J 1 \n * , ' w Later uhto Atnicola (fame o> pale face preacher, teaching ' Peace and progress to the natives t Wooed and icon by Uanita. She nobler to make his calling, | Whispered to him nature's seoret—m Told htm of the herbs so potent ffor the healing and the samngf* *-BXTIU<7r FIIOM POX* OP "UAKITA," _ on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. 3wrrKa| WJ* XixlPr-i racatlonthia paper and add rcaa JONES OF BINGHAHTOS, * JRINQHAMTON, N. Y. 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