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The Thirst of Plants.

Haberlandt has calculated that q
field of rye, during its growth and de-
velopment, absorbs 334 tons OF water
per acre; oats require $40 tons, and
wheat 4S9. The water, sucked or
pumped up by the roots from the
soil, traverses the tissues of the plant,
depositing nutriment therein, and
finally is evaporated by the leaves.
This process is called Transportation.
As the soil furnishes the supply Of
water, that supply, in order that the
plant can develop itself normally,
ought to equal at least the volume
of water given off by the leaves.
Should this equilibrium be broken,
the leaves droop, become dried and
fall.
Not only does the plant languish
from an insufficient supply of water,
but the energy of its green matter
cells decreases. The assimilation OF
carbon ceases, and the growth Of the
plant is stopped.
1t is the same thing in rearing
stock. If badly fed the animal will
be stunted. The Transportation of the
plant is ten times greater In presence
of full light than in obscurity, and
during cloudy weather the transpira-
ton is less by one-half than under
the direct action of the solar rays.
Judge, then, of the suffering of vege-
tation when rain is absent, and the
sky clear and the sunlight continuous.
The only resources the plant has, in
the absence of an artificial supply of
water by irrigation, is to send its roots
tapering deep into the soil. Deherain
has traced the rootlets of wheat to q
depth of eighty inches in the soil.
The botanist Wolkens corroborates
these views still more forcibly in the
course of his voyage in Egypt and
Arabia. One of the silent character
istics of the roots of plants in the
desert is their enormous length.
Plants whose height above the sur
face of the soil never exceeds the
length of the hand have the root at
the neck as thick as the thumb, tap
ering to the volume Of the little fin
ger at the depth of two yards.
1t is to their vast descending root
let's that the plants of the desert owe
their existence, and are able to fight
the burning heat, which would cause
branch of the same plant, if de-
tached, to wither away in the course
of five minutes.
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New Trees.

The German Psychological Society,
which is presided over by Baron Won
St. Paul, of Fischbach, in SILICA, con-
sists principally of practical garden
ers, nurserymen, scientific botanists,
officers of forestry and country gentle
men. The aim of the society is the
introduction of new trees and shrubs
into Germany and to test their USE
fulness or ornamental value. For
this purpose it is proposed to plant
arboretums in different parts of Ger
many, which, of course, will also con-
tain the old and we'll known species of
indigenous trees and shrubs 1t is to
be hoped that IN enterprise of general
interest like this will meet with the
necessary support of the authorities
and the public in general New Or
leans Picayune.
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counterfeit bills, duly signed and ac-
cepted, and the bank officials advanced
the money on them. On one occasion
the forgers neglected to date the ac-
ceptance, and the bank requested the
acceptors to supply the omission. In
this way the frauds were finally brought
to light and the forgers caught and
sentenced to life imprisonment. Hills
died in confinement, but the Bidwells
and Mcdonald were released on ticket
of-leave some years ago. Their steal
ings from the bank amounted to over
IS, ,000,O
The British Government takes no
part in the management of the bank,
which is wholly in the hands OF the
stockholders. Its affairs are directed
by committee consisting of the gov
ernor, deputy governor and twenty
four directors. Eight of the latter re-
tire yearly, but are usually reelected
as long as they court the honor. The
governor and deputy governor are
elected to serve for one year, but each
is generally accorded second term.
They each receive an annual salary of
$4,000 and each director $2500 year
for his services. Despite the small
salary attached to it, the governorship
of the Bank of England is an honor
zsalously sought for by London ablest
and shrewdest bankers. David Pow
ell, the present governor, is now serv-
ing his second term, having bsen pre-
viously deputy governor and direc-
tor of the bank.
The Bank of England has two
branches in London and nine in other
chief cities of England. The London
branches issue no notes, but that Is
the principal function of the country
branches. Ordinarily about 10000
notes are paid out in day, and as
many new ones issued. The bank
gives employment in its several de-
partments to over 1000 men. A physi-
clan in the employ of the bank looks
after their health. When a clerk asks
for leave of absence because of ILL.,
ness he is examined and the physician
also visits him at his home while he is
sick. Superanuated clerks receive a
pension, 80 it will be seen that the old
lady is not unmindful of the wants ot
her children.
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The Etiauette of the Fan.

There is an endless etiquette in the
use of fans, and with the Japanese the
fan is an emblem of life. The rivet
end is regarded as the starting point,
and as the rays of the fan expand, 80 the
road of life widens out toward pros
porous future. It is also said that the
Japanese ogi originally took it's shape
from their wonderful mountain, Full
san, which represents to them all that
is beautiful, high, and holy. When
one begins to understand all this,
there comes a salutary feeling OF lg'
norance, and we perceive that the
Japanese may claim to be among the
great symbolists in the world. A
continuance of such study might turn
the most hardened European into a
Japonophile. The Spectator.
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South and West.

THE California International Midwinter
Exposition at San Francisco has officially
closed. Exhibitors will now be permitted
to remove displays, but the management
will keep the Exposition open as long as
sufficient exhibits remain to constitute at
traction.
PopU11srs in Michigan nominated DR.. A.
W. Nichols for Governor.
Two persons were killed and thirteen
wounded by the fall OF balcony In Hinton,
w. Va.
ENGINEER ROBERT PAUL, who was bitten
BY dog recently, began barking when his
train was running near East Alton, III. His
fireman overpowered him, and stopped the
train.
REPRESENTATIVE NJ. C. L1sLE, OF Ken
lucky, died at Winchester, Ky.
limited STATES troops were ordered to the
Coeur dAlene country in Idaho.
TIE town of Conconnully, WASH, was
visited by destructive cloudburst.
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To Raise the Drowned.

A very effective method of raising
the drowned, used on the lakes of
New York and elsewhere, and which
can be used to advantage on our rivers,
is given us by a gentleman of ex'
perience, and is as follows: Take q
half-gallon fruit jar, fill it half full of
unslacked lime, then put on the rub
Der and screw the metal top perfectly
air tight. Perforate the top with
small holes, attach weight and sink
the jar in the locality where the body
of the drowned person is supposed to
be. AS the water seeps into the jar
the lime gradually becomes Stacked and
generates gas, which, in ten minutes
time, will cause an explosion with the
force of dynamite, raising every ob.
ject to the surface within radius OF
fifty feet. Those who have seen the
operation say it has never failed to
bring the desired results. --Rlch Hill
Review
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Since 1874 the Office of the Bsnk of
England has been in Threadneedle
street, in the very heart of London.
Without, the bank building is plain,
grimy and unprepossessing. In its
centre is a small courtyard, in the
summer months planted with fragrant
flowers, and singularly fresh, green
and beautiful. There is no noise,
hustle or confusion, and on all sides
are to be seen the quietude, solemnity
and decorous absence of haste which
beft the home of so aged and opulent
dame as the Old Lady of Thread
needle street.
If the visitor is so fortunate as to be
equipped with a directors order to
view the bank he will be taken into
basement, through great iron door,
at which a watchman is always on
guard, and ushered into round, low
vault, crowded with small trucks
piled high with gold. Each truck
holds ingots to the amount of $780,
600, and the walls of the vanlts inclose
more than $l25, oOO,O 900 worth of the
precious metal. In another apart
ment hand presses are at work print
ing the notes for which these piles OF
gold ingots are the collateral. Each
of these presses can print 5000 bank
notes in an hour, and could one enjoy
its output for a single day he would
have an income greater than that of
any millionaire.
Every gold coin that comes into the
bank is weighed in q room set apart
for that purpose before it is again put
into circulation. The coins are
weighed by a machine that automati-
cally separates those of full weight
from the deficient ones, at the same
time crushing the design on the latter,
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after which they are returned to the
Government mint to be recoined. The
loss on light coins is sustained by those
depositing them. The treasury OF
the bank is q gloomy room, the walls
of which are lined with freproof cup
boards, each containing some 80, 600
sovereigns, or all equal amount OF
notes. A small bundle which the GUS
todian takes from one of the cup
boards and allows the visitor to handle
for a moment, in itself represents
princely fortune. The bundle weighs
much less than pound, but contains
a thousand notes, and each of the
notes il for $1,000, or $4,000. The tiny
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By system of moving glass-houses on
VIII eels, with or without heating ap-
para tus affixed, running on rails, crops
viii ch are to be forced, protected or
ripened, in succession may be brought
under the glass as they stand in the
soil or on stages. Obviously, more
rapid and at the same time more eco
nomical production of fruits, flowers
and vegetables may be anticipated if
this system be found as serviceable
practically as it sounds theoretically.
Our intermittent climate will be re-
garded with contemptuous indiffer-
ence, and that shelter and control of
temperature which have hitherto had
to be supplied at great cost should be
now obtainable by the mere possession
of these glass-houses on wheels. New
York World.
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blazoned residence and II you will trust HIS
grace in Jesus Christ you, too will be en-
paiaced.
folks come from an adjoining mansion IN
heaven and find you amid the alabaster
pillars Of the throneroom and living with tne
King! They are coming up the steps now,
and the epaaleted guard OF the palace,
rushes in and says: "Your fathers coming
Your mothers coming" And when under
the arches Of precious stones and on the
pavement of porphyry you greet each otner
the scene will eclipse the meeting on the
Goshen highway when Joseph and jacob
fell on each others neck and Wept Rooo
while.
But, oh, how changed the old folks will
bei Their cheek smoothed into the flesh OF
a little child. Their stopped posture lifted
into immortal symmetry. Their foot now SO
feeble, then with the sprightliness OF
bounding roe as they shall sayto Jou, a
spirit passed this way from eartn ana tola
us that you were wayward and dlsslpateo
after we left the world, but you nave re-
pented, our prayer has been answered, anu
You are here and az we used to visit you on
earth before we died now we visit, you In
your new home after our ascension" Ana
father will say, sMother, don't You see
Joseph is yet alive2' And mother will say,
dyes. father, Joseph is yet alive"
And then they will talk over tnels
earthly anxieties in regard to you, and
the midnight supplications In your
behalf, andthey will recite to each other the
old Scripture passage with which ~ they , psea s
God to thee and thy seed after thee" oh,
the palace. the palace, the palace! That Is
what Richard Baxter called "The saints
everlasting rest" That is what John Buy
van called the "CslestiaI Oity." That Is
foung's might Thoughts" turned into
morning Civilizations. That is Gray's "Ele-
ey In Ohurohyard" turned to resurrection
SPECTACLE That Is the "Cotter's Saturday
Night" exchanged for the Cotter's Sa6oatn
plains amid the hocks on the hills OF
heaven. That is the famine struck Padana.
ram turned into the rich pasture fields Oh
Goshen. That Is Jacob visiting Joseph at
the emerald castle.
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Primitive Modes OF Cooking Game.

''The man who goes off on a hunt
ing and fishing trip should be ac-
quainted with the primitive modes of
cooking his game, as sometimes his
lunch gives out, falls overheard, or
disappears in variety of ways, and
then his interior department begins to
holler." 1t was Tom King, the we'll
known veteran sportsman, who helps
to hold up the official dignity of the
internal revenue bureau, who was
speaking to some novices with the rod
and gun, at the Riggs House, and he
proceeded to give them some valuable
pointers. "Of course the wise man
don't run the risk of going hungry.
but it is mighty easy to add to the
pleasure of quick snack if we only
know how. Some day when you go
a-fshing, and manage to catch some
thing, build red hot fire on q fiat
rock, just before the time you get
ready to eat lunch. When it has
burned merrily for about fifteen
minutes, take fish and clean it and
then brush the fire away from the rock,
blow off the dust OF the ashes and slap
your fish down on it. Turn him over
and over to prevent burning, and in
few minutes you will have broiled
piece of ecstasy that will make you
treat every other fish you may have in
your bucket or creel exactly the same
way. When you are hunting in the
fall you can enjoy bird with your
luncheon as we'll with very little
trouble. OF course you will stop to
eat your snack by spring, and in
this country there is usually good
deal of clay in such localities. Get
few handfuls OF clay and moisten it
until it becomes thoroughly plastic,
then draw bird and pack the clay
we'll into its feathers and cover it about
an inch thick. In the meantime you
will have built fire. Just drop the
clay-covered quail into the hot Goals,
cover it up with fire and let it stay
there about fifteen minutes. Roll it
out and break it open. The feathers
will all come off with the baked clay,
and you will have bird cooked in its
best style, as none OF its natural juices
have escaped. Knowing how to do
these things adds great deal, I assure
you, to the pleasure of sport, and a
couple of fellows can have great deal
of fun in preparing such sylvan feasts.
WASHINGTON Star.
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bundle stands for nine tons of the
purest gold.
In the basement of the bank are
also to be seen the barracks wherein

for it's protection thirty-six soldiers
are quartered from seven every even
ing until the next morning. These
soldiers are provided with supper by
the bank officials, and a library col
lected for the purpose helps them to
while away the long hours of the
night. Many a more irksome task
than guarding the gold of the Bank of
England falls to the lot of Tommy
Atkins. Not many old ladies have
their nightly slumbers guarded by
three score stout men of arms, but
then there are very few who possess
so many treasures and such stores OF
gold as does the one in Threadneedle
street, who, while celebrating her
2OOth birthday, gives no sign of age,
decrepitude or decay, and will doubt
less be as hale and hearty, as rich,
staid and respectable in 2Os4 as she is
to-day.
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THE NEWS EPIT0MIzEDA
Eastern and Middle States. a

Eastern and Middle States.
4 NATIONAL convention In the Interest," -
good roads was opened at Asbury Park, Me-
Roaxsr fires burned over thirty miles os
valuable timber Land near Doughty Mill
NJ.
THrnrY-rouR buildings were burned fn
Edwards, Lawrence County, N. Y, ana
twenty-five families were made homeless.
THREE men were killed and two fatally
hurt by q fall of coal In a mine at Nanti-
coke, Perm. -!
The Boston House Of Correction prisoners
mutinied and showed fight until the officers
opened fire and shot one Of them In tbs
cheek.
COMMODORE FYrrE, OF Boston. has received
notice of his promotion. he will be made
Rear Admiral, to succeed Admiral skerrett.
At his own request the latter will be put on
the retired list.
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Attempted Assassinatlons.

Against Alexander Ill, of Russia,
very often; Aiphonso XII, Of Spain,
1873 and 1879; Amadeus, of Spain,
1872; Prince Bismarck, 1866 and 1874
Francis Joseph, of Austria, 1853 ;
George Ill, England, 1886 and 1900
George ", when regent, 1877; Hum
bert l., 1878; Isabella H.. of Spain,
1917, 1852 and 1856; Louis Philippe,
six attempts from 1885 to 1915; Napo-
leon l., 1900; Napoleon Ill, twice in
1865, once in 1858; Victoria, 1910,
twice in 1912, once in 1S49 and again
in 1882; William L., of Germany, 1861,
1875 and 1S7S.-Chicago Herald.
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fected ker health, and, despite her
great age, she is reported as being
hale and hearty and giving every
promise at the present time of living
to celebrate another centenary of her
birth. The venerable dame in ques-
tion is fondly styled by many millions
the "Old Lady of Threadneedle
Street." but to the lords of trade and
finance, the staid and formal gentle
men who worship forms and reverence
titles, she is always respectfully re-
ferred to as the Bank of England.
The credit for the founding of the
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Washington.

SECRETARY CARLISLE has directed that
steamship companies must support detained
immigrants.
TIE President sent to the Senate the sup
Elemental report of Secretary Gresham, con-
tanning additional correspondence regarding.
the situation in Samoa. The correspondence
Is voluminous.
TIE President nominated John O. Nc
CURE, Surveyor at New York John b. NC
Carthy, Marshal for Southern New York;
James Parker, Marshal for New Jersey ;
william A. Beach, Internal Revenue Collec-
tor for the Twenty-frst New York District,
and E. J. Taylor, Customs Collector at
Niagara, N. Y.
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Tons of Horse and Mule Steaks.

During the year 1893 the people OF Paris
consumed 81, ,291 horses, 229 donseys and
forty mules, the total amount OF such meat
sold in the markets OF the French capital be-
Ing set down in round numbers at 4615 tons
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MOST NOTED BANK.
"THE OLD LADY OF THREAD
NEEDLE STREET"
The Bank of England, 200 Years
Old, and Its Peculiar Methods Of
Doing Business Once Robbed
by American Rogues.

~ NE of the richest and best
1 known old ladies in the world
has been celebrating with be-
coming pride and dignity
the 20Oth anniversary of her birth.
Though during the whole course of her
long and busy life she has never been
outside of London town, the fog,
noise and hustle of the English capi-
tai do not seem to have in any way af-
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New York State has 412, 422 fami-
lies, nearly twice as many as the num-
Der of houses.
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Foreign.

TIE British Government addressed China
and Japan in the interests Of peace, and will
try to bring about friendly settlement OF
the Korea dispute.
CHOLERA is spreading in st. Petersburg.
Russia there were several deaths at various
places in Europe.
THE Prince of Wales's yacht defeated the
American boat. the Vigilant, again in Eng
lish waters.
THE passenger steamship Vladimir, bound
from Sebastopol for Odessa, Russia, was sunk
in Il collision with an Italian steamship near
Eupatoria on the west coast OF the Crimea-
Fully sixty lives were lost.
The wind failed in the race between the
American yacht Tigilant and the Prince or
Wales's Britannia on the Clyde, Scotland;
the Britannia drifted in first and the prlzs
was awarded to her.
GGILLEMtS Il schooimaster OF Bussieres-
s-Clermont. France. accidentally killed
one OF his small pupils while giving them q
graphic history Of the assassination OF Pres
iient Carnot The poor teacher, distracted
at his deed. Il ieGl to Kill himself
WILLIAM WALSH, the last but one OF those
who defended Baltimore against the British
invasion in 1914, is dead He was fourteen!
years old at the time, and was pressed into
theservice to mold bullets. L.
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H0thouses on Rails.

A new method in horticulture has
been devised in England. The Pail
Mall Gazette describes it briefly thus ::
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SuÌˆd Dakota Nachrichten. (Mitchell, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 1890-1899, 1894-06-21

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