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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-02-17
Seratftet.

9lm IA. Sebruar, als NsburD Sop=
Ter in Mlbpale auf Iein Sriibltiif mar
tete, brahte inn feline Srau elm @las
@ein uno foroerte ibn auf, benlelben 81
trinten. GDnler srtldrte, er perlanae
feinen Mein, bod lie CAB nibt na6 uno
als er Den g8ein gum stpeiten Male su=
riifpies. iaste tie: n9u tbult aub gar
nihts, mas ih bon Dir perlanse !"
I'm ibr einen @efallen gu tbun, erariff
Sotpler nun oas 8las uno leerte oas=
ielbe biz auf einen tleinen Ref, aber
taum batte er es setrlnten, 10 fiiblte er
ein f1arfes, brennenoes @efiibl unD
iofort ltellten iib Sdmer3en in isinen
gingeipeioen elm, Die linn unidslibe
gein berurIa9ten. gr rief nun Dem
Sienitmaohen, Silla &auifman. lie
iolle einen Nrst bolen nno ben &eit oes
Weines CUR Settle ftelen, oamit Der
OOttor oenielben ieben tonne. 3usleib
beiduloi9te er iein Weib. i'm persiftet
su baben. Das Oienitmdo6en sing
Dor bas 9aus uno ianote einen Na1=
bar nod oem Sottor Goipler folste
ibr, unb lpdbreno er bic 0dnoe aeoen
Ieinen Masen belt. rannte er ipie be-
ieIien UNI bas Saus. llnterbeHen leerte
6rau Gotpler oas Meinelas, inoem 1ie
Den &eIt tuesmarf, ,lno trodnete bas=
ielbe. Nun tanl 9r. Trance bon Mlio=
bale uno balb oarauf Sr. Qenberlbot
BON Nem philadelphia uno bic beioen
Doftoren beriu1ten bem 2eibenben Sc
eenaifte einauaeben, aber obne grfola.
9ie Grau iaste. tie babe ibrem Mam,e
bloben Wein gegeben, uno erfldrte, es
lei feline Gauge i'm 0auie unb bod
wurbe auf benz Gii9eni1ranf ton3ent=
rirte 2auqe 9efunoen.
Gomler iagt, feline Jrau lei obne
Gruno eiferfiidtig aepeien unb 1T oies
Der ein3i9e @rnnb, ben man fir ibr
Gebabren finben fann.
Wan min bic Srau entiduIbiaen,
inbem man au ibren @unifen Ia9t, lie
lei felt ibrem WoGenbett. brei Wo9en
Dor Der trauri9en Shat. geifig beoriidt
|9epeien unb lei baber nidt perantport-
lid fir lire 6anbllingen.
Na6 ben lebten Neridten lit Jotplsr
ettpas belIer uno III cine M0eli9feit,
|oaB er nit oem 2eben babon fommt.
=
NbDnnirf nuf hfn Nenhndbfrr.
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Wie lit Dies.

gDir besablen bunoert Dollars Be-
!ohnung fiir jeoen Sall bon @atarrb.
Der niht ourd 9aa's Gatarrb Gure ge=
beilt tperben fann.
s. s. Gbenep & Co.. props.. 5oie-
Do, 8. Wir, Die llnterSeibneten, boz
ben s. 5. @benep ieit Den lebten Is
Sabren gefannt uno glauben, er lei in
allen ieinen 9eihdftlidsn uno finansiel-
len 3ransaftionen burhaus ebrlih unb
IN Stanoe, allen bon ibm eingegange=
men Yerbinolihteiten nahsutommen.
Wel & 9ruar, Mboleidle Druaailfs,
9olebo, g., Waloing, Ginnan & Mar-
pin, Mboleiale Orusailts. 3olebo, s..
0al's @atarrb Cure nirb inmenbig
genomlnen unb pirft oirett aui bas
ylnt uno bic idleinliae Gberfatbe bes
Gpifems. Yreis IS Gents per 6laihe.
TertauIt In allen Npothefeu. 3eno=
nilie frei. II
Eis As llniensltaaten iinh nit ge~
aen $500 Weiebetbern aeIegnet, mpbon
aeasil $500 Hepublitouer mo eeeeu
3tNO Iemptsotes, IL. i. 10. iinh. 9ei.
Der cntiprilbt Der Guantitat ilidt iiber-
oil and) bic Guaiitdt.
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Gin "beruntergefo gefommenes''
iibermiibetes, iunses Weib,
bos ibsr @iidenfbmer3en,
&opfipeb, Nppetitperluff.

uuBeIFe NOgeIpQHUt
belt nast uilb erfldrt,
ihr Jet Mues ems, To
nennmal mnter 3ebn>
nal eine Erau, bic an
rSrauen -.
llnregelmdbi9feit
ober St0rnng BET
6unftionen Der ipe-
Steu ipeibliden Sr<
game leibet. Sehr
hdufig treiben &C.
bdrmutterlh rlhmer5en
0ie Mermftp her WeYs
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lSt Ihr

Blut rein? uebergehen Sic desc Frage NIGHT
init elmer ausweichenden Antwort. Sic meint
viel fir Jhre Gesundheit Jhr Gliick, Jhren Frie-
den. Wenn Jhr Blut rein list sind Sic stark kraftg,
lebensvoll und ehrgeizig; Jhre Nerven sind in
gutem Zustande. Sic brauchen wenig Furcht
v0r Krankheit zu haben wenn Jhr
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&mr5e Notisett.
anIans.

anIans.
Sn &odforo, Su., bat gbas. Oouna,
Goh bes 0meriean Sotels, bic 6rau
bes 0otelbelibers tobtlid unb SRI. Mnna
Weiienburg, auf Die er eiferiii9tie par,
9efdbrli9 bertpunbet.
yei Mansfelo, Scott gountn, Nrt.,
bat elm Sramp Elm l0jdbrises Mdbben
mibbraudt uno oaKelbe alsoann er=
idoiien.
Sn Nlasta Iinb ueue, rel9e @olbla=
ger entoedt ipproen.
Ser Stablidienen ppol lit suIam-
men 9ebrohen uno Der Preis Der S1ie=
men bon $26 auf $18 per Sonne ee=
fallen.
gei Der grplolion zines 9ampffeHels
in Der Sdsemiible bon @prid Bros,
Wtagnolia, Qrf.. tamen suei Mdnner
um's 2eben, ,Dmdbrenb ieds anoere gum
She'll i6tuer berlebt puroen.
Sn Plano, Seras, tpuroe Der 8e=
lbdftstbeil Der Staot burb Seuer aer=
Hort. Sdaoen 500, 900.
Oas Stdbtden Mars, 3d., 1T erob=
tentbeils ourb sseuer aeritort tporoen.
Ser Srt bat 800 ginipobner.
Die 3nbl Der Banferotte betrua in
oer perfloRenen @ode 267 9egeu 32l
i'm leBten Sabre.
Sn Saltsburg, 3d., 3lpang Elm 6ar=
bigger einen Banftaiiier, ihm $400 aus=
auhdnoisen. Ser &duber puroe per=
fOl9t uno oerbaftet.
Sic Merdants National 8anf in
9elena, Wont., bat ibre Sbiiren ae=
idlOlien.
Sci Worian, Wo., i1t General 8. $.
Sbelbp an Der 2unsensnt,Gnoung ge=
itorben.
Musldrr-
Ser britiide Oamcic. ,GaOonus"
9ing bel lllbante, SrQntreih, unter,
nobel 20 WatrOien umfar,n.
9as ensliI6e garlamert fat cine
8orIa9e, oerSufolee Die @irtbidaften
Sonntags aans aeIbloHen bisiben ipl=
len, nit GROCER Mebrbeit pertuorfen.
Sianor Mianlio Gari6aloi, Gin Sobu
oes beriibmten SSreii6dlers, 1T auf Der
Tabrt na6 DEN Ser. Staoten beeriIfen,
no ct einen lGn9eren 2lufentbalt gu nla=
den gebentt,
Nuf Den pbilippinen tuouen Die Spa=
nier Die Nufitdnoilhen in mebreren
5refen pOlig geidlaeen babeu.
Geutlde Sbitsii6ter lino iiber Die
3unabme Der ginfubr bon ameritani=
i6en slepfein beunrubiSt.
2ebte @o0e fano I'M etaate Iera
Gau1 Merito, Elm @robeben itatt.
9ie ytadribten ppn Greta lauten
INNER erniter. IS beiBt, oaB bic
Mdhte Die Slblidt boben, Die Suiel gu
beleben.
Sie Wahri9ten iiber bas geiinoen
oes ruIliiden 3aren lauten imme,
id)limmer. @r leioet an epileptiider
Nnfdllen.
yei einem Vranoe. Der in Voien in
Der Wobnung zines Gutibers Mamen;
Shilling ausbrah. baben orei bon oeI=
len 3inoern einen qualpolen SOB se.
| funoen.
Sn Sripoli brang Elm mubamebani=
lber W}ob in Die Spnagoge uno pliin.
berte bieielbe.
Sn. Stinoien iino iebt 2.750.00(
perinnen an ben Neutrality-suspicious.
beibdftiat.
2orrin u. Sburfon. Der ebentalie,
hapaiiihe 8eianote in Maibinston.
reilte beute nah Sun 6rancisco ab.
| Sin Gries stpiiden Der 9iirfei uni
@riedenlanb ibeint unbernleioli9.
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NbOunirt auf ben 8eobanter.
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Eubanitdte 8onos.

IS beibt baB cubaniitbe Bombs i'm
Vetrase BON mebr als SIS, 900, 900
in aaer Stille aus9e9eben uno in ben
lebten ap0lf Monaten in ben Ser.
Staaten unb i'm 9luslano unteroe=
braAt morben ieien.
9ie cubanilAe Sunta bat BEL bem
8ertanf oieier Yapiere arobe Wor1idt
walten lanen. ba man iid bis Dor
Gur3em ourhaus niht tlar bariiber
ipar, Ob es nidt cine @erlebuna bes
80lferrehts lei. 8onos Der Republif
bon Gnba ausSugebeu. gfahDem aber
nun feltgeitent tDoroen, baB bas 0orses
ben ouraaus seieblih 1T uno in feiner
Weiie perbinbert iperoen tann, weroen
bic Bombs bemnddn in alien groBeren
@tdbten in @uropa uno in Den Ser.
Staaten gum Yerfauf aussebnten tper=
Den.
Dieie Bombs iino sebn Sabre nah
Der Rdumung bon Cuba ieitens Der
Spanier in @olo 3ablbar. Ser preis,
Der oafiir be5ablt tpiro, i1t elm b0hlt
unaleidmdbiger. ginise Der Bombs
hoben big 81 81 9ebrabt, perldnet miro
so gents am Eolldr.
9luber oielen Bombs iinb eine 9n3abl
ipertbDoller Ron3eiiionen mrtouit por-
ben. ipie 3ollperaiinifiauneen, lRinen=
Ron5eIiionen etc. Qllle nieie Gonael=
fionen iino natiirIih BON Der su erIan-
9enoen unabbdnai9teit @uba's ab6dns
|sia.
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: Die Wisconlin poo i5eaolps 2ife
Sniuronce Co.. bic i'm Sabre 1869
oraanilirt purbe. bat sine giaentbnms-
iibtrtragufa AZ Guniten ibrer @!dubi-
Ger an Sobn s. Gulton bon Mbitcpater
uor9enDmrltll. W1brenb bes lebten
Jdbres iinb mebr ais 5000 MitaIieber
ansaetreten nno oies hotte sur isolae.
bdb oie aompdAnie bic idlliaen gerli.
6erunasgtlDer ilibt mebr ollsbe3ablen
fOnntf.
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DIR. Yterce'S ''Favorite
Prescription" genours
men babe. SIM @ansen
babe i'd fiinf 61aiden
bon genommeu. als tb
bamit altfius, bate i6
aue Soffnuns aufseses
ben, ietttals beHer 3u
tperben; aber i9 bin
@ott banfbar NIB
sliidlid barber, baB
ib barauf arlfmertfam
gentaht turroe. S6
litt on Seufung ber
SHUTTER unb 3ebrenoem
SEI,Y6 Soy SoIoa nt,,ar
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spei1nns tn bic Irme !; Die gep6bnliditen
Spnlptonne fub Sdlafloisfeit, Nerpoiitdf,
nerpoie @rifopfnns, OlumadtSanfdne,
Shtpiubel, iibergrobe Nei3barieit uno Bers
bauungsbeidperoeu. Sn alien Edllen BON
llnreselmdbisteit ober ausbleiben Der n,os
natlthen Yeriobe unb tn allen ourh 6rtlid1e
llriahen entifanbenen gecrpenfranfbeiten
iutrb Sbnen DR.. 9ierce's "Favorite Pre-
scription" tuieber slr poufominenen @es
fun6beit perbelfen. Mn bic 9teue Der Grs
fdDpfung ilnb beS nieber,tebenben @efIbls
I'm unterleib bringt eS Woblbebaeen unb
Spauntraft. Sir tilnae, on rllnreeelmdbig<
fett" leibenbe, 5arte NdbheI, fiir bic bart
arbeitenbe Srau, tpeld)e on fatarrbaliifer
Shleimbautent,i ,iinoIng ber bisireten Dr.
game leibet, bic ben gan3eu &0rper ihmdd3t
nnb erid0pft, giebt es feine bon ireenb einsm
Nrst perorbuete Meoi5in, bic iid) nit Der bon
DR.. Yierce perihriebenen meIien f0nnte.
Seit LANCER als breibig Sabren bat DR.. 81.
8. Yierce, foniultirenSer Gbefar3t bes ,Sn.
palibs' 9otcl ano Sursical Smititute" tn
Buffalo, N. g., fein "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" bel 8ebanblung bon Sranenfranfbei.
ten, bic ieine Specialttdt fnb, gebramdt,
uno In aftunbneun,ig bon bunbert ssdueu
bat Ct bieie 3ranfbeiteu turirt.
5rau Sobn M. Goniltn bon Batter.
fon, gntnam Co., N. g., idreibt:
sd erfreue mid b o III o m m emer @e.
fnnbheit, feitoem i'd bic lette Tlaide bon
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Gine eigcntDiimlid,e Wbnuta
nnD ibr gliiGli6es
Gintreifen.

9aB mande 2eute su 3eiten Elm oe=
wllies inneres Sswubtisin poer cine
abnuns uon greisnillsn buben, tpel1e
h6 ipGter ereigneu, lit beinabe cine an=
ertannte Sbotiube /; es 1T oieies zines
Der unertlarliden @sbeimniNe Der Ma=
tur.
Ser iolaeube San, tpel6er bon
6errn &arl Sartbols. pewontse, Wis.,
in einen S6reiben bonn |. 9esember
er5ablt miro, gibt bierSu cine treffenpe
Suultration.
vSu Der ueberseugung, oaB S6nen
mein 8rief 8erenii9en bereiten wiro,
iAreibe ib an sic. Sic meroen li6
oielleidt erinnern, oab i1 sic Dor eini=
ger 3eit bat ourd Sbren @genten in
SeutIblanb meiner Sblpslier, 5rau
Wm. 6einfe IN Wilotubr. Meflen-
bnrs=Sdmerin, feds sroBe 6loiben
alpentrduter 8lutbeleber ibiden gu
laHen. Soeben erbielt idb einen Srief
BON ibr, porin lie mir mittbeilt, boB
Iie ourh 4 Glaibsn bes 9llpenfrduter
Slutbeleber pollfpmmen tpieoer beroe=
teQt moroen iei. sic fdrieb, oaB ibr
Wortc Ieblen ibre 1reuoe iibsr ibre
9eiluns. pelde ourh Sbre quite Nrsnei
betpirtt murbe, aussuoriiden. sic
mar felt uieraebn Sabrsn leioeno UNI
lpdbreno Der lebten Sabre unIdbig ibr
gett sll oeriahen. ylle SoIfnuna auf
MieoerberHellung ibrer @eiunbheit
puroe aufaeseben, ME i'd ben Yrieien
entnabm.
llno bic llmitanoe, melde au oielem
&eiultate fiibrten. iinb hobf wunoer=
barer Natur. 9urh einen 3ufall er=
belt id Elm gremplar Sbres Ylattes
nno auf einnal. als id es burhlas,
fam elm Gefiibi, ia i6 m0hte faIt ia
gen bic ueberseuauns ilber mid, ,Nl=
penfrduter 8lutbeleber lpirb oeiner
Ghmelter belfen." SD folate oieler
ginsebln9 unb tuie sic aus Noriteben-
oem erieben, aing meine Norabnune
in Grfiilluna. Sd balte es baber fir
iilelist plltWI SgHeH OieltH Edu lnlI=
5utbeilen.
640n trfunben ipenn niht pabr
lit bic Dlelbuna. oaB IN Snoiana ein
Varttraber fiir ein staatsaeisb aaitiri,
bas cine gartiteuer bespeft. ,odmit
| niht nur bic Gtaatsihufoen perminDert
lDerben. ionoern aud bas garbierae-
iperbe lohneiloer aeinadt ipi,b." 2eus
te. bic Wafen= pber Hinnbdris fultipis
ren, foilen fir oieien gurus sebn Tol=
lars per sSahr besahlen miiiien ;
Shnurrbiirte iino itsuetfrei. Wesbalh
10 umitdnplid Iic @ill iolIte eiaents
lib lauten gllle. Die fid nidt raEeren
|l1Ien. sablen sl0 Stsncr. Rinber unb
Drauen Ole Ddlits.
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UfHBt UtI OUI8t tTIItI
Seblgeburt; ib mar fcbr fdipah, ais td
anfns, Sbre Weoi;iuen 3u oebrauhen. SIM 9au;ert
babe th funf ben oaoou 9ebraudt, spei Ia
vorite Prescription" uuo brci Golden Medical
Discovery, uno fibIe mid ieisbem, tuie seiast,
tpie ueugeboren."
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reiches, rothes Blut. Es wird ErmHdung be-
wxltigen, Appetit verursachen, sassen, erfri-
schenden Schlaf geben und Sic stark machen.
Es wird Sic starken und befahigen den schwx-
chenden Wirkungen des warmen oder veran-
derlichen Wetters zu widerstehen. Jst dieses
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lslut

zu sehen OBJ Jhr Blut rein ist und um linn
wirksame Kraft und die fir das Leben erfor-
derlichen Eigenschaften mitzuthelen, kommt
NIGHTS Hoods Sarsaparilla gleich. Es macht
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25
Measuring Earthquake Displace-
ments-Results of Some Recent
Scientific Surveys.

A remarka BILE series of experiments is
being carried on by the military geo
graphical institute of Vienna, with a
view to determining the physical
changes which earthquakes cause on
the surface of the earth. il is the idea
of scientists that popular fancy always
very much magnifled the actual dis
placements caused by the upheavals
Descriptions Of terrestrial quiverings
have made houses rock to and fro like
the swaying of a ships masts, and trees
snap IKE foresterS in the path of a
sweeping cyclone. The terror of man is
largely coincident with this conception
"a conception which seemingly no
. amount of experience can alter. Yet il
is well known that in a very large num-
Der OF destructive earthquakes the
movement, either lateral or vertical,
IS not more and frequently less than an
inch, although the general or commune
Gated expression may amount to an
enormous disturbance. This was the
case with the earthquake of the Ri
viera in 1886. and also with the up
heaval which in 1888 destroyed the town
Of Casamiccioiia, on the island of Is
CHA.
It is. however. known that in some
instances the movement has been much
more pronounced, and that permanent
disDlacements of level OF a few feet
have followed the seismic disturbance.
In order to bring positive acts to bear
upon this important question in terres-
trial physics, the military geographical
institute of Vienna has reDeated
number of dwellings, in districts in Aus
tria which have been affected by earth
quakes, and the region of Agram, in
Croatia. is that which is now receiving
the attention of the Austrian engineers
The materisl IS in the hands of Lieu
tenant Colonel Franz Eehri, and the
data shortly 10 be published, it is
claimed, are of an extremely interest
ing nature. Herr 4. WeiXler. an as
sistant al the institute, has worked out
comparison OF four trigonometrically
fixed points in the same region, consti-
tuted in the years 1916. 1855 and 1856
the towers Of the Domkirche and Mark
uskirche IL AGram, the tower of St.
Martins church in the village of Du-
goselo. and a bench mark on the Size
men mountains. 3.400 feet Highland
has found as the result of his dwellings
values OF horizontal displacements
ranging from IL to s. feet; the height
of the Domkirche. calculated from sea
level was in 1916, 4s5.1 feet; in 1855, 1854
feet. and in 1886. 4409 feet The position
for the present year is not yet stated.
These observations make clear how lit
tie reliance can be placed, through ex-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25
AN EYE PHILANTHRoPIST.
He Seeks and Relieves People Who
Have Got Dirt in Their Eeves.

Chicago Tribune: A man was walking
along State street recently with a
handkerchief up TO his eye when a
brisk looking citizen stepped up to him
and said:
Whats the matter? Got something
in it?''
Yes. and it hurts like sixty" replied
the other.
Let me look at it,
He backed the sufferer up against a
building, whipped out magnifyfng
glass and proceeded to inspect the in
famed optic.
Il see it," he said. It's little black
speck. Hold still"
Taking a silk handkerchief from his
pocket he wrapped a corner of it
around his finger and drew it rapidly
across the ball of the eye. just below
the pupil.
There it is" he said. holding the
offending particle W for inspection
Say, old fellow. whoever you are,
I'm awfully grateful to you. You don't
know how much you have
Yes. / do. / know all about it, and
don't want any of your thanks. Get
ting a chance to do this kind of work
now and then is all that recenciles me
to living here in March. Morning.
And he vanished around the corner.
leaving the object of his somewhat
spfteful philanthropy gasping his
thanks to the unresponsive atmosphere
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25

characteristic of this fauna is the large
number OF blind or partially blind
forms. some in which the entire optical
apparatus has disappeared. and 9TH
ers in which the optic nerve. or the
retina, or the eye organ may have be-
come individually atroDhied, with the
retention of other parts of the visual
organ. Again. it is remarkable cir
cumstance that blindness is in some in
stances restricted to the individuals of
a species belonging to one sex only,
either male or female, curicusly not at
fecting both sexes alike. A second char
acteristic of the animals of the cave
fauna is the development among the
blind forms of special tactile filaments
or organs. which in a measure compen-
safe for the loss of what is TO most ami
mails so necessary an organ as the eye;
and third, there is a tendency TO more
or less complete obliteration of body
pigments. the animals appearing trans
lucent, white, gray and some generally
sOrnber lue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25
A MONSTER GEM.
Star Sapphire of Remarkable Size
and Beauty.

New York Times: There is now on
exhibition in London a gem of such re-
markable size and beauty that royal
and other millionaireS are really quite
excited about it, and await with anxiety
the inevitable day when one of thier
number Will enrage the rest and seri-
ously deplete his own bank account by
purchasing the dreadfully attractive
bit of stone. To mineralogists. the
jewel is simply a fine specimen of
corundum; for others ii is a star
sapphire whose twin may exist in the
mines of Ceylon. where this one came
from, but as the like has never been
seen before the chances of duplication
are regarded as decidedly small As
precious stones go. this sapphire is
a monster. being five inches in circum-
ference and Weighing $40 carats, as
against log for the Koh-i-noor, 136 for
the Regent diamond, and 1874 for the
Orloff. The stone, which is said to be
fiawless, is almost in it's natural state,
not cut in facets. but polished Zen
cabochon," to use the lapidary's term.
It's shape is that of an irregular cone,
rounded at the top. The color is pale
blue, clouded with a delicate white
mist, or fieecinesS. When lighted from
above, six quivering. ever-restless rays
meet at the apex, a characteristic
which gives this variety of sapphire
its name One observer describes the
gem as looking like the pole of wa
terry blue globe. with varying lines OF
longitude shooting out in silken flames
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toward a mythical equator at it's base.
When a light is placed on each side of
it, three distinct stars appear. which
change with the movements of the il
luminants. The star sapphire is
claimed 10 be impossible of imitation.
and is next in hardness to the diamond.
The ancients ascribed to these stones
the power of bringing good luck, and
there is legend that Helen of Troy
owed her conquests as much to the pos
session of a star sapphire as to the ce-
lestial brightness of her ewes.
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FACTS FROM FAR AND NEAR.

The finished portion of the new con-
gressional library at Washington has
about "A miles of shelving which will
| accommodate over 100000 volumes.
| The ultimate capacity of the building
for books will be upward of $500. 900
volumes, or nearly 100 miles of shelly
ing.
! It is calculated that fluent speaker
utters between 1000 and 900 words in
I the course of an hours uninterrupted
speaking; many orators of more than
usually rapid utterance will reach
5000. and even 5000; but lbs words a
minute, or $500 an hour, is a fair
average.
The longest commercial distance at
which the long distance telephone is
now operated is from Boston to St.
Louis. a distance of 400 miles. This
line is more than twice as long as any
in Europe.
There are seventeen metals more val
liable than gold, viz: Iridium, valued
at ESQ per pound troy; gallium, SIS:
rhodium. 9S5; Osmium, s120; ruthen-
ium, &200; palladium, about 9216; ba-
rum, $3.50; didymium, $500; cerium
e525; yttrium, e630; strontium, $50;
calcium, 9700: glucinum, ESQ: lithium
l,OSO; chromium, s1.115; rubidium,
81, 400; vanadium, e1,725.
1t has been estimated that an oak
of average size, during the five months
1t is in leaf every year, sucks up from
the earth about 123 tons of water
The theaters IN Japan have a novel
method of pass-out tickets. which are
positively not transferable. When a
person wishes to leave the theater be-
fore the close of the performance, with
the intention of returning, he goes to
the doorkeeper and holds out his right
hand. The doorkeeper then, with
rubber stamp. imprints on the palm the
mark of the establishment.