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SUBMERGED PALACE
:
Ingenious Oriental Scheme for Ds
fving J 0 the Heat.
A Class Residence at the Bottom
of a Lake.
The problem of how to keep cool j
in summer offers a wide range of glo- 1
riotis possibilities, but probably the
most extraordinary method ever heard
of is that of the King of Siam. This
ingenious gentleman escapes the tor¬
rid rays of Old Sol by depositing
himself for hours at a time in the
coolingif aqueous embrace of a lake.
There he sits in a house of glass as
comfortable fts can be, while the pond
lilies droop, and the furnace-like heat
spreads itself all over his dominion.
The King, in the interests of suffer¬
ing humanity, did not copyright this
interesting idea, and it has been
adopted by the Prince Khan Aryanluh,
of India. The Prince has a magnifi¬
cent sitminer villa on the bottom of a
lake on his ancestral estates at Agra.
The question of ventilation has
been already attended to by the king¬
ly inventor, He pumps air from the
surface through enormous tubes aud
manages to keep up a oonstant circu¬
lation. As it is for himself ulone, the
room is but twenty feet square by fif¬
teen feet high. With the exception
of the floor, it is entirely of heavy
plate glass closely fitted into steel
frames. The floor is of wood and
steel, and directly under it is a second
or false floor, into which are stored
weights of stone. When floating all
these weights are removed, but when
Jlis Majesty desires a cooling, tons of
them are rolled in, and the room
slowly aud silently sinks, until it rests
upon the bottom. It is then at a
depth of about twenty feet, and so ar¬
ranged that an abundant supply of air
is obtained from numerous tubas lead¬
ing to the surface. By means of other
tubes ho is enabled to hold conversa
tion with those iu the royal palace on
chore, and also to transact state busi¬
ness.
The furnishings of this submarine
castle are as lavish as those of the im
perial palace, Every chair, table and
divan is inlaid with gold and heavily
studded with precious stones, The
ornaments, statues aud minor fur¬
nishings tire of ivory, and the back
of the royal chair is emblazoned with
a coronet of emeralds
When his majesty desires to return
to tho surface the weights are quickly
rolled out upon a sunken raft by
means of levers worked in an ante¬
room, and the room is drawn up, as
if it were an elevator, by means of
cables and hoisting apparatus oper¬
ated from above. The raft bearing
tho weights is afterwards drawn up by
tho same method. The whole affair is
as simple us it is ingenious.
Prince Khun Aryanluh, of India,
has a submarine room equally as gor¬
geous. To him, however, the idea of
living under water is not as marvel¬
lous as to tho King of Siam, as the
water has been the Prince’s home from
childhood. His home, and the home
of his futher, the royal palace at Agra,
is built entirely on the water, aud
access to it is only possible by boat.
In magnificence and gaudy grandeur,
it probably eclipses anything known
to the civilized world.
Its decorations in ivory and precious
stones alone are worth over $20,000,
000, and it has 1,000 rooms. It is
known as the pearl palace and was
built exclusively for the ruling mon¬
arch, his family and his wives. Twenty
thousand men were employed on it
for twenty-two rears. It is built in
the form of an irregular octagon, is
of pure white marble, and so lavishly
is tho main hall decorated that the
whole of the Korau is said to be
written iu precious stones on the
walls.—New York World.
War an Expensive Luxury.
An idea of the tremendous cost of
luuuitious of war can be gathered
from the fact that the old armament
of Fort W adsworth, consisting of
seventy guns, cost less than $1,000,
000, while oulv two of the modern
monsters of war, the twelve-inch guns
for example, can be obtained for an
outlay of $600,000, while only sixteen
mortars can be erected for an outlay
of $350,000.
Tim original estimates for the de-
fense of New York called for an out¬
lay of 36,003,000 for guns, $3,000,003
for submarine mines and $1,000,000
for torpedo boats, in view of the
»“ above »< it «"•*•*«■» will be seen how “ ridiculously ? e *f b f
inadequate the estimates are.
The cost of the gun itself is only a
part of the outlay. It is necessary
before a gun is mounted that the
gro iind be prepared, masonry con
stcucted and all the necessary details
0 f th e erection of heavy ordinance
properly carried out. In connection
with the erection of sixteen mortars
1
recently constructed the masonry
alone necessitated outlay of $160, :
an ;
QOO.
An interesting feature of the cost
of modern warfare is the frightful ex¬
pense entailed in the discharging of
one of the big guns. Every discharge
of a twelve-inch gun means that nearly
$1,000 has been blown away.
It takes 430 pounds to discharge a
twelve-inch projectile, aud with smoke¬
less powder at $1 a pound this means
an expense of $450 for every dis¬
charge, for powder alone. The pro¬
jectile itself costs $500 to make. In
order to penetrate the sides of a mod
ern ironclad, it is necessary to use a
projectile something more formidable
and solid than the old-style shot, and
to get this Uncle Sam has to pay $500
a shot.
Members of the Peace Society can
be forgiven for objecting to war when
the money expended in discharging a
big gun once would keep a family in
comfort a year. —New York Mercury.
Farmers anti Bird Pests.
In a recent agricultural department
report farmers are cautioned to re¬
frain from waging a general war of
extermination of crows and blackbirds.
While at times they injure crops their
depredations, according to the depart¬
ment, can usually be prevented. On
the other hand they do incalculable
good by destroying insects. The grain
eaten by them under ordinary circum¬
stances does not cause serious loss, as
much of it consists of scattered or
waste kernels. Their occasional de¬
scent or corn or wheat fields in flocks
of hundreds of thousands iudicates
that the species is too abundant and
should be reduced. Practicable means
should be taken by farmers to protect
themselves and extreme penalty in¬
flicted, if the crops and the birds’
lives cannot both be saved.
Auother report deprecates the gen¬
eral condemnation of raptorial birds
for the offenses of a few. It lamented
the lack of knowledge of the life his¬
tories of these birds on the part of
legislative committees that draft the
game laws of the various states. That
the beneficial species of hawks and
owls will eventually be protected, it
claims, there is not the slightest
doubt. When farmers are convinced
that the birds are their friends they
will demand protection for them, and
already leading agricultural and
sportsmen’s journals are deprecating
the indiscriminat slaughter. —New
Orleans Picayune.
Bicycles Dangerous in Collision.
The ability of a bicycle and rider
in rapid motion to do serious damage
in a collision with another machine or
with a pedestrian, is fully appreciated
by few wheelmen. A man weighing
150 pounds, and moviug at the rate
of ten feet per second (which is only
about seven miles per hour) has a mo¬
mentum of 1,500 pounds, leaving out
of the accouut the weight of the
wheel. This is sufficient to upset any
pedestrian with terrific force. It has
been suggested that the pneumatic
tire forms a sort of fender which
would prevent serious concussion in
case of a collision. It would un¬
doubtedly have a slight modifying ef¬
fect, but it would be of little account.
A collision between two wheels, each
with a 150 pound rider, spinning at
the moderate speed of seven miles
per hour, would result in a smasliup
with a force of 3,000 pounds. In view
of these facts, it is no wonder tlial
bicycle accidents are often very seri¬
ous.—Scientific American.
He Was Right.
Mr. Absentniind—I am delighted to
see you. AdJ how is your wife com¬
ing on?
Friend—But, my friend, I have no
wife.
Mr. Absentmind—You don’t tell me
sol Then she is still unmarried.
A MODEL COUNTY.
Queen’s on Long Island, Grid
ironed With Good Roads.
Her Macadamized Highways
Cost Two Million Dollars.
Everybody interested in the move¬
ment for good roads, which is mak¬
ing itself manifest iu so many parts
of the country, must take peculiar
satisfaction in the circumstance that
New York State has within its bor¬
ders one county able to make so good
a showing iu the matter of highway
improvement as Queen’s. So far as
it has gone this county is a model
which not only the other counties of
the state, but the people of neighbor¬
ing and remote states may study with
profit. It is somewhat surprising that
this is so, since we do not ordinarily
look to the rural counties of Long
Island to see the implanting and fruc¬
tification of progressive ideas. But in
this case the unexpected has hap¬
pened, and Queens lias set an exam
pie which we trust some of the other
counties will not be slow to take pat¬
tern after.
In accordance with the provisions
of the new law. County Engineer Mc¬
Laughlin tiled with the County Clerk
his map of the county road system.
It shows that the system includes
seventy-five miles of county roads,
which have been macadamized at an
average cost of $15,000 a mile. There
are three main lines through the
county, running, in general, east and
west. That on the north side extends
from Long Island City through Flush¬
ing to Roslyn, and is twenty-two
miles in length, The middle line
reaches out from Jamaica to Jericho,
taking iu the Jericho Turnpike, and
is likewise twenty-two miles long.
Then on the south side are the roads
best known to the people of New
York and Brooklyn—especially the
large number of them who ride bicy¬
cles—the Merrick Road, the Roekaway
Road, etc., embracing nineteen miles.
Besides these, there are a dozen miles
of lateral connections, built at the
cost of the county, But all this
covers only about one-half of what
has been done to supply Queens
County with lhie roads, for seventy
five miles more have been built by
the various towns, at a cost, on the
average, of $12,000 a mile. Hence
there are in the county 150 miles of
macadamized highways, involving an
expenditure of upward of $2,000,000.
That Queen’s county is satisfied with
the results obtained through this lib¬
eral outlay is evident from the fact
that only last week contracts were
entered* into for extending the north
side system so as to provide a line
from Jamaica through Newtown to
Flushing, and to carry the North
Hempstead Turnpike from Rosyln to
East Norwich, making an additiou of
thirteen miles to the roads already
provided. Queen’s County, assuredly,
has done and is doing well, Such a
demonstration ought not to be with¬
out effect on the remainder of the
state. And it should be borne iumind
that the Long Islanders did not wait
for the passage of general or special
road acts by the Legislature, The
work done in Queen’s illustrates what
can be accomplished by any com¬
munity which is in earnest on the sub¬
ject of good roads. Few if any coun¬
ties in the country have a more wisely
plauued road system, or one more
thoroughly carried out. We hope ere
long to see the contagion of this ex¬
ample affecting some of our other
counties, which seemingly are waiting
for the state to do their work for
them. They ought to take hold of it
themselves without further delay.
When once a start is made the people
will see what is to be gained by im¬
proved roads, and will be impatient to
press the work forward everywhere, —
New York Tribune.
Calisaya Drunkards.
“Calisaya drunkards are rapidly in¬
creasing in number,” saida New York
druggist, “Very few men who drink
this insidious mixture know what it is
made of, aud consequently they drink
it with a recklessness which is almost
suicidal. There is a large number of
men in New York who have drunk al¬
cohol in its various forms for many
years, and who, either from fear of its
ultiovfLs effect or from a desire for a
change, resort to drinks the nature
of the effects of which they know
nothing.
“This drink, called calisava, which
is so extensively retailed in drug
stores, really has very little calisaya
iu it. The basis of the drink is alco¬
hol and quinine. When drunk in a
rational manner, the mixture is a
comparatively harmless tonic, but
when indulged in to excess it is much
more harmful than alcohol alone, as it
combines the deleterious effects of an
overdose of quinine.
“The unfortunate victims of the
calisaya habit ignorantly think that
in calisaya they have found a drink
which has the stimulating effects of
whiskey without any of its physical
penalties, when the fact is that they
are practically only adding the sjnir
of quinine to their whiskey, which is
thinly disguised by calisaya. A man
with a calisaya jag is sincerely to be
pitied. He is just a little short of
being a raving maniac, His ears
ring like an anvil from the effects of
the quinine, while his blood riots
through his veins like a mill race at
the bidding of the alcohol.”—Toledo
Blade
Credit hi Foreign Countries.
In Austria a credit of six months is
generally allowed.
In Italy but little credit business is
done, and none without good security
being given.
In Cuba the time fixed for payment
is from four to five months after the
delivery of the goods.
Iu the Bermudas accounts are settled
but once a year. Juno 30 is the day
usually fixed for the payments.
In Austria it is scarcely possible to
do business without allowing a long
credit, which is usually one of six
months.
In England a payment of the price of
goods delivered is required at the end
of three mouths, dating from the day
of shipment.
In Spain four-fifths of the transac¬
tions are done on a cash basis, while
in Portugal groat liberality is shown
and quite long credit is generally al¬
lowed.
In Turkey even objects of prime
necessity nre sold on credit, and in
that country, as wel) as in Russia, the
time allowed is, iu most cases, twelve
months.
In Mexico the large commercial
houses willingly give credit from six
to eight months, and in real estate
trade long terms are given customers
in which to settle their accounts.
In China it is not customary to give
credit Money is obtained from len¬
ders, who exact an interest of eight to
twelve per cent. Business is nearly
always conducted 011 a cash basis.
In Canada settlements are made at
the end of thirty days, with a dis¬
count of five per cent. Sometimes a
credit of from three to six months is
allowed, but in this case there is no
discount.
Tlic Speed of Electricity.
The speed of electricity under the
most favorable conditions is now es¬
tablished to be 180,000 miles a second.
What this enormous speed implies is
somewhat dimly suggested by an illus¬
tration recently used by the eminent
scientist, Sir Robert Bell. Suppose
that a row of telegraph posts 25,000
miles long were erected around the
earth at the equator. Suppose that a
wire were stretched upon these posts
for this circuit of 25,000 miles, and
that then another complete circuit was
taken by the same wire around the
same posts, and then another, and yet
another. In fact let the wire be
wound no fewer than seven times com¬
pletely about this great globe. We
should then find that an electric signal
sent into the wire at one end
w'ould accomplish the circuit in one
second of time.—Atlanta Constitution.
Novelty Gone.
“What has become of the great
sprinters?” asked the man who is in¬
terested in sports.
“There got to be too many of
them,” replied the man who knows
all about everything, “Catching
suburban trains for the city put too
many of ’em into first-class training. —
Washington Star.
There is a great dearth of field birds
in some jiarts of Maine this year, a
condition that has been gradually ap¬
proached by a yearly thinning out of
the birds.
Made Sweeter *>y Salt.
Who would think of matin™
sweeter by the addition of salt?
however, is asserted to be than, u’ ^
Professor Zuntz at a late meet? 6
the Physioiogieal Society of Berlin
From his experience he fb ds th J:
to a slight a solution amount of sugar of there be W* i
salt and wa
weak that it excites no saline eo
the result is extra sweetening taste '
sugared water. The weakest of o
mne solution said also nrodJ of Qn j
is to i
practically similar result. Le #l
The explanation given of the ah™
seeming incongruity is that the evei
so feeble salthess or bitterness i m
an increased sensibility to the part
tion of taste by the sinmlta sensa
uli, and hence ne °us stim
an ppreciation .
a of adfi
tional sweetness.
Cannibal Humor.
The missionary stood before th,
cannibal king as the cook built th
fire in the kitchen stove.
“I am greatly disappointed in yo .1
remarked the missionary to kin’ „
“But, dear boy,'” ike
my renlied th
king, playfully, “you are not i n m
yet,” and the missionary turned awa
1
and gazed out yearningly over thi
placid bosom of the Pacific.
Buskin In his concludes “Ethics of beautiful the Dust” uJ
a descrip;
tion of a true wife with these words'
or “So nothing far as she is. rules She must all must be enduriU be rio-htj
ly, incorruptibly good; instinctively
infallibly tion wise, wise—wise not that for she self renuncial her]
; may set shl
self above her husband, but that
may never fall from his side.”
The Sarcastic Boarder.
do Landlady—Pm take always iu forgetting-i ATrj
yon cream your coffee
Spluds? boarderjJ
Mr. Spluds (a pessimistic
Very seldom in this house, madam, ]
Small Frv Siviodli'r-,
■eek Some of trade the meant and st of make these are they whJ
to upon capital out o|
the reputation of the trreateit , f America!
tonics, Hoetetter’s Stomach Bitt-.-rs,hyimitad
inn its outward guise. Reputable dru'nds'fl
ire however, will imitations never foist upon you as foj
this spurious sovereign of or substitute rheuma]
rent -ri y for in a aria,
tism, and nervousness. dyspepsia, constipation, Demand, and liv if r the complain] riealei
be honest, yon will get the genuine articles. ]
Leave the single world wi thout regret, for it hardlJ
contains a good listener.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root cures
aii Kidney 1 and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet aud Binghamton. Consultation free.
Laboratory X. V.
Just as displeased you are pleased at finding at perfections. finding faults]
you are
There is more Catarrh other in this section of tha
country than all diseases put together]
and until the last few years was supposed doctor] to
be incurable. For a great many years
pronounced it a local disea e. and pre-eribcd
local with remedies, local and treatment, by constantly pronounced fating it inj tj
cure i
curable. Science has proven catarrh to be
constitutional disease and therefore require]
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarra
Cure, Toledo, manufactured Ohio, is the only by F. con-dilutional J. Cheney & curl do]
on from the 10 market. drops to It is tea taken poonful. interna It ly acts in dose] da
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rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces
the system. They offer one hundred Send dol'arj dreuj
for any case it fails 10 cure. for
lars and testimonials F. J. free. & Address Co., Toledo, 0.1 |
Cheney
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
A Grent Blegslng-Sometlilngin theRencl
of Everybody. wJ
What would you think of a man who
sick and constantly' lived in reach of ralvil
tion, yet because he had failed in other dire®
him? tions refuses This to 1 ake the tne"b easing with Mr. that ishefoj John!
was ia-.e
Cook, of Atlanta. with dysnepsia'or . tej
“I have been suffering DvspraJ
years. I began taking Tyner’s pounds tlnrj
day. Remedy I commend and gained it fifteen the public in sre«
to as a
blessing. I can eat supper, go lobedand.de*
like a habe—something I could not do before*
Price 50 cts. per bottle. For sale by ah dru*
gists.
Get Hindercorns and Esc it It
you want to know the comfort of no corn’,
takes them out perfectly. 15c. at druggets]
A-thma Piso’s Cure medicine.— for Consump W. R. ion VYiliiams, is an A Anil V-j
cell. Ills., April 11, 1894.
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