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011511A_ ‘S, NSTON . • THE WINSTON WEIR 1 C. W. HUBBARD. • - MONT. Russia has 1,000,000 princes. But that sountry has never had a Ward Mac- Allister. Undoubtedly woman is man's better half, but she should not try to be the whole thing. If that caprine lymph should happen to work Andrew Carnegie might dodge the issue by not dying at all. Skewering an opponent on a. sword Is a somewhat odd way for even a French critic to show he's stuck on his own opinion of \Hamlet The number of alleged letters found would seem to indicate that Andree has established a correapondence bureau somewhere near the pole. There Is always more or less popular suspicion attached to expert testinnohy when it begins to take refuge in words of more than three syllables. A novel use is being made of the state pawnshops in France. Owners of bi- cycles (lave been making a practice of pawning their wheels in the fall and redeeming them In the spring. It is a cheap and convenient way to store them. The magistrate who has discharged a mistrese accused by her servant of having taken her over her knees and spanked her for disobedience appears to have contributed something practi- cal and illuminating to the servant -girl problem. The practice of kidnaping babies seems to have come into vogue again. In this connection It may be remarked that the presence of a large Newfound- land dog as escort to a baby has a curi- ously deterrent effect upon would-be child abductors. Some may feel that, although they have plenty to retire upon.\ says An- drew Carnegie. \they have little to re- tire to.\ Precisely. They haven't had the time, and later they haven't had the inclination, to take up employment outside of their business. If a man Is to be happy In retirement he must have something to retire to. The dowager empress of China is pre- paring to defend the Integrity of the empire, and to that end seven factories for the manufacture of smokeless pow- der are to be erected. The last war showed that the Chinese are not of much consequence as soldiers, and as \one sparrow does not make a sum- mer\ It is not probable that seven smokeless powder manufactories will make an efficient army. It is difficult for a person at this dis- tance to make up his mind whether the Om' is sincere In his professed desire for peace and reform or whether he Is playing the hypocrite to serve an ul- terior design. If he wishes the world to give him credit for good intentions he should immediately reverse his re- aetionary policy In Finland and should set the whole resources of the empire at work to relieve the famine which Is devastating extensive regions. Every European market has been in- vaded by the United States, and Great Britain's trade has suffered in conse- quence. It is not difficult to supply an explanation. A better article at a low- er figure has been furnished to consum- ers by American manufaetarers. The English make many articles by hand which we make by machinery. They have thuli fallen behind American man- ufacturers In trade competition be- cause of inferior skill and higher cost of production. Whatever the historian of the future may have to say in regard to the achievements of our soldiers and sail- ors In the recent quarrel between the United States and Spain, he will have no difficulty in characterizing the con- temporaneous descriptions of them. The slush and gush which panes in press reports and magazine pages for war literature will find its due level In time, and the strong common sense of the people may be trusted meanwhile to read between the lines and note what actually transpired. The betting habit is gaining a hold upon our people. It undermines char- acter and blasts business prospects. Young men who are known to be \sporty\ are not placed in positions of trust which command the higher grade of salaries. They not only lose money by their attempts to win money, but they lessen their ability' to earn money. Credit Is often a stepping -stone to for- tune, but the betting man rarely has much credit. His friends may not question his intentions to pay, but they know that the betting habit im- pairs the ability to pay. The Sloane divorce has been widely commented upon by the newspapers of the country, and the general tone of the comment is that of sharp criticism of the action of the court in that case. Such criticism seems to be justifiable. Publicity Is the one strong assurance of Impartial justice; it is perhaps the greatest deterrent of crime. The pub- licity attending the hearing of a di- vorce case has undoubtedly prevented many divorces. People have greater dread of exposure than of actual pun- ishment The death of another child from burns received from a bonfire should bring the point home to the public that steps should be taken to protect ebilJ dren from themselves. A law 'forbid- ding bonfires except to 4estroy rubbish might be difficult to enforce strictly, but the attempt to do so would soon Impress on the young idea that a bon- fire meant a more dreaded danger than mere fire. If the youngsters who built the fires were the only ones to suffer It would be sad enough, but It is wore frequently those who have had nothing to do with them except to be attraeteo by the blaze who have to undergo the torture.. Every student of Columbia Univer toffy must now learn to swim, and the members of the freshman and sopho- more classes are required to take phy- sical training as a part of their college course. The university has established a gymnasium one hundred and seventy feet long by one hundred and thirty wide, with a running track; also a swimming pool one hundred feet In di- ameter. Last summer the city of New York, with more than half a million children to care for, timidly appropri- ated $25,000 for vacation schools and for extending the play grounds. The city of Boston, following the present Mayor's leading, has acquired mail parcels of land in different locations. and the park commissioners have been authorised to spend from $200,000 to $500,000 in establishing a system of play grounds, not exceeding twenty, \to meet the wants of the different sections of the city.\ It is slowly dawning upon municipal authorities that children have bodies as well as minds, and that the body must be developed and used in order to give the mind a fair chance. Physical training is no longer regarded u a fad or whim. It is seen to be a vital necessity. City children have few opportunities for bodily activity and recreation; they have no barns, or- chards, pastures and woods wherein to romp and frolic; they have not even the excitement of morning and evening \chores.\ About six years ago a German land- holder - issued an appeal to the farming chnlit in that country to sale Itself from, impending ruin by forming a political party. Several thousands of the large landowners and country squires re-- sponded to the call, and the Agrarian League was organized. The farmers of East Prussia had many grievances, such as low prices for their crops. high taxes on their land, and competing sup- plies of food from America. Russia and Hungary. The times had been bad. Many landowners were heavily in debt. By acting together and carrying the middle-class farmers with them, they hoped by legislation to effect changes that would favor their material Inter- ests. The leaders of the movement were the descendants of petty nobles of the well-born Junker class, who had once been the real rulers of Prussia. Inheriting old-time ideas of privilege, It was natural for them to take the view that the government should con- fer upon them special benefits at the expense of the working and mercantile classes. The largest landowners re- tained control of the Agrarian League, but were wise enough to popularize the movement. They opened the door for the poorest peasant proprietors and cottagers to enter the League by the payment of a small fee. Over two hun- dred thousand farmers are now con- nected with the League. They have fallen In behind the big country squires, especially in East Prussia and South Germany. At the outset' the League conducted an agitation against the commercial treaties by which a market for Russian grain was opened in Germany. Subsequently it strove to prevent the entry of American food supplies, especially pork. It has aimed to reduce foreign competition, and to control the market prices of farm prod- ucts and agricultural labor in Germany. In the German Relehetag or Parlia- ment the Agrarians have been able to command about one hundred votes, or about one -quarter of the membership. Their deputies belong to the Conserva- tive, Centralist, Imperial, Liberal and other groups, but stand together on all questions relating to facmers' interests. The Agrarians have been described as the bitter foes of America. They are not more hostile to America than to Russia and Hungary, which are also competing with them for the control of the home market. They are the ene- mies of cheap food, and wish to tax It heavily when It comes from any foreign country. Unless all signs fail, they are losing influence. The -small farmers are beginning to see that the large land- holders are using them, not in the gen- eral interests of agriculture, but to ac- complish their own selfish purposes. PASSING OF OLD-TIME COOPER. Barrels Are Now Made Out of sheet Metal by Machinery. An effort to get barrels and casks in some cheaper form than they are now made is found in the metallic leirrel de- signed and patented by Jay G. Condor - man, of Rhinelander, Wis. The sides of this barrel are press- ed out of a single sheet of metal, and the proper taper is secured by a series of length -wise cor- r ugat ion sat the ends, forming in- wardly projecting shoulders near the chimes, these shoulders being utilized to support the head. Barrels of this kind answer many purposes, and can be very economically made, all the la- bor being performed by machinery. MET•LI.8111ARRIL. Tattooed Dors. Tattooed dogs are now the fashion In London. A coat of arms or a mono- gram Is marked on the throat or breast of the animal. The process is made almost painless by the use of cocaine. A woman has to be a lightning think- er if she thinks before she speak& mai LITTLE WOMAN 0' MINE. S he ain't any bit of an angel - This sweet little woman o' wine; S he's jest a plata womau, La 'perty amyl, human - This se eet little woman o' mine. For what I would do with an autos When I looked for the firelight's shine? When six little sinners Are w•utie their diunera? No! Give we this little woman o' value! I've hearn lots of women called \angels An' Iota o' 'eta thought it wua Muer But give 'em the feathers, An' me, in all weathers, This sweet little woman o' wine! I jest ain't got within' ag'in 'em - Thew angels -they're good iu their But they're sorter above me! Thank God, that she'll love we - This dear little t. °Wan wiue. -F, L Stanton. line; ll RS. CARRUTHERS flushA slightly as she read the name on the pasteboard. \I will see him here, :lane,\ she said, with studied calmness, \and remember, please. that I am not at home to any one for the next hour.\ She nestled down on her settee. pi -- lowing the shimmering gold of her head against its cushions, and waited. She was glad he had come. Iler thoughts traveled back to their first meeting that day on the front at Brighton. and she smiled as she re- called the gust of wind that caught her handkerchief, a scented scrap of lace and cambric, and carried it fluttering to his feet. He was young, a were boy in fact, and singularly handsome, and he actually blushed as he restored the trifle. There was something frank and fresh about hint -few of her men friends ever blushed -and her tenden- cies were sufficiently Bohemian to ren- der more formal introduction unneces- sary; before the week was out he had lunched and dined at her hotel. Time had flown for her since then; bright summer days spent drifting among the upper reaches of the Thames, with the heat of the afternoon lazed away In some shady backwater; morning drives to some old-world retreat among the Surrey hills; afternoons on the lawns at Hurlinghain, strolling, talking, tea drinking among the smartest in the land, with the band of the Guards crashing out the masterpieces of great German composers, Interspersed with melodies from the Casino. They had been friends, nothing more, but each day had brought a fresh delight, and she had been happy. Now it was 0 end; he had eouie to say, \Good -by.\ \It seems almost like a dream,\ she murmured; \I wonder what I obeli do without him?\ The hangings swayed aside, and the boy advanced with outstretched hand. She smiled and gave him hers without rising. down,\ she said, \and have some coffee, unless you prefer something stronger.\ \Coffee thanks.\ he answered, drop- ping into a chair beside her. She poured some out and handed It to him, together with a tiny box of tortoise -shell and silver. He laughed softly as be opened It and saw a row of miniature cigarettes. \Ah! so you indulge, it appears. How often?\ \Oh sometimes!\ \And I haven't known It until this moment! Will you join we now'?\ - offering the case. \No thank you; I prefer to see you smoke. There is a match beside you.\ He lit one of the cigarettes and puffed away in silence, until a blue haze had gathered about his head. Then he look- ed across at her. \I am going abroad,\ he said, abruptly. \Are you sur- prised?\ \Assuming that you mean some hor- rible tropic\ -he nodded -\yes I am. I suppose It means the loss of every- thing that has made your life pleasant In the past-yea and the gain of - what?\ \Nothing.\ \Then why go?\ She leaned back, clasping her hands behind her head, and her sleeves, fall lug, disclosed arms as smooth and white as ivory. Their glances met and she asked again, \Why go?\ \Because I have no choice,\ he an swered. \Look here, Madge, we've been friends, jolly good friends, and God only knows how I shall get on ' without you; I will be perfectly frank. and tell you just how it stands. My 'father, as you know, was a country ' parson. He ought never to have put ' me through Sandhurst; it WAR beyond i bis means --I often wondered how he managed to do all he did, but I really knew nothing of his affairs until hie i aleath last year. I found out then that he never did have much beyond his pride, and it appeared that towards tins end he had dabbled in stocks and shares. Well, you know what happens when parsons walk into bucket -shops; there Was barely enough left to keep the young one at Sandhurst. That is why I am exchanging for the NVest. Indies.\ He looked up thoughtfully at the smoke cloud wreathing from his cigarette. \Of course I shall see some- thing of life. I have seen little so far; school, Sandhurst, an outlandish depot In the west of Ireland, and -town.\ I \Do you want to go?\ \One cannot always do what one Wants,\ She shrugged her Rhouldere beneath the billowy lace owl muslin of her demi- toilette, and there was another pause. \How stun lige it will seem when you have gone I shall feel quite lost by myself.\ She spoke softly, In a tone almost of soliloquy, watching him closely to see the effect of her words. lie wade no reply, and he went on, - Wheu our has SO few friends, it Is heed to lose them- the places are so hard Cu fill.' He winced at that, and a meuieutary gleam dashed In her eyes. ' It will seem stiange,\ she repeated; \I wonder if you will ever think of tne - tifteu, I mean?\ \I hope not,\ he replied; \I want to forget you.\ That was all tthe wanted; the simple directness of the answer conveyed wore to her that, an) outburst of pos- ition could have done. The rest mm as easy. After awbie he rose to his feet. She rose, too, and stood before him, looking tutu his eyes as though she would read his soul. A wild desire to crush her in his arms took possession of him, and the finger -t all, bit into the palms of his clenched hands. \Must you go?\ she whispered, draW- tng nearer to him. \I have no choice,\ he 58 d, again. \You want money,\ she continued; \well I am rich.\ He did not reply. \Would you do something for me?\ \Yes he said, simply; - I would give my life for you.\ iler eyes dropp. d. and a delicious color crept into her cheeks. \Well before you go, do me a favor. Marry me.\ lie d:d.--St. Paul's. TRACING SUICIDE. Believed that Unsuitable Diet 111•• •u Injurious Effect. Dr. Haig is of the opinion that sui- cide may be traced to error in diet, the error being the eating of meat, the _ FREAKS OF FORTUNE. RARE LUCK OF LOTTERY TICKET HOLDERS. - :21rcuul•tauces tiuder Which uccess (awe to a ken V. inners hum the lu- •titutions Which absorb t Lie Muttei ut Illust of heir Cu•tuustro. _ Fortune is never so capricious us it she is urning a lottery mm heel, and a whole library might be writteu of the strange putulis site hos payed tt Ito those who have e toted her in this guise. She was in a strangely capri- cious mood, says Tit lilts, %%lieu it pleused her to convert a Dublin shop assistuut into a man of fortune and the founder of a noble family. Luke White, the father of the first Lord Aunaly, was a poor Mauxwau who bad drifted to Dublin to serve ime hind the counter of a bookseller's shop. In the hope of adding to - his scanty earnings he bought a number of lottery tickets for sale, but fouud himself un- able to dispose of them all. At the last moment he decided to send the uuso:d tickets to Belfast in the hope of finding a better market there; but when the couch bad been a day on Its journey he received a letter Informing hint that the despised tickets had won valuable prizes. Although the news came in the dead of night, Luke White got up im- mediately, saddled a horse, and raced madly in chase of the coach. He rode through the night and the whole of the following day, and overtook the coach within a few miles of Bellied. lie rea- drinking of beer and of tea and the cued the bundle of tickets awl, return - smoking of tobacco. His facts all fall ' n - g home, exchanged them for prizes comfortably into their places in sup- of the value of $100,000. port of his hypothesis. Are there not An amusing story Is told of a wicked trick which fortune played a short more suicides among men than among lute ago on a lady. The lady and her women, and do not men consume more meat, more beer and more to . baceo than husband, who were traveling, called at the women? Again, suicide is more the shop of a country draper to make a few purchases. They were about to common in England than in Scotland, • not apparently because the Scotch are leave the shop when an attractive boa - a more canny race, but because the net arrested the lady's attention and she induced her husband to bunit for English eat more meat and drink more her. When it came to payment, how - beer, while the Sewell eat less meat and drink whisky instead of beer. Af- I ever, the husband found to his dismay that he had not sufficient tuouey to pay ter maintaining that suicide was less for It in this dilemma he offered the common among the Scotch, It was per - draper an eighth share ticket iiia Ger- a Scotch audience, to go on to say that lisps hardly polite, when adtirt.S.41 lig !Min lottery which be had in his purse, suicide increased with civilization. But and dually induced him to accept it In the fact was explained on the ground part payment. A few days later the of more injurious diet, that of civilized lady learned to her disgust that the man being more productive of uric lottery ticket had won an eighth of $75,000, and that her \darling bonnet\ acid and thus of suicide than that whkb prevails where civilization is had thus cost her the record price of N less advanced. Uric acid is, in fact, at , nearly $O,)0. the bottom of all this, and, according It was a happy inspiration that tempted a young lieutenant on the to Dr. Haig, the incidence of suicide Italian battleship Lepanto to turn his tallies with the daily, annual and life fluctuations of uric acid in the blood attention to the Spanish Christmas , lot - being commonest when uric acid is tery a couple of years ago. The ship was moot abundant, namely. in the morn- cruising off the coast of Spain, ingo, In spring and summer aqii in and it occurred to the lieutenant to !p - childhood and the full prime of life. duce all on board, from captain to We have no doubt that errors of diet cabin boy, to join in purchasing a lot- tery ticket. The ticket was bought, are responsible for much, and, among other things, for a certain number and, to the delight of all, was fortunate of enough to win the first prize of $165,- admit that unsuitable dlet, derange- suicides; nay. we could go further and' 000, which was divided among the lucky owners on Christmas day. A very curious piece of good fortune fell last year to the lot of a poor widow who kept a Mali shop in a suburb of Berlin. One evening as she was serv- ing a customer a worklugman stepped into the shop and begged permission to light his pipe. Drawing a piece of pa- per from his pocket he twisted it up, lit it at the gas jet, and after lighting his pipe threw down the spill and walked out with a word of thanks. When sweeping the floor the next morn- ing the widow took up the charred pa- per out of curiosity, and, unfolding it, saw that it Was a lottery ticket, only a fraction of which had been burnt. She folded it up. put it away in her pocket, and had almost forgotten It when the result of a large lottery drawing caught her eye in the paper. files.\ She then remembered the crumpled ticket In her pocket, and on producing It found to her amazement and delight that the rejected ticket bad won a prize of $50,000. She claimed the prize, and although she advertised widelrfor its original owner with the Intention of sharing It with him she has been left in undisturbed possession of her fortune. --- AUSTRALIAN CORAL REEF, ment of the proper relation between nutrition and waste and the conse- quent loading of the tissues and the blood with abnormal products of meta- bolism have much to do with that be temper and discontent which lead men to lay their hands violently upon their neighbors and sometimes on them- selves. All this may be taken for granted, but it is at present far from proved that the peccant material is Ln all cases the same, and still further are we from being agreed that uric acid is the origin of the evil. -Hospital. The Garden or Eden. \I know you will like the house,\ re niarked the real estate agent; \the country is perfectly healthy.\ \Indeed!\ replied the prospective pur- chaser. \Oh yes; and no \So?\ \Good water.\ \Ah!\ \Oh!\ \No electric lights.' \Um -m!\ \Trains every twenty minutes, and always on ante.\ \Liz!' \Low taxes.\ \Ho!\ \No unpleasant neighbors.\ \Humph!\ \No mosquitoes. But why do you weep?\ \Be -because,\ sobbed the man, \I -I didn't know I was dead -and I sudden- ly f -find I've got to h -heaven.\ 568 Million Miles of Ribbon. Nearly 1,000,000,000,000 yards of rib- bon of all shades and colors are con- sumed by the fair sex in general of the continent of Europe every year. Of this huge amount France alone takes one- third, it being a well -established fact that French women are particularly prone to anything of a showy color. Britain comes next, but a long way behind. with 30,000,000 yards, and the 4 rest is divided principally between Spain, Italy, Germany anti Bglum, and the smaller prineipalities. Blue and the lighter pinks and scarlet are the favorite shades. Queen's Splendid Memory. A remarkable instance of the excel jence of her majesty's memory was given a few days ago. A copy of the memoir of the late Thomas Best Jervis of the Bombey engineers was present- ed to the Queen at Chutes by rho author, who is conservator of the museum at Turin. Her majesty ex- pressed her pleasure at the presenta- tion, and mentioned having seen the model of Sebastopol made by Colonel Jervis, and exhibited by him at the war office as far back as 1855.-Londoa Telegraph Twelve Hundred Miles Long R od o ne of the World's V. ronder•. That great barrier reef which fringes the coast of Queensland north of Bris- bane, in the direction of Torres straits, must always rank among the wonders of the world. For 1,200 miles the coral animalcula have ralaed a solid protection against the rage of the ocean swell at a distance varying from twenty to 150 miles from the shore, leaving a comparatively safe and calm inner passage, suitable for navigation by the largest steamers on their voy- ages north and east. Sundry channels penetrate the reef at intervals, and whole fleets of trading schooners are regularly engaged amid the intricate labyrinth of coral islets. Those who have seen the skeleton rnadrepores and branching corals on the shelves of a museum can form no conception of the surpassing beauty of the living organisms, vigorous at or near the surface of the translucent seas. On the ebbing tide we find every description of animated coral growth exposed, from the rounded masses of brain coral to the stag's born madre- pores, those of eorymbose form, and a variety too numerous to mention. The I brilliant coloration of the myriads of polyps includes every shade, front the more somber brown of the fungla tribe to delicate lemon yellows, lilac, pink, rich green Interspersed with golden hues, apple greens tipped with violet. bright red, chocolate, purple and even blue. The various aggregations of minute vivacious animals possess all modifications of radicated intiorts- cenee: soduit have clutAeaded ten- holes, others expand in a feathery fringe, while the number of rays to eat ii organism varies according to the families and genera of coral classifica- tion. 'Iliese gardens of the sett are too isolutiful for words. By subtle transi- tions the litue-secretiug corals pass tutu tbe uncovered sea auenioues of resplendent kinds, and the reefs swarm with numberless ecititaxlertue. lid I branch ruollusea, and petal -Mot e,1 fishes of tnoat extraordinary shape and size. Everything lu the tropical ?wail assumes a striking brilliancy of color, and the twenty or more kltals of hobo- thuria are not the least interesting among the organisms wtrtch abound. As the beche de titer, or trepang, these marine animals constitute esteemed gastronomic dainties In the celestial marts, the importance of the export trade to the government of Queens- land being proved by statistics. Over a hundred vessels are engaged in the lu- duatry. The value of the prepared ar- ticle is quoted front t:30 to L150 per ton, according to its quality and kiud, and good annual returns have exceeded 1:30.000 for the bectie de wer aloue.-e Loudon Wanda rd. The cherry is a delicacy much sought after by the whole feathered tribe. That, sleeping or waking, snakes never close their eyes is a curious tact. The oldest liv:ng crea . ure in the world belongs to 11'alter Rothschild. It is a giant tortoise. weighing a quarter of a ton, and it has a known life of 150 years. The fig is the favorite fruit among an.inals, and u amels, horses, cows, hogs, sheep and goats will eat this fruit as readily as man The elephant considers it a dainty. whi:e all the fowls greedily devour figs. The antipathy of anbuals for certain things is unexplanabe, but the fact re mains, for example, that rattlesnakes have a decided for the leaves of the white ash. Experiments have shown that they wonld rather run over live coals than touch white ash leaves. The dainty grass of Parnassus is beautiful but dishaue4t. It is a bog herb and has glossy green leaves and pure whlte blossoms, and is »imported to be the poet's flower. Its milk-white flowers are among the loveliest of Eng- land, yet they are deceivers. The drops of honey which bees and insects fancy they see inside the petals are pond, glassy imitations of honey, whIeh fool the busy gathetes who are !lured In this way that they tiny carry off thus pollen to other blossoms. Use of Coal. The amount of coal consumed by a vessel during a voyage depends very largely upon the speed, for the con- sumption of coal increases almost in a geometrical ratio to the speed. There are many ships which burn from 100 to 300 tons of coal per day, the lowest consumption being when the vessel Is sailing at a moderate rate. Our men- of-war do not consume so much in pro- portion as swift passenger steamers which ply between Europe and Ameri- ca, for, unless in an emergency, they are not driven at the highest attain- able speed. The ocean passenger steamers often burn from 2.500 to 3,50ti tons during a voy-age lasting six to seven days, though, of course, as al- ready stated, the amount Is largely dis pendent on the speed. -St. Louis Globe Demotrat. Brain Weight. Weighings made of the brains of ne- groes have given between 44 011neei and 45 ounces, a weight that corre- sponds with European women; while in the negress the mean weight is less than in the female sex in Europeans. From the weighings which have been published of the brains of the oran4 and chimpanzee it would seem that the brain weight in these apes ranges from 11 ounces to 15 ounces, and the brain weight appears to be much the same in the gorilla. These figures are great- ly below those of the human brain, even in so degraded a people as till dwarf Bush race of South Africa. They closely approximate to the weight of newly born male infants, in whom the average weight is 11.6 ounces. The Bun's Tremendous Heat. It is estimated that the earth re- ceives not more than one thousand millionth part of the total radiation of the sun's rays. If any considerable proportion of this heat were concen- trated upon the earth it would not only become uninhabitable but to.conia speedily consumed. If the great accu- mulation of ice at the North Pule were placed at a point where this tremend- ous heat could be focused, it would melt at the rate of 300,000,000 cubic miles of solid lee per second; and the heat Is estimated, as mechanical ener- gy, at the rate of about 10,000 horse- power to every square fool of surface. The Telescope. 'Me princ:ple of the telescope was dc. scribed by Roger Bacon in 1259, and in 1537 Leonard' Digges arranged lenses so that he could see very d:stant ob- jects. In 1008 telescopes were con- structed by Lipperhey and Jensen. A description of these enabled Galileo, in the following year, to construct an int- proved brat rutnent. with which, In 1610, he discovered Jupiter's satellites. Russian Ethic (ion. The state of education in Ituasia unity be judged front the fact that *ere is only one village school for every 12,00f persona.
