Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-08-17
\ CURIOSITY 0f THE CYCLONE.

CURIOSITY OF THE CYCLONE.
There was received recently at the
Smithsonian Institute five feet Of the
!at of ii white oak tree, five inches
! III dimnaet"r foot from the ground,
through the center of which pine
board one inch thick and twelve
Inches wide had heen driven several
feet hE the recent cyclore in Mi<sis
slppl. Nothing could mora fnrcihly
show the terrible effect of the wind.
Washington Post.
THE COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.
Since work Oh the Cologne Cathe
dral was begun in 1864 nearly II,
| !hhl,0uU marks hava been expended.
Th" last sheds ahont the structure
az" now h,.irG taken down, and the
| terrace III From; viii epeadliy he mt
III order, When this has been done
the noble pile will he considered
finished within and without, the new
tagging only excepted. For the
tearing down of the incrimbrances
on tn" western side it Is believed
that Il sIlm If more than 5OO,0W
marks will b" needed. IA part OF
which will have to be raised by an
other lottery.
AN OLD BKIDLE
\ London magazine of 1919 saws n
Sir Richard Pbllips-a we'll known
antiquary has iii his possession the
identical bride of the horse ridden
hy William Rufus when slain. He
bought it of Purkis, the owner ofthe
charcoal maker's cottage. which still
stands near the spot and is occupied
by the lineal descendants OF the same
family, who have lived there and fol
lowed ;he same employment since
llaa. Till lately the same man was
i'll possession of wheel of the cart
which conveyed the kings body to
Winchester. The bride is of Nor
man make. curiously wrought and
very heavy.
HALF \ CENTURY HENCE.
If the various countries maintain
their present rate of increase" says
Mr.. Gosselin, Secretary Of Embassy
at Berlin. fifty years hence the
United States will have population
of l0),000,000. Russian approximately
l63,000.000, Germany S3,00O,00O, the
United Kingdom 53,000,000, Austria
Hungary and Italy both I4.O0O,000.
France only 40000,000. Germany
has already in round numbers 1900,
coo more inhabitants than France.
but in this reckoning Algeria is not
taken into account For war pur-
poses, however. it is observed that the
balance is not SO heavily against
France. Tor whereas in Germany
there are only 965 males to every
LOCO females, in France there are
93l, Germany has, therefore. only
3,500,0G0 more than France.
DYING OF HoMEsICKNEss.
One day during the war, when a
lad from Central New York WIS near
his death. the visitor IF the ward
carried bunch of sweet fresh roses
and laid them on his pillow. As he
inhaled the fragrance his breast
heavcG with emotion; the icy torpor
and reserve was broken and he burst
into passionate agony of tears.
Then, and not ill then, he told the
intense and bitter longing he had
for home and friends He was too
manly to complain or confess his
homesickness. If he had spoken be
fore he might have been furloughed
while yet strong enough to be sent
there. His father was telegraphed
for and every effort made to arouse
his strength, but, alas! too late. The
storm of weeping So prostrated the
frail body that he never rallied from
the exhaustion.
NEW HAND.
The last of May, 1882, Simon Sny-
der, who was working in a planning
mill at Portsmouth, O, had his hand
SO badly lacerated in the machinery
that amputation was necessary.
There is nothing uncommon about
that, but hold your breath minute.
The hand was buried in Mr.. Snyder's
garden. Two weeks after. upon the
mound, which the little IL year old
daughter of the injured man had
made over the severed hand, grew
small, fungus like plant in the exact
shape of IA human hand The Ports
mouth o., Blade, of June 10th, called
attention to the wonder and gave
full description Of it. Hundreds of
citizens visited Mr. Snyder to See
this freak of nature. All were in
terosted. Those who tried to under
stand it We're mystiiied and the su-
perstitious were sure ii was some
portent of evil. Mr.. and Mrs. Sny-
der removed to Conesville, Louisia
county, Iowa, two months ago, and
brought the fingers with them pre-
served in alcohol. Mr.. c. Z. Harri-
son, of the Brady street Pharmacy,
was at Conesville recently and
brought the curiosity to Davenport.
Mr. Harrison tried TO prevail upon
Mrs. Snyder to give it to the Acade
my of Sciences, but she has not yet
consented.
The fingers i Of a dark brown
color, the thumb and fingers ap-
proach nearly the exact form, and
perhaps the qGeerest part of it is
that the forefnger is shorter than it
should he. Mr. Sny0er lost the fore,
finger Of that hand two years before
the amputation. The little finger
was broken off by accident and shows
that the inside of the fingers is white.
Cases are on record where roots and
vegetable growth have taken the
place and shape of buried objects of
a perishable nature by absorption
and growth cotemporaneous with de
cay, but this was an exterior develop
ment. The curiosity is at Harrison's
pharmacy on Brady street, and will
remain few days. 1t excited mary
wondering remarks yesterday after
noon. Davenport Gazette.
Don't you want phonograph?' p
a WHAT" "A photograph One of
those things that talks back at you"