Iuka reporter., March 24, 1892, Image 2

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EtiBorE is now sending to the
United States for her ash, oak, and
pine lumber. Where will the United
States send when the supply is ex
hausted? The best ash, thought to
be almost inexhaustible, is now said
to be scarce and oak is being utilized
In its place. The nation of timber
killers are not looking out for the in
terests of the millions to follow to
any large extent.
The old Romans were level-headed
And knew some things which a great
many people of to-day haven’t found
out. Cato, the censor, said: “Our
ancestors regarded it as a grand point
in husbandry not to have too much
land in one farm; for they considered
that more profit came from holding
■little and tilling it well.” You see
that was in old Cato’s day, as he
aays, “Our ancestors regarded it,”
(etc.; but it is new now.
Thehk are many kinds of pride—
the pride of wealth, of name, of birth,
of social standing, or popular esteem—
hut none is quite so offensive as that
of an imagined mental superiority.
It looks down upon others with a
supercilious compassion which awak
ens all the resentments of human
nature. Deeper and truer thought
banishes this delusion, and makes a
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it is always discovering mistakes that
he has made and must correct, men
tal work done that must be undone,
„ hasty conclusions that must he re
pudiated, erroneous judgments that
jnpst be revised.
Count Tolstoi has written a long
better to a New York paper, giving
his personal observations and expe
riences in the famine districts of Rus
It may correct some lmpreAions
'erica to know that this cele
philanthropist and author ac
the general government and the
' nctionaries of either indlffer
or procrastination in relief for
sufferers from famine, but he
r 1 that, with all that has been
J done, and with all that Russia can
do, more than half the suffering must
remain unless people more fortunately
situated contribute to their relief.
There has been so much misinforma
. itlon ip this country regarding the
(famine and the attitude of the Rus
sian Government toward the starving
jp peasants, that this appeal of Count
Tolstoi's ought to set matters right
pnd open the purses of those who are
Kble to help these poor people.
Mr. William L. Garrison has
’ •* 4 Written a letter complaining of the
. (treatment of his son, a student in
•Harvard College, by his fellow-stu
Ing’Vw.It appears that young Mr.
Rowell. sought admission to the
the D. K. E., which is ao
Alepdsnjaje toniest society In the
ams. ai'jfrgjg ofler wa3 accepted and
q»|.min< put through the initiation J
JJjgw'nance, among which was the ,
K,,vng of one of his arms by a lighted
at \y) and in consequence he was
dck, and there was apprehension
Rev. toe among the family of blood
senes vng. The rule of initiation, we
Baptise, to be that the candidate must
dny. jme silly act or submit to some
yy act being done to him; not al- 1
d.r*“ the same act, but Invariably a
. v-my act; and this he understands t
when he offers himself for admission. 1
thing is mutual. If there is no <■
1 it there is a want of sense «
l sides. It is the price of die- (
. The scar is his badge of '
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IgjIWiafi the war passion was liigh, the <■
l^ftoudest and most popular young men *
of Germany were those who had their 1
faces mutilated by sword cuts.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS
INTERESTING HOME AND FOR
EIGN MATTERS.
The signing of the commercial
treaty with the United States is an
nounced from Paris.
A dividend of 8 1-4 per cent, was
declared on tho preferred st ock of the
St. Paul road, payable Aprit 17.
It is reported that tho pope wishes
to revise tho Concordia, in-order io
establish better relations between
France and the Vatican.
The iron manufacturers and builders
of Brooklyn and Jersey City are or
ganizing a league to protect themselves
iu case of a strike on May 1st.
It is said that Belgium w1!!! invite
all the powers to a conference to ar
range for common action against the
anarchists.
Archbishop Corrigan has received
an official letter announcing tho ap
pointment of Mousignor McDonnell
as Bishop of Brooklyn.
The now Greek ministry has been
unable to obtain a majority in tho leg
islature, and a dissolution is necessary.
The election will take place iu about
seven weeks.
A bill has fieen introduced in Parlia
ment to prohibit the importation and
immigration of foreigners under con
tract or agreement to perform in Can
ada. This is a retaliatory measure
against the United States.
At Ardmore, I. T., the federal grand
jury, in its final report to the United
States court, in session there, con
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lishment of courts of complete juris
diction in the Indian Territory.
The railroads of Indiana are taking
steps to evade the new tax law. They
will ofl'^r to pay taxes on the basis of
their own valuation and will refuse to
recognize the work of the state equal
ization board in making valuations.
The Travelers’ insurance company
has given an option upon all property
in Colorado to John C. Montgomery,
of Denver. The transaction will be
closed this week and a new company
of gigantic proportions will be formed.
At Cleveland, O., Grace McKinney
and licv. W B Starley were married.
The bride was on a deathbed at the
time of her marriage. Physicians
say her illness is fatal, and her death
is momentarily expected.
A quantity of wreckage has been
washed nsboro near Lizard point, Eng
land, and it is feared some steamer has
been lost. Lizard point is near the
track of the steamers plying between
New York and Southampton.
In the lower branch of the Missouri
legislature the sub-committee of the
whole was instructed to prepare a bill
redistrictiug the state. The bill will
livide the state into fourteen demo
sratlc and one republican district.
The Assembly committee on codes,
it Albany, N. Y., has agreed to report
favorably a bill amending the capital
iiunishment act of the state. The bill
loes away with the electrical chair
ind substitutes hanging.
Near Durango, Mex., C. M. Brit
ain and party, who were escorting
>10,000 to the Las Vegas mines, were
imbushed by robbers. The Brittain
)arty resisted and drove the robbers
iff, killing one of their number.
At Hiawatha, Kas., Cashier Crobs, i
| native of Germany, who failed to ]
erve full time in the army of his i
ountry, has been cabled for by the i
lerman authorities and wained that, I
inless he immediately returns and '
erves his time his father will be c
oreed to pay $5,000 for his release. t
At San Francisco the weather for
be last few days has been unusually t
rarm, the thermometer reaching 80 l
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xtends over the state, and has brought I
ut all grain and fruit in a manner l
ery satisfactory to farmers. ]
The Lancashire coal miners have *
dopted a resolution that their holi- e
lays, beginning ou March 12, will not \
xceed a week in duration, instead of 1
wo weeks, as at first proposed. When
bey resume, however, their work will f
'6 restricted to five days a week. 1
George Woodgate Hastings, liberal !
member of Parliament for East Wor- f
estershire, has bocn sentenced to five
ears’ p.«aial servitude on his plea of 1
uilty on the charge of misappro- ^
dating the sum of £6,000. His cx
ulsiou from Parliament will follow. 8
At Frankfort, Ky., a bill has been a
repared and will be offered in the
ouse, to prohibit the playing of Sun- \
ay base ball in Kentucky’, and which 8
roposcs to prevent by heavy penal- j
les the very throwing of a ball within j.
lie state within the first day of the 8
reek.
Near Cottonwood Springs, Cal., a a
uartz ledge has been discovered j
irhich is rich in gold. 4 party of <j
rospectors have just returned bring- c
ng with them $1,000 worth of the o
netal. They state that the ledge is n
’isible for twelve miles over the b
uountains, and is rich in gold wher- a
ver it has been tapped. n
A meeting of the representatives of a
emocratic clubs in Iowa for tin pur
ose of organizing a statu association ,
as decided to appoint a committee ^
a organization to take up the work 11
nmediately, and at the convention to ^
3 held at Council Bluffs, May 10th, 1
Brmanent organization will be 8
lected. 4
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Prince Ernest of Saxe-Meiningen, a
rotber-in-law of the German em- n
aror, is engaged to marry Marie, the e
aughtor of the German poet,Wilhelm d
enson. It is a love match, and the 11
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couple nre in lloine. safe from njiy in
terference on the part of tne kaiser or
the reigning priuco of Saxe-Mein
ingen.
Assistant Secretary Kronse, of the
treasury department, says that he has
heard from two real estate agents in
New York who thought they could
dispose of the New York custom house
site for $4,000,000, the price fixed in
the act of congress, provided a reason
able commission were allowed them
for negotiating the sale.
At Cadi/, all the anarchists charged
with participating in the recent attack
upon the town of Acres, who wore
tried by court martial have been ac
quitted. 1 his decision is somewhat
of a surprise. It is said that the anar
chists have fared better at the hand'
of the military tribunal than they
would have done had they been tried
in the criminal court.
A dispatch to the London Times,
from Athens, says that the new Con
stantinople ministry have been unable
to obtain working majority in the
Boule or legislative chamber, and that
the dissolution of the house is, there
fore inevitable. The dispatch adds
that perfect quiet prevails every
where in the country.
At Salt Lake City, Utah, Nicholas
Groosbeck, pardoned last year bv
President Harrison on his promise to
abandon polygamy, wub arrested the
other day and held in $10,000 bond
for unlawful cohabitation. It was a
very flagrant case right in the city,
the oftendiug parties living openly in
polygamous relations.
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handed down by the South Dakota
supremo court. It is in the case of
the First National Bank of Clark, S.
D., indicted for taking illegal interest.
Ihe court bolds the bank guilty, and
that the national character of the
bank does not protect it from the
laws of any state in the matter of
usury.
h. II. Cook, a flushing chairman of
the executive committee of the na
tional educational association, is at
Saratoga, N. Y., in consultation with
the local committees to make the pre
liminary arrangements for the annual
meeting of the association there in
July next. He estimates that about
JO,000 delegates will be present.
At Vancouver, B. C., the Union
steamship company has three steam
ers tied up, owing to the firemen ar.d
engineers being called out by the
local union. The company is paving
engineers $60 per month and firemen
$40. The union demands $100 for
engineers and $50 for firemen. The
men struck without giving notice.
There is every prospect that the
l eruvian exhibit at the World’s Col
bian Exposition will surpass that of
the other republics of the west coast
af South America. The greatest in
terest has been manifested in the sub
ject both by the government and the
people, and active measures are in
progress now to insure a most credit
able display.
At El Paso the United States and
Mexican boundary survey has at last
lomplcted arrangements, and the party
aegan its slow march along the border
o the Pacific coast Thursday. The
United States contingent is under the
lommand of Col. Bartow, and the
Mexicans are under Senor Jose
Slauco. It is estimated that the trip
vill occupy twenty-six months.
At Ottawa, Ont., at the proper
tage on the northwest territories bill. '
Jr. Dalton McCarthy, M. P., will 1
e-introduce his amendment for the
bolishing of French as the official !
anguage in the northwest territories,
his action will create considerable
isturbancc in conservative circles, as
tl6 IllOVfiP in a loatllnrr 0
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It is reported that the plans to form t
he type foundries into a trust have i
een perfected. English capital is i
ehind the scheme. One-third of the i
urcliase price of eacii foundry is to <
'e paid outright in cash, one-third in i
'referred stock of the combined cor- «
orations, and one-third in ordinary i
tock. The total valuation of all the
ompanies whose options are now '
ield will reach $15,000,000.
. Mrs. Buhl, of Tuscumbia, Ala., '
ister of Congressman Hilary A. ller
'ert, chairman of the. committee of ]
aval affairs, is a patient at the I’us
our institute in New York city, with
er son Herbert, who was recently
itten by a mad dog. Mrs. Buhl be
ame inoculated with rabies poison f
lirough sucking the virus from her t
an’s wounds, she having an abrasion t
f tho lip at the time. The patients i
re reported to be both doing well. i
At New York, Edwin II. Conger, (
Inited States Minister to Brazil, has 6
rrived on the steamship Finance from (
tio Janeiro on a two mouth’s trip. v
peaking about aflairs in Brazil he (
»id: “The people of Brazil aro sot- c
ing down into a condition of peace
nd prosperity. There have been no i
olitical disturbances of any conse- t,
uence for a long time. There is no [
Satisfaction with the present form v
f government and all classes seem to n
umber of young members of tho no- q
ility, representing himself as a young
id fascinating widow who, for a ,.
loney consideration, was willing to (,
isume immoral relations with them.
The Durham miners have decided v
y a vote of 10 to 1 in favor of quit- 11
ng work for two weeks longer, be- 8
inning Saturday next, it was thought tl
ie Durham men would accept the 0
ight reduction in their wages rather *
tan be idle, but the vote taken today h
lows them to be overwhelmingly tl
gainst a reduction. The Scotch 8!
liners, with the exception of those i*
mployed in the Stirling district, have
edded not to strike, but they will
mit their work to five days a week. |
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, I'1® Iron Trade Review says of the
market: “The situation in all tho
Iron lines is one of worse than stag
nation, according to the consensus of
the ore dealers, furnace men and mill
owners. The ogly exception is found
in the case of tjae vessel men, who, in
tho light of the 16,000,000 bushels of
grain to bo moved from the west keep,
| up a cheerful indifference as to the
etato of the accustomed and hitherto
iudlspensablo market.
The St. James Gazette (conserva
tive) accuses tire Washington govern
ment of exaggerating tho difficulty of
arriving at a modus vivendi with Great
Brittain in regard to the Behring sea
fisheries. The paper suggests that
each side go sealing as usual, each ren
dering an account of its catch, tho
party found by the arbitrators to bo
in the wrong afterward paying tho
compensation.
Maitland Francis Moreland, tho
aged Oxford tutor, who played a
blackmailing game on worthy young
noblemen, has been sentenced to teTi
years penal servitude. It was shown
that tho prisoner, under the namo ol
Maitland and Moreland, wroto to a
Co content with the present adminis
tration of Peixotto.”
At Portland, Me, when tho five car
penters who created such a riot on the
steamer Tromont the other night, wero
arraigned, their counsel called atten
tion to the fact that there was no Uni
ted States law governing such a case,
the vessel at tho time of the trouble
being outside of tho jurisdiction of
any state. Consequently, although
they half killed the captain, assaulted
the crew, and attempted to take nos
session of Ihe vessel, they cannot be
held on any chargo, and they are now
at liberty to do the same thing ovei
again.
EMPEROR FREDERICK.
A I’rctly Story of llio Great Soldier Told
l>y Olio of Hie Gernmii I’ll pel's
^ A pretty story of the late Emperor
Frederick is told in one of the Ger
man papers. Some years ago, shortly
before the death of the old Emperor
of Germany, a tall, handsome gentle
man jumped into a third-class carriage
of a local railway at Berlin, just as
the train was leaving the station.
An old flower seller, with a basket of
newly-cut hyacinths, was the only
other occupant of the compartment.
He asked the old dame to sell him a
bunch, and, mollilled by his suave
manner, she chose the freshest and
largest, and handed it to him. Its
price was a penny, but as the gentle
man had no coppers and the old
woman no change, not having sold
any of her goods yet, she was paid
with a mark piece, which, as she said
at once, was a thing that had never
been heard of before in a third-class
carriage.
Presently the stranger and the
flower seller were deep in conversa
tion, and it turned out that the poor
woman was the only breadwinner of a
family of four. Her son was crippled,
her granddaughter a little school
girl, and her husband had for some
months past been out of work, since
a new railway official had dismissed
him as being too old to do much
work. The stranger then suggested
that she should apply, on her hus
band's behalf, to the railway authori
ties. “That is no good whatever,”
ihe replied, as she wiped her tears
.vith her apron. “If you haven’t the
Pope for your cousin nowadays, you
•an’t get anybody to listen to you.”
•Try the Emperor,” the stranger went
m. “Alas!” she sighed, “if the old
fentleman was allowed to see the
svsw.uavsuo tuciu O.IC Bl’Ul, IL Ullglll/ UO
ionic good, but ho does not get to
enow about us poor people.”
“Well, then, let your husband write
o the crown prince.” “Yes,” she
aid, “he might do that,” and she
vould tell him so as soon as she. had
old her flowers. Hy this time the
rain had got to the terminus. The
ild dame bundled out her basket and
loticed with astonishment that the
ifltcials and the crowd on the plat
orm looked at her carriage and salut
'd and cheered. “What’s up?" she
usked. “Why, the crown prince was
n the same compartment with you.”
Chen the flower seller held her head
ligh and told every syllable of what
uid happened to the delighted crowd,
lor flowers were sold before live min
itos were over, and a fortnight after
vard her husband was at work again
urain in his oH nlncp._
Surprising Discovery.
l or some weeks citizens of Spring
eld, O., have been living in constant
jrror of some one who, lying in wait
or passers-by,seemed to take a fiendish
olight in clubbing them with a heavy
•on rod. The other night James
;urry saw a figure slinkiug along the
treet under the shadow of a fence,
flirry soon caught up with the man,
’hen the latter turned, knocked him
own, and then rushed towards the
pen country.
The pursuers gradually gained on
im. He suddeuly stopped and rushed
>wards them, armed with a short club,
o terrible was his appearance the
’hole crowd turned and run. The
nui then rushed back towards town,
he crowd soon recovered courage
ud followed. Suddenly the man
ashed towards the house occupied
y one of the most prominent and
eajtliy citizens of the place, Mr
William Bender. Quickly opening '
ie door, ho rushed inside. The pur- 1
iers rushed in after him. What was
leir amazement to find tli6 man lying
a a lounge, pale as death, withblood
lot eyes. It was the master of the
>use, William Bonder. He confessed t
nit he had committed the assaults,and t
id it was on account of irresistible i
apulses.
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The winter wheat area in Oregon ie s
bailer than usur*
The LftfesA in Indies’ H&ir Dressia?.
The tcndiucy at present is for wavy
hair. Fringes are unquestionably grow
ing smaller, nnd those worn quite pointed
over the forehead are the kind affected
by ladies who want the correct style and
who liavo high foreheads and long, slim,
faces. The coiffur.1 shown in the accom
panying illustration givo' a vory stylish
COIFFURE WITH FOISTED FRINGE.
arrangement of tho back hair acd also
of tho pointed fringe. Not only is the
fringe pointed, but the coil at the bank
forms a slightly pointed crown which
gives height to the wearer.
If, however, you have a low forehead
aud round face, aud want to be in the
very latest fashion, you must part your
hair in the middle. Do not make a pro
nounced parting, and do not try to do
away entirely with your fringe. Wear
your hair waved on both sides aud wear
a very slight fringe. It is almost impos
sible to wear a parting if one's hair is
thick on tho temples. The Grecian style
seems to have almost worn itself out.
There are adaptations of it, however, still
worn.
At some of the recent weddings, in
place of the conventional flat wreath oi
orange blossoms for brides, tiaras ol
mixed white flowers have been worn,
which are lighter aud vastly more be
coming. They are almost the same shape
as diamond tiara3, the flowers beiug
made to staud by wire.—Mail and Ex
press.
Holland’s Little Queen.
Tho life of little Wilhelmine, the
cleven-year-old Queen of Holland, is not
a wholly thornless one. The etiquette
of the Dutch Court is very strict, and tho
little girl is not allowed to play with any
other children of her own age. One can
well imagine that the motherly heart of
the Empress of Germany was touched at
the sight of the lonely, quiet, little child,
aud when she thought of her six happy
little sous at home, it is not to bo won
dered at that she gave vent to her feel
ings in the uttercnce which provoked so
much comment at tho time: “If she
could only ptay with our boys, wouldn't
she enjoy it?*
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THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND.
A sad little story is told of the Prin
cess Wilhelmine, when she was about
six or seven, which proves that the life
of a princess is not quite a bed of roses.
Once when seated at play with three of
her dolls, one of the wax babies misbe
haved itself and the little princess held
up a warning linger, saying sternly: “If
you are so naughty I shall make you into
a .princess and then you won’t have any
other little children to play with, and
then you’ll always have to throw kisses
with your hand whenever you go out
driving.”
Tlio Very Smallest Horse.
What was supposed to he the smallest
specimen of the equine species ever
brought to this country was “Queen
jMab,” who was brought from the Lon
don Zoological Gardens to New York
iu 1848. “Mab” was then twelve years
old, and only survived her ocean voyage
about three months. The writer has two
descriptions of this “equine in minia
ture,” one of which says that sho was
nineteen inches high, and the other that
she was “two inches over two feet.”
Even though the nineteen-inch account
be the correct one, “Mab’s" smallness
has been exceeded by a good half dozen
other ponies. A few years ago the Bar
oness Burdett-Coutts came into posses— !
sion of an abbreviated edition of a pony 1
whicli was only fourteen inches in height 1
md but eighteen and a half inches in, i
length, counting from the end of th# I
lose straight across to tlio root of th* <
ail. At the present tirao the Shah of I
Persia is the owner of a Shetland pour
vhich is but twelve and a half inch*,
ugh. This pampered pet of royaltl
veurs gold shoe; worth $20 each - i
It. Louis Hepubiie. i
Crossing the Feet. \
The way people cross their feet is c fte» '
adicative of character. Neat peonl. £
suiilly put the right foot over the left, c
-hie disorderly people generally put c
lie left foot over the iight. Everybody e
nows how much character is expressed £
i the wearing of the hat, and why a
aould at be thought surprising if a man s
aould tell what he is by the way bo v
laces his feet.—Globe-Democrat. f
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THE AMERICAN DESERT.
On© of the Strange Corners of Oaf
Country.
The Great American Desert was al
most better known a generation ago
than it is to-day. Then thousands of
the hardy Argonauts on their way to
California had traversed that fearful
waste on foot with their dawdling
ox-team, and hundreds of them left
their bones to bleach in that thirsty
land. The survivors of those deadly
journeys had a very vivid idea of what
that deadly desert was; but now that
we can roll across it in less than a
day in Pullman palace-cars, its real—
and still existing—horrors are largely
forgotten. J have walked its jiideous
length alone and wounded, and real
ize something more of it than a great
many railroad Journeys across it have
told me. Now every transcontinental
railroad crosses the great desert which,
stretches up and down the continent,
west of the Rocky Mountains, for
nearly 2,000 miles. The northern
routes cut its least terrible parts; but
the two railroads which traverse its
Southern half—the Atlantic and Pa
cific railroad and the Southern Pacific
—pierce some of its grimmest re
cesses.
The first scientific exploration of
this region was Lieutenant Wheeler’s
United States survey about 1850; and
, he was first to give scientific assur
ance that we had here a desert as ab
solute as the Sahara. If its parched
sands could speak their record, what
a story they might tell of sufferings
and death; of slow-plodding caravans,
whose patient oxen lifted their feet
ceaselessly from the blistering gravel;
wiuiiii iiuiiiuu utvbo uuuu jitbicu au
some lying image of a placid lake, and
toiled frantically on to sink at last,
hopeless and strengthless, in the hot
dust which the mirage had painted
with the hues and the very waves of
water.
No one will eve.r know how many
have yielded to the long sleep In that
inhospitable land. Not a year passes,
even now, without record of many
dying upon that desert, and of many
more who wander back, in a delirium
of thirst. Even people at the rail
road station sometimes rove off, lured
by the strange fascination of the des
ert, and never come back; and of the
adventurous miners who seek to probe
the folden secrets of those barren and
strange hued ranges, there are count
less victims.
A desert is not necessarily an end
less, level waste of burning sand.
The Great American Desert is full of
strange, burnt, ragged mountain
ranges, with deceptive, sloping broad
valleys between—though as we near
its southern end the mountains be
come somewhat less numerous, and
the sandy wastes more prominent.
There are many extinct volcanoes
upon it. and hundreds of square miles
of black, bristling lava-flows. A large
part of it is sparsely clothed witli the
hardy greasewood; but in places not a
plant of any sort breaks the suface,
as far as the eye can reach. The
summer heat is unbearable, often
reaching 136 degrees in the shade;
and a piece of metal which has been
in the sun can no more be handled
than can a red-hot stove. Even in
winter the mid-day heat is insuffer
able, while at night ice frequently
forms on the water-tanks. The daily
range of temperature there is sg,id to
be the greatest ever recorded any
where; and a change of 80 degrees in
a few hours is not rare.—St. Nicholas.
A Very Queer Satellite.
The satellite nearest to the planet
Jupiter must be a singular place of
icsiuuuLc, ii vucic uc any pumiuillty
of residents at all resembling human
beings. In the first place, though it
it is bigger than our own moon, the
substance of which it is composed Is
less than half as light as cork, so that
it is not a very solid place of residence.
In the next place, though the sun
appears very dim from it as compared
with what it appears from the earth,
it has a moon—namely, Jupiter it
self— whose surface appears many
hundreds of times larger than our
moon.
In the third place, the recent ob
servations made of this satellite by
Mr. Barnard in the great Lick Obser
vatory make it not improbable that
this satellite is really cut in two, and
that, therefore, there may be two
separate little worlds, probably not
separated by any great distance (for
the total diameter of the two together,
if there be two divisions of the satel
lite, which was always supposed till
luite recently to be single, is not
ibove 2,300 miles across) revolving
together through space, some even of
ilie details of one of which worlds
oust be visible from the other, if
here be anything like telescopes on
sither half.
•"If the satellite is not cut in two
dr. Barnard holds that there must be
t light belt round it, much like the
ight belt on Jupiter itself, and that
ihis light belt produces the .irnpres
lion of division under certain cir
cumstances of the orbit. We may
lope that the Lick Observatory will
it length solve tho problem. Per
laps the residents of the two halves
if the planet, if it bo in halvos, can
cally telegraph to each other.
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