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Already it has driven "silver out of the arts to some extent. 15 has almost superseded the latter metal “5 foil for “ gilt ” work, because it is quite ”-5 beautiful and can be beaten into leer nearlyv as thin as gold-leaf. The production 0f ‘5 has surpassed that of nickel and will 80°“ exceed that of copper and lead. In fact, alumni am is destined soon to take the place of lead and copper to a large degree, as well as that of iron when it becomes cheap enough. Economical nroceSSes for its re” duction a‘one are needed. There 13 more of it in the world than there i3 of irfm- It’ forms 7 per cent. of the material Of The earth’s crust. Every clay bank is amme of it, and nearly all rocks are literally "9' beds of it. At present it is comparabively dear because no method has as yet been discovered for obtaining it at low cost “Pm common clays. The minerals from which it '13 now derived are comparatively rafe- _ a Lawn. The States produced 83-pounds of mum in 1833. In 1892 the output United States was 260,000 poundg. vunbuu ”Dal-“U "W MUV’WV rvu-n“" year one concern in Germany, a I ; of the Rhine, turned out, 720,000 pounds 0‘ it. The domestic production’ls to belam‘e- 1y increased by works a: Niagara. fieâ€"1.8.. which will utilize the power of the ringer»: Tunnel. Up to January 1, 1893, the :01?- world’s output. of the metal has been {DH-Y about. 1000 tons. But it is not long 51‘”? aluminum was regarded only as a curlO‘J’b experimental creation of the laboratori - Its history is all before it. Slate-pencils are among the novemeS SIate-péucils are among made ofit. The soft. aluminum wire, with sharpened point, works admirably upon school slates. Such pencils are much mere durable than the old-fashioned kind, suffering less WW and tear. Shoes of this metal are now em- ployed for race horses. Not only do they possess the advantage of lightness, but they are said to preserve the feet of the animals remarkably Racing shells are formed of singleia‘neeba of aluminum, one-nineteeth of an inch thick, weighing less than cedar. One such boat, for four oarsmcn, lowered the mile record nine seconds last summer- Fifi-33338 BF ALUMLNUEI. Alumnum is beginning to be utilized for roofing, In sheets like tin, the cost of it for that pgrpoze peing about the same as cop‘ per. It may be tilled down to 9. thickness of about 5-10,000£hs of an inch. The beaten “leaf” 13 now employed to scon- siderable extent in decoration. It is thus used in leading hotels of New York and other cities. All the crnamental work of the Transportaticn buildingat the World’s Columbian Exposition was on a. base of thin aluminum foil. The metal “takes” oil-colors well, and sheets ani plaques of it are being manufactured in great qusauities for artists. One of the most important of future uses of aluminum is for kitchen utensils. The heavy iron pot, which the cook can Scarce- ly lift 05' the fire, will be superseded by a vessel'bf the white metal that, while equal in capacity and strength, maybe raised with a. finger. This new material, remem- ber, is as light as chalk. At thesame time it is so strong that any kind of hollowware formed of it may be knocked about to any extent and bent into all sorts of shapes without breaking. An aluminum pot costs no more than a. copper one, and, unlike the latter, it does not have to be lined with tin for culinary employment, because it does not corroBe. For tea-kettles, cofl'ee. pots, and covered dishes intended to retain best, it serves admirably. Various accontrements for German and French soldiers are now made of aluminum -â€"such as breastplates, helmets, belts and buckles. From the military point of view in these days it is of the utmost importance to save every possible ounce of weight in equipment in order that the fighting man may carry the maximum quantity of am- munition. Even cartridge shells are being turned out in the same metal. The latter are drawn down to the finestsizes of wire. The addition of a small percentage of it to type metal makes the type far more dur- able. The remarkable development of the last few years in the quality of steel cast- ings is due to an admixture of aluminum, which renders the steel more fluid. Even ordinary stoves now contain somewhat of the same ingredient. ~ u. vnlllvlhvl. by elect-rotypes. The concern referred to turns out thousands 0f medallions 3nd groaps of human figures and animals in bas- relief, usino' molds of sand and plaster-of patis. These articles may be thrown across the room and will not break, as would iron castings similarlv treated. Tigey look like silver. ' Sounding-boards and stringed instruments of various kinds are now being made of aluminum, which is eIBStic and capabie Of vibrations through a'wide range of tone pitch. The material has the great. advantage of being proof against moisture, and it will 1 not split under any Circumstances. Ever? since the new metal became available at. 9‘ moderate price it has been utilized b ex- perimentors in flying machines. Before long it will be extensively used for bridges, because it is so light and strong. Other uses to which it. is being put are for pro' peiiecs for ships, Talvea for air-brakes, opera glasses, pictur e ham“, cigar cases "”5133, vases, ”he“, Watches, bicycies, brushes and combs, and forks and spoons- For these table utensils it has the disad. vantage that a slight coating of its own oxide always giv es it a greasy feel so that it: is nev_er likely to supersede silver in this way. Aluminum has a. number of properties. Most striki its lightness. Ten cubic less than a. pound. I wonderful Pg among these is _1nches of it. weighs r03 13 1188.er anr time: A BEAUTIFUL ALLOY. FOR ROOFING. number 05 wonderful “liking a‘mong these is cubic inches of it weighs IND is nearly four times of alumi- 3': heavy, gold nearly eight timga. In is not acted up0n_by organic secrezions. Hence is most scrylceable far surgxm‘. instru- ems, for ere :o sew up wounds, ezc. ll- is almos: absoiutely prom egai'tstsea water, and in that re: as is much inner than 00;» ver for sheathing the bottom of vessds. Unfcrmnatvely, those pernicious mollusks, barnac?_e3, gifefn-to thrive on it; as they (I) is vu- on steel Butan aluminum bronzé, 'made by mixing sma. l percenta've of the white meal wit-h copper, is free from this ob- jaclion and serves admirably for the pur- Pose. THIRD IN MALL ABILITY. Aluminum is cnly exceeded in malleabil- ity by gold and silver. 1:. point of dhctil- izv it is seventh among the matais, ranking after copper in that. respect In i3 equal to silver in taking and retaining a. very high polish. _ Fine eiiécts are pr'aiuccd by first burnis‘nmg an»! than stamping it, so as to show ungm‘nished figures in relief. In is absolutely non- «magnetic, and for this reason is lar'rer employed for 01 ctr-3c- al appliancus. Asmall percentage of silver mgxad with it hammers and eatengchens it, makin" it most suitab‘e for man} kinds of engi: eermg and 0 her ciensm fix‘ apptrmus. The demand for it in astronomical and other instruments of physical science is grow'ng. I .. - . p1 H In is a. remarkably good conductor cf heat; and of electricity. 0n the latter account in was selected as the material of the pyramidal cap which now forms the apex of the Washington monument. This cap ex- cited great interest in 1383, when in was put on, the metal being as that time worth :33 a. pound. The monument has been struck by lightning; several times, but the dangerâ€" ous fluid has beenfiarried from the alumi- num cap down the lightning rod 550 feet into the ground. Perhaps if is had not been for the safeguard thus provided the huge obelisk might even now be in ruins. : luminum wars first iso‘uazed in 19-227 13V Woh‘zer, who had previously discoverel the met-5.13 barium, mignesium and cmicium, obtaining them from alkaline earths hy means of electricity. Cuic‘um is sold as this day for $300 an ounce, owing to the difficulty of separating it, from the elements with which it, is ordinarily found combined, though it is reckoned that. the skeleton of a. man contains $518,000 womb of it. That some of the existing metals remain as yet ungnown is quite certain. For a. long time this white metal was ‘ manufactured only in the laboratory of the chemist for the sake of experiment. Only half a dozen years ago melancholy notices were printed in the newspapers reporting the death of “ the only men who possessed the secret of producing it in large quantities on an economical basis.” Nevertheless, it can now be obtained in amounts practically unlimited for 65¢ a. pound. It is on t! e market in the form of ingots, plates. sheet- , bars, wires, castings, foils, etc. lts prn' - erty of strength without weight render: t far more serviceable for mechanical z - poses in general than any other known s f - stance. It can be dissolved out of any cl 3 - bank by the use of concentrated su‘:pl.m;e acid, but the process is too costly. Sm ner or later a. method will be found for produc- ing it as cheaply as iron. Frightened to Death There are several well-authenticated cases where fright was the cause of death. An English surgeon tells of a. drummer in India. across whose legs a harmless lizard cra wled while he was half asleep. He was sure that a cobra. had bitten him,and it was too much for his nerves, and he diedk Frederick I. of Prussia was killed by fear. ' His wife was i insane, and one day she escaped from her‘ keepemmd dabbing her clothes with blood, rushed upon her husband while he was doz- ing in his chair. King Frederick imagined her to be the white lady whose ghost was believed to invariably appear whenever the death of a member of the Royal family was to occur and he was thrown into a. fever and died in six weeks. But perhaps the most remarkable death from fear was that of the Dutch painter, Pentman, who lived in the seventeenth century. One day he went into a room full of anatomical subjects to sketch some death heads and skeletons for a picture he intended to paint. The weather was very sultry, and while sketching he fell asleep. He was aroused by bones dancing around him, and the skeletons, suspended from the ceiling, clashed together. In a fit oi horror he threw himself out of the win- , dow. Though he sustained no serious injury 1 and was informed that a slight earthquake E has caused the commotion among the ghost- ily surroundings, he died 1n a few days of I nervous tremor. “ Uncle,” as applied to the pawnbroker, is a. wretched pun on the latin word uncus, a. hook. Pawnbrokers employed a. hook to hit articles pawnedv to upper shelves before spouts were adopted. “Gone to the mucus,” is exactly tantamount to the modern phrase, “ up the Spout.” The pronoun was inserted to carry out the pun. The phrase “ a. ma tante ” does not mean u to my “"195," but “to the scoundrel’s," the word tense, in French argot, being the most reproachful word they can use speak- ing of a. man. “Gone to my uncle’s,” in French, “ "est- chez ma tante,” at the pawnbroker’s. In French the concierge de prison is called “ uncle,” because the prison- ers are “ kept there in pawn -" by the gov- ernment. In the seventh century a. nsnrer was called “ my uncle ” in the \Vallon provinces, becanse of his near connection with spendthritts, called in Latin, “ ne- potes,” nephe‘ms. There are about eighty days in the year when the dreaded English channel is nearly as smooth as a. mill pond; though there will generally occur a. slight ground swell. If a northeast or southwest wind blows hard it is quite true that the sea in the channel is one of the worst in the world, though rela- tively slight. The tides, which. are very various, crossing the wind, combined with the shallowness of the water and the fact that the ebb and flOOd meet and Part, just 03' Dover, Kick up at times an entirely peculiar and abominable ocean dance which even old salts cannot always stand. But at the worst the passege is nowâ€"a-days only a. W .L._ _-___.-Lnn ; one u v-â€"â€" , .. matter of some (Eighty or ninety minutesâ€"- very ditfcrcnt- Irom those bygox‘xe times lugggr rigged Emgcks or heavy cutters - â€"â€"-â€"~ :mnm when wuru tum-iv- “cur ~ used to roll the sufi'ering passengers from coast to coast on such a. wild sea. as is de- picted in Turner's famous picture or as when in 1822, the first steam packet, the Rob Boy, of fifty- tons, came over on Maly 2‘2, bringing six adventurous persons. Our Uncle. the Pawnbroker. The English Channel u: These 'Ehinzs Were There_ -. . Them. “ Glass bricks. Electric Buoys. A $15,000 clock. A $23,000 organ. A golden chair. An $80,000 clock. a An 53:0 onyx cane. A bed worth $950. lSW-year-old com. A $1000 arm chair. A $1500 music box. Dom Pedro’s chair. Microbe Incubators. A $300 Panama. but. A $2500 glass dress. A 73-pound salmon. A 42-foot high clozk . A cape worth $17,500. A pole ‘3l5 feet, high. Electrical engravina. The Mayflower bible. John Wesley's clock. Lace at; $1000 a. 3:2: . A 107-ton locomotive. A $50!) sea-otter skin. A '26.ton block of coal. A buzl‘alo in alabaster. Milking by machinery. A nugget; worth $41,883. A plate valued at, $167. A steam mocking-bird. Foot-gear of 1500 sorts. A spun-glass umbrella. A palace built; of corn. Girdle valued at $30,000. A mantle marked $1000. A bureau 15‘) years 0 d. One of Gladstonc’ s axes. Leather of 300 varieties. A $19,000 gold certificate. Tree 36 few in diameter. “Ta-ra-ra” in Egyptian. Diamonds worth $100,000. A fishing rod worth $750. A }50~year-old tea. plant. Grace Duling’s life boat. A bandsaw ‘22) feet long. An orange “liberty bell.” Tea. worth $175 per pound. A $13, 000 fisheries display. Bamboo poles 70 feet long. 000; A steel ingot worth “422.30 Watches valued at $400,000. Horse and rider in prunes. Billiard balls worth $80,000. A $35,000 solid silver model. J apan exhibits corned beef. A 30,000-pound block of salt. A SOO-year-old dwarf cedar. A horse model costing $3000. American birds of MG kinds. .. A brick warship cost $30,000. TWO miles of lunch counters. Egyptian “bum bum” candy. Forestry exhibits of 18 states. A skycycle or flying machine. Java women alfect white hose. An SOOO-pound piece of copper. A l2-ton lump of crystal alum. Forty races in friendly rivalry. A Jersey cow valued at $15,000. An ammonia. street car engine. Chickens hatched by electricity. A chocolate tower worth $40,000. ‘vVatches mounted on butterflies. A cheese weighing 23,000 pounds. The national capital in flowers. Pearl necklace valued at $100,000. An exhibit of “swiitest” poisons. A Krupp gun that shoots 20 miles. An iron eagle with 3000 feathers. A pavilion built of packing boxes. The biggest molding in the world. A shawl containing 2t,000 stitches. ' One jewelry exhibit worth $400,000. The judges of awards number 650. ery. tiles. Freet‘xinking often means thinking that is free from the restrictiqns whxch accurate knowledge of the recoggxzed 1.0.ws of reason- ing lays upon scientific mvegtxgation. A cook stove 25 feet high, 35 feet long 20 feet wide. ’ Remember that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued W111 make know. ledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contempbible. A silver statue weighing 22; tons. A hand that dates from 100 B. C. Oregon shows an 82 pound salmon. Brazil shows 2000 grades of cofi'ee. Oldest lathe extantâ€"the Blanchard. Munich shows an $87.50 microscope. A 50-foot high anthracite pyramid. Humpbacked whole, 47:; feet long. The \Vashington monument in colns, Aâ€"Vjaganese :1011 “baby” six feet high. A stained glass window wort-h $6000, A group of windmills worth $200,000, -n‘n A gold nugget weighing 3040 uuuces. Vases made in the fifteenth century. Clay pipe smoked by Miles Standish. The first umbrella. imported to America, VVorld’s Fair exhibitors number 50,000. A Shakespearean vase valued at; $2000. A set of 20 stamps valued as $5000 each. One hundred and twenty carloads of glass. Log 42 inches square and 41 inches long A fountain that squirts California. wine. Paintings executed by Queen Victoria. An elephant tusk weighing 158 DOunds. The lumber in the Ferris wheel cost; $12,. L71 pJ B H GUATTHS A piece of lead ore weighing 6500 pounds. Sixty-nine engines operated the machin l 52-ton gun, with IOOO-pound projec- You See SZI.‘j " AUnA "av .. Whether a. féwl’a voice is'pleasant or dis- agreeable, thoug‘q mpst people do not seem _- -L.-- \l_ AL:-!-A_.. ugrcoumc, Ulivuhu nthâ€"v ;.--r__ __ ,7 to notice the distinction. My chickens have nearly alway been of the Cochin China. breed, and 1 them I have paid most attention natur 'ly. Ihave discovered that they have very cute senses of vision, hearing, and taste, but they cannot smell. Their sense of taste is excellently develop- ed, and after eatin anything more than usually palatable tb v will give vent to an exclamation of ple e, . just as a. person will say Eh? 0} so echifig of that? kind under the same (2 r_c ‘3tan'ces. “They are peculifl susceptible to cer- tain colors. Red an? . 7drives them crazy, while blue is not tv.‘ their liking by any meme. One day I noticed that my chick- ens in the back yard were in a terrible state of excitement. I accidentally found out the cause of it. There was a red curtain in the back window of a. house next door, and I could see them glance hp at this and um r their notes of alarm. I got the lady of ti e house to have the curtain re-moved and the commotion ceased. I tried an experimr! t with other colors, But they did not seen- 0 mind any but blue, and this they did i . t like. I found if a. blue ribbon or string ~ 8 tied to one chicken’s leg all the rest v.01 (1 keep away from it. ‘-1 1‘). “I have noticed that chickens can di: tin- guish between white and colored peopm. For the latter they have a. special aversion. Whether it is because they know by instinct that negroes are so fond of them for eating purposes or not I cannot say. I once had five Cochin China. pullets to which I gave the names of Pete, Pet at, Pit, Pot. Pete would respond ma. 1 y when her name was called, but the others would come also with the except-ion of Pot, who Would come when I called her. Pete would ‘come when I called Pit, Pat, and Pet, showing that she could not distinguish closely between the vowels i, a, and e short. There was such a. difference between these and Pot that the latter would recognize her name as soon as called. If the consonants were transposed, and I would call Top instead y at Pot, she would not notice. SURE THAT 031033558 TALK. “ Growing among roosters is a most in- teresting study. I have noted the crows of over 100 roosters and I have never found two alike. One may crow in this mam nor: ‘ Dum-didiâ€"didi ;’ another may go, ‘Dum-didi-didi-didi.’ and so on. “The crow is nearly elweys between 12 p. m. and 12 a..m.. and is from three to seven seconds in duration. Roosters begin to crow at dawn and those further eastward crow the last. It is a. kind of telegraph service from one to another. Generally there are seven crows given in the space of ten seconds from each other. Cocks crow a. few minutes after being frightened and after eating, and I can almost tell ‘exactly when they will begin. A rooster is by all odds the the proudest thing on earth with no ex- ception. A human being cannot compare with onein this respect.” Prof. Hamerik has made so deep 3. study of chickens that he can imitate their move- ments and reproduce their voices. ette.” A Straight “Rainbow” The peculiar phenomenon of a. perfectly straight rainbow was witnessed at Aboyne on the morning of the 26th of May, 1893. Sirotching aloqg the falls of Merven and L.1___ nL- am... A: Vu; vv. .Lu-v u...â€" . while it was raining on Marven, which accounts for the colors, though it is not so easy to account for the absence of the arch. The lowest part'bf the ribbon showed the least refrangible colors. A white rainbow was seen in Edinburgh in January’ 1873. A very remarkable mist-bow,or fog-bow was witnessed by Mr. Edward Whymper, in des- cending the Matterhorn, immediatelyafter the disastrous accident which signalized his first ascent in 1865, and is figured, as well as described, in his work. in this case the Circular bows were accompanied by straight, perpendicular, iridescent lines, which ap- peared by their intersections with the bows to produce figures in the form of a. cross.â€" [Tit Bits. Young people who learn to work will al‘ ways {are better than idlers and dawdlers. Even if they do not have to work, it is bet- ter to learn how against a. time of misfor- tune. Wealth sometimes takes unto itself wings. .he A Substitute- now It Is Kept. The Russian garrisons on the Prussian frontier have been in the recent years con- siderably strengthened. Until three . or four years ago the so-called cordon conust- ed of comparatively few men only. Sernce on the frontier isevery monotonous, and the men selected for this work are generally young recruits trom the Eastern and central provinces of the_ Empire._ 0n the 1st and 15th of every month the frontxer guards receive their hard-earned and scanty pay, and on the 2nd and 16th of the. same month it is regularly expended in Erink to the very last kopeck. _ Then a bad timeisets in‘for them, and they frequently take to stealing from the Prussian farm-houses across the border line; Sometimes, however, they meet with a. piece of good luck. A Prussian hen or goose wanders innocently over the line and im- mediately disappears into the nearest Rus- sian guard-house, where it forms a welcome addition to the frugal rations provided by the authorities. Complaint by the farmer is useless. He is told that the matter will be looked into, and that is the end of it. At certain periods during the night an officer makes the round form post to posts. Sometimes a. signal shot is heard when smugglers are suspected to be in the neigh- bourhood of a. sentry, the signal being taken up by one guard after another, until as many as five or six reports break the ailence of midnight. Then. if it is a false alarm, all‘becomes still again. On cold winter nights, when the icy east wind blows across the plains, wood fires like beacons flicker at- intervals all along the line, and here and fhere can’be seen the {all figure of a guard engaged in the vain at- tempt to thaw his frozen limbs. ’ The chief duty of Russian frontier guards consists in preventing smuggling and the introduction of Nihiiistic literature and proclamations into Russian territory. But the guards are often deceivedâ€"if they are not bribed by the smugglers, which is fre- {mently the case : a state of affairs scarcely surprising when one conglders their miser- able pay. Very ingeuiqus tricks are resorted to in order to elude their vigilance. Two years ago some smugglers on the Prussian side began snowballing some villagers on the Russian territory, and the latter returned the attack. But in the snowballs which were thrown from the Prussian side into Russia yards of the most expensive Brussels lace were concealed. Thousands of Nihil- istic proclamations were on one occasmn smuggled through Silesia into Russia in the hollow staves of persons who, disguised as pious pilgrims, successfully eluded the Vigilance of the guards and the hawk-eyes oi the Secret Police. More of’l‘hem There than in Any Other Part of the World. There are more ants to the square mile in Florida than in any other country in the world. There are ants which will measure more than half an inch in length, and then there are ants so small that they can scarcely be seen to move with the unaided eye. There are red ants and black ante. and trouble- some ants. But as bad as they are, I have never heard of them eating the seat out of a man’s trousers, as a. missionary. the Rev. Mr. 1 Wilson, once told the writer he saw the i army ante do in India while the man was \ sitting on the earth for a. few minutes beside THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER. But the Florida ants will take out the lettuce and other minute seed from the soil in which they are planted and actually de- stroy the bed. They will suck the life out of acres of young cucumbers and melon plants, uproot strawberry plants, or cover the buds with earth to such an extent as to kill them. They wiil get into pie, pickle, sauce, sirup, sugar, on meat, in hash, will riddle a. cake or fill a loaf of baker’s bread. till it is worthless. All remedies failing, I took to baiting them near their nests with slices of meat, bones, apple, and pear par- : Ar. AAA him. ings, and when I had from 50,010 t‘o 1003000 out turned a. kettle of boiling water on them. I have killed during the' last week over 1,000,000 in the space of a. quarter acre 10 . and I have almost; whipped them out. I had to do this to secure any lettuce plants, and many unobservant farmers complain of seedsmen when they should actribute their troubles to insects. It is very curious and instructive to see how promptly the ants which empe the scalding will go to work taking out the dead, and, after piling them outside first, then go to excavating again and rebuilding their cells and runways. This being done very quickly the next work on hand is the laying in of a supply of food. by hauling the dead bodies of the hot-water victims into their storehouses. You may see a small black any hauling and tugging at the DIILw-n ~-â€"-_ v, carcass of a. red ant twenty times its own weight, and he always succeeds, in the end, in landing it in the warehouse of the colony. Next you may see a. sort of ambulance corps searching for the disabled. These are taken carefully to the underground house, where the surgeons and nurses are in waiting. Then, too, you may see the timekeepers and bosses directing this one, or turning another back on some errand or to some other duty. There is not a moment’s delay, no halting feet, no idle hands, but all move as if it was their last day on earth, and this was the only hour ~in which to redeem a. ,, J__-A___ ‘_ j "01° vuv u..--, ---.__ misspent life. For lessons in industry and perfect government 20 to the ants. Can’t Miss a Rattlesnake. The writer saw an Indian kill a rattle- snake in a very peculiar msnner TEcently. The rattler was about ten feet from the Indian, who was resting the rifle on his knee, apparently taking aim. 'Whenever he moved the weapon a few inches the snake would move around and get exactly in 11118 with it. Then, to show haw the thing was done, the Indian moved about the snake in a circle, and the reptile moved as if his tail was a. pivot, always keeping his head and body in line with the gun. The Indian then agreed to bandagehiseyes and shoot the snake in the ,mouth The writer bandaged the Indians eyeS, and, holding the gun at arm’s 1035“: the latter pulled the trigger and the ball entered the snake’s mouth. . “How did you take “Em Was the query, “The snake he take aim,” was the reply, We have talked Wlbh 3-D Old hater 0n ‘ position, and he claims that a madam;k6 :52 11:39 kranse directly in ' wit‘a 1c 9013' 3, ~ _ llgi'son (Nam) APPeaL ‘ “(LE 1t. 9” Ali TS IN FLORIDA. moan,