Show THE CURIOSITY SHOP to Dream Crowded Into DreamsEvents 1 a i a Minute The majority of dreams arc only of momentary mo-mentary duration though extended occasionally occasion-ally to tho length of a minute In proof of this Dr Scholz tells the following story from his rrvw m + Aff + 1 pkiv f ft disagreeable kind 1 betook myself to bed after I had wound my watch and placed ton t-on the night table Then I lay down beside a burning lamp Soon I found myself on the high sea on board a well known ship I was again young and stood on tho lookout I heard tho roar of tho water and golden clouds floated around me How long I stood so I did not know but it seemed a very long time Then tho scene changed I was in the country coun-try and my long dead parents came to greet me they took me to church where the loud organ sounded I was delighted but at tho same time wondered to see my wife and children chil-dren there The priest mounted the pulpit and preached but I could not understand what ho said for the sound of tho organ which continued to play I took my son by the hand and with him ascended tho church tower but again the scene was changed Instead of being near my son I stood near an early known but long dead officer I ought to explain that I was an army surgeon during the maneuvers I was wondering why the major should look so young when quite close in my ears a cannon can-non sounded Terrified I was hurrying off when I woko up and noticed that the supposed sup-posed cannon shot had its causo in the opening open-ing of the bedroom door through some one entering It was as if I had lived through an eternity in my dream but when I looked at my watch I saw that since I had fallen asleep not more than ono minute had elapsed A Coral Coast Professor James D Dana in his book Corals and Coral Islands gives the following follow-ing Nearing in a vessel a coral bound coast the first sign of the reef when the tide is well in is a line of heavy breakers perhaps miles in length off a great distance from the land On closer view some spots of reef may be distinguished dis-tinguished as tho waves retreat for another plunge but the next moment all again is an interminable lino of careering waters Happy for the cruiser in untried reef regions if tho surging waves continue to mark the lino of reef for a treacherous quiet sometimes intervenes which seems to bo evidence of deep waters ahead and tho unsuspecting craft dashes onward but soon is grinding over tho coral masses then thumping heavily at short intervals and in a few moments moro is landed helpless on tho coral reef The heavier billows as they roll by a vessel in such a plight have a way of lifting it and then letting it drop with its weight against tho bottom and hence unless prompt escape is in somo way secured the assaulting waves gain speedy possession and soon after mako complete the work of destruction At low tide the breakers often cease or nearly so But the reef for the most part is then in full view and with a good look out aloft favorable favor-able winds and plenty of daylight navigation naviga-tion is comparatively safe The First Oyster To the question who was the first man woman or child to eat the first oyster how was it eaten and was it enjoyed answer has been made by Tho Now York Sun The first oyster was not eaten it died It was not until tho time of William the Conqueror Con-queror that oysters were eaten In tho year 1009 in tho month of September a younger son of an impoverished French family swam tho channel to England In clambering up some rocks out of the waterit was low tide he put his hand on a stone as he thought The stone however closed upon his fingers pinching them severely With his trusty sword ho pried the rock open and released his fingers which ho put into his mouth to comfort Ho tasted something so delicious that he forgot his pain His hunger overcame over-came his prudence and he though with fear swallowed tho moist mass that lay in the stone ho had opened It was an oyster and he was the first to eat one We have forgotten for-gotten tho namo of this hero but are not his deeds related in Beetons Annual for 1S65 They are of a verity Really though oysters have been eaten since the time of the Greeks and Romans Baggage Handled In tho centennial year the number of pieces of baggage handled by the Pennsylvania railroad company amounted to 1000000 which was tho highest point reached up to that time and was then considered a remarkable remark-able record for the year Those figures however dwindle into insignificance when compared with those of tho year just closed In 1SS8 the number of separate pieces handled reached 3200000 representing an aggregate money value of at least 8300000000 These figures only include outbound baggage or that which has been checked and forwarded The inbound receipts amount to about 1800000 pieces aggregating a grand total of 5000000 pieces handled Of this number it is reported only three pieces were lost en route from starting point to destination Velocity of Sound Tho velocity of sound through the air in a temperature of 03 degs Fahrenheit is 1125 feet per second The velocity of sound through water is 4M times through iron 10 times and through wood from 11 to 17 times that in air Sound may be heard as follows A powerful human voice in the open air and no wind 400 feet beating a drum 10500 feet music of a heavy brass band 15S40 feet report of a musket 10000 feet and cannonading cannon-ading very strong 475000 feet In the Arctic regions conversation has been maintained over water at a distance of 0090 feet LUS Tho initials L H S signify Jesus Mens Saviour In German these letters stand for Icsus Heiland SeligmacherL e Jesus Saviour Sanctifier In Greek Iesous Hemeteros Soter L e Jesus Our Sa viour In Latin Iesus Hominum Sal vator L e Jesus liens Saviour Brewer suggests that those who would like an English Eng-lish equivalent may adopt Jesus Heavenly Saviour High and Low Pressure Engine Tho main difference between a high pressure pres-sure and a low pressure engine is that the latter works with a partial vacuum on the preceding side of the piston made by condensing con-densing the steam and thus adding about thirteen pounds its effective work for every square inch of tho cylinder area An Actors Parentage Kyila Bellew who supports Mrs Potter tho actress is a son of a clergyman who thirty years ago preached in an Episcopal church at St Johns Wood London England He was very popular and a great elocutionist giving public readings A Queer Epitaph To following lines are from an epitaph by tho Earl of Rochester on King Charles II of England Here rests our sovereign lord the king Whose word no man relies on Who never said a foolish thing Or ever did a wise one |