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great antiquity Of the instrument. but
he thought the claim would have to be
abandoned. After carefully reviewing
the evidence, he found that lit was GER
tain that tho invention of the micro
scope was not anterior to the latter rark
OF the sixteenth century, The lecturer
exhibited over 200 microscopes of var
ious farnss
War horses. when hit in battle, trem-
bic in every muscle and groan deeply,
while their eyes show deep astonish-
ment. During the battle Of Waterloo
some of the horses, as they lay upon the
ground, having recovered from the first
agony of their wounds. fell to eating
the grass about them. thus surrounding
themselves with circle of bare ground,
the limited extent of which showed
their weakness. Others were observed
quietly grazing on the field between tho
two hostile lines, their riders having
been shot off their backs. and the balls
flying over their heads and the tumult
behind, before and around them caused
no interruption to the usual instinct OF
their nature.
In the little village of Mount Pleas
ant, in Staffordshire, England, is to be
found child whose extraordinary
growth excites great wonder. Little
Alice, as she is humorously called, is
but 4 years of age, yet turns the scale at
100 pounds-the circumference of her
waist being no less than five feet. while
her hight is four feet, SO that literally
she is broader than she is long. She is
bright, intelligent and remarkably
pretty, her head being crowned with a
mass OF golden hair. Her size does not
interfere in the least with her activity,
as she may often be seen PLAYING with
the other children of tho village or
wandering in their company through
the country lanes. Her appetite is
enormous.
A firm on Wall street, New York, has
in operation and on exhibition what is
probably the smallest working printing
press in the world. 1t is an irlterchanc-
able cylinder, printing from contin-
u0us roll, with q cutoff 1t is but 121
inches in length and "a inches high.
Its width in the widest part is 105 inches.
At the Office where it is in use it has
been necessary to furnish to brokers and
others a daily letter of financial news.
Until the invention Of the press this SER
vice was performed by the manifold
system. Nine manifolders were re-
quired, working very rapidly. BY sim
pie hand power, after the type is set,
200 copies per minute Of any circular
can be printed. With dynamo ma
chine to furnish the power, over 500
copies can be printed in the same time
A New York letter says: 'sWalking
through Central Park last week with
friend, we met six or eight children
walking and presided over by three
teachers, who do you suppose they arep
asked my friend. "A little aristocratic
private school, said. No, he said,
those infants are not all of an age, as
they look. The oldest is 9. They are
the children of ex-President Barrios of
Guatemala, who was slain in battle
while trying the mad experiment Of
uniting the Central American Republics
against their will. His widow lives in
that house yonder on the other side OF
Fifth avenue-the double house. Bar
rios the dictator, was worth $4,000.
600, they say, but some Of it got away.
She has only $8.000,000, poor thing
She is splendid Spanish beauty-one
Of the handsomest women in New
York.
Stoves are Of very ancient origin. A
fixed stove (stuba) was used in the time
of the Roman Empire for heating baths,
and in Germany and Scandinavia for
baths and lighthouses. In the middle
ages they were generally constructed Of
brick or tiles, sometimes of slate or
steatite (soapstone) and used for warm
ing dwellings. They were huge struc-
lures, sometimes occupying the whole
side Of room, and in Scandinavia
their broad, fat surface was the Sleep
ing place of the household. The fire
was kindled at the bottom and the heat
and smoke passed through various
flues before reaching the chimney
These stoves were economical Of fuel,
matter Of much importance in some
parts Of Europe. IN the homes of the
rich they were sometimes faced with
porcelain or highly ornamented tiles.
Among the interesting results OF sub
marine OF deep-sea explorations con-
ducted under the auspices Of the Lon
don Geographical Society are those in
reference to the Atlantic sea bed II
would seem that the bottom Of the
North Atlantic IS occupied BY two val
lIeys; the eastern extending from 10 to
80 deg. west longitude. andtraceable a.
far as the equator, with an extreme
depth Of less than 1900 feet. while the
western valley reaches from the 30th 70
the 50th deg. Of west longitude The
tWo are separated 81 : ridge e 80 deg.
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