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The sun., 1884-02-24
FISH SORIES.

Fishing through the ice for snets Is thriving indus
try ut Daluariscuita, Maine More than oiis hundred
houses built upon the iee shelter the fishermen Mos;
all of them have little stove. In which IRE ~ mal.
tanned aud there. MI day long the asher sts with his
lines dropped through hole In the Ice inside his house
In pond near FH.ton a catfish about three inches
long seen eysiing black bass. The Catii-h finally
got his head well sheltered under stone. The lass
after several futile attempts To dsodxs IT, at last look
the catfish by the tail drew II out, swAh leisureiy
around several times and then giving II sudden toss
caught /; by the head.
Joseph shelby OF Gras. Valley Ohio drew ar old
stump from h pond recently aud as he pulled IL ashore,
some young catfish dropped from II More than three
hundred catfish were found slowed away in the stump.
packed as close as sardines IN box with their heads
all pOiItng in the saue direction. Tho ish had ap,
phrehlh taken up winter quarters III the stamp The
little fellows were al alive and returned 10 their
native element
Fishermen from Bunalo recently discovered a remark
ablo fishing 2r ud In Birch Lake, Mich Baited hooks
dropped through holes cut in the ice riVeuou.ly
seized, aud - rne pickerel were taken in twelve
minutes The dSrOvrrurs aud nriing apparatus
and thousands OF nsh were taken day, Now more
than ihru are employed aud pckerrl are being
ried away by the ton The rsnsporiati0n To the rail
way serious undertaking, n the distance s great
Irans are n,ade up consisting q iry to forty teams
takes them several days Al beaumont. The nsh are
loaded into ears aud -hipped East Buffalo they are
packed In bOAes aud bairvls
The sun., 1884-02-24
INCIDENTS or TIE FLOODS,

large stable houte down the Ohio River with thirty
ChIukoug rpOstlng upon the roof.
Mrs John c Dcuber OF Newport KY feeds Nifty
homeless children al her own table daily.
4 AdN-ky in East rendleton made his cabin top heavy
hN hny all ~ his household elects III The second story,
and Il turned completely over.
Another placed her infant the door Of her cabin
nni thun tried 10 SWIM WIN IT 10 place OF safety
Both were Rescued by u relief boat
The stars aud stripes hogei from the flagstaff Of the
hsrrlCks nj Newport. ny. after the building had
urey dlsappearei beneath the Hood
quartet of mrrrymukrrs danced to the sound of mn.
sic upon The Hat roof of house VA Cincinnati IN which
Tie watsr reached TO thc second stSTy.
Rats driven the cellar To the garret of house
near Louisville aac krd Henry Daury and Injured him
Awag Compelled IL tGkc refuge with his family on tho
the caves exhibited a sign firbt hoor to rent
In one treetnp party was seen PLAYING game Of
poker aud IN another tree whole family resting
upon table that ihct had caught rs II floating by
Into All Old barn witch had rpated into the midile
the town of awrenCrbnrg, Ind. heard for five
nust tile hO"s OF starving dog which could not get out
A raft bearing a tyrarold boy was caught floating
dOwn Brooks street Cincinnati The hoy iress. IN
u black velvet suit aud could give las nanit only
" Harry"
As Selc CLARK. Mary Ann BALDWIN. John Daily. and
falflek King we're rowing about the streets ~ Cincin
nstl their boat lamp post aud MAS upset and
both The women were drowned
Ia one tenement house Pittsburgh after the food
the rooms we're halt nlrd with Ice and DRIFT All tho
windows were broken On one door three fAuill'
living each composed of hye prrsrns rhc waters had
ieeentu lus' before hry reached tile hrd of sLe
! for niue "eeks had 1sssSS Ssasu ~ "hL i!laess.
The sun., 1884-02-24
SOUNDS LIKE vYCTOa HUGo.
A TeIephontc Shout from PMrIs to n st.
Petersburg Newspaper.

Tho 81. Petersburg NOroe Vremid, tho
newsest and most enterprisinG OF the Russian
papers. has connected its Office telephone with
that Of the General Teephon Of Paris. in order
10 talk occasionally with tho representatives OF
the French literary world. On New Years Day
Victor Hugo spoke TO the NDrOr TreIHia by
telephone as follows
Hello, Hello, There was year and Is no more:
y is swallowed up ~ etrrnily What Is the year aud
us consider the Pont--but user.s-ws understand
nothing of u II darkness of ciaos mystery of
NOBODY know-. Anew year comes. but wlcncei 10
body can answer Where is the btginnimgi Where
. .ni d. and ns S 1Ps Ss sss sssc a. n, S[s
head, as roek, and eNclains f'hawi' And
IN that psIaw iher" IL some enlightenment lie con.
he in the past Darkness IN the future Dnrkness
There is darkness both right aud left lie ia frightened
a. ~ - mo,sn hH ,shfShv. tufIwhsl middle ground
4 is miserable more than that II |. Infamous Let &
Is s i mater OF e3nr:r does not amount to much
Is .n.dsd Why Becauss he 6tsyss S o. wha M s
the good lhe good shall irilnnph Booo.kia Rus
fall IN ruins Aligb will return 20 haboIh Ms ,iney ard
Messalina viii turn vestal The Man OF December viii
fall Atiils and Tanotlane Will play with flowers po.
kus,opoIin who burned Moscow in isi2 viii rebuild
hoscow hols val bus wash basin and " III admit tho
cfIdt>rniS fICtoA IIuGD.
This short contribution coat to the journal
300 francs. or $3.50. The second telephone con-
He began to dictate a new novel. One could
not listen 70 II without biushinK.' remarks the
Journal I'VE will give II IN full to our readers
as soon as our contributor IS through"
The sun., 1884-02-24

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sr: 1t was
n real amateur who criticised the drawing OF n slIip
in Hrrpe,S Hretiy The engraving is from sketch
taken nj the time by bov years Did and pronounced
Ly the Captain to be correct
" Amateur " Ia undoubtedly an amateur, or rather u
novice, in seamauship and should say in criticism
also he would he able To rrHh the picture nj u glance
The ship Was heHir,Arhiny on the stsrboard tack. III.
surl struck her forW 1rl nd took the fore
OF her winch NJ II Tell, carried away her main top,
mast aud all above IL The standing part Of the mikLou
tOpsui brace being fast To the nsin'npmnst
as the mast came down Stacked up which allow cd
the topsa 10 swing 10 leeward. md hhaft aud IN n
brnbab!lly, carry hg aNay the lee crgssJacA brace
There being head sail Of course the Vrssel wa.
thrown III into the Wind which LOOKS FL. the prob
able from the fact uf the mkkcn sthvsA Ming ON tho
lee side and tie shaking ~ the SpBnkcr the vessel
hn9g on the " LAD, shook that SAL 10 rbbpns.
lhls concludes the argument fhr tie UIcture and,
think gives pretty correct idua of how the
10 be rketChed III such position.
And thinR that II 90 AmRfsur had known
something nt what he has riet tn criticsc he might
hhNe saved himself from appeariu: so unmlsiskaLiy
an amateur. sHFLLB.Ck.
PkHrH AsBCY. Feb 10
The sun., 1884-02-24
an EAEpuaNEsn4rED HOTEL.
Some thing that WIN Be stared Mt Coney
Isinud this summer.

A hotel modelled after an elephant is to be
erected on Conoy Island near tho Sea Beach
Palace Hotel. The cor tract has been awarded
to ArchitectJ. Mason Kirby and the work must
be begun within the next ten days and be fin
ished by the latter part Of June. The dimen-
sions OF tho hotel arc rs foows
The height will be l22 feet to the top OF the
dome. length $50 feet: length OF body. so feet.
circumference. lG8 feet The head is to be AZ
feet long and 1872 feet In circumference; tho
neck will be 10 feet long with circumference co
of los feet. The legs will be 40 feet long by, GO
sSs eHs BY % he tail T 5" e" ons diam
eter i foet tnpsring to 10 inches: the trunk
81 feet long diameter II frct talcring to 3 ieet
inches the tusks 81 feet long and feet N
diameter taperlnE 10 ono iuch.
The eyes. four feet in diameter. Wi contain
largo lenses, through which. by, the All Of other
optical apparatus. objects at Sandy Hook may
bc distinctly seen Tine elephant viii inre the
ocean. Tho entrance and exit are to be through
the nina feet. Tho fnr"i-es and trough out o!
pied as bazars. The saddle bags are to he SIX
teen feet long; and viii "ontGn Two rooms out;
the elephant Is to be 50 feet long by 80 feet
inches wide. The room in the head is TO br A.
by =" dSt ThS dMGn'%rS wi ' ,hs ths, tES
10 feet. There vii! be two Thigh rooms, q hy
~ feet two sh uder, rooms: 22 10y 10 feet
two cheek rooms 81, by. 10 feet: one t.roa'
ach room. SO by % ioet. 1ilis latter is tc
be n grand saloon. There wi I ho four foo,
rooms, u feet inches by IL ieot $ inches six
leg rooms, IL feet inches long by II feet {
inches high and II feet wide.
A gallery extending out from and eHcircling
the body ot the elephant will be 27O feet lone.
In this gallery there Will hc two sio rooms Al
feet long by 10 feet wide ich There will be
two hip rooms. 2S by 10 feet.
The trough room. into which the trunk pro-
trudes is circular 1 feet in diameter by II
feet high.
The Superintendent Of the stock company il
James V. Lalerty of Philadelphia.
The sun., 1884-02-24
THE SiHiR.f SE.i.
How Long VIII IL Take to FIJI ts-ym It
ATeet Oeenn NnNigmtIonI

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr. II
mistake not the surface OF the Caspian Sea Is
liftnen feet more or less lower than the mean
surface OF tho ocean. Then wha. becomes of
Il vast volume of water which pours into it
from the Noga and other streams? The fact
of its being so mach lower than the ocean pre-
cludes any possibility Of any subterraneous
connection between the two bodies of water
Is it-the water-lost or kept to it's level by
The Mediterranean is measured believe at
something like fifteen inches lower than the
the Atlantic into the Mediterranean: so much
so or So strong that a strong easterly wind is
I to snss hapg HesT9s to Wske the
comes Of the water? Why is it that there is no
tide ie or are no tides in the Mediterranean
at other places
i; is proposed to create a new sea on the Sd
hnra desert; When snch conversion is made
would not FeZ and Air be submerged? Could
tho basin be filed in an ordinary lifetime with
of hfri ca which might extend well toward mid
ocean TO fill the basin, say in two years
reduce the coast, Tor miles. and form shoals
which would rendnr the new sea useless except
for -mhl craft only? Would the filing of tho
deecrt with Mntor from tho ocean have any
p"rcrptblc effect on the ocean system-that is
WW2uld, the level oi the, sea lie less than now?
many ynar asor lie Wnnr " ~ s a migst lTt st
he let INTO the basin with safety TO general
ucnHn CON merco
and hav" heard tn" above mentioned question
less the Sahara. discussed by abe sailors and
ent nrp hn nm a liW ar"Ehsiefs hn %ta
never yet Heard a real lucid or solid solution Of
the proh,"G. In my visits among new and
might possibly treat on the subject | have
faiIgi to find ANYTHING which gives the re-
Gu!red Information. MACHISIsT.
The sun., 1884-02-24
GOATS. CimELs. AND BEES.
Experiences or an American Farmer who
hns "a Ranch In K ussin.
"A camel can carry n ton"

"A camel can carry tom
Robert Eidridee OF Cincinnati. who has lust
returned from Russia. where hs has been rear
Ing goats and camels. says lie has seen good
pack camels carry more than q ton on their
backs, but ton is considered u fair burden.
Are there many camels reared In Russia 90
Inc industry Is not important In com
nereial point Of view. ! have been engaged at
for four years / have figured that there nre
l5O1J cnmrls In the kuldschn and Erlyan dis
Ilcts, tho kalmucks have about 20 900 and the
khirgcso not far from lsO. 900 Camels are
bred for their labor principally. but also for
thelr !i.,r hair ana milk. camel win shear from
sWvfth 10 theopcn market about $3.50 n pood.
You also raised gonts?"
,.t iesi had about 500 on my ranch when
eln lHcro are over million anu n half Of
huaia IN European Russia Tho Industry Is
simnh nn n''st lmportant In the mountainous por-
I'm, l1,.h,, i"t lhoir uliik, meat, and hair. In 1880
~ nTiA GAILift "f soat down amounted to t3s,OOo.
sad it, 'r s ars., ass'ss sf was Maf aHGH isTs
nsl nnSn II rsneaed 100000 for down and coarse
o. WAstt do you know OF bee culture In
I'm Little Russia and I4thuana the great
,p'p ~ Ite finest honey ever saw Is produced
Ii" "gawo. me largest quantities come from
soya sya There ara over i5o 900 hives Ia those two
iiTSiG'eIs TGr' cts kapga produces annually about
SS roos "nods '. Of honey and 800 poods Of waI.
annual smn,i production in tho Don Cossack country
INV In VsILysnS!01O n sS0 100 IN round nqm1ers ,.
,s Of reaches value af nearly ssoo
Td,Gt,i H1t lar from ioo6 700 or about is 900 ions
N 'nn H. sk;o'p, 600. This is about all consumed
'N's'" 'As exports beinK very small"
The sun., 1884-02-24
Yankee Toy WhIp..

While tho Germans and the French bti.l
supply us with many toys dealer said and 'he bulk
even OF dolls i, imported there grsIGay Increasing
quantity OF American toys in the market resulting from
The Application NJ msChinury to processes n, IeOfpre
considered e-suuthiiy the work Of The hand lhe der.
nam have, unti recently had monopoly uf The toy
whip market bat being crowded ont m.
American goods now sold al two cents each AT whole.
sale represented 10 he equal TO The German Wlis
sold ~ Two and ali and three cents Ths chief AZ
vantage IN price gained hy tie ~ two ingenious
machines suggested by Mr. David wilson one was a
nAGhnt 70 'aer the cane or bamboo u,eh IN the body
Of the whip wlCh was formerly Whitfield hy hand No.
the machine iSIers them more regularly NJ a mere
fraction Of the former cUst The other mnCp luisies
The sun., 1884-02-24
a Little More switching noom Wanted.

Superintendent Martin OF tho East River
Bridge says that soon additional switching room
can he obtained At the New York end. the bridge
he in trains Of four cars SO as TO CCopo
date ~ 900 pA,1engsTs day.
Al present tlt cars taken OF at A. N The uhN e
between that hDur and is said 10 so small That
Trains would bs run at los, Operated its expected
~ short time with the small to scconno.
y IN the IuornIug
The sun., 1884-02-24
lie Caught the Old Lady.
FToaM, Toronto HaR.

resident Of Colinsby objected to youno
man payi"g lis fe,r,cts 10 his daughter aud large
raj ir9 nj the spot which the would surely
pass The parent WINS not aware that hs wife was visit
ing wien Il" set The trap, About II O'Clock AT night he
was M ousrl y the screams of his wife Nho had
her feet caught Ia the trap but she released y the
lover " IN I'll. rhrlor the time before the hus
band arrived Tie young man now welcome visitor
The sun., 1884-02-24

Ono ot III, boys from Groom's ranch came
into town, hul concluded he did often have
%iI9rlniiy 90 drink AT saloon, he would have to
lug JUICE To Keep INN warm his long ride home The
cun'tl'"nce WAS that IN very short time he
Ole 10 ride lie was he'll cd on his mule. fell
on hs pui huLg IN TIE srrup and the mule lesurely
dragged him around town until friend went hfs
relief The mule II said To lie usually Wild aud tricky
bat is TIM" II proved itsof too to strike fsl.
low when lac was down,
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SIGNIFICANCE OF INDEX FINGERS.
Scientist Who Declares They Represent
the Highest Type of Beauty.

Scientist Who Declares They Represent
the Highest Type of Beauty.
New York Mail ana Express,
''The question neither the index finger of the
human hand is longer or shorter than the third,
or ring finger does not appear difficult to solve
and yet one is unable to come to any definite
conclusion" said scientist to reporter.
Authorities differ. The question has been
studied in four aspects: First, in the hands of
apes second, in the lower races of man; third,
in European man; and, fourth, in art. 1t has
been found that in apes the index finger is
shorter than the ring finger, and often con
siderably so, the greatest difference, five siXths
of an inch having been found in a male chin
panzee.
"What was the result in the lower races of
man!'
Twenty four negro men had shorter index
fingers, ana one had two fingers of the same
length Fifteen negro women had a shorter in
deX finger in three the two fingers were of equal
length and in six the index was longer
How about EuPopeans!
mo decisive conclusions have been arrived at
in respect to Europeans. but it appears probable
that the index finger is longer in women than
in men. Among men it is longer in the slight
than in the short and thick persons All the
measurements of human hands were made by
tracing the outline of the hand laid down on a
sheet of paper, with the axis of the middle
finger placed upon a line drawn parallel to the
sides of the paper.
''What was the result of an examination in
artl"
''ln all such matters we turn to the art pro
auctions of the ancients and in this case they
40 not fail u.s. The Dying Gladiator has the in
dex of the left hand longer than the ring fl
In the Apollo Belvedere there is no diffe'r
In the Venus de Medici, the Venus Pudica .,.
Rome, and in the Venus by Praxiteles, the index
finger is the longer thus repeating the observa-
tons upon living women"
What do you think all these observations
tend to show"
From these facts-that the index finger
is relatively shorter in apes and negroes and
relatively longer than the ring finger of
white women of good birth, and that
great artists have never made short in
dex in a hand which represents ideal per-
fection-it is suggested that the longer index
finger represents higher type of beauty, and
that in this respect, as in Others the female
form appears to be the purest"
DO you think there is much truth in the the
ory!n
Eyes; I have so much confidence in it that l
wagered $50 with friend that if he brought N
two women in which there was a wide difference
in beauty L could tell which was the better look
ing, even if their features were yelled He
brought them in Ones index finger was longer
than the ring finger; in the other they were both
the same. Immediately picked out the first
She proved to be beautiful sister of his wife,
while the other was a homely chamber maid"
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Chimes.
Ben D. House,

o, the sweet and happy memries of the summer we
loved best,
How glad the glories flushed their waves into
the west
When the birds and breeze closed wings and dreamed
sweet dreams together;
With the CLINT upon the spearrnint and the purple
the heather.
We had walked thro fields of Strawberries and bloom
ing clover,
And you sang your sweetest song to methen sang it
over.
While the soft wind thrO my tesses played light
any feather
When the CLINT was on the spearmint and the purple
on the heather.
Tho the days have long since gone that echoed to
such laughter,
The music and the sweetness will live in the here
after
And the mem'ry lingering last will be that summer
weather,
With the CLINT upon the spearmint and the purple on
the heather.
Ida May Davis.
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AN EARLY SNAKE STORY.
serpents Found by young Man in P

Serpents Found by Young Man in Park.
National Republican.
ut is terrible experience to have snakes in
your boots and great creeping spiders up the
legs of your trousers" said "a young man of
Northeast Washington, who has just been cured
of mania potu at one of the city hospitals. He
accompanied the remark with shiver ofremem-
brance. There is no comparison, he continued.
between seeing snake in the thicket, a huge
spider weaving his web, when your brain is clear
and free from excitement, and seeing the same
sight in imagination, when your blood is few
cred and your brain made crazy by alcohol |
can remember how the sight affected me after
three weeks spree. 1 recall it just as you
would recall a dream-a horrible nightmare.
1t a bright moonlight night and [
was staggering towards home. My head felt
like balloon tied to my body with a cord and
bobbing up and down as if trying to get away.
The blood in my veins burned my flesh like
melted lead, and my limbs were uncertain and
trembling l stopped moment in Green park
and was about to sit down on one OF the benches.
glanced at the bench, it was only for moment.
The sight my Imagination caused all the hot
blood in my body to rush to my head like fire.
My head felt as though it was wrapped in fan
mel, and the mass of squirming snakes on the
Settee thrust their open jaws at me incessantly,
while their long pronged stingers snapped vi
ciously. There was a sudden reaction, l became
as cold as ice, and the largest snake of the
bunch, a vicious looking reptile, with bright red
scales which stuck out like bristles, made
dart at me. My blood seemed to freeze.
can remember that l uttered a piercing yell
and started to run away. Being too weak to run,
l tottered and fell to the ground Then the hor-
rible things crawled ali over my body; Kissed
and snapped in my Reinforcements came
in the shape of a swarm of great yellow spiders
and long green Lizards. They, too crept all
over my quivering flesh. I yelled and kicked,
but still they came until I was buried beneath
Il creeping, squirming of reptiles and in
sects can remember no more of the hellish
experience When my senses partially returned
l was tied to a cot and two men stood over me. l
was in the hospital" AS the speaker concluded
his narrative, beads of cold sweat stood out all
over his face.
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KISSING BEN's BALD HEAD.
How a Charming Girl Made Amends for an
UnintentiOnaI Offense.


New York Letter in the Rochester Herald.
Georgia Cayvan is an actress with evolutionary
ability, and she had been hired to recte on this
occasion. l don't know whether or not it is true
that her real name is Cavanagh, as | have been
told, but surely she betrayed an Irish capacity
for laundering Although she was from Boston
and must have known that Buffers head-famil-
lar in those parts-was bare from top to ears,
she read for encore piece funny story about
a mans badness. Butler sat directly behind
her, like an illustration of the anecdote. On his
right were President Arthur and Generals Sher-
idan and Hancock, and on his left were several
doctors of divinity MAJOR, and some politl
clans intent on dignifed demeanor, for they were
in a front row of a stage full of notabes But
all reserve broke, and Ben had to join in the
hilarity.
Il am sorry was so needles, sir, said the act
ress. on meeting the Ex-Governor behind the
scenes. Truly, 1 meant offense, and
wouldn't have done it for the world
''Wouldn't have done WHAT said he
Why--that-is-recited al mean wouldn't
have called attention to your badness, if l had
thought"
And you are sincerely anxious to atone for
that offensel'
''Indeed, and indeed I'll do anything for for
giveness."
"Then kiss the bald head that you've dishon-
ored," anu ne bowed it down CALAMITY in
front of her
Georgia blushed but did not falter She
dainty deposited a very small and smackless
kiss in the middle of the broad eXpanse and ran
away.
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Had Her Wits About Her.

Detroit Free Press.
''Do your women customers bother you much|
asked a citizen who was talking with Wood
ward avenue grocer the other morning. well,
they seldom want to pay the prices. 1t seems
natural for them to want to beat down the fig
ures. There comes one now who probably wants
Strawberries. Here are some fresh ones at if-
only eleven cents she'd want EN- for ten"
Say, try it on, just for joke. If she asks
the price put it at eleven" The grocer agreed
and presently the woman came up, counted the
sixteen boxes Of berries under her nose, and of
course inquired:
'Have you any strawberries this morning."
''Yes'm" Fresh onesf 'Yes'm,' in quart
boxes" 'Yes'm' How much!7 "Only eleven
cents per box. madam" III take the whole
So bill and take EN- She did. The citizen disap-
peared at that moment and the grocer somehow
believes that it was a putup job between the
two.