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Tho reason of this wonderful effect-
tsyttanattHS
gradually perfected throughout in*
finite ages, especially in Hnfi. During
the whole geological history of tho
agnh this tnacbme has been steadily
improving iu structnre of skeleton,
energy of muscle and rapidity of com
bustion of fuel, by struggle for life and
survival of only the swiftest, the moat
energetic andtoe Kottist blooded, until
an.imt incredible intensity is
reached in birds. Moreover, in mem
everything is sacrified to the supreme
neoesaity at flight Vpcera, skeleton,
legs, head, all are made as small ana
light as possible to make room for the
great pectoral muscles working the
wings. Add to this 'the exquisite
structure of the wings and feathers,
adapting them for the greatest effect
iveness, and we mnat admit that a
bird is an incomparable model of a
flying machine.
No machine that we may hope to
devise, for the same weight of ma-
china fuel and directing brain, is half '
so effective. And yet this machine
thus perfected through infinite ages
by, a ruthless process of natural selec
tion, reaches its limit of weight at
about fifty pounds! I said,“weight
of machine, fuel and directing brain."
Hero is another prodigious advantage
of the natural over the artificial ma-
chine. The flying animal is its own
engineer, tho flying machine must
carry its engineer. The directing en
gineer in the former (the brain) is per
haps an ounce, in the latter it is 150
pounds. .The limit of the flying ani
mal is fifty pounds. The smallest
possible weight of a flying machine,
with its necessary fuel and engineer,
even without freight or passengers,
could not be less than 300 or 400
pounds. ‘ \ i .
• Now, to complete the argument, put
these three indisputable facts together:
1. There is a low limit of weight, cer
tainly not much beyond ‘fifty pounds,
beyond which it is impossible for on
animal to fly. Nature has reached this
limit, and with her utmost effort has
failed to pass it 2. The animal ma
chine is far more effective than any
we may hope to make; therefore the
limit of the weight of a successful fly
ing machine cannot be more ;than
fifty pounds. 3. The weight of any
machine constructed- for flying, in
cluding fuel and engineer, can not be
less than threo or four hundred
pounds. , Is it not demonstrated that a
true flying machine, self raising, self
sustaihing, self propelling, is physi-
Joseph
impossible?—Professor
Le Conte in Popular Science Monthly.
Driving Away Malicious Spirits.
Whenever we are to ascend a dan
gerous rapid—and nearly all are so
considered by the native itinerary, and
probably are at certain seasons of the
year—a boatman brings out an old
rusty four barreled blunderbuss, rams
the barrels full of powder, picks in
fuses and stations himself at the side
of tho boat for the most serious busi
ness connected with the ascent. As
the boat strikes the first fierce break
ers, one barrel is discharged into the
water; tho gun is then dropped’upon
tho deck, and the sailor tugs for a
while at the ropes; when wo have
swung around and plowed and
plunged sufficiently with little prog
ress, no drops his work, whatever it
may be, fires another fuse and ex-
§ lodes tho half ounce of powder into
ie foam; tho third and fourth cham
bers are likewise emptied if the busi
ness is ’continued long enough.
This may seem a curious and useless
custom to those unacquainted with tho
Chinese ideas of demonology, but
once having mastered this branch of
their intricate religious system, it will
appear to be the most natural and
necessary proceeding. Malicious spir
its are in and around all dangerous
places, and ready to do all manner of
mischief. They can be frightened by
terrific sounds; ergo, in passing all
such spots the Chinaman naturally
yells, beats a gong, explodes fire
crackers or powder in any form. At
worship, at weddings, funerals; in
times of severe sickness, the greater
the noise the more likely the demons
are to hide themselves. Tho water is
crowded with such demons, and they
are either frightened or propitiated by
the boatmen.—“Western China."
Scenery In Central Africa.
Day after day you may wander
through these forests with nothing ex
cept the climate to remind you where
you are. Tho beasts, to bo sure, are
different, but unless you watch for
♦Jwm you will seldom see any;-tbot
birds are different,’ but you rarely hear
them; and as for tho rocks, they are our
• own familiar gneisses and granites,
withhoncstbasStdikes boringthrough
them, and leopard skin lichens stain
ing their weathered sides. Thousands
ana thousands of miles, then, of vast
thin forest, shadeless,t trackless, voice
less—forest in mountain and forest m
plain—tliis.is east central Africa.
Onco a week you will- seo a palm;
in throe months the monkey will
cross your path; the flowers, on tho
whole, are few: the trees are poor,
ud, to be honest, though tho endless
forest clad mountains bavo a sublimity
of their own. and though there are
tropical bits along some of the moon*
tain streams of exquisite beauty, nor
where is there anything in grace and
sweetness and strength to compare
with a Highland glen.—“Tropical
Africa."
"poor boric* is fcrid nspoariblo for store than Us share of tin sal
ind. Nyoordog bile, enure whoIddaIt,' do you blame the dog? On
principle the kldneyi utter their protest
maA|||Maflfpafca. There force them
system of the poisons which ore the
blood. Then the sufferer says the
cued. “Not yet}” but they will
of kidney troohlss, end Brine’s Celery
wuu its touCppuzujingp ana uxiave
kidneys, making it almost infallible I
neys. If your hopes of core have not
•gain* nervousness, impure blood, and
to .do extraordinary work ia ridding the
trank of effete nutter retained in tho
j back aches; die kidneys an dts.
hornless theaagjpoaoinregthwiii.
■t an the causes
Compound removes them quickly. ’
effect, it alio strengthens the weak
earing eadltmswqrfiho nerves end kid-
been realized, toy Seine's Celfry Com*
pound; it gives perfect health to all who complain of “their poo* backs.” JRricefl/Xl
Sold by Dkuggbt*. • Stop sob Illustkated Bam.
WELLS. RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietors,
BURLINGTON, VERMONT. i«r
Never Before Sold at Such
Great Reduction in Prices!
'TS ■
tar-
Fanners’ Implements of Highest Quality,
{Mill Hardware, Building Supplies,
ICE CREAM FREEZERS, REFRIGERATORS, CUTLERY,
GREAT BARGAINS IN
Cook Stoves for Wood or Coal, Oil Stoves,
IFB1ENDO THE HOUSEWIFE,
Wood and Willow Ware In every d.aign. In Crockery, Glass, Tin and Agate Ware we have a Bno and
large assortment, which wo are ready to offer at bottom prleea. Wo wlU bo pleased to allow our stock at
ail times. Satisfy yourselves and ne by giving ui an early call.
3UL LdZOHBLSOISr.
AUG. F. FiftANKjLIN,
Dealer, Braler and Commission IHaat
Oa;, Drain, Feed, Four, Bacon,
Mill Feed Generally.
Car-Load Lots a Specialty
We Compete with any Market in Quality ai\d
Price, and Mean just what we Say.
IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN
A-ti 1
.12*0 I A
POPULATION.
1884 ....7717. 3,600
1888 10,000
1892 20,000
Valuation of Property.
1884. .. .11,433,677.38
1888.. . 2,572,113.00-
1892.. ...... 6,000,000.00
FOR SAI.K!
65.000 acres of Timber Lands on line of Railroad. ’
Thousands of acres of cypress lands. . • ‘
50.000 acres of Timber in ode body; good as can be*had in the
State.
CITY PROPERTY.
Glauber & Isaac,
Pro uce and Comniission
BrunswichL, Oa.
Office and Ware room in the former Freight House of the B. &. W. R.’R.
next to Freight House of E. T., V. <fe G. R. R.
_ HEADQUARTERS iFOR
Dir Salted and Shored Meats, Hams, Breakfast Bacon, Meal
and Grist, Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Mill Feed, Apples,
Potatoes, Onions, Oranges, Lemons, &c.
Consignments solicited. Parties wanting Chyttaing in my lino will audit to their advantage to
eall]0^ine before purchasing:elsewhere. Highest market prices paid for Hides, Furs^wax,
«V
Hodges & O'Connor.
After one year's trial it is now an acknowledged fj^tthaf we >w
Seep the .Purest and Freshest’Drugs in the City.
Our Prescription Department
It without
exictnett i
non dork
fcriptiont,
tylndpiic
combt, i
tratlflo
hi furor nt with
•asms 1
irofthe
M the amount of work done
it Is under the penonal
ibllc. Neither aro wo«
(line of soaiM, tooth, hair aad iiail,
fact, everything that goes to msk* up a l
oft£ # oMSS&
teles, drug store.
brushes,
ore. We
OGLETHORPE BOTTLING WORKS.
Wb*ra w« manufacture Lemon, Ginger AU, Sarsaparilla and Btiawbrivv Soda Water, which we
carentoe to b. at pure a. aay mails. Our (linger At. Is rrromm.nded by physician,, and we
»v. no hesitation In asMitWthat It Is as good as any Imported In the market.
Call and give tu a trial ,i»dl» convinced that what we Ml you Is true,
One comer lot. 80x90, with 150 foot street front,
on Newcastle street. Excellent stand for any
business.
Most desirable.residence lot 90x180 fronting on
twoistrcets near park.
Six room house on Uniou street
Three Town Commons lots near Ur. Oslo's,
cheap, cheap, cheap.
One lotjfrontlng canal. *
Two water front. In New Town, with railroad
running on line of same.
Store and dwelling corner G and Wolf streets,
now rented for (25 per month, $1,250.
New dwelling on Newcastlo street, with lot 60x
.situated in business portion of oity.
One of tho most desirable lots on Newcastlo
street south of park.
Excellcntjbuslncss lot 50x180 on lho Bay.
Modem cottage with lot 90x180 on London
street. A pleasant home m the best part of city.
at alow figure.
Four room cottage in Dixvillo with lot 00x100.
Can be bought cheap as owner is anxious to soli.
Two story houso Just completed on 1st Avenue.
Truss lot on Boulevard in two minutca’ walk
of post office.
Lot 80x100 fronting railroad and adjoining lot.
on which tho Oglethorpe hotel is situated.
$800 will purchase six Town'fCommons lots in
one body.
Three stores on Bay street.
Oak Grove Plantation, containing 2,000 acre, of
the best farm lands In the State. 10|mllea from
cltv.
- - i * • •*»
AIsojjFarms and Farm Lands situated in
this and adjoining counties*
m
ms
Lot 80x8$ on Oglethorpe street near Mansfield,
' Tw ealdencc lots near Boulevard.
Lot 80x90 comer Albany and I streets.
Lot 80x90 come*. Wolf and I streets.
Anvone can double his money in twelve
months by purchasing either of the four tracts of
acreage property I offer for sale on the Point.
,90 acres of highlands'ail north of the city. . r ,-‘
One two-story 12-room hous. In northern part
of olty, with five lots—cheap. .
New two-story e'ight roomjhouse In Non Town , ;ft-: -
Two two-story houses on desirable lot 190 fee'
from Boulevard. Can bo bought for $2,600.
Now six-room houso on Bonlevard—cheap.
Threo of those desirable new cottages on Coch
ran avenue, between George and London streets.
Six acres with honse near ETV 4G docks.
05 fee't front on Cochran avenne, 25 feet from
street car line, for $825,
$1,200 will buy nine lots almost In centre of the
city.
Lot comer London street and Cocbran avenue
90x180, with tho house. •
Careful attention paid to the renting
References, Oglethorpe and First Ni
Real Estate Agency,
216 Newctitle Street, • Brunswick,