New-York tribune., 1908-12-26

its English inventor to be a perfect substitute for
leather vulcanite wood and marble As leather.
it makes serviceabIe soles for shoes. and be
used for picture frames, ornamental mouldings.
Initiation wood partitions. betting for machinery.
upholstery cotton spinning bobbins. electric
swftchboards. flooring, golf balls. fountain pens.
marble IN all cOlors. chess boards, boOkbinding
and ivory" combs
There lives woman in Birkeqhead. England.
who has a pecua- OF cooking boiling meat.
vegetables and puddings together in saucepan
One Sunday morning recently after preparing the
dinner she went church. leaving her little boy
to see that the saucepan did not boil over After
she had been gone time the boy looked into
the saucepan and saw the carrots and turnps
boiling in between sheepshead, while a cloth had
come OFF the apple dumping He to the
church door and peepng in. shouted at the top OF
his voice Mother. mother come homei The
sheepshead is eating all the carrots and turniPs.
and the apple dumping took on his shirt TO fight
him"
In Chilli the air is so dry that is almost fnpos-
sble body to decOmDose- There IL literally
valley OF dry bones not far from Valparaiso.
where a battle was fought during the SalHlaceda
troubles Here may be to-day bodies OF men
and horses much Egyptian mummies. shrivelled
by the fierce sun and embalmed BY the atmos-
phere.
German physician. BY means OF a glass cab
Let with a partial vacuum, has solved the prob
lem Of operating on the lungs He probably has
paved the way successful surgery IN cases OK
internal cancer. and possibly Of consumption where
the lung tissue IS affected BY the OF his cabt
net the patient IS said, breathe easily with
the chest cavity open and without danger Of col
lapse of the lungs. which has been the danger
hitherto, owing atmospheric pressure. After
the surgeon and his assistants have taken their
place inside this cabinet the subject Is placed
upon the operating table AID MS mead allowed 70
project through a tight fitting rubber collar n the
wall of the cabinet By means OF a suction pump
air inside is then reduced to negative pressure
The Virgil Railway. recently constructed near
Bozen TyroI is the steepest railway in the world
It's upper section has gradient OF 20 per cent while
the remainder has gradient of SIS per cent Here
tofore the Mendel Railway. with gradient Of 50
per cent and the Vesuvius Railway. with gradient
of s3 per cent held the record the steepest
railways of Europa 1t is said that the
superstructure and brakes OF the Virgil Railway are
subjected to less than those Of the Mendel
Railway because the cars OF the former small
er while the compensating rope. which gives 50
much on the vesuvius Railway. IS dispensed with
The railway leads up TO the Virgil terrace. on the
River Eisach-
The highest mass in Europe is said be that
which is celebrated annually August upon ths
summit Of the Rochennelon- This mountain. which
Is II SOS feet high. Is crowned by a chapel. which
vas founded in 1858 by Bonifacio Rotario dAstt.
Having been captured by the Moham-nedans he
vowed that if he obtained his liberty hs would
build an oratory here IN honor OF the Virgin and
the fulfilled
Later generations. however. OF inferior noun
taneers found il safer keep the bronze triptych
in the Cathedral Of Susa. though nowadays IL Is
always carried thence 10 the summit OF Roche
melon this occasion. the festival Of Our Lady OF
the Shows
Viking funeral ship. reputed to be at least
90 years old has recently discovered in Nor
way Its mortUary chamber contained the bones OF
two women who, Judging from the size Of tae craft
and its appointments. evidently belonged 20 some
noble and wealthy family. The vessel. which Is 70
feet long and 1871 feet broad. ding OF tu-
rnuIuS two and half miles from shors. the farm
of Osebcrg. near TOnsberE- The treasure was not
intact Al remote period probably hundreds
of years ago, Il had been urea-tked by unscru7u-
lous visitors who had rillagyd the rcrtuary cham
ber OF many OF the curious relics undoubtedly de-
posted there in accordance vitr ancient Morse
ditions But in other psrts o. ts. ship. which had
apparently escaped the motto 81 The saCriieeious
truders. found a large Hri extremely valuabls
collection of historic rars i0S. inc,1tfag a four
wheeled chariot richly and uuaint!y decorated four
sledges several bsds. Iintels spinning wheel and
u variety cf kitchen utensils.
which are given in honor o. theI~ ancestors. A.
these feasts the tables grcao VIZ all the good
tEings which the NEST efficient cooks can provide
pork. white rice, Vckled crruruhsrs. chick
ems. ducks and bird's-nsst soup For some mtrutss
before the feast thC six seven hundred men
the tables in silence Then ~ a ziven sig
nal begin the clinklng cf ebops5'ckS and the noise
OF indrawn breaths By which the Chinese cooI ne
bot mCuthfuls OF rice which they shovel down
their throats Presently. th~ hot samshs bs-
Sias TO work ana the faces become CusAsd a
babel Of voices fills the temple.