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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

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Deducting one-third for the waste In saving,
IL Is estimated that Mt 10 shillings per load the
marketable timber now LrowinG In tho forests
OF western Australia In worth fl24,O 900.
The. area of forest land tabulated above Is prac-
tically identical with tho area OF ireland. Ihe
jarrah and KARI forests are not now looked
upon as n nuisance and u hindrance To settle
ment. as was the case some years ago. Inc
progress of events has entirely changed the
aspect of the timber question. and where in
past years forest areas could be obtained Tor
almost nothing. they are now eagerly sought
after at fair prices. Not less than g,OO0 men
are employed In connection WITH. the various
last year was about 100. 900 loads. represent
Ing q gross value OF over fi0o. 900. II Is assert
ed that by the end OF the century these GUAM
titles will he Increased four or i've fold.
The. annual average va ne OF the thinner I'M
ported into western Australia for the hfe years
value of the timber exports was El0i.1O4. made
up OF, 9T1.687 for jarrat karri. and tunrt, and
the balance for sipdalwood. IL. 1898 the
value OF the timber imports was f45.5S6. and
IF the exports E1l0.O09. The great Increase In
the Imports is accounted for by the unnrecc.
Perth alone. These imported timbcrs are n
necessity. as the indigenous woods are too
hard. too heavy. and comparatively unworkn-
BILE for everyday requirements of works OF con-
struction. and Renee the soft wood have to he
imported. But asst would be imprudont TO
Baltic for supplies of deal tim ner. and rs there
are parts of western Australia upon which the
trees which yield soft timber could he success
fully grown. the Government IL urged TO
forthwith commence the planting OF these eN-
otto trees. such as the common maple. sugar
cut. oak. elm, poplar. lnrch, and various pine
and fir trees.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

Mangoro. Manariara. and Matitanana vegeta-
ton Is rank In Its luxury.
While there are few lakes in the interior. the
water courses are numbered by the hundred.
Every depression seems to have its attendant
flow. of moisture. Alaotra and ltassv arc the
principal lakes. Itassy being a crater lake,
and, the natives say. Alaotra lies in
the country of the Sihanakas. 1t Is about
twenty-five miles long by Ave miles wide. ltRssy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

OF the southwestern division OF the COLONY, al
and so like Jarrah in appearance as TO be not
eAsily distinguish able: Il is hard. heavy. elas-
tic, and tough. and does not dress so easily as
1arrah. For bridge planking, thhtts, spokes'
~felloss, flooring, large plankinR of any sort,
general, wagon work. md beams IL is nn-
cqualled In the colony. karri tiuber Is being
largely exported fer London street. paving, as
its surface ia not easily rendered slippery.
wood. SdniGiii,n cu1nOrino, are nlasscd with jar
rah and karri as purely commercial trees.
The forests OF western Australia are practi-
cally restricted to the southwestern division
OF the colony. The following estimate IL given
OF total acreage an of loads OF ttmbers sum
GENTLY mntured at the present time TO be avail
able for commercial purposes;
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06

periodic winds and of the great ocean currents would be changed; the ocear, beds and the very form of the con tinents would have suffered marked notifications. Even the precision of the equinoxes-that slow wabble of the poles-would be reversed.
 But there is still another factor ta consider-one which we have thus far completely ignored. If we suppose the reversal to be effected by any real force electrical, for instanee-sueh as might conceiyably reverse the motion of a re. volYing wheel--if, in short, we assume power not absolutely miraculous and above all natural law, every atom of matter in the earth would be subjected to such shock and tension that de gree of heat would be generated sufii- cient to fuse and even yaporize the en- tire mass. And obviously, if we admit this, all the rest is either forestalled or absorbed in the greater catastrophe. For on this hypothesis the earth would be brought back to it's original condi- ton as a nebulous agglomeration Of st. per-heated yapors. like these which flame and whirl in fiery eddies upon the ineandeseent surface of the sun, giving rise to the phenomenon of sun spots, "prominences," and the corona" ob- served during an eclipse. In that case aeons of time, a slowly lapsing cycle vastly exceeding that implied in all geologic history would be required to restore the world to it's present hab- itabe state.''
 "There is more science in this thing than I could have believed,s l ex- claimed.
 Gall it the scientific elaboration of D thoroughly unscientifc hypothesis H he concluded.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06

during the heated term. This ugly temper is liable to be communicated through the herd unless each refractory animal is at once removed and isolated. So when any elk shows a disposition to kill everything that comes within his reach, we secure him with ropes and cut off his horns. This renders him less dangerous and takes some of the pride out of him. When he has been placed in the separate inclosure, as < general thing we keep away and let him go without food for several days. Already I have had several ell1s killed by their fellows, who were not taken from the herd in time, and one of my men had his leg broken while in the inclosure experimenting the cutting off of horns.
 "But all the hard trials have on the farm with my strange herd are fully counterbalaneed by the pleasure I take in watching the animals as they grow from tiny calves to be great and power ful. The rapid increase in number is another matter I watch with great in- terest. have not found any deteriora- tion yet in my herd because of in-breed- ing, and think it would be q long time before any bad effects would be noticed. Still, it is always an easy matter to catch young bull calves in the timber belt and add them to the band. This I do each spring.
 "Quite recently I sold four elk to the city of Denver for the city park. But the inclosure fitted up for the animals is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
FARM FOR RAISING ELKs.
Ranch Where These Animals Are Herded Like Cattle.
..r,er Tells How It Is Done-Ordinarily as DociIe as Cows, But Ugly at Times How He Protects
 Their Horns.
fcopYR1eHr. 1ss6.1

oneof the strangest enterprises in the ..untry is an elk farm in Colorado. Few Soonle have ever heard of it. The man r ho took it into his head to start this ,5dest of all odd farms apparently un- Sertook the work more for the love of soino something that no one else would @ oore to attempt than for money making .,,7noses. He has carried out his plans ira quiet, conservative manner, having some fear at first as to his ultimate sue oees But now that there is no longer env question of failure, and Capt. Mar ons Coon has farm with a herd on it that people will go thousands of miles "a see, he has decided to let those who cannot make personal visit know obout it. This he has done in the state ment which follows:
 q own an elk farm. As far as I tnow there is not another such farm in inc world. There may possibly be men who hold elk in captivity, and who keep them for breeding purposes to d
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06

day ?" asked the young woman in Mari. Antoinette nat.
 "Oh, don't speak of it,' groaned the young woman in the brown turban. Ut makes me ill to think of It."
 What on earth is the matter with it2 Didn't it fit, after all Or"
 "It fitted so we'll that I might have known something would happen so couldn't get it. Oh, dear, 1 know I shall be perfectly healthy this year, too. I always am when have to wear an old wrap; nothing will give me even cold in my head. Just let me get q lovely new one, though, and"
 "The mere leaving of the front gates open is enough to give you pneumonia. Yes, I know just how it is myself. But you said you had plan by which you could get that darling jacket, and-"
 "Teaeh my husband lesson at the same timel I know, but somehow 1t failed to work, and it wasn't my fault in the least either. It was this way: Henry makes such fuss over my bills that"
 Already? Why, what will he be after you have been married 20 years?'
 q shan't mind it, then, dear. It's only while you are becoming accus- toned to a thing that it hurts. Well, to get even with him, I make great outcry over his carelessness where his own garments are concerned. Now last winter I got a new wrap and he B new overcoat. When the warm weather came l got lot of moth balls and put my wrap carefully away, not that I meant to wear it this year, but only to call attention to my careful ness. He had just left his coat hang ing in the closet and l was so angry with him just then that I wouldn't re- mind him of it. I saw that could point a moral this fall, so he'd be ashamed to refuse me new wrap for taking such good care of the old one"
 "Oh, begin to see"
 Do you? In the first place asked him for a new jacket, and he said he really couldn't afford one. Of course, I knew that was only talk"
 "Of course it was. Can't afford if to q husband is the Pretty Polly to q parrot, earliest learned, and"
 "Oftenest repeated. I know. Well. cried good deal but he was firm. SC knew I'd have to play my trump card. Next day went and selected the jack ct I wanted. That evening I said: Don't you want your overcoat, dearg He said he believed he would go up and get it, and oh. Laura. the moths had made perfect wreck of itl"
 Serves him right He.
 ''Yes, b-but 1t didn't s-serve me right, at all He--he had felt badly be- cause I cried, and had succeeded in getting the money had asked for. and now-now it will have to 20 for new overcoat for himselfi Oh did you ever hear of anything so selfish ?"-Chi- caqo Times Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
Good Leather Can Now Be Produced il
 Less Than Two DaYs.

Good Leather Can Now Be Produced in
 Less Than Two Days.
 One of the great objections in tanning has always been the enormous time occupied in tue production of really good leather. Hence, inventive talent has for many years been seeking to de- wise means for quickening the process. A method has just been brought into notice for producing good marketable leather in comparatively infnitesimal part of the time involved in the ordi- nary tanning. Leather is made by tanning hides or skins, after being treated with a certain preparation, with different reagents having a base of tannin. This operation used to be carried on exclusively in tubs or pits, where the hides or skins remained for months in contact with solutions of tannin, at first very weak, and then little stronger. Various means of hasten ing the operation were tried, founded either on d species of working or drum ming, or mechanical fulling, in order to reinforce the action of the tannin by constantly renewed contact, or upon the addition of various substances to the tannin solutions to increase their activity, or, lastly, upon the passage of a current of electricity through the mass. So far, tanners, from fear of burning or damaging the hides, have used solutions of tannin altogether too weak, commencing with a strength of, say, one degree, or at most two de-
 
 ly to the maximum of from three de- grees to about four degrees Baume.
 The new process is based upon the simultaneous employment of violent drumming or fulling in solutions of tannin, having a degree of concentra- ton very far above that hitherto same tioned by theory and custom. A bar rel large enough to hold ten or twelve hundredweight of hides, and holding a solution of tannin of about 61s degrees Baume, is rotated on it's axis. It is not necessary to add any other substance or reagent (such as sulphur or other acid, turpentine and the lile), as the highly concentrated solution of tannin acts with great promptness and effect iveness upon the hides. The barrel is rotated at a velocity of about ten revo- lutions per minute. The hides need no preliminary preparation beyond the or dinary unhairing, feshing and securing. From time to time the motion of the barrel is stopped for taking samples of the liquid, which is brought back ac- eording to requirement not only to the initial density, but to a slightly higher stage, by the addition each time of a suitable quantity of concentrated tan- min. So that when the first batch of hides are finished, the solution is ready for the next. The time occupied varies, of course, with the quality and nature of the hides. From two to four hours are sufficient for small hides or skins, such as, for example, those of sheep and the like, and from 20 to 30 hours are needed for the heavy or thick bull or OK hides, with intermediate periods for other hides, such as those of the calf, cow and similar animals. When the skins are removed from the barrel they are ready for the eurrying and finish- ing operations of leather manufacture. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
IF THE EARTH REVERSED
What the Results of This Hypoth-
 esis Would Be.
Scenes Like the Day of Judgment-sensa- tionaf Interview with an Imaginative Ph. D., Who Doesn't Wish to
 Publish His Name.
COPYRIGHT. 1S96.l

lCoPYMGHT. 1S96.l
 Suppose the earth should suddenly be reversed on it's aXis2"
 "What2"
 Suppose the revolution of the earth on it's axis should suddenly be reversed what would nappen?"
 Scenes worthy of the day of iudg- ment," responded the doctor, "only it isn't supposable. Still,' he added, ''it opens a curious field for speculation. Rather interesting"
 The doctor, by the way, is not an NJ. D., but a Ph. D., and his name is not wholly unknown to the public. l am not at liberty. however, to mention it. "Of course, it is interesting" I as- scented. '"rell me all about it-from a scientific point of view"
 He eyed me suspiciously. You mustn't quote me-" he said. "It isn't a scientific proposition. There is no known force that could bring about such a result, and can't afford to have my name associated with such madcap theorizing. Yet, granting the impos- sible assumption. the rest-the neees- sary results-ean be figured out with scientific accuracy. I must admit, such a speculation appeals strongly to the imagination; and if you hold rigidly to the logic of your premises it is not wholly unproftable.
 Give me your ideas," cried, land I promise to respect your reputation Tell me just what would happen"
 "We must first define the assump- tion," he said; just what is reversed. If we mean simply thexsolid earth and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
Quite a Distinction.

"What is the difference between visit and a visitation ?''
 "We1l when your pretty young sister comes to see us. that is a visit When your mamma comes and stays q month.. that is visitation "-N. Y Truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
Truly Wonderful.

''Wonderful man."
 What is there so wonderful about him?"
 "Why, he has a prize dog" ''Yes."
 And he has q record of talking about it for Is minutes without lying" ."--Chi- cago Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
Worse and Worse.

Splutter-Do you suppose it's such a very bad thing to be sarcastic?
 Cutter-Not nearly as bad as to think you are and not be SON. '. Truth
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06

too small; they will get restless in such small space, and regret having part ed with them. They are like children to me, and far more affeetionate than most young people.
 "CAT5T NKRcTrs COON D
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
sELFlsHNEss OF ONE MAN.

After All Her Planning She Failed to Get
 New Wrap.
 "Where is that lovely wrap you were selecting when I saw you the other
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06

HenryR
  In style of the ani symbolic either side Of the the andasc
 na aln e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
Not Rcceipted.

Visitor What delicious cake. Mrs. Dothem Can you give me the receipt? Mrs. Dothem-No; but I can show you the bill.-N Y. Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
THE NEW ARMoRY AT BUFFALO. N. Y.

S sad that this VII be the
 9d the city and when viewed from the lake will look like four either rifle rooms etc ~ -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
Snnftel fnr AII EternltY

Miss I.alzer-I don t care to leave any footprints in the sands of time.
 Miss Baekbay It would be register ing from Chicago. eh9--N. Y. Truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06

GREAT WASHINGTON MONUMENT. CONSTRUCTION PARK, PHILADELPHIA. of 
  s is Iy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06

Suppose the earth should suddenly be reversed on it's axis?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-06
PROGRESS IN TANNING.

''cAPT. MARCUS COON" :"
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-31
Gloucester Fish Market.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING Aug.2s, 1885,
Last sales Shore Mackerel In fshermen's or
aer 10 20 " Dbl for tinker, Ia 90 for medium,
SID Tor large, and 90 for small bullseyes
co. LAST sales OF fresh haiibut lie and &c " fb
Last sales of Georges Cod from vessel So W
ior large and STA for medium; Bank do S2G@
Outside sales Georges cod sshs for large and
Si9s Tor medium; cusk So as.
Il we quote prime Georges Goldfish new So 80
!G6 70 for large and 0Oa$4 90 for small Bank
Zo94 90 for large and S21a6$234 for small /;
Dry Bank at rs and So 70; Shore SIS 90 and
$5Aifor large and small. Newfoundland =.
81 81; haddock-a$l rs; heavy sailed pollock
| qtl.
Best handline homeless Geoges cod &c for me-
dium to TAG large: middles 5oGS9; boneless
Shore do 5@7c; Grand Bank do 6@s18c;c usk,
| ga @61ac haddock 3s4 @4s4 make at 2t2 GA;
| fancy brands of entirely boned cod IL to l6c
| 70 fb; Smoked Halibut. straight strips at lOc
| y ID. extra thick 101a medium SC; small 619
| chunks 11@12c
| large; thinkers $l2 30; bullseyes at So 90; Bay
Mackerel at $40.
Smoked salmon 1sc % fb: Med herring 9a12c
| box: tucks loc: lengthwise SC; No Is at SC;
Bloatrers 9oc@$l. shore 90 at 10: canned
| lobtsers 1 90; clans 95c... American sardines,
| quarter oils, So 75 half oils So SO; three-ouar-
| ter mustards. $2s4, spiced. So.
Large Newfoundland herring 81 30 Dbl. Nova
Scotia large split "a co. mediuml$3 large round
| shore So ;choice layer packed do $31a@$3 70 !;
Extra largeispilt Labrador s. 000S 90.
Picked Goldfish $3G3 so; paddock 8 20: hall.
but heads So; sound So; tongues and sounds
So,
Newfoundland cod oil 2Sc % gal strong oil at
25c ;blacktish do 40c; menhaden do, northern
cured 23c.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-31
Portland and BOothhay Steamboat Co
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Steamer Enterprise

VIII leave East boothbay every Monday at
7,5 a. ,n. for Portland. toucning at South
Bristol. Heron Island. Boothbay Harder and
Squirrel Island.
Tuesdays win leave Franklin Wharf Port
land, at q. NJ. for Pemaquid, touching at
Squirrel island, Boothbay aarbor. Heron
Island, Christmas Cove. South Bristol aud
East Bo0thbay.
Wednssoiays win leave Pemaquid at a, Is
for Portland and above landings.
Thursdays viii leave Portland az 7 a. m for
East Boothbay, touching al Squirrel Isahd
Boothbay Harbor. Heron Island aChristmas
Cove and South Bristol.
Fridays Will leave East Boothbay at us
a, M for Portland, touching at South Bristol
Heron Island, Boothbay Harbor and Squirrel
Island
saturdays will leave Portland ar a. m Tor
East Booth5ay, touching at Squirrel Island.
Boothbay llarbor, Heron Island, y christmas
Cove and South Bristol
Passengers conveyed by team from South
Brlstol. Thursdays and Saturdays passengers
tofeemaquid conveyed by ferry nom South
Bristol.
Connecting every trip at Boothbay Harbog
with STEAMER SILVER STAR for New Har-
Dor, Round Pond, Friendship, Port Clyde,
Tenants Harbor, Spruce head, Rockland,
Vinalbaven, Hurricane, Green's Landing,
Swan Island, Castine, BROOKLYN, Suvray, 5.
W. Harbor and Bar Harbor.
ALFRED RACE, Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-31
STEAMERS.
PresumpsCot River Steamboat Co.
STEAMER SANTA MARIA

Will leave Cumberland Mills, foot Of Warren
Avenue, daily. Sundays included, as foil ows:
For Prides Bridge, Riyerton Park, West Fal-
mouth, Lower Falls and Pleasant Hill, at 10 a.
NJ and 2 p. m.
To make close connection with this Steamer
take Westorook Electrics leaving Head of
Preble ST., Portland at 9.10 a. m. and ITO p.
N.
Leave Riverton Park for all landings down
river at 1890 a. H., 2.30 4.30 p. m.
To make close connections with Steamer at
Riverton Park, take Deering or RiYerten Elec-
tries leaving Head OF PrebIe st. at $50 a. H.,
1.30 and $50 p. m.
RETURNING -
Leave Lower Falls, or Pleasant Hill, at 80
a. m $50 and $50 p. m.
Leave Riverton for Cumberland Mills at
L. 90 M, 800 p. IN.
Every Thursday and SATURDAY evenings, the
Steamer santa Maria will leave Cumberland
Mills for Riverton Park at 7.3O o'clock, return
ing al close OF Entertainment.
Steamers can be chartered for evening sails
OF low rates.
ie3odtf C. L. GoODRIDGE Manager
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-31
FREEp0RT AND FALMOUTH FORESIDE.
STEAMERS FOR
HarpSWell Center, Free
port, Chebeague, Fall
mouth ForeSide and
Diamond Island.
On and after Monday, Aug. II,

On ana after Monday, Aug. II,
| stmrs Madeleine, Phantom and Alice,
Portland Pier.
Summer Time Table-Leave Portland.
For Diamond Island at 5.45, TOO, 9.O5 q.
NJ, 1910, 200. 40, 500, 6.1o p. m.
Retu al : Lea Diamond Island, $50. 7.2o,
For Falmouth 5.45, 900 a. M. IL 10, 200,
| 500. 6.10 p. m.
Return-Leave Falmouth, 600, TAO a. NJ,
For Princes Point, 5.45, 900 a. NJ, 200. Clio
l. p. m.
Return-Leave Princes Point, 7.eo a. M,
For ChAbeague, $50 a. m.,- 200, 800 p. m.
Sunset Landing $50 a. nj.
Retufn-Leave Chebeague 6.55 a. M. 100,
$685., 800 p m. Sunset Landing, 7.2o a. M,
For Cousins and Littleiohn's Islands, 900
$50 a. M. 200, 5 .o0p. m.
lands, 7.o5 a: M. 1886, 200, sos p m.
For Freeport. 100, 1890 a. M. p 90. 500 p. m.
pe W0lis Neck sens 800 Co.. 1920 a M
sail los a. M, s~1 80, **4. 90 D. m.
For Bustins Island, 900, $50 a. M, 2.Oo 500
Return-Leave Bustin's Island-6.05 *1l15
a. M, 100. $50 p. m.
For Harpswell Centre and Mere Point, 800 a.
m. 5. 90 D. m.
Return-Leavr Harpswell Centre and Mere
Point, $50, 11.5O a. m.
For Mackworth's Island, 5.45, 800 NJ, 200.
o.OO p. m.
Return-Leave Mackworth'S Island, SIS q
H.. $3.50 D. m.
| Sunday Time Table Leave Portland.
For Diamond Island, 1000 a. M; return $50
p. IN.
For Falmouth Cousins, Littlejohn's and Free.
port 1000 a. M. 2.1O p. IN. For Bustin's
Island and Harpswel Centre, 1000 a. IN.
Keturn-Leave Falmouth Foreside. 1890,
800 p. NJ, Freeport l.15 a. m, 400 p. m.
Harpswell Centre $40 p. m. and Bustin's
$50 +. m.
Leave Freeport for Bustin's Island and Harps-
well Centre lib a. IN.
Return--Leave Harpswell Centre, $40 p. m.
| *Via Harpswell Center.
mot run in stormy weather.
| tPorter's Landing.
A*Signal Steamer
| SVia Freeport.
Carriage connection with all steamers for
FreepOrt Corner.
Unavoidable delays excepted and subject to
i. r. NORTON, Manager.
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