The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
Vegetable Cast Iron.

hard woods native to Western Aus
tralia have made known the extraor
binary properties of yate. believed to
be the strongest of all known woods.
Its average tensile strength is 24.000
pounds to the square inch, equaling
that of good cast iron. But many
specimens are much stronger, and one
was tested up to seventeen and half
tons to the square inch, which is equal
| to the tensile strength of wrought
iron. The sawed timber of yate is
probably the strongest in the world.
The tree grows to a maximum height
of a hundred feet and has sometimes
a diameter of two and a half or even
three eet.-Harper's Weekly.
Primrose Salad.
The primrose is only one of the
many flowers which graced the salad
of the past. The old time cook looked
upon both flower garden and kitchen
garden with the same calculating eye.
OF herbs all were seized-thyme, rose
mary, marjoram. basil. lavender. And
of flowers the rose. the violet, the
cowslip, the primrose, the lily of the
valley, were never safe from the pot
hunter. Then there were the roots and
buds of the fields. Elder tops. burdock
roots, "ashkeys," broom buds-all, in
deed. were good that came to the cook.
The flowers he used for coloring sirups
and custards The roots he picked.
And his "sallets" comprised everything
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London Spectator.
A Timely Affair.
"You," said the magistrate, "are ac-
cused of stealing watches. What have
you to say for yoursef?"
II was only trying TO take time by
the forelock your honor" replied the
culprit, who was something of joker.
Good - very good" laughed the
magistrate. Now, let me see Since
you were so anxious to acquire time
l will make contribution myself"
The prisoner seemed very much
pleased. but his countenance changed
when the judge said severely:
"I'll give you three years at hard la
bor."
hemarkaple Lakes.
On the Mangishlak peninsula. in the
Caspian sea. there are FIVE small lakes.
One of them is covered with salt crys-
tails strong enough to allow man and
beast to cross the lake on foot Anoth.
er is as round as any circle and of a
lovely rose color. Its banks of salt
crystal form a setting white as the
driven snow to the water. which not
only shows all the colors from violet
to rosy red. but from which rises a
perfume Of violets. Both the perfume
and the color are the result of the
presence of seaweeds.
PecuIiarties of Worms.
Many creatures supposed to have
some of their senses missing" are not
so insensitive as people often think.
Worms have neither eyes nor ears and
yet are sensitive to light and music
wide Darwin's "Earthworms'l. A
bluebottle, in spite of not having
nose, finds out a piece of bad meat
easily enough. In short, many of the
lower animals contrive to see, hear,
taste or smell sufficiently for their pur-
pose, and often in a high degree. with
out being able to point to any special
organs of these senses in their bodies,
and to suppose they are devoid Of
sense because we are unable to dis
cover it is frequently to confess our
ignorance.
A Japanese Custom.
In Japan the well to do have almost
always in the houses one room called
the chamber of the inspiring view"
Its essential is O beautiful view, but
taste is catholic in Japan. and the de-
lightful view may be blossoming
cherry tree. glimpse of IA river.
miniature garden or only the newly
fallen snow. In this delightful coun-
try they get up parties to visit the ma
Pile trees in the glory of autumn color
or the fresh, untrodden snow, as in
this country one gives theater parties
and dinners Mushroom hunts are
fashionable diversion, and verse writ
ing and harp playing are occupations
which, In the estimation of these eter-
nal children, befit the gentlewoman
when she is within doors.
The Music of Thunder.
The bass of thunder is considerably
lower than the lowest sound produced
in an orchestra-below the zero Of
music. we call it, at which all positive
apprehension of musical sound ceases
and our senses are merely CONSCIOUS of
roar. In observing the music of
thunder our attention. however, may
be most prottably directed to the ex-
preston rather than to the notes. The
musical diminuendo is more perfectly
represented by thunder than by any
other form of sound in nature. After
the first clap is over the ear will pur-
sue with pleasure the rolling away and
gradual fainting of the peal until at an
unreasonable distance it sinks into 81
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