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Thro are in the United StntOs near
ly 1.100,000 square miles of wood
land, representing thirty-seven per
cent, of the total area of the country.
An insurance statistician has com
piled an interesting statement of the
number and kind of accidents last
year. Among others 553 persons fell
off railway trains, 272 were hurt by
ladders, 25(9 were hurt from riding or
driving, ten I*3' automobiles, 22-i by
bumping into furniture, nine "hurtful
ly took off shoes."
"It was not many years ago," says
Country Life In America, "that peo
ple lived in the suburbs as a matter of
economy. Now they live in these
parts because higher ideals may often
be attained here. From reports per
sonally obtained from twenty-eight of
the largest cities In America, North,
Scuth, East and West, it was shown
that during two recent years over
$-120,000,000 had been incorporated and
spent in private purchases and the de
velopment of lands adjacent to large
cities, for suburban operations. Over
$60,000,000 have been voted and spent
by trolley and railroad companies to
extend their service beyonds the limits
of these cities. Nearly half a billion
dollars have, therefore, been invested
within two years in the proposed de
velopment of suburban properties, in
addition to the millions of dollars al
ready so invested."
Sir Christopher Furncss, an F.ug
lisliman, who has just visited
America, and who is recognized as
oue of the most eminent authorities
on financial and economical matters,
declares that "The United States 's
destined to become the greatest finan
cial power in the world." He adds:
"With her vast resources and millions
of energetic people, she cannot be
downed. We see indications of it
everywhere. What happened when
We were called upon to borrow money
some months ago? Who bought the
bonds? Where did they go? They
Went to America. Americans were
ready on the spot to produce any
amount of money that was necessary
or desired. I dare say they could have
been taken up at home, but they were
not. The Americans did not give us
the chance. Thus 5 t is everywhere.
This is just one illustration, but it is a
good one, and hundreds of others can
be found on every hand.
Defeated by Nature.
Nutmegs grow on little trees, which
look like small pear trees, and which
are generally not over twenty feet
liigh. The flowers are very much
like the lily of the valley. They are
pale and very fragranv. The nutmeg
is the seed of the fruit, and mace is
the thin covering over the seed. The
fruit is about tlie size of a peach.
When ripe it breaks open and shows
a liitlo nut inside. The trees grow on
the islands of Asia and tropical Amer
ica. They bear fruit seventy or eighty
years, having ripe fruit on them all
the season. A fine tree in Jamaica has
more than 4000 nutmegs on it every
year.
The Dutch used to have all this nut
meg trade, as they owned the Hantla
Island and conquered all the oilier
traders and destroyed all the trees.
To keep th u price up, # they once
burned three piles of nutmegs, each
of which was said to be "as big as a
church."
Nature did not sympathize with such
meanness. The nutmeg pigeon, found
in all the Indian islands, did for the
world what the Dutch had determined
should not be done—carried tho seeds,
which are their food, iuio all tho cur
rounding countries.
The Russian government has an
nounced that persons found playing
cards in a railway carriage in any
part of the Russian empire will bo
subject to heavy penalties.
The thres largest cities in Sweden
are Stockholm, with 300,000 inhabi
tants ; Gothenburg, with 131,000, and
Malmo, with 61,000.
ONCE IN A WHILE.
Once in a while the run shines out,
| And the arching skies are a perfect blue;
Cure in a while 'mid clouds of doubt
Hope's brightest stars come peeping
j through,
| Our paths lead down by the meadows fair.
I Where the sweetest blossoms nod and
And we lay aside our cross of c&ro
Once in a while.
! O n ee in a while within our own
i We clasp the hand of a steadfast friend;
j Once in a while we hear a tone
| Of love with the heart's own voice to
blend;
And the dearest of all our dreame come
true,
And on life's way is a golden mile.
Each thirsting flower is kissed with dew #
Once in a while.
! Once in • while in the desert sand
I We find a spot of the fairest green:
! Once in a while from where we stand
1 The hills of Paradise are seen;
■ And a perfect joy in our hearts we hold,
! A joy that the world cannot defile;
, We trade earth's dross for the purest gold
Once in a while.
—Nixon Waterman, in Boston Globe.
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WHITCOMD kicked his dog,
kicked lilm savagely. That
was eighteen years ago at
Suufly, a small settlement
on Topper Creek, in the then Dakctas. I
Wo curiously looked at tho dog to as- j
certain what effect this particular kick
! would have on him, for it was at least
| the one-thousandth that he had re
| ceived from l>!s master in the course
of. throe years of troubled life. Usual
ly tills do:: took the kick, drooped his
tail, slunk into a corner and watched
I his master out of a single eye until
] ih" lattcr's good humor was restored.
This afternoon he did not do this. Ho ;
i turned away without a yelp, set his ,
| scarred body ou the trail to Portland, j
; and temporarily disappeared,
j Wbitcomb was the deputy sheriff of j
the county, stationed at Sunfly. He i
regarded himself as master of any- [
thing and everything in tho town. :
j Men that kick dogs usually carry that j
! opinion with them. Whitcomb in Sun- |
j lly stood for tho law and bis own 1
ends. When the two conflicted the
iaw went fishing. But it was a singu-
J iar thing that while Tvliitcomb carried
I so much authority and imposing pres
| enco around he never met a man who i
j dared to defy hint but he immediately j
| became his best friend. Men that kick I
: doga have that peculiarity, also. It |
was singular, too, that tho only thing j
in Sunfly which Whitcomb ever out- ;
rageously abused was his coyote dog. |
This, he kicked at every opportunity, j
kicked so hard that Watson, the j
freighter, looking into the dog's blood- |
shot eyes cue day, said sententlousiy J
to Whitcomb:
"He'll turn on you some day."
The dog came fl'cm nowhere, no j
drifted in out of the wilds of the j
buttes one day and immediately at- j
taehcu himself to Whitcomb. Perhaps ]
lie had a cross of coyote in him; more \
probably he did not. But he was long,
! lank, lieavy-fauged, big of muscle, I
i marvelous in endurance—he ran one |
j day sixty miles behind Whitcomb's
i gray Indian mare without a sup of
| water. lie minded ills own business
j strictly, even as to other dogs. The
j few of his own race that disturbed
j him were killed so quickly that they
! did not realize he was at their throats.
| Why he tock to Whitcomb no one
j could explain, but lie did, and although
| kicked from pillar to post, beaten
j with pistol butts and cut with quirts,
he was loyal to his first choice. That
! is, he was loyal until this particular
j day, when he wits kicked for the last
time. When he trotted away from
Whitcomb's office, although ho did not
know it, lie forever severed himself
from that individual. •
[ Watson, coming across the trail with
provisions, met him at Grass Butte, a |
j mile from town. lie was high up the j
I butte perched on a shelf looking fur |
: into the West. Watson whistled to j
j him, and he came down, dragging his j
j big but bruised frame after him slow- j
i ly. He licked the freighter's hand, ]
| sniffed at the horses ami then returned
to tlie vantnge point he had occupied, j
j only this time he faced the East, look- |
I ing toward Sunfly.
I Watson was noi. a superstitious fel
j low, but when lie rode into town and j
I passed Whitcomb's office be called out; !
I "Going over Grass Butte way to- ;
; night?"
i Whitcomb nodded. Watson shook j
, bis head.
; "That dog of your'a is out there, and
he's waiting for trouble."
Whitcomb laughed, shook himself,
and remarked:
"I reckon lie'l! never bother me—he's ;
I Just a 1 it sulky."
"All right," answered Wntson, "but i
1 know these coyote dogs, and I know \
your dog, and lie's wailing for you—
you just remember that."
Whitcomb paid no rjoro attention |
to liim and llie rest of us forgot Grass !
| Butte and the dog. About S o'clock j
that evening Whitcomb rode out of i
town with a young fellow by the j
name of Owens. He was imying at
tention 10 Owens' sister, and vhe was
living at the ranch in the meadows, j
five miles west of Grass Butte. It \
was dark when tho two cleared the :
town, hut tliey wore headed straight
for the butte. When its shape rose
out of the Uaekncss before tliem
Whitcomb suddenly thought of his deg
ai d said to < wens:
"1 wonder if that beast is waiting
for mo?"
Owens could not tell him, so wlien
they came to ti e butte Whitcomb dis
mounted ami whistled. lie was evi
dently anxious to call the dog to him
and shew anew his power over it.
Something rustled on the mass of shale
above him.
Owens told tlie rest of the story
later. lie said:
"Whit called to the dog and then
whistled again, and then I saw some
thing big come through the dark as if
It were shot out of a gun. Whit ripped
out an oath and then he fell down
and the big thing was on him, and I
thought it was a lion or something
else, and I come back to town as fast
as I could for help."
Watson was the first to get into the
saddle for the rescue, the rest came
hurriedly after. Grass Butte was very
quiet and so was Deputy Sheriff Whit
comb. He was lying by the trail, face
to the stars, his throat torn open and
the life gone from him. One hand
was on his gun, but he never had
strength enough to pull It.
Ab for the coyote dog, ho was not to
be seen, but the neit day his trail of
blood was followed westward for |
miles and miles, but his pursuers
never caught up with him. He had
gone on to safety, leaving the mark
of his vengeance at the base of Grass
Euttc.—H. I. Cleveland, in the Chi
cago Record-Herald.
PRIDE OF HORSES.
After All Is Said, the Firo Engine Puller
is Moft Vainglorious.
"Men may rave about the splendid
evidences of pride to be found in the
ambitious race horse, or the good trot
ter or pacer," said a lover of horse
; flesh recently, "but when it conies
. down to dignity of bearing and a cer
> tain commendable vainglotlousness,
you may give me the plain old fire
horse. I am naturally fond of race
liorscs, and have a special liking for
the trotter that can make it in a little
j above two flat. When they are really
I blooded they are fine, game, dignified
j fellows. But the fire liorse that helps
j to speed the engine through the streets
i of the city to some place in danger of
devastation by the flames is simply a
j dream in what I may call a charming
• air of self-sufficiency. I have been
watching the animal for a number of
! years, and I am convinced that he lias
■ a very exalted Idea of the position he
i holds In the community. He seems to
I understand his importance. He seems
1 io know that much depends upon the
: speed he displays in getting out of
| the engine bouse and to the point from
| which the alarm was sent in. I have
j had firemen tell me that these animals
i actually learn to count the number
I of times that the gong sounds, and
| I feel no hesitancy in accepting the
j statement as true. Certainly they
have learned the number of strokes j
j for the exercise run, and there H no j
i reason why long practice should -not i
; teach them the number and location |
! of the different engine houses and the j
; alarm boxes which are most frequent- |
ly used. But I have in mind the
■ splendid bearing of these animals
1 after they have made a hurried run to
| a firo. Watch them when they are
I going back to the engine house. Why,
j they seem to know that the men,
I women and children along the streets
i are looking at. them with a warmth
j of admiration that almost amounts to
, worship. They hold their heads high
j in a vain kind of acknowledgment,
j and, in tact, they seem to think as
they jog along that they have kept
| the old world from going up in smoke.
| Well, they have a right to feel that
way, and while the increased uses to
which electricity is being put may
finally run them out of business, the
fire horse may retire with the conso
lation that he has been a useful mem
ber, and he mny even feel an inordi
nate pride if it pleases him to do so."
—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Queer Dolug;i at Maidenhead.
Maidenhead duly observed a few
days ago the ancient custom of beat
ing the bounds. In civic state the
j Mayor and corporation perambulated
I the* entire boundary of the borough,
j the proceedings occupying the whole
day.
| Just after the party had traced the
J boundary through the dining room of
! Skiudle's hotel they proceeded to
' board the Gainsborough steam launch,
i the boundary proceeding down the
centre of the Thames to Bray. In step- ,
i ping on deck the master of the cere
j monies, Mr. Alderman Cox, and the i
i Sergeant at Mace, who was in civic
j uniform, slipped into the river and
! floundered about knee deep.
1 On landing at Bray a borough cm*
! ploye, when carrying the gold mace
! up a ditch, got stuck thigh deep in
: mud, and could not move. He was
i sinking deeper and becoming ex
j liausted, when lie was rescued by
1 means of a five-barred gate lifted off
j lis hinges and by ropes. The mayor,
j Mr. Wilton, was duly humped, as were
; also other members of the corpora
i tion, and all submitted cheerfully to
• the undignified operation.
i Even Indies encoutercd on the route
: did not escape, but wore asked to
' choose between being bumped or
■ kissed on the boundary mark. Some
i preferred one and some preferred the
other, and not a few had both. Even
j lady cyclists were induced to dis
! mount and submit to being bumped
: three times on a boundary stone,
against a wall or against a tree.—Lou
don Telegraph.
The Intelligence of Animals.
Many animals, either pursuing or
pursued, exhibit a knowledge of facts
, very little known to the majority of
j mankind, such as of the places where
: scent lies or is obliterated and of the
effects of wind in carrying evidence
; of their presence to the pursuer. The
i hunted roe or hare will make circles,
i double on its own tracks and take to
. water or fling itself for a considerable
- distance through the air as cleverly
, as if it had read up all the theory of
. scent in a bock. Nor are the pursuers
? less ingenious. They have learned
the art of "making a east." This ia
r the dodge by which a huutsmau alike
i naves time and picks up a lost scent
A PIOUS PARROT.
How Tfe Learned a Sentence From n Itiva
Parrot.
If Coco meant the half of what lie
said, and was even a quarter as wise
as he looked, he was a wonderful bird.
I met him In Paris, where he lived
with an old English lady, who spent
life in her own apartments, be
tween her maid and her parrot. Coco
was thus her almost constant com
panion, her guide, counselor and
friend. He had an easy flow of con
versation and said many funny and
apt things that I have forgotten, but
no one who saw and heard him at his
devotions of a Sunday morning in like
ly to forget it. His mistress, being
unable to attend the English chapel,
read the service in her own room
aloud, with Coco for congregation, for
none ever exceeded the unction of his
long-drawn "Aniens" nor the contrite
quaver of his "Good Lord, deliver us,"
in the litany, and when It came to
"miserable sinners" he rolled up his
eyes and nodded his old head in dis
mal approval.
It would have been unkind to smile
during the performance, for Coco's
feelings were sensitive, and. moreover,
the old lady found comfort in the
thought that he. perhaps, dimly under
stood. She told the following story in
proof of his sagacity:
A friend came to visit her one day
who also owned a parrot. The talk
turned upon the rival birds, and the
visitor instanced, in proof of her pet's
powers, an intricate sentence that he
had been taught to say. She repeated
the sentence several times, mimicking
the nnrrot's nasal voice. Coco, mean
while, showed evidence of great ex
citement. He sidled hand over hand
across the back of the sofa on which
the visitor sat, puffing out his chest
and holding his breath till all of his
feathers stood on end. Something was
on his mind and he was straining to
get it off. As the visitor rose to go,
his efforts culminated, and as she
passed out of the door he screamed the
sentence after her, exactly as he had
heard Ills rival quoted.—Forest and
Stream.
Chpr'iautftt.
"I never felt so cheap before in my
life," declared the well-known busi
ness man. "I am a great stickler for
honesty, and I simply will not have
any one around me of whom I have
the least suspicion; and when I find
a man that I know I can trust I re
gard his honesty as a valuable asset
and pay him accordingly. The result
has been that I have gathered around
me a force of employes of whom I
am justly proud, from the jauitor up
to the cashier. The other day my old
office boy left me, and I was obliged
to hire a new one.
"Out of the numerous applicants I
selected a bright and honest appear
ing boy and put him at work. Then
the old question arose. Was he hon
est? I am old enough to realize that
appearances are sometimes deceit fill,
and I resolved to test the boy in a mild
way. So one night when I left for
home I left a nickel prominently dis
played upon my desk. reaching
homo I felt sorry for what I had done.
I realized that by my net I bad been
placing temptation in the boy's path,
and that there was little to excuse
my plan; so I was very much relieved
the following morning to find the
nickel where I had left it. Then I saw
there was something there that I had
not left, and that was a bit of paper
upon which the money lay, and upon
which V'as written in the new hoy's
hand the inscription: To ho left until
called for.' I've got a smart lad in
that new hoy. Too smart, I'm afraid."
—Detroit Free Press.
fcufturb French Cavalry.
The French cavalry is splendidly
horsed. The strong, sturdy chargers of
the cuirrassiers and dragoons, with
long, wiry legs and frames, giving at
once endurance and speed, are Ideal
animals l'or war. The highly bred
horses of the chasseurs a clieval and
hussars seem a trifle light, and it is
doubtful if they could resist the Im
pact of a charge of heavier men,
mounted on heavier horses, like the
coarser, but more bony animals of tlie
liussian or German hussars. Consid
ering the short term of military ser
vice in France the cavalrymen ride
well, and on the whole are fairly good
horsemen. Nothing could be more pic
turesque than, the final charge which
terminated the review. The four cav
alry divisions of 16,000 sabres, all told,
having taken up their positions at a
mile distance from the tribunes, Gen
eral Brugere, Generalissimo of the
French army, personally assumed
command. The order was given by
point of the sabre, and the charge be
gan. it was splendidly executed. The
3-8 squadrons, moving slowly at first,
increased speed to a swift haiul gallop
until within sixty yards of the review
ing stand, when they suddenly drew
up at a halt, officers saluting with
their sabres, and standard bearers
lowering their colors in honor of the
Czar.—New York Tribune.
A Curioun Calculation.
A London journal prints the follow
ing curious calculation, made by an
i ingenious correspondent: "When
reading the sad account of the death
of Mr. McKinley, I noticed the figures
of the dates of the birth, the death
and the age of the late President, and
also the figures of the birth, of the
present age of Mr. Roosevelt, the
present President, were very peculiar.
.Mr. McKinley was born in 3813. Mr.
Roosevelt succeeded Mr. McKinley at
the age of forty-three; Mr, Roosevelt
was born in 3838, Mr. McKinley died
at the age of tifty-eiglit. Now if we
add the two ages of the death of the
late and the present President to
gether and adii 1800 for the eighteenth
century, in which they were born, we
shall have the date of the death of the
late President."—Boston Advertiser.
HOUSEHOLD
™ TS ;
TIPS ON FURNISHING.
The Noire.l Idea. That Muko For flu
KeftriiiflcaUnn of tho Ilcmc,
Oriental effects have been in vogue
for house furnishings go long that
there has been several attempts to
relegate them to obscurity and substi
tute something else. With little suc
cess, however, as far as couches and
their furnisuings are concerned, and
from present indications Oriental
divans, couches, pillows, etc., will be
in style for some time to come.
The usual height for a screen has
hitherto been live feet, but the newest
ones shown are six feet. These new
six-footers have had a very favorable
reception, and are the correct thing at
present.
A new Idea in curtains shows an ef
fect that has not been seen in this field
for many a long 3'ear. This-new stuff
has a mercerised mesh, with a raised
figure of chenille upon it. The effect
is quite striking and attractive.
A recent oddity in divans was draped
entirely in pyro-ctclied leather, show
ing scenes from history and famous
plays. It, was too costly and not pro
portionately attractive to become gen
erally popular.
* * *
The fad for brass candlesticks for
ornamental purposes seems to have no
end. Those best liked are very exact
reproductions of old-time shapes and
when their tall sleinlernesa appears in
a pair arranged on mantel or dressing
case suggests most effectively tho
taste and days of our great grand
mothers.
For polishing eld mahogany or old
oak furniture one "in the know" sug
gests tho palm of the hand aud so
called "elbow grease" as the very best
polisher, the natural warmth and oil
of the hand being quite sullieient to
produce a smooth and as shining a
surface as fashion decrees now.
The open-beam ceiling is growing
more and more the proper thing for
living room, den, dining room, etc.
These beams are usually stained or
painted like the woodwork of tho
room. An awfully effective color
scheme used by one of our most exclu
sive decorators for the living room of
the house of one of our smart set had
dark green wainscoting, doorß, etc.,
aud yellow walls, uuc. then tlio beams
were painted green.
Far better to remove objectionable
pieces of furniture and have a sparsely
furnished room than to retain pieces
out of keeping and that offend the eye.
Counter-panes of cretonuo or old
timey flowered glazed chintz, with bol
ster rolls to match, are very cmart,
but many women still adhere to tho
pure white bed in spite of fashion.
Pillow shams are quite out of date as
a bed dressing, pillows now being out
of sight during the day.—Philadelphia
Record.
Tell the Cook.
That the fresh color of green vege
tables may be retained by cooking
them in an uncovered saucepan.
That a little vinegar added to the
water in which salt lish aro cooked
will improve their flavor.
That croquettes will go to piecea un
less the fat in which they are cooked
U positively boiling.
That the fat for frying doughnuts,
etc., may be tested by dropping in It
a piece of bread. If the bread browns
Instantly the fat is of the proper tem
perature.
That the success of economical cook
ing depends greatly upon the season
Zzg and flavoring of the dish.
IMC
\ ?P £7 R p-1 ST ~. /J
Drape Vickie—Fiek sound grapes
from the stems without tanking them
and put them in a jar. For every
seven pounds of the fruit allow a
quart of vinegar, three pounds of
brown sugar and a tablespoonful of
whole cloves and stick cinnamon, boil
together for a few minutes, and when
cold enough to hear putting the finger
in pour over the uncooked grapes.
Cover jar with a saucer and do not
disturb for two or three weeks.
Fried Corn Meal Muffins—Mix one
pint of sifted Indian meal with one
half teaspoontul of salt and one table
spoonful nf sugar; pour upon this
gradually one pint of boiling water,
heat well, , over and set away till
morning. In the morning add two
well beaten eggs and heat the mixture
thoroughly; dip a tablespoon in cold
Ltilk and with the wet spoon dip up
the hatter by the : peonful and fry in
boiling lard. Tr.ru each only once
while cooking.
WHERE DO THE CLOTHES CO?
A Possible JSxplanntion of Disappearance®
In Country Houses.
Tho tendency of various articles of
dress belonging to guest* to disappear
in country houses is undeniable, and
tliero is scarcely a visitor who has
not his story of a missing coat or pair
of trousers or some similar article to
tell. It is never known just how
these things get away, hut they go,
and the circumstances of the loss us
ually prevent extended investigation.
The experience of a guest at a coun
try house recently opened his eyes as
to the possible reason for some of
these mysterious disappearances.
"When the valet came to tho room
to unpack my bag," he said, "I found
that I had come off without a most
necessary part of my wardrobe. I
had all of my dress suit excepting the .
trousers.
My host was exactly my opposite in
figure, and there was no hope of re
lief from that quarter. None of the
other men stopping in the hcltse had
any extra garments, and as it was
only a short time before dinner the
situation looked critical. Tlien the
valet came to my assistance and said
that lie thought he could find a pair
of trousers to fit me. Ho brought a
pair aud they were all right.
"After I had tried them on he told
me that he had another pair that had
braid on the seams, if I liked that hot
ter. Of course when I left I gave him
twice as large a tip as I would have
done had I not been indebted to him
for his trousers.
"I did not ask him the source of his
supply, but it occurred to me that the
inexplicable way in waicb visitors'
garments disappear at times in coun
try houses might be explained by tho
collection of emergency garments that
the valets have on hand." —New York
Sun.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Love is the perfume of life.
You can never bury your influence.
The leaves never fail from the tree
of life.
There is nothing so dignified as
death.
Sin is the mother of every human
sorrow.
Slanderers are known by tho seed
they sow.
A twisted conscience is a poor busi
ness guide.
Dreams are of the past; visions of
the future.
Bury hope and you sound the dcath
knell of progress.
Morally you cannot look one way
and walk another.
Culture without conscience gives
manners without morals.
None sin against themselves with
out sinning against society.
A man cannot afford to despise hon
ors until he has earned them.
The true warrior does not wait to be
an officer before he will light.
Men measure their follows with tbsir
eyes rather than with their ears.
The best treasures of life are found
in the ore rather than as nuggets.
Floods of tears are a waste unless
they turn the wheels of improvement.
The furnace of adversity wither*
false friendships and welds true ones.
To apprehend the truth aud love it
not is like the light of winter without
heat.
Envy never fails to be grieved at an
other's happiness and happy at his
grief.
In life you will loan as you look
and as you lean so you will lie when
you fall.
You may slight the warning of con
science, but you cannot escape it* re
ward of remorse.—Ham's Horn.
Heredity. ..
To account for the trnnsmisslbllity
of ancestral types Darwin in his work
on "Pangenesis" promulgated a theory
that each cell threw off what lie desig
nated "gemmules," which formed the
nuclei of another series of cells, whos
sole destiny in the economy of nature
was the propagation of its species.
These "gemmules" formed the blas
tema, in which was contained an ex
ceedingly microscopical imp cession of
the animal which might ultimately be
called into being. If this were the ease
we should bo able to submit the minia
ture image to oar Investigation by
means of the microscope. But strong
microscopes are wanted. The red cor
puscles of human blood have to be
about one four-thousandth part of an
inch. The number of these red corpus
cies which would adhere to the point
of a needle would not he less than
1,000,000. Theory teaches that the tiual i
division of matter is ihc storm, and 1
the atom lias been measured. It Is
calculated that in a cube of water one
thirty-thousandth part of an inch wide
there are 80,000,000,000 atoms.—Lou
don Science Gossip.
MntuciiHrui''K Folionou* True.
One of the most extraordinary trees
In the world is found in Madagascar.
It is known as the taugeu tree, and
because it abounds in poison the name
tnugliiuia veuenifcra bus been given
to it by botanists. In the criminal
records of Madagascar it lias .played
a notable part until quite recently.
Whenever an accused person was
brought into court, fruit from tiie tree,
about the size of an apple, was handed
to him by an attendant. Thereupon
the judge, who was surrounded by
several witnesses, hade him cat the
fruit, and assured him that if it pro
duced no ill effects lie would be
deemed innocent of the charge which
had been made against him. On the!
oilier hand, if the poison in the fruit K
killed liiiu, he would be considered
guilty. Many unfortunate persons, it
is said, lost their livis in this way.