Chicago eagle., 1899-11-04

speed at which the work can be done
Is limited only by the deftness OF the
operator. 1t Is estimated that girl
with few hours practice would be
equal to shearIng from eight to a
dozen skins per hour, and the cost Of
the current Is 80 trIning being estima.
ted at the thirty.slxth Of O penny an
hOur--as to be almost Q negligible quan.
tity.
~H
One Of the rare Instances when the
fragments Of meteor, whose explo.
sion has been seen and heard, are dis.
covered. occurred on the east side Of
Mount BOmba. In British Central Afri.
ca on Jan. 25 last. Ten fragments. the
largest weighing nearly six pounds,
have been picked up. They were seat.
tered over an area Of country nine
miles long by three broad. Many frag.
ments which did not fall near dwelling
places remain undiscovered. The noise
Of the explosion was heard ninety miles
south Of Zomba and seventy miles
north Of Il.
%6
An American farmer near Guadala.
jara tells Modern Mexico how he con.
vlnced his Mexican neighbOrs that
oxen could do more work under Amer.
lean yOkes than under the Old.fashi0n.
cd head yOkes. 80 generally used In the
republic. The American brought sew.
eral modern yOkes from the States and
used them with success. The curiosity
OF his Mexican friends was aroused
and they proceeded to ask questions.
"Well." said the American. "when
you lass0 steer and the lassO gets
around his neck. what do you doy"
Turn him loose" was the reply.
"WhyT
Because he's too strong for us that
way"
"rhat's It," answered the American.
"HIs strength is In his neck. not In his
horns"
The MeXIcans saw the point, and
now yOkes Of United States manufac.
ture are generally used In that neigh.
ucAiCOs
A man Of doubtful veracity is respOn-
sible for this. according to Polly Pry IN
the New York Herald:
Nothing amuses me SO Much," he
writes to me, "as to notice the efforts
Of two women who have just been In.
trOduced to impress each other with
their Importance.
1T generally takes some such shape
as this:
~ am delighted to meet you.
heard Mr.. Smith say such sweet things
about YOU
lawfully nice of you to say SO.
Which MIR. Smith was It? The cousin
Of the VanderbiltsT
"'NOt exactly-it was-'
"'We know the vanderbIlts very
well. And
"'NO. 1t wasn't that Mr.. Smith. II
was the one that we met at George
GOuld's. He is
"'DId you 60 to the Bradley Martins
great dlnnerT
"'NO; 1t was awfully provoking. but
we had an engagement that night ut
the Waldorf to meet Prince
"Indeed! That's the great trouble
In society; SO many dates clashlng
don't you know! Why. the night we
made up a box party for the opera
that wonderful performance OF
Faust" you knOw-we had to give
up attending a musicale that
"And 80 on and SO on. until the two
fair frauds retire to their respective
corners-I mean roOms--each satisfied
that the victory Is hers"
~S
Milne Edwards, director OF the Jar
din des Plantes In Paris, relates the fol.
lowing story Of two Java sparrOws:
''rhey We're both hens and In the
same aviary with parrot, which took
u dislike TO one Of them. One day the
parrot picked a quarrel with one Of the
sparrOws. tore out Its feathers, aud
finally broke It's leg with blow of its
beak. The poor little thing could nc
longer stay on a perch. 1t lay shiver'
Ing on the ground, to the evident grief
Of the companion bird. She went about
the aviary picking up straws. feathers
and leaves to make bed for the IN
valid. She accomplished wonders Of
dexterOus management In lifting III
the featherless sufferer and placing Il
on the couch. But the weather wa'
cold at night. The charitable birt
! placed itself beside the one with the
, broken leg. and extended wing Ovel
| 1t to keep 1t warm. The position must
1 have been uncomfortable, not to say
painful. but NJ. lne-Edwards nevel
came at night to see how "this feath
cred sister Of charity" waS behaving
: without finding II with its wlnQ loving