About nipd'-Kyo Maple.
For hundreds o( yeura lumbermen
and cablnet-uiulters have been study
ing to leurn what causes muple wood
to assume tho mottled and spotted
form known us "bird's-eye." In a
hundred rode maple trees perhaps one
Is a bird's-eye. Nobody can pick the
specific tree out by inspecting the bark
or the wanner of growth. You may
have to chop 200 trees before you find
one, but it Is worth the sacrifice.
Fact Is, the woodpeckers make all
the bird's-eye maple there 1b in the
world. In flying about the woods
they come to a rock maple tree that
yields very sweet sap In the season
when sap Is running. Most birds like
eweets woodpeckers are very fond of
sugar. Having found a tree yielding
a large per cent of sugar, the birds
peck holes in the trunk and tnen
stand against the bark and drink tho
sap as It oo.es out.
After the sap has ceased to flow and
the trees have leaved out new wood
and bark form in those small holes.
The pecking and sap-gathering goes
on for yejirs until the tree, having
given up so much snp to the birds, be
gins to furnish fluid containing less
sugar. ' In ten or twelve years after
tho birds quit a tree the holes are all
grown up and nobody can pick out the
big bird's-eyes from other trees that
the woodpeckers did not visit New
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Two Bnnsets) Per Day.
There Is only one place In the world
where the sun sets twice dally, and
that is at Leek, In Staffordshire. The
reason of this is that a Jagged moun
tain is situated to the west of the
town, and in the evening the sun sets
behind It and darkness comes on. Then
the first sunset occurs, the gns lamps
lit, and apparently night has set in.
But it has not, for in the space of an
hour or so tne sun reappears again
through the opening at the side of the
mountain and daylight again appears.
Artificial lights are extinguished and
daylight again prevails, until the sun
again descends below the opening, and
the second sunset occurs and night
comes to stay.
Modesty.
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A man with shrewd gray eyes walk
ed along tho busy down-town street,
carefully observing everything. Sud
denly he paused, then rushed toward
a rain-pipe atached to a building and
ranruiod his cane into it The familiar
squealing of a rat pierced the air.
All daughters of Eve within hear
ing lifted their skirts and fled the
place. Men and boys began to crowd
round. People came from across the
street. Carts and cabs halted.
"Say, mlater, that stick ain't long
enough!" shouted a newsboy.
"Somebody go and get a terrier,"
suggested another.
Evidently the ownr ot the shrewd
gray eyes did not desire advice, but
intended to deal with that rat accord
ing to bis own fancy. lie paid not the
slightest attention to the remarks, but
continued vigorously to ply his cane.
"Let him come out and then set the
dogs on!"
"Put your, hand in and grab him by
the tall!"
"Say, why don't you use the big end
of that cane?"
"Blow smoke up the pipe!"
At last the star performer glanced
over his shoulder the crowd was
packed and jammed behind him, and
two policemen on the outskirts were
truggllng to make an opening the
psychological moment" was come.
The man removed something from
between his teeth, and extended it to
ward the crowd.
"Here you are, gentlemen!" he cried.
"The cleverest Invention yet made
Wilkinson's Weird and Wonderful
Patent Whistle. Imitates anything
from a rat to a rhinoceros! Embrace
your opportunity, ' entertain your
friends, make the children happy.
Only a few left, and those going like
wild-fire, at ten cents apiece!"
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TEST OF AERIAL TORPEDO.
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Swedish Army Officer's Invention Pro
pelled by Internal Motor.
Major Unge of the Swedish army
has invented a comparatively novel
projectile, which he thinks might be
valuable for coast defense. He calls
It an aerial torpedo. Like the White
head device, it carries a charge of gun
cotton in its head, and In the body are
provided means for automatic propul
sion. The latter differ from those em
ployed with submarine torpedoes.
Major Unge substitutes for compress
ed air a composition consisting mainly
of gunpowder. The gases of combus
tion do not escape directly, as they do
from a rocket, but actuate a tiny en
gine in the rear part of the shell; and,
though It is not so asserted in the cur
rent accounts, the motor probably
causes a propeller wheel outside the
casing to revolve. The inventor pro
poses to have three sizes, their diam
eters being 4, 8 and 12 Inches, respect
ively, and their charges of guncotton
varying from five to 100 pounds.
Tests were made of the two smaller
sizes a sort time ago on the ordnance
proving grounds of the Swedish gov
ernment, and a number of foreign
officers were permitted to witness
them. According to a correspondent
of the London Times, the perform
ance was highly instructive. The tor
pedoes were discharged from skeleton
tubes set up at what was considered
the most suitable angle, the only im
petus given to the torpedoes being
that afforded by the burning of the
composition which they contained.
What impressed some observers as
the most remarkable feature of the
trial was the fact that the course of
the projectiles did not alter. A per
fect aim seemed to be feasible, al
though the mounting was a make
shift. The 4-inch torpedoes traveled about
a mile and a quarter (2,200 yards) and
the 8-inch torpedoes nearly three
miles. The ranire of the largest size
was not ascertained, but it could hard
ly have been lessthan five miles, and
it might well have been greater.'
Inasmuch as projectiles of corre
sponding calibers flred from, rifled
guns would go farther than Major
Unge's torpedoes, one- might be tempt
ed to question the value of the latter,
especially for driving off war vessels
which are threatening to attack a lor
tifled spot. The plan which has Just
been tested in Sweden, though, has
two or three unique merits. Not only
is the tube from which the projectiles
are flred Immensely cheaper than the
coast defense gun and mount, but it
is also light enough to be readily
moved from one spot to another. The
outfit which the London Times corre
spondent saw probably that which
was suited to the discharge of an 8
Inch torpedo weighed only 700
pounds. A battery of such tubes
could be shifted with the same ease
as light artillery and concentration at
a given point on short notice would
be entirely practicable. Of course, the
apparatus and the torpedoes would
also be serviceable in field work.
American military officers will un
doubtedly await further information
about the system, and particularly in
regard to thp behavior of Major Unge's
12-inch torpedo, with something more
than curiosity. New York Tribune.
False Faces.
"What becomes of all the false
faces?" asked the city salesman. "Who
wears them? There are lots of them
made. A trip on the elevated roads
gives peeps into many doors where
dozens of workmen do nothing year
in and year out but make false faces.
The output must be sufficient to ena
ble the entire population to go about
dressed for a continuous curnlval. On
Thanksgiving and a few other fete
days masks are In demand, but the
rest of the time most of us are Con
tent to show our natural countenances.
That comparatively light local trade,
even when swelled by the year round
trade of small shops in populous dis
tricts, leaves a tremendous quantity
of false faces to be accounted for."
New York Press.
Mothers will find Mrs. Witulow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use ior their children
during the teuthing period.
Curing Cats of Disease.
Diseased seed oats are now medt
cated while passing through elevators,
a number of the grain elevators of
Tnrllnnn tin vine been eaulntied for thn
purpose, xne peculiar ailment to
which oats are most susceptible is
known as "smut" and unless treated
such oats produce very inferior crops. I
However, the disease can be cured
quite easily, and the medicament is
simply formaldehyde, that much
abused germicide.
To treat the oats a veritable drop or
chute about three feet square and forty
to fifty feet high is prepared, on the
inside of which are placed shelves or
deflectors sloping downward, alternat
ing on two opposite sides from top to
bottom. As the grain drops from the
top it is thrown from side to side by
the deflectors and thus thoroughly
mixed.
By means of a small steam pump the
formaldehyde is then thrown, in the
form of a fine spray, against the falling
grain near the top of the drop. By the
time the grain reaches the bottom it is
thoroughly moistened, being allowed to
remain in this condition several hours,
after which it is run through the drop
a second time, with a blast of cold air
replacing the stream ,of formaldehyde
spray, by which it is thoroughly dried.
Much Timber Uncnt.
Across the great lakes in Canada
there lies one of the world's largest
reserves of timber. In spite of the
tariff imposed much of tills timber is
to-day coming to the United States.
The forests of the Dominion are begin
ning to yield abundantly. More than
100,000,000 feet of pine sawlogs and
square timber, during a recent season,
were cut upon territory held under
timber license from the crown.
Much of Canada's timber Jand has
not yet even been explored. In the
newly developed districts of Algoma,
which are close to the great lakes, it
Is estimated that there are more than
100,000,000 cords of spruce and pulp
wood, while in the districts of Thun
der Bay and Rainy Blver there are
nearly 200,000,000 cords more. A belt
at least 3,000 miles long is believed to
exist In Canada between Alaska and
the Atlantic.
It has been estimated that, at the
present rate of cutting, the greatest
timber resources of the United States
those of the Pacific coast will be
exhausted in less than half a century.
The annual cut of shingles and lumber
in these regions is 4,500,000,000 feet.
The standing timber in Washington,
Oregon and northern California at
present Is twice that of the original
timber lands of the northern woods.
Washington produces about as many
feet of shingles and other lumber as
Oregon and California together. This
State Is noted for its shingles, there
being more than 1,000 shingle mills
within its borders. At Tacoma are lo
cated the largest sawmills in the
United States.
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"Baron, what did you give your boya
for birthday presents?"
"Soldiers."
"And your daughter?"
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Fliegende Blaetter.
A Selfish Monopoly.
Two men were discussing monop
olies, one maintaining that there are
both good and bad monopolies, and
that those he was connected with are
distinctly of the good sort. Then, says
the New York Tribune, he proceeded
to illustrate what a bad monopoly is,
and to show the nature of a bad mo
nopolist: There was a young man in the South
who went one summer on a visit to
some relatives in the North. On his
return he sought out another young
man, and said, impressively:
"Look a-here, I understand that you
took advantage of my absence from
town last month to go calling on Miss
Henrietta Brown."
"You are mistaken," the other man
answered. "It is her sister, Miss
Clarissa Brown, that I've been calling
on."
"Well, sir," said the first, "that
makes no difference. I've got my eye
on both them girls."
Rhymes of the Season.
When the summer time has ended and
the saucy autumn breeze
Gets to toying with the leaves on all
the brilliant colored trees,
Ah, 'tis then the hearts grow lighter
and the spirits start to rise,
When the frost is on the pumpkin and
the pumpkin's in the pies.
When the days are growing shorter and
the birds have gone away,
And the corn Is growing riper in the
fields from day to day,
There's a rosy glow pervading all the
hazy autumn skies,
When the frost is on the pumpkin and
the pumpkin's in the pies.
When the hammocks have been put
away and open cars are gone,
And you never see a tennis player chas
ing on ttte lawn,
When the college people gather and you
hear the football cries,
Then the frost is on the pumpkin and
the pumpkin's jn the pies.
You recall with lots of pleasure all the
summer days could give,
But since the autumn days have Btarted,
then you know 'tis joy to live,
As your mouth begins to Water, and
there's gladness in your eyes,
When the frost is on the pumpkin and
the pumpkin's in the pies.
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