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Show TRUTH LIME A DANGEROUS CARGO. Demand for Refuse of Finest Kind of Wood. cabinet-make- r In In the shop of ft announces sawdust New York a sign Good Is no evidence anyfor sale." There of coarse pine sawwhere of the hags in butchers dust such as is used bars. saloon and shops, markets said We dont handle that stuff, in answer the shop, the proprietor of Our specialty is in the to a query. of fine woods, such as ma- sawdust and sandalwood. We hogany, boxwood sell sawdust by pound, not by the the ounce or the bushel. The sawdust of fine hard woods brings good are about twelve varietprices. There ies of it, and each has its appropriate use. Boxwood sawdust, the most expensive of all, is used by manufacturers to burnish silver plate and jewscent-bag- s elry. Sandalwood is used for and for the preservation of furs Waverly Magazine. Tax on Cats In Germany. Cats are taxed in Dresden and other German towns. When the tax was first imposed thousands of the ani- destroyed by owners sirous to avoid payment. mals were de- Egypt Once Densely Populated. in anEgypt was densely populated Rocient times. In the reign of the Augustus there were inhabitans; at the time of the .Arab conquest half that number; at the date of the expedition of Napol18,-000,0- man Emperor 00 eon, 2,460,000; at the first official census in 1846, 4,463,000; at that of 1882, The census of 1897 shows 6,806,000. a population of 9 .734,000, or an in- crease at the rate of about 3 per cent per annum during the period of Briti- sh occvpatTi. Utmost Precautions Sometimes Unavailing to Prevent Fire. Lime is one of the most dangerous of all cargoes for a vessel to carry. When it catches fire, as it frequently does, In spite of the greatest precautions against the admission of water into the hold, it is almost impossible to extinguish it. The only method that ever avails is to stop every crack with soap, so that no air can reach the lime. Sometimes this will stop the fire but often these fires will burn for weeks till the vessel sinks beneath the water a mass of charred embers holding together. When a vessel with a cargo of lime once catches fire it is sure death to go below. Not long ago a schooner with a cargo of this commodity caught fire and was sealed up as tightly as possible. The crew was composed of the captain and his two sons. One day the latter went to sleep on the deck and their father imprudently entered his cabin shutting the door behind him. When they awakened and found tneir father missing they supposing that he had fallen overboard sailed the ship, for home quite unconscious that they were bearing the body of their father with them. 11 m Lay of Old Versailles. Nothing to Fear. A London lady who tried to climb Ah! Life was life in the palace, then and thf world was a gallant place. With the polished ways and the pungent phrase and the ruflles and swords and lace. And sin was hardly a thing to shun when it beckoned with such a grace. over a stile the first day of her country vacation certainly thought she had left London a couple of hundred miles away; but she rather wished, all the same, that the country was not so Music and wit and laughter and pleasure densely populated, and she turned an enthroned In state, And the look gardens bright with a fairy light upon the rustic gaffer appealing a summer fete; . at many who insisted on watching her climb. And ruin and famine and death and heh A broad grin spread over his countenot half a mile from the gate! nance as he caught her meaning. Hell, and they couldnt see It! Death Lor bless ye, mum, dont be shy and they only played! serf why a serf was born t before me! he adjured her; I was a For aserve, and a monarch, to bo obeyci. bus conductor for fifteen years! Till the tumbrils came and the guill tine, but at least they were net San Francisco Argonaut. afraid. . Fishing on the Dogger Bank. Fishermen discovered the value of the Dodger bank so late as the last half of last century. As early as the days of Henry VII British ships were fishing off the coasts of Iceland and laying the foundation of future voy- ages of arctic discovery in order to get salt cod for consumption on fast days and in Lent. They, as well as the Dutch, were in frequent collision with Danish fishing fleets on the same errand in the sixteenth century. Yet this veritable gold mine on the Dogger within 100 miles of England's coast lay neglected. And now the tricolor triumphs when once the lilies reigned; Its red is red with a sea of blood, and the white ah! tlie white Is stained But a giant lie has been swept away and France and the world have gained Living Age Scottish Lack of Sentiment lan MacLaren recounted this stov; in a lecture on Scottish humor: In i. dull Scottish village, on a dull morn ing, one neighbor called at anothers house. He was met at the door by hi ' friends wife, and the conversation Cauld.' which ensued was thus: to be weety (rainy). Going Ay. Can I see him?" Im thinkinV But a wanted tae see him." Na. Ay, but ye canna see him. John?; Where Men Wear Combs. Deid? Sudden? Ay. The traveler In India is surprised deid. Verra sudden? Ay, verra Ay." to see that men wear combs in their Description of Persian Sheep. Did he say onything aboot A traveler, giving an account of the hair much more than women do. A sudden. o green pent afore he deed. The Cingalese gentleman wears what we a pot Persian sheep in 1798, says: tails frequently weighed eight or ten know as a circular comb and a very ornamental back comb of tortoiseThe only rich man is he whose pounds, and they have six or eight to his curly locks togeth-- healthful appetite turns necessities gather horns, some of which stood out hori- shell a full wears beard also, but into luxuries. er. He zontally and caused a great deal of must trim his own, and bloodshed when the rams engaged his servant to wear the circular allowed is only First love is like champagne the with one another. Both the wool and comb. 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