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Wonders Under a
A remarkable discovery was recently
made in the town of Oneonta, where a
- - eompany. is engaged in digging phos
phates from the depths of a swamp. In
one place the marsh is underlaid at the
depth of twelve feet by an impervious
stratum of bine clay, above which are
found three successive and distinct eras
of forest growths. The bottom layer is
of deciduous trees that grow only on up
lands, such as beech, oak and maple.
The second layer is of soft swamp woods,
each as elder, basswood and dogwood.
i The upper layer is of coniferous trees,
uch as pine, hemlock and spruce. The
puzzle to the naturalist is the finding of
upland trees at the bottom of the marsh,
with the trunks and larger limbs and
abundant specimens of leaves and beech
ants in a good state of preservation. An-
vuwr wonaer unearmea Dy tne excava
tiooa is the finding, at a point five feet
:P telow the surface and among the trunks
of the coniferous trees, of a flat stone
about five feet square which llad been
utilized as a fireplace.
The blackened stone, the large collec
tion of ashes and cinders, and the bits of
. crumbling bones of animniq indicate
that long ages ago somebody cooked food
' there. That somebody must have been
. man in the strictly primitive and savage
. Buue, ior no trace or any utensil or tool,
. not even a sharpened flint, has been
found among the debris of the fire. Al
America the Bourne of the Emigrant.
- The degree to which America offers
prominent advantages to the emigrant
is just now shown strikingly by the ex
'. ' isting conditions in Iceland. It is said
' ' that that country is gradually becoming
depopulated owing to the constant emi-
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' Canada and the United States. These
..taiuKrautssenu oacK sucn ravora ble ac
counts of their new home that others
". - . quickly follow. It is estimated that 20,
tiflO' natives, nearly one-quarter of the
whole population, have left the country
. in the last year. The emigrants are said
to be chiefly from the northern and east
: era districts, where labor is carried on
only under great difficulties, besides
which recent harvests have been very
bad and have entailed much suffering.
, Ijew York Commercial Advertiser.
A Frog Child.
A child was born in Birmingham,
England, on Sept. 20, which bears a
strong resemblance to a frog. Its skin
is warty and cold and clammy to the
touch: when it cries it makes an un-
earthly croaking noise. There are three
fingers on each hand and fonr toes on
each foot. Besides the points enumer
ated it has many other characteristics of
a frog, even to huge, knotty looking, lid
less eyes. The parents are almost dis
tracted over the occurrence and hourly
pray for it to die.
There are two other "frog child" cases
on record, one the offspring of a Kute
squaw in Nevada, which was born about
ten years eince, the other a monstrosity
which first saw the light of day at
Goshen, Ind., in January, 1889. St
Tbe Age of Indian Outbreaks Is Past.
There is not the smallest danger of a
serious Indian outbreak in the north -west..
The conditions existing in this
region have been entirely changed by
x the building of railroads and the estab-
lishrnegtof jneans of rapid cpmmunica-r-
tipn muong posts. It is quite impossible
to organize an Indian outbreak under
tne eye of the agent on reservation
-.vu, mv.wiujuoi, uwuuuag Known,
With existing means of communication
in its mcipieucyby a rapid eTfceutraj
tion of troops. Thfe areelemenlriiich.
might once, have been dangerous in the
situation at Standing Rock a heaven
sent prophet .and a meddling woman
tmt the age of Indian outbreaks is past.
Dead in the Saddle.
A srecial from Payson, U. T., says
John Bolton accidentally killed himself
while going horseback from Payson to
Salem. In the middle of the forenoon
he left town to visit his sister in Salem,
taking with him a double barreled shot
Bun, with which he shot himself. He
was found on horseback with half the
right side of his head blown off. He
was sitting in the saddle leaning his
head over, the horse's neck. Apparently
the horse had not moved since the gun
exploded. It is believed that he had
been dead in the saddle two hours. Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Three little boxes of Ceylon tea, each
weighing five pounds, were sold by auc
tion in London recently at the extraordi
nary price of $7.62 per pound. It was a
very rare variety known as "choicest
golden tipped pekoe." The leaf was
small, but literally blazed with golden
, Wade Wilfong, colored, thrashed a
school teacher' in Pasquotank county,
N. C, in ante-bellum days, and had to
'skip "out. He settled at Sedalia, Mo.,
later, and having since got rich is now
un a visit to his old home to buy the
plantation on which he worked as a
slave.. ,v i -
Anew material called rubber velvet
. is made by sprinkling powdered felt of
any color over rubber cloth while the
; latter is hot and soft. The result looks
like felt cloth, but is elastic, waterproof
and exceedingly light. '
Keep the back, especially between the
shoulder blades, well covered; also the
chest well protected. In sleeping in a
cold room establish the habit of breath
ing the nose, and never with the mouth
rLiouis Fagan, master of 'prints in the
British museum, is . on his way to this
country on a tour of the world. He win
lecture on the treasures of the British
museums while on his travels.
A ' tunnel to Prince "Edward island
across-ZC.;rthr.mberland straits, a dis
tance of six and a half miles, is the next
"rent engineering feat talked of in
A Ghost Identified by a Photograph.
What is said to be a haunted house is
situated at Anderson ville, half a mile
west of Scottdale, Pa. The house is said
to be visited by the ghost of its former
owner, and for that reason a family has
just vacated it. . The house has been
visited every night this week by many
persons desirous of seeing the ghost.
They say that in watching the residence
about 13 o'clock at night you will see a
curious light gleam forth from the up
stairs window. Mrs. William Mier, who
occupied the house until a few weeks
ago and vacated it on account of the fear
of the supposed ghost, relates a thrilling
story of her adventure.
She says that about a week ago, late
at night, she went upstairs, and was
horrified to see the face and hands of
what she thought greatly resembled a
human being. It frightened her to such
an extent that she fainted. .When she
related her story . to her husband he
laughed her to scorn, but a few days ago
she induced him to go up stairs at a
stated hour and see if he could see the
supernatural being. He complied with
her request, and was amazed to see the
same face and hands, which had every
indication of a human being. '
The supposed ghost resembled an old
man, and as the house was owned and
occupied by Jacob Anderson, who died
a few years since, a great many people
thought it was probably his ghost. Ac
cordingly Mrs. Mier, who is a stranger
in this place, visited . Mrs. John Golds
borough, who is a daughter of the late
Jacob Anderson. An album was given
her containing Anderson's photograph,
which she quickly recognized on sight.
Mrs. Mier never saw Anderson, and tLe
moment she looked at his picture she
recognized it as being an exact likeness
of the face she saw in the old Anderson
j. ne people uon t taite niucn stock in
spook business, but Mrs. Mier's and
other people's stories, who are accredit
ed wiin seeing tne one spoken or, are
certainly increasing the belief in this
vicinity that there are such visitations.
Mrs. Mier is an intelligent lady. Cor.
. The Watermelon Loaded with Waspa.
mere was a runny occurrence on
Pratt street wharf Wednesday. A sailor
on an oyster pungy which had been
cruising about the oyster grounds off
Mogothy river landed with a dilapidated
looking watermelon under his right arm.
The mariner entered a nearby saloon
and laid the piece of fruit down.
It being a little late in the season for
melons a crowd gathered around to look
at the sailor's find, and several of them
emphatically expressed doubts as to the
soundness of the melon. The sailor, in
nocent of what was inside of" it, said to
prove the melon was in good shape he
would plug it before carrying it to his
best girl, to whom he intended to pre
sent it. He did so, and upon extracting
a piece of the rind about 100 wasps flew
out and made things lively about the
It seems that the melon was somewhat
uvempe, ana wnue lying neglected in
its bed a family of wasps had bored a
small hole in one end of it and taken up
their abode therein. The man who
brought it to town rushed out of the
place with several of the insects settling
down upon Ms face, and in his hurry he
knocked over an Italian fruit stand, fell
on a cat, which was nearly crushed to
death, and nearly knocked two police
men into the dock. The restaurant man
put out his gas and left his dogs to fight
he wasps. Bjjitiraore Herald.
Speculation Over ltu ins.
The strange story, told on good author
ity, of the ruins of a great fortified city,
built of dressed granite blocks, found on
the Mashonaland plateau, " in South
Africa, has given rise to a great deal of
curious speculation, for its history is
wholly unknown. Many of the walls
are completely covered by the dense
jungle, and very old trees grow on the
top of the ruins. If the city or f ert was
built by natives it must have been in
remote periods of time, when there was
a higher civilization than now, but it is
just possible that the fort was con
structed under the direction of early
Portuguese explorers and by the aid of
cheap slave labor.
Only a superficial view has been made
of the ruins, but light may be thrown
on the niystery when the houses them
Relves have' been explored. Light is be
ing rapidly turned on the Dark Conti
nent, and the stories that come from it
are as interesting as those sent to Europe
from this country 300 to 400 years ago.
Then, however, the news was not wide
ly disseminated. Now every one who
chcoses can learn from day to day what
is going on in Africa as in other parts of
the world. Exchange. -
One Man Against a Pack ot Yolves.
Andrew Phillipot, a farmer . living:
near Sallisaw. I. T., sat out to visit a
sick neighbor half a mile distant Friday
night, and while passing through a lone
ly woods on his return home was at
tacked by a pack of wolves. He was
unarmed, but seized a large stick, and as
the wolves came closer and. closer he
kept them at lay while he hallooed for
help. A big wdif sprang at him, but he
beat it off, wounding it, and made a
break for a tree. The wolves followed, ?
ButuuuK una snipping as ms neeis.
A f-nl" Tl.;il;nn4. -1-1 XI 1 1 1 f
agaiu J. uiuiub UIUVO lUOXll uai;K umv
ran to another tree. In. this-wayfcfe
succeeded in getting insight of his house),
and his cries brought assistance. The .
rescue was timely, as Phillipot fainted
from exhaustion just as help reached
him. Cor. Dallas News.
Wants His Presents Back.
William Shoneman has applied to the
police of Lincoln, Neb., for aid in recovering--$45
worth of presents . he had
given Carrie Struber, his late betrothed.
Miss Struber is a tall, handsome young
rOTjan, -who Shoneman . says had
agreed to meet Lisa at the Burlington
depot Thursday night and run off to
Onfciha to get married.. He was there,
but she wsn't, and he says refused to
hve anything more to do -with him. ' He
Wire "ore wants his presents. Corv Oma-
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Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Los of Power
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