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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. KOTES AND COMMENT. ; They phrase matrimonial adver tiso nnants very delioately in Maine, One recently printed in Hallowell voiced a want for a "housekeeper in a family .f one." The improvement of the potuto ha* .earned to be the work almost exclu sively of English-speaking people. The tuber has been named, specifical ly, ?be Irish potato, but the French are not disposed to allow the faot to be forgoten that one of their raoo brought it effectively into general use. Everywhere they are .doing honor to Parmentier's memory. A Parmentior medal was reoently. offered at a grand exhibition, which brought ont a col lection from one grower of 350 vurie ties, probably the greatest assemblage of the potato family ever brought lo ge thc at one time. ^ A scheme for continuous mail col looting in cities will be put in opera' Hon in Washington shortly by Second Assistant Postmaster-General Neilson. A wagon specially constructed for the purpose is now being built at Hart ford, Conn. It will be large enough to accommodate a carrier independ ent of the assistant, who will do tho driving and take the mail from tho street boxes. This wagon will con tain several apartments for "throw ing" the mail. While it will be rather large, it will be^ light and strong and made with a view to accom modating the work, rather than for looks, although its ornamentation will not be neglected. The engineering work which may have considerable effect on coastwise freights is the reconstruction of the Dismal Swamp Canal, which. is de signed to afford a waterway between the north and south seacoasts, avoid ing the dangers of Hatteras. This canal is a historie- one, having been begun in 1787 and constructed ii ten years, largely by slave labor, to the depth of four feet and a width of thirty-two feet. It extends from Elizabeth City, near Norfolk, Va., to the head waters of the Pacquotank Biver, a distance of twenty-two milos, there connecting with navigable streams which reaoh the ocean south of Hatteras. Io ita early years it paid dividends of aiitv pernATty ?r- 1 rpassaSTi^? ? r vim or^Js^toSk^wa^ p1 ' reo*ojfe?3oH&>worth one hearty malo ?lave. The uresent contract cails for a uniform depth of ten feet and a width of sixty feet, and the venture is backed by $900,000 of Baltimore capital. The work is to be completed by December 31, 1897. Statistics collated by a well known trade journal exhibit in a very strik ing way the parallel growth of tho United States and the leading coun tries in Europe in trade and popula tion. Impressed by the magnitude of our own growth, we believed for a timo that it was unique. But this .?SESfJjTs no lonjjWk-ifinable. Although this country has grown faster than any one of the eight leading countries of Europe, nearly all show great in creases both in wealth and population. Taking the United States, Great Brit ain, France, Germaoy, Austria-Hun gary, Italy, Belgium, Russia and Holland in a single group, they Show an increase in population between 1880 and 1890 of over 180,000,000, of whioh 32.000,000 belong to tue United States. This represents for us almost exactly 100 per cent, of growth, and it is the highest percentage in the group, although Russia, with a lower percentage, shows a growth of 36, 000,000. Germany increased over a third, Austria-Hungary over a fourth, Italy a fifth, Great Britain not quite a fourth, while Franca remained almost stationary. The percentage increase for the entire group is 52 i for popu lation and 222 for trade in tho last four decades. Our own trade increase in that time is well abovo the average, being from $513,000,000 to over $1,600,000,000, or more than 200 per cent. Russia surpassed this percent age, but still remained behind us in the total volume of trade, Germany's percentage of trade increase more than doubled that of England. It is hard to overestimate the significance of roch figures. They show a growth both in population and wealth that is without precedent in history. Lang hable Use of ??Again," The little word "again" once threw a large assembly into fits of laughter. lt waa at a publio meeting in New Yo**. One of the speakers, Rev. Mr. B., had the misfortune, when ho tried to take a seat, to miss his chair and some down at full length on tho plat form. The acoident oooasioned -ot a little subdued mirth. When at last it ??me his turn to speak, the presid ing officer introduced him in these words: "The Rev. Mr. R. will again take the floor." The reverend gentle man never met with so enthusiastic a reception as greeted this announce ment. -Argon ant. The Schools In Coba dossil. A Cuban correspondent sends as a "morsel of nows" that has been "scarcely noticed" the faot that all the schools on the island, even those in Havana, have been indefinitely olosed. The school teachers will lose not only their positionsj but five months' eal ary. The schoolhouses, where any are left standing, will now be used for hospitals or quartering troops. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. CUBAN CH] L?BEN. TUR LIFE TH RY LEAD ON TUR WAR-RENT ISLAND. Love of Country Instilled Into Them L -Their School Education-Con fined Closely to Their Homes I -Their Amusements. WHEN Columbus first landed in a Cuban tarbor Octo ber 28, 1492, he named tee island he had dis covered Juana, in honor of John, a eon of Ferdinand and Isabella. As years have rolled on years and cen turies have passed away it is interest ing to observe that while Spain has gradually lost her hold on the western hemisphere, abe has always kept an ?utstretohed hand upon Cuba, her COBAN FAMILY AT HOME. 1 '- i "dark-eyed child of the west," and t claimed her as part of the household, ? The island was taken by an English 1 fleet under Lord Albemarle, in 1762, i but was restored to the Spaniards by 1 tho terms of the treaty of Paris in i 1763. Since the carly days of the t oresont century Cuba has been under i die officialdom of captains general t ippointcd by Spain, but in more ( -ecent years many troubles arose be- c ween the nativo Cubans and the < Spanish, and the island has become a t rery unruly child, as tho revolution t >f 1868 and the rebellion now raging i m the unhappy land attest. c CHILDREN AT H( Since the outbreak of the insurgents or freedom from Spanish rule began, r lomething more than a year ago, Cuba i md the Cabans have filled with glit- c ering display the columns of Ameri- j san newspapers, and as the opposing < irmies proceed with the war, surmise t ts to the future of the island becomes c i perplexity. Whatever may be the i result of the insurrection, surely we t Dust look after all to the children of c Daba for the best study of her future, t just aa we must look to the youth of t my land to get the surest idea of its 1 possibilities and its destiny. Countries { arc what men make them, and the t power and forco of nationalities are ! measured by the worth of thoindivid- < nal citizen?. If Cnba should win her i freedom and hoist her lone star flag f into the constellation of National en signs, would it not rest with the rising < generations of the island whether that ; flag shonld wave over a land of peace, . contentment and prosperity, or whether it shonld fall drooping from hands too weak to uphold it? And if the war shonld result in a triumph for Spain, would not the question of Cuba's futuro still rest largely with the youth of tho land to be wrought out for weal or for woe? In such a light there is a world of interest in the study of the lives that Cuban ohildren lead-their simple customs and faith ; their habits, theil pursuits, the daily doings and tendencies of child life. It is bat fair in the outset to say that the yoong people on thr aland have had poor chances and few opportunities, for the boys and girls of the island were born and have lived thus far amid seasons BOIS PLATINO MABBLES. of disturbance. The old fend between the native Cubans and the Spanish has never died since tho war of 1868. It may have been smothered like live coals beneath the oshbonk, but there bas been a round of internal discord all the while. So lon? os Buch a state of affuirs is endured by the people of any couutry, be it far more advanced in every way thau was Cuba, it IB diffi cult to givo that care to the training of ohildren they should have, and they grow rip with slim chance of being well educated and with conflicting im pulses of patriotism and disobedience to the Nation nndcr whoso rule they must meet the duties of citizenship. Love of country is the first lesson of childhood so far as the making of j Nations goes, and this certainly in a well learned lei-son with the youth of Cabo. When a filibustering boat landed on the Cubau shore not lo:ag ago with nnmbers of youthful in Mirgents aboard, though they had lived several years in the States, they hurried from the vessel and fell upon the ground and kissed the very soil of their native land. The second lesson of citizenship jin childhood is loyalty to National Gov ernment. This the children of Cuba have never had, for they have nearly all caught from infancy an inspiration of disobedience to Spanish rule. Thin, of course, with referenoe to the native Cubans as distinct from the Spanish citizens who olaim the island as their adopted home, having moved there from Spain. With such environment it is easy to see that the lives of tho young people of Coba of the present day have been pitched in poor season. Nevertheless, it mast not bo deducted from this that the young folks are growing up in il literacy to any extraordinary degree. In Cuba there is a system of publio schools supported by tho Spanish Gov ernment, and while it is not as com plete and thorough as it might be, of fers liberal advantages, particularly to the children of the larger oities and towns. Many of these schools are not patronized very largely by the nativa Cubans, because of the antagonism to Spanish officialdom. Thus, it is often the case that native Coban families of a neighborhood will mutually hire a private teacher for their childron rather than send their boys and girls to an institution established by the Government. The Universitad at Ha vana is well patronized by the Cubans, ind this institution has given many a roting man a good praotioal eduoation ind skill for professional life. There ire in Havana several other institn- i ?ions for higher education and also j f nany 6ohools and asylums established ' ' ay churches and benevolent institu ions. But, in times of feudal strife md dissension, schools and colleges do lot-cannot prosper, nor can they .bo ixpeeted to fulfil thoir desired scope if usefulness and jurisdiction. As a ionscquence, among tho wealthier ?lass of Cubans it is quito frequently he case that they send their boys to heStates to bo educated at the lead ng universities and colleges of this lountry. loung children are made to stay iretty close at home on the island. It s well known that in Cuba, as in most if the Spanish-American countries, jirls and young women aro never seen >n the streets unless Ihey are unaer triot chaperonage of their mothers, ir some friendly matron. This same restriction is placed over tho children 0 a greater or less extent, though of iourse it is not so by any well under wood decree or National custom, as in he case of young women. The dwell ngs are for the most part low on the jround and the spaoiouis doorways as 1 rule havo iron railings or gates. Through these iron bars little chil dren aro often seen peeping out at the peddlers or other attractions in the dree ts. The religion of the island is Roman Catholic and, of course, the young peo ple of Cuba are reared iq the faith of this churob. In the world of amusements, games and out-of-door sports the children find recreation in pretty much the same way that they do in this conn try. They easily learn to fly a kite and spin a top, and baseball is a favor ite sport with them when they grow larger. In r.uoh things as out-of door sports the Cubans follow the Americans very closely. The boys play marbles everywhere in Cuba and they have a peculiar way of shooting the marbles from their hands. In Amer ica a boy will toko the marble on his forefinger os a rest and shoot it out with his thumb. In Cuba ho will take it on the ball of his thumb and shoot it out with tho forefinger. In general appearance the Cuban lad is a frail, slender youth, and, as we would say in Amerioa, quite small for his age, but as rule they have very bright faces, tinged with yellowish brown complexions, and all of them havo very bright, pioroing black eyes. The girls, or senoritas, aro all win some; some quite pretty and some beautiful to a marked degree. They all have tho tiniest and dantiest of feet and hands and are as graceful as veritablo faries. Tho senoritas aro taught to duueo when quito small and tho fancy dress balls of the children, where hundredu of boys and girls nre paraded In pretty dances, are goat so oial events in Havana. The little girls can do all the olever tums of tho Terp sichorean art, involving castanets and tambourines, and many of thom can 8incr with marvelous sweetness of tone and" great skill. Cuban girls are very fond of fine,, soft laces and wear dainty mantillas over their black tresses at all times. Thoy are tiugbt fancy embroidery work at the schools just as American girls are taught les sons in text-books, und they beoomo shilled to a degree of wondrous pro ficiency in a very short time in mak ing delicato bits ol lace with thoir fingers and needles. The war in Cuba Las ( dreds, if not thuusonde, from the island to thia cou are to be seen at the arrivi ship chuging to their m< come with them, leaving tl. who have joined the rank : tho freedom of the islam1. THE CHICKEN DEALE1 family 6eeka refuge in tl When the war is over the 0 oome as refugees will pr? return to Cuba, for they az nish people and love their is., so well they will rarely weaned away from their nat -Atlanta Constitution. QUEER FISH WITH FOIL Commonly Called a44 Water \ Found In Lake Midi!; Now ard then, says thc ... Times-Herald, the ne wapa; ibout some unlucky sport? las captured "a fish with lef 1 ' fometimes asserted that the lave been..'consulted and I mable to identify the monst Suoh game as this is not a iommon in the region about A WATER DOO. .'he animal is, however, no fi. i a cousin of the salaruaadei no of the lowest of the group ?als called batrachians. It g be name of water dog. It may 1 foot long and has a broad, fli 3ur short legs, a wide mon . bree pairs of bushy gills. Tht re not concealed aa they are in ut stand'out from the head olor of the water dog is ashy ; nd on tho book ore a number o jote. It ia a rather nnconny I rep.Lure, and tho mau who cr , and believe it tobe vea?mou ie contrary, is is wholly haj . . ad it is doubtful if it can bo pn ito biting. It certainly is mr \ oona, This animal lives perhaps whe ie water of rivers, ponds and i here it conceals itself, at least c ie day, under stones and otb r lots. Oat of such lurking ph ! rotrudes its head and watches rey. The gills, which are eautifnl scarlet color,are kept1 i and fro in tho water. At n rowls about seeking for food, robably eat any living tbinf . ; can swallow, fishes, frogs anc t sometimes devours large qu f tho spawn of Ashes. Son go, at Eco rae, Td i ch., about icse water dogs were taken : t one haul. Thoy had doubtless been ttracted to the spot by the spawning f tho white fish, for some of them ere so gorged with fish eggs thot, 'hen thrown on shore, the spawn flew ut of their mouths. These animals do not depend wholly n their gills for the air they need, 'hey frequently oome to the surfaoe nd gulp in air. They are found to ave quite well developed lungs. As a rulo the.batrachians possess ills while they aro in the tadpole tage of life, bnt who? this is past the ills are lost. In some respects tho rater dog remains a tadpole daring ts whole existence. Three Pictures from One. A piotorial whito elephant, says tho toston Transcript, whioh had hang ire for an unconscionable time in the gallerias of a Boston dealer, was un loubtedly too large to be hung in any irdinary room. It waa an Oriental mcampment scene, with Arabs, horses, s?mele, tents, fires, etc, in the twil ight, with a rosy afterglow warming (he western sky. There was enough naterial in the composition for a trio )f pictures, aud the shape, which was incommonly wide in relation to its beight, facilitated the surgery whioh h as at last determined apon as a des perate resort. Tho work was done with skill. Elegant frames were built for the three new pictures, and before long three oastomers vrere made happy nt a comparative trifling expense. Each of thoir works is by an eminent French Orientalist, bat whether hin name is signed to all throe or not wo cannot say. First American Rector. Services were held the other day in Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford, Conn., in comm?moration of the 200th anniversary of the birth ol Dr. Samuel Johnson, the first reotoi of the ohnrch, and tho first American to hold tho position of reotor of an Episcopal Church in the country. Dr. Johnson was the first instrnotor ap pointed to Yale after that institution had boen transforrod to Now Haven. Frightful Mort ul itv In Lulu.. Official returns from India for las year show that 2893 persons lost thei, lives through tigers, panthers, bearp olephants and other wild beasts during the year ; while 21,538 died from Bnaki bites, three-fourths of which weri caused by cobras. About 97,000 do mestio animals were also killed lr wild animals during the same period Tho heaviest car of wool eve shipped out of Idaho waB loaded a Mountain Home the other day. It wa a fifty fo=t car, containing 42,47 pounds of wool. Tho freight charge on tho car to Boston, its destination weregBGO. N'fffi WEAH. JNS AND NOVKLTIICa II UN'S GARMENTS. ile Coat of Havana Browi AVK h Hat of Golden i Felt-Tho Latest 'yles In Sleeves. OIDEDLY swell coat is o "ana brown Melton, dec :ed with Persian lamb, ii first large picture. Th? .jarmont, says May Mau uonable length, the lin d green and blue change ag a "ohio" finish to tht imported walking hat ol n felt with black sat ii: odiso aigrette is a pleas. liment to this very de the loose fitting fron ti e right front extending n doublo breasted style BLE-BREASTED COAT i sibly with a fly. The it ia reversed to form lapel from the closing he dose fitting back is e^uHual center, side, this poiuX^eep un tit? aro laid after the b OL, providing a de id new effect. Tho ?ves shaped with sin ' se-fitting to the elbow, the top being laid in its aro completed with ' Persian lamb, similar i lng the free edges cf 1 and fronts. The rotective collar clos fcands ont with a etyl ;d or fanoy cloakings in making this coat, tweed, satin-faced -et, or Astrakhan that lb being particularly (cot may bo severely ._finish may bo used, (while Astrakhan, Persian lamb or any ??f the fashionable furs will provide tuitable decoration for moro dressy .ccasions. To make this coat for a lady having thirty-six-inch bust measure, it will equire three and one-half yards of orty-four-mch wide material, or two nd three-quarters yards of regulation loth, fifty-four inches wide. STYLES IN SLEEVES. The styleB for sleeves aro logion, nrites May Manton. Two modolsare ere illustrated whioh are used exton ively at present. No. 1 is represented l a rich peau-de-soie with a rufllo of )ft, creamy loee falling over tho hand, he mousquetaire effect is tho result I tho material being disposed in ethers extending from the wrist to ithin a short distance of tho shoulder id arranged over fitted lining of coat lope. The short puff is quito the test feature of the new sleeves and is ithered at the upper and lower edges kb. most of the fulness near the conhins call it, J,a ruok sleeve," is de cidedly becoming nnd admirably adapted to soft and pliuble material. 1 No. 2 is of canvas cloth and is com' fortably fitted to the arm from thc wrists to a goodly height above the t elbow, tho same stylish puffs used in No. 1 completing tho model. Thc wrists may bo plainly completed or with lace as shown. To make these sleeves in the medium size requires two and one-quarter . yards for No. 1 design and one and three-quarter yards for No. 2 design of forty-four-inch wide material. SERVICEABLE HOUSE OOWK. Figured wool challis is chosen for . this neat and serviceable gown, so ad ) ruirably adapted for home wear. Tho [ standing collar and sleeve tabs are of i ruby velvet, outlined with narrow laco . edging, whilo the funciful girdle of ? ribbon velvet in the Kamo warm tint i confines the fulness at the waist. The pretty gown, gathered at the i neck, is mounted over fitted body iND IMPORTED WALKING HAT. linings shaped with single darts, the uso of which lining is optional. The dosing is accomplished with buttons nnd button holes. The.seamless baok is gathered at the neok .and waist line is neatly joined on cach^siSeoTTnln shirring, which serves to hold the ful - ness gracefully to tho figure, finishing; in tho conter front with stylish bows and ends. Tho one-seamed gigot sleeves are ol FOK HOME WEAK. moderato fulness and ore arranged over fitted linings that may bo omitted if not desired. A standing collar of velvet completes tho neok. All eorviccablo materials may bo omployed in making this dainty gown, such as challis, delaine, cotton or wool crcpon, etc., or tho garment can be mado of washablo fabrics and worn with linen turnover collar and cuffs thus completing an ideal gown for tho pruotical housekeeper. To rLttke this gown in tho medium size requires five yards of forty-four inch wide material. IN SLEEVES.. } Tho laboral ries, mnseums, insti- . -tites, etc, connected with the Uni? . rereity of Berlin cost the State $580, 100 a year. WISE WORDS. The greatest Ju ty is the present om Trnth is always ready to be baptize 1 with fire. ' A covetous man is continually roi 1 bing himself. Whenever we do wrong, eomethin good in us dies. A bad man can have no possession that are fire proof. A better thing than riches is content ment without them. Nobody works harder and gets le: for it than the hypocrite. I The moro we love men, the mor ,we can see in them to love. ' Isn'f it about SB bad to rob a man o his peace as it is of his money ? j There is such a thing as a praye meeting being prayed to death. When the world gives treasure, always sends trouble therewith. The preaching that is aimed at th head, generally misses the heart. Whoever has a good temper w be sure to have many other goo< things. Have nothing to with a little sin, o you will soon be in the power of i big one. Disinterested kindness will burr like fire, when we know that we d< not deserve it. Better go to bed hungry sometimes than get up every morning head ovei heels in debt.-Barn's Horn. Evolution of the Whistle. When locomotives wero first buill and began to tundle their small load: up and down tho newly and rudelj constructed railway of England, thc public roads were for tho greatest part, crossed at a grade, and the en gine driver had no way of giviny warning of his approach except liv blowing a tin horn. But this, as may be imagined, was far from bein;; a suf firent warning. One day in the yeai 1833, eo runs a story of the orgin ol the locomotivo whistle, a farmer ol Thornton was crossing the railway track on one of the country roads with a great lead of eggs and butter. Just as he came out upon the track a train approached. The engiueman blew his tin horn lustily, but thc farmer did not hear it. Eighty dozen of eggs and fifty pounds of butter were smashed into an indistingnshable, unpleasant mass, and mingled with the kindling wood to 'whioh the wagon was re duced. The railway oompany had to pay the farmer the value of his fifty pounds of butter, his 9G0 eggs, his norse and his wagon. 71 regarded as a serions matter, .ghtaway a director of the company went to At ton Grange, where George Stevenson lived, to see if he could not iuveut something that would give a warning contrivance*'whiou, when attached to the engine boiler and the steam turned on,gave out a shrill,discordant sound. The railway directors, greatly de lighted, ordered similiar contrivances to be attached to ali the locomotives, and from that day to this the voico of the locomotive whistle has never been silent. -Cashier's Magazine. Cau?lit a Doe iu thc River. The story is told in the Seattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer by W. H. Morris, an eye witness, as follows : 1 'Judge Humes and myself took a trip Saturday afternoon to Green Riv er in the vicinity of Palmer for a day's fishing. We camped near the river that night, about threo and a half milos east of Palmer. Tho next morn ing we started in fishing and had great luck, successfully landing 175. Along in the afternoon I was fishing in a sort I of canyon where the water was fifteen or twenty-five feet deep. Below me on a sort of spit was the Judge, his homely dog sitting at his side. Sud denly their was a noise in the bushes above the bank above the Judgs aud a pretty doe appeared on the bank of the river. The dog jumpod for tho doe and the doe took to the water. The dog followed and, in a moment, was on the doe's baok and hau her by the ear. The doe dived to get rid of the dog and was successful. "As she came up the Judge fired o stone at her but missed. The next time he was snccussful, tho missilo striking tho animal in the eye and stunning it. Fearing that tho body would sink, the Judge plunged boldly into the water, clothes, boots and hat on, and with one arm swam to the animal which he grappled and hold. With his hunting-kniie he cut tho doe's throat and then swam ashore where several loggers had gathered. One of them who had a revolver claimed the deer on the ground that he had 'jumped it.' Tho Judge said 'nit,'and held tho fort. Afterwards, however, he made all of us a present of meat." Horseless Carriages in Paris. Answering applications from tho omnibus company and the Compagno des Voitures of Paris the Prefect ol Police has decided to allow petroleum carriages to take thc place of horse carriages and tram cars in the streets of the city. Other companies in con trol of tho various means of public conveyance have turned their atten tion to the subject of automobiles, and ure preparing for tho revolution in traffic, whieh appears to be imminent, a revolution from which they will de rive considerable benefit. The auto mobiles owned by private persons are now a common sight in Paris streets, md the Journal des D?bats say s they .viii soon be as frequently used as a mblic means of transportation as ' o . icensed cab. Among the advantages which tho jompany would derive from tho mange would be protection from tho , incertaiuties of expenditure caused , >y mortality among its horses, and >y thc great fluctuations in the prices >f fodder. Anothor important point s made by M. P. Leroy-Beaulieu, tho lelebrated writer on economics, who, I n a recent issue of the Eoonomisto . fran?ais, shows that on the substitu- 1 ion of automobiles for horses tho * ompany would have little to fear I rom a strike. At present when a J trike breaks out tho company cannot 1 dd out long, for its horses are eating ? heir heads off and aro also suffering om want of oxercise. Automobiles, n tho other hand, would cost nothiug ? fhile out of work.-New York Presa, t MOTHERS READ THIS. < The Best T ^ Remedy. i j j For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dvsen- ( ' teiw, Nau8e a, Coughs, Cholera Ia- < * fanturn, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains fran the Bowels, Pain*, Griping, Lou of Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of the Stomach and Bowels. PITTS CARMINATIVE . Is thc standard. It carries children over' the critical period of teething, andi is recommended by physicians as. the friend of Mothers, Adults and' Children. It is pleasant to the taste, < and never fails to give satisfaction, i A few doses will demonstrate ita sra-' pcrlative virtues. Price, 25 els. peri bot" jule. For sale bj druggists. A Dottle. For aale SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Mexico has a 130-ton locomotive. Oas engines propel Dresden cara, Around Puget Sound the region ia exceedingly rich and promising in its marine and animal life. A nail making machine produces as many nails in a given time as were formerly made by 1000 men. A fossilized tooth of some extinct species of animal reoently found in Oedar County. Nebraska, weighs 14$ pounds. Furniture made of compressed paper is being manufactured. It possesses the advantages of lightness, and caa be molded into any desired shape. A oompany has been formed to lay a pipe line from tho Indiana oil ?elds to Chicago. . Thc distance is 170 miles, and six-inch pipo is to be used. A great ?nd of platinum is reported rrom Pitfield, New South Wales. The naine is a mile long and from sixty to 150. feet wide, and the ore yields loventy-five per cent, of platinum. * That newest thing, the roller steam? Vt upon which M. Bazin proposes to wheel himself across the channel next month, is not, it seems, new at all. In 1880 a Captain Bagot patented a ves* iel essentially identical to the Ernest Bazin, and a year or two later one similar in idea was said to be building sn the Hudson. Tho stopping oapaoity of the bullet ?red from the new English army rifle is rather indefinite. Whenever the rifle has been used against a savage foe it has seemed singularly ineffec tual. If the bullet happens to strike a vital spot the viotim is dead beyond recall, bat if not the bullet; is of no oaore injury than a oharge from a pop gun. An Italian physioian has b??en mak m i imiftViiT n?"ss>? -mn ai nj i iem.' Twenty-four bioyole riders, who had ridden thirty-two miles in two hours and a quarter, were examined as to their hearing and in every in* stance were found to be defective. After a couple of hours' rest their hearing beoame normal. Clifl-Dwcllers at Home, Hamlin Garland contributes an in teresting artiole to the Ladies' Home Journal on the homes and home lite of the Pueblo Dwelling Indians (Oliff Dwellers of the Southwest) whom he designates as "The Most Mysterious People in Amorica." "It took fear of man to set these viliages on these heights, " ho writes. "Aa I approached Walpi I could hardly believe anything, living was upon ii The hotu massive, dirt colored, flat and square as rocks, secreted themselves upon the cliff, like turtles. The first .evidence of life was a small field of oom set deep iu 'the wash' or dry river bed. Then an old man watching it-seated boueath a shade of pinon boughs. Thea some peach trees knee deep in sand. Then some red roof houses built by the Government. By this time I could see tiny figures moving about on the high ledges and on the roofs of the housos. Up tho trail a man on a burro was driving a flock of sheep and goats. Ho wore light cotton trousers and a calico shirt. His legs were bare, and on his head was a straw hat. Farther up the trail some old women were toil ing with hugo bottles of water slang on their backs. From the moment I entered that trail I was deep in the elemental past. Hore was life reduced to its simplest form. Houses of heavy walls, with interiors like cellars or, caves, set for defense upon a cliff.' Here were flat roofs, thick, to keep out the sun and to make a dooryard' lor the next tier of houses above.' Here were nude children with tangled hair, wild as colts and fleet as ante*' lope?, dancing on crags as high aa church spires. Here were dogs just one remove from wolves-solemn dogs, ablo to climb a ladder. Here were men and women seated upon the floor and eating from plaques of willow and bowls of clay ol their own shaping aud burning." Novel Test of Pure Afr. A novel method for the detection of the admixture of one gas with auother has lately been described. It depends upon the fact that when air, of the same composition and temperature, is blown into similar pipes, such as organ pipes, they produce tho same note, but if one of the two feed-pipes be fed with air containing even a small proportion of gas of a different density it gets out of tune and beats are prodnced, the number of beats being proportional to the amount of thc foreign gas in the mixture. It is .lairaed that by this method the pres ence of marsh gas in a mine can be detected, and that it can be employed for acoustically determining the ?mount of oarbonio aoid in furnace (jases, _ Immense Pearl Fisheries. Til 2 pearl shell fisheries of the Mer guiarj archipelago, in the Government j F Barm ?, comprise 11,000 square niles. Tho gathering of pearl shell is tho chief industry, though, ot course, pearls are also found. The banks are .outed from the Government, and -ights to tish sublet on a royalty.-* Philadelphia Ledger. TOBACCO was first noted by Euro ?cans on the small island of To lago.