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Mining Application
 No. 553.

U. s. LAND OFFICE, TUosoN, ARENA,
 April IS, 1891. {
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Girinc the Cattle > Rest.

It is found expedient to give the cat
tie that are brought from the ranches
of the Canadian northwest near the
Rocky mountains chance to rest dur
ing their long journey to the Atlantic
coast. Cattle are not tortured with
hunger and thirst and tired to death
with the incessant jolting of the cars
day after day as they were when cattle
shipments first became large item OF
railroad traffic. Every steer that is
taken on board the cattle cars of the
Canadian Pacific at the western ranches
is turned loose when he gets to White
River, north of Lake Superior, into
large stockyards, where he has a
chance to recuperate.
Plenty of feed and running water
are supplied for the animals, and after
a days rest they continue their jour
ney. Cattle shippers find that it pays
to give stock such an opportunity to
recover from the fatigue of the long
trip. and it is certainly humane as
well as profitable feature Of the cattle
trade.-New York Sun.
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Earth Growing in weight.

1t hardly seems possible that the
earth could increase in weight appre-
Gladly from the meteoric hail to which
it is subjected. The few shooting stars
one sees seem utterly incapable of pro-
ducing any noticeable increase. 1t is
not these, of which even close OBJ
server could scarcely count an average
of four an hour on a clear night, but
the myriads of lesser ones that are
never seen, unless accidentally crossing
the field of an observers telescope, that
produce the result.
These lesser ones are Of such slight
weight that the small amount of light
caused by their combustion in the
earth's atmosphere is not visible to the
naked eye. However, these little fell
lows are continually bombarding the
earth day and night, year in, year out,
finally reaching the surface as fine
dust. This increase in weight amounts
to about 10000 tons year at very
moderate calculation.-New York Re
cOrder.
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Antlauitr Of the umbrella.

No one knows whether the umbrella
was originally used as defense against
rain or a screen from the sun, but 1t
seems probable that the first umbrellas
were sunshades. In countries where
very little clothing is worn rain does
not make much difference, but the sun
is power. Why shouldn't the palm
leaf be the first sunshade, with its ribs
and handles to order2 1t hints at the
umbrella as well as the fan.
Travellers among the Amos of Japan
often make temporary sunshades OF
gigantic dock leaves, which are some
times six feet high, large enough for an
account OF Gulliver. The umbrella
has a very great antiquity. The word
itself means little shadow" showing
that it was named for its protection
from the sun in this case. Horace says,
Among the military standards the sun
beholds an Egyptian canopy. Irish
Times
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Styling public dinner banquet"
is something of a mistake; that is, if
the use of the word banquet" is to add
more dignity to the occasion, or even
to be more uppish or bumptious or
''toplofty." Banquet, from the
French and Spanish, means a small
bench, little seat. and when spelled
banqueta means three legged stool
1t has reference to sitting while eating,
instead of taking refreshment in stand
up" fashion, as at one of our Wistar
parties or at free lunch counter. The
truth is that banquet" is simply a
grandiose expression-ambitiousa and
somewhat affected" = Philadelphia
Ledger.
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The Metal Wolfram.

Wolfram, or tungsten, belongs to a
group of rare metals, and till COM
paratively recent time was known only
to the chemist, aud its value was only
in the laboratory. With the invention
of 100 ton guns the demand for tung-
stem soon made that previously obscure
metal well known throughout the min
ing world. 1t was soon found that the
steel tube lining the bore of these enor-
nous guns could not resist the shock
entailed by discharging many shots
without becoming fractured, when, OF
course, an expensive piece of ordnance
became useless.
Experiment proved that the addition
OF small quantity of tungsten to the
fine steel employed in gunmaking rem,
dered the latter metal wonderfully elias.
tic, so that the steel tube will expand
under the tension of firing and contract
again to It's normal size great many
times be- IRE the quEi.ry of the metal is
in any We, impaired The eierlnaa gun
factories consequently absorb most OF
the tungsten found in the world, and
from being mere curiosity seen only
in the laboratory of the chemists this
rare metal has acquired considerable
value.
Wolfram enormously called tung
state of iron in the cablegram) general
~ occurs in combination with iron in
Europe. but it is also found in scheelite
or tungstate of lime 1t is in the latter
form that it occurs in Otago. The
metal itself is of a white color, extreme
ly brittle and heavy, the specific grav
ity being 1911, that of gold being 1913.
1t will thus be seen that tungsten is q
very heavy metal, being only very
slightly lighter than gold.-Otago New
Zealan0 News.
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pRANks. OF The OSTRICH.
The Tall, Ungainly Bird Does Some
Mighty Queer Things at Times.

The Tall, UnRainly Bird Does Some
Mighty Queer Things at Times.
The ostrich is not bird that can be
easily brought up in the way that it
should go. 1t has no powers of dis
elimination. Because God hath de-
prived her of wisdom, neither had he
Impaired to her understanding"-as
runs the description of the ostrich in
the book of Job. It cannot discrim-
mate between a wire fence and the
open camp, between friends and foes,
or between what Is helpful and what
is hurtful to the digestion. 1t was ow-
ing to its want of understanding in this
last respect, and to an equal want of
discrimination on the part of the Brit
ish public, that it has been found i'm
possible to keep ostriehes alive in the
geological gardens in London.
a public accustomed to slip its pen
MES into automatic machines could not
refrain from the temptation offered by
the omniyerous throat Of an ostrich,
and filled them up with poisonous cop
per, as if they we're so many missionary
boxes. In its African life, however,
the chief danger that besets It is not the
recklessness of its appetite, but its reck-
less disregard of its own limbs. 1t viii
take fright at a shadow and hurl itself
blindly into the nearest fence, from
which it will be extricated with a
broken leg, or fight savagely with a
brother ostrich and break its leg, or
dance, waltzing with swift and graceful
precision, affording a most beautiful
sight to the spectator and the greatest
satisfaction to himself, until giddiness
comes upon it and brings it to the
ground-again with a broken leg. It
is true that its dangerously powerful
legs are also very brittle, but it must be
confessed that it does not use them
well.
OF the danger that the owner some
times runs from those powerful limbs,
writer tells some very amusing sto-
ries A sturdy newcomer, some SIX
feet in height. laughed at the warnings
that were given him when he set out
for walk and disdainfully refused the
protection of a tacky-a thorny branch,
the dexterous use of which win keep
the ostrich at bay-averring that he
was not afraid of dicky birdr He
was missed and discovered some hours
afterward by a search party most I'M
comfortably perched on the top of an
Tonstone bowlder and slowly grilling
under the African sun, while the .sdicky
birdn did sentry up and down. watch
ing him with an evil eye.
Another gentleman had theory that
any creature, however savage, could be
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A doctor says women have more
chances of life in their favor previous
to SO years of age than man have,
but fewer afterward.
Negro swindlers are travelling
through the south selling bogus
homesteads In Oklahoma to the
colored people.
A snuf-box containing three gold
rings was unearthed in the excava-
ton for an annex to the Niles works
at Hamilton, Ohio.
Store boxes are handy for storing
dry earth. Set them in one corner
of the henhouse and fill at the first
opportunity.
Never stake atree. Have the roots
so large and the top so small that
it will stand alone. Stalking trees is
only fooling.
The colored politicians are making
heavy demands on the national
administration on pain of boiling
the party
Dr.. McGlynn says he has not
accepted cent for his lectures, and
that he pays nearly all his own ex-
penses.
The three saddest things on earth
an empty pocket, an empty stom-
ach, and rainy day insthe country.
An incorrigible youngster in New
York stole the baby coach from
home and sold it for 80 cents.
Be sure and have some roots for
the COWS next winter-turnips OF
Swedes.
Sea water is heavier than fresh
water because of the salt dissolved
in it
It is as easy and as proftless to
skin the pasture as the grain. Don't
do it.
A perverted but truthful proverbs
It's a long loan than has no return,
ng."
Our next door neighbor calls his
baby Macbeth, because it murders
sleep.
Fish stories are reeled off by the
rod and should be measured by the
line.
81 am closing out my entire stock,
said the farmer as he put up wire
fence.
It's odd that by devoting all hel
time to Browning a girl can get pale
There is no danger of making toe
fine seed bed for the fall grain.
Grow yellow carrots to color the
milk next winter.
The medium wooded sheep are the
coming sheep.
! Don't hammer the COWS with the
milking stool. .
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The Saw of the Mosquito.

The bill of the mosquito is complex
institution. 1t has blunt fork at the
head and is apparently grooved. Work
ing through the groove and projecting
from the angle of the fork is lance
of perfect form, sharpened with q fine
beveL Beside it the most perfect lance
looks like hand saw. On either side
of the lance two saws are arranged,
with the points fine and sharp and the
teeth we'll refined and keen. The backs
of these saws play against the lance.
When the mosquito aIights with its
peculiar hum it thrusts its keen lance
and then enlarges the aperture with
the two saws, which play beside the
lance until the forked bill with its ca
piIlary arrangement for pumping the
blood can be inserted. The saving
process is what CRATES upon the nerves
of the victim and causes him to strike
wildly at the sawyer - Journal OF
Health
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DIVES.

Could he, whom now we call "the lets,"
= Steal past the Ssktckful Cerberus
ANDY once more his estate,
What would he think Of all this fusSs
We say his kindred are bsrett,
Use speech polite about the dead,
Although he scarce has one friend left;
Of reputation not a shredl
He boarded stocks and bonds for years;
With fortune had his many spats;
All, could he know how few the tearsl
His heirs fight like Kilkenny cats.
He hoped the glory of his gain
Would, like the comets, blaze behind;
Alas, they prove he was insanel
Who riches wins must lose his mind.
He sowed the wind, this moneybags;
They harvest 1t who break his trust;
The whirlwind not a moment lags,
His treasure gets no time to rustl
He closed his eyes well satisfied,
But all were not so pleased as he
Newspapers flourish since he died,
For Dives has now the leprosyl
Foibles and errors are reviewed.;
Lawyers partition his estatel
His virtues are In court eschewed;
It sounds correct 20 say 1.-The late"
Mrs. n. B. Morange IN Arkanssw Traveller.
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The Red Seed of the Abrus Precatorius.
The small shining red seeds of Abrus
precatorius are largely used by the In
dian goldsmiths as weights, each weigh
ing about LIS grains It is stated that
the famous Koh-i-nur diamond was
first weighed by the rat, a word which
by some authors is supposed to have
given origin to the jewellers carat,
from the Arabic kirat. The carat IS
the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, or
8 rs troy grains; this approximately
would be equal to two of these seeds.
They are sometimes called crabs
eyes, from a fancied resemblance to
those objects; and in the West Indies
are known as jequirity seeds. being ex-
tensively used for necklaces, ornaments
for the ears, and to decorate small
boxes, baskets, etc. Strung as neck
laces, they are considered teething
remedies for young children. The fact
of these being used as rosaries doubt
less suggested the specific name OF
''precatorius. " Chambers Journal
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In Ely Time.

II had rather an uncomfortable ex-
perience the other day." said young
man. My tailor had just sent me
down a suit of new fiannels which fitted
uncommonly well, and l put them on,
well satisfied. to go to the Casino to
play tennis. While waiting for my
trap strolled into the dining room and
without looking sat down solidly-fol
I am very heavy, you know-On chair
by the window. A scream from the
maid caused me to jump up, but it was
too late. and assure you felt like US
ing some very strong language when
found that l had sat down on one Of
those detestable sheets quite covered
with flies. Of course the suit was
ruined, and I assure you the flies were
imbedded in the flannel SO deep that
they looked like a printed pattern."-
New York Tribune.
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( His First 49,

very stormy day. The vessel rolled
heavily, and the poor, frightened High
lander ran to the cords and held them
down with his whole vigor, to keep, as
he thought, the boat from upsetting.
For te sake of our lives, shentles,
come and hold town" he cried; ''or If
ye viii not Pc helping me- I'll let you
all to the potion in a moment And
you plowman there" Ito the man at the
heinz, cannot you keep tie howe of te
fur. and no gang over the crown of tie
riggs avaw2 Heichi"
The steersman laughed at him, and
the Highlander, becoming irritated,
seized handspike and knocked him
down.
Nov, laugh you now, you Lowland
rogue, "said he; and you well deserve
it all. for it was You made all the too
hoo, kittling the poatie's tail with tat
pinp-London Tit-Bits.
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A sp. ingfeld tMasg.l woman of

A p4lugnelQ Chlass.) WoIhan VI
thirty-lour years is a grandmother.
She was merried at the age of sixteen
and a year later was the mother OF
a little girl. This daughter was mar
ried year ago at the age of sixteen
and has just become the mother
of bouncing boy.
A policeman's club that chntains a
galvanic battery is one of the latest
novelties. When the rowdy seizesthe
club, thinking to wrest it from the
policeman, he receives an electric
shock which astonishes and paralyzes
him, rendering his capture easy.
A colored preacher down south,
while preaching, saw two white men
from Bath, and he stopped and said:
Come IN, come inI' Then he tuln-
ed to his audience and said: 'HTheir
faces are white, brethren, but their
hearts are as black as ours.
a sewage farm is said to have
been in existence in Milan for three
centuries. According to Prof. Pac-
chiotti, sanitary experts are I'M
amimous in their belief in the bene-
fits of sewage farms for great cities.
Queen Victoria has for many years
been an exhibitor of fine stock at
the English fairs, and, as matter of
course wins the best prizes. Her
success in raising thoroughbred
princes has not been so mared.
That goes without saying said
Miss Blocker, in the course of con-
versation. Yes" replied Miss
Backbay of Boston, '1t perambu-
lates without articulation.
Two of the albums sent to the
Unconventional exhibition of post
age stamps at Vienna were insured
for92, $50 and $4,000 respectively.
Married persons live longer than
single ones, and as rule the tall
ones have better chance for length
of DAYS than those of short stature.
In is calculated that nine-tenths
of the reading time of most men,
and that of a large proportion of
women is given to newspapers.
No towering plant has been dis
covered within the Antarctic circle;
within the Arctic circle 1852 different
species have been classified.
To prevent worms from eating
your cabbages shovel plenty of dust
over them! It kills the worms end
does not iniure the cabbage.
Several gentlemen, including ex-
Gov. Baker, who watched Rain
meker Melbourne, are confident
: Cused go, to fsll .,.,..;a
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THREW HIS MONEY AWAY.
The Story OF Physisian whs Was the
70 Victim OF CifcunStsnoeS

The Story OF q Physielan whe Was the
Victim OF CircumStanoeS
When the doctors, in jovial mood,
get together, they Invariably tell stories
if they have any time on their hands.
Half a dozen Rochester physicians were
feeling particularly happy and exultant
a few days ago. They had passed q
delightful hour in making an examina-
ton of the body of a man killed in an
accident, and were well pleased with
each other and the gentlemen who had
furnished them with their scientific
amusement. When they were through
their work they adjourned to the Office
Of one of their number and began tell
ing their experiences and "reminiscences.
They told of exciting amputations and
exhilarating operations until it came
the turn of the oldest man present to
speak. Then such tale was unfolded
as brought tears to the eyes of many
present.
When / was a young man" said
the old physician, 81 praeticed in a
western city. This was about thirty
years ago. It was not a great while
after l had my first ease that 1 was
called one day to attend a young man
who had a most peculiarly shaped
head. Under my care the fellow soon
got well, but l cultivated his acquaint-
ance to serve certain ends that l had
in view.
when came to know the young
man pretty well I told him frankly that
wanted his head. You all know that
I have always made brain disease a
specially, and I thought that the mans
head, With his abnormal development,
would be splendid subject for study.
The chap fell in with my prop ]
gave him $500, and be made a viii in
which he mentioned me as the heir to
his head. To be sure, the fellow was
young. but SO was l, and I was willing
to wait.
We'll, gentlemen, within less than a
year after we had completed arrange
ments the young fellow was killed"
Lucky man" said one OF the listen
ers, and all the others gave evidence
that they thought the doctor was for.
tunate.
''But, gentlemen" continued the old
physician, 'the fellow was struck on
the head by safe that fell to the side
walk while being taken in the third
story window of a block" and the old
fellows voice choked with emotion at
the remembrance of the wrong that
had been done to him.
''Saddest thing I ever heard of, " said
one of the listeners, while others walked
up and shook tie victims hand, too
full for erance.-Rochester Demo
GRAFT
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experiment iuIaped up and down on
him, occasionally varying the treat
ment by sitting upon him. Doubtless
It was safer to lie down than to stand
up to be kicked; but to be sat upon as
Il one were an egg must have been In
deed humiliating
Curious, too, is the account that the
author gives of the camps OF little
kingdoms that the ostriches mark out
for themselves, with invisible butnever
to be encroached upon boundaries.
Inside that camp it win bear no in
trusion, but outside of it, in the do
main of its neighbor, it is profoundly IN
different to the strangers wanderings
Nor is it safe for the farmer to pre-
sumo upon his former acquaintance
with any bird, for the ostrich has not
wits enough to distinguish an old friend
from new intruder, nor sufficient re-
spect for his owner to except him from
his suspicious hostilities. though it
would appear that, as rule, he viii
manifest a stronger aversion to the
Kafir or Hottentot than to a white
man.-Great Divide
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Got to Have 1Ioney.

A Georgia editor who is also a JUS
tice Of the peace granted a quarreling
couple an absolute divorce. ''NIr.
BaiIiff, he said. ''collect three dollars
out of the couple" Il can't do it, +"
said the bailiff mournfulIy; they hain't
got a cent" Then" said the edi-
torial justice, fetch the ordinary before
me and make him issue a license, and
I'll marry the woman to the first man
who's got three dollars. This court
can't live on air. Step up lively, gen.
tlemenp'-Atlanta Constitution.
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nrndsrn Conreuiences.

Hotel Guest Sunday morning)-Pd
like Sunday paper, but Fun stranger
here and don't know which paper is the
best a geo
Newsstand Man-Had your breakfast
yeti
mo"
Ordered it'll"
mo"
'eWell. you'd better take this paper;
three supplements, twenty-fopr pages
If the waiter is spry he'll get your order
filed before you're through reading
Good News
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-s'1s --AA9-- ' -
of our nature.
If you could slip belt on Hayti
her revolutions would run the ma
chinery of the world.
The reed-fird season is opened,
and great is the rejoicing thereat
among sportsmen.
There are about SO buffaloes left
in Wyoming, and they are likely to
be killed off soon.
To the end of the world the most
delightful people will be those who
mind their own business.
1t may interest some people to
learn that blondes get seasick more
easily than brunetts.
mo, Gubbins, you will never be a
brain-worker." "And why not2"
Ravens got the TOOLS y
The man who owns railroad new
er gets half as much Joy out of it as
the man who travels on Tree pass.
THE shades of night are falling
fsst,n sang Mr.. M1tts as he went to
pull down the blind and jerked 1t
off the roller.
All of our Legislative bodies, state,
national and municipal, are too big,
end yes they are not half as big as
they think. they are.
If You have not your ticket ready
to show at the gate don't get fust
rated. Slip aside ard look for il
calmly-lt saves time.
The most extraordinary freak Of
extravaganza is an Eifel tower in
diamonds. one meter high, recently
sold in Paris for $4,000.
When a man discovers that he if
baldheaded he feels very much like
the man who hears for the first time
that he a grandfather.
The Austrian minister of public
instruction requests masters Of
public schools to cultivate a TASTE
for athletics among their boys.
Half dozen New York ladies are
said to earn a handsome living by
holding conversation classes ant
giving private lessons in that art.
Wyoming's wealth, as determined
by the State Board OF Equalization
is S32,532,672. This is in an in
crease OF s1,568,12 over last year
After mature consideration, w
have concludedxhat it don't pay t.
get very rich. 1t is better not t.
whistle at all rather than pay to-
much for the instrument.
As the oat and wheat chaff pouri
out of the thrasher and fan remem
Der it should nor be wasted Mixed
with cottonseed meal and moistenet
it is worth nearly as much sa the bes
hay.-Farm Journal.