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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1895)
in S - i ( MAKE AN EASY LIVING. fcsse.it Bt(fll Letter WrlMn Toll Not Neither Io Ttutj epia. When "my lady's" mall 1 brought to bar she find hobnobbing with the an nouncement of future dluOBrt, rwcep tiona and other social pleasures a clr rultr, which conies from a professional whose calling will not be found In any directory, although he advertise far and wide. His business is thoroughly established and managed with such acutrnea that, while he neither tolls uor spins, he reaps an income not to be despised. The clergyman, man of busi ness, the successful or prosperous man or woman everybody of any note or position has probably at one time or another been perplexed and annoyed with the chaff from his mill, which grinds on unceasingly. Some one has eald, "Beggars specialize nowadays," and those who have devoted themselves to this particular branch stand at the liead of the begging list, and are usual ly accomplished artists in their line. Their letters are as varied as the colors and positions of tlie contents of a k.-ileldoscope. No time nor season is sacred from their intrusion, says the New York Herald. They find their way to the house of mourning, urging a spe cial donation as a memorial of the precious dead. They follow weddings, births, balls, and other festivities as a 3erpt'tual skeleton at the feast a re minder that Lazarus is 9t the gate in an attitude of expectant reception. The published notice of rare Jewels worn at the opera and other gatherings is only the keynote for the most bare faced appeals imaginable, for "the value of one Jewel," or the suggestion that a distracted sufferer, a possible suicide or starving family could be re lieved by a Kirtion of the goods, which, by accident of birth or fortune, belongs to those most favored. ' It Is a recorded fact in the relief so cieties that within the last ten years one woman has sent out upward of 2i letters, and doubtless that is only a por tion of the total of her efforts. With a persistent diplomatic energy, which, ex ercised in the right direction, would long ago have made her independent. Bbe has for years pursued her course. Her actions are criminal; she has lived by obtaining money under false pre tenses, but until some one of her vic tims feels willing to press the charge and enter the courts against Jer there seems no way of damming up her well ing prosperity. In 18K4 she was ar rested for vagrancy and sent to the workhouse for six months, but by Rome means, regarding which history is silent shr was released before she had served he;- term, Rnd was soon treading Iter accus -med paths. The houskeeper of a tenc nent where she once lived re ported ' at she was In constant re ceipt o' large bundles of clothing, brought :a her by messenger boys, ex press v igons and carriages. These contain. 1 garments of all grades and 'sizes for herself, her husband, and the mythical children whom she had de scribe.! as unable to attend Sunday school, being in the condition of Adam and Eve In the Garden of Eden. The clothing was jorted out and carried In InstaH-nents to the pawnshops. ' A "woman died a few months ago who . thoroughly educated and capable, ui'nt..r.y and physically, of making her self a good living, but she listed herpow frt nvdj in writing b""-'ing letters. T .-.e- she went to we'.l known mer chai.j asking aid in incuory of her dead husband. She v;is a woman of fine presence, always well dressed and always living in choice rooms In a de sirable locality. These were fitted up with luxurious comfort and she ap parently wanted for nothing, yet she never owned rightfully one farthing. She made no smnll appeals, but usually sent a subscription paper headed by a Rood round sum, pretending to ueed the means to enter a home for the aged, and to wish to supply herself with cer tain aids to comfort pending her ad mittance. In this way she collected enough to hr.ve founUed a home. J A Vegetable Caterpillar. In New Zealand and Australia they nave an animal vegetable oddity, which, from all accounts, cannot be equalled by any other animate or Inani mate object upon the earth's surface. It Is the queerest of the many antipo dean wonders and paradoxes, and for the want of a better name has been called the "bullrush caterpillar" or "vegetable worm." The native Tas manian name for the oddity is aweto hotete. The above ground portion of thla vegetable worm is a fungus of the order sphaeria, which grows to a height of six or eight inches. When pulled up by the root this fungus is found to con sist of a large caterpillar, showing bead, segments and breathing holes details of the grub perfectly preserved. On examination the interior of the cat erpillar Is found to be composed of a "pulpy" looking substance, really the root of the fungus, which has cremated rery fiber of what was once a living, breathing creature's anatomy. In all the Instances which Buckland records, the sphaeria had made Its attack In the fold of skin between the second and third segments of the caterpillar, and had replaced all the animal substance of the creature's body with a hard brown vegetable growth resembling the fungoid growths on blackberry and other Tinea. Ertmgfellow Was Amused. 'A correspondent of The Youth's Com panion was strolling about Interlaken, and stopped at a little shop to look at waam photographs. The owner of the establishment was a lady one of those woaaan, who, as oar correspondent re mark, are recogohwd at once as ladles, ao matter on which aide of the counter they uisi MiripW stand. She fell Into a frtenCf chat with bar customer, and ptmenCj tea down one or ner smaii aaWiMoka. -A foaal May Americana fwy thla," Jba MM. "It hi Un?,' by your UxxfaOow." . Tbaa aba laughed, aa If eosVWsJy rv mladud of eomethlnj that pi wed her very much, aad continued: "Onca I bad tbe pleasure of waltiag on two very agreeable Americas gen tlemen who ware looking for aometsl&g to read. On of them bad blue eye, and such a heavenly expression! I fait sure he would appreciate a good book, so I offered Mm 'Hyperion.' 'It la by your Mr. Longfellow,' I said. 'I know you will like it It U full of beautiful descriptions and beautiful sentiments.' "I said a great deal more In pralae of the book. I felt so sure It would exact ly suit him; but by and by I noticed that both men were trying not to laugh In my face. It was my poor English, I thought, and I was dreadfully morti fied. Finally the blue-eyed man burst out laughing, and ran hurriedly into the street, followed by his companion. Those queer Americans!' said I to my self. "But in a few moments the second rn.au came back, and apologized in the politest manner. " 'The truth is, madam,' he said, 'my friend is Mr. Longfellow himself, and your praises of his book, and the droll Idea of having his own literary wares offered to him, were too much for his equanimity.' "After that," continued the lady, "Mr. Longfellow came here several ! times. He talked very pleasantly and I bought several books, but not 'Hy perion.' " THE PLANT TRICK. How a Tree May Be Made to Grow Be fore One's Eyes. A French scientist, M. Ragonneau, has just discovered how to make a plant grow from the seed In thirty min utes as much as it would under ordi nary circumstances In as many days. Heretofore nature has shared this se cret with the Yoghls of India alone, and the methods pursued by these clev er magicians In performing the trick have often been described. They plant a seed in the earth and cover it with a cloth. In a few moments the cloth be gins to be pushed upward by the grow ing plant which in a short time attains the height of several feet. Various the ories have been advanced as to the mo dus operandi of this miracle, one of the latest being that the spectators are all hypnotized by the magician. During his travels In India, M. Ra gouneau saw this trick performed fre quently and noticed that the Hindoos always imbedded the seed in oil which they brought with them especially for that purpose. At last he learned that they obtained this earth from ant hills. Now, as every one knows, who has In advertently eaten one of these Indus trious insects, ants contain a large pro portion of formic acid, with which iu time the soil of their habitations in.- come charged. This acid has the power of quickly dissolving the Integument surrounding a seed and of greatly stim ulating the growth of the germ within. After a little experimenting with this acid the learned Frenchman was sbl.j to duplicate perfectly the Hindoo trick. His further researches have led him to believe that this discovery may be prof itably applied to agriculture. By In fusing ants In boiling water acid js strong as vinegar can be obtained. M Ungouueau has achieved the best suits and most perfect growth by using earth moistened with a solution of 5,0 k) parts of water and one of acid. Oblivions to All bat Love. It was night The strains of a waltz from the pavilion and the shuffling feet of the merry dancers could be heard on the beach close by. To the left of the dancing platform a long stretch of sand lay, dotted here and there with benches for the tired dancers. Ou a bench close to the water's edge sat a couple closely folded in each oth er's arms. Oblivious to all arouud. they told each other of their love; and now and then the soft sound made by a kiss could be heard echoing over th"i waters. Time passed by, and still they sat, caring little for the fleeting hours, un til finally the girl, placing a tender caress on her companion's cheek, mur mured: "Kerrie, dear, my feet are getting cold." "So are mine, sweetheart" was ths reply, and a soft kiss was imprluted ou her cherry lips. Still they sat on, listening to the mur mur of the waves and the echo of the music, when the girl, giving a last fond embrace, murmured again: "Darting, I can't stand it any longer, my feet are so cold." They arose, and the man's heart smote him as he realized what was the matter. The flowing tide had come !n, passed far beyond the bench, and they had to wade out through six Inches of water. Detected. The Marquis of Waterford once showed remarkable detective skill. A robber, who bad broken Into the Mar quis' house at Curraghmore,- Ireland, was pursued by blm, and followed to a public house four miles off. There the robber had seated himself among a number of men, who were drinking and smoking, and not one of them would betray him. The Marquis, however, was master of the situation. He insisted upon feeling all their hearts, and as he was their landlord and the great man of the county, not one dared to refuse. The man whose heart was still beating quickly was the robber, who had Just ceased running. Gives an Alarm. A novel alarm letter box has been introduced, the principle of which Is to 1st householders whose doors are fitted with the apparatus know when letters, etc, have ban dropped In, their weight releasing a catch, which allows a abort spring to uncoil and set a vibrating weight w ring a belt Clatter of Wooden Heels. European to the number of 70,000.- 000 wear sabots. OOOD UU FOR OLD IRON. Dave C a to JeaU Very few people rsallss bew much the railroad throughout the country make In scrap iron every year, or, a other words, bow much la saved on tbe part of the companies by tne tr 1 of old Iron to Junk dealers. As in every phase of railroading, there Is even a system of gathering and disposing of scrap, not only on local lines but on roads everywhere as well. The matter Is virtually under the direction of the supervisors of all the dl visions, who see that the scrap Is gathered p clean ly over their portion of tbe track at regular Intervals, and shipped wherever It can be disposed of. The railroads realize that it pays to look after the scrap, and those lines which let the old rails rust and wear away are the losers. The Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pennsylvania lines west watch the scrap iron question more carefully than other local roads. In speaking of the matter recently to a Pittsburg Post reporter a well-known official of the Fort Wayne said; "The life of a rail on the Pennsylvania lines Is about eleven years, and on the Penn bylvanla Railroad only nine years. The difference Is due perhaps to heavier traffic on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The friction of constantly passing trains wears on the rail until It must t replaced by a new one. The company pays $24 per ton. and the rails used on our lines average eighty-five pounds to the yard. When it has passed Its use ful stage the rail is taken out by the supervisor and replaced. The old rails thtit are taken out from time to time are gathered up every month and brought Into the city, where they are Bold to Junk and scrap dealers at f 12 jier ton. It can readily be seen that the company pays only $12 for the use of rails per ton. The price received from the scrap man Is a good figure, when It is known that the rails, when sold, are of no use to the company. Rails that are not much worn are sold to factories along the road at $18 jxt ton, where they are used for sidings, and answer the purpose quite as well as the new rails. There are many uses to which the old rail Is put A great amount of barb wire fencing Is made of railroad iron, and very often the rails are used as foundations for large buildings. There are not many people who know that the Masonic Temple In Chicago rests on a foundation of steel rails, layer upon layer, six feet deep. The rails form only a small proportion of the scrap which is gathered from roads every year. In addition, wornout car wheels, coupling pins, and broken parts of machinery go Into the Junk dealer's hands. A failure to carefully watch the scrap iron question would result iu great loss to the company." MIXED THE TWO POETS UP. The High School Pnpll'a Error and tbe Confusion Which Followed. Now that the schools are open again and the "sweet little girl grads" of last year's normal class are lielng crystal lized into the prim schoolmarms of years to come, the never falling stories, true and otherwise, funny and KUpitos ed to be of class bulls and blunders, are cropping out and being added to tbe already great volume of "English as She Is Spoke." One of the latent comes from the high school and Is fas tened by the Washington Post on a sweet-voiced lisping youth, with an incipient mustache and a furtive glance that will wander toward the girls' side of the study hall. They were being called up the other day by the English literature teacher and examined as to their memory of last year's work and the sweet-voiced youth was asked for a quotation from Scott He started bravely enough, but mixed his authori ties before he finished. "Oh, woman. In thy hours of eatse, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please; But seen too oft, familiar with thy fnce, Vi e Uret endure, then pity, then em brace." The conclusion was entirely too much for the class, the red headed corporal from D Company exploded In a regular vacation laugh, the rest of the room, Including the teacher, followed suit, and the sweet-voiced youth collapsed, vowing he would never memorize an other quotation so long as he lived. Deadliest Poison Known. The most deadly poison Is that which was discovered by Prof. Frazer, of Ed inburgh, and known as strophanthidin, an African plant As little as one thou sand millionth part of an ounce of crys tallized shophanthldln produces a dis tinctly injurious effect upon the heart, and a very small quantity Is fatal. Another deadly poison is cyanogen gas, the principal Ingredient of hydro cyanic or prussic acid. At ordinary temperatures It Is simply a gas, but can be condensed by cold and pressure Into a thin, colorless liquid and becomes a solid at 30 degrees Fahrenheit The in halation in Its gaseous state of a most minute quantity would cause Instant death. One of the most deadly poisons Is ar senluretted hydrogen, which Is formed by decomposing an alloy of arsenic and zinc with sulphuric acid. It Is a color less gas, possessing a fetid odor of gar lic, and acta as a most deadly poison. Damaged by Being Prayed For. Miss Tessa L. Kelso, librarian of the public library of Los Angeles, Cal., has sued Rev. J. W. Campbell, of that city, for praying for her In public. She Is a most worthy young woman, but recent ly Incurred the enmity of a few people by advising the purchase of certain books for the library. Tbe offensive prayer was as follows: "O, Lord, vouch safe thy saving grace to the librarian of the Los Angeles city library and cleanse her from all sin and make her worthy of her office." Tbe prayer stir red op a terrific commotion and' Miss Kelso's friends declared it to be slan derotts. Boaba demands $o,000 for tbe defamation of her character to public. -Aiew York Tribune. TOO OLIVER FOR THI JEWELER. Thieve Weils Clsnly Josaoa Cbapln. a Jeweler of London, wmOe vtssUng a dlacnoad dealer la stoidca) kaate, related this experience with dsvar thieves: "Long after I thought I knew all the tricks of diamond thieves I had an ex perience that taught me a lesson at the cost of O.0U0. "A gentlemanly appearing, plainly at tired man came into my shop one morn ing and asked to see some solitaire dia mond lings. I waited on him, and did so with great caution, yet tried to avoid giving offense. I placed before him a tray containing forty rings, and did not for a moment take my eyes from his fingers while he was examlng them. As is customary, the tray was filled, so that a vacant place would be readily noticed. "My customer evidently knew the merits of tbe stones, and was able to select the most valuable ones at sight He appeared to enjoy examining them, and did so In a deliberate manner that aroused my suspicion. Finally, he ap peared to be undecided as to one of three rings aud ended by saying be would call the next day with his wife and take one of them. This action made me the more suspicious, and I was careful to see that all of the rings were In their places before he left the shop. "When he did leave I sent a clerk after him, and we learned that he and his wife were at one of the leading hotels, registered from New York. "He returned with a woman the next afternoon, and the tray of rings was rut before them. They were both very deliberate, and examined every ring in the tray; but I took care not to have more than two spaces vacant at a time. Finally, a ring, valued at a hundred pounds, was selected, and I was told to mark it and send It with the bill to their hotel. I was about to suggist that I did not like to mark the ring until It paid for, when the man handed me ten pounds, which was more than enough to Indemnify me in case the ring was not taken. "I examined my tray very carefully and found that It was full, with the ex ception of the Rpaee that had been oc cupied by the ring Just sold. I felt re lieved, and congratulated myself on having made a good sale. My customer gave Instructions as to the marking, and left the shop. "I handed the ring to our engraver to be marked and proceeded to make a bill to send with It to my customer. Soon tbe engraver came excitedly to my desk. " To you know this ring la plated, and the stone paste? he asked. "I was dnzed for a second, and then I saw it all. I hurried to the tray of rings and fonnd every one of them like the one the engraver held. The man had made an imitation of each ring, and deliberately substituted the bogus for the genuine ones, and thus roblted me before my very eyes. I never saw the thieves or the diamonds again." Chinese Flower (iirls. When, for Instance, a Chinese gentle man Intends giving a dinner to three friends, he will arrange for it to be pro vided on a flower boat at a certain hour, and also for the company of eight dlnlng-out girlstwo for euch gentle man. I call them dlnlng-out girls, as it best describes to me their calling They will come prettily dressed, their hair done up In most wonderful shupes, and brushed over with a sort of var nish, which makes It appear like a fan tastic head-dress carved In ebony. They will ornament this structure with bright flowers, though the wreaths will be as stiff as their hair; or they wdl sometimes add Jade, gold, or feather Inlaid ornaments. Their faces will be painted in white and pink very artis tically painted, smooth, and soft-lo-ik-lng; delicately traced, shtirp black cres cents will murk their eyebrows. Dain ty, demure dolls they will appear, and pretty to look upon; but seemingly one touch would destroy their artistic ef fects, as a rough hand the radlauce of a butterfly's wing. Two of these young ladles will attend to each gentleman, sitting slightly back from the table at each sjde of the enter tained. They will fill his liquor cu;is, sip from them, and pass them on; pick out dainty pieces of "chow" (food) with chopsticks, and hand them to him; crack jokes, fill and light his pipe, and all the while chat gayly and eat dried watermelon seeds. That Is all I ever saw them eat Behind each group of three a solemn-looking coolie, or wait er, will stand to fan them all the while. Other waiters bring In food, wine and tea, change the dishes, and attend to their wants. The meal will last for a long time. Eventually all will rise and retire to an outer room furnished with broad couches covered with matting. Opium pipes will be there for those who care for them, aud tobacco and cigars In plenty. The girls will sit on the couches, laugh, fill the pipes, and still eat watermelon seeds, while the gentlemen will recline at their ease, enjoying their society. -The Century, Value of Different Fingers. One of the miners' accident Insur ance companies of Germany has been making an Interesting estimate of the money value of hands and fingers. Ac cording to the figures tbe loss of both bunds represent a loss of 100 per cent efficiency or, In other words, the whole ability to earn a living. Losing Die right band depreciates the value of an Individual as a worker 70 to 80 per cent, while the loss of tbe left band represents from AO to 70 per cent of the earnings of both hands. The thumb la reckoned to be worth from 20 to 30 per cent of the earnings; the first finger of the right hand Is valued at from 14 to 18 per cent; that of the left band at from 8 to lfl.o per cent Tbe middle finger la worth from 10 to 16 per cent The third finger la valued at no more than from 7 to 0 per cent, while tie little finger la worth from to 13 par cent The dfaTerence In the percentage, it Is ax plained. U occa sioned by the differences la tbe trades foUowed by tbe Injured ones. HA HIS REVENGE, Well neotaed fUraaeery at Beaoia ton iHtra Up Lota of Troable. It la said that revenge Is sweet, but a Bennington, VL, man has discovered a mode of revenge which Is anything but sweet He was compelled not long ago by his neighbors to move a pig pen away from the roadside. This made him angry and be decided to get even. How he did It Is best told In the follow ing dispatch which appeared In some of the newspapers dated Bennington: Complaint has been made by the Board of Health of a skunkery which has been started about half way be tween here and North Bennington, and about 100 yards from the settle ment known as Paper Mill Village. It was started by Marshall Legacy In revenge for being obliged to move a pig pen from the side of the main road early In the season. A jM-n has been built inclosed with a stone wall, which has been sunk deep enough Into the ground that the ani mals cannot dig out The top of the Ien Is covered with slats and holes are laced around the sides. In this iH-u are confined twenty-five skunks, which legacy Is keeping to kill for their hides and oil. It Is alleged that he frequently stirs up the animals with a pole through one of the holes in the fence, and the scent almost unbearable to the people of the village. Lawyers say that nothing can be done, as the nuisance is the requisite distance from an occupied house, and the Board of Health has no control over the matter. A Quid Pro Quo. He was only first consul then, and I was consul general for the United States, of course; but we were very Intimate, notwithstanding the differ ence In rank, for I waived that One day something offered the opening, and ho said: 'Well, General, I suppose life con never get entirely dull to an American, because whenever he can't strike ud any other way to put in his time he can always get away with a few years trying to find out who his grandfather wan!" I fairly shouted, for I had never heard it sound better; and then I was back at blm as quick as a flash: "Right, your Excellency! But I reck on a r reiichman s got his little stand- iy for a dull time, too; because when all oLher Interests fall he can turn In and see if he can't find out who his father was!" Well, you nhould have heard him Just whoop and cackle and carry on! He reached up and hit me one on the shoul der and said: "Land, but It's good! It's lm-mensely good! I'tJeorge, I never beard It said so good in my life before! Say It again." So I said It again, and he said his again, and I said mine again, aud then he did, and then I did; and then he did, and we kept on doing It and I never ind such a good time, ami he said the same, in my opinion there Inn t any thing that is as killing as one of those dear old ripe pensioners If you kuuw iow to snatch It out In a kind of a fresh sort of original way. Murk Twain In The American Review. Cards (Mid a Compliment. Sir John Easthope, the proprietor of The Morning Chronicle, was spending a holiday In 1K53 at the Bains de Tivoll, a private hotel In Purls. Charles Mac kay, the well-known newspaier writer, was a visitor In the same hotel, and was Invited to Sir John's private room to play a rubber. His partner was Lady Wyuttvilln a sharp, active old woman, over eighty years of age, but still preserving traces of her youthful beauty. She revoked, and was accused of the crime, but met the accusation with ve hement denial; and when the proofs of the charge were produced treated her accuser with "haughty" disdain, and not very polite contradiction! Sir John lost his patience, and, rising from his chair, rasped out with abrupt anger: Madame, you are a cheat!" Her eyes flashed fire; she rose from her chair, and advanced toward the offender. By this time he had recovered his coolness and presence of mlud, and ! was only bent on extricating himself from a false position. "Yes, madame. I repeat lt-you cheat alwrnlnably; and In the course of a lonif life." he nil,!,.H Iuylng his hand upon bis heart, "I have Invariably noticed that the handsomer a woman Is the more she cheats at cards." This compliment to her per- i son, at the expense of other Qualities. , produced the desired effect She re sumed her seat with smiles mantling her face. Whist and Whist Players. Watched as Well as Prayed. From a London friend comes this lit tle anecdote of a Glasgow mlnlsb-r. The reverend gentleman, having observed that one of his congregation was In the habit of gazing about the church dur ing prayers, told him one day that he considered It would be more becoming In a worshiper to keep bis eyes decently closed. The man scowled. "Doesna the Scrip ture bid us watch as well as pray?" be replied. "And boo can a body watch wi' their een steekit? Na, na; I'll Just stan' and glower about as I hae aye dune." Boston Budget Earthquakes. A Mexican professor of physios pro pose to foretell etarthquakee by con necting telephones to the pipes of deep arteetan wells and to metal plates sunk Iu deep mountain crevices. Bis Fad. John D. Loaekamp, of BUIInga, Mont, apparently haa A comer on elk teeth. bavin- 90,000 of tbam la bis poisnslon. MYSTERY OF A LOST SHIP. T T Ulut B&e Has Voeea, eat Ilex Cr le Mlel Local shipping men are deeply In let ested In a search that 1 now beimy made for Information regarding the Philadelphia lrk, Mary P- Kltca ea, which sailed from Penarth roada, England, Jan. 1. 1889. for Montevideo and baa long been given np aa tost, says tbe Philadelphia Record- The In vestigation Is being made by the French government through the Department of State and at the Instance of Bern hard Aarons, a wealthy merchant of Paris, whose son shipped on the bark for the purpose of studying navigation and seamanship. So confident were all Interested parties that the vessel bad been lost that Insurance on the bark and the lives of some of her crew was paid several years ago. No question as to the loss of tbe Kitchen was ever raised until yester day, when a letter was received from Lloyds at London stating that a bark which was believed to ! the Kitchen, bad arrived at Montevideo May 2, 1SS9, and was still afloat under the name of Klsson. Nothing had been learned, however, of the whereabout of the officers or crew that sailed origi nally on the Kitchen. There baa. how ever, been received a suggestion that Capt James Ryan, who commanded the bark, together with young Aarons, had been murdered by the crew, who afterwards sold the tat in the Argen tine Hepubllc after changing her name, Capt James Hyan, who formerly commanded the old cape ship Tona wanda, has not been heard from since the Kitchen was reported missing The Kitchen was purchased for blm by John Plehl, a cooper, doing business at 119 Water street this city, aud had visited tills port several times. Will iam Dlehl believes that the vessel was lost In 1K.SH in the North Atlantic Ocean. Capt Ryan changed the bark's name to the Lottie Dlehl. but on her visit to Fenarth the British Board of Trade ordered her name changed back to the Kitchen, aud It so remained when she left Penarth. Her cargo consisted of coal. Capt. Ryan's life was insured in the Equitable Insurance Company, and the claim was paid wnm after the vessel was given up for lost Mr. Aaron's letter was sent to the French Consul at this port, aud In It he Inquired what hud become of his son, whose term of five years' sea ser vice had expired and who was dally expected at his father's home In Parts. This letter, with other Information, was transmitted to Secretary Sharwood Of the marine exchange for an Investiga tion, which Is uo w being carefully made. New Kourt e of lilectrlc Power. The enormous power that can be drawn ujwn for transmission purposes from the Niagara Falls will be under stood when it Is known that the weight of water which passes over these falls !t equivalent to the production of ,i),(M) horse power per hour, so tjjat . by electrical transmission a great part of this power required for the Indus tries of North America could be sui plied from the falls fine of the most Interesting examples of electrical trani niission of power Is that of Tivoll, near Rome; here the antique and modern engineers Join hands The water deliv ered from the old Roman aqueducts at Tivoll drives very jsiwerful turbines and an electric generating plant, and the energy generated Is transmitted by four copper cables to the City of Rome, some nineteen miles awny, where it Is distributed for lighting and power pur poses the water brought by those tri umphs of Roman engineering thus serving n a means of lighting the su perb monuments of the genius of the old Roman artist architects On the Transvaal, South Africa, elec- w4 ,lt...i j either In hand or under consideration for driving gold mining machinery with the power of waterfalls miles away from the modern El Dorado, on the Blanket gold mining fields of the Kandt Projects are being develop! for utilizing the waterfalls of Finland for supplying electric power and light energy for the Russian capital The Nineteenth Century. Superstitions In North Germany. During an eclipse all hidden treas ures are open, and if you are wlso enough to carry a primrose with you, you will be able to help yourself to any of them. No witchcraft will ever harm you If you carry a water lily bud about your person, and, if you should chance l to 1r,'am "f H'l'-a, you will soon be ; napl'lty married. If you eat dnulil ch,'rrl,'s 'u will have twin children. ul" 11 'ou are raia or lightning take , " ' u "J nv 'a i"m house a plant of orpnine or livelong. Sow peas on Wed. nesday and Saturday If you do not want them eaten by birds; put blue marjoram In the baby's cradle when empty to keep witches at a respectful distance, and if you don't want your last baking to go moldy, you must take heed not to bring cornflowers Into tbe house. Stars are souls, and when one falls a baby Is born. Ueorgta Has a Bottomless Pit. A wonderful natural cavern was dl covered In Lafayette County, Georgia, In 18ll. It has the usual complement of "rooms," "galleries," "domes" "pita," etc.. but Its sole title to being something out of the ordinary In the cavern line Is a well-like abyss In one of the rooms, which, as far as any eue knows, may once have served as' the chimney of hades. It Is known locally as "the bottomless pit" Sumem of large size have been thrown Into It with a hop that they would be beard to strike bottom after a while, but, ac cording to reports, "there were no re verberating sounds borne back to the ear by which It enormous depth could be Iuged."-Ht Louis RepubMe. , With Whlskera. Ban Francisco baa a nag of fcood luma known aa ta Talafragh HID f : - -' . 'e . K
