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- H,JV ^ THE ]KATONAH TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1899.If ° . i -j. • 111 IS SPY MANIA iffrjHA'NCE. \ ALL ABOUT PEANUTS. Anaa;nnu'« l a Which Visitor * t o th e Frenc h Capita l Are Tut . Ita'd'already been living peruianent- 3\TTE\ rjr. 'AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. O f ih (• ris t Tr'\r\c% r.a'i«aireaay DI ne Of tilt? L-lcVtf iVSI 1 liLKi,^ . y , n j j0Dr ] 0Q f or 8( . V eral year6. and it ' Th«jro Are rtoarly Fniir. Million Uu,$hei» iva; only live ycai -i later that I took up j Connnneit tn-itlie ttnitod states Kurt! J2$l residence pcie more in Parts, al- • V«»i'-c«iin to TIJI» country -vi 'ith fir* tli'HiK^i 1 never-ea-ve up my home 'here. Mavo* From Afiu^, _ „ ' \ , Dunns the whole of the seventies.' j - Tho American people are evidently IT wtVUIIPP< PATTFTJfV ' h(iwf \\'- r ' -w«sed -Hie- eh* lib el-fro- j vcry pi , rtt al to peinnrtsrTcirfirrk-wl-Tt 1 I % KLVl'IRLJ rA 1 11-^^1- I titiMitiy. and always staid at--tfro-samc- , ]al : g0 pc . au ut planter in Virginia to the Known- to tl1B -Pruf clonal Swindler A for Montis Ikfuie He lb lj»j|r-t Kurilearly quarter of a cen- 1 he Victim Mav Have Been Watched , \» y ' h.ivc n< vi sfuni elsewhere while on i vi:.it lc> I'.irn In spito of tills _ tl\ proprietor h .id on two different oc- ~ Fleeced CLRIOHS in hear t It*--.t ^vei e i ross-exami- nation of IID inspector of rho •\service The Cme or iiortor iiitriincinii. who Wn 'i '<{>\'' 'I des j^.nnts \ The first lim,e ho Ki>iii »->i of u ^ut ,ii«u -tvintntniiiR ,*.•»<>.- ii.iiited to I/IKIW why my name was so\ 1100 In <\ii»h - >-„iiie Oilier lii »t;mcr* cor ( .,|jii uun.^lv lilt-P Ul3i -J3f the SOO of whiTo Lnfi -u SUIIIH iiu>o Uooi^ si'curcii tin- i.(J ,ini .i.stci- K ^nrral of the second tiy TlrlB I'mrrw.\ k Hl»|Mie (M Albei t ^Vundal), the next The art of •Knl «rinitinii 1* perhaps '\• jinxiout to ascertain if I wi -i i)f;tint nr near connection Of tin l.itno 'is 'i'-ii Viiurlamme, although, in imtii ivi '.os IIB '•oiiiii soe for hl-mself ilnii th<; name on the 0 register\ was , vpi li-d quite differently from theirs. I h\ mannuur. not a. Frenchman • >iii' of the i li-veri'st rrli nf the pro fi ssiiiii \ salil n votirtin lliu f inker, when iip|il'<uii lied •irlic i| liili^' the IK :s -•f Kiiriiiu-1 tiri'i-nnimil pn-tdent <>f the ' inilsvllh' iPn i National Hank' who v>as .roliheii of a uutcbel coiitaiiiini: bonds lo the value of Slil .UUU'. ivlillv v iimilhcr crip w;is Btibf-iimted in Its - l>\lni'-d tins out to him. addingvthat a lilaee. \ \ TO.III like myself was prohably compe- ~~ \ypeukliit! iif\sUuilni' ' .r<e Mluit hovn—teui ti. sn-'ll hiy own name, and that .nine to niv not lit'.\ the iletrctiv.. eoh If .ho. thn inspiTlnr. wished for more -tiniiml- its he leaned l-ii. K in his idinlr umnh; information he. could n4a \ nd ,onk on !1 \»»\! 1 sc •''\ , « fl ^'l l ^ 1 .ilher ,„ (ho EHfellsl/emoassy. an TSlfc writer recently, \for there arc nearly 4,000,000 bushels oX them consumed in trie United States annually. Before the civil war the pcajnit .was only a holiday IuJcttjjy\ to the majority-, of the paoplc living In the north, the day when the,_circu &».\va8 _in. lQ ^m .;diiritlE the country fnir and 'the great and glorious fourth of July being the prp- dipal occasions fkarthe popular yc>arn- i ing fop t-iic nut was irrinryTireasvresat^j Isfled. The product then mmouiuou^to barely 500.000 bushels a yearT MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD Gallium SaH.t For S2.2 .-;o uu Ounce—Other ' \IMRII -l*rlo«d-aifltttLi. ' RllM AS IT IS MAlTE. \The majority'oT \people when asRe\d to name the most precious metals USH- ally mentl'6n gold as first, 'platinum as second and silver as thlrrj,\. safa-th'eT C!liae ~i 1,l ' ;e ' scum-and genei'iU-lmpurl- proprietor of a.—large -assay and refin ing establishment in Ne w York. '\If asked to name nthers, jsomc might, add. nickel and a few alumnium to the list Now, let us soc-hiJw near the truth they would be. Cold is' vV\5rth about $250 per pound troy, pla-Unum $130 anrlsll.ver about,$12. ' NickjgJ is worth about 00 cents and pure aluminum' frrtm gq cents to '$2 to the troy pounds \We will now compare- those prices with ,those of the farer and loss well known metals. To take 'them ii{ al phabetical order, barium, the metal xvJiich Davy- isolated from its ore . oaryta, in 1S08, sells for $a5J) a pound when it BoTd at all, an'd calcium Is \At the close of the war when the I wort *V soa a Po«Pd. Cirium is- a, shade liinrkalilf vvhiit (levia- uV\|ees the p.ro- lessloiml Kulmllir will resort to In • •'riji -r Lo f.l-P-n.iai Ills Inleiuk'tl mViV: soldiers returned north thousands of them had cultivated such a lilctng for the nut, which they—had often pulled from the ground and roasted at theirH- reacft the highest point, chromium be*. ~ \ Ing $2Q0. Cobalt -falls'To - \aocTut half the price c f silver, while didynllum, the metal isolated by Masander, is the same price as calcium campflrea white in Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina, that the crop then raised In- these stateR didn 't begin to supply the demand\. WideawaKe farm l-era saw the,nnlnf._ajuL^amallJgartleji patches where peanuts had been grown li h ininkT on the Doulevard des ital- | f 0r generations wore soon abandoned lens ISIIKP derensed)' or any of the j 0I broad fields, and t \-il «y'. ytrgi'nirf* \iMly .i\ vvhiletheobstra.ting.iiU l n..-s J-Rnuli h • nrresporfdents itOjaris, at.a.l J an(1 North Carolina are growing 4,- ffrtn4*itl tl«' 8tili«Ht«rJiHJ \f 4tuutCfcr_ of v*lii<-h pliues I was JtTlBwn. The, QOO.OOO bushels of npanuts a year—a inny seem n dlll.leuii innlter at ur»t Dfllual* rot6r'f was characlM'tst'tC (it T result due almost entirely to the civil j;lunee. nevej -tbelesB \vh«n ,vuu renienv^-t| 1( , n |„ rl t 0 ( the time, as showing tb,e I war an( i the habit the„federal troops II.T that llfi ^Tlilef may liave wat-lied va |„,, nP , nnd presumably his super- ' contracted of eating fiff Mr Creenwoud for month*, the thhiK |f)rs p(arJir | „ pon a n testimony afTect- ! ing no matter whom which did not \ 'We IMH'OIIH'H ijulte clear. li e maj have followed him from place to pintle, week out and week III. He became ae (|1inlut- <<1 with the hnlilts of his intended victim. nn<. when the opYinrtuni' nlo- uient af-iivi'tl In the restniu'ant all he llad to Uu mis tu pint e hli empty grip tilly with their jaundiced views, do not believe in embassies and bank ers, and still less in foreign correspond ents, he said. \The most shady peo- Dlu have, as 'u rule, 'lu'u bust cieUun- tials.\ The latter sentence was, no. whore the satchel containing the valua bles hud been before .•>..!. • . • .i. >. v. \SO much for that case Let me fell * 1o,,bt - baRed »I? on « erta n thou S h , b >, n ° vou about another, much eleven.r with ™™™ conclusive experience arrived at 'n... PYeeptiMn timt-^n -» ii..ii..r< wi-. . by ihe higher fiinctlonarlfla of thn pre- apprehr-nrled afterward About thirty fecturc of police. It-.-had boon ro- vears -ago u jjreat sensation was ereat- hearsed, perhaps, many a time and oft, eil when Doctor linrllngton. president for tno inspector 's benefit, inasmuch as \ f . ?'', 0 A T'5....?.'\:.V'...' < < s r 1 J > \ ) l a A ^ 't had become a stereotyped phrase SaSZ^aS^^ from I'hllajelplild St-nted lu the r.Trb—third rntn newspapers^ Th e in- rge- quantities of the nuts. Naturally, the returned soldiers' demand for j?e.ajiujta. placed them within reach of the rural popu lation ,in the north, and the'nut soon,.-] ceased to be a holiday IusuFy\ \When tho war broke out most of higher; its co£t js_$160 an ounce, or $1,920 per pound. These begTiTTo\ look like fabulous prices, but they do not men comes gailmtn, which Is worth $3^50 an ounce With the peanuts consumed in this country were raised in North CafoJIha.. A great many were also imported frttn Africa. Tlicy were of inferior qual- 4ty> In fact,—tho beat—antebellum road__cQaeb. with his feet on an old spector, though, was too stupid to In- grlp on the floor, tlic old gentleman _ vert the proposition to nlmsel'f, bence, thought himself nnd his treasure nbso- ' | n his mind, the people provided with lutely safe. But h e did not know what ., ho hPH , .-rn^pntlnl s were the' most was lu tjrore Mr him. In tlie seat Jn § s undy front of hi in sat a woman In black : * l?y the way, it is nearly always a wom an Jn bla< k who is concerned in lliese swindling affairs. But to continue. -tiT -liP -4 {Uti ^-for_she hart nil tUCJuu. Virtue I n Vlrux . It was from 1776 to 1798—exactly 100 years ago—that Jenner pursued his pearancea Tif a gentlewoman, was cvi- Investlustttuiis ad lo the immun 1 ty—from (leutly distressed from n cough and smallpox of persons who had been af- valnly attempted to raise the window fected with cowpox. next to her She kept lifting awny. I Vaecinoxlon Is- compulsory thx.ough- nnd still the window would not budge. | out i3 UrO p 0 . n i 8 not nationally re- zr Ksfjw M u ° ited s ir ! ,r h ug , ^ or rather released his foothold on bis various states have Ordained it .by local grip,' while placing Ills knees on his l?ws. Neither is it compulsory la seat.»\l 'Ui 1 HHMHIIO WUH not ninturu us eniratla-or New Sou'tU Wales, but it Is yet however. The woman .bore flown in. Victoria, western Australfa and on the vvindo^v while apparently Tasmania' assisting in its ralslug. and thus | j Germany vaccination Is strictly matters stood for a minute - or , _, . _ i •- x two. Th e moment for the work-of mtarcta, Jn France very loosely,. In the confederates bad now arrlv- Germany only 110 persons die o f small- cil Rented across the nlsleon e of pox annually, In France 14,000 persons, the thieves Swiftly pushed his own j Jn Norway and Sweden and Denmark satchel under Doctor Darlington's seat, vaccination U enforced In a novel abstracted toe_.tuil one. nnd the trick way> p eop ] e cannot be marrted without wns done. The man was uJtired In a „„„,, „',„„,„ , .v,«t- ^.im^t. „,t,,„„ long clonic, which /acilft.lte.l the o D er- each Modudn * their certiOeate ot\asr. ntimi. antl'wlicn lh<.olrl man wtl-drrwn dnatl \^ ^^ithfiut tMs th& minlatfiL. he felt secure In the'fact that his f.w cannot perform the ceremony. English ii <e more touched a saiinel At\the people who have gone to Denmark for next station the thief .got nff. and the the purpose of marrying their deceased woman wns nnr snspecied until long wlf ,v 8 sister^ being 'ignorant of this ..Iterward for Dnvtor Dnrllng.on never f , hn notnaUerl tnelr vaccination • liscovered ills loss until he readied ... , _ ... ... _ . ,, , . -Hume Th o men linpihated were To- certificates With them But without _ bacco .Tac k' and 'Slnj.iny Williams,since niem they cannot lie married. The • unvieteti taJiintf terms fn the peniti IH only solutmn of the difficulty Is for nary The woman, whose name I have tlTeTrr to be vaeelnated again, and so r .T .i;olti'ii. was also sent up. actually shed their heart's blood for love \You can easily see bow the trick 0 f one another-a thing more often uas douu.\ aiid.lrere the KUtiiulnh.nd- tallied nbout'-than<done. > nt showed, liy the tiiiuyif *tiiine chairs „ aildvptber panrpiiennkiiUu lmu lim tor Darllt'L'teii was made -iitchel wllli f'lO.iiuo the losi r of a DnneluK Itecoiiimcucli?*}. Dancing is not a violent exercise as •One „f the-Xiu-ciiiost' (letu-tl-ves Ja J practiced to-day, yet-it brings in play .\ e service, who .f..r obvious Vc .-i•ion<» •TlTe-iiiiiseles. Ancient doctors rec- ~rrc?ires ills name wlthehl. told of ,m cmitecnded It as a cure -for \Spleen va- otber sntibcl robbery that dlfrerrtl in pors nnd melancholic \ affections,\ as Mime respects /nun the one above, well as agues. Jaundice and rh'eiima- \' '' tlsm It Is a mild form ~-6t exercise, peanuts were -poor compared\ with the nuts'grown to-day. But the demand for-the nuts in recent years has not iuul-thc^fteGt^f-~improvlng~the-W>rt-^^ produfced as cheaply as are iron, zinc, lead and confier.\ „ Carolina product or increasing Its yield to any great extent. Virginia and Tennessee, however, .-woke right up 'under the increased demand, and im proved cultivatlonbas nioiuiced a nut, TJspiscTiaTfy Th'TIrglnia, that Is as \near perfect as it caa be. \I don't 8ttp _pose-there are many peo ple who know that the' peanut came to this country with the first, cargo of -jBlavea-t-hat wore landed-on-eur^-aho It is a native of Africa, and in its orig- inal state as full of grease- almost as a bit of pork. Cultivation arid\ change of soil have greatly reduced tho oleag inous quality of the nutr^althougb. the North Carolina variety has^jeriough grease yet to\ flhd a\ rc^y/avrie ;lu France, where It jot »8 JJjW^flf^.'-an-^ cestor and cottonseed In^upplylng^ riot a little of the. olive oil we find in. the restaurants afid family groceries. Nor-, folk,, Va., is the greatest peanut cen- \ter -In\ the world, and handles annually 1 l 200,000 ba^s, or 8,000,000 \bushels.' \It is a pretty sight to'see a peanut' plantation when the vines are In blos som. Th e blossoms are a bright yql- h w and the vines ate. -a vivid -green. As Boon—as the blossom appears a fine branch forms on the vine and shoots' down into tho ground. The peas, as the nuts are called on the plantation, form on lbg_shoot beneath the ground, -like p'otatoes. When the crop Is gath ered In October yte vine Is ploughed up, and the nuts \\bang to the .roots. . Vines and all are Piled in cocks in tho field, and'in twenty days tho nuts are ready to be pulled off,--placed in bags an<£--taken to the factories. - • There -they are cleansed of dirt, assorted, pol lened in revolting cylinders.affd-put'iff- to-bUBs-feady lor' the market.\ -, . \ 'i'bespottecl vli tlm Jwnn despoiled \of bis grjp as-the train neai'i-il o station a. cllstanee awny frout ittf -point of de- i partUre. A cnafwdrKite was in wait ing outside, and cunningly the stolen , valise was passed to lihn. while ibe , unsuspc ctlnc; traveler did not discover , bis loss until some lluie afterward. I which if indulged In moderately cjan- licrt Imt do good, as well as make dno trrnofiii Mllllonnlro Ilornilt* A Swiss paper relates that near the. , I Beatusiiojilc* on'tire lake.of Tfiun^ an Condition oi woxki„ e ~iv^i 0 . | cccenlriche.rmlt has built a cottage In A atrleking lUustratlon of the differ whkb » p '\ <1, « vc l l3 . Bnbt oft from aU tho c ice in\ i1ie-vonditlon««f the workin\ wo ^- n -s rood being brought to him I eople of Europe_and\'tb .pS (».of Araerf U V a servant. HeJs a well-known mll- '•u is furnished by coulrusting the., li- naire of Basle, afflicted with the :-'eerage iiusseugcfs who-gj West with | mania that Borne one Intends to poison t'.ose that go Kast on the big Atlantic him steamers. Steamship rtoctors say thn I u the westward voyage they irro al ways compcdled to use many gallons of disinfectants in the steerage. On the •Cli Ec oi»o in I en. Beef is never seen at a Chinese- ta ble, oxen and cows'caprjjlo 6f working eastward voyage they use none. 10m- t no plough being- accounted too valu- Igrants from Europe to the United able ^ the farmer to be consigned to woofd disgrace noble animals. After attached to tbe slaughter of these nnl- two or three yenrs in America, when TOals^the punishment for tbev-llrst of- they go back to their homes, tbey de- fense being 100 .strokes with a-bam- ruand clean quarters and comfortable boo. bunks and tlio>«se\ of a bathroom. Wben tnfey-go-W^st-they-eftrry-tbelrbcV-- longings tledi up In a handkerchief or Jammed Into. a;_bag. When they 50 East tlicy nave a. gotfa -trunk, and some times *ev6ral ot them. Smallest Locomotlxc. Tbe smallest locomotive ever made was seen at the Omaha eipo$Itldn. Ita height from the top,of-tbe stack to %Sr$Hl£^&^ the ,ate' 8 t.tttn K i„ rE a 6 laud; and ore Inches; the boiler Is V/j horse power. 1 . . . . > ., made of steel. «nd-tc8tcd to 300 puuudit \\^ ^\^f^ff 0 ?1* ^g^lf j both in Londoh ahd In\ the provincial towns. . ' -- 1 pres.?ure and will bold 24 gallons ^of wateri -Tfce^-dlameter -of-'the-drlving wheel is 10 Inches, The weight of the llt'Ue xSnrjlntf'ls-about 000 pounds and It \ will run on a rail throe-quarters of an inch square. It^wlll draw 10 cars, each t-ontalnlDf two \persong. - * _ _ Very Iiitln-nvDialjIc _._ 4. Probably^ the most Inflammable among substances which are noTspon- taneously inflammable.is phosphuret-' ted hydrogen (P.H3.). The heat of a thin glass tube containing boiling wa- tcr is quite sufficient to ignite this gas. irortcelcH* Hall W>r6vr,. Motor wagons fo r delivering rnalls proving so successful that the cxperl- A Vienna Cuitom. No married man In Vienna Is allow ed to g o up i n a balloon without the formal consent of his wife and cull-, J- oran £Cs valued at £10,218 were export- drcn. — H*>0—Petxxllc /.H— , of--^erd, Among the 2,100 persons having their- homes in the town of Gonrthigen, in Wurtemberg, no fewer than 800 are engaged in peddling seeds throughout the country, while- Eningon has 120 who.peddle articles of clothing About 'baM\a\Century , ago; b'cf6 J re v factories be-, gnn~nj monopolize things, the peddlers of EnJngen\Uispos .ea ev3rT 'y?tirijr $2,- 5004)00 worth of goods, Vwo-tWi'ds-.of them outside Wurtemberg ,'TrTntirs ~most of the goods wore macle 'lh tbTiBgate, tliesb pe'd'dlcrs played an important\ part. AVlmt \Vn» th e IHC '. A young foreigner had rcceutly ar rived InsLondon'from his native coun try, and some friends of his family ar ranged a diniierTn \Eis lionrif, _ ' evening arrived, the guests Invited to* mc\et him were assembled, but llie- young fellow AXi^ not appear. A friend called on him the next day and, re minding him that he had accepted the Invitation^ Inquired wiry he had not been present. I^-Iis reply was ingenious^ \I vos not-hungry,\ he said. th~nnnefaTTbTP^ . and it may well .be calle*3 the rarest and most precious metals . _ \Glucium Is worth $250 per' „au.nc.e,- indium 1150, Iridium $G58 a. pound, jah- \than 1 um $\17S >Sci lUhTumTTCr/peFounc5. Nidlum costs $128 per ounce, josmium, pallaaiUm\ platinum, potassium and rhodium bring, respectively, $640, $400, $130, $32 and $512 pei-jjound. Strontium costs $128an ounce, tantaum $f44, tilu- ritrm $9, thorium $27-2> vanadium $320, yttorium $144 and zinconlum $250 an ounce. \Thtis we sec that the couuuuuly re- ceived opinion as to what are the rtrost' precious metals is quite erroneous. B\af- lum is more than \four times as valu- 162 times as costly, while many of fhe other metals mentioned are twice and thrice as valuable. Aluminum, which No DOIIKIMK It. ~ Electricity seeks the earth not ih one stream, but in .a sort nf shower. The tree absorbs it at every twig point, and is dnly shattered because of the condensing of the electricity* at the trunk, which cannot carry the con- jdaniJj. Increasing; hnltr In flip grpjinj, '1 ne theory of avoiding cui'i'tmta of air \during an eleqtrieal storm is plausible because of the varying dampness o f the air Th e air passing through a window, will, owing to its moisture, which renders It a better conductor .than otherwise carry-into the room any stray chin_pf lightn-htg- that-may be at \handT and it is always well to avoid these stray chips. So far as any pro tection resulting from maintaining a perch on a feather bed. insulated on panes, of glass, it Is considered by au thorities to be onittle moment. Th e lightning-Is just as likely to jump from one side o f the room across tlyubod to the other side as it is t o go straight down the wall. Electricity, although It has already revolutionized the t llfe of mankind, is- -yet- but -iit-tle understood,- and is furnishing a fertile field for en thusiastic scientists. (iranafncturetl Krozn.lho Itofuso nnd ?cnra of lirfUcd Sugar. Hum is a grcwsome-looKTrrg—com» ppuud when In process of manufact ure. Briefly, It Is made frprn the re- ties of sugar as- that article throws them off in the process \elf.boiling lu siigar-innking, after the juice has 1 been -pressed\ outr-of the fresli effing JETS\ put Into great- vats nnd boiledNlovVn for a lon^» time, to clear it-of waste aud desirable matter. Durjug the boiling this refuse rises to the«top of the vat\ in. a \^tlilck yellowlSTi' froth or seujii. The West Indian negroes who are usually cniployeel In the-sugnj and ruin, making establishments stand^by^vvith implements like--'oars, -which they wlehl backward and .forward through the froth. rtVritliiually swooping It olf; the- vat Into reee'ptablcs iiinccd at the: sides' to catrfr It, When cold this scum changes fts. yei= low hue for another n*ud still more un pleasant one, becoming a striking imi tation.of the thick «reen slime which gathers upon stagnant -pools. A t this stuge.lt is mixed will; tnohisses,- water and a certain quantity of 'Jlc.es\ or drugs- from previous fermentations, and «tlie whole impound is allowed to ferment for at week or two. Then dis tillatlon is begun, and tho vapor which arbws-a'roin the 'boiling mixture be- comes, when condensed, a strong, col orless liquid, which l a run in its raw ^^trrTris^Si^t'-lKJTier-ce n t-puve-al' coliol. and, according to a northern man who recently 'tried it In that con- plTioilT ifr nr\l)urils like' n tort ^rgpf ^pro- icssloa.\ To liecome- the rum olC com- niercfi:ihfijL'OiY, colorless product has first jto -be^Inrkened to a rich golden\ lirown by file litldition* of \biirnt moj- lasses, nnd must then be allowed to age. Like most other liquors, the ojd- 04- it becomes the finer Is its quality. ^— Shewp-WIHiont Woal . - The principal kind of meat consum ed by the people of Arabia, both native and forelgti, is tho mutton of the Somali, or black-head .'sbeep.^anu, no matter by wKoiir^eateu,-all pronounce It tht» best mutton ever tasted.' This sheep, as Its name Indicates, is from the- Somali—country,—on—the African const. These slioep imve .no wool, but Short, fine hair, similar to\ Wa t o f a dog:—The must, peculiar thing about thrm Is that they have a large, lump 6f'i)ure \rar ^rowiiiprrigiit -'ar , tiio\roor of there tall, and this fat varies in aigt*-amd weight according-tu 1 the t'Ull- ditlou of the sheep. A mcdjum-slzed lump of jthis fat weighs about four pounds: SticTi ii sheep\. \whTcli\ weighs - from tbirty-Jlve to forty pounds. Is sold nt from four to five rupeeB_18o cents to $1.05). Th e skins, wben.sun- diicd, arc exported, and large quanta ties ot them go every year to .the New York market, where tbey are known US Vmoclin skins.\ but,- like,' tho mpclia—coffee 1 —of—commere4r—this—li mov'Iy a term and .nothing else. In *1S!)7 those ^Bkins were imported Into New* York 10 the value Of $6a8 t 220. AroUnd tho World ltrittania Iteaohra. [^It-ls possible to go around tlie world imd touch on British territory all .tb'j way—viz., from England to Halifax, \o vaucc across/ Cauatla- to A'ailcouver, across the Pacific to Hong Kong-, thence to Singapore, Pennng, Mauritus, Carje Town, St. Helena, and England, There are In (.-Imitation in China at, the -present t'hno coins bearing the names of Emperors who died -2,000\ 'l'\nctorlcM Wttliont (\lilninej .•<. To horseless carriages and smokeless powder add chimneyless factories \as the -newest in nomenclature 7 .- \Hereto-. fore it has been necessary In order to secure plenty of draft for a furnace to, build an immensely tali chim-rfey. Now~j It is foup.d-that instead of pulling the- draft ^by a chimney you can push it from b'elow with a fan A plant run ning three boilers of 200 horse power trie/d tnis experiment with ii Ian whose Wheel had a diameter of. .fifty-four inches. The draft was so much bet tered that the. -firm saved nearly $1,000 a year, by using a cheaper grade of coal. A Fmiious Itnllvwi j Doe . Charley, the dog at Windsor- Great Western ItallvVSy^tation, near London, died trader renfarkable circumstances. He was a white terrier, formerly em- nloyod 'In collecting for.the Widows and ^Orphans' FuriaT and w^s much petted by the\ officials. On his remains being examined, six penuries, eleven half-pennies, and several stones were' found In his stomach. H e had been in the habit of r.unnijng aftercthe money thrown to him and had -jiccideritally -swallowed-the coins. . • 1 Alt Irnorcnlonn Invention . Stamps and ' eii^e^pe'flaps'^can^be^ easily ffiofstimeTljyan Oregoolah's in-- ventlon, which slips on the finger like: a thimble, the efld- -holding a piece of^- sponge or other absorjient material to-j the moisture to thfe gummed surface A Cnrlon* Innect, L Efforts, are being made_to.Jntroduce. a.curJohs insect^Jfao.Hjn byjhe ecfen .-c llflc name 6f\oTastophaga psenes, Into*^ California. .The'special mission of.thp inseci.8eems to be that of fertinzfng^he 7 bjosaomB of the Smxrna^fig; Ornnorea From China. China Is not popdlarly known ns an\ orange growing country., but in 1897 ed from Foo-chow. To RnlKe the \Wind. Tn Persia the shah._has a most \con- -venient method of adding to his funds It consists in-sending some rich noble a cloak lined with'fur. Whenever the shah gives one t o a subject the reelp- idnt isi n duty.-bound to-return-the_-com- pliment by the donation- o f a targe sOm of money. • Coarted Fifty Yenr«, The longest/courtship on_xe:cord' was \that *of Robert-Taylor , postmaster at Bcarva, Ire. He courted-his lady love for^-60 years -and-married-her in- 1872, wh^n'hlo 'ago wao..!08i Ho recently- dled.lin his 134th year. •J. -Old—Gh'ar.Itj- Sr«iemr ; - -A-regularly\ orgarilz'ed-system of're- -1 ^tevIgeLPPvorty;. Jixte\''^ 1 -in. *; ~ChTria~Ior ; mor.e. than 2,000 yeifrs. I t is said'that an organized system of char- ity_pjrey_aUed aJnong-thaj.EgypUanB-2!— A I^olllfSehte'lIoo, A Sicilian tribunal has just sent? enced a uoted forge'r to imprisonment for 1S9 years, TliCjjaulnrit Moassott hlmtxeW bfiMls an* advoTTTtmrnd\In the 'gulser -comrrrrtted—six-y-llirec—different- acts, of serious fraud,' having even 'stolen for a short time the seal of the chancellor of the court This ««al. lie usod to give effect 'to Ills fraudulent documents. Oil or Cinnamon for Stings.^ —A physician—say 's that .the apnlicor Hon of the oil of cinnamon, applied with 11 straw or small brush\. Is the vrry best remedv forHjei.' stings. It—t will slightly 'blister,* bait _v\ ill aestroy the poison. . _ Tlie Mouqultn'x TStfo. The paiiupf n- innuiiiiitn -bite Is cans. ed by a~ -Unlit poison Injected by the Insect Into the wound in qrder to make the blood thiu enough to float through the mosquito's tltront. l'unishiiiciit fjir Theft. Tarring ;uiii' feailn»i4ng-. was once a M | legal punishment for theft. I t Is said to be found in tliv statutes of both England nnd France about the. time' o'f the Crusades. Frozen Milk. -Ki-jjroirTiTiiir-is— no - longer - a ivovpuy Tn Kurope.srnk is tuKeu wnen tresn. and fnze n in bricks\ of different sizes anil sold by size. Tire, milk Is said to -bo more hygenic .than liquid milk. Not^Mnny W'nnt tlie Job. The smallest salary paid to the tiend of a c'villzctl Government is $.15 a yonr to tlie President of the Kepubllc of Andorra, In tbe Pyrenees. Eartliqunke Victims. It Is estimated that since the be- blnning of the historical era thirteen million persons^ have perished earthquakes'.' —•— nr EnBland|«_ Ontpnt or Coal. In one year' 852 ,000 -peJsans are em ployed In the.mines and quarries of England. The'annual out put of coal la - airtfTjr200;000,000 --tonB; CHINESE NATURAL COOKS. —M.- • ; — T •' Somo ^ecultiirltlos In Connection Witli Their Eotlnc. -'-^eljdhJncfie aro a nation\ of cooks. \- There Is scarcely \TirrnncirvTda (n~^rrrV; tholr vast comnlunlty who Is hot more/ Oirtle.s.'! eouipotoTTt ta cook lilffisc5ir S. : * respectable dinner. The '-peasant sits down to meals' ^_ 'cooked by tho h'ands of hj3 wife or ~~ daugirter-in'-ia\v.~Tn large\\ establisliT - •mont.s the cooks ape invariably^. men, . .Half a dozen coolies Nvill squat around. - a bucket of steaming rice* and. from four to six J small savory dishes of stewed cabbage, onions, scraps, of fat.' pork, cheap iish, etc. They fill their . bowls \at discretion\ from the oucket. ' |_The.v help themselves* discreetly wlti» their chop-sticks from the various . relishes provided. . \ J \ On ordinary occasions, t even n', .iccjiltliy Gbluiunnn-wili-. SILJIQW-IL to r_ smne. sucj'-.shuplc^fiirg, *-Bt>\vcfl Indeeil^: •on. a table Instcnd of on-tliw ground, 'but In almost equally slmph. 1 style. It Is only-when a banquet-is siibstl r tutod for the usual meal that ealinj» Is treated KcrioiiKiy as a tine art in a manner .worthy its Importance, to the hufanfi race. Tliejcr'tlic guests will as;. u - semble between 2 \and 4,1^. 111 _and wlll^. reiiiiiln_ steadily at tlie I \tTnirrinV r nTitiy ''\^ hour from 10 p . 111, to mldnji;lit.t. I'lpea are lighted between the courses, iin'l.'_>„ Is Inhaled into the lungs; while wiU»'.\iy ill_iUe i y_j^ M i (? li.of—thl^tal)l^If^tS - fc^^ tlv-H-y»lH»nt-all»on-tlii>»graii<Wiialo^ho I =i-. rk'tifcnlng noise of a JJieatiieal_ jieri, \ forinanee contlnuea alu'iost wHii'oiiY\ IritcTiiilsslon,—^ NttiMfom Dos*.-,. '\Niiti'seous medicines nowadays PQ^__ ^ess.-none o f the terrors' tbaT\munv of us remember when \powders\ wero given in ja m and castor oil In. hot milk, as .pharmacists have- lnyented=-- uo end of way s of glyjng the rmsticsj\ drnga wltlinnfL nrT> r flavor nt-mlll— Ciistor oil, cod llver^oll and tlitngj \p of that disagreeable kThd ar e mane tip' In little flexible capsules, which >t;llp ^ down the throat 'like a strawberry. These capsules arc also \made-in two parts; so that any one can buy them empty and put tho powder or otliejf drug--himself! coaling thorn and thon swallowing them without knowing- that the drug has tho taSte. Then there Is the round wafer paper, In\ which can be enclosed any klnd-3pf boUiSrpiU 'Or^ijowder^iiuuV^vldelh-when- niolstened, can be swallowed with AVliy yiilpa Defy Llchtnlnit. .'* The rea9on~why ships\ arc not struck by iigiiiniug.la a^ttdb^erjrby-GT^nmrn—— authorities to the general use .wlifcb Is now made of \wire rope^fdr rigging; purposes, as well as to the fact*\that r the hull, o f ships tire naually coji8tuiGt-i_i ed of Iron or steely Thus the whole «hip-f-orm3 an cxeetfcnt^ndeentinupuw—— vhich. - the -elertrlcity Ma-led awa y Into the oceon- before Tl\ has time to do an y aerloue-. paamage. , ^ Chance the Oxen. A. strange custom Js. followed^, by;-\ j Mexican farmers.- IThoy- tise*.'.ex'en -'of one r:oTbr~lirtlTe-mornIng^..afldVi^thtlC,^ r .j color in the .afternoon. They do 'not ' know why, but they know'it . must be- the right thing to ido, because\ their: forefathers did it. - \ ' ' «- InaWnct of the Oyater. ' •Oysters after they have been brought awa y from, the Isea, know b y Instinct the exact' hour when \the - tide-'• is-rising, and approaching thefr beds, and so,-of thelr'own accord, open their shells to receive their food from the sen., as If _they were still at homo. • To Cure n_HoiicIaiihr. ._ . Trf TnTmc^-nTrtmtttivcr —nart37-o £^the= -Tjnited-Stafest a curious superswtion exists to the effect that a hcada *che may be cured by the Htiffercr 'weurhTpr thc skin of a snake around the crown of hlsi'iat. _ ' OfhVHlx Glvo Their Pn VIIPS.- Of.lhi r oflicials in Berlin as mjiny as 17,000 give ; tl'icir**serv\ices ' - free. About 4,000 of these superin tend the chanty aftflte, .and 2,WT*~^'_ prcsidu over educational inteTestHTTStiT.\ _r _ XOVT Torpedo Net. The new torpedo nct=dcfcnse, which . is now -to be used en al l British war- * ships, weighs n% cfwt., andMias 16,-' ilOU. wlrc^iudKlicsi'-Eucli treti8 -25\feet — wide and 2S feet deep. t Illuo GriiK^hoppern. Grasshoppers attain their greatest size In South' America, vi-here they grow to tbe length\ of Ave inclies andt spread their wing«,out ten, Aches. Cute Jnpi. -Japan-wl fteT =dinner- speeclies\ are -made before -dinner,, thus insuring brevity aud rurnlshing- topics for convensa,tion. during the meal itself. ~ — An— Kai-in-irk of—jUeuluf.. \TTnvp . ynn, '-nny—special—literary methods, Mr.-Furore?\ \Yes: like all other great writers, I often dip m y mucilage urusb In my \nk.\ The Kleplinot'i Voice. it Is said that if the \voice\ of an'. elephant -were -as-loud—in-propor<4oa AB that of. n nightingale, his trflfiipet-. \ r ing .could be ,heatd round the worldYj. \ \ — Uarrled Men .Better. ... Among theJL ,Q00 _bachelorjS = J.here axe 3S criminals; among married'men the, ratio Is 'only 18.ptr-i;000: = OrlTQ Canal Boat*. ^00-:yeara_B. C. nipr Money. \The bank checks passing through the •jlearing house in\ London and . New York In one month exceed the yjyue of\ all the gold and silver in the world. Thirty thousand .women spend their ILves In.driving.dad.steering,.the canal, boats ih Southern ;,and midland'Eng land, -j/? , ,' . - '' - — 1 ———-•'» 8c'tiitlah^\Bray. r ^ ' '—— Of. ihe .l!?,084 J 6p9j.acre8 'of land_con- talned. In Scotland, not quite 4,500,000 are In -a state of cultivation. * Xondon. Cemetf rle«i. _.The \cemeteries around.London cover 2,000 acres, and the Jand they occttpy- represents a cnpltal of $100^00,000. Bachelors of America. x— In -tlie-;whole-Uiiited-States-the 'r 1 e --ar»-- '5,427,707 brrtchelors' arid v 3,224,404' / 'un- mariied womerj. ' r —.- •* Th e Flrnt CJock. \ * ' The earliest complete clock of which there is any record was' tnade'\ ( bjr t ,»V Saracen mechanic'In the 13tp tentnry. ^ , •' 1 — JTJae No Instrument*. ,The Japanese •iae , ntx8te\—pe y t^r^-all^2rt i tbelr op'eratlon.8 in l ,.tQo'thdr &ry .lnE _iilJ|» the \thumb and' forefinger o'f-'one hand. 1 '; 1 a, i-rr— - J - ''-; pti -\ ™ . \ French -Diploma*. : i.-.. In Frofice jaegrees and diplomas ar» granted by thejfoternment.-a.ndnbtby the universities, as In this»countrjjr. 1 Where Garlic Grows. , . Four-fifths of \the garlic eaten in Europe is raised on the two Afrlcaq Islands, Zanzibar and Pemba. ' .
