.)Fact§, Uy
It is said that tho Tianlc of Franco
lias an invisible studio in a gallery
(behind the cashiers, so that at a given
signal from one of them any suspected
customer has his photograph taken
Without his knowledge.
With the exception of a few small j
concerns in Warsaw there is ouly one ;
large shoe factory in Russia. This ;
concern does an enormous business, !
and is one of the most prosperous '
stock companies In the empire.
L
The skin of the whale is from two ,
inches to two feet thick, and the skin \
of a large specimen weighs thirty tons. !
The rhinoceros is the thickest skinned j
, quadruped, with a hide so tougli as :
I to resist the claws of a lion or tiger, j
tho sword, or the balls of au old-fash- '
ioned musket.
Women in China have the privilege
of fighting In the wars. In the rebel- i
lion of IS3O women did as much fight- ;
ing as men. At Nankin in 1853, 500.- !
000 women from various parts of the
country were formed into brigades of 1
13,000 each, under female officers. Of
these soldiers 10,000 were picked wom
en, drilled and garrisoned In the city.
A dwarf orange tree In a porcelain
Jar of Oriental design Is the latest nov
elty designed to replace the Jardiniere
of ferns which has so long done duty
on the dining room table. The Idea Is
Frenehy, and It bids fair to take well
here. It is said that the fashion was
introduced by Count Bonl de Castol
lane, who brought on the table a dwarf
cherry tree with a dozen ripe cherries
II depending from its branches. When
s the fruit course was ill order each
guest clipped Ills or her share with
6ilver fruit scissors.
A queer annulment of marriage has
Just been decided in Paris. A French
man named Decourdemancho married
a Turkish woman thirty-one years ago
and settled a sum of money on her. j
She went mad and was put In an asy- I
lum, where a male lunatic named i
Questel kept asserting that she was I
his wife. No one paid any attention i
to him. He died and recently the ;
woman died. Her relatives demanded j
the money settled on her, whereupon i
tho husband discovered that his wife's
mother ha 4 written a hook called
"Thirty Years In a Harem," in which
she spoke of her daughter's marriage
to Questel. He hunted up the records
in London and procured a certificate
of marriage. The French courts havo
granted him a post-mortem annul- '
ment.
I A little Russian girl named Tyna I
% Helmau became a pupil In the Wells !
Grammar School, of Boston, last au
tumn. She did not know a word of
English, but she could speak a little
French and Spanish and her own na
tive tongue fluently. She was placed
in the lowest grade in the school, hut
1n a very few weeks her teacher
thought that she would probably gain '
more in the next higher grade. This
was repeated until the principal ad
vanced her to the highest class in the
school. When It came time for tho
last examination and the diploma list
was made out, the name of tills little
girl, who entered the Wells School in
the fall in the lowest grade, was
among the list of graduates, and with ;
honors, too. Thus she made the four j
years' course in one. t
Couldn't I.oso Him.
It was late, and getting later.
However, that did not stop the sound
of muffled voices in the parlor.
. Meantime the gas meter worked I
* steadily.
The pater endured it as long as ho
'could aud then resolved oa heroic
measures.
"Phyllis," he called from the head
of tlie stairs, "has the moruiug paper
come yet?"
"No, sir," replied tho funny mnu on
the Daily Bugle, "we are holding the
form for an important decision."
And the pater went back to bed
wondering if they would keep house
or live With him.—Colorado Springs
Gazette.
In Afthnntee.
They do not kiss in Asliantec. There
the suitor, in pledge of his love, in
token of soul affinity, swlpos his ina
morata with his club.
Miore hygienic, this, but that is au
other story.
Where, in the silvery moonlight, the
)< plantain easts Its deepest shadows,
blows, fervent uud fast raining, may i
he heard.
"Oh, Mbwki, ain't yon turrible!" a
'sweet, maidenly voice falters.
"They're about the spooulest couple
ever!" exclaim the neighbors, in uo
very good humor, for the hour is late.
—Detroit Journal.
A Friend to Horscn.
A rarisieitue has opened a small
office in I'uris, from which she dis
tributes straw hats for the horses of
all drivers who apply. They are all of
the most approved model, with a
Sponge for moisture In the crown. Last
Bummer the philanthropist stood on
the steps of the Madeleine and gave
them to all who passed.
One of JLlfe'ii Ivonle*.
There is something horrifying In the
way in which the city takes its annual
toll of victims from the public schools,
dumps them down on a high stool ami
i sucks their blood. Why is It that the
' ? flowers of school athletics are boru to
blush unseen and waste their sweet
ness on an office stool? London Public '
Magazine.
Some Italic* of Calhoun*
A sideboard made out of tho mahog
any which once formed a part of the
cabin of the old Constitution is one of
the most prized possessions of John C.
Calhoun, the grandson of the great
stafesman of that name, and now resi
| dent of the city of New York. This
sideboard was presented to John C.
Calhoun by Henry Clay, and, like the
lamp under which the great South
Carolinian wrote his work on the Con
stitutional Government, the leather
backed chair in which he sat and the
gold pen with which he traced the
| manuscript of that treatise—declared
! liy Gladstone to be one of the ablest
| works upon the subject in existence—
| is a cherished heirloom of his descend
ant. It is no more highly valued than
I a unique dinner-set which the Em
i peror of China presented to John C.
i Calhoun on the expiration of his term
! as Secretary of War, each piece of
\ which lias upon it tho American eagle,
j the original thirteen stars, aud the
| motto E Pluribus Unura. Calhoun
died in 1830 ill Washington. His eld
i est son. Colonel Andrew Pickens C'al-
I houn, was born in Alabama, where the
I present bearer of the historic nnme
j saw tlie light on the Fort Hill plan
j tatiou in the Pickens district. A part
of Calhoun's library is now in the
State collection in the Agricultural Col
lege which South Carolina prosperous
ly maintains in tlie old Fort Hill man
sion.—Harper's Weekly.
The New Llfe-Savinjj Net.
A new feature that attracts attcn
j tiou on lire apparatus seen going
through .he streets is tlie now life
swing net, which is carried on trucks.
It does not take actually much room,
but it is nevertheless necessarily con
spicuous, aud lis novelty now attracts
attention to it.
Tho net itself has often been de
scribed.
One part of It has a circular canvas
sheet held all around at the edge to a
stout steel hoop, which is perhaps six
teen feet lu diameter. For greater
_ convenience in the net's transportation
the hoop is made ill two parts, tho
ends of one part thrusting iuto sock
ets in the ends of the other.
The net, when not in use, is folded
■' like a doubled-up disk, and it is cur-
I riod In that manner on tlie side of tho
I truck. Holes are made in the l'oot
j hoard to receive two ends of one of
: the bows, and a little higher up the
i net is secured by straps to tlie under
frame of the truck.
Thus carried it lias on tho side of
the truck the appearance of a big,
white half-moon, a striking novelty,
than which could not fail to attract
attention.—New York Sun.
A Tiny Maple Tree's Narrow Kscape.
"Tlie maple had one or two exciting
adventures and narrow escapes during
its babyhood," writes William Dav
enport llulbert in "The Story of the
i Maple Tree," in the Ladles' Home
Journal. "Close beside it stood a tiny
beech tree. One afternoon a deer eame
by, lifting his feet and putting them
down again as lightly as if he were
afraid of stepping on eggs. 'There
were no eggs there to lie stepped on,
but there were other tilings Just as
fragile and helpless. The two baby
trees stood right In his path,
and now his left forefoot came
straight down toward tliem. One,
at least, must surely perish. Which
would it he? Or would It be both?
They stood so close together that even
that dainty little hoof could easily
have covered both of them at once. Iu
another second the deer had passed
on. and the beecli lay iu the pointed
hoof-print, its stem broken and its life
i uslied out, while less than half an
I inch away the baby maplo stood un
| harmed."
Kvcrett ill. Foreuio-t American Author, I
j Edward Everett seems to me, on the
[ whole, our best example of the orator,
| pure aud simple. Webster was a great
statesman, a great lawyer, a great
I advocate, a great public teacher. To
all these his matchless oratory was
but au Instrument aud ineideut.
But Everett is always the orator. He
was a clergyman a little while. He
was a Greek professor a little while,
lie was a college president a little
while. He was Minister to Englnnd a
little while. He was Representative
lu Congress and Senator. He was
Governor of the Commonwealth. Iu
these places he did good service
enough to make a high reputation for
any other man. Little of these things
is remembered now. Ho was above
nil tilings—l am tempted to say, above
all men—the foremost American ora
tor in one c'ass.—Senator lloar, lu
ScribneFs.
Era of Sport a Healthful Sign.
This is tlie era of sport. Practically
every man and boy, every woman and i
girl, takes part, or wishes to take part,
in some branch of It. And it is fortu
nate that the field is broad enough for
all. Aud in all this variety of sport,
in all this eager devotion to it, there
is nothing harmful, nothing that points
a warning. On tlie contrary, It is for
individual and national good. It gives
health and tone to the system, it
clears and freshens the mind by bright
exercise and competition in the clear,
open air, and It drives tlie cobwebs
from wearied brains. And thus it is
that tills era of enthusiastic devotion
to sport is good.—Philadelphia Satur
day Evening Post,
Orljrln of a Celebrated Jolt,
When Mr. Evurts, who was my near
relative and a man with whom 1 could
take a liberty, came into the Senate, I
said to him that we should have to
amend the rules so that a motion to j
adjourn would ho in order in the mid
dle of a sentence, to which lie replied
that he knew of nobody lu this coun- i
try who objected to long sentences ex- \
cept the criminal classes. Senator I
Hoar, In Scribner'a. ' I
Economy of Good ltoadi.
How shall we secure good roads 1 1
llow shall we savd the Immense sum
now being worse than wasted? Man- 1
il'estly it will require a great outlay,
hut the outlay will not be greater than
we are now paying without receiving
any benefits whatever. Take tho
amount wo now pay by reason of bad
roads and apply it to tho building of >
good ones, nnd we will have an tnvest- !
ment that will yield greater returns |
to the many than any other that can
he made. This improvement of our i
roads ought to be done by the |
by the counties, by the districts, by i
individuals, by the General Govern- j
ment or by the united action of sev- [
eral or all of these agencies. If this I
work is to be done by appropriations
of the Legislature, these appropria
tions must he made on a liberal
scale. Mississippi appropriates nothing
directly for this purpose, because pro
h-bited by tlie Constitution, hut au
thorizes the counties to do so. Some
counties levy n few cents on the SIOO,
about enough to pay the salaries of
the officers Intrusted with the man
agement of tlie fund. A certain nuni
b'r of days' work is also levied, run
ning from five to eight, and those
upon whom this tax of labor Is levied
usually have the least Interest lu the
betterment of the roads, and work lu
a perfunctory manner so as to dis
charge as easily as possible the obli
gation. Districts may not levy a tax
under the Constitution of the State of
Tennessee, however much they may
desire to do so. Under the operation
of our road laws there Is enough
waste of time and money to build a
section of good roads every year. If it
was all levied lu money and its ex
penditure properly directed by compe
tent road builders. Rut It may be set
down as certain that we will never
get goodroads under Mississippi's laws
unless these laws provide for a tax
Dy the State, by the counties, by dis
tricts and one tho individuals mostly
benefited by tho construction of the
roads. /
Whero Wo Arc Lacking.
In almost every material thing tho
United States takes first rank except
in the matter of roads. In this respect
it is far behind the most enlightened
nations. In all tho States some good
roads have been built, hut would It
not add immensely to tho growth nnd
prosperity of this country to havo its
highways Improved so as to bo In har
mony with nil Its other great Improve
ments? It Is the one thing lu which
we are still lingering in the unrelieved
darkness of the Middle Ages; it Is the
one blot upon our escutcheon of mate
rial progress; It Is the one thing that
would benefit every man, woman and
child 1n the United States, and yet we
hesitate to do it
Objections are made by many that
It is not the duty of tho General Gov
ernment to aid In building roads; that
If It did It would placo upon the Gen
eral Government the responsibility for
the welfare of the people. But is not
the General Government responsible
for the welfare of the people? Tho
Constitution gives authority to build i
roads for postal service. Why not, j
then, build them? The improvement
of our rivers is done for tlie welfare i
of tho people. Why should not roads |
bo built for their greater welfare?
Both are highways, one by water, tho !
other by land.
How Now Jersey Docs It*
The New Jersey law is well worth a i
trial In the Southern States. It pro
vides that'the roads of a township be
placed under the management of the j
township committee, and money he
raised by township bonds for grading, |
macadamizing and improving tho i
same; bonds to be authorized by vote
of the annual town meeting.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders'
of any county may designate certain
roads as county roads, and Improve
the same by the Issue of couuty bonds.
The State shall pay one-third of all
cost of road Improvement so authorized
by the Chosen Freeholders, within
certain limitations. I
Whenever the owners of two-thirds
of the lauds fronting on any public
road will undertake to pay one-tenth
of tho cost of improving such road. It
Is tho drfty of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders to cause such improve
ments to be rnado.
All road taxes are paid In money. i
Under the operations of this law
New Jersey has built more good roads
In proportion to population than any
other State in the Union.
Convict Labor Utilized
D. P. Hutchinson, President of tho
Board of Trustees of Charlotte, N. C., |
testified before the Industrial Com- j
mission In Washington concerning the ;
suceossful effort made by Charlotte'
to establish good roads in the stir-1
rounding country. He said that ninety ;
miles of mncadam roadbed had been
established at a probable cost of $250,-
ooa |
Convict labor, ho said. Is used In
constructing the roadbed, as free la- 1
bor would cost from thirty to sixty
per cent. more. The saving in cost (o
rolling stock was mora than equal to
the cost of the roads, and tlie value of
farming and other lands lying upon
the improved highways Ims been en
hanced fifty per cent, by the new
roads.
A celebrated English physician as- I
sorts that the increased height and
weight of English and Americans in 1
the last halt century are chiefly due ,
to the increased consumption of sugar.
Coughing
j " I was given up to die with
! quick consumption. I then began
1 to use Ayef's Cherry Pectoral. I
improved at once, and am now in
perfect health."—Chas. E. Hart
| man, Gibbstown, N. Y.
" """"" " '" , l"
It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The first thing you
know it will be down
deep in your lungs and
the play will be over. Be
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Cherry Pectoral and stop
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Consult your drtctor. If he •*tb take ifc, I
then do as ho says. If he tells you not |
to take It, then don't, tako It. He knows. I
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[ A bad breath means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, a
bad liver. Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure con
stipation, biliousness, dys
pepsia, sick headache.
25c. All druggists.
Want your moustache or l>card a beautiful
brown or rich Mack? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S BYE„ r s
Steam a Hundred Yoars Ago.
On July 5 the London Times printed
the following item from its issuo of
corresponding dato in 1801: "An ox
periment took place on the It Iyer
Thames Inst Wednesday for the pur
pose of work inn a barge or other
heavy craft uguinst the lido by meaus
of a steam engine on a very simple
contraction. The moment the engine
was set to work tho bargo was
brought about, answering tue helm
quickly, at the rate of two and a half
miles an hour." This wns six years
before Fulton's construction of a prac
tical steam vessel which went from
New York to Albany in 21 hours. The
crude experiments of a century ago
gave but tlie faintest forecast of the
marvelous mechanical developments
of the present day; and the story from
llie London Times moves the New
York Commercial Advertiser to sug
gest that "perhaps 100 years from now
the accounts of the successful venture
of M. Santos-Dumout's airship over
the roofs of Paris will sound as
strangely antiquated as this experi
ment with a steamboat which preced
ed the all-ship by a century nnd two
weeks." Tills is not an Improbable
forecast .except In Its Intimation that
100 years may elapse before Its veri
fication. It will be surprising, In this
Inventive age, if the Paris experiment
does not seem antiquated within the
life of the present young generation.
Gilbcrtian Brlganfagi.
Slgnor Rosario Ruffnlino, who has
been In prison for a number of crimes,
but succeeded in escaping, lias writ
ten to the "Glornale dl Slcilla" that
be has Just formed n baud of brigands
, who have elected htm tlioir chief,
j writes a Rome correspondent. Chief
I Buffallno Informs the public that the
: new band of brigands proposes to be
| glu business In the New Year, and to
administer Justice according to llie
! teachings of Holy Writ. The letter
j concludes with an appeal to all those
who are suffering from injustice, or
want a wrong avenged, to apply to
| Signer Iluffalinoo, who will consider
| each case on its merits and mete out I
| the death punishment where he deems
lit. Enclosed in tlie letter were 111 I
francs to pay for the Insertion of the
1 letter In the "Glornale di Slcilla" as i
an advertisement should the editor not I
, think fit to Insert tt In the ootrospon i
j deuoe column.
Science Reveals the Past,
i To construct a whole animal from
a thigh txine or toe Joint has been the
achievement of archacolojgists 1n many
eases. Hut to learn tlie habits and
food of stone-nge gentlemen from tho
tartar on their teeth Is comparative
ly a new feat of science. An English
Journal gives an Interesting account
of tlio experiments of the ex-Presi
' dent of tho Royal Odontological Soci
ety of Groat Rt-itnln in this direction.
Upon the teeth of ancient skulls he
noticed a thick coating of tartar, and
dissolving this In acid, he discovered
minute cornhusks paptlcloa, vegeta
ble substances, particles of starch, tlie
polut of a fish tooth, oval cells from
fruit and portions of wool; nlso miner
al fragments probably left by the
rough stones used in grinding the
corn. Thus the mode of life mid sus
tenance of people living some 4,000
years ago were clearly laid bare to
the Investigator and archaeology eouhl
achieve what not all the priuted rec
ords of history could unfold to us.
Boar's lack of Ethics His Strength.
Tho Iloer cares loss for his reputa
tion than lie does for his native's soul.
He husbands life and lets his reputa
tion take care of Itself. If he does
that which we would call disgraceful
ho Is not kicked out or his club, be
cause be has not got a club. Ho won't
be cut in the Row, because he has no
Row, and his friends have not yet ac
quired the gentle art of cutting. If
he Is riding along in the vicinity or
a railway line with a few pounds of
dynamite In Ills holsters he docs not
"have the honor to request" the per
mission of the Hoofd-Coinmandant to
blow up tho next troop train that pass
es. ne Just blows it up and casually
mention's the fact the next time he
meets his chief.
The butter output of Minnesota this
year will exceed that of any previous
year.
Books Are Man's Bos* Frtamfe.
The very company of books Is edu
cating. As ono gits before the book
cases and glances at his favorite vol
umes it is as if each said a word or
two or suggested a thought. Thus n
boy's eye may fall upon hit) copy of
"Tom Brown at Rugby." and in bis
mind rises the remembrance of the
great hare and hounds run in which
Tom and East and the Tadpole strug
gled so pluckily, and at last held that
delightful little interview with £>r.\
Arnold: or visions of cast's tricks on
old Martin. There is no need to open
the hook—ono breathes its healthful
air at the mere sight of its title. So
from each old favorite there comes a
friendly greeting, and we recall the
pleasant hours spent in its company.
A great orator said: "Books are tlia
windows through which the soul looks
out. A home without books is like a
room without windows. No man has
a right to bring up children without
surrounding them with books if he
has the means to buy books."
Tho Fiction Sid a of Golf.
One of the latest lost golf ball
stories is that one afternoon a couple
of players were on the Penartli links,
when a mighty drive by one of them
sent the ball away out of sight, and
it couid not be found. Next morning,
whilst taking his ante-matutinal stroll,
the golfer was attracted by the pite
ous cries of a small bird that kept Hy
ing backward and forward in front
of him. lie followed the bird until
he was led to a small bush, in which
he found a nest. The biru flew into
it and appeared to bo trying to scratch
something out, hopping in and out,
repeating the action two or three
times, in a state of acute excitement
all the time. The golfer raised him
self to look Into the nest and there
was his lost golf ball!
Lake Vessels Launched Broadsid? On.
Shipbuilders on the great lakes have
devised the most ingenious scheme in
use anywhere for shoving a great,
ponderous fi/teel vessel Into the water
when she Is well-nigh completed. The
shipyards of tho great lakes are not
located 011 t:he banks of the fresh wa
ter seas, hut upon contributary rivers
011 artificial None of these
waterways are more than ball as
wide as a modem lake cargo carrier
Is long, and so, instead of sliding the
vessel into the water endwise, as is
the custom all over the world, these
giant leviathans toboggan down a
monster slide and take the water
broadside 011.
Thrco Londons.
building the London Ex
change the workmen came upon a
gravel pit full of oyster shells, bones
of cattle, old saudals and shattered
pottery. Two pavements were dug up
under the Trench church in Thread
needle street, and other pavements
have been cut through in several parts
of the city. Authorities 011 the sub
ject say that all the soil seems to have
risen over Roman London at the rate
of nearly a foot in a century. Still
farther must the searcher dig to find
the third London, the earlier London
of the Britons. It is supposed to be
buried under the London of Roman
days.
Ail goodfl are nliko to Pin NASI FADELESS
DVES, ay they color all fibers at one boiling.
Bold by ull druggists.
Two electric mountain railroads havo
been constructed to operate Oa the French
slope of the Pyrenees.
The favorite flower of the fortune hunt
er is marigold.
H#w*i 'I filfl ?
We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Toward for
iny caae of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY A Co., Tolodo, O.
We, tho undersigned, havo known F. J.
. Cheney for tho Inst 15 years, nnd believe him
I perfectly honorable in all business tran?ac-
I Hons and flnnncinlly able to carry out c,ny
obligation made by tbcir firm.
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Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
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I Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggiats.
Hall's Family Pills are tho best.
f J*he man who says he would share his
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I never gets down to his last dollar.
Ladles fan Wear Shoes
j One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-
Eaeo, a powder for tho feet. It makes ti*ht
or new shoes eaHy. Cui*Cß swollen, hot, sweat
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. At nil druggists ami shoo stores,
25c. Trial pnekage FItEE by mail. Addreag
Allen B. Olmsted, Le ltoy, N. Y.
Every woman who marries feels that to
a certain degree she is a reformer.
What Gariieid Headache Powders have de
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without the two 1 harmful elmgt. This ritu
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Women wore first permitted to bo
come employes in government olliees
in 1802.
flout For llie Mowrli.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
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In metal boxes, every tablet has C.C.C.
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Etymo'ogists declare that the sugar
cane lias 227 varieties of insect enemies.
Frcy'a Vermifuge For Worms.
Tho standard euro. (50 yrs.' trial: no fail
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There are too many people who enjoy
wearing borrowed feathers.
FITS permanently cured. No fit* ornorvno'-
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Brazil grows about half the coffee crop
of the world.
Mra. Window's Soothing Byruo foro'iiidrvi
teething, sottsu tho gum, reduces inflaui nv
tion.ailavhi pain, euro* wind coiis. 25 j a I
The greatest railroad in the worfd is in
the Lnitecl States. *
Piso's Cure cannot be too hivhlv spoken o' I
is a cough cure.— J. W. u'Bu:kx, 822 Thirl
V.VOJIU J, .Uiuiu'u.K)U<i. M tun., Jan. ti, I'JJJ.
The number of emigrants who let'. Ger- I
imiuy in 19J0 was 22.300. '
leeborgs Make Their Presence Known.
The captain of an ocean steamer Is
often warned of the proximity of ice
beiTts by the men In the engine room.
When a ship enters -water considera
bly colder than that through which it
has passed its propeller runs faster,
i and as such water surrounds the
1 vicinity of Icebergs for many miles
the engineers know when the propell
er's action is greatly accelerated with
out any increase of the steam power
icebergs may be expected. Of course,
the thermometer is the most useful in
dicator of icebergs.
Jocn Bull Can Still Exact Toil.
It will take some years for us to
capture the seas as well as we liavo
the land—granting that we ever do it,
for of the 28,200 ships of all nation
alities afloat to-day—ships of over 200
tons —Great Britain possesses about
11,000. We have got a lot of John
Bull's commerce, but it is certain that
we must continue to pay him toll for
a whole to help us deliver the goods.
Hidden Titian Brought to Light.
A few months ago the Venetian
painter Brass bought four pictures for
820 from n Dalmatian peasant named
Braldotti, who had picked them up
when ti neighboring villa was dis
mantled. Recently Brass found that
one of the pictures had been painted
over another on the same canvas, and
on cleaning off the top one he discov
ered a Saint Sebastian by Titian,
which had been stolen from Italy by
one of Napoleon's Generals. Brass
has sold the Titian to the Count da
Castellame for $15,000.
Danger Signals for Alpine Climbors.
All the Alpine clubs of Europe have
just agreed to a uniform set of danger
signals drafted by the French Alpine
Club for use by mountain-climbers lit
peril, says a Paris correspondent. Sig
nals of distress are to be given by
shouting, whistling, waving handker
chiefs or firing guns during the day,
and by lantern or other lights at night.
A signal repeated six times indicates
extreme peril, and its return three
times by the receiver signifies that
its meaning has been understood.
Motive Power in Elg Demand.
Locomotive building is sharing with
all the other industries of the country
in the great business boom. Last
year there were turned out of the
American shops 3,153 engines, the
largest number ever built iu the his
tory of the country. The production
showed an increase of 680 locomotives
or 27.5 per cent, over the production
of 1599, when the building record was
also broken. In that year 2,173 loco
motives were turned out. In 1898 tho
American shops produced 1,875; in
1897, l.iol; in 1890, 1,175.
When the head aches and one is weary, a
Garfield Headache Powder is noeded. This
timple remedy will cure the pain and imparl
vigor to the system. Send to Garfield Tea
Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., fcr sample powders.
The largest lacomotive works in the
world are in Philadelphia.
A man In Calaveras county, Cal., Is
hatching pheasants in incubators.
New Zealand crown lands are now
disposed of for 999 years.
The United Kingdom has 350 blast
furnaces; France 570.
Immigration for tho 11 months end.
tag with May Increased 40,073.
A gallon of water weighs 10 pounds,
a gallon of mercury 1,357 pounds.
From 1803 to 1812 many attempts
were made to fasten metal points to
quill pens.
The early inhabitanls of tho Nile
valley had excellent roads, paved
somewhat In the macadam style ol' the
present day.
Over 7,000 men deserted from the
French army las-t year. Great Brit
ain's record for desertion is under 300
in one year.
Sheboygan, Wis., is a pea-raising
district, and recently all the clergy
men gave written permissions to their
flocks to gather a crop on a Sunday
to save it.
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