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TRICKS IN TEAS.
WAYS THAT ARK DARK OF THE
HEATHEN CHIN EE.
Vepy slick is He, Hut Not Always Sue
cc*sful,ln Adulterating Teas Sent
to America — 00,000 Pack¬
ages Condemned in One Lot.
I Fat or after less the you fragrant bottom have find and sipped of dark cheering your th paste-like teacup, more bev
' rage, you a
bediment, charge it up to the ways
that are dark of “the heathen Chinee.”
The sc ment is mud—plain, every¬
day, Chinese blue mud, audit was put
there bv vour Celestial with intent to
defraud the purchaser of the crop
Perhaps there is no sediment, but
that d‘ not argue that you have es
eaped John’s wih s. If the tea is bit
ter and rank to the taste, it is because
that with the leaves of tho tea
there have been mixed all the
from twenty to sixty per cent, of the
leaves of a willow, or of « plant that
es known as the sloe, both of which
grow wherever tea is grown, just as
cheat ..r tares grow alongside of wheat.
Again, if vour tea is neither muddy
nor rank, but is weak aud without
either flavor or fragrance, it is be
cause tho leaves have already done
full duty in some far-a way tea-house,
have been gathered up from the
kitchens, re-dried and then colored
witli Prussian blue and soapstone and
shipped to dear, gullible America.
The adulteration of tea and the sub
ntitution of spurious and exhausted
leaves is a mammoth and monstrous
evil. To such proportions had it
grown that, in November, 1883, Con¬
gress passed an act for the protection
of importers and created tho oftico of
Tea Inspector in connection with tho
Custom Houses in New Y’ork, Chicago
nud Han Francisco. Tea is admitted
free of duty, but not one chest of it
can be landed until the inspector cer¬
tifies that it is free of adulteration or
spurious substitutes.
When a New York World reporter
called at tho United States Appraisers’
great work-house, on Laight and Hud¬
son the streets, recently, Isaac McGay,
inspector for tho Fort of New
York, sat before a circular table, upon
which were placed in neat array a
dozen dainty china cups and saucers,
each of which was fillod nearly to the
brim Avith tho infusions which he had
but recently made. A bright copjier
kettle steamed cheerily at his elbow.
Mr- McGay had just completed a task,
and ho leaned back in his tilted arm
chair with an amused smile upon his
cheery and ruddy countenance.
, “You have come in good time,” he
said to tho reporter, who asked for
soiuo information about Government
tea inspection. “These cups repre
nout samples from a cargo of (50,000
packages has of tea, every pound of which
got to go back.”
“To China?”
“I can’t answer that question.
Maybe to Canada or England, but it
cannot come through tho Port of NeAv
York. That is a great deal of tea to
condemn, but that is what I am here
for. 1 do not believe that Avithin tho
twolvo years I have been in this de¬
partment, during tho last four of
Avhich I have been the inspector, I
have ever examined a shipment in
Avhioh all tho elements of fraud were
ao first unblushingly combined, In the
place, forty per cent, of the
weight of this tea is dirt. I mean
common earth that costs only the
prico of tho labor iuA’olved to dig it.
“This earth, ground to an impalp*
able powder, ;s mixed Avith a paste
mado of rico water and known as con¬
gee. This is adroitly done, the paste
uniting tho particles of dirt into the
perfect semblance of small, curled tea
leaves. As the tea proper is being
packed into the chests a workman
stands by with the cougeo aud casts it
with a sweeping motion of the hand
in thin layers into the box.
“In a cargo of (50,000 chests of tea,
each weighing sixty pounds, or a total
of 3,000,000 pounds, a matter of 1,-
440,000 pounds of mud, paid for as
tea, is quite a little item if the scheme
goes through.
“In this instance I have no doubt
whatever of a carefully planned fraud,
for the firm which exported this cargo
stands very high in China aud has for
years been considered beyond re¬
proach. I haA’o never had occasion
before to refuse any of their tea ad¬
mission to this port.
“But I Inwe not told aR. In ad¬
dition to the adulteration with clay, I
find this cargo contains a large per¬
centage of willow and sloe leaves aud
nu easily traced proportion of mar
lowe. ”
“What is marlowe?”
“That is the name in the trade for
tea leaves that have been exhausted
and redried. In T Hong , r Korg the ..
principal tea gardens are located on
Warlotro .tree . A regular wagon,
lamilwr to all foreigner,, makes a
da.ly collection of the leave, from
wiki u ,.io io pr, wous wen t -
four hour, has been drawn. Pussy*
tern of collect on is in operation ell
Zu' amount .FMh’Fu.i;rf of tho stun that avrs 1 ”'’ 7°“ formerW U
foisted upon this market. It certainly
obtains all the large '
in cities.”
Mr, McGay here called attention to
the cups before him. With » spoon
he dug up the muddy sediment from
tho bottom. He then flattened out a
number of the infused leaves. The
difference between the willow, sloe
and tea leaA'es is apparent to the eye.
He explained the system of inspection,
The ship containing tho invoice is
visited. From each lino of sixty to
one hundred boxes a sample i3 aken
at random. Those are mixed together,
Then they are examined under power
ful magnifying glasses for ocular evi
douce of fraud.
Then Mr. McGay has a little tea
party. Cups are sJt for from ten to
twenty, but h the only ^uest jj e
never gn es 5 o’clock teas, but at auv
time from 10 ‘
a. in. to 4 p. in. he can
la? found tasting and spitting out the
beverage he brews, or Avith bis nose
down close to the steaming cups in
haling their fumes. The penalty of
this part of the process is an occa
eionitl vertigo or dizzy feeling, ac
companied by a splitting headache.
When this comes on he is forced to
strike work for the daA* and walk in
*
the open air.
Of every 10,000 deaths in
870 from apoplexy,
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 26. 1S94. -EIGHT PAGES
Queer Conical* of Birds’ Stomachs,
Some very odd things are come
across by the ornithologists that are
engaged in examining the stomachs
of various kinds of birds, for the pur
poso of ascertaining what they eat
and how much of the crops they de
ptroy. In the stomach of a crow was
found a warbler. The stomach of the
warbler contained a caterpillar, and
traces of the vegetation on which the
latter had fed were clearly discerned
under the microscope. Another oddity
discovered in the stomach of a crow
was a rubber elastic band, which had
evidently been picked Tip by mistake
for a worm.
Ticks, which breed on trees, are dis¬
covered occasionally in birds’ stomachs,
\ , hou ^ , h *? rflr ^ , as to suggest that.the
fcathereJ creatures are afraid of them
aml would avoid tIiera a8 a rnle -
The insects in a bird’s stomach are
ordinarily counted by their jaws. For
example, caterpillars have soft bodies,
which are quickly digested, leaving
.... mws to bo gradually , ,, ground , up
aud dl8 P oaed of ln the gizzard The
[ aws of beetl °- caterpillars and grass¬
ho PP e r8 are nia le of oue of tbc ; most
enduring . , ^stances , nature, being
su in
nearl y ”' hord ar< tli0 tc e th of “ am -
HO ,na t Jf- hat thc , e ^.i ,hm re reDCe ver - v may characteristic, readily bo
told , 1 betweeu ; of cricket,
a a
7 ras ,?Pl Kr ’ ft locust, etc. I he jaws
found in the stomach of a bird are
°unted , . aud - divided by which
c two,
R lves J bc number of insects repre
Hen ^ u< ‘
Cuckoos are the only birds that eat
hairy caterpillars, so far as is known,
Tho horny linings of their gizzards
are sometimes found so thickly perfo¬
rated by the sharp and strong hairs
of these insects as to bo actually “fuz¬
zy” Avhen dried. Not long ago a crow
from Oregon was examined, Avhose
digestive apparatus Contained a beetle
of a species so rare that tho specimen
Avould have been Avorth $15 if it had
been in good condition.—Boston
Transcript.
What tlie King ol Dahomey is Like,
Nows of Behanziu, the dethroned
King of Dahomey, has come to hand.
His Majesty, accompanied by his
Avives and children, lias arrived at
Fort-de-France, where tho natives
turned out to have a look at him. He
is described by the local reporters as
tall and Avell made, with open, smiling
countenanco. Ho looks every inch
like a royal personage, and is dressed
in u flowing blue-and-black striped
gown, a Venetian hat, and yelloAv
sandals. Under his bronzed features
one can perceive a certain amount of
“finesse,” and even distinction. His
nose is flattened, and liis lips are
thick, but his forehead is high and in¬
tellectual. Behind him followed a
black boy bolding up a large colored
umbrella over his head to protect him
from the sun. Another boy bore his
cigar box and handkerchief. He avrs
in good health, and greeted the crowd
with tho words, “Bonjour! Merci!”
Ho seemed resigned to his fate, and
thanked his guardians for the care
they had taken of him. He is partic
ularly fond of shaking hands Avith all
avIio approach him. His meals are
composed in European fashion, roast
fowl being his favorite dish. He lias a
liking for absinthe, but he is not al¬
lowed to drink much of that treacher¬
ous liquor. On the arrival of the
Governor ho embraced him and called
him “papa.” He avrs then conducted
to the house prepared for him. Here,
hoAvever, he oomplained of the scanty
furniture, and demanded a looking
glass, a clock, a chest of drawers and
other articles for the use of his wives,
which, to his intense delight, were
forthwith supplied, In tlio course of
conversation he denied having killed
his mother before, surrendering to tho
Freuch, and laughed at tho many
other stories told of him. He does
not think that he will continue to be
a State prisoner long, and looks for¬
ward to the time Avhen he will be par¬
doned and permitted to return to his
kingdom. —Loudon Globe.
Giant Tree of Slone.
The largest tree in the world lies
broken and petrified at the end of a
defile in Northwestern Nevada. The
following story of the colossal petri¬
faction is told by “Old Dad” Lynn,
of Fresno:
“Close to the Baker County line we
came to an opening in the rocks about
wide enough for our wagons to go
through, aud on either side loomed
precipices 500 and 600 feet high. The
crevasse was about fifteen miles long,
nud at its end, just to the right of the
trail, we found a number of petrified
tree stumps of different heights and
sizes.
“In their midst, on the ground, lay
a monster tree, somewhat imbedded
S in the soil. It avrs completely petri
j l fled, and from the clean-cut fractures
fthe trunk 8eeme d to have fallen
a(t Us pet * rif»ctiou. At it, butt this
, , vas J il( , sijtv fmt in diameter,
, w me! lv d its length with a tape
lin(s it ea ,; feat long. No
remained, but in the trunk were
clofta „ here apparently limbs LaJ
broken off
“Where the huge trunk was broken
?“f‘> s< l n “ r ^. , r “ «*■ ^ **>• ,, P , seemetl . » h<>w Iran.- , ? d
! ‘“.“"1 f“ taral , concentric rings haIldsom Its e?
th<m any dressed marble or mosaic I
ever have seen, and wo all expressed
the opinion that it would make a won¬
derfully beautiful floor and interior
finish for some grand building.”—
i j Santa Rosa (Cal.) Democrat.
| A Magnificent Ornament.
Mrs. Henry Field, of Chicago, has
j . . magnificent
S Iven a P air cl bronze
! “ ous to ornament the tront of the fine
Mts institute, of that city, and that,
j addition to her late husband's splen
did $300,000 collection of modern
! Freni just been - ,il Platings. Tne models lions have
cast after by the
! artist Edward Kemeys, who modeled
tue wild animals on the pedestals at
j * be Exposition, an.i they are said to
j be <Jeived . T ^® Qar ,V!i kably guarding fine, tue building. x hey are con- The
1 one at tbe eou Eu side of the mam en
trance is represented as having his at-
1 attracted by something in the
dls * sne ' 3 he is closely watching.
S ier represented as hav
discovered something wnich dis
1 pleases him, and he has his back up,
and is ready for a roar and a spring.
' j They cost SIS,000,—New Orleans
Picayune.
17-YEAR LOCUSTS.
Cl'RtOl'S IIARITS OF THESE
NOISY LITTLE INSECTS.
The Impression That They Are De¬
structive to Vegetation is
Wrong — How They
Make a Noise
Y CURIOUS fly, belonging to
the family of the Cicadariae
and the sub-order of Hem
iptera, or half-winged or
gauze-winged insect, is now making
the residents of a large territory mis
erable by its monotonous screeching.
Fortunately, it goes to sleep at night,
or the plague would be as unbearable
as that of the ancient Egyptians. This
insect is commonly known as the
seventeen-vear locust, for the reason,
possibly, that there is a common cus
tom of calling things by names that
do not belong to them, For this is
not a locust, which is a member of
quite a different family, known as Or
thoptera, and is so closely related to
the common grasshopper as to be
taken for it by all but scientific people.
Every summer the song of the har¬
vest fly is heard sung to his mate, who,
unlike other females, has no voice of
her own, and is content to live a quiet
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Fig. 2—Newly-hatched larva.
Pig. Pig. 3—Pupa.
5—Eggs deposited on a twig.
Pig. 6—Empty pupa case.
life and make no noise in the world.
This song is made up of one long
drawn-out note, shrill but soft at first,
gradually increasing in its crescendo,
and maintained for a few seconds,
when it gradually loses its force and
subsides into a Ioav note until it is
heard no more, until, at an interval
of a minute or so, it begins again, and
so oontinues tho whole day long.
This sound is the effect of a vibrat¬
ing septum drawn tightly over a frame
like a semi-globular drum, or, in fact,
a pair of them, under the wings of the
insect, and this membrane, acted
upon probably by air drawn in and
forced out of the drum, makes the
strident sound uttered by this insect.
This sound is the effect of several hun¬
dred vibrations of the parchment-like
septum per second. It may be bear¬
able by strong nerves Avhen there are
but a few in the concert, but Avhen
there are millions in it, and the per¬
formers occujiy every branch and twig
of every tree and bush for miles
around, tho hubbub is indescribable,
except as a sound that shakes the
ground and pervades the Avhole air,
drowning one’s \ r oice and deafening the
ear. Fortunately, it comes but once
in seventeen years.
Its last appearance was in 1877, when
it extended from Troy, on the Hud¬
son, through Connecticut, New Jer¬
sey, Pennsylvania, YYrginja and the
District of Columbia. It has again
returned in duo time, has completed
its term of imprisonment and come to
perpetuate its race and rewisit the
scenes of its birth. For it has not
been far away. It has been quietly
feeding upon the roots of the apple
and the oak trees, probably never
straying from its first selected tree,
doing no harm, but fulfilling its curi¬
ous purpose in nature of making up
for seventeen years of silence by a
terrible din when it gets the chance.
And then it dies happy.
It is a stout-bodied insect, with
broad gauzy Avings, as may be seen in
the illustration. It is far better look¬
ing in its few days of maturity than in
its previous stage, in which it is a
homely grub or an ugly pupa. But it
has the advantage of being well be¬
haved and a modest, silent creature,
strictly devoted to its own business,
which is to burrow in the ground for
seA'enteeu long years. During this
time it crawls along the roots of the
trees, to which it attaches itself, punc¬
turing them and sucking the sap. It
has not been%ortainly known that the
locust do any serious damage, although
a well knowu entomologist, a lady,
discovered them quite numerously in
a pear tree, which had been dug tip on
account of its mysterious failure to
grow, and her report states that “the
larvae of this insect Avere found in
countless numbers on the roots, en¬
gaged in sucking the sap, and twenty
three Avere taken from a root a yard
long and an inch in diameter.” But
as it has not been found that any
special local injury is apparent in
places Avhere they appear in great nun
bers, this case may be taken as excep¬
tional. Doubtless the moles in their
burrowing find and devour them in
great numbers and thus keep tnem in
safe subjection. the surface,
The grubs stay near not
descending more than six or eignt ±eet,
making circuitous burrows with their
PERFECT FLY.
strong forefeet, well adapted for this
purpose. As soon as they reach
root theA- follow it, feeding on it
they go, and changing from root to
root as they find it necessary for
supplies. Doubtless the
roots die, and are replaced by
ones, without much injury to
tree- Thus they live and await
stage o! maturity. As this approaches
they gradually work to the surface,
burrowing their way and filling the
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FLT, SHOWING THE DRUM.
P«ssages behind them with the earth
) ? * be on * discolored | n front. This^ * b filling perceived the bur
e9r
r< ?^ behind the insect, and the last
I‘‘ ftCe °f rest, where it makes its
transformation, is only a few inches
ln * en r>ib> close to the surface of the
S rouud and.lined with a sort of cement,
covered with a waterproof varnish,
to make 11 dr Y and comfortable. On
J ound arru > sunny days the insects have been
* peeping forth, as if curiously
surveying their future scene of life
and gathering information about it.
It has been observed by Mr. Rathvon,
a skillful entomologist, that when the
ground happens to be wet these in¬
sects, impelled by instinct, build up a
burrow, projecting above the surface,
in which they take refuge when the
ground may be overflowed by a heavy
rain. This is seen in the illustration.
When the proper time, which Solo¬
mon tells us every creature knows by
natural intuition, comes, the mature
insect, fully provided with wings,
crawls out of the ground, always at
night, and seeks a tree, up which it
creeps and fastens itself by its strong,
sharj) claws. Then it is a soft, whitish
grub of the shape shown. In this con
dition the skin dries, cracks and
hursts open along the back, and the
perfect cicade creeps out through the
rent, hering leaving the empty shell still ad¬
to the tree as a semi-transpar¬
ent, parchment like skin. Then it
emerges into the air and, after a few
preliminary attempts to spread its
wings, by which they are stiffened and
dried, the fly rises in the air with a
strong, swift flight, and, selecting its
temporary home in which to pass the
few days of its perfect stage, proceeds
to active business. The female, hear¬
ing the call of its mate, selects its
partner and makes preparations for
depositing its eggs. This is done on
the small branches of the trees, the
eggs being deposited in neat doubld
rows parallel, and arranged, as shown,
up and down the bark. Many such
rows are made on each twig, so that
the majority of them dry and die,
leaving the tree often bare and dead,
apparently, but wholly so as to the
injured branchs and twigs. The fly is
not known to feed in this stage, but
simply performs its parental functions
and then dies.
The letter “W” is quite plainly
marked on forewings of the mature
insect, and some superstitions persons
have greatly alarmed themselves,
most unnecessarily, by thinking this;
meant Avar. Others, more sensible,
think it means warm weather, and 1
prepare their thin clothing for imme¬
diate use. Other persons have feared
that these insects may sting, and care¬
fully avoid handling them. As they
have no sting, and are only armed
Avith a beak for sucking, which, how¬
ever, is never used by the perfect fly,
such fears are groundless. There is
nothing poisonous about them, and,
like some other noisy anifilals, their
bark is worse than their bite, if this
may be said of a creature that cannot
bite.
This periodical insect does not ap¬
pear all over the country at once, but
each locality has its different period.
Next year it is due in Missouri, Iowa
and Illinois. Some persons have
thought that it was this fly that made
the plague that so much worried the
ancient Egyptians in the time of
Moses, and, indeed, it might well be
called a plague, if the whole country
were swarming with these screeching,
noisy creatures, formidable in their
appearance and dreadful to the igno¬
rant by their sudden and overwhelm¬
ing possession of the land.
FeAv persons would think for a mo¬
ment that this large and conspicuous
fly could be a close relation to that
minute and insignificant creature, the
plant louse, which may be seen suck¬
ing the sap from the fresh, succulent
young growth of the roses and other
plants, or which are found so numer¬
ously on the leaves of cabbages; soft,
dusty-looking creatures they are,
gathered in masses and busy sucking
the sap from the leaves, The com
mon chinch bug is another close re¬
lation of the harvest fly and this
cicada, and so is that bloodthirsty in¬
sect that disturbs us in the Avatches of
the night and murders sleep as it bites
its victims and sucks their blood.
The cicada is a sort of half brother of
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these bugs or sucking insects, and if
it feeds at all durin? its mature stage
it L t oes so by suction, bv means of its
gbarp proboscis, .seen in its portrait,
There are several varieties of this
j nsec t. One is an annual, appearing
every year in the summer, mostly in
June. Another appears in the autumn
and lays its eggs on the goldenrod.
Another comes in the dog days, anrl
is thus named the dog-dav harvest fly,
or cicada. In all, there are twenty
two varieties knoAvn to entomologiste,
of which three are periodical, one ap¬
pearing every seventh year, and
another every thirteenth, and this
which is here described is the seven
teen-rear variety.—New York Times.
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An elephant is fifty to sixty years ir
attaining maturity and will live acen
tary and a half.
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The highest of the Green Moan taint
in Y'ermont is Mount Mansfield—4281
feet.
Crniscr Columbia a Maritine Wonder,
The triple- screw cruiser Columbia
returned to her anchorage oft' League
Island Navy Yard from her deep-sea
trial trip with her claim to be called
Queen of the bea fairly established,
For forty-eight hours the Columbia
was subjected to a severe test of her
engines and boilers, and although no
effort was made to drive the boat, she
developed, under natural draught and
with the three engines and eight
boilers working, eighteen and one
half knots an hour. But for the
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fact that tho centre engine got
a hot bearing and the ship had
to slow down and the fires became
clogged a great speed would have
been made.
In addition to tho steam trial the
Columbia’s battery Avas also tested.
The eight-inch rifle on the maindeck
was fired three times; first with a re¬
duced charge of powder and twice
with a full service charge. YVheu the
big 250-pound yirojectile propelled by
170 pounds of powder was fired from
the gun the concussion shook the
The Predecessors of Fashion Plates.
Long before ladies’ newspapers were
started and fashion plates in their mod¬
ern form Avere thought of, ladies de¬
rived their knoAvledge of the fashions
from dolls dressed in model costumes,
Avhich were sent from one country to
another, most especially from Paris,
which then as now avrs the leading
center of the mode. This custom of
exchanging fashion dolls commenced
early in the fifteenth century, and pre¬
vailed for more than 100 years, when
Avoodcuts and engravings were substi¬
tuted, until towards the end of the
eighteenth century colored fashion
plates and illustrated almanacs made
their appearance. Great ladies used
to send these dolls to their friends at
a distance, and, as the costumes Avere
made by professional “cutters,” ex¬
actly to the right shape and in the
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latest style, with due regard to details
of materials and trimmings, the dress¬
makers had only to enlarge the meas¬
urements of them.
White Deer Killed in Wisconsin.
John M. Bredt, Columbus Memorial
Building, has a genuine Avhite deer,
which he has secured to go with his
collection of animals, birds and but¬
terflies. The deer Avas killed near
Cable, Wis, alter it had badly fright¬
ened two young men. The deer is
without a single mark upon its body.
Its eyes were pink like those of an al¬
bino, and in the mounting the color of
the eyes was reproduced, It is three
feet five inches in height, and four
feet six inches to the tip of its horns.
The Points of a Foul,
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1. Comb.
2. Face.
3. Wattles.
4. Deaf-ear, or ear-lobe3.
5. Hackle.
6. Breast.
7. Back.
8. Saddle.
0. Saddle feathers.
10. Sickles.
11. Tail coverts.
ship, but the gun recoiled easily into
the air cushion and worked perfectly,
The two six-inch rifles and the eight
four-inch rifles were nlso fired three
times each. These guns also worked
well. Some slight defects were de*
veloped in the six-pounders which
make up the cruiser’s secondary bat¬
tery. It was found that the portholes
of the sponsons were a little too
small and that the bulkhead back
of the guns had been built too
close to the breech to allow the
guns to be swung when
the gun crew is working ih i m
These defects are trivial and easily
remedied.
The members of the Inspection
Board were highly pleased Avith the
Columbia, and say that she had
borne out the promise of being a
maritiue wonder w hich she gave on her
former trial trip. The Columbia is
the mott completely equipped ship
Avhich has ever left a navy yard, and
could take the seas to-day against an
enemy if necessary. —New York Tri¬
bune.
Its age Avas three years. Two young
men were hunting near Cable four
months ago and they returned greatly
excited and reported seeing an animal
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in the woods which Avas perfectly
white and of the size of an elephant.
Many thought it was a ghost, and a
party of fifteen was made up to cap¬
ture it. After tAvo days’ hunting tho
Avhite deer Avas killod. Mr. Bredt
heard ot it from a friend wlio saw the
deer an hour after it had been killed.
He made an offer for it Avhich was ac¬
cepted, and it was mouuted in Wash¬
burn, Wis. There is no doubt of the
genuineness of its color.—Chicago
Tribune.
Sky-Scraping Buildings.
‘ Sky-scraping” office buildings,
which are noAV being erected in New
York City, the American Architect pre¬
dicts, Avill haA'e their tops shaken be¬
fore long by some of the earthquake
shocks which visit New York every
tAventy years or so. If the tops of
these buildings are not shaken doAvn,
tho American Architect predicts that
the nerves of the tenants Avill receive
a shock which will make these build¬
ings unpopular. As it is, it asserts
that feAv of these fifteen and eighteen
story buildings pay, which is not im¬
probable. A big building multiplies
expenses faster than tenants, and it
would surprise the public to learn
how narroAv a margin is left after the
repairs and grooming of one of these
tow'ering structures are paid.
The other week the British Ad¬
miralty sold out five Avarships which
had been condemned as unfit for ser¬
vice. Four AA’ere wooden A r essels and
the other an iron troopship.
12. Main tail feathers.
13. YVingbow.
14. Wing coverts, forming Aviug bar.
15. Secondaries; wing bay.
16. Flight feathers; \ving butts.
17. Point of breast bone.
18. Thighs.
19. Hocks.
20. Shanks or legs.
21. Spur.
22. Toes or claws.
A Coronation Chair.
Who can determine which is tho
throne of Great Britain? Is it tho
stone coronation chair of King Ed¬
ward tho Confessor, in which every
sovereign who has reigned over Eng¬
land during tho last thousand years
has been crowned? Is it the gorgeous
chair of state which occupies the
centre of the dais in the House ol
Lords, or that queer kind of music
stool arrangement on Avhich tbs
Queen half sits, half leans, Avlieu she
presides at the Drawingrooms held at
Buckingham Palace? Or is it. per¬
haps, the gilt armchair on Avhich sho
takes her place Avhen she accords
audience to foreign envoys at Wind¬
sor for the purpose of receiving either
their letters of credence or recall?
Not one of these seats can claim the
exclusive right- to describe itself as
the throne of Eugland, though were
they forced to choose, most people
would bo inclined to accord tho title^
to t!io coronation chair in West
minder Abbey. And yet it is only
used once in a lifetime by each of the
English sovereigns, namely, on the
day Avhen they are invested with the
croAvn by the Archbishops of Canter¬
bury and Y'ork, in tho presence of the
Peers, of the Parliament and of
great officers of tho realm. There is
only one sovereign in English history
avIio has sat twice iu that seat, and
that is Queen Victoria, tho second oc¬
casion having boon the jubilee an¬
niversary of her accession. The chair
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is familiar to every American who has;
visited Westminster Abbey, and tho
venerable relic is, to my mind, in¬
finitely more imposing and impressive
in its simple grandeur than the some¬
what gaudy chair of state in the House
of Lords, surmounted by its highly
decorative canopy, which is panelled
in the most intricate and rococo man¬
ner with roses, shamrocks, thistles,
lions passants, unicorns and, in fact,
all the heraldic emblems of Great
Britain and Ireland. This chair itself
is made of Avood, gold, ivory and
silver. The royal coat of arms is
carved and gilded on tho back, Avhile
the arms of the chair are serpentine
creations terminating in a pair of
lion’s maws. Some idea of its intrin¬
sic value may be gained when it is
stated that the cloth of gold with
which it is upholstered cost in the
neighborhood of $5000.—New York
Tribune.
Misses’ Waist.
This handsome design has the full
waist and sleeve puffs of pink crepon,
the ripple skirt, bretolles, belt, collar
and loAver sleeve portions being of
pink and black changeable brocade,
trimmed on the loose edges Avitli black
guipure insertion over j>ink Batin rib¬
bon. It is also suitablo for pretty
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cotton wash fabrics, batiste, cliambray,
lawn, etc., the ruffles being edged witb
narrow embroider}” or lace.
Girls and Boys Uompared.
Dr. J. A. Gilbert, of the Yale psy¬
chological laboratory, has been con¬
ducting a series of very interesting
experiments touching the mental and
physical development of the pupils of
the NeAv Haven public schools. Many
of his tests are entirely new, and im¬
portant results have been reached.
The tests were made on 1200 boys and
girls, aged from six to seventeen.
The professor has embodied the re¬
sults of his experiments in a number
of charts, which show that boys are
more sensitive to weight discrimina¬
tion, that girls can tell the difference
in color shades better than boys, and
that boys think quicker than girls.
Altogether the charts show that boys
are more succeptiole to suggestions
than girls. The charts show also that
both boys and girls between the ages
of twelve and fourteen years are not
so bright, quick or strong in propor¬
tion, nor do they develop as fast as
they do before and after those years.
The object of the test is to enable
teachers to better understand tho
nental requirements of the pupils.—*
Detroit Free Press.
Inspecting Horse Meat.
In France and Germany there ara
many shops where horse meat alone is
sold. In these countries when ahorse
is injured it is sold to those making a
business of slaughtering them, All
animals are inspected by Government
officials before killing, so there is littl e
danger of any diseased meat being
lold. —American Farmer.
A spider web is constructed accord
iag to the best mathematical princi¬
ples.