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'> •H f •^H *B J V Jf^ *\ SB «Mi«m \ <¥*f 4-»K-1jJ sjfci r 8* «-4a '$• -^kffH \ jtH •* H * ,%w»Aw.iWii.nWp.ri»w i>l|iii ij imnij iM^iiiiifimiii ***m CAHRV1NG MAIL TOR Fosrorricfc Kxnmrr AT TH K WORLD' S *MU*. B«xr tit* Mttl e Two-Cent Mamp Traaaaort* IXtere te Ail Kind * of C*aweweaeae-~ll agaitMd* oftfcePastal Service. MbmJam mad&ualotm*. Tberaip * model of lb* »W #o«ti>«r»er, th e nr>4 ocean «t*amebip built to carry United rHate* maiL Forty, \y**r» ago it did & \ service which )* now per- formed by naatioal grey bounds such a* tbe City «f Peiia of th e International line, whose beautiful model i t placed near the old »bij>. PFEB Michigan mail t* transported on 'dog-sled* in th« in e letter carrier* arc wot beautiful to the eye sad it te doubtful if they would i-rea be. al- lowed to entof a cross-'roada bench show, ba t there is' • business- lilt * look about * tandem •tog team that at- tract* tbe attention of every person who pease* the stuffed group *» the Postoffice eibibtfc Th* dog* berno***»d t o the toboggan fowled with the mail pouefaw were alive •o d i s eetwsl service ln«t winter haul- ing mail out o f Sautt Hi--. Man*. Th * was figure loping alongside i* a good likefiea* of tin- Indian who drove tb * team. From hi* ww w idiot** to the ta*»*l of hi* woolen cap the Indian** costume M * faithful copy of th e clothe* which enabled th« bronre-faeed mail courier to breve tea-foot snow and ft forty degree Wow aero ther- mometer. Tbi* group k our of tb * vlhlbll* which sb»W b«.»W BMUJ k tnttV sported ia tbi* country ... Ai IhnjJaas afJlwJaatl J«e£Jll&. there *•«*# ut.lit p^hmm m w* cotintry. Th e cxteut el pcMt n>ut«i «^gr«g^*d 447,891 mile*, tb« mSm of ut*il ««Tic« performed rawsbed tb« wn«nng toW of WB.087.fl95, the groM rcoeipte w*r« 970,930,475 Mid th« post* offi««« ooat t7fi,960 t M6, Tber* were 2,543,470,210 ordinary port««tt «tamp« iaMiod. 59S.084.700 *Utnp*d «aTelop«Mi and wr*i>pcr>. 611,488,600 P^fl ccrdt. Of i«Rjbt«red tettent lo.'-nw,- 094 mure c»rrtwl and 6,781,110 piece* went to tb« d<-*i!-k'lter office Tb « doROMtia ' money order* imw*l jwaanntcd to »1'JO,006,801 »nd «4* wwrsp iv ifKAp-unmai rutCKUL | iao,17JL wer« Bent Dy iswroational ioutM>T order*. During tiw y«w tba PtMtoflbw b*ndl<KH,77B > r>T5,07G pisce» of mail DMitter of all fejnda. From 1851 to 1888 tbe postal rata WM tSuro* cent* for eT«ry 'b*if-«His&' Id October, 1SSS, tb<? rato wu reduced to two «enta.—Th« total t«w»ipte tor tbe la*t yaar of tbree^wnt poalaga w«re v45,3S4.950. Th e ftrwt year of the* two-teat r*t« dropiMwi receipt* to •42,560,844, >ut tb e ligorwi crawled n|> *o rapidly tb*t l«*t year tbe y •nionntod to* f70,9S0.475, (it-xn'ral HaK#n w a firm advocat* of ebe*p«r ^•iMta^a, H a b*lie-T«d that tb« alight d««r«aw in r««»ij>t* would be mad» op rapidly and b e alao predicted that U>e j *»le 'of pa«tal cards would «offt>r. Tb e [ figure* bear hiro trot. Ptwtal card* w«>r» Ar«t imunid i n 1K74, aad tb« first full y**r 91,r>7t>,000 wtr« k»««L lo ; th<* last rear of tbr«H w?nt poatago ABIGSPY-tiLAffl. THIS VKRKKHTEI.RSCOfK 18 THIS LABOKSTI X THK WORLD . It WM Pr*»«nt*d t o th * fXsIvrraity of Cnleaco an d la o n Kxhftiittoa at tb * Wortd'a Fair—TIM l*utr*me*t Deatrlbrd. N the nortb end of tbe Manntao- tort* Building, Bay* the Chicago 'iBawrd, eat refracting teleacope in tbia world point* its tube toward the north star, Moat man -- would—conaider - s^issiate- 1 *^^^ •vnwnKS api w Mta wttQ-m**-' *. *JT . •ponaible W fcbwa an d a half of tb« aaveitty-fiva tona. Tbia aptodli called tba \polar axia»\ and u atw»y« aet «p ao aa to ba parallel to tna akatJue of tbe earth. TJpon tbe polar asis it th# \deelination aleev«,*'witaia wliwli ia tb« \decliaation axia,\ a at«*l forg- ing 12 incite* in diameter, 9 f<set lonf, weighing lj tons, iipon which tbe tuba proper ia bolted. Tnni* tb e teieacope aa«aawj#a»w»wi»«Hiii urn i.Mriii.ifiMia^aiaAfei^aajaiai • •••>«i. *!•*»*•> .JW»M*ijiiiMuii rnj»^^M»'itjil«iijt^»yT^iija^j.^iil<MFJ#t>il mmm can be pointed i n any direetian , eithe r in'deeltnation, that ia north to south , or u p and down, an d i n right aaoen* aios, eaat to weat. ^Wlinttiifin f>?». wheel sea r the counterpoiae weight, ia eight feet in diameter and i s made of cast-iron. I t ttta oil tb e aleeve that ia on the polar axia, and, aa tb e \point- er' ' ia carried b y the apindle, tbe circle atanda atiil, and th e pointer travela around and reada th« degrees which A qn«*r wail cjarrtrr k tb* Oklawba, ] 379,57«,7&0 cards w^re sold, bat tbe Srat j which rana <m tb* m« »f that »ame J ?*** «* ****•««* P«wtog« dropped tb e in Florida. Aiming that tbe model j *«t»i t o 83»,« 16,600. I t took five year* j t» a good min»aiar<, tte Oklawba ia all *'«rtfa« pwta l eard« to regain tbetr | abow wator. a r«gwlar floating hoot*. «*»*»** n««r«>*. The raagTMtode of i Aoeording to General Hat*n it* draft I *»* P«***« at*rru» of tha DattodStatin Few rt»n*id« what tbm? are doing j M m light Ibat ttroald follow a «r»rink- j • * compared with that of three other j whan tb«r «tM* a two-e*iit atamp o n I ha g cart Tbe Uklawha can travel in i l**AiW adminirtrat»or» of tb » mter- 1 an addreaaad e»wto|>«. Tb#y know ' eight*, o tneJbfa of wab-r.< »*« I*\*** 1 a» l «n » placarded in a way i that thv p«r«m wboac aamt> and ad-1 Moch bandM.mer i* tb* model of the J todeliglittbee«thtt#iaaticyoangAn«TJ- J .,.. —_ _~™__™_™«___, : ™_ j can*. Tbe figure* are taken from the j I reporia of th* flaeal v*»r ending June I ; 30, 1892, Tney'road a* fallow*: j i ««»»AKot*t o* r««rat arrejrp*. ] i L-Blta^ Mtauw r?0,9*»,«* i«.*riSBMl?% 67,7»,n« j ititmu Sriuta...... SMH.sn Fra*»...' -. SS.tSS.HT ; T!>* fl«rBn»i <J* a« la^l«4i« t«le«rap!> r*- ] 'K*ft» f>*r the for^ljfu <t»tiatri««, - \ »iu< »i> M kxi. »t*T... K reart>i>ws». ' rjs««t Stab* S&Um,E9! : \ Free** t»9,ftMJ96 : ' 4i«naaair.. , ]£&,#t3.«U ; Urent britaltt. - «S,80S,5O9 ; rta<\)» *r «*n, x*r*ra a*B.Et» *»» .nxuv* ! rait*! statea .t.aos.786.?*; «i-«naaay» „. ,..2.TT«.SlS.7!t> :.r«M Urltaia '.'• 4,7:fl,*SJ,K»* j'r»as« - l.«Sl,SCtMJ «fllir.1allrd*» Hheep at Penda. Mr, Xohn W. Xorthrnp. of lb* Slate ' Agrtraltarat B»»ar<l of California, i« i toakiog arra»Kem«»t» to ewrtire a con- | Mgnrnt-nt of tb« famoaa \big-tailed\ ] *hr<*j) of IVrata. Thi* 3<»t of *b«*t»p i will be imj.Ktrticd hytb^ State of f*«b- ; f'»r»Ja, at gr«*< ••xi»u»*'» a prevsooa j «-ffurt t o imjiort «a>l br**^?! ih* i;i madts ; by th«\ United St»t<-# Government when ] «J«>rry Knak wa« fferrctary of Agricul- ture having fasJ«tl, a^out of Ifae fifl^pn \i»ig-tail»\ uiijwrted os?Sy fonr are now aJiva. **Tb«a# *he«^p snjport«d hj S»: 4 cr«»tary Hu»k cwn« from Bnalure, IVraJa» ** aaid Mr. Norbrap at the .Gilaey B<»uw>. , \Tbey w«^r« *hipp*»d by Sir. Tnixton i fie*k», tl*e Cnited States Miniver, aad were treat**! in a royal manner. From H ihf* time that they were selected from j *b # gr»<*t flitek* o f *big-tail* ' i n tb«» \ Persian «v-rn-tihur»l di«tricla until j ^bey arr*««^I at tbeir 4aa l destination in the balmy climate of Calitorma they received attention aimilarlo that »oc<.?rde<l a $100,0<l0 raese-horne. Only : tbe battdaome«t and utronge^i animal* j were aeleetod. ! - **ln England tba 'big-taila' were aaj>y-glaan which * re printed in large white marka and weigha aeirenty- ; ngnrca o n th e rim of the circle. Tb e five toua aome-! degree* can be readily seen from tb e thing of an opti- i &oot and give merely an approximate * * v '\— w»\» ml inotrumeut. ] reading. Thia ia called th e \eoarae f ** and few people j circle.\ The fin© circle for acanrate paaa tb<- gigantic comet-hnntor with- • reading is placed o n the declination out paying an exclamatory tribute to } *x>« near the tube, and i s read b y tbe ita aiae. For a month or more the j observer from' tbe eye end b y meana of hngc iron colamn or pier which base* a amall teleacope. tbe toleacope atood in a state of digni-1 The driving clock i* i n the top see- fled incompleteness, but eigert work- j tion of tbe hollow column. I t is a men from th e shops of Warner * j weight clock and the mechanism waach Swaaey, in Cleveland, o.. whare the f that when the telescope ia properly aet tele«coi>e was built, pu t tbe bi g tube ; npon any particular star it i s k*p$ in into poaitkn a law dayaT^K^Thi a i* j the field antomatically. The clock ie tbe jrift that Charles T. Yerfces made j self-winding, for at the proper time it to tbe University of Chicago. After I switches o n a amall electric-motor, and the Fair it will be t*%en to Geneva k wound n p again. \\•^httikr^Br *? l ' T l »m WW* 9 ta JMUhJuMk ~^ ,.. from sbVbsfaiKwlf I t i* now i n London, about are BO * known, evidently are afraid ' enoapablie. A been obtained, of •*- * ing sketch ie a eovy. „, /. 7* iff fee • fi»^* ever seen. It s weight Lake, Wis, and there permanently mounted to d o ita abare in advancing tbe fascinating science of astronomy. The telescope baa a clear apertnre of 4 0 inches. That ia, the object glass, tbe great round ey e of the telescope, ia that many inches i n diameter. Tbi« dimension places the Yerke* telescope at the beadof tbe retractiagteleacopea. Electricity is used as power for mov- ing tbe telescope, and tbe observer or his assistant can torn it b y to aching a button. I n the clock room are three motors; one for winding the clock, one to )rive a quick motion in declination, an$ one to give a quick motion i n right aaoenaion. The motor can be thrown in or out from the balcony on the col- Next to it come* the Lick telescope on \ ODD or from tbe floor. On the tube Mount Hamilton, California, that was ! and o n the declination Bkere are mo- built in 1887 b y the aamc firm. Ita j tors for giving slow motion in declina* object glaas, made b y Alvta Clark, of j tion and right ascension, which can be Boston, who is making the object glass j switched in and out from, the eye end. for the Yerkea telescope, ia \M inches j The application of jpower in made indtametcr. The next largest inntrn* j through a worm gear, of which the tnente arc the ones a t Puliowa aad j wheel is 7| feet in diameter, weighing Nice, each having a 30-inch object • 1| tons. The wheel is of cast iron, glaiw. A 28- inch telescope in the ] with a phospher !>roaz« rim having the cuumxu win . trt At..****. dreaa arc on th* *8**5« , *}» will rwe><4*wl (*ftf «fHfc \laaata a *id*-w.htf! mail J th* letter. Few of them, bi>t«w, ap- j packet that br«upJ iuttora to the river ] pr.x\i*i<-1h< fact that tb- oiamp places \ tow&a o n tna Mttriaaipw. : tb# flntt«>l tkrtm* €km<rum#nt oodar | A n obMima Rueky 'itoaniatn mail ~ a cast-iron c«.titr*<* to.place lltat b-tter 1 cmads, aaiuag OK m leatW straps, in r.igbt bands at the earlir«t poaslhl* ] w>|b its boote full of aiati aacka, .oocti- ] moment, even UWBM tb * hands are feitiaf Ue+* 'in the ahn^at inacc«awiblc daptbsnfai i pptsr Mk>bi#aa pin» fc*. eat., or working ia th e ta»gi«a of a Florida «*rgiad«. T o do tbi* tb * O.srcrftment nan* liiunaa- lam, wagon* hscvcl.;*. railroads. »tP«mW»*U, do g sj^la, bgrsaa. pon^Mt, ooeao' rmwda, rtvpf iv>«ts aad anylbiag ake that will carry Uie JHtojfjwtt laid or wator. monntatn* or ph3fe«, rramp* or snow • drift*. : s Mtmrncr or in .winter, at all lima* a»*l any time. I.ivf* h«vp b**n aacriftcad tba». al«t- t*r might go .forward, million* <>f dol- lar* b»fm r«»rn np«Qt prepann*; tba way for oth««r JVtter* and yet peoplo pise* 1 tb** two-f*ot i4am.pt on their *a- v> lt.j«* and dTv>p tb«> i\ti»-r* into tbe pies a promtaetit {Mfttttioa I t VM built In Itfii, a»d wa* smoog th e fl ml t o carry tba«aail i n Montana. Once a wa*k i t mada the run oatw«»m H<>lrna andBosesuaa. To-day four mail train* parfotlB th a aerrice datl, i la 1S77 tbe old ooacb was oaptairr-d by Indians and miter a hot pavwait by (knfral O. O, *llow»rd wa* rccapttirM. Iteforc i»f»*ral (**rfl«*!4 feaioc IV«isiil«ni he rude on lb*- coach through lb<> Ycllow- St^m«« conntrr. l*raaid»nt Arthur oat on • , . , , . . „ , . . . „ ,, , .LI* -.L ;. t_i '^ KM j placed aboard tb e Helvetia in padded tbe lww*t with it* driver in 1H»*3 and,* > . . .. . . J _ cottjpa! ttaento kept at an even teinper- atarc white on tbe ocean. They rc*cb««<:l thitu i-ountry, in p*>fety, but i n fAGOHFOKTKDt I)iutaXO.--<fauCt 9M ' • i,. i i i,,« , its color is blue-white and * * feet. I t has on e black spot which, however, th e owners state, m cut out. It s value, of COttZwA, now b e stated, bat, writes » mHk*> apondent, I think if $26©,09< offered for it now, o r even that amount, it would not be t Some declare that i t will be $2,500,000. I t was found by »* who was working in th e mine, after blasting. Tha Kaffir, it case, was talking t o hi s when b« saw something shine, he pat hi s foot over i t until \boas\ had gone away, whea)uijBi«%| np tbe immense diamond ---* . MB pocket. Afterward, i? the compound, 1 handed it over t o the manager, which be has been given $790, a ' saddle and bridle, and ban gone * in, n o doubt, perfect happiness, extraordinary circamstanee M some gentlemen were under to buy all stones, good, bad o r different, a t s o much pet carat. contract torminatod on tha 30tk_\ ' Jun e and this stone was almost, i f ! quite, th e last stone found' oa \ , ! Tbe model shows that tb e atone iaj# I the form of a aloping eooe, llattenet i o n two sides and standing DBU . I base, s o flush as almost to appear 4 j have bte n cut. It s height i s _t J three inches an d ita width ia * i two, while the flat base j nearly tw o inches by one aa4 quarter. Th e diamond baa been i the \Jsgerafontein Sxeelaior. made * trip ; OaiWal Sherman tn It* i»» tbf ancieat vehicle. Near th« old-tmifr ii tho modern vellitw-lMxIicd o|x<n ooach tmwvi in Hie Yelbrastonn Park for carrying tourist* and mail. It ban ra*»rppd 1 ht- prond A Beat Far Le&« u« Water. A correspondent of tbe Marine m - view, writing from Kingston, ^THiiih^ gives the following deacriptios o f boat constructed for nae in * ^ Canadian lumber rafts, that' will -*\ ' travel o n land: . s = A peculiar kind of tag ~ through here recently for the lake* •£• j scent t o (be Bonne Chcne Biver,, ' the back country. I t i s called aa cl ligator tug, because it i s able to ' . . upon land aa well aa i n tb e wmtee. The boat was turned out of th e ' _ of West & Peaehey, Simcoe, and i s p«k- rarw'and Vienna\ and • the: fl8-ineh ] be moved\by hand; for on \the n^-\ S^S^a^ \rt*^*^^^ gtaiaeatn the University of Virginia ! side of the hc^l are two hand wheels r he V\\Sj^It v'Tif- - m sad at Washington, D . C. ^ . . { bf which th e assistant astronomer can 1 •*\* e ?? ee « » »• taafr-^ Terxsa TKLBSOOFB, itasTrAcrrnEs srwoiso, WOULD'S TAXR. Greenwich observatory comes next, | teeth cut in. the bronee. The worm is and then the 27-inch instruments in J of hard stoeL The telescope can alee OSH« by OttlK 'But tiaiiforBia bound t o have a much w*«*k*n«l condition. \When tbfy arrived \n Lower CaHr forma tln»y were so weak it^waa impo*> • . .... .t * „ ^ . .... . L . , . sible for U»eu> f« at and. Thev were fied t«(jie« ut» tbe street o>rt»«>r» wttb n o i p*>*stion one* h<»M liv tb« «t»m cowrn, , . ,. .. . .. , .•, ,* , * . , . . „ , i it.vtt _r. , 7Z. li%. fed careftt.lv on prciiarea fodder ami anweetatioo «l what tb<\i* ar«' doing, which looisu* u.«*«rl t*» *»*,ilure. KIH , . • ,*,\.. , j «• Avmntoihe P«to«ee AbilMtioXlpoa* ruU,. mownlt.1 ,a W-.^ted'^l^' h * tb */ **°W* off ikmrnmetti Building inapt to mcrcaaaj broncho, armed with rwralvefM and ettr't r«wpect JwT the little postage j bootcl and spurr*nJ, t*U»-of tbo letter* ; stamp. There art- displayed all the .tarried over alkali plains, broad j roe*a* used for tr*Q»iK>rtma mail, aa [ prairiea aad wild w«atora land* Thin \ wsll aa a fthooaiand \tWf interswting : mounted gronp ia tbe admin<ti«m of thing* which might keep a 'visitor busy {the amall boys, who gars on it with; half a day. j wide-open eyes. , The pony cxpre*» ' was tbe original l*r«tcr-«*rr>er arros* •. tb«! plain*, and to-day 1000 mail route* ;, ,ume poaiaa and. oronchoa. Tha Indian ( ^jneation was a moM «>i-i<m« ow t o the : mni who carriacl nwuMiaKs lbru;i|jh a Ivtutstry swarming with redskins. In/ •the ilcsd-lettor eihibit »* a mail-poncb <*in«d with tb 1 * bloo.1 of « jwwt rider > «tad slashed by th' k-.: a hlade; of tb« , Indian murderw. i From these sxhibita, arr n.i which ' i'fte^pia gather'in wsnAarmg groapa, to ' j th» mail car, mail-delivery and mail- 1 collecting wagons, tbe »|»eeiaS-iielivery J • tueaaeagar astride MV» bicycle, and tb-? familiar city carrier and railway postal clerk, is lomtng from the roauaritic to . tbe realistic oommonpisce fttati«tie* are xiwislSy dry, bnt the, lanrc taIml*t»sS jMKlal «t*tistsc» from IT'S to 1898 arc always the center of an intore#it»»d group. The total* reach litiast mcrHrijle tignww and <temon ,.,-ffira>. ^m In the matter o f mere size even the j »«t the telescope. Time itread on the Terkwi ins|rament is little compared | coarse hour circle, which is on the the huge reflecting telescopes in t polar axis. Th e circle i s spaced into THB mO-TJLtUKt> PK»SIA?f thf-*e valus'tlf *he.?p fectling on her pastures within a few years. Thii time we will w-lcci a larger number and on their arrival in thi* country will det lin th< ma much longer titui' tb*n vetc tbe Government sheep, so a* to give the:n *a opportunity U» re- coup their Mrength after the very various ol»Hcrvstoric«. I^ord Bosse, at Birr Castle, Ireland, ban a reflector 72 inches serous; the Bessemer reaec- tor in London is 5s { iticlmM in diame- ter; the Herechel and Melbourne re- flectors measure 48 incb«« across, and the one at Paris 47 inches. Bu t a re- fracting telescope is s o much superior to a reflecting instrument in power and general adaptability that 'th e Yerkes telescope in tbe Manufactures Building is called tbe largest telescope in the worW. Its tube of hard steel i* 6 4 feet long, and without any accessories or glasses weighs four tons. Th e rtoel nan a varying thickness of from flve-aix- recnths to one-eighth of an Inch, tike thickest steel being in the center, where the tube is hnng. The tube is •omewhat cigar-shaped, for i t i s 5 2 inches in diameter in the center and { gradually tapers t o 42 inches at the | object glasa and 3 8 inches at the ey e ! end. With ail the rods, arm*, tinders j and other acceesoriea tbe tube weighs i seven ton*.. The column or pier^spon i which the telescope is poked i s made j of caot-iron in five sections, hav- \ ing a n agfrregate weight of forty-two i ton*. The lower section or base 1 proper flare* out to 15 b y 18 feet and weighs 18 tons. At Ac floor lew! the OBAO-bBTtui error*, ctwoa. »usl e the eaormoufi buaine«* trsn* »-!M bv tbePo»tomcc IVpertment ft-tijatnin Franklin *a<« t?i*> rlrrt poat- 'it*«t#r-E'<\neraJ. K»*w *ppoi«tvd'by tlu.- C«jfiri»*Btal Coagrefcs July *2<5. ITTS, atifi ajvi^arently n>a<le no report ..fthe w<>r3s ttone m hi* iSepartoiewt. rtftranel < S«^gf»^d, appointed jfeptopther *(',, IT««, wb«wa«tb e flfstawat master- generai of' the L'mt«d Slats* to band down r^fM.rta/'had ^mruty-avr ]«sl - a$kev* t^» I'n'k eftrr »« IT**, au-i HX7S> •uUa ft p.»t nwa^e*, The staa* revenue for tb^ »>-*r a«aoaa(a4 «\ fT310. aad po*tB*a*t#v* were paid f 16*7 fee aal- TW total, aajsber of weskening ocean voyage. ThenJ.wo | Kitr ^ ,, w u fmt nni gradually Tr^tBrrV' Stoiw ~»ill tie Tjiide iictore ! i.iw.r*t/» 7 tli« \h«-A\ ««*;,.» w>,^V, they finsLiy reach California. By tsk- inji tbi» care in tratfftportatinn we h\]* to have better luck thsn did $Sc-crt'tar? Busk.\—New York World. taperst o the ''head'* casting, whic h rf*t* on top of the column an d which General Be***. *bo w»* Third As- atataal P*a»t»Msit«ir-G«>»erai ewd«r Prea- iAmt.tm Hay* atut Harr»»<m, took a great d**i>of rater*** »a aaseaiMia« the nhitxu, and as*** g!r«»*d daily, 'las b* a» a lamwligr' CT ' \the tsoeetaiaat Board. • He wadsod to abew ma* de- ..•!.,.**••! af tb* ^ Jrias s eaa!- 1 p*ae**«f all kaa4 lasaAed wa* aO^Wt, fewaajh*. Taaawaabavof 'H-*,' \Bebatar ' Th e popular way at pr**ent fnr catching ft«juij4«-r» ai-.n* tin- Counecti- ctit coast a* by the \imWutig\ m<rtlu>i. When a flab bite* lb:- \bob\ m rataed perpendicularly, an-1 tbea tbe eveite- neat begin*- A* mono aa~tb» '•boll\ rises a rush is mad- !<>r it, and ther* is a ebaar of at vera! annate* • la aiae ease* oat of lea th e b e fwi-awaaait*f-m-r\T \ uu \*'.T I ** A ^-*« ; ally aaad is eifbL—New Test •Vast * HaraUL weigh * si s •* The fa that casting is whkh eaeriea tha la a twenty-four hours, with five-minute divisions, and is intended for approx- imate reading. The fine hour circle for accurate reading ia placed just in- side the ooarsc hour circle, and ia read through microscope* b y an assistant on th e balcony, which is readied by spiral stairs. All the bearings for moving parts are of Babbit metal,with • - .. a . . , . - . mmmtm accurate adjustment, ten' ff ^ *° ****** % *\? » * - asK-oiliag devices. S o well balanced *\ *%£?£?* T ?\ ^^ \ * u ^™— ^—* «»,i . ^ ^.^^i. *^»4~^A i. I n P - The roller is hun g o n a n ness. Th e firm ha s completed .aa j them. The y are thirty-seven feat * ~^ j and ten feet beam and rtfinTriit all nrafT' J They axe built scow-shaped, wtt b '_. ! shod runners for working :^T A \^^ I I n water the boat is propelled a t \\* j rate of six miles a n hour, either ~ 1 ward or backward, b y an. eaoia e ^ j twenty-two horse power. Oa. ana l ! is propelled b y having * «ab1« 4r«aV i ; on which is Coiled five-eighbhs o f ^^ •i mile o f steel wire cable, -wbiaa. * ia every part, aad so evenly poised is the whole thing, a child can move th e instrument^i^h the greatest cas e The object glass will not b e ready before the !**t of th e year, for the delicate work of polishing and correct- tag the glasses requires time a s well as patience. The glass is in tw o pieces, one of crown and the other of flint gbas. This is t o correct chromatio aberration or color. When tbe instrument is mounted in its observatory tbe column will stand north and south. The details for the observatory have not been completed, but work o n preliminary plana hiss be- gan- With a a object glass 25 pet cent, greater i n area than any other refractor, that much more light will be admitted, and astronomers predict great results from the telescope. I t will be used chiefly ia«^ej»rr|ni analy- sia, sinl the spectroscope and spectto- graph are mad« and o a exhibition ia the gallery jurt northeast of tha tele- scope. Without the glasses, -the tele- scope aa i t stands, towering i n the main aisle seventy-tive feet in the aiT, costs about $60,000. A remarkable feature of it i« that practically it was designed and built since last Decem- ber. Quicksilver wa* first discovered within the limits of the United States va California in 1880. up. and can b e kept level i n £o£ajr «£»«&* down hill. McLaehen Brotben^jM* Egnnviite, have secured tw o '.z *__, mediate use, the one just demba&few* ing the first to turnup here. Eccentricities at a CjrJaan, Below is a, drawing of a part o f tw«>- trees from Mrs. Slater's farm, \ \* Aurelia, and i n the path o-f th e cyejone. The larger' eleven inches in diameter, >thlr4pg which was driven a boaVd ^a«l^^ thick and twelve inches %iaov Th*i.: smaller is a maple ^SISQ about'ai^U iaebes i n datatcteiF, a||a*^*wa|^/ ^ drivaa aa ordinary ato»a :*.\_ abawt iron. This hi drifaa' -<*Tio»f» Iater-Ooeaa. '^f^t,^-
