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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The Japanese in Formosa arc dis couraging the use of sun-dried bricks. During the typhoon of 1808 there were 1398 muu-brick houses totally de stroyed within a radius of two miles, from the American consulate at Tam sui, while not more than one building made of kiln-burnt bricks suffered any damage. Among recent novelties in electric lighting is an incanuescent lamp hav ing two independent filaments, one giving 1G and the other only one can dle-power. The low power light is in tended for burning in a sick room, or wherever a faint illumination is de sired. The current is changed from one filament to tlie other by turning the lamp in a screw socket. Recent reports from both French and English botanists say that the "tu chung" tree of China contains a valua ble rubber or gutta-percha. The sub stance is believed to be a true caout chouc, and it is thought that the tree will become of great commercial im portance. This is mentioned as one of the good effects that will follow tha "opening up" of the country. Recent improvements in the process es of making wool out of turf fibres have resulted In the production of a soft material that can be spun as readily as lamb's wool. Besides, it has excellent absorbent qualities, and is capable of being bleached and colored for use in various textile industries. Much of it is now used at Dusseldorf, Germany, for manufacturing cloth, rugs, hats and other articles. It is well known that many insects bear a close resemblance to leaves, twigs and other things, and there is no doubt that this is for their protec tion against, or their concealment from, their enemies. One of tho most remarkable cases of this kind was re cently made known to the Entomologi cal Society of London. It is that of a spider that lives in the rocks near Cannes. A certain kind of moths in habit the rocks also, and their cases are to be found all about. It was no ticed that the spider, when at rest, looked exactly like one of the moth cases. A scientific problem of much inter est will confront the engineers of the Transvaal gold mines when the war between the English and the Boers is over, and that is the depth to which shafts will be sunk in search of gold bearing veins. Some of the shafts al ready opened will descend 1000 to 5000 feet, but it is thought by some of the engineers that a depth of 12,000 feet will be reached in other cases. The temperature at that depth will be about 100 degrees, the warmest, per haps, at which men can work, but the suggestion has been made that a still greater depth may be found practi cable if means be devised for cooling the air. Consul Frederick W. Hossfeld thinks there is a splendid opportunity to in crease the volume of sulphate of cop per exported from the United States to Greece, where there is a big demand for it. It is estimated that from 7000 to 8000 tons are used annually by the currant growers. The wholesale cur rant trade of Greece is practically in the hands of banks and commercial syndicates, and they have arranged to import sulphate of copper in large quantities and to sell it to tho farmers at cost, in order to encourage the growers to spray their vines. Nearly all the importations have so far been from Great Britain, but it is the opin ion of the consul that the United States could easily secure a goodly portion of the trade. There is no tar iff on the commodity. There are five rivers in the world which drain over 1,000,030 square miles. They are the Amazon. La Plata, Obi, the Congo and the Missis sippi. Itev. Percy 11. Oordon, of Rurgetts town, has accepted a call to the First Presbyterian church of Freedom. The Eighty-fifth Regiment, Pennsyl vania Volunteers, will hold a reunion at Washington, Pa., November 12. Copperhead snakes drove a party of Altoona railroad moo from their camp at Alexandria. Seven foreigners at South Sharon were poisoned by eating toadstools for mushrooms. .THE OPTIMISM OF NATURE.; JAMES M'ABTZIUB. 'Ah, •what do the lone waves pay, 7 Iu their low surge-sob on the beach?— jVe kiss the shore as we may, i ( And gladden as far as we reach; * And, bending low down, hangs many #• L spray, J The blessings we give to beseech." 'And, sweet flowers, we ask of you, What returns lor the storm's rude blast?— "We drink of the sun and the dew, When the frown and the terror ore past; We litt up our faces, cheerful and true. , And smile on the world to the last." lYe stars of the distant sky, We ask why ye twinkle so bright. Methinks I hear your reply. "Our home is a region of light; i\Ye beam with a radiance pure, from on . high, ► To lessen the gloom of the night." They hail us from every side, And our visions of life expand; Sweet voicings!—they're near to abide, Their missions could we understand. As angels of good they're near us to k guide With touch of a magical wand! We may not dispel the cloud, Nor the lightning's scathe avert; j With troubles we may be bowed, Though ever upon the alert; But why should our folly the soul en shroud, Or fear from the right divert? Fontl nature, so kind and so true! She treats us with never a slight; She spangles the nights with dew. And wakes our affections with light; , Her blessings, her gifts, her rewards are not few, ' In all and through all to requite. —Success. | THE WARDEN'S RECRUIT | W S A TRUE STORY. £ C" Isy Jolin Dicklu.on Sliormnn. IN Pekin, upholding the dignity of the Stars and there is a young United States marine with au unusual history. The war den of a State penitentiary is willing to guarantee that the young marine will serve ids country faithfully and well. William Simmons is not tho marine's name, but so we may call him; and this is his story—the true story of the value of a kind word: Simmous's boyhood was passed in the slum districts of the West Side of Chicago. His companions were ruf fians and thieves, and in time he be came the leader of a gang, and a bold and reckless criminal. His history during his young manhood is written in the blotters of the West Side sta tions and in the records of the crim inal court. \ Two years ago a scries of daring highway robberies raised au unusual outcry. Simmons was under suspicion, and thought it best to leave Chicago. He hung about a town in Indiana for several weeks. Then the safe of a storekeeper was blown open one night and several hundred dollars taken. A week or two later Simmons was caught at Fort Wayne in the very act of opening a safe. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. Simmons did not make a model con vict At first his sole thought wns to break jail. After two weeks of plau ning ho assaulted a guard with a file and made a desperate effort to escape, but was overpowered and punished by confinement in the duugeou. When, after a reasonable time, he was brought hack to his cell, he was far from being subdued; he was as ugly as a caged wild beast, and refused to work. Hack he went to the duugeou. In the meantime the warden had kept au observant eye on the young convict, had seen that he was intelli gent, and resolved to appeal to his reason. After Simmons hud been long enough in the dungeon to quiet down, tho warden went to him and said: "Now see here, young man, you arc gaining nothing by acting like this. You are no fool, and you can reason the situation out for yourself. You've no chance at all along your present line. If you are ugly, you've got a bad year ahead of you. I've been watch ing you, aud I believe you havo some better traits than you have shown. Why not try the other tack? I want you to live up to the rules of the prison and behave yourself, it's a much easi er proposition than tho on<; you've mapped out. You turn over a new leaf and the guards will treat you well. What do you say?" Simmons finally agreed to give the warden's plan a trial. Before long he became one of the model prisoners of the institution, lie kept his temper, worked well, and was respectful and obedient. He attended to his own busi ness strictly, and made no attempt to curry favor with the officials. When it came time for Simmons to leave the prison, tho warden had him brought into ids private office. "William," said be, "your time will be up to-morrow. You will get a de cent suit and ten dollars. I suppose you will go back to Chicago. The ten dollars ought to keep you two weeks, and in that time you may get some thing to do. Now hero's twenty dol lars more; it's a personal loan. It will take care of you another month, and in that time you surely ought to get a Job of some kind." "But why should you lend me twen ty dollars?" asked Simmons. "Well," replied til - warden, "I think you have the making of a very decent man in you. I'm afraid you will be tempted to go back to the old gang if you don't, get work, and I want to give you a chance. You've got six weeks' leeway, and if you do right you can get a new start in that time. And whatever you do, don't get caught stealing in Indiana." Simmons did not say much cither then or the r.ext day, when the ward en saw him off at the station. He made no promises at all. A few days later came a letter that brought uriu gled grief end hope to the warden'! heart The letter was from Chicago, and stated boldly: <, -.- "I fell in with tho gang last night This won't do. I am going to get out of here. Can't, reform in Chicago.— William Simmons." For the next two weeks the warden watched the Chicago newspapers anxi ously. That t ie young fellow had been tempted he was sure; he dreaded lest ho had fallen. Ilis only hope was that Simmons had fled from tempta tion and had left Chicago. At the end of the fortnight n letter came in the familiar handwriting. The warden drew a long breath of relief to see that it was postmarked in Annapolis, Mary land, but he was not prepared for tho news that it contained. "I have enlisted in the United States marines. I may never be an officer, but I am going to try and be a good soldier. Yours, William Simmons." The warden filed away the letter be side the other with a feeling of thank fulness. He knew that Uncle Sam keeps a close watch and a strong hanj on his fighting men; moreover, tho young fellow was out of the reach of his former Chicago associates. That was the last he expected to hear from William Simmons for some time; but in less than two weeks came a third letter, which tho warden opened with the liveliest interest, for it was from San Francisco. It said: "Got here to-day. Lf.ave for China to-morrow. Coming through Nebraska a young woman at a station pinned a flower on my coat. You can't imagine how it affected me. Will write from the other side of the world.—William Simmons." "God bless that young woman!" said the wqrden to himself. "She may be as homely as a hedgerow and as ignor ant as a Sioux squaw, but she touched the right chord in his breast. The man who has the courage to fight for ids country and can appreciate a flow er from a woman's hand is on the right road. I believe in my soul the boy is safe for all time." And when the warden put the letter with the oth ers there was a moisture in his eyo that is unusual with officials of State penitentiaries. True to his promise, Simmons wrote from the other side of the world—from Tien Tsin. The lettCS was a long time in coming, but it arrived at last. Like all the other.-, it was short and ta tie point. It tend: "I was on tho firing-line yesterday and didn't run. We leave for Pekin In a day or two. Enclosed find §25. Thanks. I'll never steal in Indiana or elsewhere. I'm cured. God bless you.—William Simmons." The warden now reads with great interest all the army news from China and the East. If some day he should find among the list of dead the name of William Simmons, he would grieve sincerely. He is sure, at any rate, that he will never see that name disgraced, and he hopes that sofne day he may again grasp the hand of the man whom his own kind word saved from a criminal's end.—Youth's Companion. Tlio Fnssport in Itussln. The train slows down as it crosses the frontier, and creeps gently up to the platform of the first station on Russian soil. Furtively peeping out of the window, you behold a number of stalwart men uniformed in the Rus sian style, and wearing the peculiarly Russian top boots. The polite conduc tor comes to the compartment and bids you get the passport ready. Af ter a few minutes of waiting, during which anxiety is not diminished, an officer in smart gray-blue uniform comes along, attended by a soldier with a wallet. He demands the pre cious document, and, noting its for eign origin, casts upon its possessor a keen, searching glance. Then he looks for the all-important visa or indorse ment of the Russian official in tho country of issue; and on finding it ho passes coldly on without a word. All this is very formal and impressive; you feel as a prisoner feels when the chain of evidence is tightening round him; your thoughts wander back to tho past, and you wonder whether any indiscretion of your insignificant youth may not now be brought up in testimony against you. The utmost care Is taken in the study and registration of these docu ments; every Russian must have his passport; every foreigner entering ..or leaving the country must have it, too. AVhether native or alien, you cannot move about the country without tho document; when you arrive in a town it must be submitted to tho local po lice; when you leave that town the po lice must indorse the passport with their sanction to the journey. The system gives tho authorities the firm est hold over the people; and wise is the stranger who complies carefully with every part of the formality.— Chambers's Journal. The Chinese Court at Sinn. The Ostnsintische Lloyd gives some very curious particulars taken from native journals as to the life of the Chinese court at Sian. Over the main entrance of the palace Is a signboard with t)ie words "Temporary Palace," and nil the chambers of the palace are lighted by "European safety lampsand candles." The Empress is dyspeptic and suffers from insomnia—the old curse of the tyrant—but the Emperor is stronger aud enjoys better health than in Pekin. (An Irishman might ndd, "that is, If he's really alive and not ouly a substitute.") At first the court lived on ducks, poultry and fish, but now things are better there is an 'occasional swallow's nest or shark's fin. The Emperor likes Shau-tung cabbag. and eats little meat. "The Dowager Empress prefers pastry." It is an appalling picture, that of a sleep less and dyspeptic Messalina devour ing pastry by the light of a patent pe troleum lamp.—London Spectator. • NO MIRACLE IN MANNA. An Edll.le Idchcn That la Still Found In Farts of Asia and Africa. "It is manna!" exclaimed the peo ple of Israel as thily gathered the food •which seemed so miraculously to ap pear at their very feet in answer to their cry for sustenance, but though they ate and were satisfied, yet, we are told, they "wist not what it was." And during the ages that have pnssed since its first appearance on that memorable dewy morning in the wilderness of sin, men have declared again and again that they "wist not what it was" that thus fed the Israel ites in their need, though numberless conjectures have been made and dis cussions held on the matter. The chief opinion which had sway for a long time was that raanua was the sap of the tamarisk, hut now au thorities, seeing in the light of widen ing scientific knowledge, declare that manna was without doubt a certain lichen (Lecanora esculenta). This is borne out by the fact that well-authenticated rains of manna, absolutely believed by the inhabitant ants to be showers from heaven, have been reported at least six times during the past century by reliable travelers in the East, and the descriptions of the deposit given in precise present-day language leave no doubt upon the point. If a piece of manna be examined under the microscope its peculiar com pound structure can be clearly seen; there is a delicate network of interlac ing fungal threads glistening in the light, while inclosed In their meshes are a number of round, bright green cells, each a tiny algal plant. Thus fungus and alga live together in most Intimate connection. It may be asked how fresh manna lichens arise, seeing that it is difficult to imagine a frequent coincident meet ing of a particular fungus and a par ticular green plant. But, granted the meeting has once taken place, the rapid reproduction is easy to under stand. At certain times in the year a yel lowish dust appears in little green cups growing on the surface of the plant, and each of the grains of dust Is a minute bundle containing a few of the green cells wrapped up together, so that wherever this dust may fall each grain can become a new manna lichen. There is, moreover, a second method of reproduction in which the fungus alone takes part and sends out tiny offspring to take their chance in the wide world of finding a suitable host as their parent has done, but the de tails are complicated and at present Involved in some obscurity. Thus, then, Lecanora esculenta— manna—is in its very nature one of the most remarknble phenomena in the vegetable world. It is found over great tracts of southeast Asia, near Constantinople, in the Crimea, the deserts of Arabia, In the Sahara and the deserts of Algeria. It is easy to pass it by unnoticed, for It is grayish yellow in color and grows on gray limestone rocks and fragments of rock in the form of a wrinkled crust, which seems to n cas ual observer part of the very rock itself, and needs care to distinguish it. Cut through, it is white like corn within, dry and powdery; it is, more over, extremely light in weight. It is obvious that there is not much nour ishment to be obtained from the bare face of the limestone rock—hence all the sustenance of the two plants must bo obtained from the atmosphere and the rain by the little green plant, which must thus work doubly hard to be able to pass on sufficient food for Its partner's living, in addition to pro viding its own. By degrees, as it grows older, It be comes loosened, or even detached from the rocks, and then, when the sudden whirlwinds and violent storms which affect many of these regions blow, the featherweight pieces of lichen crust are torn up and blown into the nir at the mercy of the wind, and carried, it may be for immense distances. Tho rains, too, that descend with such sudden vehemence, sweep it away into water channels, where it i 3 borne along on the stream and deposit ed in hollows, and left there in heaps when the water subsides. At times, too, a waterspout will gather it up, carry it along and ulti mately deposit it In a place where -t her to it had been practically un known.—Sunday Magazine. Tills Insect Carries a Gun, There is a eurious insect known to French scientists as the Bombardier. It carries on its back two symmetrical organs which are in effect minute can non. On being attacked one may just hear what sounds like a small explo sion, and two tiny streams of liquid are squirted out very much after the mnuner of a boy's squirt gun. At tho same time the insect is lost to view in a cloud of smoke, or, more properly speaking, a humid fog, which, being corrosive, is successful in hold ing at bay all the creature's enemies. Such Is the composition of this liquid that it boils at eight degrees above aero, which accounts for the artificial cloud. This method of defense is also employed by certain moliusks, which, in order to cover a retreat, excrete a black liquid that completely bldi; them from view. A Useful Invention. The latest invention in tho way of Improving methods for printing news papers is a machine that will set type by telegraph, although the operator may bo a thousand miles away. West era newspapers, who say the Inventor is a young lowan, named Frank Peame, assert that several telegraph companies are striving to secure tho patent rights to the Invention. The revenue of European nations tas multiplied Cfty-thrco timer once ICBO. fmruE' /iC\~ ! Red snow Is frequently seen in tho , I Arctic and Alpine regions. Chemical j [ experiments have led to the conclusion , ! that the red color Is duo to the pres- I j ence of a vegetable substance. A resident of Vermont has a fish ! pond in his own house. lie has about two feet of water in his cellar, so it is reported, and has placed some fish in , it that he caught in the river, so that ! he does not have to go out of his house for fishing. An historic mansion in Liucoln's Inn Fields, Loudon, is about to be pulled ' down. It was built in Charles ll.'s reign for tho Earl of Lindsay from de signs by Inigo Jones. Charles Dick ens took one of the rooms as the scene of the assassination of Sir Leicester Dedloek in "Bleak House." While digging for pier foundation for a bridge over the Wansbeek, at Sheei>wnsh, Northumberland, Eng land, the arch of a very old bridge was discovered twelve below the bed of the river. The old structure was strongly built and intact. Nobody ' knows when this bridge was built. ' In Korea visiting cards measuring ' afoot square are in vogue. The sav -1 ages of Dahomey announce their visits 1 to each other by sending in advance a wooden board, or the branch of a tree artistically carved. When tho visit is paid, the "card" returns to the possession pf its owner, who probably uses it for many years. The natives of Sumatra use for a visiting card a 1 piece of wood about a foot long, decor ated with a bunch of straw and a knife. Birds are made to take their own pictures by the ingenious apparatus 1 of Mr. O. G. Pike, an English photo grapher. A bait of fat is placed on an electrical wire which is so connect ed with a camera that, when the bait ' is removed, the camera shutter is re leased, giving an instantaneous expos ure of the sensitive plate. An excel lent portrait of the song thrush is 1 among the Interesting results that have been shown. The arrangement may be used with other timid creatures, and for getting pictures of nocturnal animals the electrical wire can bo made to Ignite a little magnesium as it releases the shutter, giving a strong \ light at the instant of exposure. Oni: of the Cufitomn Inspectors. At the "Cheshire Cheese," the fam ous restaurant in Fleet street, whore Dr. Johnson and the other literary characters of his time used to do their loafing and take their meals, are sev eral famous dishes, which are served daily to American tourists and other patrons. One of the delicacies for which the "Cheshire Cheese" is pecu liar is a lark pie, which can be ob tained nowhere else in London. A young Philadelphia gentleman who was over here not long ago took a de cided fancy to the lark pie and ar ranged witli the proprietor of the inn to send him one after he got home to be served at a birthday dinner. Tho pie was sent In good time and condi tion, but when it reached Philadelphia it did not look very appetizing. Tho customs Inspectors of New York sus -1 pected that it was a new trick of the diamond smugglers and dug it all out. After examining the crust and the con tents minutely they dumped it back into tho pan and forwarded it to tho consignee.—Chicago Record-llerald When Not to Volunteer. "Always obey orders, but never vol unteer," said General Fitzhugh Lee, recently, "is the rule with army offi cers, and it is a good one, as I know to my cost. In my early career I nearly lost my life by volunteering to round up a baud of Indians in the Southwest when there was no occa sion for my action at all. To make a long story short wo met the Indians in a strongly entrenched position, and '.ad all we could do to rout them out. In the midst of tho fight, which was extremely lively while it lasted, an arrow passed clean through my body, and it was almost a miracle that it did not kill me. As it was I nearly died i In the rough ride back to camp, and I had to stay in the hospital a long time. Since then I have found that a soldier can get all tho fighting ho wants by simply obeying orders. Washington Star. 1 7~~ , Surely a Gentleman. In far-off years Sir Walter Scott vls \ ited the first Lord Plunkett, who was , tnen Lord Chancellor of Ireland, nud was taken to see tho ruins of the ' Seven Churches of Glendalough, one cf the sights of Ireland. I One of the most romantic spots is , St. Kevin's Bed, a cave which requires I a scramble over rocks to enter. Sir i Walter, in spite of his lameness, pene trated the "shrine," an old peasant , woman lending kiin a willing hand. On the return, the Lord Chancellor asked her if she knew how great a man she had assisted, adding, "He is Sir Walter Scott, the illustrious poet." "Begorra, your honor," the eld woman replied, "he's no poet! He's a gh.tlcman born an' bred—for hasn't he bo left in me hand a piece of silver?" Truly, there Is more than one way of knowing a man by his works. I Eecret of a Happy Home. If a octlicr is at all clever she can train her baby by the time it is six i weeks old to cry to go to its father as i scon as he comes in the house.—Atchi son Globe. - SICN AND POSTER EVIL. Adequate liestricllve negl.taUon Slieald lie Introduced. I The abuse of advertising by signs and posters has raised up in Englaifd a Society for Cheeking tlie Abuses of Public Advertising, the work of which is interestingly described in to-day's | Tribune. In a word, the society found j that the system, which works so ad j mirably in France, of imposing a j stamp tax on all posted advertise ' ments, was impracticable in England, j Instead of tiiis. it worked to secure a general law, which gave the local au- J thorities full powers to regulate, re | i strict, or prohibit advertising that i challenges attention in a public way. I Many towns immediately adopted re [ ! strictive legislation. Dover has taken the lead, requiring a license for all advertisements which are not con tained within a window, and for all i vehicles chielly used for ad ertising J purposes, while absolutely forbidding I all sky signs. London, Glasgow, Man , Chester, and many of the smaller , | towns have passed regulations eover . ing various abuses, such as transpar encies, electric flash signs, and sky signs, and regulating the size of the letters permissible in a poster. Every where a praiseworthy public spirit has been shown in this matter, and it may i j reasonably be hoped that England will ■ j eventually be as free from thi3 dis ; j figurement as, say, France or Belgium. What has been accomplished in Eng land is certainly possible here, where, in fact, reform should be easier; for : we have a more strongly pronounced collective sense, nnd a less exaggerated i idea of individual rights. The Eng lish precedent should encourage those who are working to arouse public opinion in this matter. If adequate restrictive legislation can be intro duced in one of our cities, the work will be half done. The busiest among us will appreciate the comfort of walk ing in the streets freed from the dis figuring signs which now, as the French say, jump at your eyes.—Few York Post. Explosions Wlien Box Cars Colllilo. "Did you ever hear a freight wreck?" said a railroad man the other evening. "You mean did I ever see one, do you not?" "No; I said 'hear' one, and your not understanding the question shows that you never have been within earshot of a collision between two train.; of boxcars. I was at a little station on the Iron Mountain a few years ago, when a long file of empty cars rushed past, rounded into a deep cut, and must have been half a mile away when we heard a frantic whistle from tlie engine, answered by another in a different key, and then there followed a series of explosions as if fifteen or twenty dynamite cartridges had been set off in succession. We knew that something horrible had happened, manned a handcar and started for the scene. We found the freights tele scoped, several dead trainmen and as fierce looking a wreck as ever hap pened. What caused the explosions, you ask? A man on one of the ca booses told me that as the engine on the down train struck the tirst empty boxcar it blew up like an empty candy bag popped by a boy, nnd then each succeeding car went off with the pop! pop! pop! we had heard away back at the station."—New Or leans Times-Democrat. A National Experiment Farm. There are now flfty-l'our agricultural experiment stations scattered through the country and maintained by the States. Hitherto the general Govern ment has had nothing of the kind on an extended scale. But a 40i)-acre model farm is now to be established by the Agricultural Department. It will occupy a part of the old Arling ton estate, lying along the Potomac opposite Washington. The work of getting this big tract in shape for scientific cultivation is now going on. The object will be to demonstrate here the culture cf every sort of useful plant that can be made to thrive in this climate. There will be a six-acre model home plot to Illustrate what can be done to make rural home surround ings pleasant. While all the fnmlliar fruits, vegetables, cereals, grasses, berries, etc., will be grown and studied, another object will be to introduce new species. A cranberry bog will be maintained and an attempt made to cultivate the huckleberry, which lias so far not been domesticated. With the facilities and resources at the com mand of the Agricultural Department this big experiment farm will be made an institution cf the highest value to the American farmer.—The Path finder. Killing lints by Gas. Seme interesting experiments have taken place at the . r ondon decks to sh jw the effect of a new system for the extermination of rats on board ships. The vessel is charged with sulphur-dioxide gas, which apparently, has the effect of attracting the rats from their hiding-places, and as soon as they breathe the fumes they be come suffocated. In the experiments on the steamer Gourkka several hun dred rats were destroyed in a few minutes by means of the gas, which has no injurious effect upon the dee ! orations of the saloon.—Tit-Bits. Hew New II a* Grown. The ancient game of bowls upon the green has been revived in Eng land with come fashionable approval. Onr, Dutch forefathers In the time of Peter Stuyvesant flocked to the Bowl ing Green to divert themselves with that fine old Holland pastime. But If our honored Dutchmen of to-day sought a green for bowling they would be compelled to cross Spuyten Duyvil Creek or to pass by Hell Gate In or der to find a suitable field for that an cient pastime.—New Ycrk Tribune.
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