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will remain uncombined. Oxygen and
hydrogen, when mixed in the right
proportions to form water, are very
explosive, and it is unsafe to expert
| ment with them, except in very small
quantities.
Water freezes at thirty-two degrees
above zero. Fresh water congeals
much quicker than sea water.
Henry.-I once heard an old sailor
say that the ocean, in some places, had
no bottom. Don't you suppose that
he knew better?
Prot-I cannot tell. A single mo-
ments reflection would convince any
person, not complete idiot, that the
ocean must have bottom. The ocean
is so deep in some places that no bot
tom has ever been found by sounding,
and perhaps this was what the sailor
meant. There are various obstacles
to prevent sounding to great depth.
One reason is the motion of
the ship tends to curve the line,
so that the sinking of the lead is i'm
peded. Scoresby sounded the Green
land Ocean to the depth of 1920 feet,
over mile and quarter, without
tinding any bottom. Others have sent
the lead still deeper; and it is at least
PROBABLE that the ocean is somewhat
deeper, in some places, than the height
OF the highest mountain, or over five
miles. Whether any unknown fishes
or sea-monsters live at this great depth
we cannot tell.
ft0rG-For my part, | do not under
stand how fishes separate the air from
the water when they breathe.
Pr0f.-God has provided them with
apparatus, perfect and complete. The
water is thrown off through the gills. If
you were to hold fishes gills, so that it
could not open them, the creature
would soon die.
George-Several years ago | heard a
person say that it would not kill fishes
to freeze them. l suppose he must have
been mistaken.
Pr0t.-NO; he was without doubt cor
rect. Fishes are cold-blooded. and in
that respect differ from all other ami
mate objects. l have never seen the
experiment tried, yet there is an album
dant evidence to prove that not only
hshes, but frogs, snails and lizards,
after being frozen hard, solid as a stone,
are capable of being terminated. Sir
John Franklin, the enterprising navi-
gator, recently in the northern seas,
and about whose safety so much inter
est has been manifested, both in this
country and Europe, while at Fort
Chipewyan, in March, 1920, makes the
following note:
1T may be worthy of notice here,
that the fish froze as soon as they were
taken out of the nets, and in short
time became solid masses of ice. Of
course they exhibited no signs of life.
II, however, in this completely frozen
state they were thawed before the fire,
they recovered their animation. This
was particularly the case with the carp,
and we had occasion to observe it re-
peatedly, as DR.. Richardson occupied
himself in examining the structure of
the different species of fish, and was
always, in the winter, obliged to thaw
them before he could cut them. We
have seen carp recover so far as to
leap about with great vigor, after it
had been frozen thirty-six hours"
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The officers of the army who run
the greatest danger in campaign are
the doctors During the late war the
Russians lost by death 355 of their
1883 surgeons, or one in every eight, a
much heavier rate OF mortality than
that among combatant officers, but not
so remarkable when it is remembered
how arduous are the surgeons duties,
how heavy is the responsibility weigh
ing on him and how great is his ex-
posure to contagion. The only instances
recorded when the proportion of deaths
among the combatant officers was larger
than that of the surgeons was in the
Prussian army during the war of 1870
II
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japanese Bird.Lime.

Although Dlfd-llme may be OBTAINED
in small quantities in other countries,
Japan is probably the only one in the
world in which it is regularly manufac-
tured on large scale, and here it gives
employment to some thousands of per-
sons.
The best kinds of bird-lime are distin-
guished by being free from bark of
dull whitish color, extremely viscid,
and having very grumous consistency;
these descriptions are said to keep good
for any length of time The principal
tree from which this bird-lime is made
is dark evergreen, found in the south
ern half of Japan, which grows high up
the shady sides of deep mountain glens,
and is frequently used as an ornament
al shrub. Its bark is of a gravish-
brown color and rather rough textures
the leaves are of a smooth dark green,
rather more pulpy than our holly leaf,
and have an unbroken edge.
The manufacture of bird-lime eX-
tends over a period of several months,
commencing about June, when the bark
is stripped off the trees and macerated
in water for some forty days, after
which it is collected and beaten in a
mortar. The pestle used is shod with
iron, its fiat under surface being armed
with spikes projecting downward.
When the pulpy mass under the
pestle becomes glutinous it is taken
out and washed in water, in order
to remove as far as possible the rough
outer bark. The pulp is then again
pounded, and treated III a caldron with
hot water, on the surface of which it
floats. During this treatment it under
goes considerable manipulation at the
hands of the workman, for the purpose
of separating the remaining particles
of bark, which sink to the bottom of
the boiler. This is the most difficult
part of the process, as much skill and
experience are required in the work
man to keep the stuff from adhering to
his hand After this the pulpy mass is
again washed in cold water, and the
pounding, boiling and washing are re-
peated until the material becomes suf-
ticiently clean and pure.
The uses to which the Japanese put
this substance are numerous, the chief
being, of course, the sharing of birds
and animals. BY means of it ami
mails as large as monkeys are caught,
for when they once get the stuff upon
their paws, they soon cover themselves
with it, and so exhaust their strength
in trying to get rid of it that they fall
and easy prey. Birds almost of the
size of ducks are taken, and by a very
ingenious process. The young shoots
of the wistaria, which attain consider
able length and are strong, are gath
cred, dried and knotted together in one
continuous length. This is tloated out
to sea, after being smeared with bird
lime; and very often in the morning
several birds are caught. Small birds are
caught in various ways; some by means
Of a decoy bird concealed near a patch
OF tempting food, in which are fixed
numerous little splinters of bamboo
like large needles, the upper half of
which is smeared with bird-lime.
Others, again, are taken on trees by
means of long, slender bamboo, the
top of which is Amounted with the lime,
and then stealthily thrust against their
feathers. -Harper'S Weekly.
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0m nan,a falls.
THE CROW THAT THE CROW R0WED

Ho! ho"
Said the crow:
So I'm s'pOsed not to know
Where the rye and the wheat
And the corn kernels grow
OH mol
Ho! hon'
He!he
Farmer Lee,
When | fly from my tree.
just you see where the tops
Of the corn ears will be;
Watch me-
Hei her,
Switch-swirch,
With lurch
Flopped the bird from his perch,
As he spread out his wings
And set forth on his search
His search.
Swltch-swirch.
Chck-bang.-
How it rang
How the small bullet sang
As it sped through the air
And the crow, with pang,
Went spang!-
Chi-bang.
THE TAIL FEATHERS.
Now know
That to crow
Often brings one to woe:
Which the lines up above
Have been put there to show,
And so
ST Vjcboy1s
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THE MUSIC or TIE TREES.

The world is filed with music
The ears attuned Alright,
And soul in perfect harmony
Is a soul all full of light;
But of true earthborn music.
That's thrown upon the breeze,
Few have such gentle beauty
As the music of the trees.
They all have different voices.
And, were their language known
beauty all undreamed would swell
In every varied tone;
Their harps are swept by viewless wings,
Alike at eve or morn,
As to the tranced and listening ear.
Their melodies are borne.
From boyhood's happy hour,
To manhood's world of care.
Ihro JOY, or calm, or suffering,
Their music met my ear.
The maple sang in gladness,
While the aspen danced in glee;
But the music of the mournful pine
Was ever sweet to me.
When first knew its swelling notes,
Twas as blithesome boy
| loved to climb its sturdy trunk,
And III its arms to lie;
Full many a castle there built
They are all tumbled now.
And pleasant was the music then.
II Dreamed across my DrON.
| made my Pine an Grant knight.
Or troubadoGr of old;
And the Maple was his lady-love-
Dearer than gems or gold.
He brushed his leaves and spoke to her
Across my waving hair,
And her gentle voice would rustic back
Sweet answer to his prayer.
But manhood came, and mid its cares
Sweet voices gladness brought;
My children in the old Pine played,
Its tOpmost branches sought.
Or, meath its sturdy, spreading arms,
They shouted in their glee,
While the Pine would roll its echo back,
Like the distant moaning sea.
Its voice was full of gladness then.
Its tone is mournful now;
The Fire King swept across its form
And scathed its lofty brow;
The group that sought its welcome shade
Is now a broken ring
No hope of other life it has,
To meet their welcoming.
And ever still. in saddened tones.
1t whispers in my ear:
Tho | am scared, my heart is sound.
And upward my career;
BE thou the same for unto thee
A better lot is given;
BY life is but for earth alone.
But thou canst enter Heaven
Thus music is in every tree,
And each leaf has tone.
And on the ear that listens
Its melody is thrown.
SO whate'er may be the music
That is flung upon the breeze.
There are f. W that have the sweetness
Like the music of the trees.
-RUrdL Nep Yorker.
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When summer passes away and
the flowers lie withered and sere; when
the forest puts on its annual robes of
scarlet and gold, when the breeze be-
comes fresher and more bracing, when
the crack of the gun reverberates
through the silent aisles of the wood
land, when everything has tendency
to make man pause and mediate on
the uncertainties and vicissitudes of
life, what is .sweeter than to sit on
II rail fence and peacefully devour raw
turnip?
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EDISON has worn his head nearly
bald, trying to invent a machine that
would calculate with some kind of
accuracy the difference between the
weight of fish when it is first taken
out OF the water, and when it gets into
the newspapers. 1t can't be did
HGCb-EVe
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Mr.. EDISON says he considers the
phonograph far from perfect. Those
that are sent out through the country,
he says, are not one-twentieth the power
of those he already Las at home.
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A GIRL in Trenton, New Jersey, mar
rled Hungarian nobleman, and now
she has to take in washing six days a
week instead of two, us formerly, in
order to support her new title with suf-
ficient style. Promotion in the social
scale always brings increased response
bilities with it.-HdUk- Enc.
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Two years passed, and beautiful
lady reclined upon sofa in the large
and richly furnished drawing-room of
a country mansion, everything about
which betokened the great wealth of
the proprietor, who sat by the window,
patting the head of a noble mastiff,
which every now and then looked up
at its master, and gave bark, as if to
ask what he could do for him. There
was not much that dog or man could
do for the wealthy owner of Windus
park, for time had lavished on him all
her favors-ancient descent, great
wealth, a beautiful wife, and two prom
ising children. Well might Sir William
be proud.
Suddenly the luxurious silence of the
room was disturbed by loud clamor
in the hall, in which questions were
heard rapidly put by some one in an
agitated voice: "Where is my ladyq
Where is Sir William?' and the next
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17
THE MERRILL BOOKS.

We have received copies of the
Minnesota text books as far as they
are yet approved by the designated
judges. We have not yet examined
them as fully as we wish, but even if
we had no confidence in the judges,
the names of the publishing houses
which issued the books is guarantee
of their merit. d. Appleton Co.,
are the publishers of the Readers, the
Arithmetics and the Grammars, and
Sheldon Co.. of the Biographies. All
these books, except the Readers, which
are especially prepared by accomplished
teachers, have been used for years in
common schools, and it is absurd to
question their sufficiencies for pur-
poses OF instruction. Some criticisms
are made of the Arithmetics, but the
objections are over refined. The
Practical Arithmetic has ineligible
rules that formulate concisely the
processes which are previously
explained by analysis and example.
and it offers very large number OF
examples under each case. Examples
Ak principles in the memory. The
art gives grip on the science.
The rule for setting down in Adj
dition a sum that exceeds ten, does
indeed say: "Place the right hand
figure or figures to the next column:
and it is objected that you do not add
the Figures" but that which the
| figures represent. Such objections
are too nice. There is no book that
is not open to them.
We are sorry to see on the part OF
superintendent Burt, for whom we
entertain much respect, some indica.
tions Of wish to embarrass the law
and delay its success. The "educa
tors should not over-task themselves
Books of equal merit at half the mon.
opoly prices are goods that all mer
can appreciate There may be 9
better means of putting the books into
the hands of the pupils than that
provided in the. law, but the sub
stantial thing is good books, cheap
That must not be sacrificed.
the Rsdring Republican.
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The Anti-MonopollSt.

position for the noble favorite, who
knew that expostulation, or even
explanation. was too dangerous to be
attempted at such moment. He
therefore retired submissively and
consulted priest. This progenitor Of
-oyola consoled him by the assurance
that on an occasion of the kind it was
quite allowable to tranquilize a
monarch of weak understanding by
putting an artificial construction on
certain passages of Scripture. Lord
Alexander appeared accordingly in
the royal presence, and was instantly
observed by his gracious master.
"Weel. Sandy. and what said the king
o'Haven :" ssPlease your majesty, /
have nae seen himself, But / have
conferred with ane O. his accredited
ministers, and he solemnly engages
that your majesty may haze his king
dom for asking for "Was he sac
ceevil!' inquired the monarch,
warmed to magnanimity by the as
surance; ''then cen gang yer gait
there once more, an tell the king
o'Haven that for his ceevility nae a
Scotchman shall ever set foot in his
kingdom.
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EDGAR A. POE.
The late Charles F. Briggs, an G

The late Charles F. Briggs, an ex-
perienced journalists, was acompanion
of Edgar A. Poe. In posthumous
articles from his pen, some hard things
are told of Poe--like this 'He could
write the tenderest and most touching
letters. which he would bedabble with
real tears as he folded the paper, to
women to whom he had no other de-
signs than an intention of sending his
wife or her mother to them to solicit
loan of $40. Some of these women
fondly believed in his passionate infat-
uation for them; but some others
were cruelty undeceived before he
died. According to Mr.. Briggs,
there was ample proof in DR.. Girls
void s hands to substantiate the worst
that has ever been said Of Poe. When
drunk he was insolent and aggressive,
abusive to his wife and aunt, utterly
disregardful of decency, treacherous
to his friends, and physically repul-
sive. The following is Mr.. Briggs
description of the poet at his best:
ellis remarkably shaped head, high
and broad forehead, his pale complex
ion, large gray eyes, which always had
a sad and fearful look, and his finely
formed mouth, all indicated delicacy
and refinement of thought and tender
ness of feeling. He never laughed,
and rarely smiled; but when he did
smile there was always partially
suppressed expression of sadness. He
spoke with great precision, as though
he were debating to an amanuensls,
and never for a moment gave utter
ance to what might be- thought a
spontaneous or unconsidered idea
His dress was near and free from any.
thing eccentric. He never wore an
ornament. and avoided colors. His
manners, were free from affectation
and, although they were graceful and
unrestrained, yet he was respectful
and defferential.'
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THE SCOTCH KING AND HIS MINISTER

Generally speaking, the Scotch
enjoy persinage. and the Irish are
apt to take fire at it. After mess
dinner of the 2lst Royal North
British Fusileers), always IA gallant
and gentlemanly corps, of very
national character, there had been a
good deal of proud reflection upon the
stern faith of the North Britons in
their treaties with other powers. A
lively boy, who had recently joined.
observed to some of the elders that
he had a legend in confirmation of the
claim. and narrated it accordingly.
Few of our histories refere to very
sanguinary war that subsisted be-
tween an early Scotch king and y
king of the Lands End. Scottish
valor prevailed. and news was brought
of the complete success of an eNpe-
dition against the Cornish stronghold.
/ The monarch was elated beyond
measure, and sending for his principal
adviser. lord Alexander-.ad
dressed him. .Weel, Sandy. is there
any other king can bring to submits
sion noo." AN please your majesty.
there is but one king whom you Gamma
vanqfish ''Ane king that | Gamma
vanquish +. An wha's he. mont' Il
mean your majesty. the king of
Haven" Haven, Haven whars 5
that. Sandy.' His lordship pointed
to the sky. and then bowed becomingly
to his royal master. who did not quite
comprehend what was meant. and
feared to betray a geographical
ignorance by inquiring more par
ticularly than he had already done.
Nae matter. Sandy; gang and tell the
king o Haven that gin he does ma sur
render his dominions at once III come
and hang him out of them. An
mind. my lord, you dinna show your
face before us till ron have done our
bidding. This was an embarrassing
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Cultivate frogs, toads. and lizards.
Put them in your gardens. and as the
evening approaches they will hop from
their hiding places and snuggle down
in some convenient spot near the gut
ter. or where they know their food
willeome plenty. The ants. reaches.
mosquitoes. etc. they consume in a
night is marvellous. and thus they
keep down the insect pests.
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There is an iron safe in Cincinnati
which lay for six years on the bottom
of Lake Erie with $4,000 in it. 1t
was got by diving bell process. and
now serves its old purpose in an ex-
press office.
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To remove foreign bodies from the
throat an English naval surgeon
recommends blowing forcihly into the
ear. Powerful reflex action is pro-
duced. during which the foreign
substance is expelled
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

Money can b. sent by draft, money .order,
express, or registered letter, at our risk.
Special arrangements made with country
publishers for clubbing with their pu Indications.
Sample copies sent fire.. Address
THE INTER OCEAN
iis Lake street, Chicago.
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The Only Throuen Line Between
cGsars, Milwaukee s. Paul and Yi,as,nali,,
Through Palace Coaches and Sleeping Cars
OF the Best and Track Perfect.

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81. Paul Depot-C0r. Of jackson and Leyee.
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Northern Pacific Rail Road.
Depot Foot Of Sibiey Street-Ticket and
Freight Office, No. 43 jackson st.
WESTWARD. | EASTWARD


Trains via the Brainerd Branch leave st
Paul daily, except Sunday, making day run
Of IS h urs to Fargo, arriving at Bismarck the
following evening, saving nearly 80 miles in
distance over the old route by the n. P juno
ton.
Connection made at Bismarck with stages
for Deadwood, and all points in the Black
Hills.
Passengers for Bismarck and Jamestown
should leave St. Paul on Mondays, Wednes-
days. and Fridays, returning leave Bismarck
gers for Aiken and points east Of Brainerd
should leave St. Paul Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays; returning leave Duluth Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Connects at St. Paul with trains to all
points East and South.
In effect December 18th, 1877.
H. E. SARGENT,
General Manager
G. G.. SANBORN, Genl Passenger Agent
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CIT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OFT.
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Chcag.. \ NOlhVeStellR. R

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Close connections are made ut Chicago with
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Southeast, and with the Chicago and Alton
and Illinois Central for all points South.
Close connections are also made with the
Union Pacific x. Z. at Omaha for all far West
points.
Close connections are made At junction points
with trains Of all cross roads.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS.
These celebrated cars are run on all night
trains on ali the lines Of this road.
This Ii the ONLY LrxE running these cars be-
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At Omaha our sleepers connect with the
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Among the
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to the trzv-ling public are ali the modern i'm
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n. II. 6TENNE1T,
0snanl R1Dngw Aeent.