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3 1 A Remarkable New Zealand Bird. The capture of a fourth specimen of the “takahe,” or flighless rail of New Zealand, is regarded as one of the most important events of recent years in ornothology. The capture was ef- tected nearly two years ago, but de- tailed accounts of the bird have just reached England. The takahe (Notor- ais hochsietteri) is about equal in size to a goose, but its wings are very small and unlike all of its relatives in other lands, it cannot fly. Its breast is of a tich blue color, and its powerful beak ls described as “a large equilateral triangle of hard pink horn,” apparent- ly an excellent weapon. The first specimen of the bird was caught in 1849, the second in 1851 and the third In 1879." The new specimen is said to be the finest of all, and $1,500 has been offered for it. Glass Dissolved in Water. Ev kind of glass at a sufficiently high temperature, says Prof. Carl 3arus, must eventually show complete y in water. Under pressure ss dissolves in water heated to 410 Gegrecs Fahrenheit. Sea-water more an about 660 feet beneath the surface remain liquid at that temperature, penetrates the earth’s crust temperature is equally high, it , apart from the pressure, lique- fy the silicates, or glassy rocks. Prof. Barus concludes that at a depth of about five miles, silicates in contact with water are virtually fluid, and that “se level of aqueous fusion in the eartn “ve times nearer the surface than is that of igneous fusion. The Mystery of Radium. The su ance called radium emits radiations resembling the X-rays with- out the application of work or energy from external sources, and without ap- preciable loss of weight. This seems to be inconsistent with the law of the canservation of energy, but the mys- tery is explained by the calculations of Monsieur Becquerel, which shows that a loss of weight so infinitesimal that in a thousand million years it ‘would amount to no more than a milligram would suffice to account for the ob- served effects. According to this ex- planation the emanations from radium consist of material particles. But bow infinitely minute must those -par- ticles be! NEW BATH TUB ATTACHMENT. The shower bath is a luxury which is not found in many homes, partly on account of the expense of the extra space necessary for the aparatus, but it goes without saying that the device here shown will soon find its way into common use. The inventor is William H. Bridgeman, of New York. The ap- paratus is provided with means for at- taching it to the edge of a tub, and con- nections can be made to the faucets by means of a rubber tube, to force hot or cold water into the pipes. The latter are perforated along the sides, and screw clamps are provided by which they can be adjusted to any desirable angle, throwing the spray either di- rectly on the body of the bather, or causing it to ascend a short distance into the air and fall gently if the di- rect stream is too harsh for the skin. With this device the bather can rinse the skin without the necessity of refill- ing the tub with fresh water, and a shower at the proper temperature will prove itself an agreeable feature to the bath. Feculiarity of the Merganser. The merganser is a species of fish- duck of great beauty of plumage, com- mon in the Adirondacks. Senator George Chahoon, who has studied the birds in this region for many years, notes a habit of the merganser which he thinks is unique, and he is surprised that ornithological writers have not recorded it—the males are entirely mi- gratory, and the females are not. “For more than 20 years,” says Mr. Cha- hoon, “I have seen female mergansers on the Ausable river all winter, and { have. frequently seen them on the Adirondack rivers; but I have never seen a male merganser in the winter, and in the late fall the males ana fe- males gather in separate flocks, and when the male mergansers appear in the spring they are always in flocks by themselves.” A Suspended Railroad. Between the towns of Elberfeld and Barmen in western Germany, a re- markable elevated railroad is nearing completion, while part of it has been in operation for several months, The cars are suspended beneath the super- structure from a single rail on which run motor trucks attached to the car roofs, the motive power being elec- tricity. Each car can accommodate 50 Passengers, and the maximum speed, with a train of either two or four cars is 25 miles an hour. The road, which is more than eight miles in length, crosses Wupper river without in- terruption. TOOL FOR CUTTING MORTISES. The cutting of mortises in timbers for frame buildings has hitherto been a laborious task, even with the aid of the boring machine in common use for this purpose, and without the machine it is almost impossible to cut the ser- jes of holes in the straight line neces- sary to form the mortise. Isaac Schur- man of Danvers, Mass., has designed the tool shown in the cut to replace the machine now in use, and the rapi- dity with which it will perform the work will recommend i to the prac- tical carpenter, aside from the fact that its cost is no more than the old ma- chine. At one side of the frame which supports the bits is a guiding plate, at- tached in such a manner that the turn of several thumb screws will move it toward or away from, the bits, thus:ad- justing the tool for cutting the mor- tise at the proper distance from the edge of the timber, and as the bits are removable from the frame the mortise can be made of the desired length by taking off one or more of the end bits Selentific Jottings. The Empire State Sugar company, which is building a large sugar plant at Lyons, N. Y., has ordered ten auto- trucks of five tons capacity, which are to be used to cart sugar beets from the farms to the refinery. The company has 5,500 acres of land contracted for Three electric omniubses have alsc been ordered to run between Lyons and Sodus Point, on Lake Ontario, a summer resort, to compete with the steam railroad. On the Jumna canal, at Delhi, monk- eys swarm upon the banks and, being overcrowded and consequently un- healthy, they suffer considerable from various diseases. When one monkey is obviously ill a few of the larger monkeys watch for a favorable oppor- tunity and then push it into the canal. If the poor creature be not drowned at once, it is thrown into the water again after it regains the trees, or else it is forced to keep aloof from the rest of the company. Loss of human life by lightning in the United States during the year 1899 was greater than any preceding year for which statistics have been collect- ed, says the Scientific American. The number of persons killed outright or who suffered injuries which resulted in their death was 562; the number of those who received injuries varying in severity from slight physical shocks to painful burns and temporary par- alysis was 820. The greatest number of fatalities, about 45 per cent, were in the open. The next greatest number occurred im houses, about 34 per cent; 11 per cent occurred under trees and y per cent in barns. Fully a dozen per- sons were killed in the act of stripping clothes from a wire clothes line or coming near to one. Largest of Animals, Mr. Bedéard, in his new book on whales, reminds readers that although the imagination is apt to picture the giant reptiles of the Jurassic ané Cretaceous periods as having exceeded in size all modern animals, yet in fact there is no evidence that the earth has ever contained, either on land or in the sea, creatures exceeding the whale in buly. The mammoth was larger than the elephant, but the ichthyosaurus could not match the whale for size, al- though with its terrible jaws it would doubtless have been the whale’s mas- ter. Where Spiders Are Usefal. At a recent meeting of arborcultur- ists in France, the question was de- bated whether spiders should be suf- fered to spin their webs on frsit walls. The general opinion seemed to be that the webs were more useful. than ob- jectionable. It was remarked that they prevent the incursions of ear- wigs and similar insects, and also in- terfere with the operations of noxious flies whose larvae ravage leaves and fruits. In Berlin an association of eminent physicians has been formed for the spectal study of cancer When She Gets Home From the Club. “You are not one of those men who find fault with the cooking at home?” “No,” answered Mr. Meekton, . “I don’t exactly find fault, but occasional- ly I do feel called upon to apologize for the way things taste when Henrietta gets home from the club. You see, 1 never could learn to make good coffee.” —Washington Star. . Worle to End This Year. This is the recent decision of one of the societies of the world, and while there are few people who believe this prediction, there are thousands of oth- ars who not only believe, but know that Gostetter’s Stomach Bitters will cure dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation or liver and kidney troubles. A trial will certainly convinee. Too Sound. “I sce you're advertising for a boy. How’'ll I do?” “You look all right. How are your teeth?” “My teeth? They're perfectly sound. You can look at ’em.” “Yes, I see. Well, you won't do. 1 want a boy who will take part of his pay in dental work.”—Chicago Tribune. Best for the Bowels. gh tter what ails you, headache oe pais you will never get well until your »owels are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements. cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. ware of imitations. An Old Idea. “Dese hoss'‘less kerridgcs. ain’t so tnuch,” said Mr. Erastus Pinkly. “Dey's all de talk,” replied Miss Mi- ami Brown. “Co’se dey is. But it’s a back-num- ber scheme. What were de first steam- ship but a_ muleless canalboat?”— Wasbkington Star. N PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Sev entore George E. Corey, Madison, 3 is check Teln attachmént Leon D. How- ard, Marston, 8. D., sulky attachment for harrows; William L. Hull, Alpha, Minn., post extractor; Joseph D. 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Strange Liquor to Him, At one of our commercial hotels, a sxout, red-faced gentleman, in a white beaver, blue coat and buff vest, offered to wager a sovereign that he could close his eyes and, simply by taste, name any kind of liquor in the house. The bet was taken, and the process of wirning or losing was commenced at once. “That is genuine brandy,” said the fat gentleman, tasting from a wine glass, “and this—this is whisky,” and so on. At this a wag poured out a glass of water, which he handed to the connois: seur. “This is—ar—ah——this—is—’” sain he, tasting it again; “by thunder! gen- tlemen. I’ve lost the bet! I never tast- ed this liquor before”—Spare Moments. Important to Mothers. Examine cerefully every bottie of CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over 30 Years, The Kind You Have Always Bought. Bears the Signature of Fifteen hundred dozen hats a day is the output of a Yonkers (N. Y.) fact- ory. 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We do not need to expatiate uponethe scholastic ad- vantages of St. Mary’s, for the cata- logue of the school shows the scope of work included in its curriculum, which is of the same high standard as that of Vassar and Bryn Mawr, and is carried oupt faithfully the class rooms. We simply emphasize the spirit of earnest devotion which makes every teacher at St. *s loyally strive to develop oung girl attendant there into the trucst, noblest and most intelligent womanhood. Every advantage of equipment in the class rooms, laborato- ries and study rooms, every care in the matter of fcod and clothi and excep- tional excellence of climatic conditions —all of these features are found at St. Mary’s, in the perfection of develop- ment only to be obtained by the conse- cration of devoted lives to educational Christian work, in a spot favored by the Lord.—The Fine Arts Journal. w Children’s Games Going Out. I wish some folk-lorist would tell me whether there is a real decadence of children’s ceremonial games, It seems to me that, while I see as much of children as ever, I do not see so much of the old games as I once did. When, for instance, do the children play the old-fashioned “forfeits?” —“Forfeits” with us, ir the old days, was an ac- companiment of other games, the for- feits or penalties being levied as the result of failures—or even in some in stances of successes—in play. But that did no prevent it from being a most in- teresting, delightful and significant ex- ercise in itself. The ritual that ac- companies it is a beautiful and poetic thing.—Boston Transcript. % A Prodigy. “My boy, Jimmie, aged nine, is a corker in psychology—and it’s only his second term at it, too.” 3 “Indeed?” “Yes. The other day he said that he was certain the higher moral influence had nothing to do with my being a good citizen.” “How did he account for it?’ “He said I was afraid of the police.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer. RECREATION AND HEALTH. Beth Can Be Secured at the Indiana Min- eral Springs, Indiana. Like the young man in springtime, whose fancy “lightly turns to thougnts of love,” when summertime comes we all turn our thoughts to the consider- ation of the important question of where we shall go for rest, recreation ; and health. There are-all kinds of health and pleasure resorts throughout this broad land of ours, some of them, unfortu- nately, anything but what their names imply, and apparently operated for no other purpose than to relieve the in- valid and pleasure seeker, financial- ly.. So much so is this the case that it is indeed gratifying to the one seek- ing rest and recuperation from the cares of the business and social world, { as well as the pain racked invalid, who is fortunate enough to discover a place where to use a popu’ar expres- sion, he “gets his money‘s worth.” One of the most interesting, pictur- esque and delightful places in this’ country is unquestionably the resort known as the Magno Mud and Lithia Water Cure, located at Indiana Mine- ral Springs, Indiana. Here come the overworked business man, the worn out devotee of society and the protes- sional man on the verge of nervous prostration, as well as the sufferer from rheumatism, kidney and skin diseases for which the baths are es- pecially beneficial. The place is also largely patronized by those who onty seek pleasure and recreation, its loca- tion making it particularly adapted for this purpose. There are many roman- tic and beautiful ‘spots and places of interest in the vicinity and it would be har@ to find a section of country containing so many beautiful drives. The country is very hilly, but the roads are all graveled and kept in good condition. This is one of the things that makes the place especially attractive to those afflicted with rheu- matism, as driving is about the only outdoor pleasure one crippled with rheumatism can indulge in. Some of the cures effected are really marvel- ous and many who have gone to the Magno Mud Cure as a last resort have His Honor Fishes, Also. Jadge—The charge against you is| drunk and disorderly. What have you to say ? Prisoner (eagerly)—I was fishing, and— Judge (eagerly)—What luck? 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A North Omaha} family contains a two-year-old girl/ who is exceedingly precocious, and picks up everything she hears. The mother drinks beer by direction of the physician, and every other evening her | husband takes a little jug down to the | corner and brings it back filled with an amber fluid that foams in the glass. | The little girl has taken due note of all j this, together with the words used by | her mamma when she wants the jug filled. A few evenings ago friends called, and it happens that these friends are very strict prohibitionists. As the} guests sat talking with the father and} mother the little girl walked into the | room with the jug hugged against her | little breast. Walking up to her papa, she exclaimed: “Oh, dear me, papa! it’s drefful hot. .] fink you'd better rush ze growler.”— Omaha World-Herald. Knowing the merits of the preparations ! Farm Mortgage Loans. 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