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Show T oraing that the turpentine farm laborer can be induced to work until Frida uigbt. TlJIU'LVllNB 1AltlLS. IE IO (Vl(h-:- i PISE l'l.');tIIVS ItsU Devastate an Inland. Some years ago Retds island in the How Turprutiue Karin 2a Coniluct-- J emuary of the iltluihrr was reclaimed from the Slrtjiuil of Extractlm; , says the Loudon New. From the Trees l.t:'e Among The island .i about ti'ii) acre in extlie Turpeuliuer. tent, aud u u il recently it wu noted for the excelliuce of its pasturage, winch wa capable of supporting about HE aertage rei.UTe.l for a IS v there i not snf-lic- ii sheep, l'u-dlanu or orc'.iird in island to feed a lit the upwu gras r III t .'ill nr larie, lint rabbit. I llill'.i ai:l t i'll i , e, mouths ago it wu invaded by tile mit.nl hleii in ojienii i; u'p large rai--Some . i'.vi ry attempt to lid the island iif tin- nil'1 tiled tr i portions u'pine of the ha prove 1 unsuccesswood i'uulIi v in i be In Florful. The island la surrounded by of pme is ida, a Lire t LiI auk ten feet in luTght to cartheru large, the tnrpcnt.uu tanner is ' ' p out t ho s.oa, aud about a month Vulil.c many oi ginning to opt rale. sluice were fitted iutu tUe banks the lurim-- who till tlie noil, Lo is iu ago aud lor miiiih trie the island was every iuMniii'o uu Xpert. The rut resented the treatThe t.r-- t tbiL'x iu opening a turpen- flooded. they wire subjected by tine luriu, utter aecuriug the right to ment to whieh and snarling and theu beturpeiiuue the tree tor a certain siUi.akiug about three year. in took themselves to the mainland, a ) criud, to locate the mill. This dune, the tur- diversion in whieh they indulge every night, altnungh it necessitates a swim pentine farmer hu.1 Lin worker pro- of 500 yards each way. ceed, li.'urntivel v, to pitch their tenta. A scheme of w hole-al- e shooting waa 'i'hene tent arc little yellow board iLto hut its sucnext operation, put lioufcca with uu outnido chimney hall was not such a to lead the an large an the alijuc.ure itself, made of cess of the (lumber conservancy big piue alicka laid up eroaa bar faah-iu- u to continue it and the ruts arc still aud generously daubed with clay. The appearThe moat important work of open- inskters of the situation. is that of a newly ance of the ing a turpentine furm or orchard is plowed field,gronnd so thoroughly is the building the mill, aud it is also the moat expensive. To build the atill aud island burrowed and the earth thrown open an orchard of, aay, 211,(100 trees, up.The nnweleome visitors to Reeds costa not less that 87300. Under or ialsnd differ in sppesrsnee from the when turpentine dinary circum-tanee- s rat. The tail and and resin are bringing a fair price, ordinary water are similar, but the head this amount, together with a fair in- hindquarters and ears are said rather to resemble terest on tlie'muney invested, is made those cavy. The coat is soft the firm year. Alter that whatever ta and of the fury and of a tawny hne, not unniude is clear gain, although the first like that of the species of rat the year is alwsys more profitable than breeding of which for the sake of the any that follows, ah the that crude gum is in some places an industry. that a tree yield, which i known as skin millions of these rats on the There the "virgin ilip," make the tine white islauil are and ss they ouly eat grasses, resin that brings the highest price, roots and tubers the chances of carryand also the beet spirits of turpentine. off the peats by poison are very Mukt of the turpi ntine fanner iu ing thia art of the eonntry are from problematical. Georgia and South t'aroiiua, which, Flowers a F.ioil I'rnduet. iu the language of the expert, hns have no idea, said a Wabash "Too been "turpentined fur years. inujr of these farmer have grown old ir. the avenue rionst, as l. nibbled at a vio- let bluom, "of the many use to Lumui's. a i have their helpers. ' subjected a Once the right to turpentine a tract which llowi rs are 1 ot Hi'Oii or 4ili) acre of pine laud i j food product. predict that it will secured, the tr. es ure boxed, th.- still not be- many years before society takes built, and in a few week terpentine P flower for special dishes as a fad. and resin are being haii'ed to tiie near- - j Thi was indeed a novel tliiiiL', and tlie florist bein' pressed fur further railroad ktu'.iuu and sliippe I. Jt was Mich a due tlmt early June information outlie subject said: "Almost every llorist, for instance. bring at the Xoi th that a little party re- from Chicago visiU.1 a tnrpmtiue know that ibo chrysanthemum, farm in w'y opened, just bei on tlie pared either a slaw or chopped np tine and served with cream, makes a limit of the village. t l the aromatic "From hi early boyhood Mr. D. E. tho cauliflower of taste which, by Riehar.bon, who greeted us at the the wav, you must put down ns a has connected been with the farm, business of turpentine farming, and flower food 'productthi-r- t.nt is much is the bloshe is not ouly an expert, bnt is kuuwn more tender. Then a the meet successful manager of the som of the nasturtium, which tastes for all the world like cress. The only gRDgs of men, withont whose services reasou these hlossoms are not more a turpentine farm ean not be worked. The boxing ol the trees consists of generally need is because they are too entting, a short distance up from the expensive. "But what housekeeper does not root of the tree, an incline plane in make use of cloves in the pickling of of not the onter the wood, bnt layers and otherwise? The ordinary trnit reaching to the heart, and at the base cloves of commerce are simply the un- a receptacle in which the crude gum of i exl,andw .tal" been who Ins runs. Only a man aa7IerR'M" cnltivated in several parts carefully taught can do this boxing ud . In wrta,n l"rta of successfully, a the incline must be F"n"e,tIlD,1,e8-- . eate a a" just right in order to have the sa.. run O flower buds of the 1". wMe well, and the lower portion must hold a quart. Like all the work iu a tur- cappsris, a plant which grows on wall, are piekleil in vinegar aud form pentine orchard, boxing is done by what are knewu a caper. the piece and by those who make a "In India the cassia tree blossoms are classes The of of three it. specialty held iu high esteem, notwithstanding worker among tnrpentiuer are dip- their sw. etisli taste, nud arc frequentEach and boxers. pers, chipper served on the table of the rich. iu an is especially expert at oue or the ly it is nothing new to ne flower Reully other of these, although thoso who a edible. I admit a taste must be I have worked loug at the bniiiess ,or before they cuIti,ei1 ureabl' to are somewhat enterprising must yon so but I,1cihMJ, do all three successfully. The boxing cultivate a tate for olive has already been explained. And then ho hurried to wait on a chipping is cutting off a th i lady who had come to price a jar of from the uj per piece fringed gentian. Chicago Chronicle. of the box, which soon in-e-- Im '') - ii ONE u-- s ern State. , lit-i- i ; j . 1 , j e i : i , . pr: - so that tho gummy sap may flow trecly. The chipping is accomplished with a peculiar curved knife with a blade about three inches long on a handle to the tnJ of which is attached s heavy oblong ball. Ordinarily a tree yields about a quart of erudo gum iu a week, aud it ia the duty of the dipper to remove this to the barrels in which it ia conveyed to the still. It wonld naturally bo supposed that this would be accomplished with some sort of a dipper, bnt it is not. What is used is a broad, perfectly fist paddle about twice tho size of those used by cooks iu turning pancakes, Tho dipper's paddle, howiu shape, being ever, is qnite diil-re- ut is astonishing end. It the at pointed to see with what dexterous skill the dipper will remove the gum from the box withont losing a single drop with their fist paddles. 'L'he government among the tnrpen tiuera is somewhat on the patriarchal plan, and the free, easy, roinewhat dependent life is one which admirably suit tho average Southern colored man. In the group of little pine bmldings, which is known a the village ol turpentine farm, is a store where such article a are likely to be demanded are kept for sale, and the laborer can have cash or good in return for his labor. Sch a thing ss working six day a a vstk i unknown on a turpentiue farm. The ordinary week's werk is three days and a half, the week, w far a labor is concerned, ending Friday noon. af ernoou i a half holiday that i (religiously observed by the workers (in turpentine orchard. Saturday i Sunday. ("devoted to getting rea.'r dWhich is more o.tou than otherwise bumbccupied in the cxntemcut or loug ltd keeping religion ami involve late ours aud often tho most Violent rxer- fisc. Monday is required to recover of sll thi. and on the elli-cTuesday moronic the turpentiue farm work, which tods begin their wei-kfnls.asbra been said, Friday noon, it is ouly nnler -- rest stress of Fri-ida- L fr t s ( y Unrieil Cities in Central Asia. The Norwegian traveler, nven Heiiiu, has contributed to a German jonrnal, Olnbn, an interesting no- count of his journeying in Central Asia in the district north of the Kwen-lun- g Mountain. Rmua of large towns were discovered whieh bad been buried by successive sandstorm spreading over a thousand years, very modern from a Ietrie point of view. Separate bonnes were uncovered of very fragile construction, consisting of wooden piilara, while the wall were put together of plaited reeds covered with mnd. The latter were rendered at once impervinns and suitable for decoration by being coated with white plaster. Drawing were discovered on tbene walls, and well executed, of human lieing, horses, dog and flowers, and judging by the copies which have beeu brought baok, of no small artiu- , S,na11 of 1,0 ere also dng np, as well a various fruit trees, which told a tale of the days when this arid surface wa once made fertile by the waters of the River Kerija. c by-ge- Wolre roNoned in Wisconsin. Timber wolves are said to be very numerous around Wood County. Farmers complain tbat the wolves have A killed large numbers of sheep. bounty of 812 hangs over the head of each wolf, and hnuters make it a bnsi-uur- a in that country. Although prohibited and retncted by law, the practice of poisoning wolves is verv common. Strychnine is cominoulvnsc-iaud produces death, bnt of the must agonizing kind. Hunters wonld per haps drop this practice entirely (for ir is of the most cruel kind) if they re soned with themselves. As it is, rnai-a good fox honud, following np trae sud ouming upon "bait laid eitb-roj for foxes or wolves, has tasted th fatal morsels and died in agony. Th practice of "baiting has been carrie onto considerable extent Milwauke Wisoousin. , ! j Time. : Food Value nt mines i th it many of tho mot precious stones have been picked np at various points, aud where such jewels are spread ont on the surface yon ean rest a sure 1 that there are others farther down uu ler the gronnd. For instance, at Corundum Kill some beautiful sapphire have been found. Here are some that I secured irom a miner. They were not mining for sapphires, bnt happened to pick them op while miuing for ores. Over 100 sapphires have been found at this place, and most of them are valued at 50 to81U() and upward. Bnt sapphires are not by any means the only precious stones found in the Sonth. Ornnine diamonds huve been found in North Caro- lino, and one miner secured a precin gem that sold for 8200. In South Carolina and Georgia fine specimen of emeralds have also been taken from the ore miues. In fact, we have two mines that have recently been started for tho pnrpose of digging out the emeralds, for both the and the yellow beryl are fonml. In the last five years nearly $20,011.) worth of emeralds have been mined, and they are among the best ever dis-iAmerica. covered Garnet, of course, sre scattered all over these rich unrifcrons fields, and we pick np sack lrge genuine specimens that they prove very valuable. Ordinary tmall garnets are not worth much, bnt when yon can mine them a big as a bird's egg yon sre snre to find a profitable market for them. In Virginia garnets of wondbrfnl size and brilliancy have bean taken, and the coal fields of Alabama and Tennessee also abound in these products. Small specimen of diamonds have been found in Georgia, and there are undoubtedly whole districts that eonhl be profitably mined for these precious stones. "The fact is that we have a eonntry capable of producing all the precious stones known to science, but so much attention has beeu given to the min-,- ing of iron, coal, oil, silver and gold that the more precious product of the rooks have been neglected. I remember distinctly in California, when tbagold fever wa at its height, miners threw up fairly good speci mens of diamonds, bnt in their craze for tb yellow metal they paid no attention t he precious stones. They knew s ibout gold mining, bnt nothing abuu. diamonds. Now that the gold field have been exhausted, I guess many of them wish they bad stopped and pocketed some of the preoious stone they threw sway. If ws made a thorough preparation for dismon aqua-marin- i A ruil. Dr. Dupourv, a Trench physician, considers m an ur.iclo priuu-in a 1aria journal the hygienic vnluo of fruits. While he cou.'edes to them an imKrtant place in alimentation, ho deprecates their nutritive importance. To anidaiu his enuteutiou ho quote Hiillut-Savarin- , who find it ilillicnlt in unr present state of civilization to imagine a people existing exclusively on frnitaand vegetables. Such a people, Savarin believes, would inevitably auocninb to those who ate meat. The Hindoos, for example, were easily vanquished kv every carnivorous Nation by whom they were attacked. Savarin cites other case, where races devoted to a frnit and vegetable diet have encountered a similar fate and were held iu bondage nntil they adopted the food uf their conquerois, when they became valiant aud aggressive. That a meat diet is not always productive of thin result, we have an example in Highland Eskimos, who subsiet entirely on flesh, bnt sre peaceful, nnwarlik and gentle to the highest degree. Dr. Duponry divides fruits into five olasses, each of which pons esses a special hygienic value the acid, the sweet, the astringent, the oily and the mealy. To the first, including cherries, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, peaches, apples, lemon, and oranges, he uncords great merit bo prohibits enCherries, howi-vi-r- , tirely to those allueled with neuralgia s sud of the stomach. Strawin-rri- i raspberries lie recommend warmly to those of bilion, plethoric and gouty temperaments, and denies them to those in whom diabetes is present or Of the sweet frnits he consider that plnin are of special hygenie value, a'i-- even a prevent lie of gont aud avLcuIar rheumatism. To th grape he accord the very first place. As this ia the season for that fruit, his remarks thereon are particularly applicable. He is an ardent advocate of what in Europe is called the grape cure. In this cure grapes for several days term the exclusive Thu patient commences aliment. with the consnmptiun of from one to two pounds daily, with a gradual increase to eight or ten pound. After a few day of this diet a marked iin provemont in the general health is noticeable. The appetite improves, the digestion becomes easy and rapid and increased capaoity to withstand the fatigue of outdoor exercise is noticeable. The Rrape core is par tienb rlyreeomraended to the : naemie. dyr peptic, and consumptive in disease .f the liver aud in gont. "Another thing about the Southern i over, again id "1 have paMd through nearly all of the South to the mining examine the mineral product iu the interebt uf a i.umlur of capitalist, and, after a careful survey of the field, it is my liouei-- t belief ihat the future mining operation of this country will be in tlie South instead uf the West. I found the Appalachia! range partio-ularlrich iu all the auriferuns and argentiferous ores, not only in Virginia, but throughout the whole length into Alabama. In Giorgia the rich deposits are well kuuwn, and companies are now rapidly organizing to mine the various ores. In Sonth Carolina the deposits of monazite (crystals of a rare metal known as cerium, used only in chemistry, and worth 81 fit) an ounee) have been found so valuable that a big industry has been built np in the Piedmont section. It is estimated that this industry is now valned at several millions of dollars, althongh it is only a few years old. When I visited the fields everybody was looking for monazite, sod the business will bring in at least $1 00.000 to the Piedmont section this year. Owners of apparently worthless 'and have let it one to contractor at the rate of 8200 an acre, and these miners make big profit liesi.le. A few years ago the owner would have been glad to have received 80 or 84 per acre for this laud. "There is more gold in the Sonth than any man ever imagined. Traces of it crop np in the rno.-- t unexpected vlace, an.l there mnat be some valua ble vein hi I sw iy in the mountains that will some day be discovered and startle the cuuuiry. Oippln Creek will be noth ug to the Southern gold field after they have once been lo cati'd. It ecm strange, but the fact i nevertheless true, that the South Ini never I .ecu thoroughly examined for miu.'ral and gold pro loot, before the war everyim Iv weut West' to find gold, and tlio .South was given over to , ejttou, tobaiv-o- sugar an t rice. After the war clo.-e- d nothing wa linuc for a ljng timo to develop the industries of the Southern State, hut now we aie beginning to realizo that a great, nnti developed field spreads out before us. There are scores of gul-- l prospectors travoliug through the mountains of the South, looking for treasures that are sure to come to light some day. People speak about tho future supply of gold being fonud in Africa I Why, more gold is buried in the Appalachian range of mountains than they will find in Africa in the next 100 yearr. But the uonntains arc so vast, and the region so little kuowu, that it will take time to locate the best mines even after the prospectors have bees attracted to the place. sci-tiu- -- et 1 1'iiila-delphi- - jii-tb- mining ss they do in South Africa, we would find thi couut'.v much richer in materials tiiau anybody anticipate. ITS MOUNTAINS TKK VI Wl I'll PltK-CHll'- S The precious stones are not always found wr. re tin gold a.i.l coal fields STONKS AMI 31KI A1.S. are lo aie . It dixiiuet machinand ineilio , nu.i this i tlio only ery Will tie Future Mining way that we eau l.oj.o to develop In the uulli liu.trii'1 of I lie West th-r.ko-.uc- i of this couuiry. pm llluiiiuiids aud Cold, Silver, The com puny which 1 hue been travOllier (lent Abound. eling for hns aircudy made negotiations for lurc tract of lh mineral laud ulnii! tho Appalachian kvM.mii, of the minevalogical and it will make immediate ctlort 1 of a large mining has jimt returned develop the mill.. I hive no doubt Ni-York after an extruded that they will strike iiianiy liuexpectsd of preci'-upern, and the countrip through the South iu tlie interest fields of iiia organization, and, iu spitking try will get a new id-- of the ri aoi.r.-i- s a of the mineral resources iu the South- id the mines of tlio South." WOODS AUK OKI Mi PUT. t GOfXOml SOUTH A Somi'Hiing AlMint I. .imps. e t ed k lung-necke- Why ilc Didn't Shout, A Uticun who is a fine shot, a fre- quent visitor to the Adirondack, and lover of the woods, was deep pre-aiu the wilderness a few days ago. With him was a lifelong resident of the woods, who iu past years was one of the moit successful guides, bnt who now occupies a responsible position m a protector of deer and other game. The two were togethir when two deer approached, one just behind the other, The and both within easy range. Utican brought his rifle to his shoulder, glanced along tho barrel at the deer, and bronght his gun down again. "Why didn't yon shoot? was asked. That door hasu't any horns? was the reply. The woodsman instantly extended his hand, with the words, "Shake. It does me good to once iu a while find a man who has a heart and fjndgmcnt as well. "I Lave shot a good number of deer in my lifetime, added the Utiean, "but I have never shot a dot', and I hope I shall never lie gnilty of doing su, fur iu my eyee it is really a crime, sui a heartless oue at that, "1 think, added the woodsman, "that it sportsmen -- true sportsmen, 1 mean who live in the cities and villages could lie made to see and appre-oiat- e a I do tho harm done in a sporting sense by the slaughtering of does, they would refrain from killing them, aud in a few years rejoice to find deer fur inuro plentiful thau now. There is a law violated sometimes by brutes, against tho killing of fawns, and it wonld be a good thing, in iny eatirna-tion- , if it was extended to protect does also, at for several years. I always fei-- ashamed of auy friend of mine who comes into the woods, shoots a doe, and lags it off exultantly ss if bn had done something to be proud of. Utica Observer. n Jilerlririly in War, Who will say that electricity may not yet be brought into use to tarn aside even the hi avicst projectiles that may be sent hurling from the largest and most accurately aimed modern gnus? At an experiment with army rille near Berne, Switzerland, it was found that all the ballets went wide of the target. Investigation showed that, parallel to the range, and at a short distance from it, there was an electrie line, which had caused the ballets to dutlect from their course. In order to test the msttcr, the military authorities laid feur steel cables at a distance of about forty yard from the rango, which was a little ies than 3')tl yards yards in length. The cables were then charged with a strong current and the firing as reanmed. It was then ascertained that the deflection for the diatauce, 780 feet, was about seventy feet ; when a longer range was used the deflection wa proportionately increased. In some experiments with artillery at a range of HOllO yards it was found thst the deflection amounted to no less tiiau fourteen degrees. An army in the field may yet be protected against bombardment through this invisible force far more completely than by the strongest fortifications that man can construct. e u Dcliciun ' ' Snails of Frorcncc. Expert Shoplifting. scheme ha recently been developed by expert shoplifters iu Eastern cities. They child, who enemploy a aweet-'ace- d ters a crowded store, carrying a large paper bag, from which the odor of unions aud other vegetables is very The chief passes her pronounced. spoils to tbs girl, who place them in the bag nmlcr the vegetables. By this means they have tor some time Sixty llinussnd Seed in One IUnt. succeeded in deceiving tho police, and The comiuou purslane is one of the in one instance deceived a detective, even when such a bag ha-- been opened wonders of betauy, as far as seeds are ou suspicion. concerned, at least. A single seed of this plant will produce about twenty A Ismg DlxUiir Kuie. seed-pod- s in a season. Tho average A smart long distance ride has been number of seeds in each uf these, by actual count, is IIOIM), making (!0,IKM) completed by a '(crinau Tldau uflh-e- r on his military charger. Ilia regiment in all. As far as wu hnve boon 'able to as honorary ' learn, thcro is no instance uf similar owns King Jlumhi-r- t officers so decided to semi fruitfulness in suy plant found growthe I'hief, .heir eosgrstnlatiocs t hi majesty ing in this country. A single plant of .n the marriage of the lrinee uf either the Jamestown weed ("jiniHon), Naples, Lieutenant Hoffmann being the butter weed, the rag weed and chosen ss mosaenger. He rode sll the some of the vervines produce an euor-- , way from his garrison nt Fanlquemont, inous nmnber ol seed, lint it is doubtLorraine, to the Kind's residence at ful if any ouo uf them produces as many in a year as the Monza 487 miles in seveu days end dues. Jt Louis Republio. two hours A new and ingenious : ' t The rrovoncal snails, which feed in a gourmet fashion upon vine leaves, are peculiarly delicious, and there was a murmur of from our company as the fonr women broi;ht to the table four big dishes fall of them ; and for a while there was only the sound of eager munching, mixed with the clatter on china of the emply shells. To extract them we bad the strong thorns, three or fonr inches long, of tho wild acacia; and on these the little brown morsels were carried to the avid mouths aud eaten with a bit of broad sopped iu the sauce; aud then the shell was subjected to vigorous sucking, that not a drop ot tlie sauce lingering within it shunld be lost. Century. Boston Globe. ' As to Bullets, ha been given To the llgipli-iiitho honor of inveu:ng the lamp, bnt it seems more th.iu probable that they received it tro:u the older civilization of India, 'lbe lumps originally ard by the Hebrews, the Egyplians and the Greeks were simple fiat vest-els- , with a small handle at one end, aud at tho side a little projection with a hole furmiug a uorle. In tho bsck wa a larger opening, into which the ml was The oil used wut generally poureil. vegetable, but aceordmg to Tliuy it wa emui-timuf liunid bitumen. The lamp cnmiumdy ued iu Egypt at the preKt-ntinm is a small glHs vessel, with s tube iu tbn bottom in which i placed a wick of cotton twii-tcaround a straw. The common lamp of India i a small earthen saucer, with a bit of twisted cotton lorawiek. The ordinary traveler's torch or lamp iu India i a bundle of strip of rag ou tlio end of a stick, with oil (loured over it. In Hilda is a laud" the lamp commonly u-Hiusll nwsre plate, with the edge turned up tu make it hold a small quantity of oil. Among the most bountiful mins of antiquity that have been presAved are a great number of Egyptian, Greek and ltumsu lamp, formed of dry, metal, terra cotta aud bronze. Tl6 museum at Naples contains the finest vsriety of specimens to he found These were recovered anywhere. from the rnina of Tompeii and HerBorne lamps were hang culaneum. with chains of bronze candelabra; some were supported by besntifnl I rackets In 1784 Ami Argand, a Swiss residing in London, made su entire revolution in artificial light by inventing a burner with a circular wiek, the flame being thus supplied with an inner and an outer current of air. To Argand we also own the invention ot the comiuou glas lamp chimney. He was very dcsirion of increasing the light given ont by the lamp that he had invented, and to tbat eud had made many experiments, but all to no pnrKwe. Oue night, as he rat at his work-tabl- e tuinking, he noticed an lying near, off whieh the bottom had Imeu broken, leaving a found shaped tube. He carelessly picked this up aud almost without thought placed it over the flame of his lamp. The result astonished and delighted him, for tho flame beeatno a lirilliunt white light. Argand made practical use of tlie hint thus given inm by devising tho lamp chimney. The Ledger. ; one-fourt- h par-slaa- o A Bridgeport (Conn.) inventor hit a "mushrooming ballet. This is designed to fill a very important wantiu modern warfare, the riile projectile having proved too bimiaue. The trouble with the latter ie that, having only the diameter of a and traveling with a veloeitv of half a mile a second, it is apt to pah clean thrungh a man without disablimr linn. It lauks what is technically called "stopping power. Thu linih-- di vuii-- by the Bridgeport man ha a caviiy near the point, which cause it to "uiiiNhroiiin i. e., spread ou striking, so a "to prudiice a pnti-ntei- l new-styl- lead-penci- ed l, t largo aiul wound, accomIn time of panied by great shor-k- . peace it may be employed fur killing lion, tiger and elephant. The very newest thing in this line, however, i the alumiumu bullet. Of eoure, it is very light, alumuinm being only about as heavy as chalk. It i not iutendel for use in war, bnt for hunting and shouting at targets, ordinary ballet Imre an excess of force for such purposes, traveling far. Those of aluminum, ou the other band, have about the same foroo for short distances, bnt their velocity diminishes rapidly beyond 300 yards. Fur small game a (arson fond of shooting insy avail himself of the novel idea of another ino ventor, who suggests thst shot wonld be preferable to the kind now in use. These latter are ousted with graphite, to blseken and polish them, and this is alleged to he objectionable because the graphite fouls the guns. Furthermore, the lead is acted upon chemically by the animal jniees, so as to be injurious to the eater of the flesh. Thie is obviated by tho ousting of tin. Boston tin-plat- Transcript. Shoes Heated b; Water. Warm feet during the wet weather are the best preventative against "colds" aud their often dangerous consequences. Rubber ahoes and cork soles have been generally used to avoid getting cold and wet feet, but a new and very curious means to warm the feet has recently been patented by Iaul Wonneberger, of Grama, uesr Dresden. IIe calls his invention Within the heel "Heatalde Shoes of the shoe, which is hollowed out, thcro is a receptacle for a glowing e. similar to that used in the Between Jnpaueac hand warmers. the Holes, embedded in asbestos covers, there is a rubber bag which is tilled with water. The water is heated above the heel, and as it circulates while the wearer of the shoe is walking, it keeps the entire nether snrfaee A small safety of the foot warm. valve is provi led, that the bag cannot The warmth given by this bnrsl sole never rises above seventy degrees Fahrenheit, sud will Inst for nbont The shoes are little eight hours. heavier than ordinary ones, and the sole is but slightly thicker than that of wet weather boots. the suh-tanc- d An Electric Buttle Filler, The latest novolty in electrical machines is a bottle filler. The operator places a range of bottles communicating by pipes with the liquids to be bottled, and provided with electrically controlled valves. The flow of the liqnid is established and shut off automatically, the machine being set in action by the pressure of a button. The operations of opening and closing the valves are accomplished by two , the two seta of of whieh are easily under the When the control of the operator. bottles sre filled the flow ia instantly cut off, and they are replaced by ompty bottles and corked by an atThe machine is in increastendant. ing use by ink and medicine manufacturer. It is claimed to be more rapid than the old siphon filler ; it causes no waste, aud it fills every liottle to exactly the same height, without any attention from the operator. St. t. Lonie eir-eni- ts electro-magnets- Globe-Demoura- Nurrl I'artuershlp. As odd a business partnership as was ever imagined or described by Charles Diekens exists in Sacramento-streeabove Dupont, says the Ban Francisco Call. The parties to connection are a Chinese photographer and a Japanese dentist They joiutly occupy four small rooms on tho second floor, which may be described as tooth carpentry, waiting room, developing room aud gallery. The deuliHl helps tho photographer by complimenting customers on their improved appearance since their teeth have been fixed, and the artist tolls his subjects that they wonld look better with storo teeth. In addition to this, the photographer mallets in the filling to incisors and bicuspids and the dentist dues an occasional turn at photography. Their patrons sre Japanese anil Chinese. The two craftsmen appoar to be growing rioh, as they ongiit to bo, by reason uf embracing the ambidexterity of a Yankee with the craft of Machiavelli. Four ( reps in One Year. A Clay County, Florid, farmer writes an interesting communication to his county paper, to accompany a thirty-thre- e ounce yam potato which he Bends. The yam was grown in a third crop for the year ; and at the time of the harvesting of the potatoes, the farmer was preparing to put in a crop of cabbage, lie write: "I raised first a crop of beans, second a crop of lettuce, third a crop of sweet potatoes, and now I am planting the in cabbage whieh will xn.1 i the fourth crop this year on the same ground. The three crops already gathered aud sold each It is practically a forepaid well. gone conclusion that thi Clay County farmer's rabhsgo crop will prove abundant and profitable. Baesnnafr (Ga.) News t s |