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VOLUME XXIII.
EHENSBURG. PA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1SS9.
,,ne I'Ut eralawaas do otherwise.
f.-ai " tou short.
NUMBER U,
p!IJf
1,H "
&L B.
B.
ht di.Ur caa bui In ID way cf Black
s r.; j. tienerally speaking th tl
lliai k Willis t not very aatUUc-
r, v ! Ti "- " "
, . 1i
i silk salt. 6olh then qualities
Tl,,m. ,iM ari H ipeclil fortuData pur
f!, , i,r !iru quantltlfa at cnt prtcf and
uil V 10 1"'' ctnf- btt,r tbau usual
21 ,nch HIiM-li Ur Clralti Slllia, 1
j liicfc Klicl. Kbdin.
31 in !. ',,, ". 1
1 inrh murk Vrma 1
21 ln h Blark ArmnM Boyal, 1
Sd tru'li for tl villus. WUat ot the finer
nu:!r:." " Tney are tett too In these ex
t,.nsivrt Sim t.ck In all grade, qualities,
wave an.l make t.) suit all tastes at 11 to
ti.r.o pr yanl Mny fancy weaves this
St'inon lu H'ark Siiki.
VoU'f too art I" rMt demanX
i.V f('l.iiKHI.MIA AKMI KES,
M.W O I.OKKH K.V11.I.E KANCA1SE,
NKW roI.OKEDSt'KAHS.
NKW HI.HRElKtW (JKAINS.
In t.l '.'if ultra thaite for street and fcouse
tjnir. f in evening shades.
WlilTK
Our Mail Order Depart
ment rYr .mplt's of theiH tpteial f 1 values men.
t..n. -,1 .1'x'v.f ; and iboof anything else In
1) - (;..: yi'U way b Interested In from
i,'. I a n ti' r.nest qualities. TbeD compare
f irlikn qualities This exten
e vr tiiiihirss w are building and adding to
u ., y t! '.'..' ot email profits and In
c. .'tt ratrur.ut:i) ; and old Idea, but none
VK.r I 'at!oi;iie and Fashion Journal too
nay a!jui; In determining on the stiles
sr.. forv In jour Fall and Winter par-
BD3GS & BUHL,
ir; ii: if.'. 1:1 federal street,
ALLEGKEKY, PA.
Rich and Poor,
rriuii and rconanl. the MiUimairo and
I by LaNirer, by their Luinnum ua ot
t-s romfilr, atto.-it tlm world-wide rep.
c:.iu .ii uf Ajr' PUIs. I..!f.nK phy
Hi !;iuh toc.-iituiinud tlun pilla fot
fti u.U and Liver Troublex, C :'.vo.
iii'M, 1;.:U)iwiions, and Sick Ho.u'.a. bo ;
a'.-o, f. r Ll.euniati.tru, Junilioo, uud
ur i'. iv. Tin y are mipir-roarrd ; rotv
t::n nu rulmni'l ; rm jirojnjit, lit mild,
L. i'p r:i:.'U ; u;i l. therefor, tlm very
L... '. l,rir.e f..r Fa:ui!y l:sa, aa well a
t. r Travc!T an.! T, jurists.
" I hnv.i J.-rlved preat relief from
Avvr's l'lU.. Fivo jvai 0O I wu
tu i.u so i.. .:h
Rlieumatism
it I w;lh iinuhlo t do any wort. X
k :hr.-.. hxr of Ayer a Pills an 1
- Tir-relr .ureil. Sinro that time I
: r wnlumt a Ihik of thenn pllia."
u.- Cl.riAtUHiii, fcuerwood, Vla. ai
"Ajer'a IM1U bnvo Ixn-n in nse In my
u;iw:trtla uf twnnty Tears and
c-om.;.-t.My Tpriticd nil that la
i l .1 (or tin-in. Iu atlavka of piles,
n vl .eh I suffer... 1 uiuny yeiirs, they
'm irrettter relief than auy other
Ii i i" I ever triod." T. t AdaiuS,
y lrlls, Texua.
" I l.a n used Ayer's rill tor a nnm
r ' !!, and have never found auy.
"Z f j'ial to tlii-iu for K'v'nK an
and iiutrtiii); energy and
'"-....Ii to the Byateui. I always keep
: :ti tha house." R. 1. JAcksou,
''toii, 1 e 1 .
"Tw, boxes cf Ayer's Pills cured uto
3CU10
H eadache,
I
I
. ft T wnu lonrr n. mtiWrr "
.i 1 uhtittriUtoii. Mans.
Vf!iver I nm troubled witU con
' l i "i r .s:;:Trr from loss of appetito,
' '.:.t t.-i no; r:;ht ftaiu." A.J.
"'i. Uo. k llou.He, Vu.
"-Vr 1'.;;, Hr general demand
1 ir eiioriiiiiira. Our saiea of
t. . , ,., ,,f uj otlf pill, com.
t . :
V. r.
' iic i c i u ' v u uinut
' ii r ...ure aatisfaetion."
iX lluiiuniv. S.in I)i. io. Tiu.
Ayer's Pills, i
'KtrAKIO bt '
Or. J. c. Aycr St Co., Lowtll, Mas.
tjJ t-I iKalcrs la Msdiuiao.
OILS! OILS!
p J'V "t,l!"kir(l Oil Company, of
' ur.', p;ltf make a specialty
W'iimfa. turing for the domes-
'tri U- the finest brands of
1 :2;''"'-: ami Lubrication Oils,
lia and Gasoline
Xhixi caa t
FBOH PETBOLEOD.
Kulien'ro comr:mum with
ilotwri r.rodurt of ripfrnl-
e' "i t , . t
you the most
: Miti ; Satisfactory : Oils
la market a.sk for ours.
ANDARD OIL COMPANY,
PITTSHUR(r, l'A.
r u . . man lor tbe -i l.V .1
- r.iV r pa.
WE DO NOT PLEDGE
(lunelvci tn kwo abrat. bat to kD Ui. Ia4
OT.r all utaera la alllna' Jroit I
ri'RF, "ABSOLFTCLY PCSE. AS D
WELL Sf ATI at ED. KIfK WHIS
KIES AMD WIS EM
At,prte that Bako all other daalor battla.
Jiut tUlnk ot It :
Ovorholtf A Co.'i Pura Kyo. B years old.
Fall quart, tl.to. or Sld.eo par Uu.a.
Mill battar !
Uncn Oold.o'Waddlnc.ton yaart.old. ;all
qa-tru 1 'ii or.li.00 partusoa.
H.ttar still !
Kontueky j Hon rbon. ( tan ' y tars old. Fall
qaart. Sl.ai. or S12.00 per 4oran.
And aaa or Iba most saleabloVTblsklea aa onr
Hit is
Tha Par Eight Yer"OH Exp. rt ttoekachaliM
r Kull quart. 1 w. or SIS per nuaaa.
Tbero tsooYVolsky that basterar boo sold
taat has arwa la favor with th. pabllo so rapld
l as our old Esprt. and tha simpla raasoa U
that It is attarly laipvsaibla to dupllcat It.
Thar will n.rar ba aay let Bp la tha parity
aail flaa Baror id any partloalar ol tha I'oro C ali
tor n la Wtnas wo are. now Hint; at to eanta par
buttle. Kali qaart.r ii. 00 per duseo.
fa makioie up roar ordera please 'eacloee P. O.
Moaey Ur-l.r or brait. or Ke. I.tor your order.
JOSEPH FLEMING k SON,
WHOLESALE! A ?CD RET All.
DBUGJIISTS,
PITTS BTJRQ, tA.
413 MABUETMT. fsr.sf lbs Dlamsad.
Jan. 46. iss. Irr
b. A SOLID
OTEEL FENCE!
hauc or
EXPANDED KETAL
ccr HxeS S3ETKir:G HEW.
Ptir RmotMCfi, Owuiwxrs. Crairriafias.
Qahocnsl tioLa, Araar Window Gaaroji. TrTUuca,
Hrr-prwif Pl.ASTLKIXtt lTH. DOOB SATS
Ac. U rite fUr Illu.iraicd Catalue: nailed fre
CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO
116 Water (at., rittsbnrrh, Paw
BardwaroUen kcalU A rrc name of this paper
ttlXTM NTKKET, PITISBI KU, rA.
Is the araat rollena or Hu.inaot OSlces, where all
tha branhas ol a roroplate buinaaa adacatloa are
taiiabt by Actual liusiaaas Practice. The only
SMBMr IruB Peaaa. of the later-State Hun
ni fraetlea Asaocialioa ol America.' 1 he stu
dent ieaors book keeping- and business by en
srairtnc la business trsnsart.ons. Practk-al DfUco
Mork aad tiaakiog are specialties. Individual
lntruetiun Irum 4. s. lot r. it. and I rum 7 to
10 p. at. The best a.lrantaKet InShor'.band and
Typewriting the highest speed la the sborteot
time. SnU t r 0Atl.ue
v h.n yeai tll lb EaBMsalllwa. lal
r aluajs v. rlr Amr.
J AM U I'LAUK WILLIAMS A. M..
PnMlurat.
E L Y 'S - CATAH 11 H
fLY'S
CREAM -: BALM
Cleaaea tlio
Allaya Pairs ad
Hsals BmwT.yw
Reatarea the
Hewaea mt Tastt
stssal Smell
Try the Curo.fi
A particle Is applied Into eaeb oostrlls and lb
arraiklle. Price be rants at lraaKt'tJi : by mall
rriinKreil, U cU. ti,Y BKos, M Warren St.,
ST. CHARLES
Chailes S Cill, Proprietor.
Table unsurpassed. Remodel
ed with office on ground floor.
Natural gas and incandescent
light in all room3. New steam
laundry attached to house.
Cor. Wood St. & Third Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pa:
1T$1. 1880.
Policies wrtttea at snort notice la the
OLD RELIABLE "ETNA"
lad slhrr First C'lausa Cam pa a lea.
T. W. DICK,
rCIJIT FUR THE
OLD HARTFORD
FIRE INSURANCE COMT.
COMMENCED BrSIXESS
1794.
EtenDurx. Jaiy uLIStX
NATURE'S
CURE FOB
A BKLMBLE KEIKD1
far bleb nta.
Per Torpid Liver.
Blliea Haadaeka,
leativeaeaa,
Tsrraat's EFrrreacaat
C0HSTIPAT10H,
Saltxr Ajrlvitt
It Is certain la Its erjecu
Ills ((.title la Its actli n
It Is paluteable to tha
tast. It caa be relied
upon to cure, and It cares
by winr, not by oatra
In. BAtare. In tot tana
ioleol pararatives yovc
selves or allow your chil
dren to take them, always
ase this leajant phar
maceutical preparation,
which has been tar more
tha forty years a publle
favorite. Sold sVwaeiaM
ISici-Kaadache,
A5D
DYSPEPSIA.
rverywaa-ra.
1SSEXTIAL OIIJS,
VTlSTEROREE.V, TcrrERMEKT, PEX-
JJYBOVAL, SrEAItatlXT, AC.
of prima qollty, boacbt Is any quantity for eash
oa delivery, Iree brokaraaw, eommlssioa, storsaa,
"DODGE Sc olcott,
mpurters anil Exporters, M WUltaia tu ff. Y.
Aaa-. a,'W.-a.
T
1 I i. . Z . . viijoe in DBiiatna: of T
I l.baillKB.. K. ' - - - . . . . .
. V"" co"T.i antra streeU A'
I.,',"" attends! ta s.tlac
wry aaa ceUs-t!oi a specially. 10-14. -tf
to
x7m
LULU AND LITTLE BEE.
" Lain played two summers,
L.VUe Ilea, one"
Such the tender legend
That was traced upon a stone
In a bra m ole-braided corner
Or a graveyard, g-ray and Ion.
Near the old home of my childhood,
Tn the darling days o-g-one
Lulo played two summers,
Littie Ueo, one."
I was bat a boyish stroller
Of the fields when first I read
The quaint and tearful record
On that tablet to the dead;
I bare passed the chiseled marbles
Stretching eiiyward to the sun.
To muse upon the meaning
Ot the mystic ltnea that run:
Lulu played two summers,
. LltUe Ilea, one. .
I did not understand It then.
But cow 'tis all so clear.
Gol knows my foolish fancy needs
No cold Interpreter;
O. poet-mother! never bard
That ever breathed baa apna
A strain ot sweeter pathos
Than your poor heart has done
Lulu played two summers,
Llltlo liee, one."
James Newton Matthews, tn ChicsfO News.
PLANT FERTILIZATION.
I lax baric TValas of the Arum Crinltum
and Other Iluuta.
Thoso who have written of the
curious subject, the agency of insects
In tha cros-fortilizution of flowers,
love to toll of tho mutual interests in
volved. Tho insucts want honey
flowers want foreign pollen so the
plant receives tho boo as a welcemo
foreign trader. It receives tho needed
pollen, and gladdens tho heart of tho
busy little merchant, who departs
laden with tho treasurea for which
tho flower had no use of itn own
But in tho little world of plants and
flowers, as in the wider intercourse
arnontr human bcinjjs, mutual interest
is not always tha basis of cbang-a.
There are wretched instances of
ignoble bolfishnesd that set nil moral
law at defiance plants that are wor?o
than cannibal, for they not only
actually kill and eat the little traders
that venture within their domuin.
but have not the higher motives out
side of mere love of a delicacy,
which Seaman tells us the Fiji Isl
ander's have when tempted to dine on
their celebrated dish of roast mission
ary. Among- tho many instance
illustrative of this barbaric trait in
plants that have appeared in print,
a very intereatinff one has recently
been cont ibuted by an English, ob
server. Mr. A. D. Webster. It relates
to Arum crinitum. an oil and well
known Corsican plant, though in
modern times it has been given tho
dreadful nnme of Helicodiceros mus
civoru. the lat. of course, in refer
ence to its fly-devouring- propensity.
It is closely allied to the well-known
Indian turnip, of our woods, but has
a fetid odor similar to the skunk-cabbage,
to which also it has relation
ahiju. Mr. Webster says the carrion
like Boent is very attractive to larzu
numbers of flies, which enter the I
spathe but never return. After being
apea for two days he has found as
many as seventy-two captives without
counting the smaller creatures. With
a predisposition to believe that tha
insects were destined to act as agents
In fertilization, he was amazed to
find that the pollen was not in a con
dition for use till after the captur-ed
insects were dead. These, ho found,
lived long enough to deposit eggs,
which, by tho time the pollen
matured, had become little wig
glers." which, crawling about tho
spadix. carried the pollen from
male to the female flowers. It is not
yet quite clear whether tho flower
acts from pure viciousnes in this
murderous course in charity we may
suppose the selfishness already hinted
at. and believe that In some way tho
nitrogenous material of the insects is
used as food, as in the case of pitchor
plants and Venus' fly-traps. N. Y.
Mail and Express.
HARRY GOT IT.
Aa Eplsoda Ttaat Hrourlit Tears ear Joy to
Many Eyes.
Among1 the passengers on a Western
train the other day was a woman very
much overdressed accompanied by a
bright-looking nurse-girl and a self
willed, tyrannical boy of about three
years.
The boy arousod the indignation of
the passengers by his continual shrieks
and kicks and screams and his vicious
ncss toward his patient nurse. lie tore
hor bonnet, scratched her hands, and
finally spat in her face without a word
of remonstranco from the mother.
Whenever the nurse manifested any
firmness the mother chided her sharp
ly. Finally tho mother composed hoa
self for a nap, and about tbe time tho
boy had slapped tho nurse for the fifth
time a wasp came sailing in and flew
on the window of the nurse's seat.
The boy at oneo tried to catch iL .
The nurse caught his hand and said,
coaxingly:
Harry mustn't touch. Bus" will
bite Harry."
Harry screamed savagely and began
to kick and pound tho nurse.
Tho mother without opening her
eyes or Ufting her head cried out
sharply:
Why do yo i tease that child so,
Mary? Let him hare what he wants
at once. "
"But. ma'am, it's a"
Let him have it. I say."
Thus encouraged Harry clutched at
the wasp and caught it. The scream
that followed brought tears of joy to
the passe ngerss eyes.
Tho mother awoke again.
Mary." she cried, "let him have
it!"
Mary turned In ner seat and said.
confus-dly:
He's got it, ma'am!" Boston Jour
nal. :
Mauds Algernon, you know a
year ago I told you X would not marry
you until you had saved 1 10.000." Al
gernon "Yes, but " Maude "And
aix months ago I told you I thought
wo could get along on f 1.000." Al-go-non
-r'-But still -" Maude "Well,
ho-.v much have you by this time?"
Algurnoii "Exactly fcMJ.ei" Maude
"In't you thiuk that that tlmtii
".r enough?" Time.
BOOMS NEEDN'T APPLY.
A Dakota City That Is Caa tent to Bely
ass Its btenta.
"Can you direct me to Pacific CityP"
asked tbe Buffalo man of a station
agent in Dakota as he left the train at
a "huddlo" of four or five houses.
"Right across the street for In
formation, 6ir," was the reply, and
the stranger walked across to a shanty
bearing the sign of "Real Estate" and
put the same question to a red-headed
man who was busy folding and sealing
a prospeotus.
"This is It, sir," was the calm
reply.
Why why '
"You are disappointed, of course."
"Well, rather."
"You expected to see a city of at
least fivo thousand Inhabitants, with
parks, schools, factories, churches
and all that?"
"Yes, I did."
"That's the way with many others,
but it is not our fau!L Our object is
to go slow and sure, and not create
any thing like a boom to give lieti
tious values. We have done remark
ably well thus far. One year ajo this
was tho caly structure in the city.
Now look around."
"Now 1 can count seven.
"Exactly. That "bat our latest
prospectus says improved seven hun
dred cr ccnL in ono year. Can you
ask a town to go ahead faster than
that? Don't confound this wonderful
progress with a boom., however.
Booms have killed half this Woatern
country. Wa don't want any.
"How's real estate?" queried the
Buffalo man after awhile.
"Advancing, of course Six months
ago I offered lots on Washington av
enue for $10 a foot- To-day I am ask
ing $-20. That's 100 per cent., isn't it.
and nothing like a boom. We are
simply growing on our merits alone.
That's tho proper way for a town to
grow."
"Any factories here?
"There are. A year ago wo had
none. Now wo have a blacksmith and
a shoe-maker. That's an increase of
200 per cent., and I want you to find a
town to match it There has been no
boom, however remember that. It's
just a natural growth."
"What's tho population?"
" "That's one of the strong points in
my new prospectus. A year ago I
was here aloua To-day we number
twenty-two souls. Think of th tre
mendous per cent, of increase! All
legitimate and on its merits, and no
boom to cause a rush.
"Aro the future prospects flatter
ing?" Exceedingly eo. This climate is
good for catarrh and a check on bil
iousness. Our seasons are very mild,
and a farmer can got sixteen hours a
day out of the hired man. This is a
great distributing point for trade, and
the center of manufactures, and we
shall seek to have the National oapi
tal removed hero. We expect six rail
roads and two canals to cross here,
large universities have asked for sites,
and before the end of the year Con
gress will be askod for a public build
ing, to cost not lees than a million
dollars. Flattering? 1 should re
mark. But wo ain't doing any crow
ing about it. It might start a boom,
and booms aro the bitter foes of new
towns. Wo want to grow on our
merits as the coming city of the
glorious WesL If you write aay thing
for your home paper just put that in
all legitimate and solely on its mer
its, and no booms need apply." N. Y.
Sun.
PICTURES BY LIGHTNING.
A TConderfu.1 Invention WHlch May Ilev
oIuUodIu ewapapr Art.
This is the machine that is to rev
olutionize newspaper pictorial art."
explained Mr. Ginochio. "It is filled
with clockwork and operated by a
strong electric battery. Its mate is at
the other end of tho line. Now, you
can write a signature or a letter, and
it will transmit either, with the iden
tical characters formed with your pen.
But that would be nothing new. Auto
telegraphy has been known for fully
ten years, but this will carry out the
auto-telegraphio idea to the fullest ex
tend You can write as much as
you please thousands of words if
you like, as newspaper men and others
frequently have to do and this ma
chine wiU chew it up that is, transmit
It as fa-t as you can write. Indeed,
tho w riting can be done on a continu
ous roll, and whoa a score of lines are
written the top of tbe roll can bo fed
to tho machine, while the writer con
tinues filling up the rest, and without
tearing the roll. It can bo regulated
so as to keep paoe exactly with tho
speed of tha writer, and by the time
ho hao finished tho machine will be on
its last lap and will end its task al
most immediately. The newspaper or
other office receiving the matter will
thus have it in the writer's own hand
writing and within a few moments
after it has passed out of his hands."
"But how is it proposed to transmit
pictures?"
"By tho same method. The paper
to be used will be washed with a weak
solution of chloride of calcium, which
will mako it a conductor. The Ink
wiU be the non-conductor or insulator.
The pictures will have to bo repro
duced with pen and Ink at the point of
sending, and with this as tho only de
lay they can be transmitted without
difficulty, every line and shadow being
reproduced with extreme fidelity.
"Have you tested the machine?
"I have and found It works like a
charm. So long as tho clock-work
keep running it can not get out of or
der. The machine is deigned especial
ly for tha use of tho daily press, and
will enable our newspapers to produce
accurate and excellent pictures of
events in tho issue immediately follow
ing instead of. as now. waiting a day
or t wo for the artist. You can readily
understand how such an instrument
could bo applied on a leased wire,
where voluminous press reports have
to be soot daily and nightly. Bvery
reporter could then be his own opora
tor." 1'hiladolphia Tress. 1
FOUR WEEKS OF IT.
a Young- Journalut'a Ambition Wa
. . Soon Satisfied.
"I am a lawyer now, but I have boon
other things as well," said a leading
lawyer.
-How's that?"
"WelL a balloonist, you might 6ay.
That sounds strange, doesn't it?"
It was admitted.
"Have a seat, then, and I will ex
plain how I roso from a journalist to
a lawyer, and yet in the interim tilled
the third calling of aerial is t as well.
The 6tory run 3 this way: When
I was a boy I was ambitious to
bo a newspaper man, I left home
young and began to battle with
life By hard licks I soon accumulat
ed a few dollars. That meant wealth
to me, inasmuch as It was the founda
tion of a long-cherished hope a news
paper. Well, I established myself in
tho town of Sink, a place of some few
inhabitants, set squarely on the spot
where two public roads crossed. There
were, consequently, four ways of out
let from the town.. On tho first Mon
day mornlr.g after reaching there tho
Spread Eug-lc came out bright ncd
new. Oa the lookout for news I had
vitited a festival in Sink on tho pre
vious Saturday night. At that festival,
while eyeing the 6hudy views. I
caught aa item. I published it under
the flaming head: 'John Country's
Town Hog.' Tho Tuesday after the
Eagle was issued I received a letter.
It stated that if I ever came out his
road again ho would make mo think 1
had been hugged by a bear before I
got back. One road out of four being
thus denied me was not bad, so I con
tinued to fly the Eagle.
'The second week of tho paper's ex
istence was marked by an article that
read this way: "Good! Jack Corn shot
for stealing.' Tho next morning I
got a letter signed 'JackCorn,' saying:
It's true I am shot, but all I care for
is to live to shoot ono man. I dare
j-ou out this road.' I was troubled,
but braced vip and decided to let the
two roads fly. Killing my compositor,
wo decided to let tho Eagle sail as
usuaL
"I got information that a white man
had married his servant I should
have asked tho road it came from, but
I forgoL 1 unfortunately concluded
it was a black instead of a white girl,
and so the Eagle head-line said: A
White Man Marries a Nigger." I got
my third letter the following morning.
It said ha would not come into town
after me, but would just watch the
road for a chance. With only one road
lft things looked bluo.
The next week was election week,
and so wo decided that the Earle
must show its wings. Tha bi can
vass was for sheriff. I wrote the arti
cle early in the week, but was just
waiting for returns to head it. I
P"ked my head out of tho window of
my sanctum and beard from the multi
tude in a loud voice: 'John Ballot's
got it!' I called back to the press
Head It that John Ballot got it" The
boy got that, but in the confusion from
the outside he also got it in the neck.
The sheriff Bent me a letter, but I was
not there to open it 1 took the Eagle's
wings and left Sink behind. When
I landed I had not one bit of newspa
per in me, and ever since I have been
a happy man." Memphis Appeal.
Two Wonderful Watches.
John Huntington and his son, W.
T. R. Huntington, of Cleveland, own
two of the best watches in the world.
They aro duplicates, and were ordered
by tho senior Huntington in 1881 in
Geneva, Switzerland. He agreed to
pay $o,000 in gold for two watches
that should combine every movement
thon known to the art of watchmaking.
A description of one answers for both.
Tho case Is of pure gold; the works
number 400 pieces. On the large dial
appear four smaller dials. Tha one at
the top shows by a diagram of the sky
the changes of the moon, tho firma
ment being of lapis lazuli, studded
with golden stars. Tho next dial to
the right shows the leap year, the
tiny hand moving around tho circle
once in four years, and an auxiliary
hand shows each month. On the dial
at the bottom is a hand marking the
quarter seconds, and one showing the
day of the month. At the left, on tho
fourth miniature dial, is a hand point
ing out the day of tho ' week, and
another the tide as it ebbs and flows.'
Around the largo dial, beside.? tho
Uiual hour ani minute hand, moves a
second hand and an extra horso timer,
so arranged that the distance between
two horso at the finish is accurately
noted in quarter seconds. By pressing
a button the part hour is struck on a
deep-toned boll, one of a chime; the
quarters aro a moro silvery note, and
a rapidly tinkling companion gives
tho minutes. Tho watch is a stem
winder, and one spring, furnishes the
motive power. Where there is fric
tion the pivots aro set in rubies. N
Y. Sun.
The Shermanites of Alabama.
In Leeds valley. In the vicinity of
Birmingham, Ala., there is a colony
composed of a religious sect known as
the Sheruianites. There are about one
hundred families, and a happier, moro
contented people can not bo found in
the world. Their religious rites and
ceremonies are peculiar. Who founded
the society none of them seem to know,
but it is old, as tha fathers and grand
fathers of the present generation were
Shermanites. They claim to follow
the teachings of the New Testament
in 6pirit and letter, and they believe
that only Shermanites will inherit the
Kingdom of Heaven. They have
churches and preachers and worship
in a manner similar to many other
sects. One of their peculiar rites is
the washing of feet A foot-washing
service is held once every month, at
which the preacher washes the feet t f
every member of the church. The
tueinbvrs then In turn wash the feet
of the preacher and of each other.
They are industrious and scrupulously
honest Divorce and drunkenness are
uckuowa amorg them. TLa men
never cut their huir or beards Cin
cinnati Comaercial-GazcUo.
PATENTS AND PROGRESS.
Marvolons Ctaang-aa VTrong-bt by Invent
ors la Half a Century. x
One need not be very old to have a
distinct recollection of his daily life,
its conditions and environments, fifty
years ago, when the patent system of
the United States was in its early in
fancy. Then the country was almost
entirely agricultural, for our grand
career in manufactures and the indus
trial arts was just beginning. It virt
ually began with the patent system
the creation of the patent officeand
it has actually kept pace wdth the de
velopment of the system, so that this
magnificent progress stands as the In
disputable results of the system. In
other words, we owe our SDlendid
achievements in Tnanilf Atiltfa anil tha I
arts to the stimulus that the patent
laws have given to invention.
Fifty years ago most of the people
of tho United States were clothed from
the products of the domestic spinning
wheel and hand loom. The itinerant
shoemaker went from house to house,
setting up his bench and plying his
vocation in the farmers' kitchens.
There were no planing-mills; no shops
for tho manufacture of doors, 6ashes
or blinds. All the work of tho builder,
including carpenters' and joiners'
work, was dona by hand. The car
penter, if a good one, got one dollar a
day. Coal was consumed but by few
families even in the large citie3, and
by nobody in the smaller towns. Tho
tailors, like the shoemakers, cams to
the house and made Into clothing the
cloth woven by the mother and daugh
ters, with a little help from the fulling
mill that was generally near the grist
mill of the neighborhood. The railroad
and telegraph had not yet added their
powers to the forces of civilization.
This year, 18S9. is no more like 1839
than the hand-loom is like the cotton
factory. "Better fifty years of Europe
than a cycle of Cathay." Better one
year of the Ufa that is lived under tho
new conditions than any number of
years of the hard existence that was
drudged out under the old conditions.
It is only the hopeless pessimistic
soul, the constitutional and incurable
grumbler, that does not recognize the
blessings that have come with the
march of invention. For all those, let
it be borne in mind, wa are Indebted to
the system that has fostered invention
and secured to inventors the right to
enjoy tho products of their own brains
and hands. Inventive Age.
acts Concerning Railroads.
aaaMaaa -.
It is claimed that tho fastest time on
record was made over the Philadelphia
& Kcaiing railroad. The time was
ninety-two miles in ninecj'-three min
utes, one mile being made in forty-six
seconds.
The chances for loss of life In rail
road accidents in this country are one
person killed for every 10,000. 000 car
ried. Statisticians claim that more
people are killed every year by falling
out of windows than there are in rail
road accidents-
The Canadian Pacific railway ex
tends further east and west than any
other road in the country. It runs
from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean.
The cantilever 6pan in the Pough
keepsie bridge is the longest railway
bridge span in tho United States. Its
length is 548 feet
Tho Kinzua Tiaduct, on the Erie
railroad, is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States. It is 305 feet
high.
- The longest railway tunnel in Amer
ica is the Hoosac tunnel, on the Fitch
burg railroad. It is four and throe
fourths milc-3 long.
The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fo
system operates moro mileage than
any other single corporation in tho
United States. It covers about 8,000
miles. American Commercial Travel
ler. Strength of the German Army.
By the new law, owing to the recent
threatening aspect of the European
situation in the East and the West the
standing army of Germany has boon
brought up to upwards of 600, 0X) men
or 650.000. if the men on leave, liablo
to immediate recaU, are added. In case
of war this body can bo brought up,
by calling in the first reserves, to up
wards cf 1.050,000 men. For oper
ative purposes a further addition of
upwards of 1.810,000 men may be made
through the landwehr. If the supple
mentary reserve were put on its leg3
this would givo a further force of 1,
4G5.00Q. Total in round numbers, 3,
bG0,000 men. But if the landsturm
alo were called out nearly 6,500,000
men would be under arms! The
prospect is a saddening one. At
Germany's eastern flank, however,
KuPsia professes to bo able to raise an
army of 10, OoO.OOO men. On Germany's
western flank France may call out
mora than 4,000,000. Being between
two powers of historically aggressive
character, Germany can not disarm
before the others do, though tho
heaviness of the armor presses on her
most weightily. It is for her a ques
tion of national existence or extinc
tion. North American Review.
Some Scientific Computations.
' According to the recent computa
. tion of a German scientist a snail in
one second moves .0015 meter; a man
walking. L25 meters; a man on snow
shoes. 2.95 meters; the swiftest river,
4; a balloon in a calm, 6. 4; a sprinter.
7.1; fly, 7.6; fast steamboat 8.5; fresh
breeze, 10; torpedo boat, 1L5; very
fast skater, 1L6; running race horso,
12.6; mountain torrent. 11.3; express
train, 16.7; ocean wave, 21 8; carrier
pigeon, 27; swallow. 67; heavy cy
clone, 116; sound, S37; an equatorial
point 463; cannon ball. 600. In a
second tho moon moves 1 kilometer;
explosion of gun cotton, 5.8 kilome
ters; sun, 7.6; Sirius, 15 4; the earth,
29.5; shooting star on tha average,
40; Halley's comet near the sun, S'jZ;
storm on the sun, 4C2; cable current
4,000; telegraphic current 11.690; in
duction current 14.400; light S00.0O0;
discharge of Ley den jar on cop-er
wire, L7 n.illimotcr6 through, 463,500.
ABOUT ORIENTAL RUGS.
Bow Thcao Popular Articles of Ctlllty
and Kleicanca Are Made.
One sometimes confounds the rugs of
Karabagh with thosa of Kazak, inas
much as they resemble each other in
appearance and designs, but when ono
considers that the former are always
rectangular and the latter square their
distinction can be readily determined,
despite tha similarity in general ap
pearance. The looms of the people of Afghan
istan and Boloochistan vary much in
dimension, but in thoso from tho lat
ter country the length Is always pro
portionate to tha width. One does
not find rugs hero greater than three
or three and one-half meters by two or
two and one-half meters. The ruga
from Afghanistan are made on looms
much of the 6ame character as tho
Karabagh loom, and therefore the
width may not surpass a certain liiniL
In Oushak, Gordcz and tho other
countries of Turkey, a fabric it made
of almost any dimension, according to
the means at their disposal and tho
progress which this industry has
made in tho Asiatic provinces of the
Ottoman Empire. Tho operation of
weaving us practised in Asia Minor
does not differ essentially from the
methods in use in tbe Caucasus, but
the popularity of Smyrnas can best be
attested by the fact that there is ex
ported annually of these rugs about
three hundred thousand square meters.
This process is carried on, of course,
without tho aid of the shuttle, the only
utensils requisite being an iron comb,
a large clumsy knife, a Btick of wood,
tokmak (a kind of mallet) and a pair
of scissors. The fringe, which ono
often sees at the two extremities of a
rug, aro the two particles of thread
which aro bound around tho bars of
the loom, and which are cut on com
pletion of the rug.
Ono caa hardly form an idea of tho
enormous work and monotony in the
weaving of a rug, which, as is ex
plained above, is made by the union
of millions of knots by the hand. So
familiar do these women become with
the operations of weaving, that it is
with difficulty one can 6oe their hands,
so quickly do they manipulate the
threads. N. Y. Mail and Express.
OLD COLLEGE DAYS.
Why American Boys Have Ko Reason to
Desire Tholr Etetura.
f American college boys havo no
reason to desire the return of the
"good old days." In the early days of
Yale and Harvard tho English system
of "fagging" was in active force.
A freshman was not allowed to
wear his hat in the college yard unless
it was raining or snowing. Fresh
men were required to do servile work
for any member of the faculty or of
the higher classes at any time of the
day, except study-hours or after nine
p. m. They were also required to
shake and dust the college carpets
once a year, and to furnish, at their
own expense, all tho bats, balls and
foot-balls used by the students. In
some colleges corporal punishment was
in force, and pecuniary fines were im
posed for minor offenses.
A comparison of these fines i3 In
teresting. The amount exacted for
lying, drunkenness and fighting was
thirty cents while the fine for card
playing was ono dollar. Six cents was
imposed for too late attendance at
church, while twelve cents was tho
penalty for too early an attendance,
this discrimination being made be
cause it was found that tho young
men were in the habit of standing at
the church door before Bcrvice and
annoying thoso who entered.
Wo are glad to have seen the last of
these good old days. Nothing was
ever gained by cruelty and oppres
sion, and wo can not help feeling that
maoy a boy had to leave college in
his freshman year to escape from
these impositions who might have
been a great man. Golden Days.
Selling Titles in France.
A curious fact is that in France a
man can will away his title to any
one whom he may caro to adopt just
as Le can a ring or a sum of money.
Thus, somo years ago, one of tha
proudest titles ia France went a-begging.
Tho old Due de Mirolnesnil
was so poor that he offered to adopt
and leave his ducr.l title to any man
who would insure him for tho rest of
his days (and ho was old) tho modest
Income of $2,000 10,000 francs.
Oddly enough, tho poor old Duke,
whom ill luck would thus 6eem to
have followed up to tho last found no
one to bid for tho proffered honor,
and so he died in tha most abject
penury. Were a similar transmission
of nobility legal in England thero are
twenty members of the Uouso of
Lords who would gladly, for a hand
some consideration in cash, adopt tho
most unsavory commercial "gentle
man," and leave him all their honors.
Paris Letter.
Ancient Iron and Steel
Tho oldest pieces of wrought iron
now known aro probably the sickle
blade found by Belzoni under tha base
of a sphinx in Karnac, near Thebes;
the blade found by Colonel Vyso im
bedded in tho masonry of tha great
pyramid, and the portion of a cross
cut saw exhumed at Nimrod by Mr.
Layard all of which aro now in the
British Museum. A wrought bar of
Damascus steel was presented by King
Porus to Alexander tho Great and the
razor steel of China for many cent
uries surpassed all European steel in
temper and durability of edgo. Tiie
Hindoos appear to havo made wrought
iron directly from tho ore, without
passing it through tho furnace, from
timo immemorial, and elaborately
wrought masses aro still found in
India which date from tho early cent
uries of the Christian era. j ;
"-Will you marry me, Bridget?" a
widower of a year asked his cook.
How many afternoons a week out
X have, borr?" sha itakud in rtj'ly.
HUMOROUS.
Duplex (whose wife Is dressing
for a ball) "Great grief! Are you
going to wear that extremely low
corsage?" Mrs. Duplex Certainly,
dear It will not appear too dofdlete
when 1 have on my pearl necklace.'
Jewelers' Weekly.
Mendicant (appearing at tho back
door of the White House) "Gimme a
piece of cross-bar roil, open-topped or
kiverod pie." Servant "You'U got
no pia of any kind." Mendicant
"Then I'll go round to the front door
and git a post-oflice. Ben and mo used
to hook apples together when we wuz
boys."
; Wo want it to bo distinctly under
stood that we are not one of thoso real
mean old things that believe that
woman is at tho bottom of every
earthly trouble, but we must admit
th.it tho demand for sealskin sacques
has had moro or less to do with th-i dis
turbances about Behring sea. Wash
ington Post
: Moldy-Looking ' Individual (to
London police officer) "Yes, sir, I've
decided to givo myself up. Tm Jack
the Ripper, and I " Polieo Officer
"Sorry, but we can't accommodate
you, aa there are seven more 'Jack
tho Rippers' down-stairs, and you'll
have to roost somewhere else, to
night" Life.
He wasn't a bunco man. "Did
you sea any bunco men whiia j-ou
were in New York, Uncle Abner?"
"No, sir, not one." "I understand that
you met a slick stranger who bes.t you
out of $150." "Um-ah well yes, I
got playing cards one rijht and luck
was against ma to about that amount,
but that fellow wa'n't a bunco mjn.
If ho was he'd have said so. Your
Uncle Abner knows enough to steer
clear of those bunco fellows. " Epoch.
Small boy "Pri, vbat is t?ie dif
ference between a pessimist and an
optimist?" Pa "Well, let me see if
I can illustrate. You know I'm often
discouraged, and things don't look to
me as if they'd ever go right Well, at
6uch times I can be said to be a pessi
mist But years ego when I was a
j-oung man every thing looked bright
and rosy, und I wr.s alvrnys hopcfuL
Thon I was an optimist. Now, uiy son,
can ycu understand the difference be
tween a pessimist and an optimist?''
Small boy "Oil, yes; cr.o is married
and tho other Isn't." N. Y. Weekly.
Inventor "Eureka! Euro "
Kansas Rustler "What uir j-ou
Eurekerin' about?" Inventor ''I
havo just completed my drplex indi
cator, a little insti uru'-rt that will in
form its possessor of the approach of
a cyclone before " ltu:;tler W:tl,
you've wasted your time. Nobody'll
buy. What we want yere is an indi
cator that'll inform its possessor of
the approach of a Eastern capitalist
soon's ho gits across the county lino,
and give the feller with the indicator
time to grab vp his correr lot deeds
and git to tbe capitalist "fore anybody
else knows he's comin'." Puck.
INGENIOUS INVENTION
An Apparatus Which Winds All Sorts of
Clock. Automatically.
Otto Urban, in Gross-Kikinda, is
well known as a first-class watch and
clock-maker. He invented an auto
matic apparatus for winding pendulum
clocks, which was much admired for
its simple and practical mechanism
It is attached to tho clock on one
side and to the door of the room
on the other. A fine wire or a
catgut serves as a transmission agent
By opening and closing tho door the
mechanism is made to work and the
clock is wound. To keep the clock
running for twenty-four hours it will
be sufficient to open the door two or
three times.
When tha clock is fully wound tho
apparatus is stopped till the descend
ing weight is allowed to recommence
its work. Such automatic winding in
struments do not cost much, and its
construction can easily be made solid
and faultless.
In Austria-Hungary tho Inventor has
applied for a patent but it seems his
invention only comprises clocks run
ning by weights and doors. Thero is
an unlimited field for 6omo young
genius to combine French mantel
clocks with tho parlor 6ofa when tho
gas ia turned down; kitchen clocks
with tho rango door, tho coal bin or
tho washboard; bedroom clocks with
tho front door latch and alarm clocks
with the cats on the roof. Jewelers
Weekly. r
COLD WATER CURE
Th EflScaey of Hatha la All Varieties of
Fever,
The most rapid and certain way of"
abstracting heat from tho body is by
the cold bath. Within a few years
this has been extensively used in tho
treatment of ty phoid fever. It is. how
ever, by no means new. In 1777 Dr.
William Wright who afterward bo
came president of the college of phy
sicians, Edinburgh, was attacked with
fever on shipboard. On the fifth day
he caused himself to bo douched with
cold salt water, and continued this re
peatedly for several days with the hap
piest results. A few years later (1757--92)
the celebrated Dr. Curria em
ployed the cold bath in 153 recorded
cases of fever. Recent statistics com
piled by Dr. Simon Baruch are simply
astounding in their results. In 2. 150
cases of typhoid fever, collected from
various sources by Brand, which wero
treated with "strict cold baths" before
tho fifth day, there did not occur a sin
gle death. In 13,612 cases under dif
ferent methods of treatment collected
by Murchison, the rate cf mortality
was 18.C2 per cent The revival of the
treatment of typhoid fever by tho cold
bath dates from a publication by Dr.
Brand In 186L Tho routine of this
treatment is to immerse the patient in
a bath, at a temperature of 60 degrees,
for fifteen minutes every throo hours,
so long as his temperature is as high
as 103 degrees. It is, of course, es
sential that pationts.be placed in the-
bath and removed from the bath to the
J bed w ith the least possible laUgue.
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