The National tribune., 1896-07-02
TRIBU ETS.

new industry is the manufacture OF glass
tombstones or tombgIasses." as the company
prefers to call them. The idea originated with
Matthias Pepper, of Ford City, Pa. who is
assistant superintendent of large glass fac
tory. This making some extra thick glass
for the bull's-eyes Of large ocean.going vessels.
and it occurred to him to make a monument
to his mother out OF sheet Of this, one inch
thick, 10 inches wide, and four feet high. The
inscription is handsomely done by the sand
blast process. The monument was so satisfac-
tory in every way that company has been
organized to manufacture them. They can be
furnished cheaper than MARBLE and they and
inscriptions upon them are practically inde-
structible.
OF the 26.890 Italian males who arrived in
this country for the year ended June 30 1895,
81 600, or four out of five, had no trade. OF
the remainder, the largest number-1, 926-
were farmers, and the next greatest number
732-were shoemakers.
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Boston Herald: They call this Hanna Domini
1896.
Philadelphia North american: The Silver
men seem to have been the small change of the
Convention.
Though scientific meteorulogists declare that
it is utter impossibility, at the present stage
OF the science, to predict the weather for longer
than eight days in advance, aImanacs which
profess to give the weather for every day in
the year find an immense sale, not only in this
country, but all over Europe.
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To make the black skin of the negro three
things are necessary-great heat strong light,
and high humidity OF the atmosphere. The
blacklist inhabitants Of Africa live in Guinea,
where it is very hot and the rain is abundant.
In the arid portion of the continent the people
have red skins.
In the 18th century. when the English
laborer received but IL cents week wages, a
copy of the Bible'cost $3.50.
IN CHICAGO.
Mrs Wabashaw: o, my. the paper says that
Burns-Jones is dead. / must go into mourning.
a
band.
Mrs Prauear: Which one, dear; third or
fourthg
Mrs. Wabasha: Third.
Mrs. Praniear: o, so far back as that. Well,
think it III be enough if you leave off tan
shoes for week, and wear only black ones.
A German paper contains this ADVERTISE
ment: Any person who can prove that my
tapioca contains anything injurious to health
will have three boxes sent to him free of
charge"
indianapolis Journal: Nerve" said the
enthusiastic man, "Jerroid has the most nerve
l ever knew Que man to carry. What do you
think he did while the doctors were saving
his leg OFF," "Givc it up" said the man who
was listening with one ear, and watching for
the car with both eyes. "He lay there and
sang Just Tell Them That You Saw Me-
that's what he did"
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Sir William Hersehel performed a really
great achievements when he constructed tele-
scope which would show stars so distant that
it takes their light $4,000 years to reach the
earth. But now. a-days we have instruments
that will penetrate 10 times farther into space
than his would, and show us stars the light
of which is 100000 years in reaching this
world. 1t is now believed that the limit of
dreet.seeing telescopes has been reached, for
the reason that though lenses may be made
much larger they must also be made thicker
in proportion to their size. and they will thus
absorb so much more light that there will be
no advantage gained from their size. The
hope of astronomers is in rejecting telescopes,
since larger refectors will not absorb such