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Show SCIENTIFIC CORNER. CURRENT DOINGS IN THE DUSTRIAL WORLD. IN- very low, and with no hope of recovCORNER. ery. Two New York men, however, an fix worse the fretful than In a still man of Kansas. Not long ago H. J. SOME READINO Jones and J. T. Lamar of Syracuse FOR OUR LEAN READERS. purchased a hypothetical 200,000 acres of Kentucky, located in Johnson counHonest VUIII aii ty. They got it at a great bargain-cau- ght Tha Tallaar llo o DiM-S- 'hl How tho Ho In a Oat as seller Wlpotl the pinch, they Alarmed Bacaaio tiraat though subsequent developTragedian thought, ments do not bear out this Idea. As With tho Wits. eon as the transfer was made the New Yorkers came to Kentucky to Inspect LITTLE CHILDS their purchase. A faithful search has deep love was failed to reveal any part of it anywhers given. on earth or in the heavens above or in Unfettered from the waters on or under the earth. In its tiny heart. fact, the only place where they have To a dog, not great seen any trace of the land is In the large or noble. and enticing map which the seller exOr beautiful In hibited in making tbe sale, and which any part; he waa kind enough to give them along A yellow dog. with thn deed to the mythical land. They have nothing else to show for the He was the butt of good money they gave to the man in a all the village. pinch and will try to get relief through Was always being cuffed or kicked, the United States courts. Or tin cans tied upon its tail. Or other dogs upon it sicked, This yellow dog. IN THE ODD CORNER. the subject of thorough :v'eJratlon by experts. In order, if potwifij, to reduce the quantity of coal nr Hilary for torthis purpose. Some of the pedo boat chasers are thought 19 be the roost perfect vessels of the'.r Hass In existence, but In order to altaig a not speed, they must car..? sixty tons of coul. This is fully one quarter of their entire displ, ement. beUnder high speed they tween three and a half and ftur tons of coal an hour. To propel a vctitel with a speed even of twenty knots as hour, ths consumption of fuel Is tre.mnlous. Twenty-seve- n knots an hour la the best speed of the ordinary torpedo boat. In order to reach the thirty knot 11ns folly fifty per cent more fuel is required. SOME QUEER THE JOKERS AND CURIOUS TE PHASES OF LIFE. thirty-k- Dropping Would Offonal Hrldga Torpedoes from tha CToadt lrova a Foworful Klouiant la Warfaro Niagara's Now Walking Talsphoao. T IS IN A BUSY a of workshop subWashington urb that a novel Hying machine la in course of oon-- at ruction. grot, test The secrecy 'on9 of the IlMpiuil Sparrow Spollod DU Taato for rinh Homi Frog oad Toad Joaahs Hypothetical Tract la tha Mlata of Kaoturky. sea-goi- HERES a tavern that the children love to atop at when they rest. And they think of all the places on the road It is the best. There MlKgin'i Saw Hrldga. prevails among the Ground has been broken for a nw workmen, and the steel arch bridge over the chasm at professor who is Niagara Falla, which will be a wonder the brains of the n that line. The new bridge will hve concern ia a sphinx. a span of eight hundred and forty feeL It baa been learned, however, that the n width it will be forty-nin- e feoL This Invention consists of two Immense increased width la made necessary bobbin-shape- d receptacles made of thin from the fact that about twenty-A- i sheet aluminum, to contain hydrogen feet of the center will be given up to gas. a double track trolley line. On finch Is A car or cabin of the same metal side of these tracks there will be to be attached to the receptacles, and e eight feet wide and be) cad will he of sufficient Bize to accommc-de.ta crew of five or six. An electric motor will operate the wlnga and steer- always and comfort, and It always cheers set out In the morning and "Whoso Shot Was It? the cavalcade la gay, There are little men and horses, there When two men are hunting together, are girls as well, they say. either for large game or small, there 1m But the horsey-boy- s grow tired and the frequently considerable difficulty ia de n feel alarms, termlning to which one the dead game And before the day Is ended they drive belongs, especially when the shots are hack to Mothers Arms. fired simultaneously, or when shot or bullets of the same size are used by Oh, the portals alwaya open, of this both hunters. Dr. J. W. Hall in Recgood old tavern place, reation discusses at considerable It has sheltered nearly all of ancient length the question, Whose Game Father Adam's race. Was It?" Oh, they Carinas t'aprlcoo. An eminent authority on mental conditions calls attention to the peculiar fads and fauces that seem to take hold upon the minds of many persona and to entirely dominate them, much to their disadvantage and often to the deterioration of their mental powers. One man who conceived a fancy for countcaring the nuinbera on freight cars, ried this notion to such an extent that he oftenttmes forgot errands and neglected his business. He began by having his attention called to the figures on a car that surprised him as Indicating a very large number of cars owned by a certain railroad. Then It entered hta mind to look for the next lowest number. This he did. and found it, after several weeks watching. Then he wus filled with the Idea of securing the numbers In succession, and gave his attention to picking them out whenever he went near railroads. He had a book for this purpose, and so completely did this take possession of him that he became exceedingly annoyed and Irritated when It grew so dark that he could not see the figures on the cars as he passed them. The case became rather serious, and the attention of a physician was called to It. lie recommended a long sea voyage, which was taken, much against the patients will, as he was reluctant to give up bis hunt for numbers. After he had become entirely accustomed to the absence of his favorite amusement, he was reasoned with and shown the folly of it. Being a man of strong will, he took himself in hand, and. after a hard struggle, was able to go about, oblivious to the fact that freight cars had figures on them. 0 these still there will be elevated wiffks each about three feet nine inches wsle for pedestrians. In all about four million pounds of steel will be used. of Kmsry. For many years most of the emery has been brought from Turkey and the Greek Islands. Its value for cutting an4 polishing has been known since beginning of history. Very crude methods are In use for obtaining this substance for market. Enormous fires built on or against the rockB, which are then broken or cracked by throwing Jets of cold water against them. Emery has many uses, among which are 1U employment In polishing and cutting. Being bo unmanageable, it for a WiS lime defied the efforts of man to ptrt ft Into available shape, but at length ft was cemented into usable forms, anil it was molded Into wheels. a lter are millstones Emery They are the day improvement. most practical of all stonea, becnuBe they are not affected by heat, and the face is always sharp. As cutting and polishing powder, emery is of gTBt value, and emery sandpaper is an W portant article of manufacture. The French military authorities have adopted a field telephone service at Tattooed Marks of A IT art ion. From the London Dally Graphic: he enamored swain who protests that he will wear the image of the adored fHdy next to Ills heart is usually considered to sjieak a language of poetry translptei directly from the boards of the transpontine theater. We learn, however, from an interviewer with an uj tattooer, published in the Echo, is not always so, and tMt this that considerable business is done in ini printing In two colors the "counterfeit presentment" of the chosen ffr one as near to the heart of her love:: as ia consistent with his personal sa i ty. The practice 1b a romantic o.f, but it has its disadvantages. The ft er or the lady may fade from an inconsti.a suitor's mind, but it can never f.J!' from the skin. Nevertheless, the pr-traof his discarded fair, indulule though it be, is surely not incapaLU cv The features, might, fer alteration. haps, with a little ingenuity be "adirt ed" and the face of the old love hi brought by some artist of the nee-l- l to "something distinctly resembling that of the new one who has com w reign in her stead. o-date it To Sava tha Buffalo. Secretary Langley of the Smithsonf to preserve and protect in ie Yellowstone National Para. A fww years ago it was believed that th re were two hundred of the animals in :jie park; now only about fifty remain. the head or skin of a buffalo sells for tv-erhundred dollars, and while Jie poachers cannot resist the consequent temptation, the park is so extensive that no effectual protection can be. afforded by the few troopers in charge. Professor Langley suggests the removal of the buffalo to the National Zoological Park in Washington, from which, as their numbers increased, they could be distributed throughout the United States. al as a means of communicating between different wings or the army on the field of battle. A single wire Is used, the earth being used for the return current and the connection being established through the sword of the soldier carrying the apparatus. This is thrust into the ground at his side. (rent Poirar for High Spud, The large amount of fuel required for .very high sliced racing boats bas been Bnt I sometimes ponder deeply and I'd When two persons standing side by like to know about it. Bide shoot with shot of the same size Oh, whatever did the first man do in at a bird the question is practically this big world without It? unanswerable, though If both hit the bird the number of shot in the game Might he not have found a stopping would, of course, have to be considplace at some big friendly tree. ered. Courtesy gives the doubtful Or have rested in some cavern, from all game to the one whose bag is lightest. care and trouble free? An experienced hunter can usually But whatever were their glories, and no tell when he presses the trigger whethmatter what their charms, er It is a killing shot or not, and when They could never hold a candle to the two such men shoot together there is Joys of Mothers Arms. rarely any difficulty, as each knows whether he held on or not, anil does not hesitate to say so If he feels that ha has Spoiled HU Tails for Flaah. A man who has made a careful study missed. of the hablte of animals and birds, and When hunting with ' a man who Who claims birds believes that firmly everything It is best to quit are and think controlled by Some men, even If their second shell brain action In a great meas- misses fire, will contend that they ure about, if not quite as much as hu- killed two birds rods apart. They can man belnga, and not by the "overrated make marvelous shots around corners, Instinct told a few nights ago of the over hilltops, and through trees, and odd effect natural history had on him. they quite spoil an honest man's sport. "Do you know, said he, "that alnce I learned thatN birds and mammals Cod Fisheries at a standstill. think, I have had a sort of spleen In a letter to the Gazette, F. against flesh? When I eat a partridge Backer, director ofFishing the government I think of the birds wiles used In Its fishery school at Boro. Norway, tells endeavors to escape the hunters mercia peculiar state of affairs existing at of less shot It Is the same with the Aar in relation to the cod fishery, which ducks, turkeys, deer and beeves, and all b usually Immediately after New begin other flesh, but not fish. I have the Years at Lofoten and as early as Christdread, or feeling, that lam eating a ra-- mas the outside Islands. The storms I tional being. think that if vegetar-- j have atbeen so severe since the breaking lantern ever becomes universal it will Ice at Christmas that it preof the up be when we understand the thoughts of birds and mammals and are able to vented the fleet of 6.000 boats, with their crews numbering 18,000 to 22,000 men. converge with them. We are Just now A from going to the fishing banks. entering on a wonderful field of re- few trial trips were made, but they search. We have found the door to real natural history knowledge, and we could not even determine If the fish were on the grounds or not. are now groping for the keyhole." "Every harbor along the coast Is filled with boats ready for Lofoten, and merSome Fni( and Toad .lonalis. chant vessels which venture out. as Most persons when they hear a nat- soon as there Is a break In the bad uralist tell about peculiar doings by weather, are overtaken by storms and birds, animals, or reptiles, grin and must again return to the harbor. ask about big fish. One tale, which no There are hopes that if it clears up a bit one but naturalists seern to believe, was soon the usual 20,000,000 cod will be told In the Forest and Stream recently taken. He says he by Allen Chamberlain. heard a cry down In Florida such as ffhm Bqn Franklin Worn Ills Wig. a distressed frog makes and found that difficulties encountered recently The a blacksnake wav swallowing a frog. When the frog was out of sight the by the lineal descendants of that great snake was shot throug the head and man, statesman, patriot, and everythe frog was liberated. At first, It was thing else that men properly hold In estimation Benjamin Franklin in havstupefied, but was soon as lively as ever. Within twenty years the same ing themselves enrolled among the Colonial Dames, recalls an anecdote of paper has recorded at least a score of him, which, so far as I know, has never such as Just instances, reported by published. When about to premany Individuals, who gave their real himself for the first time at th sent names and addresses, and who declared of Versailles he was informed by court seen had the they stupefied frog or toad come to as from a trance, hop tlip master of ceremonies that a wig about as if dazed, and at last go away was a Bine qua non. Now, his head waa ao large that no ordinary wig as lively as ever. would begin to fit it, and the situation S. D. Kendall, in the Forest and was in the extreme. embarrassing Stream for June, 1S92, told about a one was found However, sufficiently In mother quail which trying to protect her young got within reach of a rattle- large to pass him through the antesnake. The snake was killed in the chambers, after which he waa permitact of swallowing the bird. When re- ted to remove the ridicuijus convenleased the bird was for some time stu- tional appendage and place it In his whence It never again pefied, but after awhile recovered sample pocket, to gaze. Washington public emerged enough to Btagger off. On the next day Post. she was all right and caring for her chicks. d Tha Tack. double-heade- d A tack has recently Fond of the llmplwd Sparrow. ' One head Is A family over In Fort Lee Is so fond been put ou the market. over the the lower one other, directly of birds that during tbe winter when few native birds are around they pet having the greater diameter, the entire the English sparrows, but drive them head resembling a collar button. The away in the spring to make way for the upper head is added for the purpose of native birds. These sparrows are fed making it easy to ho drawn from the The broader head holds the on the roof of a porch while the family carpel. and (ho head as a whole firmly carpet watches the operation from the window. But the sparrows are suspicious, offers no obstruction to doorsills, as th. and If any one approaches the open nap of the carpet rises above 1L window they fly away. On the approach of a cat they get away still more sudOpali la Idaho. denly. An opal craze Is ou at Genesee, Idaho. Fine stones have been found near there. Rome are said to be as clear Their Hypothetical Tract In Kentucky. John James Ingalls, the Kansas or- as crystal and some of one color, wnile ator, once bought a farm at long range others have all colors of the rainbow. and when he went to inspect It found There are three or four localities where that It was in the bed of tbe Mississippi they have been foixud. i ! I I j j bt-e- Institution reports that hunters a e continually killing the few remali l..g Buffalo which the government is C Cara far Krirmt, Mrs. M. F. M. rend in the papers a cure for eczema, but as she has mislaid her paper she cannut remember it, therefore, wishes it reprinted. Answer: She probably reters to dioxide of hydrogen, which is' to be diluted with pure water in the proportion of three parts of water to one of dioxide. This for severe cases. In milder form, one part of dioxide to six of water. Apply several times daily, after washing th surface thoroughly with Castile soap and rinsing until all traces of soap are removed. A From him let us a lesson learn, When a man la seedy, out of tin. Poor and old; we will not kick; A noble heart may beat within A yellow dog. i t-l- ng Watkins Talophoao. The child was playing near a river. With boyish laugn and shout; He fell and drowning was lie When Sico pulled him out This yellow dog. girl-me- Of 1 ti.i and war me. And the name of this good tavern, If ' youd know, la Mothers Arms. ya ing mechanism. The car will be in the shape of a ship's hull, and In rase oL the aerial contrivance collapsing, the inventor claims the crew can drop to the surface of the sea and become navigators of the water instead of the air. Tightly closed trapdoors, which, when securely fastened, will not admit water, are to be opened when at the desired height for the purpose of releasing torpedoes, to be lowered by a cable reeled from a windlass In the car. The torpedoes, according to the inventor's plan, are to be lowered to the deck of an enemys ship or swung against the side of her hull, when a current of electricity Is to be sent through the cable to explode the cartridge. The airship is designed particularly for night service, and to that end a powerful electric light Is to be provided In the form of a large globe suspended from a reel of wire passed through the floor of the car. Ex. it light Wanted Mora. Banker Spudde I didn't hear you knock at the door of my office, young man. The Young Man I didn't knock. 1 wanted to be sure of seeing you. "You dont appear to be lacking in nerve, air! "I am, though. ThatB what I've com for. Hey? Yea, sir. And I come by permission. Wh-ha- t! That's right. By permission. Whose permission? "Hers. "Hers? Whose? "Your daughters. Which oner "Miss Nerva. "Good heavens! YeB, Bir. See? Chicago Tribune. Burnaby's Light Laarh. The late Colonel Fred Burnaby had a prodigious appetite. When at a private tutor's In Wales he went on a walking tour, and turned in for a midday meal at a village inn. On inquiring what be could have for lunch, the landlord announced a roast goose, hot, and ready to be served, and an apple tart. Burnaby waa informed that 2a 6d. was the price for the repast. Having demolished the goose and tart, leaving only a few bones and an Inch of crust to tell their tale, he proffered the 2s 6d. The landlord woefully accepted tha coin, and. with a sardonic grin, ejacu-late"Next time you are down this way, give my friend Jones at the Red Lien a call. I will give you 3s. 6d. if you will serve him the same way. Answers. Important Information by Telephono A messenger boy called up the Central telephone office yesterday and asked the operator if she knew what love was. No, she replied. Say, if you find out let me know, will you?" All right," said the boy. In a little while he called her up found that Say, again and said: out. About love, you know'. "What is it? asked Central. An itching of the heart that one cant scratch. said the hoy, and he rang off. Syracuse Courier. 1- - Honeet Willie. Doable-Heade- ; V ihA'- - doin, Towsy Tomson Watcher Willie? Willie Tatters Jes' wipin out a little debt I owe. Texas Siftings. Drug Clerk Hew will you have your soda hot or cold? Customer Guess I'll have It hot: haven't time to wait Iw it to get cold. Roxbury Gazette. |