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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
3ntheherbIiithe. 0rpf.

= 8atbsberbGiitbe. Prof.
S9uslih (pGbrenO zines 8ortrages):
Die @srbredsr, tpel9e mad Gupenns
beportirt iperben, meine Serren, iter>
ben infolge bes mDrberif6en alimas
fait ale, bepor lie ibre lebensldng-
lide 5reibeitsitrdfe abgebiibt buben.
= unter iungen Saus.
frauen. giner ilngen Sausfrau
lit bic Gieripeiie ansebrannt. Sa Der
@atte balo gum @hen fommt, 1T tsine
3eit porbanoen. bieielbe gu erneuern.
S6nsGl bolt iie iid telepboniI9en Ratb
bei Der Sreunoin. nSilf mir, meine
Smeletts lit ansebrannt, es rie4t
i9redlid! @eiBt Ou teinen Ratba"
stnttpOrt: % ia. sisb bod sttpaa gaa
be Cologne baran!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

earbe; bic bortigen Srauen isstsn aber
burd, baB iie nur Elm breifarbigss
8anO in's Saar gu flehten brauaten.
au9 bier beipGbrts 'i+ bic @rfubrung,
baB Wlobenoscrsts, mo lie iiberbaupt
unter 4npenbuns BON Sepalt iih gu
einiger @eltung brinsen luhen, iih
bennoa fait mr Bel Nannern pirtz
Jam Seigen.
Cine 9aubenform, ,ipelfer es bsfAies
ben mar, Elm mebr als poriibergebenoes
9disin gu fiibren, nannte ii4 a la
turban. Mit ober pbne Sliigel aus
feinsm 2innen purbe iie bon einem
SsoerbuI6s geIdmiidt; Elm ountles
Bano fdniirte ben unteren Sbsil Der
Saube suTammen, bic nun fugslartig
NIT sroBsn runOsn Sulten in bic !9Dbe
ragte. 0isis Saube nit ibrsm Seoers
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

beibnii9sn Gultur unb &unit Gingdng
gefunoen battsn. gr plaioirts in elmer
sepaltigen Rsbe, bamit fiirber nihts
mebr an Oas abseidaffte Gbriitentbum
erinnerts, fir bic ginfiibrung Der sriea
diiaen 8etleibung. DAB bieie nit benz
&lima Srantrsibs niht sben in uebsrs
einItimmung mar, fiimmerte ibn peis
ter nibt, unb alsbalb mahte ii4 Der
Malsr 9aoib, elm ebenIo unerbebli4er
aiinitler als eifrissr Republitaner, od1
ran, bic anssblib grie9iiden Goitiime
Su snttperfen. Oas bumme 3eug. bas
er su Sage f0rbsrte, tpurbe bur4 bic
&upferIti9e bon Demon ipsiter pers
brsitet unO fdno antlans. isooa nidt
tets in Der rs9ten 4rt. Die mooernen
Grie9innsn mibadtstsn selesentli4 in
bsm Wunide, ii9 mDgliait antit itds
tusnbaft gu seissn, bas ielbit in Rspos
Iutipnsssitsn ertpiinIdte Mab BON 9lns
itano, in bsbentli9er Weiie. @in5slnt
CAB es, bsrsn Soilette, alIes 3uiammens
sers6net, stpa Elm babies pfuno pos.
Die beutI6s 0amsntpelt fOlsts allen
bisien Banblunsen getreulid, pdbs
renb bic engliIds perItGnbig genug
mar, eigene 8ese einSui4lasen, po5u
freili1 bic politiI9sn 8erbdltnihe bds
Sbrige beitrugsn. Oas ausieben pors
nebmer Odmen aus Der 3eit Oss Dis
rectoriums piro fplsenbermaben gss
i6iloert: vGines 2lbsnos erihien Waa
bams 2eclerc. bic ipdtere Siiritin 9orz
sbeIe. in elmer nolbssitidten WiuHelins
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
Surban NIT asruffs unb
Retberftub.

W - ~ u - y
robe, bic gang nit ben I60nItsn aas
meen beIebt mar. Ous Saar trug lie
tpie cine antite 8ac9anttn; in ben
2pden bate lie brei 8Gnoer BON gldtz
tenn gstiuertsm Sen BON bOdfer 8Oits
bartlett befeItigt, bariiber ragten gols
bene Weintrauben empor. Gin ans
beres Mal 'hmiidte Wabame 8deciohi
ibr Saupt nit sinsm MuFelini9leier,
Der NIT Sob seidumt unb nit Seio.
in alien 5arben seItidt mar. Sic
pidelte i'm Inn ben &opf uno iebte
bdriiber einsn 2orbeertran3. Die 8sz
mdblin bes eriten GonIuls Seigte ii9
betrdnat nit Mo6nblumen unb goloes
nsn Sorndbren, tpelhe ibre S9Dnbeit
treffli9 berOorboben."
gBie bic sulebt ertpdbnts SoIepbin.
ibr eisenes asuBere in seidmadOolIer
Dirt aur @eltung gu brinsen peritdno,
10 ii6ts iis iiberbaupt einsn bsilIdmen
ginflub auf bic @nttpidelung bes 60
films unO Der Saartra9tsn. Gs gs>
lang ibr, bic periidsn ipsnisItsns fir
sinise 3eit gu bsieitigen. 9ln Oeren
Stslls trat nun bas turs seIdnittens
Saar. bic Situsfrifur, bic nit einigsr
8seinfIuhung bon England bsr Oann
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

au% in 0eutialano iibli4 puroe. Sns
benz iis bic aOpfe, Oas iogenannts
sris6iihs lin Wirtli4teit sbsr ipGts
rDmiib su nenneno0 GGItiim nis 2eis
ber perunItaltste, biloeten iih 3tpsi be-
ionbers berii9tigte 9attungen bon
&lsioernGrrinnsn, bic SncropdbIes
unb bic MsroeilleuIss. Die eritsn pa>
rem Die ubgeI4madteiten. 0as untit
iein ioasnoe @spanb puroe biel su
lang angefertist uno bann iiber bem
4rm getrusen; bsieBt par es nit allen
mOgliden &lsinistsiten, uls S4leis
fen, RiiIden unb berslei6sn, psl9s
ben antitsn Ginbrud griiHSlih perui5s
teten. 9tuf benz Sopfe trussn bic Snz
eropables enttpsber unmGbia arpBe
S4Ieifen obsr Sodepmiiben nit nett
poripringeuoen Sdirmen. Oas Goz
film Der Serren, ipelhe fd gu ben
SncrOpabIes hislttn. mar ebenio Id.
herlich.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

b. Dinbbeim. Stettin, Serrn b.
Winobeim, iibertragen iporben. Serr
b. Winbbeim lit Elm nod iunser
Mann, benn er ipuros am 81.
SUM- 1857 in 9rob OIaerslsben sez
boren. Seine ungsip0hnli9 idneae
Garriere bat er bsm &aiIer Wilbelm
III. su peroanten, nit bem i'm oielfd9e
militGriIhe uHo ituosntiIfe Crime
runaen perbiuben. 9lls Bonner Stuz
bent mar er ats Wiitglieb Der Yorufia
,Gorpsbruoer" bes bamaligen prinz
5en Wil6elm bon preubsn, bem er duA
pGbrsnb ieiner Oienit5eit i'm 1. @droe=
Rsgimsnt gu Sub nubs fam. als po=
lisei prGIibeHt bon Berlin rubt eine
Isbr sroBe Maat in ieinsn Sdnben,
benn oem Yrdiioillm lit eine beindbe
1000 Mann itarte S4uBmunnihaft
unteriteIt. 5inaneieGI 1T er ebenfalls
gut geItslft. Gr be5iebt Elm feites pens
iipnsfd6iges 9ebalt BON II, 400 M.,
bas ii5 bur6 $500 90. 2ocalSulags
uno 1890 W. Gquipagsnselber auf
fait 10000 M. erb0bt. Seine Oienit=
ipobnung beitebt aus 81 seoissen ein=
gsri6teten 3immern.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
Gin RebelltnaTnl.

ltngefG6r 45 Msilen bon Der aiife
@ene5uelas entfernt liest i'm 9tntilIens
meere bic unter boIldnbii9er 9err>
fduft ite6enbe Selieniniel Curacao,
beren ginipobnersabl iih auf ca. &c..
900 Wenf6en, barunter 5000 ehsmas
tise Stlapen. belduft. OieIe Snfel,
auf tpelder trob bes grobsn 9tsgsns
mdnsels, 3uderrobr, Sabat, Ssi9sn,
aotosniife, Gitronen etc. tpa9ien unb
tpel4e einen lebbaften @rportbanbet IN
Sesial3 foipie pbospbaten bs!rsibt,
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

breibig psrIaisbendrtig blonde pes
riidsn, unb man berba6te es Der Rez
sierung nitht penig, als bieIe elmer
MabemoiIslIe 2epeaetier be ct. Sarz
seau, elmer Der Staatstpaiien, nur
spDlf periiden CUR 4usitsusr CAB.
Sir bas ionitigs goitiim Der 5runz
s0iinnsn aus Der Rspolutions5eit gait
Is natiirlitb als erforberlidb, bab bic
iaoellofe politiI6e @eiinnuns idon BON
tpeitem ausenfalia gsmaat purbe.
2ieblingsfarben ipuroen blau, lpeiB
uno roth. Cine elegante patriutin
irug einen bulbrunben Sut BON idparz
ser Sage, elm 8uientu9 bon feiner
2einpanb. BON einem bellrot6en 9iirz
tel 5uiammengebalten, nit Sranien in
ben Decentralization, unb Elm aleiO,
bas nit fleinen ebenfo gefdrbten 9ous
quets bi9t iiberidt mar. 9lu4 i'm
sluslanbe psriu4ten bic fran5OitIden
Maatbaber bic Sarben Der Republit
our @sltung gu brineen. 60 bscrstirs
ten iie in 8slsisn bas SruSen Der GOs
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

I6mud mar nabe perpanSt nit benz
bamals BON @nglanb einpanbernoen
Surban, Der felt 1900 ruBerorosntlih
in Mobe fam unb ebenio penig orien=
talii9 mar, pis bas nahber 10 bslisbte
sris9iids Goitiim antif. @s aab Surs
bans bon ieosr art: in peiBem MuHes
lin. fdit bas geIammte Saar psrbiilz
leno, 10 baB nur Elm padr 2Dddsn auf
bic Stirn berabfieleH, bic bur9 sinen
solbsnen Reifsn suriidgebulten pur>
BEN; man fsrtigts lie aud aus 8repp,
Sage, Satin uno ielbit san5sn aaihz
mirIbapls, bic osnn nit ibrem gspalz
tisen 8olumen bas Saupt Der 5rGsez
rim ni4t gsruos psridOnsrtsn. SroBs
Sem 6ielt it6 Der SurbaH, oft in 8ea
glsitung LANCER f6Ddr5er oosr ipeiBel
SpiBsnidleier, Bis ua9 ben 3eitsn oes
&diIsrrei4s.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

1880 Mitglieo Der Sobranje uno 1886
prdi diiOent OerIelben. Ru9 benz
Staatsitreia sesen ben 5iiritenglleranz
Der, 7. September 1886, itiir5te er nit
Wfutturpp unb &drapelpip bic repolus
tionGre Regieruns, sriinoete cine neue
unb bepirtte am 7. Suli 1887 bic
@abl bes Siiriten Seroinanb; sponah
er an bic Spibe bes Miniiteriums trat.
S9on am 81. MdrS 1891 ipuroe Elm
Moroattentut ges.n i6n seri4tet, bem
inbeB Der Sinan5miniiter 8elti4eff
gum Opfer fiel. StambulOp bate iih
Bel ben Rufopbilen tpegen ieiner trdfz
tig nationulen Resierung iiberaus berz
baBt 9emadt unb besbulb piro feline
GrmOrouns aud oisien sur 2dit ses
legt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

MiI6ernb. Sinh Sic
iaon oft OOrbsitraft9" = -S9on. aber
bod piel otter = freiseipro9en!"
= ungerdtbeRe Sbeateritiide
gleiden uneerutbenen 8inbern: beibe
fabren fia idleht auf.
- I'm dreibenbe 9esei9.
nung. 2ebrer: Ra, Oein Batter
mudte tpobI elm redt finiterss 9eIi9t.
als Ou seitern bonn Hddiben nn4
Sduie tamit 2 S9iilsr tpsiusrs
lido: Sa. - todfiRfter.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
Gr< 9rGfiSent 9ulibo.

gr<9rdfiSent Pulibo.
laFen ni9ts unperIu9t, um bic gessn.
pGrtiss 3esieruns ibres Setmaiblln'
bes iiRr ben Saufen gu iperfen. gez
fonbers tbGtig iipb @eneral Yablo
@iuIeppe Monagas unb Or. 9uillers
mo EEL 8inegas pulibo, bic ebenfalls
auf Curacao cine 3uflu6tsitdtte ges
funben baben. Die 9emiibungen Res
prGiibsntsn Grespp, feline Seinoe 6u
perIDbnsn, iinb niat nur fe9Igei9las
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

gen, er ielbft iit IN eine i4iefe Stsl.
lung geratben, inbem er 9ensrdl Ma.
nuel u. Watos, einen Sreunb pes Gr=
prGiioentsn paul. gum Gbef ieines
Cabinets madte. @enesuela 1T ptrta
li9 Elm bebauernspertbss 9dnb. SIM
Snnern bur9 erbitterte Parteitdmpfe
Ssrrifen, tpirb es aud bon @nsIdnb fes
orobt, bsm es nu9 benz rei9eR9uianas
biitritt eeliiitet.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
Tduerret6s

Den Deg 3ur @rlunsuns bes sinsis
elmer Republitanerin piirbiaen Gps
films, Don Der &opfbeOedun9 abasIe.
ben, pies ben SrGn3Diinnen uno allen,
bic ibnsn naddfften, Elm Repolutionss
mann, in OeFen 8Opfs ountIs 9orItslz
lunssn bon Der ginia4beit hsr alt
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
geriihmte Goote.

Der beroorras.nbe idtpei5erifde
Staatsmann, 8unbesratb uno friibere
8unbesprdiibent 3arl Emanuel
Sdend, 1T in Bern i6peren Der
lebunsen erlegen. bic er einige Gage all>
boz BEL elmer 9tusfabrt erlitten bate.
Der @eritorbene mar i'm Sabre 1862
in Bern seborsn uno uripriinslih fir
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

IaturfpitI. Gin mRubens
batter" uno cine r4ffenmutter" babsn
oft gum Spbn sinsn vlodsren 3eiiig".
SDfli6. Ri6tsr: Sisber bds
ben Sic nod nihts nit ben 9eri4ten
gu tbun sebabt2 9tnsetlaster: Rse;
lpenn i9 mid n bis9en bumm dn'
Iiellsn IOGt'. bitt' id bait su enti4uIpi,
gen!
S9auberbafter 9es
oante. Srinter: mSerrgott, bin i'd
frob, baB i9 tein - gstimo bin!
Wsnn i9 baran bsnte, buB i9 bunn
III msinen DOri4t nit - Shran till
len miiBt!1
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

Ssr9ant: ~8erls, Sbr miiBt SlintsI
iein! Der 8iiB muB eesen Gu9 ee.
ipifernpuBen 9elentrbeumatismus ba'
benz .'.--. --.-
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
Gr 9rGfibent gduf.

Grz9rdfibent Puul.
bilbst Elm Qipl fir sablrei4e Rebelleu.
oenen Der 8oben in ben fiioumeritaniz
i9en 3epubliten gu beiB geporbsn lit
unb pel9e ,unbefiimmert um ben 9ous
berneur, BON bort aus 8erI9IpOrlngen
an3ettsln. I'm bic beimiihe Resi,ring
iiber ben Saufen 5u tperfen uno iclbit
pteber sur Ma9t gu selansen. @enes
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

&aferaenbo bofkliit9en.
llnteroffofficier: r&erl. reOen Sil
nitbt 10 uRfiltrirsen Uni iinn!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

Sin tb0ri6f unterfdn ng n.
Sin tbDri9P uRterfdngen iIt's
gu Sborsn 9eiitrei4 iein!
3eiat nun bod etnsm blinoen MdRn
g(u9 tsinen gbslit itein!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
Scr nene PoIi3etsPrditoent pou
8erIin.

0ds burdh ben
Sob bes Serrn b.
Gidtbofen pacdnt
setporoene poliz
seisPrdiioium Der
oeuti6en Reidsz
bauptftabt Berlin
lit benz bisberisen
Gbef Der poliaeiz
perpaltung bon
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09
@eneral 80 Q naaas.

General Monagas.
sueld bat mHl9en ,9o!ipar" b1rauf
perpenbet, I'M por ben 8erIhipOrern
Gube su betommen, allein pergs6ii4,
benn bic pblsgmatiIden SOlldaber
fiimmern ii9 nm bersn llmtriebe niht.
Der @rzYrGIibent BON 9ene3ueld, Or.
ssuan Sablp Roias Yaul, iopie feline
9lnbGnger fiiblen ii4 ablolut R4er Ino
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-09

SENT unb 9lussn ifebsn muBte. Bril-
nette trusen blonde, 8laudugiss nit
surtem Seint idparss periiden. So
entpidelte ii9 auf bieiem @ebiete elm
Gurus. Der an glarrbeit itreifte. Mas
bame Sallien beiuB ni4t psnissr als
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-09
AFRICAN PALM OIL.
An Important Article of Commerce In
 England.

An Important Article of Commerce In
 England.
 The palm oil which is the staple product of the Lower Niger, as of the west coast generally, is obtained from a wild palm. The natives use it both for cooking, for burning and for smear ing their bodies with. It is to them, indeed, n great deal more than ghce is to the Hindu. The fruit of the tree grows in large prickly clusters, and its skin is of bright red or orange color. turning to yellow when ripe. The pulp is rather bitter in taste and is reddish.white in color. With the fruit is stone or kernel about the size of Albert. The natives, gathering the fruit when ripe, bruise 1t gently in Q wooden mortar, and then boil it in water in large caldrons; while simmer ing, it is stirred with a stick, to sepa- rate the pulp from the kernels, which sink 10 the bottom and are reserved for other uses. The oil which floats on the surface of the water as the boiling proceeds is skinned off and placed in earthenware vessels.
 The Niger affords two kinds of palm oil. The one is of the consistency of butter, and is called hard" oil, and for this the only market is England The other is liquid and is called soft oil, {" and for this the highest price is obtained in all the European markets, There is hardly any difference in the quality, but only in the method of preparation. The buying price on the river ranges from five pounds to six pounds ten shiuings per cask of two hundred gallons, and it is calculated that about ,eight thou. sand tons are annually exported from the Niger to Europe, where it is employed in making can dies, soap, railway grease, etc. Both the trading and the transport to the factories" is carried chiefly by wom- en, after the manner of the noble say age; and the strings of females, each with pot of palm oil on her head and baby on her back, are among the everyday sights of the country. At the factories the oil is carefully meas ured by the agents, and is paid for in salt or cotton cloth. Then 1t is casked and stored in the station, waiting for transport down the river, to be put on board the ocean steamers at Akassa. = Chambers Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-09
A CRUEL REVENGE.
The Sighted Lover Gets Up in His Wrath
 and Warns the False One.

The Sighted Lover Gets Up fin His Wrath
 and Warns the False One.
 She was passing up in the gloaming as he was coming down, and natural philosophy brought about meeting.
 Miss Johnsin, kin spoke to yo'?" he queried, as he halted.
 "Ycs, sah. she replied. "Yo' kin spoke right yere, if yo dun want to say sumthin"
 'Pd radder spoke to yo' in private"
 ''Yo' can't do it! What 70 want to say?'
 Miss Johnsin, he said, after fidget- ing about for a moment, "did yo' go to de patty wid dat nigger swiper las night?'
 Yes, sah. !"
 An did he buy ice cream and candy?"
 "Yes, sah.n
 An took yo' to supperP7
 ''Yes, sah." :"
 An danced ebery dance wid yo'2"
 Yes, sah."
 An did yo' promise?n
 "I did, an what yo' gwine ter do bout it?n
 What gwine ter do bout it? What Igwine ter do? Tze gwine ter get re- vengel rze gwine ter make it so dref- ful bad fur yo' dat yo'll wish yod neb- Der been bo'nl"
 'Hu! How yo' gwine ter do dat? Gwine ter slash me wid razor?"
 No, ma'am! rze gwine right up an get married ter yo'r mudder, an afore night I'll be yo'r stepfathor, an make de face ob dis airth so hot fur yo' dat yo' will be callin' upon de Lawd fur mercyl Good evenin', Miss Johnsin, I'll see yo' laterr-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-09
THE FAMOUS ALERT.
Historic ship That Has. Just Been
 Sold for the Metal in Her.


 Sold for the Metal In Her.
 Reached upon the Beauport shoals, near Quebec, lies the old steamship Alert. which in 1s75.76 was moored nearer to the north pole than any other vessel has ever been, says the New York Sun.
 She was the flagship of the Mares Arctic expedition and lay all winter at Flobcrg beach, s2 degrees II minutes north latitude. In isS8 she was pre- sented by the British government to our government to take part in the Greedy relief expedition, aud after that successful enterprise she was returned with thanks to the British.
 In 1885 she was loaned to the Cana dian government to investigate the navigablility of Hudson straits, and to bring back the party of explorers left upon it's banks in 1884 by the Neptune. On this trip the Alert was commanded by Capt. Gordon, and for three weeks was damned in field of ice. It was her last northern voyage,
 The imperial authorities presented her to the Canadian government, and the latter, finding her at last to be un- soaworthy, after employing her for some time in the buoy and lighthouse service, sold her at auction several days ago.
 She was bought for S4,OO0 by ship builder of St. John for the sake of her old metal and other material.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-09
THE FLEET OF MONITORS.
1'helr History Long Record of Extrnvi
 gnnce Cou.euuent Vpon Neglect

1'helr History Long Record of Extrnya-
 eanee Consequent Upon Neglect.
 When the history of the monitors in the United States navy shall come to be told it will lay bare . long record of extravagance consequent upon neglect. Some of the uncompieted or recently completed monitors, says the New York Sun, were begun while many officers of the navy were still in their cradles. and the fleet of monitors just ordered from the James river, near Richrsond, has been lying there rusting these twenty years. They are of the single turret type. One commander aboard the Ajax served for the whole fleet. They are all single-scrcw steamers, of GiJ-horsc power, and each carries two guns. The Ajax, Canonicus, Mahonac. Manhattan, and Wyandottc are 2,l0O tons each, while tho CatSlill, Jason, Lehigh. Montauk, Nahant, Nantucket, Passaic, and Comanche are of 1875 tons each. Only two out of the six remaining at Richmond are to be prepared for sea, and it is said that of the four that have not been ordered immediately from the James some will probably be sold as scrap iron.
 The history of the old double-turret monitors, several of which have lately been completed, is somewhat like that of their single-turret sisters. The largest of these great ironclads is the Puritan. She is of COCO tons and of 3,700 horsepower, and she carries ten guns. She is a double barbette turret monitor and so are the AIonadnock and Amphitrite. They and the Terror, a double-turrct monitor, are each of 5000 tons and GOO horsepower. The Monadnock carries six guns aud the other two carry four guns each. All of the doublc-turret monitors are twin screw propellers. The whole fleet has been the mystery of the navy for near ly quarter of century, and the com pletiou of several of these ships has dis appointed the expectation of every body that knows their history. Their cost was enormous, and there have been great changes in their plan of construc- tion. One of them lay for years at shipyard at Wilmington, Del, until the shipbuilders put in a claim of many thousands of dollars for docllage. 1t used to be said that the double-turret monitors, if completed, would never be seaworthy, though, through change of construction, if nothing else. this evil prophecy has been disappointed.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-09
snoetncIes in the Collection.

A novel method of correcting 6 clergyman's mistakes in reading Is re- ported in the Church Review. During the collection after n sermon one Sun day, q gentleman in the congregation quietly took off his spectacles and put them on the plate. The church war den courteously handed thcm back, suppoSing them to have been put there in absence of mind, but the donor again deposited them on the plate, and, not wishing to make a scene, the official finished his duties, and the spcctaclcs were duly presented with the other aims However, after the service he took them down to the donor-a stranger said he feared they were given by mistake. Judge of his sur prise on being assured that it was no mistake--that the clergyman who read the prayers had made so many blum dcrs in reading that he presumed he could not see, and so he presented him with pair of sDectacles,
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them, or at lenst the traces of their claws on the bark of trees four, five and six yards high.
 For a parrot to eat sheep is apother remarkable thing, and yet the kea of New Zealand has become sheep eater having changed to this article of food from purely vegetable diet,
 The tradition of the island is that at one time these parrots were unable to obtain their usual supply of vegetable food and that in desperation they in- aded the drying rooms" and ate 5hatever came Co hand finding sheep meat agreeable.
 In Iceland almost all the horses are fish eaters, for the reason that grain is scarce there and fish is plentiful.
 In England sheep are known who de- light in snails. The observation of this fact is not new; it dates back one hun dred and fifty years
 1t IS well known that n large number of insectivorous birds become grain eaters whenever they find that they cannot procure their ordinary diet of insects
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STATISTICS FOR IDLY CURIOUS.
Computations on Smoke Puns, Kissos. Ar
 Pressure and PoIiteness.

X German lover of figures has made the following curious calculations, says the Berliner Abend Post: A man smok- ing a pipe of medium size blows out of his mouth for every time he fills the pipe 700 smoke clouds. If he smokes four pipes day for twenty years he blows out %, 40, 900 smoke clouds.
 If two lovers spend four hours to- gcther and the lover takes or receives 200 kisses-low calculatiOn-and each kiss lasts ten seconds, in five years time the lover would have 365, 900 kisses, and their lips would have been united for the space of forty-six days and six hours.
 If the entire population is considered tO be 1,40O, 100000 the brains of this number of human beings would weigh l,022, ,712 tons, or as much as ninety-six ironclads of the ordinary size
 The air pressure on a person of ordi- nary size is thirteen and half tons.
 A man of fifty years of age has in or dinary cases undressed himself ls,85O times, and, of course, dressed himself just as many times,
 EAST LONDON has to get along with S5 gallons of water per day n head, where Hamburg has 33, Toronto 77, New York 100, Chicago 1Io and Wash mgton 155.