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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1886)
BEAUTIFUL CLOCKS. A New Orleana Jnde Telia II' Tl" by the lllooiniuf of riuwcr. The Judge' house was over in tin French quarter of New Orleans, nnat-i tractive outside, but as noon an you got Into the broad hall a cool breeze struck you, laden, without exiijrjreration, with the balm of a thousand flower. The hall led right through thu house and opened into a regular fuiry-lnnd of flowers, a garden the like of which I bad never dreamed of. It wan sur rounded by a high wall and had plants In It from every country under the nun. The white haired old gentleman and a group of grandchildren hanging about him took tut about, and the first thing we stopped at wan a large oval plot Bet out with small plant around the edge. "Thin,'' said the Judge, "in my clock. What time 1m it, Clara?" he asked of one of the children. The girl ran around tho plot and said it wan four o'clock, and ho it wax. The four o'clock was In bloom. "In fact," said the story teller, "the clock was made up of flower." In tho center was a pair of bands, of wood, covered with tome beautiful vine, but they had nothing, however, to do with the time tellinir. Tho plan was this: The Judge had noticed that at almost every boar la the day Home plant bloomed, ana work' ing on thin principle, he had Delected plants of dill'erent hours and placed them in a circle, iwenty-iour in num ber, one for everv hour. For example. at the top of the earthen clock, at twelve o'clock, was planted the porta lacca, and ho told me it would bloom at 1 1 :.00 and rarely miss. At the hours of one, two and three he had different varieties of this same plant, all of which bloomed at tho hour opposite to which it was planted. At four o clock he had our common plant of thitt name, and you all know how you can depend on that. At five the garden niotago oame out, at six the gernanium tristo and at seven the evening primrose Opposite eight o'clock he had the bona nox, and at nine the silent noctillora all these blooming at or near tho time given. At ten o'clock, if 1 remember rightly, he had a cactus, at eleven an other kind, and at twelve the night blooming ccrcus. Half of the year some of the plants don t bloom at all. Ihe plants oppo site one and two in the morning were cacti that bloomed about that time, and at three was planted tho common sal sify, and at four the chicory, at live tho sow thistle and at six the dandelion. San Francisco Call. I TUBS OF RUBIES. The Magnificent Clem Which Waa Stolen . by Huruieae MhIcI of Honor. I Concerning King Theebaw's rubies, a well-informed correspondent writes: "It Is certainly curious that wo have heard nothing of the Mandaluy Palace gems. The value of the objects dis covered thoro we have been told Is not great. Yet tho capital has been undi turbed by war for over thirty years, it we omit the rebellion of 1806, when there was no plundering. During all that time the previous stores of the Kuby Mines ana of the Noble heruen tino has been stendilv added to. Munv Is tho poor wretch who has been cruel- (led for chipping down a gem that, from its size, oujrht to have been handed over to the Arbiter of Exist ence. Gentlemen who, in tho tune of Thebaw's father, the Convener of the fifth Great Synod, were much about the palace, have spoken of silver bowls tho si.e of washing-tubs tilled to the lip with uncut rubies; and at least one spoke enthusiastically of tho occasion on which he was allowed to thrust his bare arms nearly up to thu shoulder in a huge 'chalice full of these gems. There was in particular one great stone, called the Nniw.in Uuddamya, which, by its magnilleenee, was supposed to typify the dynasty. It was unmounted, and, therefore, can not be the gem in his ring concerning which the dethroned King was so plaintive, and it was guarded with thu mast sedulous care. Nevertheless, in 1HH0 a maid of honor managed to pur loin it, and actually succccuml in get ting it out of thu palace concealed on her person in a very extraordinary way. Shu was, however, captured before she got rid of the stone. It was restored to its place and more jealously guarded than ever; and thu hapless damsel was put to death with thu Mend ish Ingenuities in which Soo-pavah-lat, tho Queen, was a past-master.'' Duo of tho newspaper dispatches tells us (continues the same correspondent) that the palace had been very much looted by the royal body-guard. Ni doubt these gentry made for the ston of rubies first of all. There was not much else that was really valuable, except the royal utensils, tho gold spit toon and betel-box, the model of the Hontha, the carrying-bird of Vishnu, the jeweled cups and trays and what not, besides the hundreds of silver bowls kept for domestic uses and for presents to visitors. 67. Jama Oa telle. SnOw farles greatly in weight, ac cording to the condition of thu atmos phere. When very dry and "feathery," scarcely anything is" lighter than a handful of snow. On an average it is found that a cubic yard weighs about one hundred and eightf -seveu pounds, or about one-twelfth of the weight of an equal bulk of water. lee is lighter than water, but in nothing like the ame proportion; and a certain quan tity of snow would, on tho average, weigh only about one-eleventh of Wie tamo volume of lee. The reason of course lies in tho greater couipactuess of the lee. Boston Budget. Haskins "I don't think, much of Dr. Ague's school of medicine. He don't eem to have any luck in curing people." Kobb "No, and that' not the worst of it. I heard him admit to Dr. Henderson that he couldn't cure a ham." Toledo blade. i m a Uncle Mose Lramo 'splain hit ter yer. D'a heah bucket am de sun, and my head am de y art. De bucket, w hen hit goes round and round, sheds light on de inhabitants of Biy head. Does jer onderstauT X. Y. AlaiU " ' VERY CURIOUS. A Seoteh Fhyalclao-a ICiperleiiee With a Chinese Patient. The Chinese are firm believers in au spicious and inauspicious days. When about to undertake anything of impor- tance. they resort to divination to ascer tain if the project will turn out well. An American merchant, residing at Canton, was once asked by a rich Chinese merchant to visit his son, who was nick, and to fetch a foreign physi cian with him. Having chosen a Scotch physician named Cox, the American called at the mansion, where they found the Invalid In his own suite of apartmenU, attended by numerous serv ants and looking very ill. The doctor studied the case, and sent a prescrip tion prepared at his own dispensary to the sick boy. But a day or two after ward, the American learned that the boy was better, though he had been unable to take the medicine prescribed by Dr. Cor. Another question devel oped the reason why he did not take it. About A. D. 173-194, there lived a famous physician named Hwa-To, now deified and worshiped as the god of medicine. It is customary before tak ing medicine to burn before an altar dedicated to Hwa-To fragrant matches, and then, with three small pieces of wood, to divine whether the medicine will nrove beneficial or hurtful. The riivinntlnn unnniutji in rftstinrr uimulta- neously the three pieces of wood, which are flat on one side and convex on the other, into the air. The manner in which they fall to the ground gives the information sought for. When the prescription was received from Dr. Cox, tliiu Apremnnv WHS pone through, and the result being inauspicious, the medi cine was not taken. lMn frnrifl Ml nra." said the father in pidgin English. "Too muchee curio! Kok-see (Cox) number one handsome muni" That is, it was very curious the signs i L were not auspicious, as iox was sucii a stnut man. and thu Chinese think stout ness a sizn of ability and a mark of beauty Youth's Companion. SEASONAOLE HINTS. Mom Pretty Conceit In Jewelry, Toyi and Candlesticks. Finger rings were never more worn than at present. Bracelets and necklaces are both worn very narrow. Ornamental safety pins, . set With Jewels, aro worn in the laces, bonnet strings and ribbon bows of dressy tov lets in Paris. Uoiumcl, or double rings, and triple eypsy rings, each ring set with a differ ent stone, are sought for by present makers of jewelry. The plush pup;, mounted on casters, is the favorite toy dog for babies. It is o soft that it can not hurt the little one, so durable it is not easily hurt itself and can run all around the cradle or baby carriage. Taste and custom go together when wool dresses are de rigueur for morn ing, traveling and utility wear, wool and silk or velvet combinations for afternoon promenades and unceremo nious calls, and silk and velvet, plush and lace costumes for reception, dinner and evening wear. Among silver candlestick novelties are a pair representing Don Quixote and Sancho Panza m grotesquely elongated forms. That is to say, tho Don s long legs are madu immensely longer, while his long sword, madu the same length, serves for the third leg of the candlestick. Sancho Pan.n in the meantime, with exaggerated short body, is mounted on his mule, which has its two grotesque long front legs, slightly straddled; its two hind legs, also lengthened, placed close together, with thu tail clinging to tho same, thus giving tho throc-Tegged pudental effeot to correspond with thu mutch piece. N. Y. Sun. THE TEAR-KERCHIEF. A Tyruleie Custom Which la Iloth Im premilve anil 1'eciillar. In some portions of Tyrol a peculiar and beautiful custom still prevails. When a girl is about to bo married, be fore she leaves her home to go to the church, her mother hands her a ker chief, which is called a tear-kerchief. It is madu of newly spun linen, and has never been used. It is with this ker chief that she dries her tears when she leaves her father's house, and while she stands at tho altar. After the marriage is over, and the bride has gone with her husband to their own new home, shu folds up tho kerchief ami places it unwashed in her linen closet, where it remains un touched. The tear-kerchief has only performed half of iU mission. Children are born, grow up, marry, and move away from the old home. Each daughter receives from the mother a new tear-kerchief. Her own still remains where it was plaood in the linen closet on the day of the mar riage. Generations come and go. The young rosy bride has become a wrin kled old woman. Sho may have sur vived her husband and all her children. All her friends may have died off, and still that last present which she received from her mother has not fulfilled its object. But it comes at last. At last the weary eyelids close for the long, long sleep, and the tired, wrinkled hands are folded over a pulseless heart. Then the tear-kerchief is taken from its place ami spread over tho placid features of the dead, never to be re moved until we are summoned to come forth on the resurrection morn. Texas Silings. The Legislature of South Carolina has apportioned f 1,000 in order that a practical test may be made in the cul ture of tobacco. A premium of $50 is to be given to one farmer in each county and a premium of $103 to the farmer reporting the best result The selection is to be made by a committee of three practical farmers In each county, appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Louisville Courier Journal. The cattlemen of Montana have formed a protective organisation, of which the motto is: "You had better mind whose range you are on and whoee cattle you are branding." TRUTHS TERSELT PUT. Bow aieknaaa and AOUottoa May ba Avoided. 1. The foundation of three fourths of all cases of consumption is laid before the ago of twenty-five years; In women during their teens. 2. The hereditary element is not of special account as a cause of consump tion, as less than twenty-five per cent, of cases are clearly of consumptive par entage. 8. One of the ruling causes of disease and premature death in large cities is found in that exhaustive strain of mental energies In the struggle for sub sistence, a death-race for bread. 4. Insanity runs in families; but, as In the case of family likeness, it some times overlaps a generation or more. 5. Personal resemblance entails like characteristics of mind and disposition. 6. A current of the purest air from the poles, for half an hour, on a person sleeping, sitting still or over-heated, is a thousand-fold more destructive of health and fatal to life than the noi gomeness of a crowded room or vehicle, or the stench of a pig-stye for thrice the time. 7. To exercise in weariness, Inoreased by every step, is not only not beneficial it is useless and worse than useless; it is positively destructive. 8. As no good traveler, after having fed his horse, renews his lourney in a trot, but with a slow walk, gradually Increasing his pace, so in getting up to address an assembly for a continued effort, the first few sentences should be uttered in a low, slow tone, gradually intensified, otherwise the voice will break down in a few minutes with coughing or hoarseness. 9. A growing inability to sleep in sickness is ominous of a fatal result; in apparent health, it indicates the failure of the mind and madness; so on the other hand, in disease or dementia, a very slight improvement in tho sleep ing should be hailed as the harbinger of restoration. 10. No one can possibly sink If the head is thrust entirely underwater, and in this position a novice can swim as easily as walk and get to shore readily by lifting the head at intervals for breath. 11. Intense thirst Is satisfied by wad ing in water or by keeping the clothing saturated witn water, even laaen from the sea. 12. Water can not satisfy the thirst which attends cholera, dysentery, diar rhoea and some other forms of disease ; in fact, drinking cold water seems to increase the thirst and induce other disagreeable sensations; but this thirst will be perfectly and pleasantly sub dued by eating a comparatively small amount of ioe, swallowing it in as large pieces as practicable and as much as is wanted. 13. Inflammations are more safely and far more agreeably subdued by the application of warm water than of cold. 14. Very excessive effort in a short space of time, as in running or jumping a rope, etc., has repeatedly caused instant death by apoplexy oi the lungs, the exercise sending the blood there faster than it can be forwarded to the heart and faster than it can be purified by the more infrequent breathing on such occasions. - 15. No disease ever comes without a cause or without a warning; hence en deavor to think back for the cause, with a view to avoid it in the future, and on the instant of any unpleasant bodily sensation, cease eating until it has dis appeared, at least for twenty-four hours; if still remaining, consult a physician. 16. Tho more clothes a man wears, the more bed-olothing he uses, the closer he keeps his chamber, the closer he confines himself to his house, the more readily will he take cold, as the more a thriftless youth is helped the loss able does he become to help him self. Boston Budget. MR. DUNDER. He Ruya Some Cider and Proves That tha Way of the Tranngremor In Hard. "May be you like to hoar some lecdle incidents?" said Mr. Dunder, as he softly tip-toed into the Woodbridge Street Station yesterday. "Go ahead," said Sergeant Martin. "Vhell, I goes down on der market last week to buy mo some cider for my saloon. I finds a farmer mit three barrels, und ho draws me a glass uud says: " 'Mr. Dunder, if dot vhasn't der worry best cider eafer you put in your mouth den I gif you ten barrels iu your Christmas stocking.' "It vhas good. It vhas shust so sweet ash honey. I tako der three barrels right avhay queek, uud pay him eight cents a gallon." "Well? ' "Vhell, I use oop dot one barrel by Saturday night, und yesterday Shako und mo goes down cellar to tap some more. Vhas you belief?" "I believe you tapped abarrol." "So I didt, but vhas it some cider?" "Of course." "Not much! It vhas all water in two barrels!" "No!" "Sure as der shmall-pox!" "Then that farmer swindled you?" .,17 1 11 i a a -vneu, may De na: n ha! 1 laugn bo much dot 1 roll on der floor! It vhaa der best shoke I eafer take hold of I" "I don't see it." 'Vhell, I make him plain. Vhon I pays dot man I glf him a twenty-dollar Lill und he make" change. After he goes avhay Shak' omes around und says: " 'Who takes dot counterfeit twenty dollar bill avhay dot my sister sends from New York?' "I vhas dot same bill I gif dot farm er, but I vhas a lecdle hind-sighted und I doan' see him." "Well, well 1" "I gets one barrel of cider und al most ten dollar from him, und he doan' come back any more ha! ha! ha! Sergeant!" "Well." "Dot proves vhas I tell Shake so many times If you cast your bread on der water he comes back" to you like tunder, und some birds in der handt vhaa worth eafer many in a chicken pie. Good-by, Sergeant. I pavs taxes n two wards, uud der vhav of some transgressor vhas hardt "Detroit Fret IVess. COCOANUTS IN FLORIDA. reatarea of a New Jnduatry Inaugurated by Shrewd New Yorken. E. T. Field, of Bed Bank, N. J., ! an extensive Florida cocoanut-grower, He la ft member of the firm of Field & Osborne, Ezra Osborne being asso ciated with him In the enterprise. To a Tribune reporter the other day Mr. Field said: "We are located In Dade County, Florida, which Is the extreme southern end of the peninsula, on the Atlantic coast. There, between Cape Florida and Jupiter Inlet, we have now about eight thousand acres of land whiohwe are devoting to cocoanut walks, which is the distinctive name applied to these plantations. We began our purchase of land there about three years ago, buying it from the Govern ment at a low price. It being in the Everglade region, as will be seen by a glance at the map, the land has never been considered of much value for any purpose, whatever it may become by an extensive system of drainage. Here we are upon the shore of the sea, a needed requisite in me sueccssim growth of the cocoanut palm. The soil is a porous coral land. From Cape Florida north for a distance of ninety miles, running parallel with the coast, there are bays, rivers and sounds, dis connected by narrow strips of land, but themselves connected by inlets to the ocean, through which tho tide ebbs and, flows. Between these and the ocean is our strip of land, which varies in width from twenty rods to a little over a mile,' being elevated nearest the ocean, and sloping gently toward the west. "This ctain of inland waters receiving the fresh water flowing from the Ever glades prevents its Teaching through this strip of land. Easterly winds fre quently drive the Gulf Stream waters against the coast beach as far north as Lake Worth; these waters being about eighty degrees Fahrenheit, a tropical climate ie produced and a fine growth of vegatation is insured. We are fanned by the breezes wafted to us from the Gulf streun, and everything, favors rank, luxmiant growth. Here during the last two years we have planted over two hundn d thousand cocoanuts. We take all our help and implements from thu North. The natives there art a wild, lazy, shiftless class, unfit and incapable for work. The total population of Dade County in 1880 was only 257. Our planting is done in winter, when I take my family South with me and superintend the work in person. At other seasons the trees help themselves and very little cultural attention is needed. "At what age do the trees come into bearing?" "From six to seven years from plant ing. Then they will average about two nuts per tree, and bear continually al most until seventy or eighty years old. We plant about twenty feet apart, which gives about one hundred trees to the acre, or a little more." "What about price and profits?" Mr. Field was asked. "Dunne the last three venrs Drices by the cargo have ranged from twenty to seventy-five dollars a thousand, twenty dollars being the lowest figure for the most common kinds. This is for thd nuts delivered in New York; the freight and expense from the tree to the market will not exceed five dollars a thousand." "Is there no danger of overstocking the mirket?" "The demand for cocoanuts is now almost unlimited. I have a profitable offer for all I can possibly raise in years to come, The nut will be used green to a much larger extent than now when people know how good it is; and the water, which is then clear, and not milky as when ripe, will bo highly relished as a beverage. Why, we eat the nut from the shell at tho South. It is soft and rich, Then the husk, which is generally thrown away in America, is a valuable part which Is soon to be utilized. Experiments to separate the fiber by machinery are now in progress and the device is nearly perfected. In addition to this, thoro is not sufficient land in Florida adapted to the growth of the cocoanut to overstock the market if all was planted to it. Perhaps not over one million trees could be grown there successfully." Mr. Field said that a sufficient number of cocoanut palms have been growing in South Florida for forty years fully to demonstrate the certainty of success. And these trees compare most favorably with the most successful in other countries, both in quality and quantity of product. But not until about six years ago was any attention given to this industry in that Stato. About that time a few thousand were planted at Lake Worth, a part of which are now in bearing. Since then residents of Key West have planted several thou sand on the different keys, which are nearly all composed of this coral sand, varying in width from ten to a hundred feet; and it is thought these keys will soon be devoted entirely to the growth of the cocoanut. Messrs. Field & Os borne already have about eighty thou sand growing on Key Biscayne. An advantage which Florida possesses over the West India Islands and other tropical regions where the cocoanut is grown is nearness to the United States market. Those who visited the New Orleans Exposition saw many fine specimens of the cocoanut palm, some of which were twenty or thirty feet high. They grow to the height of one hundred feet in their native region, and the trie is an interesting object. It bears both male and female flowers, the leaves curving downward being from twelve to twenty feet long. The fruit is borne from a long pointed spathe which is enrious. .V. Y. Tribune. -rk man writes to the Philadelphia Press from Oxford, Pa., to inquire in regard to the word "elmidical " We can tell the man all about the word. It was coined by an enterprising poet who was in search of a rhyme for gid dy gal. It would have appeared in both Webster and Worcester but was crowded out of both dictionaries owing to the pressure of their columns. It is patented but county rights are for salo at prices to suit the times. m 9 m The ridiculous prices charged by managers for seats has temporarily killed Italian open in this country. London Truth. GOT HiS CASE. Bow a Well Known Lawyer Worked M aaj Undertaker's Altant. A good story is told of ft celebrated lawyer of Mossachuseeta. He bad ft client who had patented ft process for preserving meats, and anothor party living outside the State had com menced suit for infringement. All the court had decided against the lawyer except the Supreme Court of the United States, and before the case reached that court the lawyer was searching to find somebody who had used the process before, and after much time and money had been spent in traveling around the country tbey found a man in Pbiladelphiawho. it was said, had a process of ft similar nature. The attorney was not long in reaching that city and finding his man, who proved to be an undertaker and a German. The interview took place just after the German bad had nis din ner. He was asked if he preserved the bodies in his business, and making favorable reDlv. was asked what he ..,! hnar ha BlinlieH it. The 8CX- ton slowly described the articles from which the preserving material made and carefully explained its ap plication. The lawyer was delighted but did not dare show It, for he knew he had found the very thing for which he had been searching for years. He asked of the undertaker the privilege of witnessing the operation, but was told that strangers never came there. The lawyer determined to see the thing through, if he possibly could. The undertaker said that he did not want anybody loafing around at such a time. "This gave the lawyer an op Tmrtiinitv to offer his services as "helper," whereupon the man of bodies ,ai,l if ha wnnteil to "lieln around." 7se . . ' 1 ' when he was doing the job, he could come. This was more than satisiac tory, and the lawyer made arrange ments with the undertaker to send word to his hotel when he hud a subject. Rnrk to tho hotel the man of law went. and quickly got together some old clnt.hino-. for he exDected he would be called at any moment. Early the next morning the message came, ana uie searcher aiter know-ledge repaired to the place of the dead. Iho body was nlnced in nosition. and the attorney. acting the part of the "boy," brought water and sponges, and with his own hands mixed the chemicals at the direc tion of the undertaker and applied them fn tha hnrlv. Thu hndv was verv hot. and he watched tho body until it was ready to be dropped into the grave, when he was ready to leave the old undertaker and give him a chance to hirn another hnv. When the case was called in the Supreme Court it was but a short time after his experience at the undertaker's In Pliilnrteliihin. and when he arcmed his case he showed a wonderful famil iarity with the subject, and as it was shown conclusively that the process had been in use years before the plaintiff had secured his patent the law yer won nis case, ii was some years before these facts came out. and it is a nnpstinn now if thn nthpr aiiln in thn 'i -- - cose has found out how its opponent got posted on preserving bodies. vonon ncraia. A MOTHER'S DEVICE. A Country Girl Who Waa Woraa Than Tied to the Slaternnl Apron String. Among the people who attracted at tention in an up-town dry goods store tho other day were a nicely dressed lady and her little girl. They came from Orange County for a day's shop ping. The little girl seemed glued to her mother, so closely did she keep to the maternal side, yet she did not hold her mother's hand or dress. This finally attracted attention, and an observer spoke to the lady: "Your little girl seems to be fastened to you, madam?" "bo she is," said tho mother. "Be fore I left home this morning we were wondering how I could prevent little Susie from getting pushed away from me in the crowd. My sister lost her little boy in New York once, and it was hours before she found him. I didn't want any such experience. So we finally struck upon the plan that you now see. Two large shawl pins fasten Susie's frock to my dress. They :tre so pinned that they can not be looseaed without great exertion." "Did you ever hear of any one else adopting this plan?" "Never. It origatcd with my hus band this morning, and it works like a charm. It's a big relief, although, of course, it looks rather funny." iY. Y. Mail and Express. m t m "Playing Hookey." One day last week there were "three vacant chairs" in one of the fourth grade classes of a large school in this city. It was discovered that the ab sentees had been playing truant. Two of them succumbed to evidence, and, pleading guilty, met with due punish ment from the official rattan. But the third stoutly maintained that he had acted by his mother's permission. The mother was sent for and compelled to implicate her darling in a falsehood. Turning to that young reprobate she said in a tone of tearful rcmonstration: "How could you say such a thinw? The idea of my telling you to remam away from school!- "Yes, mamma, you did. Don't you remember? I asked you if I couldn't 'play hookey' with two other boys, and you said yes, I might, if I wouldn't hurt mvself." And so she had, as she waj obliged to confess. She had innocently taken "playing hookey" to imply some boy Ish game. San Franciscait. i. Any gold jewelry that an immer sion in water will not i n 111 ra nan ia , beautifully cleaned by shaking it well I In a bottle nearly full 0f warm soap I suds, to which a little prepared chalk ; has been added, and afterward rinsing it in clear, cold water and wiping it A Philadelphia man is at work upon a wonderful invention. It is an apparatus for babies to wear in front of their mouths to make their cryino sonnd like tho soft murmuring of 1 iiile.-ntUburgh Chronicle. OF GENERAL INTEREST. Peter the Great's boots ara.-v. ited as curiosities at St. Petersburg An engineer on a Southern mi- das run for twelve years without be able to ten ft reu ngni iroin a tvb l one. They are now manufacturing proof writing paper. This mukM it? the more dangerous to be a .tatejnJ; Chicatjo Current. Among the assets of an estate fcJ settled at Auburn, n. i wa t.. 1 thousand dollars' worth of street ru way stock, which brought only fcl cents. A stage line established on l. dred years ago between Showkew, me., an u ncuuu nuimunce oi IWobuj dred miles is still maintained and, patronized. vosion rosi. It is noticed that as a result tree culture birds are becom ne d, numerous in parts of Dakota, l, Kingabury and some other count.? qua i are waiting tuuu aicarance. i - I.:..-. u:- "S The transmiss on of message carrier pigeons is regarded so impoii ant in Germany that forestera k,,, been ordered to take vigorous measuj to exterminate falcons, hawks u! other birds oi prey. When it Is intended to rain monument there are seven rules to observed. First: Raise enough moJ to build the monument. Second:. Well, como to think of it, it aW make much difference about the ottl six rules, ritiluuelphta tall. A pappr presented before French Academy of Sciences estiaufe that a man at tifty-nine years ol ui has slept an aggregate of six thouaj days, worked tho same length of tit,! ooti.n t wo thousand davs. walked or) hundred days and been ill live buodr. days. - . .7 . " When vessels or timber sink tl great depths in the ocean the pmtd is so great that the water is forced ai the pores, and the wood becomes t, heavy to rise again. It is this pn, sure that makes it impossible for di(K to descend to any great depth. A. ft Mail. G. L. Thomas, of Albany. N.Ti is said to own the laigest mastifTiottf world. His name is Senator; h:st,V is 13 months; weight, 160 poun J height, M 1-2 inches over the wetM length from tip or noso to enu oi u 7 feet 8 inches; and he is valuedi 1,500. The disoovery of ancient engwf gems and carved stones shows that J signs ot the zodiac as Known iom-: known also to the Chaldeans. ' The J vis on of the stellar heavens into twt'i fiarts, pres ded over by twelve con:i utious. was in use among the Bi. lonians. Gimlet-pointed screws have W regarded as an invention of thepr generation, but the Worcester (Mid Gazette has found half a dozen of tk bearing every mark of age, and c dently manufactured before sew were made by machinery, in a piii made at Londou in 1755. Mr. Burnett has explained whjti eyes of animals shine in the dark. I is not due, ne says, to phosphorescent as has been commonly supposed, Vwt I 1 glit reflected from tho bottom oi eye. which light is diffused on aco of the hypermetropic condition tk the rule in the lower animals. Ck; Tribune. The keeper of the lighthouK San Autonio, Cuba, was recently s: islied to find the shore lined byk of very small crabs, thrown upbv; waves. Thev were not more thn quarter of an inch in width of hi but thev were so numerous that tl linil in Yin talinvntiul nn1 BWPnt flU'&'l prevent their filling the lighthouse Z water tanks. The Vienna correspondent of London Daily Telcgraih says:' ' very long ago a friend of mine who been the 'Czar's guest at Gatehinj'j told by her Majesty, tho Czarina, a the life of the Imperial family was of constant anxiety; 'indeed, ac-i the Empress. I almost dread wi times lest tho milk given to my cnu in tho morning should contain son.'" The Evan family live in Cal for but are hidden from tho pubi c. 1 r ck Ryan is in prison for life forb lary; Martin Kvan is in prison for teen years for the same reason;, third brother has just begun an e. year sentence for burglary; and X Kvan has iust been arrested fr ornat on of perjury, nnd probably' soon join her sons. ian trw CliroHirle. 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