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and Philadelphia.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

tschedule n effect January Is. 1S97D
All trains arrive and leave Penns ylvanis
Passenger station
q. m.-DaHy. local for Danville, Char
Iotte and way stations, connects at ManaS-
sas for Strasburg, II HarriSonburg, aid
way stations, daily. except sunday. ard
at Lynchburg with the Norfolk Ind West
ern. daily and with the chesapeake and
OHIO daily, for the Natural Bridge and
Ills m.-Dany. the UNITED STATES
East NAL Aaz SorK [es and 1lan Wasanr bH1IsS 20
Jacksonville uniting al Salisbury with
Pullman Sleeper for Asheville and Hot
Springs " C., Knoxville and Chattanooga,
Trnu and at Charlotte with Pullman
SIeeuer for Augusta, Pullman Buffet Sleep
er New York TO New Orleans, connecting
az Atlanta iGr hift.. {.. anu NSsia N,
Orleans without change Sunset personally
Conducted tourist excursion through sleeper
on tins train every saturday TO San ran
CISCO without change
4:OI D. m--LOcaIfOr Front Royal, Stras-
burg and HarrIsOnburg, daily, except sun
81 D. m.-paiIy. local for CharlotJes-
ESQ n m.-paiIT. except Sunday, NEW
YORK AND FLORIDA LIMITED, Pullman
Vestibuicd Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars.
Observation and Compartment Cars, New
York to Jacksonville and st. Augustine
Also tuIIUIan sleeping Car New York 70
Augusta with connection Tor Aiken.
kj:43 d. nI--Dailyt NAShlNGION AND
SOITHN ESTERN, Y ES IlBJLED, LINZ
ITSFD ,.uTnDOSed OF Pullman Vc.;tibuled
sireners dining cars and day coaches.
I1IJIIirIn sleepers New York 10 Nash
vile. Tenn via ASheyille, Knoxville
and Chattanooga; New York 70 Tampa,
Ma thartOtte, Columbia, Savannah and
JacksonvilIe. and New York TO Mem
UbIS, VA Birmingham, New YORK 10 New
Orleans via Atlanta and Montgomery
VestfbTiled day coach Washington 10 At
la.ta. Southern Railway dining car, Green's
bOro To Montgomery.
TRAINS On WASHINGTON AND OHIO
DIVISION leave Washington 9.D1 a. IL
CaiIy anu 4.45 p. III daily, except Sun
day and Go p. IN sunday only Tor
Round IiIil. ~ p III OaHy, except sun
day, for Leesburg, and 6-25 p IN. daily for
herndon Returning, arrive at WaShinG-
ton S:26 a. III. and 500 p IN. daily from
Round Hill and T.O6 a m- daily. except
SUNDAY 1rom HerndOn. and S.34 a. IA
daffy except sunday from Leesburg
Through trains from the South arrive at
Washington 6.42 q, m, 2-2O p. m, and
$3.50 p IN daily, and 9.45 a. M daily eX-
cept Monday HarrIsOnhurg, 1910 ID.
m, and $40 p. IN. dalIy, except sunday,
and 5 80 q. H., daily, from CharlOttesviIle.
Tickets, sleeping car reservation, and In
formation furnished at offices, 5ll and
13OU PennS yiv ania avenue and at PennSy<
yania Railroad Passenger station.
w. III. GREEN, ten. Supr.
j. M "a LIZ, Iraffic Manager.
w. A. IT. Rk, Gen. Pass. Agent
l.. 5. Browns Gen. Agt. Pass. Depp
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> AlTIMORE ~
. AND OHM
RAILROAD.

Schedule IN effect February p, 1897
Leave washington from sta loI.. corner or
Kew jersey avenue and street
Fof turasu ana NuTJu v,t est s.SjIDulel
Limited trains, 1000, Has a. M, sos
D. u.
For Cincinnati, st Louisand indianapolis,
Express, 11.45 a m yesIibuIed Limited
40 p m, express 11-25 p. m
For Pittsburg and Cleveland. express
oaIIy, 1000 a III and $50 D. n
or Toledo and Detroit I l % p m
For Winchester and way stations. / o a
III, $3.50 D. n.
For New orleans, Memphis. Birmingham,
4Shatta nooga, Knoxville, Bristol and
Roanoke, 500 D. N. Cailyi Sleeping Car
through
For Luray, 3.4O p. m daily.
For Baltimore, week days. 500, $50,
X4-O5, XT-I0, XS-O0, 5 80, 1850, x1O.0O,
> 4l7-o9 n X x 10 10 Xs4; %
x6. 20 $50, xS.0O, S.I5, x9 20, Ills,
xII.5O p m, and x12-O1 night Sundays,
X 90, x1-Io, s.3o, xS,o 90 a. n, x12-05,
x51O, $50, rs 90, x9. 20. II Is. XII so.
p. m, x12-O1 night
ahd 40 p ~; Sundays, $50 a NJ, 4.35
For Frederick, week Gays, 7=s9, 11-45
a. M, 4 50, $50 p. IN, sundays, l:l5 P. m
For Hagerstown, $1,000 a m and $50
D. n
For Boyd and way points, week days.
7.35 q m, 4-3O, $50, 7-O5 p N sun
days. I.15, 7-O5 p m
For Gaithersburs and way points, week
udNS, 80, S-OU a. m --Ous S-1O 4-3O,
4.33, $50, .05, 40 p. m. Sundays,
$40 a. N. Is. 4-33, T.05. 1915 d. IN
For Washington Junction and way points
7.35 a. m. 4. so, $50 D. m week days
l Is D. n Sundays
Royal Blue Line for New York
and Philadelphia.
AHtrains Illuminated with Pintsch light.
For Philadelphia, New Y York, Boston, and
the East, week days, 500, 1000 a m
Dining carr, 1900, t12.4O Dining Car J. 3 90
t5.O5 Diuing Carr, 1901 night, Sleeping
Car open ut 1000 o'clock. Sundays % 90
a. m. Dining car ll2.4U Dining Carr, ). 90
t5.O5 Dining Car. - -Ol night. sleeping car
open 10 O'Clock Additional trains for
Philadelphia, week days, T-0o q. m, daily,
500 p m
BuffetP arlor Cars on an day trains.
For Atlantic City 1000 a III. 12 90
noon, and 12-4O p m week days, 12-4 40
ID. III. s undayS-
For Cape May, IL noon.
Except SunGay- XExpress trains
Baggage called fer and checked from
hotels and residences by Union Transfer
Co on orders lefL at ticket offices, 6I9
PENNSYLVANIA avenue NV. New York
avenue and Fifteenth street. and at DEPOT
WM NJ GREEN, CHAS. o. SCULL
Gen Manager Gen Pass CT
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PERSONAL.

FOR SALE-Feed-wate heater, smoke
stack go inches diameter, 20 feet high,
wateT-tube boiler $50 horse power, and
two power transnitters; all in fiTst-Class
Condition: no reasonable offer refused
Apply to u c. THOMPSON. Chief Engineer
Purity Ice Co, Armory place, near 9Th
and L stS NV. Te25-tf
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WANTEH--To buy Il Rambler bicycle,
cheap Ior cash Grant place NV
fe22-3t EN-
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RAILROADS.
RAILROAD.
STATION CORNER OF SIXTH Ann
STREETS
RAILROADS.

STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND q
STREETS.
T.30 A N. week days-PITTSBURG EX-
. fhESS-ParlOr and Dining Cars. HARMS
burg to Pittsburg
4V-oU A NJ. PENNS YLVANIA LIMITED
a., QlIindn Sleeping. Dining, Smoking and
SC(DsctNdtIon Ears, Harrisburg 20 Chicago,
,CinSiuiittl. Indianapolis, st. Louis. CleVe-
iand taaer,a anu Toledo BuTret ParIor Car to
iUioo A NJ FAST LINE-PuIIman Burres
iIarlof Car TO Harrisburg Buffet ParIor
- haTTisourg TO PittsbuFg.
o'zO =. NJ CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS
fEApress- 2 uIlman Buffet ParIo- car
70 harrisburg Sleeping and Dining
AM d7 f!I,sal f!mIsaI,lsDurg TO st. Louis, Cincinnati
LILO 81. WESTERN ExPREss-PulI-
a1an Steeping Car TO Pittsburg, Chicago,
a. r ta na5!T,Iisbarg 5!,ii3arg TO Cleveland Dinlng
Ito T; NJ. SOJTHwESTERN EXPRESS
II,ttl.h uiilllah Sleeping Cars Washington %
80 t3,opuiS dnd Harrisburg to St Louis
ahd aad LOUISVILLE tvia CIncinnatil- Dlnlng
1910 r NJ. PACIFIC ExPREss-PuII-
man Sleeping Car 20 Pittsburg.
7-2p a NJ. Tor Kane. CananCaipI7a Roc,,ps-
yer, and Niagara Falls daily, except
1850 A. VI. for EI.nIra and REMOVE dafIr-
sSArepe sunday. For Lock Haven week
gas and WHiIamsport sundays, $40
Ito ?; Il. FOR wiInamsport. Rochester.
buiIaIo and Niagara rails daily, except
VIII Sleeping Tar N2SNRns zion
a, 20 y . SouHspehslOn " BrGge, via Buffalo.
10 10 + NJ Tor Ere, Canandaigua, R0chrs-
Yer, buffalo, and Niagara Falls daily,
Sleeping Car Washington TO EIrniTa.
For PniladeIpnfa, New YORK. ann
the last.
400 r. 81. CONGRESSIONAL LIN
TIED, daily, all Farlor Cars. with Din
M Car from baltimore Regular az 100
Carr, and HOO tDining Car from VIII
IihStonl a ii z. 40, 3. 10, 40. 80,
o. and ll-35 + NJ on sunday : %
tDlmnS Carl. 500, 900, I1.0O Dining
Tar from WIlmingtOnl a. NJ, II IS, 5I5,
4.zo, 800, 1000 and IL 80 f. NJ For
philadelphia only. Fast Express, 90 A.
NJ. week days Express tbs p
ii. week days. 2-gI and .. 40 +. Nj.
ally: For Boston. without change,
daiiy.
For Atlantic City Cvia Delaware River
.dG Belize; ~ sl-Ian route 3l5 p. IN; daily
1OQ0, 1880, 90 and II so a. M
i21o, L. 40, 2OI, 3,15, 40 a 90 IiHl-
1900, 1O-40, Ills and If35 o. m
On sunday, 100, 500, 800. 9.O5, fO.5O;
Loo a. m, Il 8, -I5. 2.O1, 3 10, $40.
l4-OO HmltedJ, 4-2U. 5. 40. 6.I5, $50
7I0. 1000, 40 and II 80 D. N.
For Pope S Creek Line 7 90 = m and 4 36
y m daily, except Sunday.
For Annapolis. 700. 300 a m, 1915
and 70 D. III daily except Sundar
sundays; 300 a. IN a ID ! 20 p. m
Atlantic Coast Line ElOFiGa Special
for jacksonville and ST Augustine.
10-4S D. IN week days Express FOR
Florida and points On Atlantic Coast
Line. $50 a. n, 246 p. Ia. daily.
Richmond only, 1857 a m week ia y:
Atlanta Special, via Richmond and Sea
board AIR Line. 4.4O p. n daily Ac-
COmrundatiOD FOR QuantiCo T.45 a. N
and i. p p m week days
IlCt-s Offices. corner Fifteenth and q
streets. and at the station, Sixth and
streets. where orders can De LEFT Tor check
ing OF baggage To destination from hCtels
and residences
j. 3. HUTCHINSON, General Manager.
J. K WOOD General Passenger 4 gent
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rosroFFICE NOTICE.

Should be read daily. By all Interested,
as changes may occlu at any time
Foreign Mails for The week ending
February p. close promptly al tins office
;tS follows
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FOR RENT-ROOMS

FOR RENT-Two beautiful large rooms,
ON st floor 32S I st. NV. fe25-3t
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PERSONAL.

DIR. R.aGENIA VALASCO-TeIls all events
or lie; unites the separated; gives
luck, magnetic treatme MT 607 + st. 1t
MADAM RENA-CIalryoy oyant; card reader;
past, present and future truthfully told;
fee 20 and SOC. 1102 New York ave.
NV. fe25-3t
MA AND LIZZIE-LiZZie, your mother rs
very low with pneumonia; keeps calling
Tor you; telegraph at once. May-Corne
tome, all is forgiven, have word from your
father; Importance to you. CHARLIE s.
fp24-27
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FARMS FOR SALE OR RENT,
WANTED BICYCLES.

FOX SALE ok RENT-GOOd farm or Il
acres. house, garden, etc. a bar Eiiiii-
T J WALLER, NidewateT. a fel S-stt
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FOR SALE-Oil and gasoline route: horse
and wagon; will sell cheap at unce. Ad-
dress CHEAP. this office. fe25-3t
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MANTiD-l,rCyCie; write teeXact parucuiars.
Address DR.. DAWSON, l 321 u st NV
fe22- 3t-eTn
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steamers sailing from New York Oh Tues
days, Thursdays and Satdrda y take printed
matter etc. for Germany and speci atIy all
dressed printed matter etc, Tor other
parts OF Europe must be directed
W nte star steamers sailing from New
YORK on Wednesdays take specially adj
dressed printed matter. etc, for Europe
The American, CunaTd and French line
steamers take printed matter etc, for all
countries for which they are advertised to
carry mail.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR SALE-Small farm, 20 miles from
WaShingtOnon Alexandria and FIedericks-
burg X. R; Broom house and outer build
ing in first-claSs condition. Inquire OF j
N. SPRIN OMAN, Springman. Va. fe1T-1 At
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DR.. I.EATHERrlAN,

Expert Specialist In The cure Of all
forms ot private diseases. Consultation
free. Hours, TO 12. TO 8, Tues.
Thurs. and Sat evenings. to 3. No
90. L NV. CLOSED SundeYsI
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FOR SALE-A smah GROCERY Store IN
the NV can be bought cheap: good loca-
IIon. a chauce Cor right party. Address
M J. r.. this office. fe23-ot,en
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FOR SALE-A beautiful dairy lunch and
oyster house, in the best location or
washington for one-half It's value, as the
owner desires to leave the city. 623
10th 81. NV. IeZ3-oI
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FOR SALE-CoTner gocery store, with good
7-year-old horse and harness; only $500:
neigilb0rhood. Inquire at 522 I'd st NV.
fe23-3t
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FOKSALE-Annlde established bacon stand
In market, reason for selling. have tw o
stands; cannot attend 10 both. Address
&. h. this Office. fe23-3t
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FOR SALE-Cigar store: laundry agency
about pays rent. 735 Sth ST. NV.
fp10- .}t ..r1
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MaIe THEo MEDIIrm

Scientific palmtsJ and cara reader: know
our rate and fortune, open daily. German
ppken csc. and soc. 929 ii st. NV.
Pee,
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FOR sALE-S4oo, lunch room, St
NV: suitable for lady or gentleman;
owner leaving city. BUSINESS EA
CHANGE, 9lS L ST. fe24-3t
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HAYS, cheapest printer In Washington,
fSid 122i St ne neatly prints Ino
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20. b. is safe and sure for III female
troubles Cali Afternoon, Mrs BAILEY,
2lT ID st NV. fe2l-l IL, EN-
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fuK sALE-lhe only bakery in Mary
lana town uf 100 iEiiIa, hants; abuat
D miles frutn Washington; horse, wagon,
FoGlte. utensils: price $500, rent, Sl6 per
month: only those meaning business need
apply. Address NJ. B., this office.
Ie23-3U-em
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MISCELLANEOUS.

IF YOUR roof leaks drop a postal to
W. WARDELL, 432 18th ST. NV, inventor
of the artificial stone roofing 1t
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PRlNTiNG-Business cards 1oc. per 900;
other printing equally as cheap; masa-
zines bound Tor Doc; miscellaneous books
bound; paper ruling, etc. u. L. VIII
LIAMS, 615 eth St. NV. fe6-tf ,em
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FOR sALE-Cigar stand and fixtures,
623 q St, next TO post office: make
offer: rent sic. BUSINESS EXCHANGE,
ais r 81 fe2i-3t
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FOR SALE-Cigar and tobacco store IN
GOOD locality: goods fresh and new. 615
a st NV near police court fe23- Stem
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FOR SALE-$s00, corner grocery, lQth
II. nw.: rent $50; two rooms, Iath,
cellar; excellent fixtures; good stock;
monthly sales about Sl,2uu. BUSINESS
EXCHANGE. 9lS + 81. fe21-3t
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FOR SALE-Candy and fancy grocery;
cheap 6U9 1 81. ne. fe23-3t-em
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WANTEG-Honest and agreeable person.
eitneT .eA. vi o Hah some tUSIie SIS atillty
and al out $500 to invest, as partner IN llSit
manufactu ring; large pIoilts ana pleasant
employment. fullest opportunity 10 IN
vesiig&te open to Tigit party meaning
business For interview address W. L.
l., this office. leZO-3t
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FOR RETT-HOJ SIS.

FOR RENT-Seven-room house; In coun-
try with acres OF ground ana trmt.
inquire "A 6o4 Tenn. ave. ne. feE4-,3t en-
FOR REN1-House No. SO Mass; ave
NV; $l5 30. fe2i-bt
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FOR SALt-The business and furniture
of a lodging house: kept by the present
proprietor % years: III health the cause
of selling. enc OF the best places ia the
City 10 attach cheap eating mouse, Apply
after 3 D ia, IC4 B ST. NV. 1e2o-ot
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BUsINEss CHANCES.

FOR SALE-jHncn and a.nine-Ioom' one
OF the best stands i'll the city 1or the
inauguration; price $3.50. 1406 Tenn
sylYauia ave fe2b-ot-
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FOR HIRE.

FOR HIRE-Fu1l dress suits, ST only.
JULIUS COHEN, 11o4 7th st. NV.
de24-tf
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FURNITURE and household effects of 4
TGOu house for sale: rooms rented at
SO per month above house rent. Answer
Il, IL, this office. IL
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
A Question OF Ships.

The fundamental principle of nayiya.
ton, and therefore the controlling ele
lnentary law Of maritime strategy. Is
the physical Law OF displacement-that
floating vessel invariably weighs
neither more nor less than the quantity
OF water which its Immersed part dis
places. 1t Is q consequence of this
law that the weight OF ship of given
size Is constant. Within certain limits
builder may distribute the weight
ne pleases. He may assign so much
hull, 30 much to engine OF propul-
sion and the remainder to cargo. For
a given speed, the weight of engines
for ships OF the same size will be much
the same. The builder, therefore. must
c.oose between assigning weight to hull
or giving 1t to cargo. A very strong
hull means reduced carrying capacity,
n great carrying capac city means hull
or the lightest possible construction.
TO these elementary conditions is due
the difference between ship of war
and merchant ship: the merchant ship
must necessarily be constructed to car
ry the greatest weight Of cargo possible.
consistent with hull strong enough for
navigation, and with propulsion suf-
hcient for the speed required in its
business
The moment the hull is unnecessarily
strengthened the ship Will cease to be
able to compete as a carrier with other
ships OF the same size and speed which.
having lighter hulls. can carry more
cargo. A ship built with a hull spc-
cially strengthened in order TO with
stand the various shocks of battle can.
not In peaceful trade pay as com
mercial enterprise, and the merchant
ship. with it's hull lightened down 30 the
margin OF safety. can never be exposed
TO the same rough treatment for which
the man-Or-war. with it's specially
framework, is prepared
National Review.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
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Per eCt'y .rutll ul.

Helen-So he has proposed ut last.
How did 1t happen?
Maude-I told him that was going
to be married.
Helen-Why, Maude!
Maude-Yes, and ii aroused him in
stantly. He actually raved. And so I
took pity on him, and we are engaged.
Helen-But you told him a fib.
Maude-Not Mt all When I told him
was going 70 be married, meant to
him.-Boston Transcript.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
EloCtriCtty.

In Sebnitz, in Saxony. experiments
are being made to cover real flowers
and leaves with a metallic coating by
means Of galvanic electricity. A way
Of doing this has been invented, and
the question now is, how to make such
weather-pro"f flowers available for
millinery puri pses.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23

1t has been found by experiment that
tea retards digestion. An infusion OF
l per cent. OF tea causes n perceptible
delay; 3 per cent. infusion will delay
the digestion, sometimes as much as
twelve times the normal period; a 10
per cent. decoction arrests the diges-
ton OF all starchy foods.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-21
Eats It's own Body.


Cannibalisn has been regarded as the
lowest depths of degeneracy, but obser-
vations made by Il. Nordlinger prove
that in animal life conditions are exist
ing which arc worse than cannibalism.
This zoologist relates that he at one
time, when digging i'll his garden, hap
pened to cut in two large cricket, which
he thought had been killed by the acct
dent. Looking ten minutes afterward
at the supposedly dead cricket, he was
very much surprised when he saw the
forward end of the cricket busy eating
up the rear end. 1t takes pretty good
nerve to do that, but We cannot judge
of the sensations of pain in animals of
low order by our own sensations and
feelings. Interested by what he had
seen. Mr.. Nordlinger placed the two
halves of the cricket i'll clot of earth
and some roots, and he actually found
that the cricket not only got entirely
we'll and grew new end, but. judging
from the disappearance of every yestigo
of the other part, he concluded that the
cricket had disposed of that part of it's
former anatomy by eating it up. Phil
adelphia Record.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-21
Life In a Lighthouse.

Lieutenant John NJ. Ellicott, U. S. N,
contributes to st. Nicholas an article
about lighthouses which he calls "The
Lights That Guide In the Night" Lieu
tenant Ellicott says: One seldom thinks,
when he watches the brightly cheering
and safely guiding light of lighthouse,
what ccaseless watching and patient
hcroism it takes to keep tho light burn
ing year i'll and year out through all
weathers. Generally there is for each
light only keeper with two assistants,
and often the keeper is assisted only by
his wife, sons or daughters. Even the
most comfortably situated lighthouses
are generally OH lonely headlands, with
no human dwelling near.
Others are OH outlying rocks Or islands
swept by tho sea and wholly cut off
from tho land except in fair weather
There arc even n few which, built upon
sunken reefs, seem to rise from the very
bed OF the ocean and against which
storm driven seas break with shocks
which shake them to their foundations.
Such are the Eddystone lighthouse, off
the coast of England at the entrance to
the English channel, and our own
Minot's Ledge light, near the entrance
to Boston harbor. These two arc thu
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-21
Mountain Mahogany.

Ono of the most remarkable products
of Nevada is Il species of wood known
as mountain mahogany, which, when
dry, is rs hard rs lockwood, very fine
grained, of rich red color, and in
weight very heavy. 1t has been used for
boxes for shafting. and in some in
stances for slides and dies in quartz bat
teries. 1t burns with II blaze MS long
lasting rs ordinary wood, and it is then
found, almost unchanged i'll form, con-
verified to charcoal that lasts twice as
long as ordinary wood, giving an in
tense heat, greater than coal gives. An
other notable species of wood, having
extraordinary durability, is said to be
the quebarcho wood of Argentina. Posts
that have been i'll the ground for 100
years in soil alternately sodden by trop-
ical rains or parched by intense heat
are found to be in sound condition.
New York Commercial
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-21
Existed Before Columbus Came.

Some ancient copper mines were
found in Cook county, Mimi, recently.
1t is thought that they were worked by
some unknown race, and in times long
before our history commenced.
The reason for thinking this, as Tho
Great Round World explains, is that q
tree with 800 rings on it has been found
growing out of one Of the pits. A ring
marks the terminal bud in a branch of
tree and is formed in the fall of tho
year, when the tree has done growing
for that season. This terminal bud CON
tains the fresh shoot that will spring
when the warm weather comes again,
and, to protect tho tender shoot inside,
tho covering Of tho bud is made of such
thick leaves that when they fall off in
tho spring scar is left that never dies
out and lasts as long as tho tree does,
and i'll this way the ago of tree can
be counted.
According to this, tho tree is 395
years old, and allowing for tho length
of time it would have taken for suffi-
cient earth to gather together to sup
port the roots Of the tree, it is thought
that the mine has not been worked for
more than 500 years, or before Column
bus discovered America.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-21
Tho Language of q Pet Eaple.

Mr.. W. lie Q. Beard writes in St.
Nicholas of a pet eagle named Moses,
which no caught in the Arizona desert
MIR. Beard says: Moses had language
of his own, which, by tho constant prac-
tice he gave us, wo soon learned to un-
derstand 1t consisted Of series of cries.
all harsh and nerve rasping, but perfectly
distinct, each one expressing different
emotion ThHs rage, entreaty, excite.
1nent and pleasure were each easily dis
tinguished by those who knew him well.
His one syllable note of greeting was
more explosive and perhaps shade less
disagreeable than the rest, and he had
also low, grooming sort of murmur,
but this he used only i'll soliloquy, so to
us it expressed only the fact that Moses
was talking over things with himself.