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A circus was sold at auction in Phila
delphia recently. Empjess, a vicious
elephant, who killed her keeper last year
'and has mangled two or three other
keepers, was knocked down for $1,500.
Queen, another elephant, not so vicious,
brought $1,000. Chief, a vicious ele
phant, brought $1,300. A Bengal tiger
was sold for $350, a leopard for $180, an
African spotted hyena for $45, a sable
antelope for $400, and a big lioness for
$250.
In tbo event of a war in Europe Ger
many would require 400,000 horses;
France, 375,000; Austria, 200,000, Russia,
400,000. Should there be. a war there
fore, the powers would require 1,395,000
to begin with, and more from time to
time ns the animals should be killed or
used up in servico. England lias no more
horsca than it needs, so that a war across
tho water would stimulate the American
horse market as well as tho demand for
_ provisions.
A German chemist lias invented a new
kind of (esthetic Indict, which ho urges,
will, if brought into general use, greatly
diminishes the horrors of war. The bul
let is of a brittle Kulistancc, breaking di
rectly when it comes in contact with tin
object at which it is aimed. It contains
a powerful anaesthetic,' producing instan
taneously complete ‘ insensibility, lasting
for twelve hours, which, except that the
action of the heart continues, is not to be
distinguished from death. While in this
condition, the German chemist points out,
jthc bodies may be packed in ambulance
wagons and carried off os prisoners.
PROGRESS OF INVENTION.
• Among the questions given to pupils
,Of a St. Louis school for examination in
jordcr to receive certificates of graduation
were the following: “What are the dis
junctive features of paleozoic fishes as re
gards caudal fin and teeth?” “Expand
jan original enthymeme to the form of a
syllogism.” “What is the distinction be-
twoenTdenUsm and materialism?” “Give
‘the classification of tho mollusca to the
•orders.” “Translate into Greek:
‘scolds not only others but the judge.’ ”
They seem to have startled the parents of
the children, since one wants to know
what an enthymeme has to do with the
common affairs of life.
At Catlin, 111., Thomas Dale, while
teaching school some years ago. had occa
sion to whip one of the larger girls, and
was prosecuted and fined. The prosecu
tion was by the parents, who denounced
the castigation as a high-handed outrage.
The other patrons of the school snlr
scribed the amount of the teacher's fine,
and there was a strong feeling of sy
pathy with him, as he behaved with great
moderation and dignity throughout the
excitement. The victim of his alleged
cruelty became one of his champions,
and the mutual resj>ect arising out of
their relations ripened when both left the
school into warm friendship, and they a
now about to be married.
Predictions About Important Inven
tions That Were Not Fulfilled—
A Timely Change—The Telescope.
One who takes a bird’s-eye view of hu
man progress sees that the race has ad
vanced, not in a straight line, but by a
series of tacks, like a vessel beating
against a head wind. The progress made
in physical science, which has qeen very
grpat daring the last hundred years, is
the result of a series of small advances
from one point of knowledge to another,
not very far away.
The most important invention of the
past one hundred years is the steam-en
gine. Its most effective applications have
been to manufactures and the propulsion
of ships. When steam navigation was
There is a certain froutier atmosphere
about a scene in a Kansas City court that
is refreshing. The president of a railroad
was on the witness stand undergo]
cross-examination before United States
Commissioner Parry, when one of the
parties to the suit that was before the
court came in. The.railroad president
had promised to shoot this man on sight,
and he therefore drew his revolver as 1
tsat in the witness chair, and would hi'
begun a fusillade had not the court off
icers disarmed him. Little incidents of
•this nature suffice to vary the dull monot-
‘ony of the legal procedure, and yet the
jrailroad president has been held for trial
of assault with intent to kill
first proposed. Sir
dent of the Royal Society, said; “It is
a pretty plan, hut there is just one point
overlooked; that the steam-engine re
quires a firm basis on which to work.
That was the opinion of a theorist, and
such was not heeded by a practical
mechanic, William Symington, who said:
“Let us test this theory by an experi
ment.” He put a steam-engine into a
double-hulled boat, the paddle-wheels of
which had been worked by men turning a
r;„
soon became exhausted, and
the boat stopped; but the steam-engine
turned the wheels, and the boat towed
Then Fulton improved on Sym
ington's plan, and steam-boats, going
against wind and ride, proved that the
. ^ theory had overlooked “just
one point”—the mechanic’s ability to
build a stable foundation in an unstable
boat.
When it was proposed to unite England
and America by steam, Dr. Lardncr deliv
ered a lecture before the Royal Society
‘proving” that steamers could never cross
the Atlantic, because they could not carry
whole voyage. The passage
ship Sirius, which crossed the m-euu in
nineteen days, knocked Lardner’s theory
to pieces.
The “wooden walls” of England have
given place to “walls” of iron. But when
it was proposed to build a vessel of iron,
many persons said: “Iron sinks: only
wood can float.” But experiments proved
that the miracle of the prophet could be
repeated, and now not only ships of war,
but merchant vessels, are built of iron or
steel. The change was timely. The last
wooden line-of-battlc ship built'for the
British navy required 4,200 loads of tim
ber, the growth upon seventy acres of
ground for eighty years; The merchant
ships which Great Britain builds annually
would, if built of wood, require 800,000
acres of timber-land.
Even that wonderful invention, the
telephone, which seemed to burst upon
the world as a complete novelty, may
have to be classed, after all, among the
gradually developed creatures of mcn’i
thoughts. .If we could believe all the evi
dence that has been taken in the numer
ous telephone, suits, not one roan, but
half-a-dozen men, invented this instru
ment and put it in successful Operation.
Whether that evidence is true or not,
it is certain that several people were work
ing in such a way that experiment must
soon have brought each of them to the
invention of the telephone. It is also im
portant to note that-in its first form it
was only a scientific plaything which fur
ther study and experiment have made a
practical, an indispensable agent of —
munication.
Another example, not so noteworthy,
but one of vast importance, nevertheless,
may be given—the “elevator,” as Ameri
cans call it, which * ~
the English call a
” lift;” but as it a Yrfhkec invention ws
should have the naming of it. Before
the introduction of this appliance even
city buildings were not built very high.
Anything above the third story was prac
tically inaccessible, and could be rented
only for storage purposes. Now the only
limits to the height of buildings are the
solidity of the foundation and the crush
ing strength of buildiDg materials. While
the high cost of land leads capitalists to
erect very high structures, the elevator
'he highest rooms the most de
ltas made the
sirable, as they'afford better light and
These and other beneficent inventions
have grown up from small beginnings and
gained maturity just when the human
race needed them in order to - make an
other “tack” in its progress.
The hostility and criticism which have
opposed these inventions have been of
ventors to make haste slowly and to
study nature's laws. Not fair winds and
smooth seas make sailors, but waves and
tempests.— Youth's Companion.
Monkeys aa Servants.
Monkeys are well suited for certain do
mestic services, and they fulfil them with
pleasure.
Tho natives of Madagascar train-for
hunting the lemur ape, the .short-tailed
indri (indri bred eaudatiis), which renders
them the same services as a dog. These
says that in his time the'scttlers at Sierra
Leone used to employ chimpanzees to
bring water and to putin the mortars the
grain for crushing. They would carry
the water in . jars on their heads, but
would let them fall unless immediately
relieved of them pn their arrival.
_ In Breton's Chinese drawings the
tist represents on the precipitous steeps
of Chantsuug (places hardly accessible
to man) monkeys of a diminutive species
that have been sent thither to pick, the
leaves of the tea-plant. The ancient
yptiaus used to obtain valuable
* from the cynocephalus, employing
domestic, sometimes
him sometimes
as a laborer.
De Grandprc, an officer of the French
navy, speaks of a female chimpanzee that
would neat the oven aboard ships; and
judging herself of the degree of heat re
quired, she would go for the cook at the
right time. She would turn the capstan
with the sailors, ascend the yards with
them, and belay the ropes
of the ship's company.
Buffon mentions another female chim
panzee at Lo&ngo that made the beds,
swept the house, and helped to turn the
spit.
It is necessary to tame monkeys before
instructing them; but as the quadru-
* captivity, there *-
manes breed while in
species might _ ,
servants. Each individual would nave
to be taught the particular work required
of him.
The females could be trained to take
care of children. We do not doubt that
these truths ■will strike, at no remote
time, the residents in Africa and Asia, of
European origin, who are in a condition
to procure the anthropoid species,
foresee the time when the Simian
propagated by the care of man. shall
render immense services in every-day life
and in the industries, and shall coutrib
ute to tbt general program,—C'ow. -
SCIENTIFIC AND INOrST&IAJ*
at South Kensington,
many thousands of newly-hatched trout
id salmon. He found a deformity in
cry 1,000, and one case of monstrosity
—such as twin or double-headed fish—in
every 4,000.
‘A Chicago man has invented a steam
log-hauler which is in successful opera
tion in upper Michigan,” says the JforfA-
western Lumberman. “It has four drive
wheels furnished with teeth, which can
be kept hot with steam so that they will
set into an icy road without tearing itup.
it draws from eight to twelve sleds, each
loaded with from 2,000 to 3,000 feet of
logs, at the rate of four miles an hour.”
The frothy substance which is often
found on grass, and popularly known as
“frog-spittle,” says the Boston Journal qf
Chemistry, has no connection with that
animal. It is caused by a little insect
which secretes a viscid, transparent fluid,
with which he is completely covered. To
enable him to breathe, he reaches out a
pair of leg*, and, inclosing a little bubble
“*r, brings it down, and afterward
allows it to escape into the liquid. After
a while the numerous bubbles convert it
completely into froth or a substance re
sembling saliva.
While some forms of fungus are most
destructive to vegetation, it is now be
lieved that there are others which render
assistance to the plants on winch they
live. Frank found that the fungus cov
ering the young root points of certain
forest trees, as the beech and the oak,
seems to help in the nutrition of those
trees. Another interesting case has
lately been studied in Germany by Wahr-
lich, who finds that a yellow blader-like
fungus of the root-tissue of orchids work*
no perceptible harm to the plants, but on
the contrary probably aids them by
changing woody matters into a form that
they may more readily absorb.
Experiments have-been carried on in
various German localities looking to bet
ter protection from lightning. A Dres
den nickel has been successfully used as
a material for construction. Its advan
tages are that it is non-corrodible and will
keep bright at the points, thereby in
creasing the efficiency of the rods as col
lectors of atmospheric electricity. City
Architect Schiller of Esslinger states that
lightning struck a pear-tree thirty-three
feet high. On one side was a school-
house 115 feet away, with a rod fifty-six
feet high; on the other a church, 328
feet away, with a rod 154 feet. Both
rods were tested and shown to be in per
fect condition.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry notes
the curious fact that the great mass of the
brain,’with all its ganglia of gray matter,
forming the medium of intellectual
power, is entirely without sensation.
Mechanical irritation does not produce
the slightest convulsive movement on
the muscles below. The only portions of
the brain that are followed by convulsive
movements by irritation are the lower and
central portions, forming tho continuation
of the spinal cord.' And these are the
only portions of the organ that give rise
to painful sensations when irritated. The
most central portions of the nervous sys
tem, particularly the gray matter, are
destitute both of excitability and sensi
bility. It is only those portions which
serve to conduct sensations and nervous
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The Liqnor Code of Turkey.
A common impression prevails to the
effect that the Turks, among their other
virtues, number that of sobriety. This
cannot be literally true, for our late Min
ister, Mr. Cox, has been investigating the
matter. The Turks have laws upon the
subject of drunkenness and its punish
ment, and this is one of the clauses: “In
temperance is proved cither by admission
of the person accused, or by witnesses
wbo have seen him in the act of drink
ing. The flavor of wine from one’s breath
is not a sufficient proof; he may have
eaten quinces, which give the same odor.”
Of course, every man who is fond of the
bottle will lay it on quinces. It is possi
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place of cloves in American barrooms.
Very few men will admit being drunk,
hopelessly tangled. In view of" the pun
ishment provided in .Turkey for the of
fense, it is presumed that quinces have to
bear a heary burden. “Punishment for
intoxication is, ‘good advice for the first
time;’ a severe admonishment for the sec
ond time; and for every subsequent time
eighty blows of the cudgel over the
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his shoulders, and the club he uses for
this occasion must be a short one."
Date of the End of the World.
Sir W. Thompson, lecturing at the
Royal Institution, London, lately, set
forth the latest scientific theories concern
ing the origin, total amount and possible
duration of the sun’s heat. After refer
ring to the theory of Helmholtz, that the
sun was a vast globe gradually cooling,
but as it cooled shrinking, and that the
shrinkage—which was the effect of gravi
ty upon its mass—kept up its tempera
ture, said: “ The total of the snn’s heat
was equal to that which would be required
to keep up 476,000 millions of millions of
horse power or about 78,000 horse power
for every square metre—a little more than
a square yard—and yet the modern
dynamical theory of heat shows that the
sun’a mass would require only to fall in
or contract thirty-five metres per annum
to keep up that tremendous energy. At
this rate the solar radis in 2,000 years*
time would be about 100th per cent, less
than at present. A time would come
when the temperature would fall, and it
was thus inconceivable that the sun would
continue to omit heat sufficient to sustain
existing life on the globe for more than
10,000,000 years.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Cats’ Toes.
Sometimes it is the most commonplace
question which proves most puzzling. A
class of young girls, in taking an ex
amination in natural history, stopped Sl
despair, with uplifted pens* at the ques
tion: “How many legs h:s a fly!” One
of them, however, was equal to the
cation, and slyly counted the members of
one fly which* had kindly alighted near
her.
Another class was asked, during
amination, a question which staggered
every member of it:
“How many toes has a cat?”
plied to for a solution; and he also, wil
a good-natured smile, gave it up, when
one of the teachers determined not to be
beaten by so simple a question, hit
the idea of sending out a delegation of
boys to scour the neighborhood for a
cat.
When this idea was announced the
whole class wanted to join in the hunt.
Several boys went out, and soon returned
successful. A returning board was ap-
s learned that a cat possesses
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