Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 September 1897 — Page 2

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I (lio hicyclf (loomed ? JI is H.s iiei -ssor already eome? J.s the “wheer* of »he future to be merely a bleyele or a | pair of bleyele'* strapped t(» the feet of the rider? asks the New York Journal * r rhe two canny Bcotehrnen. Hubert and j «ieorge AncUTSon, of I’ldlnburgh, who In - i *. ‘ iited the Idcyele skates, thought they | t mI merely devised a toy, a curiosity, a \ hlng with which to tickle for an hour h<- fancy of the millions who dote or j iirytbing akin to the "bike." rpon their advent to America the bi- , . ele skates could have leached no more j • on.| * lent hands—or feet than those of (he lithe, ban youth who day after day whirls along...on them over the smooth j gleaming 'reaches of—uptown- asphalt leaving whole trains of more or less fiorihering wheelmen puffing and humpii g in his wake. Marie Keynolds was a skater from the li air of Ids birth He was born to be the world’s champion on runners—and rollers, lex*. He is the fleetest thing, of human shape and amateur racing, that ever buckled a strap over bis toe. And « ( \v this master skater is testing the » icycle skates, which he declares are to supersede the bicycle The pair which vu sent t*> him by the Andersons arc, he says, cumbersome, compared with what the improved article will be i h< skate—each one weighs two pounds - onsists cf a thin bar of brass, with a fork at either end. in which the wheels, * :x inches In diameter, aro set. The rim are of steel, and the tires of cushion rubber. The pneumatic tire, it is con•ded, is rnit of the QU^jtion, as lie* j»rc.. ire upon them is. l argely lateral Th ke.tes fire equipped witii straps for orIinar> road use, but these Reynolds lias i moved and att t'lied the regulation r:i' i!i*. sl'Of s in ini v «'» ■ e!.-*. 'The imward ic v •• the skate serves the double purpose of '•oomodating a larger wheel and bring ;ng the foot nearer to the ground, thu militating locomotion, 01 t he i»in •riuciplc as the lowering of th crank incT in a bicycle. *(> i.ost strikii-.g Hiin ' about tic :»kai the perfect adjustment of the ball bem mgs. One of the little wheels, once ' tried free, will spin until further notice

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for the motor cycle race, and the he.its * were run off .is course pursulio-—that i.*,| to < say, the men started from opposite ! sides of the* Irark and the one who caught J up the other was declared the winner I bear that the. races were v -ry slow and uninteresting, and the public did not seem | to appreciate them at all. Nor does it ' seem probatde that the motor eyries wilt i be used so much for pacing as it was at I one time deemed possible. As the result of the action »»l the N. ('. IT. in tabooing | mechanical pacing th XT. V. K. swms indined to do the same, and at the Grand ; i’rlK meeting th* eh trie triplet was not allowed to pace in the tifty kilometer ; i " Perhaps non th i thi i . v r has proserihed motor car pacing, the ! other people will encourage if in every j possible way, for that is h<*w things are 1

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The improved skates aro to b<- made lighter than the present form Th<• pair

: H weigh three pounds.

When Reynolds iirst donned the . trange, miniature bicycles, end with i long, strong graceful stride swept up Hiftli avenue, te* One Hundred and r J cnlh treet, men and women stared at him as me savages of 8an Salvador did at <’o- • umbus. Faster and faster the pace grew T\ ice in the course of bi.» journey 10 Uno Hundred and Tenth street w *11 faeahiug policemen trie*! to stop him. but • : p d along, swift and sl-li and smllii.g • s hind ;him.• like t-Hc-lail of a e/»inet, the ye fen; came. If they could all have kept pace with him, which he refuses to believe. the fear of arrest kept them from buckling down to the work, and he led • he procession, ininterrupted, f<»r there no law on the statute book: 'h i: for luds skating on bicyeJe .skate i it any rat

u speed you may fancy.

Whatever may be 'he ultimate apeed . ms: ibilities of the bicycle skate Cham ..ion Reynolds is convinced that they will .,flf r some essential improvements shall i..iv» been made, supplant the wheel in i .r'*at measure, for ordinary purposes of

»ravel and exercise.

“I believe,’* he said yesterday, as h icsted after a series of intricate evolu Hons on tin* asphalt about the I/ark enj’.anc , “that they furnish a healthier «<*rm of exercise, than the. bicycle. 'Pb-.-y . re more* convenient. They are as com i ufable to travel on over a country mad , ' a Ideycl is They can be easily j»ul on and taken off. and when you remove i oem to cross a stream or go into a shop, you take them under your arm or throw them over your shoulder Then you’v. got ’em. No curbstone thief can come along mid lug the.m off while you arc* transactnlg business indoors.” “What about covering distances?’ “Well, I Wi nt fourteen miles this morning over varioti.. sorts of going in fifty 2-.ur minutes, and didn’t lire myself ”

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In view of the fact that it has been I repeatedly stated by foreign dealers that ! th • wood rim. now almost universally 1 adopted In this country, would not with- ! stand the climate of Kngland and con- | linental countries, it is interesting to note that another wt»od rim factory i. i to be established in Europe. American j machinery to th • extent of two hundred | tons was shipped to France over a month J «°go and is now being installed in the luiildings of th* plant. r l'ho roeent. pla.e- j ing of an order for lOO.CKM) wood rims in this country by three ISnglish firms of importance is another indication .that j the foreign prejudic- against the wood 1 rim is di. appearing to some extent The ; wood rim for bicycle wheels is distinctt.ivftly an American idea, and its advan- | tages seem con.sM<ji:ently visionary to the 1 Hritishers. English manufacturers still ! ' ing to the mechanically fastened inner i tube tin ■ vood I well adapted than the metal rim. and this i. ! probably on> important conside-iatlMii of j the* antipathy of th • English to the- liglilcr and more* elastic rim in use in this country. Tin*, majority of the export orders received by American makers for j shipment to England specify the eejuipmerit of steel lirn-, and the liking of the. Hritishers for that form has been an excellent thing for tno male r., win* had a surplus of the: now out-of-dab steel variety. Perhaps American riders will reciprocate by giving the gear rase the* c« nsideratkm which it deserves.

Cycling IMoIcm.

II is thought that the hicyrle munufaiaurera will next year ahandon th** tiine-h.'ixaed guaranlPfe system. That f*. they will not Fiiriply

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to rule next year The truth is, : ay:. T.iCr.. diarusainR the bi - cycle question, that r iddles tire not so nu. -h amiss, but that when man was UeHgned it was not anticipated tliat lie would ever aspir ■ tc» sit down and walk at the same time, and

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i»y a bicycle, ma'am'.*

Mrs. Tonspot i am so glad that you are e;»KUgt'd to Harold WiilOUKl-hy. Was it a long eourbiiin? Mis. Skidmore- Not ver} My clcyometT r *gistored ii»»iit 7U0 muss.

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0*12 hi \i \sk %* katts. Chicago Time:- Herald: Alaska is two and one-half times as large as Texas. is a N ' if England. It is larg as t!ie South, excluding Texas. It is ius large as alt of the states east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, including Virginia and West Virginia. It make San Francisco east of our center. It' coast line is 20,000 miles It ha.; the highest mountain in North America. It has the only forest covered glacier in the world. The Tre tdwcll is one of its greatest go d mines. It has the best yellow cedar In the world. iL.ha-. the giuttitest seal fisheries It has the greatest salmon fisheries It has cod banks that beat Newfoundland. i 1 I*.* the largei ri\ . i In the world. A man standing on a bank of the Yukon lf*o mil«*s from Its mouth cannot see thu other bank Tl»e Yukon is twenty miles wide seven hundred jnijes. from 11.*. mouth. With its tributaries it i*s navigable 2.500 miles. it is larger than the Intnube. it is larger than La Plata. It is larger than the Orinoco, it discharges one-third more water than the Mississippi The water is fresh fifteen miles from its mouth. It has more gold in its basin than any other river Its colc»r is beautifully blue to Us junction with the White river, 1,100 miles above its mouth. Alaska runs 1,500 miles west of Hawaii. Yukon basin gold is estimated at $5,000,00,000 The necessary eruptive force fur the. form.atim of great fissure veins is everywhere evident in Alaska Silk should be worn next the body, then woolen and then furs. Citric acid should be taken to prevent sc urv> The food ther.* produces rectal disease-. Take medicine. I.ima beans are good portable food. Snow glasses should not be forgotten. Nowhere are mosquitoes so numerous. There are two kinds of poisonous flies. There are nc* snakes in Alaska. Moose* are plentiful. The flesh resembles horseflesh. Capital stock of companies organized to do business in A In ska aggregates $200,ObO.OOo. it is probable that within twelve months Dawson will be within four clays of Juneau. In Central and Northern Alaska the ground is frozen to a depth of two hundred feet. Snowfall in th • interior is very lightsi k inches or so. The heaviest rain and snow aro on the southeast coast. Nt* land eontnins finer spruce timber. In its low temperatures gold tilling in teeth contracts and falls out use amalgam. M'*i, born in southern latitudes have become insane in the long dark. Take a chess board and men. They prevent dementia. Tin* medicino chest should hold pills, pill;, pills. A temperature of 75 degrees below zero has been recorded. When it gets lower than 50 there is no wind. No shelter is needed except when the wind blows. At other times a sleeping bag answers all purposes. Just below the rapids ice forms only nine feet thick, and there Ashing is done. In other places it will reach forty feet. Tn the dark season twilight lasts six hours and almost any kind of work can be done. Elk, caribou and grouse are common and easily killed. -. Don’-T eatisnow or h- Melt them. EDe quinsy. In low temperatures the inside of the throat sometimes freezes. This is locally called “frost burning.” For frosen fingers use cold water. You can bathe only the ft^t amt face. 9weat under blankets in summer or get rheumatism. In stirrm* r all land not mountain ia

OMAHA ART BOLDING

TRAMPS.

FEATURE OF THE TRANS-MIS-SISSIPPI EXPOSITION

V Permaaciit Structure Hereafter It Will it.* the Home of beautiful Things from Taery where \ Credit to tlio City.

\ Tlod.-irri Komtinee Founded on set ernl Fuels of Kcrcnt Occurrence-.

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A SocietyWhich Hl'ics EHrst iid »o Injured \V fu'cliheii “H. F. the well-known J’ari > cor i pondent of (the American Cyclist, writes ent'-rtainingly of the Red Cross i yelists and motor cycles, lie says: “I was struck by a very useful innova tion in cycling while taking a motor car ride in the neighborhood of Paris on EunJay. We passed a. number of cyclists who carried a small flag on a stick aitiached to the* front fork, and this Hag bore* the reel cros: of the ambulance as social ions. 1 could not get any particulars at the time about these cyclists, but i !u y i vidcnUy belonged to some society for giving first aid to the wounded. The utility of such an organization appear., to me to lie especially in the* fact that while thousands of cyclists circuhilc around Paris tin Sundays and holidays there mu t always be a certain danger from ■ < iih*nt, particularly along the extremely billy roods, where reckless cyclists are .■ceustohicd to drop down the gradients >t full speed “At all the places most frequented by - y< lists the Touring Club of Franca has .J,iblishcd Jiovdiriil station: when a ease containing till Hunt is needed for the ore: sing of wounds is kept in reserve < »• course, it ia very desirable that ox m rt aid should also be afforded in applying the remedies, and this might be xiveii by the Red Cross cyclists, who, in •overing a good deal of ground on their wheels, might perchance alight on distilled wheelers who needed prompt assisti nee. “The motor cycle is coming rapidly to the front, and it is certain to continue Ining so while they are turned out by one iiigja firm art the rate of a hundred a nonth. Inr ns of them may be met with tround Paris during an afternoon’s run, hide n by smartly dressed wheelers, who il perfectly cool and comfortable on their machines while the perspiring p dalers are dropping in the rear. Racing on motor cars is becoming more and more popular, and is likely soon to be overtone*. Several evends are to be* run off during the ne xt month or two, one from Earls to Caboarg and another t ■ Trouble. and the* entries nppe u t » be* coming Ji *lv. <N< <4*» twad I.** • »nay of service ns showing the* caj . ity ol lie* motors, and the experience mine el -■Ml,- I O' II * ..ut it appears to bet utterly use b t<» • irganlzc* truck races for motor cycles, a: is being done at the Velodrome du Fare dcs princes. “On Hunday last there were six entries

She was as beautiful as a dream and as fresh as the* dawn. Rut Horatio Everingham was ne*t in a genial inoed. if** had arisen with a heartache, and everything had seem'*! to g" wrong at the store* th it morning. Only five minutes before the sweet >oung woman entered one of the firm’s oldest customers had left in anger, and tie lared that ho would in future buy all his goods from a rival house. ‘‘Well,” said the (*1(1 gentleman r.s she stood with downcast eyes before him, “I suppose you’ve called in j nswer to rny advertisement for a typewriter, have you?” “Vch, sir, sin* demurely replied,. ‘'I've already engaged one*.” ho went on. “Sorry you didn’t get hero a little earlier. The fact is 1 hired the first applicant that came, for 1 concluded that a person who would not get here early enough to beat the uth *.r.-i who might want the place wouldn’t be .ikely to be very prompt in getting around if I were to employ Nr” “i should have been here earlier,” she said, “if i had not first gone to see Mr. Rullion. th* b inker. He also advertised for a typewriter. I am sorry now that 1 didn't come here first. Then l should j robably have beaten all the otlu.s.” While* sue had talked Hcfatio Kvcringharn had taken his first good look at her, and he, too. was 8 »rry tliat she had gone to set Rullion first. Hut there was no use regretting whit had been done. He didn’t need Nr now; so there wa. nothing to do but let her go. He arose to show her out of the private office, but she hesitated. “You don't think you’d need two typewriters. do you?” she said, at last. “No,” the merchant prince replied rather impatiently. “One can do the work very easily. Good morning.” “Well, then,” she murmured, half to herself, “t suppose l shall have to accept Mr. Bullion's offer. J’rn sorry, for I'd i ather work here.” “What!” ex ■iaiined Mr. Everingham, you're going to work for Rullion? ’ “Yes. J tol l him I’d conic back if you didn’t want me.” “Stay here, my girl, stay here," said the old gentlCTar while brads of cold sweat stood out upon his brow. “1 11 make room for you some way. Great Caesar, what a narrow escape! Why, all rny money is in Bullion's bank!”

Moral Courage. Indiu nn polls Journal: Wc-ary Watkins Say, what is n tral courage, nn.wvay? Hungry Higgins—I heard a preacher say it w is Hr* power to say *'no.“ j Weary Watkins—When you’re arked to drink, or to work?

swamp. "Underfoot N ice cake, overhead twentytwo hours’ sun. Everybody gets lice. Boil underclothing. Freeze sleeping bags. Talk on the ice pack Is heard a halfmile. An expert placer miner can pan dry. Ala.'k m “dust” is as big as wheat. Some gold is fine enough to float. Wear silk gloves and then fur. The Eskimo is virtuous, the Chilkat i3 not. Canadian rapacity will drive the miners into American territory. Canadian police lire highly efficient. Reindeer will be the future locomotives. Alaskan dog are wonderfully intelligent the result of selection and heredity. The nativ- cat much decayed fish. They are all honest. Thousands of miners from other natloi 3 will go. A Chicago company leads in Alaskan exploration. Ha> grow a as high as a man’s head. Hardy vegetables can he raised. All streams show true gold fissures. Take plenty of flour. Buy all you think you need, then buy more. East winter a man killed himself because he had five pounds of baking powder and no flour. Under act of congress communities of miners can make their own laws. No thief gets a fairer trial anywhere, nor any prompter execution. M ike caches on platforms six feet high. Wolves. It \n ill pay to wait n \• tr or two. it costs .$1,000 now and will cost $200 then. aii distance! it• gigantic, i. I 2 000 miles from Sitka to Klondyke. A boat leaving Dawson Sept. 20 is chased to the mouth by freezing watci. All wood in the Aleutian islands grew on glaciers in Alaska. Whole forests break into the sen. Some streams are bridged by glaciers. Some wood is beautifully polished by glacier action. Avalanches in the inter.or are unkr*. >wn. Owing to dryness there is not much suffering from the cold. Take a 40-So rifh with telescope sights One small tr be M.ik •; $2,500 a year from silver fox skin.- Tht y are worth $2.i0 each. Exposed portions of the body freeze in three minutes. Enough library One Bible, one Shakespenre. Snow shoe not needed in the mine country. Buy mine" from diai ouraged miners. Trading companies will not carry goods for competitors. Next year competition will bring down their prices 50 p r cent. Meals on the boat up the rlvir cost $1 ench. Men who have gone this winter to moke their living sawing wood will net have time to say much.

I*<* ;*tun nci! 11 > 11 u a. ped. Chicago Record: ”()ur landlady had to lower the dining tables three inches.” “Why did she do that?” “Nearly all the boarders arc scorchers.**

NK of the features of the coining Trans - Mississippi I u t e r n a t i o ual Exposition, to be held in Omaha. Neb., in H98. will be the Fine Arts building, which is to be a permanent structure, and will i hereafter bouse all < (he art treasures which will ] eotue to tlie city from all ' parts of the world. The building will fucr the plaza, directly inside the main entrance, in shape a parallelogram 21B leet Ion « "thil 130 feet wide, the long axis parallel to the Omtid Canal. It (onsists of two separate symmetrical, domed buildings connected by a perirtylliirn or open court surrounded by colonnades. The building rests or a bainstra(le ( | terrace and is approached from the plaza by a flight of steps and also from the avenue bordering the dual, between it and the building. One enters through the portico and vestiliule to the dome, central for each building and lighted from the top. forming ;i suitable phuc for the effective exhibition of statuary. Surrounding this central feature are the galleries, all lighted by skylights, and so artanged as to afford the greatest degree of wall surface for the display of pictures, and to aliow for the proper circulation of visiting crowds. The two separate buildings offer a better opportunity for the classification ol material, and at the same time bring the scale of the architecture to its proper relation with the surroundings and in accord with the general scheme of the exhibition grounds. The colonnade connecting the two parts forms on effective architectural feature conspicuous from (he canal and opposite avenue, and affords a place for the instalment of architectural fragments and models, which cannot be so effectively arranged inside the walls. A touch of landscape art lends additional interest to the treatment of this court. In the exterior design a somewhat free rendering of classic motif has been adopted, the usual severe simplicity of outline being modified sufficiently to bring it in accord with the purpose of the building. The. basis of the design is the Corinthian order, which is applied in two dimensious—the larger emphasizing the entrance porticos, and repeated on the gables fronting the canal amd opposite sides; the smaller is adjusted to

Salvation \rmv Wanted to Make Them Work or Go t » Jail. The St. l/ouis branch of the Salvation Army is planning a campaign against the tramps. The scheme is to make Dusty Roads and Wandering Willie work for their food and lodging or go to jail and work for the state. The first part of the plan is the army's; the rest is the state’s. Col. Evans, the army's commander, intends to hire a building large enough to accommodate 800 men. Baths and fumigating boxes will be put iu. and there will he a large eating room attached. No one will be admitted free. The cost of lodging and a meal will be very low. possibly not more than S cents for both, but it will have to be paid. In order to give every one the opportunity to work a wood yard will be opened in connection, in which applicants may saw wood enough to earn tlie price of a meal and lodging. To those who are used to sedentary employments, brush-making or chaircaning will be furnished. Tlie restaurant is expect'd to be the great feature, as enough hot and nourishing food for a hearty meal will be given for one cent. When the establishment is in operation tlie citizens and police will be asked to co-operate by referring applicants for assistance to the Food and Shelter Depot, if he goes he earns his living; if he doesn't go, and persists in begging, tlie police will arrest him and see that he is put at hard labor in the county jail. In either case, the Salvation Army people say, the tramp problem is settled. Col. Evans expects to be able to fit up the building required for $2,500, and believes that the institution, when one? established, will be self-supporting. He lias already started a popular subscription to raise the sum needed. He will probably get it without difficulty.

TIPPING.

flow Pari, Walters Manage to l.ive Without Itereivlng a Salary. An English resident has investigated the extent of the tipping habit in Paris restaurants, and has brought to light some interesting figures. Tlie investigator examined conditions in one of the largest restaurants in the city, and found that from tips the waiters average $60 a month each. The custom there is to put tlie tips in a box which is opened every fortnight by the head waiter and the contents distributed. The breakage amounts to $200 a month, of which the waiters pay half and the proprietor half. Of course, the waiters get no salary, it being well understood that they are paid by their "pourboire” or tip. In some cases the proprietor pays old hands from $5 to $20 a month. Head waiters get from $20 to $100 a month. The waiters also get a commission on all the wines and cigars they can sell outside. Inside the house the cellarers only get commissions on the wines sold to guests. The Parisian waiters do not favor the abolition of the tippiug system, t’nder P they sometimes make $80 a month, and soon save enough to set up In business for themselves, which is the great object in life of every Frenchman. Tips in Paris are higher than in New 1 ork and are given by the initiated with good grace, as it is well understood that they are the only source of income of the waiters. Some time ago the waiters in a l*aris restaurant struck because the proprietor wished a per1 centage of the tips. Such occurrences are. however, infrequent. The generous man finds ample opportunity in Paris; he may tip the cellarer, who brings his wine; the head waiter, who ushers him to his seat, and 'he w iitet who puts on the dishes.

IT HAS MANY LIVES

THE LIZARD IS VERY HARD kill.

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MAKE A PANSY-BED.

.% Hit of Pretty I'rartlral Garrieniti;; for Onr Girls.

There is much pleasure in store for those that have never owned and studied a pansy-bed, and even more for those that know just how much joy is in such a possession. If you have a hotbed, sow pansy seed there in August. Transplant until they are five or six inches apart. Protect with mats on outside and paper on inside during cold weather, or, instead of paper, give a light covering of leaves, which should not lie packed closely. (live air and light on warm, sunny days. Very early in spring the protection may bo removed, and if carefully watered and sheltered from the noontide sun. the pansies will soon be blooming. As soon as the frost is out of the ground they may be transplanted to the garden. Make the bed rich with old, fine, stable manure. Give them a sunny situation I say, with all deference to writers who say pansies need a shady position.

Knifing . KttiiHSkii “Octopu*. From the Kansas City Journal: Once in a while one of tlie slaves and serfs gets his knife into the railroad octopus and churns it up and down at a frghtful rate. A Union Pacific locomotive set tire to a field of wheat in Russell county recently, and 150 acres of it were burned, while ten acres remained standing. The claim agent for the railroad agreed .with the farmer that the ten acres should be cut and threshed, and that tin railroad would pay for the burned grain just in proportion to the yield from the unburned portion. It happened that the Dm acres left standing contained the cream of tho crop and it threshed out thirty-three, bushels to the acre. While it is estimated that the whole field would not have averaged more than fifteen bushels. The railroad stood by its agreement, and the farmer realized more than twice the value of his c rop. Tlie claim agent says that until the settlement had been made all the farmers In the neighborhood swore that the ten-acre patch was not as good as the 150 acres burned, and then they went to crowing

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warning of the up. proach of crock,

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ist who undertook to kill one writes "Having caught one of the

by the neck so that she could not bit. me, I got a large worsted needle ami gave her several punctures with it not

only in the heart, but in every p,- t

the cranium which was in con'tac 'vm the brain. This, however, was !0 fa from answering my purpose whlch was to kill her in the most speedy ani least painful manner, without manglln* or mutilating her. that she seemm] , 0 have, still enough life left to he abl-

to run away.

"After this, my host undertook to put an end to her, and, having S iv en her several hard squeezes about th? chest and tied her feet together hunt her up by the neck in a noose, which he drew as tight as he possibly could "From this situation she was found In a space of forty-eight hours, to have extricated herself, though she still remained near the farm, appearing a t the same time to lie almost exhausted Upon this we tied her feet close behind her, so that with her long and sharp claws, of which she had five upon each foot, she could not damage the serpents and other animals which I kept in a cask of brandy, and among which 1 pm her with my own hands, holding her a long time under the surface of th? liquor. Yet she was so far from being suffocated immediately that she tloum ed about, and even a quarter of hour afterward convinced us by motions that she had still r.ome

remaining in her.”

The Nile monitor or varan iVaramm Niloticus), of which the neivt-omer at the Zoo is a specimen, is, perhaps, th’ largest member of the family, and ha.been known to attain a length of over six feet In structural character it is somewhat distinct from other lizards approaching in several respects its en emy. the crocodile—tho largest of ex | isting reptiles. It Is on the eggs of crocodiles, or the young crocodiles themselves, that it chiefly feeds, a habit which is said to explain the fact that it appears on the monuments of the ancient Egyptians. It is still com mon to the Nile, though it has also been found in the rivers of South Africa, as well as in Senegal :md tvar

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BULLET PROOF.

THE FINE ARTS BUILDING, TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION.

A IvlomlyUi- Liillabjr. Cleveland Plain Denlei: By-a-baby-bunting. Snuggl'd from the cold; Mamma's a grass widow now Since papa went for gold.

Detroit Journal: o. kindly fates, watch over me. Ami. if yon may. pit a -e also keep My little wife from waking mo To ask mu if 1 am asleep.

the height of the flanking walls and connecting peristyle, and serves as a tie to hind the separate elements into one composition. As being quite in accord with the character and purpose of the building, it was determined to make liberal use of the sculptor's and painter's art tn soften the outline and bring out in greater contrast the severe forms of the architectural members. To this end the walls behind the columns of tho porticos will receive a decorative color treatment, interesting in itself, and forcing into greater prominence their classic outlines. The conditions imposed by the purposes of the building preclude, tlie use. of windows in the side walls, and to avoid the monotony of unbroken wall surfaces the devices of. breaking them with the sculptured border was adopted as most suitable, and as giving an opportunity to illustrate in sculpturesque manner the minor arts, which furnish the medium of expression for the higher art of architecture. The sculptor is again called upon to crown the pediments and flanking buttresses with groups and figures representing the various arts, and holding out for those who win them tho emblems of success. The domes are low and of simple shape, out serve, together with the sculptured figures, to give a varied ami picturesque sky line and fittingly crown the whole design. Thus in this building is attempted not only the proper housing of the works of art collected from all the corners of the earth, but to assert for architecture her proper place among the other arts as being he resultant c irabination of them all.

Chicago rtecoril: Some tandems arc like marriage— And this trail) wo cannot shirk; The girl gots moRl attention, While the in in doen all the work.

An eighty-year-old man of Somerville, Me., who for half his life has been partly blind and partly deaf, has recovered his senses in full, without treatment.

Mulch the pansy-bed with chip dirt, chopped hay, lawn clippings, fine manure from the bottom of the heap, or better than anything else, if you can get it, is wood’s earth or leafmold. A good mulch and plenty of water, and we have no sunshine that will hurt the pansies. They bloom earlier in spring and remain in bloom later In fall in a sunny situation, but possibly a sheltered bed would give more and larger blooms in midsummer Vick's Magazine.

< iirin^itHw in Stone*

There have been found in a pichistorie mound in Humphreys county. Tennessee, two images which are exciting much interest. The images are in a sitting position, and one, representing a male, is twenty-eight inches high; the other, representing a feinnl. is twenty-four inches high. They ai" carved of stone of a kind different from any in the neighborhood. The locality, seven miles from Waverly, on the banks of Duck river, abounds in ancient mounds.

Ulepding Rnvlvnd. it seems that the old system of bleeding patients may be revived in certain cases to advantage. A man who had been poisoned with laudanum, and who was practically dead, had life and strength brought back to him by removing the poisoned blood and replacing it with tlie constituent parts of blood, letting nature do the rest. This was successfully accomplished in a Philadelphia hospital recently.

Atchison (Kan.) Globe: The world will never be regulated until we aro as sleepy at 8 o’clock every night as we are when called early in the mornlag.

over the manner in which tho railroad had been.cinched.

BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

There are twenty-two allusions in the Bible to the east wind, nineteen of them being of a disparaging character. Each German army corps is to be equipped with a portable crematory. It resembles a huge baking oven, and is drawn by eight horses. The largest mass of pure rock salt in the world lies under the province of Galicia, Hungary. It is known to bo 550 miles long, 20 broad and.250 feet in thickness. In Non-vay the average length of life is greater than in any other country on the globe. This Is attributed to the fact that the temperature is cool and uniform throughout the year. A substitute for stained glass i s found in tectorlum, a galvanized iron web covered with a gelatinous substance. Experiments have been made with it in Europe, and it is said to lie tough, durable, a bad conductor of heat and easily manipulated. The Wesleyan Band of Hope at Ardwick, Manchester, England, has over thirteen hundred members, a halfpenny subscription is insisted upon from every child. There aro a few non-paying members, but no fewer than 1,300 attend every week with thoi r half-pennies. Kerne Idea of the fine point to which platinum can be drawn will be "nt from the fact that threads have been drawn, two of which can be twisted together and Inserted within the hollow of human hair. These threads are en . smal1 tha t ^ needs a magnifying class to see them "

1 fite.narkabl* Gloth Texted That i om<« Very Clotte to It This week there is to lie a further test in Chicago of the power of Zeller's bullet-proof cloth to resist the steel-jacketed missiles of (he KragJorgensen rifle. The test will he made in the presence of the German and Austrian consuls by their request. Las; week the first test was made by two soldiers from Fort Sheridan. Col. Hall the commandant of the post; Lieut.- " * iarpenter and a numb< officers were present. It was the first time that the army's new rifle had | been tried against any of the so-called bullet-proof cloths, and the officers were quite confident that the gun would wiu. Lieut. Saranecki attached the cloth, which measured twenty-four by sixteen inches, to the wooden figure of a man which is used by the soldiers of the fort as a target. The first shot fired was at 400 yards' distance, and the bullet fell to the ground twisted after tearing a hole half an inch deep in tho cloth. At 350 yards the bullet penetrated the cloth a quarter of an inch and stuck. At 300 yards the bullet went in deeper, and at 250 yards it went half way through. At 200 yards the bullet passed through, its head projecting a sixteenth of an inch. The army officers were much impressed bj the tests, but say that the cloth cannot be made into uniforms on account of its weight. The piece used in the tests weighed fourteen pounds Besides, the shock of impact would be sufficient to kill a man, even though the ball did not break the akin. The KragJorgensen is the most powerful of modern rifles and will kill a man two miles o way. It is thought that Zegler's cloth may be utilized to make shields for Gatling and other machine guns

A Gohl<*it Floor.

King George II was once invited out to dine with a wealthy and eccentU' old duke, who possessed more niones than he knew very well what to do with. Upon this occasion, wishing t° impress his majesty with the immensity of his riches, he had the floor the dining room paved from end to end witii sovereigns, the heads being l| r

Eacti coin was stuck in a mixture

lime, which soon dried, leaving t 1 "' precious “tile” securely fastened. When the king arrived, and was shown what had been done in his honor, his amaze-

ment knew no bounds, and It was

with

difficulty ho could be persuaded to i r -

foot upon the golden floor.

Property Is said to be so safe 'it !l land, that packages left unguarded f>nr where are hardly ever touched.

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