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Show LOVE'S SECRECY. UR hom New York. vXlS k Y M f iu In Esther! and mine. Esther was papa's ward. not were We fa wealthy, only "lnEs-r- . but deptndenti" Jr ther was very mueh blessed with gold I and attachment between us. and she always took me with Tier when She spent the season 44- - VVanii.agrou or among the revolting; but Webster Hamilton's gallantry equaled his nonchalance, for he even pressed my hand cordially as he assisted me into the vehicle, and his massive brow was placid as the untroubled lake benia'h the summer moon. 1 evcij enjoyed the ride more than I would have confessed to Fred. If he had really suffered the pangs of martyrdom at Fred's cruel dispensation, he was attenivc, assiduous and pleasing. . Whenever be called afterward Fred would munave to mil Either away to leave me the task of t n" ruining him. Sometimes nis eye w Mild follow h r as d she went away, bu! inching e'i ' I feet to biA.tlutpleaaure began the. titugm tie powrr of his dail., expressive eyes. and ft are) for to;. sdf. There at ofren a (in!! pa'aful pressure a bom my heart, alsuhiAcJ-tUse- . tressing, and one nigh' when we had k as he lifted been to ride on hurre-b..me down his tirtn liugirod amut my walBt, and he ashed n; if I would grant him a private interview iri the morning; he was goiug ar.il) and he had something to tell rue that I n;iit hi ar I was an terribly fright' a something w!lrn he took 'or assent. As soon as he Wa( gun I "night Fred and told him my fi .riii! dib'n'iin "1 cannot we Its no him, Fred more than right, since you pr jposed this sh arm ft. I scheme, that ou hould help me out of It, and I want you to see him in the morning and till him the w hole 1 cannot FreJ showed all the consistent svm- lis H,x an repli'd mount- No I left that for you. Not all What about Esther? she I ,m m Lonor, now. i e'em-niere- j ful-on- m g 1 t - lr 1 Js Eflle Morse but what bow blltyj I hare been, can we do? Esther will have Iher own way, you know, especially If pbet thinks anyone wishes to oppose berl would you do? Women are so shrewd in such matters." I don't know. I'm sure. How would a little sarcasm do? 'Ob, I have It now! Suppose you cut her out make it appear as though Hamlltoh was suddenly taken with you you know. That would pique her vanity ao that she would treat him accordingly. She can't bear neglect. 'Nonsense, Fred, you know that could ut be done, as long as Esther.. is worth half a million, and beautiful as a dream, and 1 am poor, plain and disagreeable, unless you could make him think I ara the h el reek no, he Is no such fellow. That would nt do. Oh, of courso1 don't suppose you could really turn Hamilton's affections from Esther' to you, but w!e could maneuver a little to have you walk and ride together, and though 1 would be the feal general, we could make It ap-- pear to be bis preference. A few biuts from me to Esther upon his sudden change would make It all right. That would be glorious. You keep quiet, and I will take charge of Esther. You can afford to be agreeable to the fellow for while; if he really fall In love with ijou. no matter. Ho deserves some pun-- ! itshmrnt for bis presumption. some misgiving about trusting LI had within the influence cf hi wl ov, Ibut as he was by no means a disagree- companion, I finally consented for Mm. well-direct- ed Eflle, myi precious darling, do you love me?" he asked in low tones of the tenderest emotion. I forgot Esther and all my vows of renunciation in that fearful fright, and only said: God knows I do. Mr. Hamilton. He wag not hurt, but was ou his feet. Just as Fred and Esther arr.ved, but I had fainted. Returning consciousness found me reclining ou the sofa with mv head pillowed in the arms oJVcbster Hamilton. Esther bathing my face with cologne, Fred knocking down chairs, spilling water on the furniture and making himself generally useful. I tried to rise, but the encircling arms Imprisoned me. and Fred und Es-- k ltier 8Uddenly left us alone. Then he told me he had loved me from the first, b,it 1 was so cold and rude that be C0Uld not tell me so. and had appealed t0 jcred, who suggested a flirtation ' nh Rather as the surest way of bring-abl- e mg me to my senses. He did not Bke. j prove of U at ail,-hthey had niau-Fred and I had several secret ses- - g.d it all their own way. And you Toally didn't love'Esther at jalons on the piazza and our tactics were j aooa - arranged. An excursion wasja;:?" I eagerly asked. ' "I really love nobody but you. and planned to visit Fort Knox, ten miles (distant, and Hamilton was invited. He j never expect to, sealing the avowal drove up hla own horse and chaise I very impressively upon my lips. "And (wondered how ho could afford to hire j could you, city born and bred, maVry a ao smart a turnout but I soon learned j poor mechanic Effie?" ' that It was his ow n. I'red brought his J "I think I might If the poor me-- , buggy round, and as Esther and I came j chanic happened to be Webster Hamilton." Fred returned at this Juncture looking very pompous and satisfied and feeling, no doubt, a sense of similar to that of General Grant after the takinrof Vicksburg. Fred Thornby, I began, "you ambiguous, ridiculous, deceitful hypocrite! I will never forgive you per-fldio- us, ! the ptpe.i together. Tiov Uugh and talk arid have a good imre generally. "Tney live up in T Rh street They down to the Bitter. and back apart Sometimes they make the trip two or thie tinns in one morning. It only o,ts '('in a few colds, and they out of it. got lots of breezy and coolne-'Thev liive always good .oas, because they a.o 'he fir; p . renders on board the car time. They just make henvehor comfortaVe. " 'No mosquitoes hire, John.' I heard ber say the other morning. 'Not mm h, Dorot'-y,says he, and I te 11 you that New York is he ter than a hall-- irooni in the country, with ti.o mosquitaes lacerating you and the canned vegt tables making your soul ' w ( ary. "They take their rile sometimes before breakfast and go over to some uol, downtown restaurant. Then t'ney lorrie back again. ro..dmg atH talking, .ml .nnliug and as happy as kiLnre. "Here's lulth strfc', sir," lie said, as yi .topped the car The young men in the blue st rre Hit s.iiil "Thank you" and the young v. uTtn sun'ed end neiUd A mono tu ev-'i- ' i -- later they were loft behin I in tire of Columbus a' '.ite (leor-- e j (luiil't dai-ti- Vnehtirig Trip Tlie ii.--: tto ,r Gcuge J t.unld and his famij.., who Mtird: y on tire j steam ya.iit Atalnnta lor a long cruise j to the maritime pi ov . o' Canada, A HUMAN FACED HEN. vv il make will be at Pur Me., where the yacht will, pthe supplhe. From there her conrse will be up into the Bay of Kundv. The At.ilanta will visit ail the small tire ns on the Buy 'of Funny and especially v.!l explore riie region made furious Ire Longfelin which Mrs. low's "Evnngt tie. Gould now tak6 an absorbing interest. Tr.e Atalnnta, vvhi.h draws neatly 12 of Minas Pet, will go into the bi.-and see the remar'.. able ibc md fall of .he tidcp thrre. Leaving the basin of Mitres the yacht will react along the - tinhorn caast of Nova Sdutiu at.d ni in lialifax Al'tei llahiix Mr. Gouid's evenUuriiy. itincraiy is not (it fit, ire, but if the weather proves prop.', o i. he, will start up through the gut of ( cu o to the Bras (l'Or lakes, returning to Ptctou. On the evutybon Mr. Ov.nd will take not onlv his wife and lan i.y, but Mrs. , and one Kingdom his motlrer-in-laof Mrs. Kingdons sisters. After Pictou is reached Mr. Gould will take an ice pilot and go to the chores of Labrador. The lad ies of the pttiv will leave the yacht at Halifax or St. John, in'o whichever port the At.diuia may first put. It will depend entirely upon the reports of the ice pilots at ihe maritime '"NrS ports whether Mr. Gouid pursues hia w course further northward and goes tt r Greenland. If a long stay be not made in the Bay of Fundy it is thought that the A human-face- d hen was found last The tongue ia neither so hard nor so vessel may have an opportunity- - td week in a lot of 10.0DO chickens shipped pointed as that of the comman barn- reach Cape Sabine, as Mr. Gould muci. 's to do. At any rate, the from Michigan to Washington Market, yard fowl, but can be moved as easily cruioe may extend to Arctic New York City. and in as many directions as a human Samuel Rosenstein. a dealer in nonl-tr- tongue.- - iseveral of the claws aTe pro- exp locations orbe merely a TrieasanT disoovered the fowl and purchased visioned with tips resembling finger- summer trip to the n.aiirime provinces of Canada. Chicago Chronicle. it. It is now on exhibition in a jew- nails. No corn "goes with this specimen elry store and attracts large crowds. The hen is of the Plymouth Rock of the gnllus bankiv a. It prefers moistFACTS AND ICURES. variety, and of the usual size. The ened bread or cake. London cabmen collectively earn Mr. Rosenstein intends to keep the chin Is double and the beak is shortened into a nose, wtch resembles that hen to see what kind of a wonder her about 2.500,000 a" year. Over 10.000,000 strl.ng ie spent of a man. eggs will produce. N. Y. World. every year in charity in the United Kingdom. Jieen made, the army of prospectors reed or brass instrument, but those Out of 241.000 domestic servants in has grown from hundreds to thousands who have any weakness of the heart Londcn 10,000 are alwavs out of emand Juneau has become a town of 1,490 or circulation may be injured by playployment. persons, with an opera house and a ing any wind instrument. As it ie quite Nearly l,0u0,000 worth of parent where of assortment to a musician for between places easy insp're complete medii im s are txpor.e i from the United amusefor be can exchanged the phrases of the music but impossigold dust Kingdom ea h jear. ment. ble for him to expire without overIf milk only w;.s ild in London Ftancreco. San it hi3 follows that it pure Instrument, The steamers from blowing is estimated ;hat firm 2 ',000 to I Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria md the instruments that require the least more co vs, would be warned to keep hordes of gold hunters every week. expenditure of breath are the more inthe up supply. most out nun part, They are. for the jurious for the reason that the player It is computed that thrre are of employment, men with cheerlera mutt hold bis breath for long intervals. worth :n gold and jewels at the outlooks or still more cloudy paras. Few This is the ca-- e with both the oboe and realize the very long chancrg they are the flute. The charge is probably true hot rent of the sea on the route between taking. It needs $390 besides an out- that the curious tickling of the lips England and India. to take that is caused by the double reed Recent Austrian ob.ervaiions in the fit, which costs from $G0 to $159, a man Into the interior and keep him mouthpiece of the instrument frequent- Mediterranean Sea prove that the until he has a reasonable chance to ly causes cancer. The eminent scientist deepest spot in that body of water is strike paying claim. who has discovered these things about 2.40G fathoms, or nearly three miles. ex- the with In The most expensive Parliament in land Juneau oboe harmless the comparatively They ctatlon of picking up gold In the should now ascertain whether aecore Europe Is that of France. The two atreet and without money. There are dcon and concertina playing does noi Chambers cost the nation 300,000 Spain spends 129.000 on her already many more than there is work superinduce muscular paralysis in ao for in the town, and unless the governrepresentation; Italy, 131,030; Britain, aggravated and incurable form. ment intervenes there will be thousands 150,000. TOhat lla Wm Doing. It has been computed that the death starving before winter. Crime is already beginning to break Deacon Goodman 'My boy, do yoi rate of the globg, is Bixty-eigpdr minin out- .and as the streeg of conditions know that this Is the sabbath? I hope ute, 97,920 per day, or 35,765.280 per creases the immemorial and simplest you are not going with thal year. The birth rate is 70 per minute. who way of distribution between those hook and line? Boy "No, air; I'm lOO.SOO per day, or 36,817,200 per year, be have and those who have not may going to see if there are any wick- - reckoning the year to be 3634 days In The only sabbath-breakinexpected to grow In popularity. g fish in thal length. ed eatabliafiad residents are apprehensive stream over yonder. If there should In Spain, during the past twenty of a repetition of . the lawlessness of happen to be, I suppose it wouldn't b 2,000,000 small landholders have w ith the, years, and the in 50s, (put California to punish them by pulling them heen expropriated by the authorities wrong of the rush no prospect rates there is Boston Transcript. out, would it? on account of inability to pay the taxes ' lereif8r These were nearly all cultivators of various at done la Quart furnever would their own land. In the same period a There be On Douglas straight points Along the coa.sL row, tf farmers plowed as aimlessly at Spain has sent 660,000 - emigrant the to largest Juneau, opposlts Island, ; America. min In the world Is opcrated fcy borne professed Christiana live. re--- "And who is the brother of Arthur? A flash of intelligence lighted hie moony, suburned face and he eagerly cried: Orleans w Times-Pe.h-ocra- t. 1 Oild Change. Reginald Time brings about some odd changes, doesnt it? Harold- - I should say it did. Look at the matter of costumes. Why, when we played tennis we turned our trousers up at the bottom, and, now that e play golf, we turn our Blockings doitn Irea th. top. FPf.et of T on ntgoatlon. It has been proved by experiment n that lea retards 'digestion. .Yn' of 1 per cent of tea caused a visible delay; 3 per cent flnfuslprf will d lay the digestion somctimejf'as much as 12 times the normal period; 10 per cent decoction arrest the digestion of all starchy foods,' infu-sio- WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING. 3 - Mrs. Phoebe Fllcher of Warroniki'.e, Ore., made a recent trip, during which she shot four brown bears and one Tho cinnamon, after being shot, turned upon Mrs. Fllcher and was within ten feet of her when a second shot from her rifle dispatched it. Miss Bertha Creighton of Philadelphia has received ns a gift from -. Tift of the United States trei'-iijat Washington a pair of Cinderella slippers made of the ground pulp of $100 bills. Miss Creighton may be said to wear on her fee: $", ono. A recltationist who is doing very well In London la Miss Helen M. r. as she Is known proftssionallv . or Mr Steele Mackaye, as she is reuiembe.e; in America. Miw Mir went to Knd.ind shortly after Mr. Mackavv's deem, mil has been heard in a great iinnv drawing-rooms during Thc present ereta Ai Mrs. Virginia Patter-o- n U a most remark 'bit Recently .it a meni.ng itrg" she caught two immen-.- - t ip ji .'h that, when hung fiom .t ; o, their tails touching the n ured two feet more than in i: She is qulie as enth-iiat.ovi i: nting as angling. . s,ior's-woma- e.-o- - LITTLE CURIOUS NOTTS. ' - p-- j M- flckle-mlndo- s re-or- . Arthur. "Moses!"-Ne- table th tl..il pay-dir- It Cltftr lUjr nn tr. lor-i.i- i They were two little Dutch buys I rothers in pn Episcopal Milon school and their name were Julius and Arthur. The teacher was trying to make them remember The names of the patriarchs, Moses and Aaron. "Now. Julius," she said, who was the brother Of Moses?"" Aaron," he answered. But when she revt r.ied the question and asked: "Who was the, brother of Aaron? he could not. to save his white head and little flat nose, have told. The teacher, In deipwatlon, and remembering that example is better than precept, said. "Well, take the case of yourself and Arthur. Who Is your brother? rrj "T1, y ki.o.v how to tig gown. ft Ci. joy hey do. No summer All the ho vs oil the Broadfoi ilicr.i way tr., .ki is knew "The his: t''tng tic. do after break-- f st i is to crq into a - ok- .' He doe.-n- 't m yui Know. They go to war until have all ,the papere when Urey board the cor. .th nn 9 o' a it u the morning TlieyVt a frmt ret, where they ecu get what bretze i' go..ig. He reads ant smokes , bit, arT.d.e talks. Then tl y boiii read so ..e of tire articles in j n. & iW-ha- KHa pcs-mpor- , 'But Fred never repented. On the contrary, he boasts of his superior generalship to this day. And when he fold me the next day that Webster's fatliir was tho sole proprietor of the iron works he made the very elegant and ambiguous addendum: "I used to think donkeys wcr. the most stupid creatures in the world but there." ! New York Herald" The cable car condui tor w as loqua-- i ms for it waa laie were few. and the See that couple thery." he said, passing hla arm in tne d:i u tinn of a young man in a Hue serge irt und a pretty a ie crash young wj'iian in a t le again see THEIR OUTING. They Tiwll Jt j said' "Et tu. lit me." Esther's aims were around me, and her evident sorrow and Webster sincere repentance of his part In the masquerade quite won me back to (oiitcnt-inen- t what I have got to do with It. It would he coihrundi dlv awkward for me to interfere. Web and I were always good friends, hut what do ce cure for a dirty mechanic? Alone In the silence of the night, with an agony of hitler tears, my pioud heart bowed to the scepter of love. 1t ide and vanity and worbl!lne-- s wire svvapt away by the mighty flood of passion that rushed over m.v soul Wealth and friends and soi ia! iHilmi were the merest ba u Mrs to the priceless treasure of ills love, and ua one by one. I ild tin o ou the altar of mv new idol, a dark, cold shadow c'lllhil Imk ro. dawn ny bliss. E ther! M- fi end my slvcr she ioo loved him. It was an hour when all good Impulses governed my wayward heart, and I turned from mv iiappine-.- with REARED It i(!H IN THE AIR. Iron dt termination. For Esthers rake lie should never know that I had SovmI him. Iale and cold ns polished marble, I sat bv the window to wait his corning, and for the first time he seemed dear to me. dearer than life itself but my ojered honor was dearer still, I'red and Esther had gone out to shoot at a target at the further end of the garden; Mrs. Thornby was In the kitchen, and I was ' alone. Presently he rode into the avenue upon hla mettlesome steed -- a finer figure never rode and my hrart leaped Into. a wild tuninlt of pride, pleasure and pain. He Raw me and raised his hat with a beaming smile. At that. instant a pistol report trlehlvned tha'ftery animal. and ho reared high In the air. turned and daBhed homeward riderless. I never knew how I reached him, but I remember a still form lying on the grass, and I was clasping the dear head In may arms, laying my cheek against bla brow, entreating hint In tho wildest terms of despair and endearment the was more attentive. "It is really too bad, Fred, for us to to look up and say he was not dead. 1 called to Fred and Esther, but beforo puffer things to go on la this wsy with- - they could reach us the dark eyes unut at least making an effort to break be spell he has thrown around her. closed and strong arms encircled me. jOf course. It Is only a strange infatuation which she wKl shudder at when lahe is once free from his power." You may be bight, Effle"ray name FOR fifiTiT) . i d AT a AwAOlYrV -- charile at ail Oh. no. She lea el her head ugaiii-- : his shoulder and I saw all, and my lip quivered as 1 turned to Estlur and ('"' dent asked, of coming forward In her wit I, entries mid coquetries, and y urg to Fred's suit. He put his arm about her and said "There a report afloat, Mi Horton, that you, with all your bi,m and. wealth and good taste have aujally thrown yourself away upon a poor mechanic. Esther, I am ashamed of you. Y'our father must know of th1" Mv Fred, RvfctV'ff isn't' a me- -' - I the Treadwell and Mexican minei It has 240 stamps. It takes a great deal of cauital to do quartz mining and the A MAD RUSH NORTHWARD TO fields that single miners work are the sand bars and banka of the upper YuTHE RICH. YUKON FIELDS. kon. Prospectors fit out at Juneau and go A Joaaaa la Fllai with A4ventorr north by boat to Ilyea. This Is a hamSO ot JacIc Mr Hhavtf Cost let at the entry to the Chllcoot pass, at Gregor PaIJ SI 00 for One hack of the head of the sound. Thence by pack or dog siedge they make their way 1'otator a. twenty seven miles over the mountains HE rich dihcoverics t0 i,ai;e Lindeman. Here boats must lately made in The built, anil when The ice breaks up Alashan gold fields the chain of lakes and rivers which T make not improb- - j empties into the Yukon br.ngs the another such J venturers to the placer fields Circle epidemic" of gordt city is amining camp inVho htart of fever as swept the e YUii0 region, over 800 miles from country nearly half jUI1,an. The natural dangers and dis-- a raRr century ago. says jorpf&rt of ihJs trip are increased by thv1 Next Y ork Jour- p.agues of mosquitoes and flies, as well fever is as gr at heat in the short summer and nal' r burning along the equally trying cold during the winter Pacific coast already, and during the months. The tliermoniefer has a yearpast month a few parties have set out ly range of 180 degrees in the Yukon from eastern states. Every miner com- district. It registers as high as 110 ing back with a pouch of yellow sand and as low as 70 below zero. spreads the contagion. Yfry few are fortunate enough to The steamship companies have cut work pay dirt their first Benson. If be- their rates and the steamers bound for tween March and September a prospect- Juneau are thronged. These shiploads ing party can make its way to the gold men present a fields and stake out promising claims of restless, eager-eye- d The impressive it has done well. All mining is susstrange scenery of the voyage up Puget .Sound pended during the winter. The second excites only speculation as to the year the miner may make a rich strike A or only do passably well. Then, again, wealth hidden in the mountaJns. white beach, a sand bar at the mouth he may waste a second season without t. of a creek, suggest only As hitting a good claim. As a rule, perthe panorama rolls astern, the thought, severing and intelligent men with propthe talk, the every hope of these men er outfits who succeed In reaching the is gold. interior have made good money during The annual rush to the Yukon fields' their second season, but no such sums the outsider fanciest Probably $3,000 beganthls year as early as the middle as aU-4more successof January. Since then parties have or $4,000 apiece is a season. Proful have averaged during been setting out daily from Juneau. Acost fabulous lready many thousands have gone. visions in the interior Juneau has been u gold town for fif- prices and the life at best Is one of hardship. teen yeats. In 1880 two prospectors. Juneau and THE OBOE. Harris, pushed northward from Sitka A Medical Authority Sara Death I.urkt and landed on the mainland opposite in the luntrutneot. Douglas island. Gold was found and It has been (New York Journal.) others followed. A settlement sprang that the oboe is the moet up which has come to le the chief outfitting point for the Yukon fields. It d iiigernns instrument that is played on has grown with the gold output. In dangerous to the player. A profound Gi rman medical authority says that it 1888 the production was about $S.1d,000. This came to be in the neighborhood i doubtful if a healthy man playing of a million in 1894. During .the past any instrument in a correct method year extraordinary rich washings have ever suffers through playing upon any I Winced. Indl-cute- ains. or at the seaside, when k could not have gone but fur her affec'iouate kindness. This summer Esther had declared herself tired and sek of crowds and balls and flattery, and ptuposed to go to Mrs. Thornby's in the cour.ttj Fred bad tPudied his profi in New York and was going into pirtuership with an fin!ricnt Inwyer there We had seen him a great deal Hi- - mother lived In a small house and possessed much T uded estate, and where she 'had often Urged us to visit her A:i.J this Is the way it happened that we were at Tbornby cot tape yawning the day awry, with an 01 casinml walk op ride or exoirrion The glorious Fourth had been celehated in the Village of Belleville by a putiic in the era. ker. grove, sweetmeats, ludta white muslin, and a famous swing that closed respectably with a grand bail it) the evening at the town ha'I, which had been adorned for the or embellisheasion with a wonderful We ment of tannt r.t and flower. really enjoyed It, for that evening, at least, I had enjoyed the society of Webster Hamilton. He was polished rduratid ami refine). and though he was somewhat wanting In the flattery of our city courtier Up posse1 sed a dignity of mien and expre srion of candid 'rurii that made his att ntiotie more pb.c-inthan ell the bark treyed complitueRs of a Saratoga tmllroam. I can. acknowledge nowr that ! was fairly caught and captivated by his grare'and m vnllnes-that night, but 1 did not f'.tget the social bar between its, and so neglut'd to ask him to call. Fred chided me for It. said I must learn country manners. and soon invited him to sp md the realng. t was needlessly frigid .nul Impolite; refused to sing or play, and pleaded a headache ns an excuse for refusing a game of backgammon Hut Esther quite atoned for my coldness by ber sparkling cordiality. She made efforts to be winning and agreeable. while the young mechanic an air at once so easy and polite, ao free from mauvalse lmnte,. so nun h .upon the footing of equality, that it iwas to me absolutely intolerable, and il retired before he left. He had called twhe since, and w:i pbvioiiH In love with Esther and- Ks'her with him. It was all well enough perhaps for a summer flirtation, hut Esther never flirted. Would she marry him? The I mnde up my (Idea was preposterot( poind to interest Fredla tho matUr. dovioo some way t$ save her from Cad a fearful fate. My first attempt was unsuccessful j Next evening Esther and Hamilton iwem to ride on horseback. The was really becoming serious, and when I mentioned the subject to Fred rrn Just as long as I live. Never-- a if I live thousand years! Fred took a turn up and down the room, shrugged hla shoulders and asked Hamllton lf be had tol l me all. "I believe ao nearly, laughing. "About the dirty mechanic" 1 The exact dlstame to eitlrer north or south pole from the eq is 6,000 miles. J. Dubois, a French opc inn,, ager, has "Invented a rainbow that shows up naturally on the stage" -It is believed that the t. mperaiure or the earth at a depth of 20o ntiu , not less than 18,000 cl, greea l'ahrenheit. It has been discovered that the coloring matter in the emerald is of organ' basi3 and that It Is easily destroyed ty the heat. The water entazea is but one,mh of an inch In length It lavs GO.tHJo eggs In a single season of less than seventeen days. If a cannon ball could maintain its Initial velocity for twenty-fou- r hours It would beat the tun In his apparent Journey around the world. A' block of best ateel four feet square would b reduced to a jqxbe of mti0 moro than nine Inches if it could be taken to ta center of the earth, i de.-dr- Ata-lanta- y, O , ht - quart 4 |