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The Brussels Post, 1898-7-29, Page 3ii'ULY 2), 13 R. THE BRUSSELS POS`,'.. 4 Voung Folks. 1 t:D ONE is:IND Orf H1at10, ' "0 dear 1 If only 1 could get up and be like some of these men, If I could be a real hero." Sells said it often to himself as be read of great and good men until his heart glowed with admiration. Ile was lying on a couch, this poor little boy to whom bad come very early in life a sad, sad injury. Ito lay there week after week and month after month, and loon it would be year after year, for there was no hope of his ever getting up from it in the health and strength which blesses other boys. As ho watched their play he felt it keenly, but without quite the pain which might have come with the thought that he never could do anything to be like the heroes he loved, for Felix had a bravo little soul and was more anxious to do something which he felt to be great than to seek for amusement. Fie talked it out with his mother one day ; all his admiration and all • his longing to follow the examples of his favorite heroes. "I would do anything;" he said, clasp- ing his thin hands. "I would not care how 1 had to suffer ur what I had to give up." Mamma smiler. as she listened. She was always ready to smile, and Felix never knew the heartache which lay behind it. "You. can be a good deal like them," she said. "You're fooling mee mamma," he said, with a sad little smile. "How could I ever? S shall never be big and all Mose with whom she comes 1n con - Sif ometimes saroasm may sound witty, but it is not kind wit, so let your speech be ever kind, Remember the words of the wise man; "Pleasant words are as honey -comb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones," HOW IT AFFECTS THE BODY. ph•Ing a ![tax run Brings About Many iemedenl 19ntttgee. Not one man in ten thousand has a clear Idea of just what happens when a big cannon ie fired: The physical manifestations are numerous, Even professors of chemistry and pbysics are stumped when Lhoy wantto differen- tiate all the gases sot loose and the peculiar effects they induce. The puff of whitish smoke, the flash of fire, the dim image of the flying projectile, the roar and the recoil are all familiar; but back of these is a complex mass of phenomena most bewildering to the mind of any but an artillery expert.. First, the mines, disks, hexagons or irregular lumps of powder are chemi- cally transformed into a powerful, ex- pending gas the instant firing takes NOTED BOMBARDMENTS, DESTRUCTION QF ALEXANDRIA'S FORTS BY BRITISH FLEET, 110nthar4aetent 011 Pitrae-'rhe siege or um - miter lar rite Spaniards --'Thal Port A1alIWtlned x aerie n'dnteai testing. Terre feels. The most remarkable Instancee of bombardments of recent years were those or Alexandria and Paris. In both cases the attack prevailed over the defence, notwithstanding that thefer- tifications of those cities were immen- sely strong, The contest 'et Alexand- ria was short but derisive. \Vithln ten hours the 13ritieh fleet, under Ad- mire! eevmour, had effectually silence Indeed Javulueraule to shot and shell. which lasted all night and day until laic un the Mil. t)n that day the gar- rison unable to brake any Jmpresafon on the fleet, wbuso effurls were beginning to give the mall tome of defenders considerable trouble and Inconvenience, conceived the idea (4 loading their guns with rodhot bot and burning shells, which, though, of little or no penetrat- ing power, turned out to be very effec- tive against the ivorelen tildes of the battleships and gunboats, In Lunt, witJtin a very few hours every urfe of the floating batteries lay quiescentou the water, a useless MA ,e Of' BURNING HULKS. The endeavors and energy of the clefen- dsi:s finally prevailed over the vast nu- mol3oal superiority of their opponents, and nn the 14th of the month t'he, des- perately -conducted attack was given up and the Spanish troupe retired to their lincs,severely crippled, by the en - ed every gun on the sherd. Ten thou orm0us losses they had suffered; win - sand shell and solid shot were poured I ter quarters were taken up, the bom- in on the 1lgyptians, and a complete baertiment practically abandoned, unci peace was declared on fila 'in,t of Jfeb- evacuation et Lho forts was the result. rnary following. ttehus ended one of Yet very liLtle execution was done by the most memorable sieges that can be this veritable hail of iron, for the groat found in Lhe pages of history; remark - para Parapets of sand which protected the able for many reasons, but most of all I P for the small loss of life among the de- batieries rendered harmless the huge 19 fenders, who, during the three years Inch projectiles, anal it was only be- ant a half that the Investment lusted, cause of the havoc caused by the frog- 118 ton oil ;liet 5ti0 huetewo le 1 es haul: place. Then there are inrmmolahl© mentsofshell which flew around.every- by-products that even chemists do not where and accomplished understand, A F1LIGIITFUL SLAUGHTER The explosion or gunpowder is divide among the adherents of Arabi Pasha, ed into throe stages, called the ig- joined to a knowledge that their want nition, inflammation and combustion. of accuracy in aiming left the fleet the ignition is the setting on fire of practically unharmed, that the defen the first grain, while the inflamma- nes were relinquished to the British tion is the spreading of the flame ov- Admired, As every one knows, the er the surface of the powdery from I:he guns were mostly all spiked or blown point of ignition. Combustion is the to pieces by a landing party of marines, burning up of each grain, The value but outside of the forts themselves, the of gunpowder is due to the face that destruotion was very small. The pres- when subjected to sufficient beat it strong." becomes a gas wbicb expands with "No, clear. God does not see best, in wisdom, to lot you be great frightful rapidity. The so-called ex - tits ureat w through strength of body or limb, but plosion that takes place when snatch in taking your. strength He has not is touched to gunpowder is merely a taken from you the power of being a chemical change, during which there is hero, Listen Felix • you think it very z e. sudden evolution of. gases from the hard to lie here all the time—" "0, why—rather, mamma—" hesitate original solid. ing between whet he felt impelled to It has been calculated that ordin- say and a• desire to spare his mother pain which lifted him far towards hero- ism, "That is, of course. I'd rather be weal. "Naw, my boy, which do you think cry gunpowder on exploding expands about NINE THOUSAND TIMES, or fills a space this much larger es a the harder, to do as they did or to be gas than when in a solid form. When as you are 1 To be strong and well and to fight against hard things and bear this Chemical change takers place in a great hardships, or to lie here as you do 1" "0, mamma—it's ten times harder to lie still." "Then dear, if you have the harder thing to bear, and you bear it well, why are you not as great a bero as any one of your great mon 1" The idea was so new, so great and so astonishing that Felix could not take it all in at once. He did not reply, but lay gazing at his mother with large thoughtful eyes. "1 mean Lt," she said. "11 you have more to suffer, more to give up, why rise you not, if you bear it patiently and give up witbout murmuring, more of a hero than those you read oft" She went quietly away, leaving Felixtngly aomplicatod affairs and play very to think out Lbe wonderful thought by queer pranks shoat the cannon, As a himself result few people know just which is the safest or the most dangerous posi- tion for a gunner to take beside his gun. In the case of the great 13 -inch guns on one monitors, a position back of the gun Ls much easier than one nearer the muzzle. In addition Co this force, there is an immense pressure exerted on the sides of the cannon, so that another distinct series of shooks also radiate out:wtird from the beerol of the gun. These lines of force are influenced, besides, by the reeoit of the gun, which tends to make the lines curve outward and intensifies the shook. These are in turn more or less compensated by Lhe forces of the air opposing them, as it rushes into the mouth of the cannon when the projectile leaves R. As a result of all these forces the atmosphere is, of course, violently disturbed. Although no projectile strikes the .gunner, who must stand by, it will be seen that the air is full of mtssiins in the form of invisible lines of form or vibrations which bombard, as it were, every part of the gunner's body at the same time. An examination and analysis of the effect produced upon closed vessel the expansion may he mode to do a work like that of forc- ing a projectile along the bore of the great gun or test tube in the line of the least resistance. The hardest work a gunner is celled upon to do is to stand the tremen- dous shock, The forces exerted by these gases in expanding seam to ra- diate in all directions from the can- non, as ripples are caused by dropping a pebble in a pool of still water. As a matter of fact, it has been discovered that these linos of forties are exceed - THE GIRL WHO MARRIES. In one of our household papers, not long since, was a discussion about "At What Age Should a Girl Marry 1" With a very few exceptions, all advised, as the proper age for marriage, twenty years or over, while the majority were !n favor of from twenty-three to twen- ty-five. Certainly when oue stops to think. these latter ages are probably best. By that time agirl begins to look upon life in a serious manner, and her head is not e0 full of romance and sentiment as at eighteen or twenty. Her ideal man at eighteen is far dif- ferent at twenty-three or twenty-five. A handsome face and graceful man- nor will not attract her then, as it would at eighteen. She has learned to appreciate the qualities in a man whish are more lasting than a hand- some face, and which will make her happier. By twenty -rive she will have had time to become tired of gai- ety, and can more seriously undertake 'the duties and. trials of a wife and housekeeper. As was stated by several of the writ- ers in the discussion referred to, the girl will be better fitted for mar- riage, mentally, morally and physi- cally at twenty-three or more, than if younger. If girls would only be made to realize that their youth and girlhood is their happiest time, there would be fewer youthful marriages and more happiness generally, Of eourse there have been marri- ages where both were very young which have been happy, but, alas 1 too often they become tired of each other in a few years, and what hopeless mis- ery that must be 1 Their is no trouble, no worry, no care, for the average girl, So why should she be so anxious to make a change? It has been wisely said by some one, that if happiness followed marriage, then twenty-five is time enough, but if the girl should be un- happy, it is Sar too young. While speaking of the marriage question let us say, girls, cl.o not marry a man who uses intoxicants. If he cannot give them up fir you do not entlenra,ge hie love, fox it is notworth having. The tobacco habit is bad enough—it is vile and unnecessary— but a thousand times rather have that than a drunkard. DON'T RE SARCASTIC, Dear girls it you want' to he popul- ar, or if you want to have sincere friends, never indulge In sarcasm, for there is nothing lovable or attractive about a sarcastic woman. She never has may friends, but policy Maude, The amniotic habit grows upon a person very rapidly, so le you are just a lit- tle sarcastic as girls, you will someday, if you live, become sarceatto old wom- on. Who loves or admires the dis- agreeable old, portion, who With bee ar- row:, of sarcasm wounds the hearts of THE HUMAN SYSTEM end the mind by the firing of a cannon is most engrossing, Men generally ac- counted courageous tremble violently in their knees; others feel nauseated; some have severe headache; a few have had their ear drums split or the action of the heart affected. Take the vital organ, the heart first, In the space between the right auri- cle and ventricle are a set at find, thread-like cords tolled the tendineae• The concussion makes them tremble like timbers in a building when there is an earthquake. le a weak man the chamber of the heart is left open for an instant; the opening and closing springs lose their control; the heart shakes, poesibly the chordae tendineae are snapped; contraction or dilation of the organ ensu05 and in some in - dances death follows. Deafness induced by an explosion may be traced to tee sudden pressure upon the inner orifice of the ear and the tremendous vibration set 'op, The thin, transparent, fairly bright mem- brane called the drum of the ear is burst, like a piece of tissue paper held taunt and forcibly blown upon. Sounds are convoyed by the beating of n. tiny 10111101 upon this anvil, If the beating is too rebid and too forcible, the mem- liveries may be ruptured, a eempornt'y disturbance of the mind occurs and the sufferer becomes any, Wluen the lances tremble it is due to the nervous shock produced in the cerebellum. All the nerves and =o- des aro thrown into atonic aontrao- t3.0ns and relaxations and the knees appear to give way. .Nausea is also caused by the phy- siological change that takes place. in the Uruin, Theo is a,prsssure ml blood there, and the stomach, responding, tries to empty itself. A LEADING QUESTION, Sir, said. the yotnn pian, 1 wish Lo 0105ry your daughter—Lhe itIoWot of your s'amlly. Are .you euro, queried the elder man, that itt is not (lough you are eater t enoe cf friends as well as foes in the city forbade an extensive shelling of any but the recognized native quarter, yet sufficient damage was done liy the incendiary shell to start a fire that de- stroyed almost the entire town. In this engagement the enormous power of the 81 ton guns, the projectiles of which weigh over 1700 lbs, was demon- strated,; but it was also made evident that the quickly thrown up and inex- pensive embankments of sand form an invulnerable defence against even these terrible weapons, and there can be a- ble doubt that, in the hands of experi- enced gunners, the guns of the harbor batteries would have given a much bet- ter account of themselves. It is even an open question whether the fleet would not have been repulsed under such circumstances. THE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS is worthy of notice as illustrating what measures eon be token to reduce an unwilling city to subjection. During the month of January, 1871, the Prus- sian guns literally rained on the forLi- ltications of the capital the seemingly impossible number of 10,000 shellseach day, and 01 these more than 500 fell on a daily average into the city pro- per; the devastation caused by the lat- ter fan some parts was erightful, and the fires in consequence often threat- ened to ruin whole districts. Many houses and walls were thrown down by the garrison, so as to leave large open spaces where men could do little or no damage, yet many a one who bad en- dured the pangs of hunger In silence and submitted without complaint to the severe angulations of the Commis- sary -General, for the honor and sake of "L a Belle France," found it herd to restrain tears and indignation when,on returning.tfrom the front after a long and hopeless struggle against an ap- parently invincible foe, he could dis- cover nothing save the ruins of his for- mer home. Undoubtedly the most interesting story orf siege and bombardment in the annals of warfare since cannon were first invented is that of the un- suceessful attempt of Spain to regain in 1779 the FORTRESS OF GIBRALTAR which Britain had taken by storm a few years before. For three years and seven months the stronghold was in- vested by a large form of all arms, and a practically uninterrupted fire from 135 guns, inducting some 50 mortars of 13 -inch calibre, was maintained from January 12, 1780, till February 2, 1783. Meanwhile the gallant little garrison was but once relieved, and suffered all the pangs of starvation, not unmingted sometimes with a feeling of despair. Still they clung to the gigantic rock, repelling attack after attack with in- domitable courage end endnrauce, and inflicting enormous losses on Lheir op- ponents. The most interesting and ex- citing episode during this long neige was the ferocious attempt mania by the Spaniards towards the cluse, when they strutned every aorve to dismay and overcome the already exhausted but still unflinching garrison. .:Core than 50,0011 troops .and 170 pieces of ordn- ance of largo calibre were at the dis- posal of, the Spanish General, end an ingenious type of floating batteries, strongly resembling the famous "cheese boxes on rafts" of rho late war had been devised by the Doris, who expected great things of them in the ttiediated'asseul.t. The tturnbors of the opposing forces were ludicrously itis- proportionate, Besides the above men- tioume troops and guns, the Spanish possessed 0100bine-ot-battle ships, 35 gun or minter boats, covered boats suf- fioient.to land NEARLY 40,000 MEN, and in addition the 10 floating batter- ies, which consisted of large vessels, thair sides protected by a banking of timber seven feet thick, and the decks and guns screened wLth a slanting roof o,f: shot -proof. material, To this gigan- tic armament the defence could may oppose some 7,000 mart, many of them sick 05 wounded, and all reduced to scanty rations for many mouths paste ammunition was Iimited, anti the canon even then wore enttquied. On the 18th of September, 1782, fire was Mem- cid on the fortress at a preconcertecl signal by the entire strength of the Spanish ,artillery, both on land. and afloat. The "floating batteries" were moored within halt range, and proved several thousands of lives. Gibraltar to -day simply bristles with artillery ; the mountain is honeycombed with passages and galleries leading to remotely hidden batteries, some the result of nature's workings, but most of them excavated by years of arduous toil in the very bowels of the gigantic) rook. THINGS MADE OF WOOD PULP. OFF FOR THE NORTH POLE, CAPT. SVERDRUP SAILS WITH A CREW OP SCIENTISTS. 0111'whatee 10 Greenland star Sl tidy Arctic hlti'- ttrat )03 uIpped E.upedtlton i:ver Sett North—multi Now Interested to Latest ('anisate A•ralant the Aneleut Spirant, or the Arclle Zone, Ariother expedition bee been fitted our for the breathless, soundless depths of the polar 50010115, News of the de- parture of the famous Pram, com- manded by Captain Otto Sverdrup and his crew of scientists was cabled a few days ago. '!'here is certainly a mag- na among the Icebergs of Um north pole which attracts and draws the rest less and daring scholars, as well 5.5 explorors, of the Scandinavians toward JL, In the face of death, and prri.ls more to be draoded even ehan death itself, these Nath Europe people CONTIN U.1: TO BESIEGE .11oltIlAS With a courage that is truly amazing. The experiences of Dr, (erectly were of such a character as cuused Americans eries as welt as those of other explorers. to sleep over the proposition before again undertaking a polar voyage, but when a Norwegian explorer disappears on this pilgrimage of death, bis volae forever after seems calling to his coun- trymen horn Lha darkness, whether be risked his life among the neettngs of ahalloon or breasted the old enchanter aboard ship. Each succeeding failure to bridg anything definite out of the polar Sphinx sends out another expedi- tion, and, if perseverance and courage are alone required to solve the problem, lawn festivals may yet be given in the cenLel• of old earth's darkest secret. Captain Sverdrup has taken the pre- (autton to butter equip himself for a voyage to the pole than any who have ever preceded him. To begin with THE INDOMITABLE CAPTAIN Has departed in s vessel famous for its hardihood among icebergs and glaci- er's. The Pram in 1895, as will be remem- bered, seemed to have cherished certain ideas of her own about attacking the north pole, and, after being abandoned by Nansen, drifted faithfully westward by herself and made almost as equally Y. letwbsen, cartographer; Dr, Sven*• den, meteorologist Dr. Ede. I3ay, 00- logist ; 17r. Merman 0. Sairentone, 'bot;an- ist, Dr, P. Sobel, geologist.; and nine others, seamen. All the eepens08 for equipment and the wages of the mon were paid by Consul Axel Heiberg and MNI. Amend rind I:Ilsf RJngnes, J'he other high points reaebed in the frozen North are Parry's, made in 1827, north of Spitzbergen, and Markllam's, made in 1878, north of Grinueli Land. After Nanaen and the Pram a next. HEALTH. WASHING THE HAIR. It is as great a mislalse to wae1) the hair too frequently as to wash 11 too seldom. Ili the former case, the can - Stant use of water 18 est to wash away. the natural ell of the skin, without whh•h the hair not only losee.lts glosap, look of health, but ie apt to turn pro- th maturely gray and grow thin and corded 3 degre3 is an American iia scant In the latter ease the ;menthe cord of 83 degrees. 24 minutes, made in y'' 1883, o5. the edge of tits outlying islands a£ Lha cid vessels at tea roots of !tie north of the Greenland mainland, `The hair beonmes mloggod dandruff forma subsequent discoveries of Peary ,in and Lhe growth ne the hats' is impede Northef I�e eenlend and the establish- ed ane tea hairs themselves bea0me meat of the saifent fact by Hansen and the. Englishman Jackson, that Franz mated and dusty bolting, and utter - Josef Land is a group of very' small ly impossible to bo endured. islands and not a poleward stretching To keep the hair in partect health' landmass, leaves this northern extreme should be washed at regular stated Jty of Greenland,, seen by Peary and. Lockwood, oa the nearest known land intervals. If you are strong and well, near the Poloand the ideal baso from and tree frau a' u,,1 of buy kind, once which to dash to the Pole, in every three 5550.0e ora month ie the' .An it is believed there are outlying tsbtnds in e Polar Oceatoi Prop0r btmi.t of lime to 5.03 between of Greenlanthd, this adds additionaln the valuenorth each w•aslxing. I1 you are 110in delicate to the route to the Pole, the value of healib le should be washed every six which is attested by Nansen's discov- weeks. Oni 5.o account should the hair be washed if you are suffering from a cold SINGULAR SILENT PEOPLE. in (he heed or from influenza, es seri- mus trouble may be the result. And '-- in winter time it is best to breve the married i'ee11.11144 15110 illi Not 51/e4110 to hair shampt!oes at home, Instead.ofgo- F:neh enter rnv learn. Ing to the hairdressers, end it should It is scarcely eoncseivablo that a man also always be done in a room with a anti his wife can live loget.hert for n 1 fire. It is a bad plan to wash the hair just before going to bed, as the lengthened period without speaking to hair has. not time Co dry properly and each other, but we came across a case ,,is apt to remain damp till morning, a few days ago where such a sleeve which is very injurious to its growth, had. been maintained for eighteen 1 The beet times to wash the hair are years, The couple in question did not 16 ando7 tpnight.fternoon, or between agree on certain points, and as ar-, In the liter case the hair will have guments fed tuarrels, the wife con- plenty of time to dry before you hove eluded that it o qwould be a, good plan to go to bed. 1n the formereas0, Lf you have tt washed. in i.he da time, be not to speak to each other. The bus- careful not to go out of doors, till it band agreed, and the difficulty was is quite dry, or you will run a very then bow to oommuntcate with one an- ;great leak of taking cold. other, seeing that they continued to live in the same house. A cat became their "go-between,' or rat:ber several of these animals dur- ing the long period of their silence. If the husband wanted anything he told the cat, in his wife's hearing, and she, in like manner, apprised the same animal when her husband's dinner was ready. Rather an unsatisfactory way of=doing business, one would imagine. high latitude in November as did her How long such a silence will be con- is setting the pace for all the girls of Captain in the preceding April• tinned it is difficult to say; but aft- this generation—exhibits now a hand These two northings, 86 degrees, 14 er eighteen years of it, it is not too with a nail that is cut squarely and minutes and 85 degrees. 53 minutes, and 5 seconds, beat all records and were in `chat tired of their peculiar system of Polish, 15, indeed, tt shows a polish at the frozen ocean far north of known married life. 5.11• /Never a suspicion of coloring land musses. It is therefore hardly Another marred couple kept silence matter is on this nail. It has been possible that, Captain Sverdrup could for twenty ears. rho man had a treated only with soap and water, and beet: found to vessel in the world that Y y` its pink is a faint one halide the deep could offer the sense of safety from violent temper, and, one day, after hay - Arctic perils as the Pram insures to Jag a row with his wife, he vowed that pink that was so popular a year ago, himself and crew. The polar voyag- he. would never speak again. The or even this past winter. era telt Norway at this time of the year couple continued to live together in Thus the •finger nail of the modern in order to reach Robivaon Channel in the same house, but no conversation girl is veryprosaic compared to what August, when there is the least ice. passed between them for tbe period 1 ' He stated. At the end of that time, how- it was and looks more like a boy's than WILL SEEK A \VIDITisli HARBOR ever, the man fell ill, and, relenting it does her very own. On the northwest wast of Greenland, of his z'nsh vow, rte broke through the Golf has been the power that has where Arctic life in the northern iter- long silence. The illness tm 131 Pae Lion o1 that remote country will. be preceded his death, anti, as maye ba as- banished the dainty finger nail and studied and many' explorations made. pouted, the wife nursed the husband, put thie new, boyish appearing nail in He '111 attempt to gam also a know- who for twenty years had not spoke its place. For to mild femtr ice sports 1 15. en to her, Ln. the most faithful man- the pointed nail of high polish was all The List 11151ntlen lite Wheels. 'Teeth, Cot. Hug, W411hnt' Panes ant451111. A close rival of coal tar in adapta- bility to unexpected. purposes is wood pulp or cellulose. Since it eves discov- ered that excellent paper could be made tram this substance wood pulp has been used as a substitute, fraud- ulent or otherwise, for iron, steel, wood, stone, glass, ivory and innumer- able, kinds of animal and vegetable fibro. As a material for ear wheels the manufacturers have found le su- perior to any kind of metal, being about three times as durable as steel and much more elastic When sub- jected to greet pressure wood pulp takes an extraordinary hardness. It bas been found available as a material for paving bricks, drain til- ing, and conduits for electric cables. For ivory, which is becoming scar- cer every eery, cellulose is the best substitute that bas yet been found. To -day it. forms the material of the cheaper billiard balls and has even been used successfully' for the manu- facture of artificial teeth. -When pro- perly treated. wood pulp is practically proof against beat ani.. moisture; hence it has been found superior to timber as a material roe telegraph poles and screws. Coffins, too. aro often made of wood pulp, They are susceptible of a high polish, look as well as the finest wood, and are mueb cheaper. Cannon, too, and bicycles are made out of wood pulp in Germany and Chi- cago respectively, while a Frenchman bas succeeded in producing a thread from the same substance whieh ha de- clares can be worked up into, all sorts of fabrics. Another Frenchman has produced wood pulp carpet lining, and another again wood pulp sail cloth, while a Vienna' inventor declares that his wood pulp leather Is superior to animal leather in fineness and dura- bility. For resisting the action of fire and water wood pulp appears to be a sue - cess. It is used to make waterproof paint for ships, fireproof and water- proof paper and even stoves which are said to be superior to iron ones. Wood pulp window panes have been in use for several years, particularly for greenhouses, and in France portable dwelling houses built of the same ma- terial have been found a success. Among the other articles made of wood pulp are boats, canoes, cuspidors, pails, flower pots, tables, chairs, bur- eaus, barrels, wagons, horseshoes and imitation porcelain wase, The menu - facture of silk from wood pulp, is now an important industry in England and France. The raw material is really the same as that of natural silk. It Ls only a case declning by machines and ehcimicels what the silkworm does because it cannot help it, FOR3'V NES if IIOM BANANAS. Immense fortunes have been made out of banana business. Revenu0s ilo not accrue alone from the sale of the fruit, for the loaves ore used for' paok- itng; tbe juice, being strong in tann- in, makes an indelible ink and 131100 blacking; the wax found on the under- side oe Lhe loaves is a valuable article of commerce; nlatlilla hemp is made from the steals, and of this hemp are made mats, .plaited work, and lace handkerchiefs of the finest textnre; 100550501', the banana is ground into banana flour, '.('Ito fruit to be sold for dessert. [s ripened by the dry warmth of flaring gas jelei in the storage places in which it is kept, and immense care has to be Laken to 'prevent soften- ing or. overripening. The island of Jamaica yields great recipe of this us0- ful enol money -snaking fruit. TO SAVE TIME, Mrs, Philanthro—You said over an hour ago that you wanted the food for your starving wife and child at home, And here 1 find you still. sent `em Beggar—Mat's all right. I s5. de gt•ub by a messenger boy. FRiEE TO IC1C15. Widdles moat have paid up. Have ,you noticed tote he has been sassing the landlord latelyil No, '\Vlddios bee not paid up, but: he owes more than his trunk is worth. NEW 'WRINKLE IN MANICURE. Dainty, xose tinted finger nails are at an end. Finger tips that have shown a high polish and a delicate point. of nail are past and gone—that is among the ultra-fashionables. And. it .is the' athletic, the sporting girl that bas brought it all about. She—this vigorous young woman that is out in tbe air ab all times and mutt to expect that they are some- unromantically, and shows but adult ledge of Arctic life and Its phtuomol that be trusts may stand him in good n In another case two schoolboys who Yery well, but the girls found it did stead when more at the mercy of the were great friends quarrelled, and as net do evhea it came to golf. The high polar regions, a result ahoy vowed that they would polish was destroyed in short order,. The _'ram has been partially rebuilt never speak to each other again. These • and refiLted in Larvik by her construe- resolutions a kept for sixty ears, the point got in the way, and frequent- tor, Colin Archer. Sha is the property p y ly during an exciting stroke broke on but last year, when attendingrldsc a one or the other of the golf sticks. • of the Norwegian Government, which holiday gathering of their old Scheel This was not to be endured. The golf:_ has r thedher and a sum of ns at to to which former pupils forget been invite girl is, before all else, very practical. cover the cost to the alterations o the ed,they decided to forget the past, disposal t Captain Sverdrup. She has and at once entered into conversation. She anode up her mind at once that a new saloon—a room 18 feet square— Tito • recounted their experiences to the nail she bed long been so proud and eight new cabins for the use of each other, and appeared to be two of of and had manicured so faithfully the scientific members of the expedi- the happiest old scholars at the g5.- must go, and in its place she made this tion. 4,11 necessary work was hurried tearing. new nail the fashion. forward, so that everything was ready We leave heard of prisoners beingIt is not an artistic nail, but it servos by the day fixed for the start. The condemned for a short period to the its purpose, and is being quite thor•, cod strike in Wales threatened to pre- "silent system," but: this, alt.hougb en oughly adopted by the girls that dee vent the Fram from getting the re- uneviable position, is not to be come light in games. quired quantity of coal, but with the pared with that of the Trappist monks "" assistance of firms in Cbrislian a in Italy, who take a vow of eternal A GOOD TONIC, enough was secured, though at high silence. In Prance, too, there is a price. For illuminating and also for convent where between forty and fife used.cooking purposes petroleum will be t women have taken shelter and lead used. Experiments with the Pesults a remarkably silent life. They never burners have given successful results speak to each other, never lift their so far as g is ced.• Thus eyes, except when in prayer or at the laxge quantity of coal that would work and never leave their silent Ire necessary for cooking and for pro- home. clueing electric light, was replaced by 20 tons of petroleum. SMUGGLING OPIUM. As to stores, the expedition is pro- vided with victuals for 10 men for -- ABOUT FOUR YEARS— nig Prbllts CtutoStl the lteergn.nIzntlon ora A quantity of which naturally takes ltiug'. up a great deal of space on board. All ,News of an b isortant opium seizure aorta of preserved meats, fish, soups, came from Honolulu by the Peru. The vegetables, (mite end delicacies of old opium ring ivhiclx had Whaley, the every kind are Molested for the eon binod purpose of strengthening- the notorious smuggler, res its head, and its bodies and keeping up the spirits of the headquarters at Victoria. Teri tieh men during the Arctic 'whit"' Asa Columbia, has been reorganized and for proof of the great interest the expedi- a tiara dirt a laud attics ,business in the tion is arousing, it may bo mentioned '.Che ,profits can lee imagined that mail' funks mads enface to sup- drug. p ply Prot i5lo1e free. These offers, bow- when the tact,„ is known that opium 8501' the expedition, being of a private Manufactured in British Culumbiu can nature, were nil declined' be +urrhttsed in \'ict0ria for arbour $75. --- Al Godhaven Ino expedition will findl 66 tons of coal at its disposal, by ler- pound. and the 801(10 article will bring MAIZE A NOTE OF '.CBIS. rangement with the Directors of the • g45 a pound in the IIawaiian Islands, Many ladies, after returning home, Royal Greenland Commercial Companywhere its importation prohUtilod, do nothing to disturb the tan acquire been arranged for through Rehm ugh aha gf dogs sumo ogs have ,Che new combine Owns throe saloon- ed during the summer in the country, b: agency, and will be st:aimmed al the die- ere—the Henrietta, Lena L. and Labra- Of course it has the peculiar distinct- po5i1 of the expedition al Godhaven, dor. 'Tbe first two named vessole made tiveness of the seashore or the-moun- Legedeminde and i[pernavik, The 8u10essf01 rues from Victoria, British tains, and is a sure mark of having LOCAL A17TIS013;1.T1Es IN GREEN- Columbia. p bi .. to tbe islands, lauded their been away from the city. But to all LAND N:0 cargoes and got: away again, but the those persons who desire to remove the also received orders to lend the Have Johna and especially to roveut the skin • Possible nssisl,nnne. Labrador was caught. and •Captain tan, especially p TheD Danish maty pose Government has Duan iv- B.n.nkm and Albert, \\'einriclte. aline Wil- from peeling off, we would reoommnnd The J)anish g en the members of the expedition per- sen, were 11, prison when the Peru as follows: mission to avail themselves of a depot Melt together in 1t double siueapan lying in Scoresby Strada, on the east sailed. coast of Greenland, in case any et them The Labrador left Victoria., British two ounces sweet almond oil. one vanes might happen to pass near there. Columbia., on April 23 last, and her ooeonnut oil, one mum lanoline, half The t'e ictus to be explored offer fine clearance panels called for a cruise in ounce spermaceti, and half colas while. oTi Ice bears, the North Pacific "in search of sea ot- wax. After removing from the fire, must,deer, a for bunting. must claor, reindeer, seals foxes and tar,' When caught orf the ooitst nL• stir the mass retail nearly cold. '!'lien different orte of birds all abound. Tito Oahu the Captain said he was going add one mime orange flower water and rifCless 1to0 a be taken are Krug-Jorgensans, to land \'Paini•iclt0, who was sink, and twenty-five drops tLnotuxe banzain, u. besides some English express rifles. Af- that was the reason he rata in. The small p0r1100 et a time, stirring con - ter several trials a, gunpowder has been vessel was searched, but nothing was stantly. The creamwill then be found that is believed to be suitable for found on her. Then the Japanese conic . ready for use, this quantity being safe It is nearly ave the whole business away and fiaioni; for a. month, use in 80 cold a al 5111 a Y gave five -tact tins Applied to the Laos at night and sill I oss. Some ordinary gunpowder painted out. where 1.000Applied g will also be used. of the drug were hidden, This was washed off very gently in the morning hut in tltc smeanLima the labra with neat olct linen towel or remnant, Captain SN Naval Liente Ent Vi the seized, cl drifted ashore and she. will fro it will prevent the skin tram, peeling ' following; Naval Lieutauant Victor dor Ips 1 Baumann, astronomer ' I,toutenant G. beady bee total loss, orf. The tan will disappear. , A rate egg is an excellent tonic with whicb to begin these warm days. It is strengthening and tends to prevent that tired feeling so prevalent at this season of the year. If prepared in the following way it is really' a delicious drink: Put the yolk of un egg into a disci with a teaspoonful of white sugar and a teaspoonful of orange or lemon juice, beat lightly together with a fork. Put the whites on a plate and add a pinch of salt; then, with a broad -bladed knits, beat it to a stiff froth. Now as lightly as possible, mix all together in the dish; then as lightly transfer it to a clean tumbler, which it will nearly fill if properly made. It should be taken immediately, as it soon be- comes liquid and loses its snowy. look. Any fruit juice may be used in entice of orange or lemon.