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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. Potatoes aro selling for $100 a snok in Alaska, and two cents a bush tl in parts of New York State. One of the featnres ot the Australian r ewspapers is the long lino of Eng tish advertisements inquiring for mks. i og friends. Martha! Prim in 1867 said that all ?Spain could expect was to get ont of Cuba in a dignified and honorable manner. But it appears to tho New Orleans Picayune that his advice was i ot taken in timo. Eioking out is t ardly dignified and honorable. Tho mixture of languages in Now York City is extraordinary and thoro ere said to be milos of territory within the oity limits where English is com paratively little spoken and then, for the most part, only brokenly. Tho Witness relates that a Russian emi grant who fettled on the Eist Side t riod to learn German for six years bo fore sho discovered that it was not the languago ot the country. And sho was not a stupid woman, either, hut her tenement and her street wer? Germ n, 9nd her little world did not cxtcnl bu fond their limits. In adjusting the firo insurance lons caused by burning of its salesrooms and stock of wheels on haod of ono of the largest and most popnlar bi eye!-J manufacturing companies in the United States, tho fact developed (hat the cost of tho one hundred dollar ma chines was hut nineteen dollars at tho factory. The public ia aekel to poy one hundred dollars for a wheel wLi-h hi manufactured at a cost of but nine teen dollars, a profit to the main'RC tnrer of over 400 per cent. Tho pur chaser is told that it costs a lot of money to sell the wheels, whioh might be and still leave several hundred per cent, profit for the poor manufacturer. The day is not far distant when bi cycles will be sold in hardware nn I ether stores, like lawn mowors, at a f rice nearer twenty-fivo dollars than ene hundred. There moy bo "other g;oods manufactured whioh cost bnt one-fifth of the price they aro sold /or, bat the publie certainly is not o ware of tho fact. Captain-General Weyler says bo will need two years at hast in which to beat out the rebels, and that is 4ikely to mean four or five,' Even if ?e alfimately^STi?ceeos, aor Tmroa-xjr Cuba will be left? speculates the Chi cago Times-Herald. And if this re bellion should be ern hed, how long would it be before another broke ont? The Americans in Cuba know these things, and they have mado represen tations accordingly to members of thu Administration and of the Foreign Af fairs Committee in Congress. They realize that centuries of Spanish mis rule have planted eternally the seeds of rebellion in Cuba, and that there will ba crop after crop till independ ence ie achieved. There oin never bo enduring peace and prosperity in Cuba until the Spanish are driven out of the island. _ The Atlanta Constitution remarks: We have said so much of the business needs of the South, and we expect to keep everlastingly at it, to develop into actual cash profit, the uneqnalled resources of our section until every bale of! our cotton, every ton of oar ore, every foot of our timber, every pound of our wool and generally every item of. onr raw material will leavo Dixie in manufactured form and mer chandisable condition, ready for tho ultimate consumer, that we extract with pfeasure, and we trust with profit to our people, the following from the Columbia (8. C.) State : "So long as $150,000 initial capital can build and start a twenty-thousand spindle mill, employ 850 hands, make an increase in population of 700 or more, pay out $75,000 in annual wages and $15,000 in dividends, and thus convert a dead town into a live one, while piling up a big surplus to defray the remainder of the cost of the mill and ultimately en large it, so long will every town in South Carolina strive for its cotton mill, und strive wisely. We think we know our cotton mill text. It is : Multiply and diversify." The spirit of the above is all right, but the ap plication to cotton mills alone is too limited. "Multiply and diversify," if it means any thing, bears the broad in terpretation as embracing everything we can grow and make. A Crew of Monks. There is a vessel sailing under the Turkish flag whioh is manned entirely by monks. It is called the Holy Pro phet lija (Elijah), and is of about 300 tons burden. The captain is a Jero monareh, a monk ranking higher than friar, and all eke Bailors are expert seamen, as well as monks or brothets. The pilot, Iraklij (Seraolius), has ?ailee! over all the oceans, having cir cumnavigated the globe. The entire crew speak both Russian and Greek, and service on the ship alternates with services in tue little charoo, in tbs .'oreoustle. One of the most our io as eights oocneoted with the ?hip it that of the monks in their religious costumes climbing up the ratline* ond out on the yardarm, reef? tag Boils and doing other work aloft. London Spectator. Cecil Rho .les holds the record for havir g paid tbe largest passage-money from Snez to Beira. The steamer he was oil ran apronnd, aud, after waiting two OS three days, he chartered tho steamer Oretea to complete his journey at a cost of $17,500. INDIAN PUEBLOS. QUAINT ABORIGINAL DWKUL ixGS ix TUB sourinviosT. Town and Country Homes-How They Are Built-Bricks or Mud -Odd-Looking Ovens foe Baking Bread. -, ?N i he valley of the Rio Grande del Norte, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Record from Taos, New Mexico, there is nothing more interesting than its Indian pueblos. Pneblo is merely the Span ish word for town, and this name was givf n to these Indians because they were the first whom tho early Span iards saw in permarent settlements. Most of the pueblos are in the P. i o Grande Valley ; there aro a few farther west along the line of the Santa Fe INDIAN FAMILY IN Railroad, and one group of ecven in Northeastern Arizona. Hero they havo been, foo, for 350 year3 nt least, for here the Spaniards found tliem when they first came np into this country from Mexico in tho first half of tbe sixteenth century. Many of the pneblc-s have been moved a few miles to new eites ; from some of these the people have disappeared and left no trace or record of themselves. Othera have as large a population as they ever had and retain to a large extent their old cuutoms in spite of 300 years of iniluei.ee from the whites. Thej bnild their houses of adobe just as they always have, but tho four and fire story buildings have in most places disappeared. Most of them, too, now have doors. In former times when the donger from marauding In dians was great a town had very few house*, oiten only two of them. These houses were very large, andjevery fam ily had its own. rooms in tho common honra , _Tj??^ftnlg^g^g-nrw|ft .fo.tb. ?cuS??" rooms "was Dy means or a ia through'a trap door in th., roof. In case of attack tho women ard children were ill shat np in the -innermost rooms while men remained on the roof to fight. The pneblo of Taos is one of the best reminders of tho old times. It lies about flight miles from tho Rio Grande, just at the foot of mountains 13,000 feet high. Throngh tho middle of tho town rans Pueblo Creek, a mountain stream which fails not oftener than once in half a century. There are 400 Indians here, about equally divided on the two 6ides of the creek. The higher of the two principal houses has five stories; the other has four. They have thc ap pearance of irregular, stepped pyra mids. Of coarse thero are many rooms in tho first story and a fewer number in the stories above, which can have neither sunlight nor air. These dark rooms are used for storage, principally o? corn, wheat, oats and beans. Occasionally ono can still find a house which has no door, but they are not common. Most of tho bouses have a low door hang on iron hinges. A piece of rawhide serves as a handle. The rooms are about nine feet high THE PUEBLO OF T. and vary in size. A room fifteen feet square will serve very well as kitchen*, sleeping-room and general living room for four persons. Many families have houses in addition to tho "town houses." This second house is a mere hat onilt near the fields. Here the family lives in summer to keep watch over the crops in unfenced Colds. In winter time, however, the family comes back to tho pueblo, loads of wood are brought from tho hills on burros, the doors are shut and all is made ready for the cold season. At thia timo tho light und air in the rooms como through the trap door and a small window, less than a loot square, near the roof. When tho trap door has to be cl used the little window is the only opening. Long before the Spaniards appeared here the Indians knew how to aso adobe to build their houses ; bat now they find it moie convenient to biro the Mexicans to make the bricks for them. They say tho Mexicans can mako them better. It is a simple pro cesa. Water from one of the irrigat ing ditches, which nins in almost every direction through the fields, is turned onto a small pieco of land. With spade and boo the earth and water are thoroughly mixed until a looso mud is made. Then fin9 straw is brought from a thrashing place nenr by and mixed with tho mud, The raw material is ready. It io put into molds, carried a few fuot and dumped on the ground in the form of bricks to dry in tho BUD. These bricks ara left for two cays and then are ready for use. A Mexican is paid 86 for making $1000 br cfc, each fifteen by tcu by four inches. 'u building a house these bricks are cemented together with adobe. The walls are smoothed outside and inside, and within are covered with a wash o: a white or light drab color. This nash is made of earth fu?ad in ibo hillp, nud when fresh it gives tho wslis a neat appearance. For tho roof largo poles are first laid on, then smaller ones, then a loyer of weeds and lastly adobe. This mnbes a roof which moy let through a few drops when the first rain of tho season comes, bat after that it is water tight. Jast outside the houses are tho ovens in which tho bread is baked. They aro odd-looking, dome shaped things from four to six feet in diameter, made of adobe. One 6mall opening is left at the bottom for building tho fire and putting in tho bread, and an other tmaller ono nesr tho top for tho smoke to como ont. In this oven a tire is built and kept burning until the walls are heated through and through. Tho fire is then drawn oat and the fine ashes aro removed with a wet rag on the end of a stick. The bread is put in with a wooden shovel and both openings aie carefully closed. ?s tho walis i o? nm the heat for a long BOLIDAY DRESS. time tho bread bakes quickly and well. ' I have reen dogs sleeping in those 1 Dvens, fortunately not in tho one in 1 (vhich tho bread which I eat is baked. ( But perhaps I hnvo not yet caught the 1 [log which sleep3 in that particular ' aven. < The stumpy little chimneys which ' r.re seen all over tho houses are of * idobc, too, but they are often topped ? ?vito a broken pottery vossel. At tho ' fireplace below tho cooking is done. A ? little iron stand, a irying-pan and a few black pots, with a knifo or two, iro all the cooking utensils. But they ire enough for such simple cooking ; :ome of tho poor families of Indians javo only tortillas and colfeo tbreo ;imes a day. Mix flour with water, >nt in a little sait, cook the mixturo ?ver tbe fire and you have the torill os. Tho coffee, of course, has neither nilk nor tugar. But I am living with ono of the first 'amilies in town. Hero I get fat pork ffljuRBg iatfiiua'Tgunlu"cuX?;>^u^ djtf-. - ?ven butter and chow chow. Some of these things, to bo sure, aro bought ispecially for me and "are not shared by the family. It ii all right, since I sat alone, sitting at a table, while tho Family is in another room sitting on the floor. The ordinary bed is tho floor, or . possibly a platform raised a foot from the floor. Rawhides aro laid down and on these tho Indians sleep, rolled ap in blanket?. ? But there are at least two beds at this pueblo and ono cot. In winter timo the fire gives the light in tho evening. In summer a pino 1 stick, in a few case3 a candle, and in = still rarer instances a very poor lamp, 11 takes the place of the fire. As a con- ( sequenco the people of Taos aro early ? bo bed and are up almost with the sun. E Only tho boys aro out late at night on 1 tho rude little foot bridges which span J bhe creek, singing and making night ' hideous. They ore not so very differ- ' ont from the boys of civilized peoples. ' Hailstones Bigger Than Hen's Eggs. J We publish herewith au engraving I taken from a photograph which was kindly furnished us by Mr. Frank i Minter, of Corning, Kansas, which AOS, NEW MEXICO. ehows a wonderful fall of hailstones which occurred at that place. Mr. Minter says the pan of hailstones was scooped up promiscuously half an hour after tho storm, and in order to show the great size of tho specimens, he hes just placed alongside of tho pan an ordinary sized hen's egg, whilo in A TAN OF DIG HAILSTONES. the pan are some potatoes. Mr. Min ter says, "Wo have often heard of hailstones as large as hen's eggs, but theso are considerably larger. When the photograph was taken they wore a good deal smaller than vheu they fell. Some were funnd that meas ured thirteen inches at their greatest oircumferenco. The roar ot' Tba ap proaching storm could bo henrd for fully a quarter of an hoar before its arrival. Soarcely any damage wai done, except to chickens aud wild birds, and no leas than Bixty dead birds were counted along one mre o? hedge."-Scientific Ameriom. Pigeon flying contests, which nr-cl to be so popular at Eastertide in Lon- j d-;n and di&trict, uro going out ul fashion. BonmauiaiBspokeu of as a po?sibl^ rival to Russia ou tho Black fea, i FAULTS ?F OBHAEENTATIOS, A Pica for Architectural Simplicity In Dwellings. Ornamentation may be beautiful in itself, and when applied to architec ture may not offend the eye at the first glance, and yet as one lives within PERSPECTIVE VIEW. its presence, grows tiresome and cre ates resentment. If one bailas a house and its general lines are strong, ho should insist, l.cfore everytl ing else, on a freedom from petty details of ornamentation. There should be no tawdry c?micos, flimsy brackets and spindle work. In design these may seem attractive, and may bo deemed necessary to cover bare spaces of stone or wood; when they ore in place, however, they prove a torment to the Bye. In the matter of interior finish the same rule holds good. There can aot be but general regret at the pass ing of tho honest handiwork in wood. The workman was cn artisan, if not in artist, and he rarely sinned against jood taste, everything being in keep ing nnJ general harmony of design. One must be chary. Now in the use of machine work, mouldings and carv ings are practically turned out by wholesale without regard to its parti? liar uso or location, and they fre quently clash with themselves and surroundings. There should be plain :asings and door panels, and no elaborate base boards if the jost effects aro to bc ob aincd; in particular, one should ruard against ornato mantels and the 'built in corner" cabinets glittering nitST FLOOR. vith glass or mirrors. Plain wallf. jive the best background for pictures, ind artificial Ailments virtually kill me's furniture, no matter how hand ;omo it may be. The passing of the ityle of ornamental plaster work ia natter for congratulation. A simple ?entre piece for the chandelier in a large room is permissablo, if it is un obtrusive, but even this is not neces sary. There is no longer any need for plaster cornices. These gather dust ind dirt and consequently bocome un healthy as well as ug'iy. The modern method of paper hanging covers tho break between ceiling and 6ide walls, and furnishes nn artistic substitute for thc old timo cornices. There is a less need for th9 warn ings over ornamentation at this timo inasmuch as popular tasto is steadily moving in tho direction of rich and simple effect?. Every year brings a notable improvement in architectural style. We illustrate an attractive residence and describe its principal features as follows : G eneral Dimensions : Width, through sitting-room and dining-room, 81 ft. G ins. ; depth, including veranda, 53 ft. Heights of Stories: Cellar, 7 ft. 6 ins. ; first story, 9 ft. 6 ins. ; second story, 9 ft. ; attic, 7 ft. Exterior Materials : Foundation, stone ; first story, clapboards ; second story, gables and roof, shingles. Interior Finish: Hard, white plas ter; plaiter cornices and centers in parlor, dining and sitting-rooms. Double floor in first story with paper between finished floor, soft wood. Trim in hall and vestibule, quartered oak. Main staircase, oak. Panol backs under windows in parlor, din ing-room nnd sitting-room. Pioturo molding in principal rooms and hall o? first story. Chair-rail in dining room. Bath-room and kitchen, wains .SKCON'D KLOOH ccie.l. Interior woori-work stained to tu it owner ami finished in hard oil. Colors; Clapboards, ?spul brown. Trim, inclu? ing water table, ? boards, cornices, casings, bands, ver anda posts md rails, outside blindr, rain condmtore, etc., chocolate. Oat fddo doora: [finished with hard oil. Sashes, Pori peiian red. Veranda riooi and ceiling*nd all brickwork, oiled, Wall 8hingis dipped in and brnsl coated witOight sienna stain. Bool shingles djfped in and brush coatee dark red stain. lations: The principal their sizes, closets, etc, the floor plans. Oellai 'hole house, with inside entrances and conoreto room finished in attio; ?0 more. Attractive main liding doors conneot hall dimng-roosi and sitting active oircular bay in seo Accomra rooms an are shown under the and on ts i floor. On space for t staircase. I and_parlo: I room. At ond story. Cost: S3 I range or based on I ials and la I the count \ not including mantels, teeter. ' The eittmate is iw York pri?e 3 for mater >r. In many eections of the cst should be lax. Copvrightl898. Carrl? a Lion on His Back. Carrying on ugly lion around on your baok|ien't a pleasant sort of oc cupation.! Jules Seeth, the lion tamer of the Circus Shjimann, now showing at tho Industrir?xposition in Berlin, is the man who raises all this savage responsi bility ou Hs ahouldore. And thallon that figures here is the ugliest heist in the whole show. Herr Seeth, wh|n. he has finished putting his gr jup of lions through their paces, tums ;hem all back to their individual cages-all save, this one, "Sultan," tho biggest, fiercest and most intractable of all the lot. Herr fifeeth is not a giant, but is powerfully built and has no end of couxngojr end the lions aro in utter drew of him. He makes this great tawny bfiasi stand motionless tildie he lifts hin?to his shoulders, and so walks about tlje cage. , Inhaling Carbonic Acid. Pr oj Affig-TT,T],-^ Rfftcfl/v of Tarin, has if.^A expedition up Monto JKOSS, alaoTTonnd that the quantity of car bonic acid exhaled by a . man at a height of 20,000 feet or so differs very slightly from what it is at tho sea level or near it. The Professor has al JO subjected himself to a rare fied atmosphere in the Physiological Institution at Turin, and found that when the pressure in the air* was still thirty-four centemeters (about seven inches) of mercury, ho felt no incon venience, bnt when it was reduced to thirty centimeters (about six inches,) ho felt a great want of breath and be came unfit to make observations. London Globe. Bicycle Attached tu a Balloon. To the list of foolhardy young men who ascend by means of hot air bal loons to great heights at county fairs and then come down upheld by a par achute, has been added that of "king of the air," who came down with a bi cycle attached to the parachute, und A RISKY PERFORMANCE. upon reaching torra firma mounts hi: wheel, pedals back to the fair groundi and gives an exhibition of trick rid' ing. Tho professor's tour is filled foi the entire season in tho middle West ern StatcR, provided he comes down al right until the close of the soasou. - New York World. Tho Great Frilled Lizard. The great frilled lizard, of Westert Australia, reminds oue in its habit ol running on its hiud feet alone, am making a three-toed impression, of th? extinct dinosaurs which made the fa mons "bird" tracts of tho Conuecticu Valley. Instantaneous photograph are reproduced by Mr. Kent in Na lure, which are exceedingly striking and suggestive. Aspen Leaves. It is said that the quivering of th. aspen's leaves is due to the fact of tb leaf stalk being flat on the sides, am go thia about tho middle that thi lightest breath of wind 6ets all ah leaves wagging horizontally. A singii leaf pluoked off and taken by the em of the leaf-stalk between the thurn! and forefingers admirably iliustrate tbs peculiarity of the aspen. Labst Health ra:'. Tho latest health fad is paper pil lows. The paper is tom into ver d?ftll pieces and then put mto pillqi sacking of drdling or J got licking The pillows are very cooling iq hp irenthv. SUMMER MODES. [BOME SEASONABLE GARMENT*! FOR WAR31 WEATHER. I S'aity Traveling Suit for a Bride Handsome Waist AVlth Fancy Collar, Which Is Re movable. "AY MANTON" says thal mixed novelty suiting tha ; shades from tan to tabao brown made tho natty trav ?ling snit for a bride, t* - vest being o:! jreen broadcloth and . L full plastron >f changeable brown and green silk, _^ _TRAVELING SUIT Phe stylish ripplo coat back fits with 3 ;Iovo like exactness to the waist line, 3 he loose fitting fronts flaring elightly a .part over tho low cut vest. Broad, c qttare shaped lapels- stand ont from j .ach front at the shoulder*, narrow- t ng to the lower edges where small hange pockets are inserted on eaoh f -ide. The full plastron is arranged on t inner tho BOX pam, mo vcao &?UUB-4 nvisibly over the lower edge of plas- e ron. Tho high collar and straps in t ront aro of the mixed goods, lined y fith silk, that 13 displayed on the f oiled edge. Stylishly full gigot E Jeeves aro gathered at the top over t Ute J linings und plainly completed at 1 .ho wrists. The fashionable skirt is j ihnped with a narrow front gore, wide lido and three back gores, or godet?, hat flare stylishly at the foot in latest node. The front and sides fit smooth y at tho top, tho back beiDg arranged n small box plaits with the placket inished in the seam at thc right side )f centre back. The mode is adapted 'or walking, shopping, or general vear, and will develop stylishly in jroadcloth, cheviot, tweed, diagonal, iorgo or crepoD, in plain, mixed br ?hecked varieties. Buttons or other garniture can be added and the revers ind vest made of velvet or silk if a nore elaborate effect is desired. The quantity of material 4i inches ?vide repaired to make this jacket basque for a lady having a 36-inch bnst measure is 3} yards. To make che skirt it will require of the eauie width material 6 yards for a 26-inch waist measure. LADIES' WAIST WITH FANCY COLLAH. In the ladies' waist depicted in the jeoond large engraving flowered ohallis, violets on a cream ground, is daintily decorated with valeuoiennes lace. Tho stylish collar, which is re movable, is of creamy mull edged with a frill of lace, headed by insertion. A ?tock of violet ribbon is tied in a bow at the back of neck and a belt to match is tied in a bow in front. The fall fronts and back are stylishly dis posed over fitted linings and the clos ing is concealed under the decoration of lace in centre front. Tho standing collar has flaring laps of lace and in sertion joined on at the top. Tho full lower edges are usually worn under tho skirt, bnt can bo bolted over if fo preferred. The full bishop sleeves are LADIES' WAIST WT supplied with two seamed linings that fit the arm comfortably. Gathers at the top gracefully arrange the iulnjss of the bishop bice vc, and tho wrists aro finished with onffs cf insertion und frills of luce. Tho mode is desirable for summer wash gowns of lawn.^or gacdie, batiste, Swiss, gingham, grass Unen, or other cotton or linen fabrics, Embroidery can be nsod to trim in place of the lace here shown. The quantity of material ?i inches wide required to make this waist for a lady having a 36-inch bust measure ia 2? yards. HINTS ON EAIBDBESSINO, Fluffy bangs, and even the coquet tish waves tbat so graciously couceal tho imperfections of an ugly forehead, are, as well as the girl that wears them, out of date. The mannish girl is at the height of the fashion, and she ; is astounding thousands cf her prim- I mer sisters by parting her hair at the side. Absolute severity and simplicity ia ! the motto of the new hairdressing, j FOR A BRIDE. Twist or coil or braid or do whatever rou will with yonr back hair, so long io the result is modest and mconspicu ins, but under no circumstances must .ou venture to impart a feminine curl o the front looks. Lady Helen Stewart has set the ashien over in England, and her itled friends who are trying to look nytlllljl.j mm j_J__. stereotyped frizzes that serve as tue lodge of English royalty. American vomen ore beginning to toke up the od, and the tailor-made girl of the season promises to be ? model of con gruity, with tho addition of her man lish little hats and her Lair newly ported at tho side. PARTS niiR HAIR AT THE SIDE, The new fashion may not be posi tively becoming to those who are af flicted with straight locks, but when the hair has a natural wave the effect is rather graceful. Tlie girl who knows tho secret of looking well rises superior to the most exact i ug fashion and even transforms a nurely mannish coiffure so as to oall forth admiration. -New York World. THE SAttiOB HAT. The sailor hat has appeared again as usual at this time of year, and the monotony of style is relieved a little by two shapes instead of one. The tino straw sailor has a narrower brim and a higher crown thna the one worn last season, and thc pretty rough straw HI FANCX COLLAS. sailor, with a wider brim and a low i crown and trimmed with floger* and j ribbon is ooe of the prettiest hat3 worn. Of course, the sailor propel has nc trimming except the band, and j blue, wL'te and browu are the favor ito colors. Two quills are aIded to the plain white sailor ?o distinguish it as a bioyoliog hat. MOTHERS READ THIS. J MOT i The Best j Remedy. For flatulent Collo, Diarrhoea, Dyson* I tory, Nausea, Goughs, Cholera In- < fantail, Teething Children, Cholera i Morbus, Unnatural Drains 'som, the Bowels, Fains, Griping, Lons of t Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of the Stomach, and Hovels. ' PITTS CARMINATIVE . Is th<3 standard. It carries children over^ the critical period of teething, and( ls recommended by -physician.] as. the fiiend of Mothers, Adulta and' Children. It ls pleasant to the taste, ( and never fails to give satisfaction.. A few doses will demonstrate itu sn.' perlative virtnes. Prie?. 25 eta, per< bottle. For salo by druggists. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A speed of ?fty-ono miles an hour was reoently attained by a oar on tho Buffalo and Niagara Talla electric line. To be perfectly proportioned it ia claimed that a man should weigh twenty-eight pounds to every foot of his height. Tho peat bogs of Great Britain and Ireland are estimated to contain fuel equivalent in heat producing to 4,000, 000,000 tons of coal. Tho Elkhart (Ind.) Telephone Com pany is retailing "helos" at fivo centa per day for residences," and seven cents for business houses. According to Boston experta, the cost of putting trolleys undergound in that eity would mean an expenditure of $200,000 per mile of double track" construction. A test of the eyes of the public school children of Utica,, N. Y.,: showed that one-sixth of them had de-. feet iv 3 vision, and some of them were almost blind in one eye, without knowing it. Experiments made by Chief Fernow of the United States Division of For estry, show that largo beama of wood cut symmetrically develop as much strength in proportion as the smaller pieces of selected wood usually em-. ployed in tests. It is announced that a specimen of the angler fish was obtained u short timo ago close in shore at Lowestoft, England. The creature measured five feet in length, and its longest dorsal ray, br angle, extended to eleven inohes. The weight waa close upon 100 pounds. A Boston electrician has discovered a means of generating an extremely powerful current of electricity by fill ing an iron pot with caustic soda, melting it by a gentle heat and im mersing in it a stick of carbon. When air is forced through the liquid soda,a Some interesting discovenos~"nave recently been made about animal life in the Hawaiian Islands, lt appears that all tho land and fresh water sheila are peouliar to the locality. Fifty seven out of the seventy-eight species of birds, and 700 out of the 1000 spe cies of insects do not exist in any other portion of the globe. Of tho many hundred fiber planta known in the world, only fifteen, ac cording to O. H. Dodge, are recoge nized in the United States os of com mercial importance, and only four of these-cotton, hemp, palmetto and Spanish moss-are produced on a considerable scalo in this country.'' The other commercial fibers that might bc advantageously grown in some seo- j tions are flax, jute, sisal hemp, New Zealand flax, cocoanut, and possibly sunn hemp. "* A Huge Bovine. ? A monster steer, which is owned by Mr. Charles Payne, a dealer in wild animals and curios, at Wichita, Kam,' is attracting the attention of the curi ous. Mr. Payno carno into possession of tho animal, now three years old, about six months ago. Its growth since that time has been phenomenal and the question is asked Mr.. Payne many times a day: "When is it ever going to stop growing?" The steer ia now six feet and four inches high and eleven feet long, or seventeen feet long, counting from the tip of its tail. It weighed only 1800 ponndei three months ago. Its present weight ia 2300 pounds, and if it conti mes to grow os it has in the past six months, ! it will some day be os big as a full grown elephant. Cattlemen pro nounce it one of the greatest freaks known in the stock line. They say it will continue to grow until it is seven or eight years old, ard that when it is fully grown it will have at tained a weight of from four to six thousand pounds. The giant is per fectly symmetrical in its development, and is colored and marked like a Jer sey. Mr. Pay no has not offered it for mic, and says he intends to wait and seo how big it gets. Only one other such freak has been known, and that was the famous "Kausas Queen," avery largo heifer that was shown around the country as a sido show attraction and later was purchased by Adam Forepaugh for ?5000. It had previously ncttod its owner a profit of $13,000.- St. Louis Republic. An Intensive Calculation. An Ohio farmer having given a de tailed account of his operations for a yeal on a $9000 farm of 1G0 acres, showing a net return of about $400 after payiug expenses, including the support of bis family, a South Caro lina paper rises to Remark that such farming would not bo regarded aa profitable in that State. It mentions tho case of a South Carolina farmer who netted last year $386 from a sin gle acre, planted first in tobacco and then in turnips. This figure applied to 160 acres would mean profits of $61,760. Tho average tiller of the soil would be willing to throw off 860,000 of this amount for his annual net re* tump, and yet the hint given regard* icg the possibilities of intensive farm* ing is clearly applicable to the agri culture of the future.-St. Louil Globe-Democrat. IK we arc downright honest with our own selves, we will of course deal honestly with others.