The Test of fYftnflshfp.
I once had an intimate friend,
Ho dear!
His calling I cannot defend.
I fear:
For Ue sang but one song
TUo weary day loug
'Twas
'• Anynmlwralleratomend -to mend !
Anvumtaivllorstonieiitl!"
Bat though hi* profession is such.
1 know
I'd not hie acquaintance for much
Forego;
Neath hut ragged old veet
Beats a heart in lit* lvrce-i,
Which
Human misfortune can touch.
Human misfortune own touch
For once when by showers I was caught.
My friend
Was prompt an umbrella, unsought,
Tv> lend:
And from that very loan
Shrank the beet friend I've knowu.
Save
" Anvumlwrefierstomend io mend 1
AuyumbereUe.-vtomeiid 1"
- 7\m Hood.
The Doctor's Story.
>•
Uood folk* ever will have their way
ttood folks ever for i: must pay.
But ww, who are here ami everywhere.
The burden of their fault* most hear.
We must shoulder ol hers' slisme
Flight their foHiee and take their blame ;
Furgw*he body, and humor the must;
Doctor the eyes when the ecu! is Uiiul;
Build the ooiumn of health erect
Ou the quicksands of l gleet; *
Alwgfw shouldering others' shame
Bearing thsir faults and takuig the blame 1
n.
Doaoou Rogers, he came to me j
Wife is a-gutu' to die," said he.
" Doctors great, an' doctors email.
Haven't unproved her any at all.
" Fhyaic and blister, powders aud pills.
And nothing sure hut the doctor*' bills!
% '• Twenty old wwmen, with remedies new.
Bother my wife the whole day through ;
'• Sweet as honey, or hitter as gall-
Poor old woman, she ialisw em all;
•• Sour or sweet, whatever they choose.
Poor old woman, she daru't refuse.
9
" So she please I whoe'er may call.
An' Death is suited the beet of all
* Physic an' blister, powder an' pill-
Bound to conquer, an' sure to kill
m.
Mm. Roger* lay in her bed.
Bandaged and blistered from foot to bead.
Blistered and bandaged from bead to toe.
Mis. Rogers wwa very lew.
Bottle and aaueer, spoon and cup.
On the table stool bravely up;
Physics of high and low degree;
Calomel, catnip, boueeet tea:
Everything a body could bear
Excepting tight and water and an.
nr.
I opened the bßnds; the day was bright,
And (rod gave Mrs. Rogers some light.
I opened the window; the day was fair.
And God gave Mm. Rogers some air.
Bottles and bhstem, powders and piita.
Catnip, boneeet. syrup, and squills,
Drugs aud medicine*, high and low'
I threw tbetn as far as I could throw.
** What are roc doing?" my patient cried;
*" Frightening Death." I coolly replied.
" You are crazy!" a visitor said:
I dung a bottle at her head.
v.
Deacon Roger*, he came to me ;
" Wife's a-comin' around." said he.
" I wily think she will worry through;
She scolds me Just as she used to do.
" All the people have poohooed an' slurred -
All the neighbors hate had their word;
'• Twas better to perish," some of 'em ear,
Thau he cured in such an irregular way."
n.
" Your wife." said I, " ha* God's good care.
And his remedies—light and water aud air.
" All of the doctors, beyond a doubt.
Couldn't have cured Mr*. Roger* without."
vn.
a The Deacon smiled and bowed his head ;
" Then your hill is nothing." be said.
" God's be the glory, aa you say!
God blees you. Doctor! good day! good day!"
Till.
If ever I doctor that woman again.
11l give her medicines made by men."
- H'ifl. if. Carlton.
FIDDLING TO THE WOLVES.
In semi-civilized countries, where the.
winters are cold and long, the wolf may
be foand almost everywhere. He fills
id the gaps of desolation. His savage,
grinning head appears through the
broken glooms of the wilderness
hideous, gaunt, and fierce. He has no
sympathies, and will give none.
Yet there is one droll incident with
which my boyhood is familiar, which
seems to indicate in the wolf a certain
susceptibility to softer emotions, and I
will relate it" here:
In the earlj days of the settlement of
South Kentncky."there was great trouble
in midwinter with the wolves. Old
Dick was a colored fiddler. He was a
very important old gentleman, for no
merry-making could take place withont
his presence.
Now Old Dick had very strongly de
veloped the most marked traits of the
fiddler the world over—namely, punc
tiliousness and punctuality. Upon
either of these points he was* peculiarly
irritable, nay, even ferocious. Nothing
caused him to so far forget " th* pro
prieties " in his own person as the in
tervention of any unusual or accidental
causes of delay.
On the occasion of a grand wedding
festival among the colored gentlemen
of the neighboring plantation, some six
miles distant, Old Dick was, of oourse,
expected to officiate aa master of the
ceremonies. It bad been an unusually
severe winter, and a heavy snow lay
npon the ground on the eventfnl even
ing, when, having donned his " long
tailed bine," with its glittering gut
buttons, and mounted the immense
shirt-collar by which the dignity of his
official character was to be maintained,
the ancient Apollo sallied forth, fiddle
in hand, to dare the perils of the dis
tant way alone; for the younger darkies
had all gone to the frolic hours ago,
with a haste and eagerness altogether
nnl>eooming his importance. The moon
was out, and the stars twinkled over
head, as the old man trndged away over
the crisp and crackling snow. The
!>ath, which was a very narrow one, led,
or the greater part of the way, through
the dark shadows of a heavy forest,
which yet remained as wild as when the
Indians roamed in it,and was untraversed
by a wagon-road for many miles.
The profound and dreary solitude of
the way could not have failed to impress
any one unless he happened to be en
tirely occupied by one absorbing
thought, such as now held the body
and soul of the old man in his anxiety
to reach the seat of operations in exact
time. He was goaded at every step by
the maddening vision of the expectant
ranks of sable gentility rolling the
whites of their stocking-"feet upon the
floor, impatient of delay ; for the truth
was that he had lingered a little too
long over the polishing of those brass
buttons, and the setting of that immen
sity of collar, and he first became con
scious of it as he came forth beneath
the meon and perceived its unexpected
height.
On he dashed, with nnrelaxing ener
gy, heedless of the black shadows and
hideous night-cries, into the deep forest
Wolves were howling around him in
every direction, but lie paid no atten
tion to sounds that were so common.
However, he was soon compelled to
give more heed to these animals than
was by any means pleasing or expected.
He had now made nearly half of his
journey, and the light opening ahead
through the trees showed him the " did
FTUvD. KURTZ, Editor and "Proprietor.
VOL. VI.
clearing," a it #us called, through
I which his path I<hl. The wolves had
been getting exceedingly noisy for the
last half mile ; and,
j horror of the old uiau, h hear
1 theui gathering about hint ia the crack
' ling bushes oh each aide, a they trot
ti along to keep pace with his rapid
steps. The woods Terr soon seemed to
be literally alive witli them, as they
gathered in packs from far and uear.
Wolves are cautious about attacking
. a human being at ouee, and usually re
.pure some little time to work them
■ selves up to the point. That such was
the case now proved most lucky for
' pw>r old Dick, who began to realize
the horrible danger, as a dark object
i would brush past hia leg* everv few
| moments with a suappiug sound like
the riug of a steel trap, while the yell
•ug and pattering of the wolves iu
errased. Dick knew enough of the hab
its of the animal to lie aware that to
run wrould insure iustaat death, as the
j cowardly pack would be sure to set upon
; him tu almdy ou the inatant of observing
any indication of fear, ilia only chance
was to keep them at bay by preserving
the utmost steadiness until he could
reach the open ground before him, when
he hoped they might leave him, as they
do net like to attack ia such places.
He remembered, too, that an old hut
still stood in the middle of the clearing,
and the thought that he might reach
that haven gave him some comfort
The wolves were becoming more au
dacious everv minute, and th poor old
tiddler could see their green eyes glar
ing death upon him from all the thickets
around. Ihey rushed at him more
boldly, one after another, snapping as
they went past in still closer proximity
to hia thin legs—indeed the frightened
tiddler had at length to thrust at them
with his fiddle to turn them aside. In
doing so the strings were jarred ; and
the despairing negro took some hope
when he observed that at the sound tlie
wolves leaped aside with surprise. He
iustantly drew his hand harshly across
the strings, and. to his infinite relief,
they sprang back and aside as if he had
shot amongst them. Taking advantage
of this lucky diversion in his favor, and
as he had now reached the edge of the
clearing, he made a run for the hut,
raking his hand across the fiddle-strings
at every j ump, until they fairly roared.
The astonished wolves paused "for a mo
ment on the edge of the clearing, with
their tails between their legs, looking
after him ; but the sight of his flying
form renewed at once their savage in
stincts, and with a loud burst of yells
they pursued him at full speed. Alas
for the unlucky fiddler! had he been
caught now, it would have boon all over
with him, even had his fiddle shrieked
more uuearthly shriek* than that of
Pagan ini.
Luckily the old man reached the hut
; just as they were at his heels ; and slam
: rning the rickety door behind him, he
had time to climb out on the roof, where
he was comparatively out of danger. I
say comparatively, for the perch he no*
occupied was too rickety to make it de
sirable, except by contrast with the im
mediate danger from which he had es
caped.
The wolves were now furious, and,
thronging the interior, leaped up at the
musician with wild veils. The poor old
sinner was dreadfully frightened, and it j
required his utmost activity to keep his
legs from being snapped by some animal
more agile or enterprising than his con
freres. Wild with terror an he was,
poor old Dick had managed to cling to
his fiddle through it all; and remem
bering that it had saved him in the •
woods, he now, with the sheer energy j
of desperation, drew his bow shrieking i
across the strings, while, with his feet
kicking out into the air, he endeavored
to avoid the fangs of the foe. Instant
uilenoe followed this outburst, and Dick
continued to produce spasms of sound
such as a man in his hysterical condition
would naturally conceive.
This outbreak kept the wolvea qniet i
for a moment or two; but old Dick
soon learned, to his increased horror,
that even wolves are too fastidious to
stand bad fiddling, fer they soon renew
ed the attack more furiously than ever.
This was too much for the instrumen
talist, and most especially when the
head of a great wolf wna thrust np be
tween the boardß of the roof, within a
few inches of where he sat. He gave
himself up now fur a gone darkey; and
with the horrified exclamation, "Ureas j
God! who dare ?" he fell to fiddling
" Yankee Doodle" with all his might—
unconsciously, as the dyingswan is said j
to sing its own requiem. With the first
notes of the air silence commenced ; j
Orpheus had conquered I The brutes ,
owned the snlMluing spell; and the ter- 1
ror-stricken fiddler, when he came to—
astonished at the sudden cessation of
hostilities—beheld himself surrounded !
by the most attentive and appreciative j
audience he had ever played to ; for, the |
moment there was the slightest cessa
tion of the music, every listener sprang
forward to renew the battle, and set
his pipe-stem legs flying in the air
again.
Bui he had now learned the spell;
and, so long as he continued to play
with tolerable precision, was compara
tively safe. The old fiddler soon forgot
his terror in professional pride. He
was decidedly flattered by such intense
appreciation; and, entering fully into
the spirit of the thing, played with a
gusto and effe<*t he naif never before
surpassed or even equalled. Even the
wedding, with its warm lights, its
sweetened whiskey, was forgotten for u
time in the glow of this new profession
al triumph.
But all pleasures have their reverses
on this earth ; and, as time progressed,
he began, with all hia enthusiasm, to
feel very natural symptoms of cold,
fatigue, and even exhaustion. But it
would not do—he could not stop a mo
ment before they were at him again ;
and there they persistently sat, that
shaggy troop of connoisseurs, fidgeting
on their haunches with lolling tongues
and pricked ears, listening to their
charmer for several weary hours, until
the negroes at the wedding, becoming
impatient ora>armed about the old man, j
came out to look for him, and found
him thus perched upon the roof of the
tottering hut, sawing away for dear life,
while he was ready to drop every instant
from sheer fatigue and the freezing cold.
They rescued tne old man from his un
comfortable position, while the linger
ing forms of his late audience told that
they most unwillingly surrendered their
expected feast.
Ever of Thee.
A London periodical aaya that the
late Mr. Foley Hall, the author of
" Ever of Thee I'm Fondly Dreaming,"
was a gentleman of wealth and great in
tellectual endowment. Admired and
petted, he led a wild, helpless lifo, in
which hia wealth melted away, until he
had not wherewith to buy his daily
bread. The woman he had loved dis
carded him. In the deepest distress he
composed this charming song. A Lon
don publisher gave him one hundred
dollars for it—a mere pittance for auch
a spendthrift. He wrote other success
ful songs, but in a moment of weakness,
depressed with poverty, he forged the
name of his publisher; and, notwith
standing the most strenuous effort in
his behalf was made by his friends, iu
which the publisher joined, Foley Hall
was thrown into Newgate prison, where
he died, broken-hearted, before hia trial
commenced.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
fulling up a Family Stole.
! Putting up a stove is not so difficult
in itself. It is the pipe thai raise* four
fifths of tlltv mischief and all the dust.
You may take down a Stove with all the
' care in the world, and have your wile
put away the pipe in aseourc place, aud
j yet that pipe won't eonie together again
us it wan before. Yon find this out alien
you are standing ou a chair with your
ariua full of pipe and your mouth full
of soot. Your wife is standing ou the
tloor in a position that enable* her to
see you, tie pipe, aud the ehair, and
here she gives utterance to those re
marks that are calculated to hasten a
■uan into the extreme* of msauity. Her
dress is pinned over her waist, and her
bauds rest ou her hips. She has got
one of your hats on her head, and vaur
lineu coat on her back, and a pair of
your rubber* ou her feet. There is
about five cents' worth of pot-black on
her nose, and a lot of flour ou her ehin,
and altogether she is a sjwetarle thai
would inspire a <lad man with distrust.
Aud while you are up there trying to
circumvent* the awful contrariness uFthe
pi)*, and telling that von know souie
fool ha* l>< eu tuixiug it, she stands safe
ly on Hie floor, and bouthard* vou with
such domestic mottoes en- *'What's the
use of swoariug so ?" "You know- no
one has touched that pipe." "Yon ain't
got any more patience than a child."
"Do be careful of that chair." And
then she goes oft', and reappears with
an armful of more pipe, ana before you
are aware of it, she has got that pipe so
horribly mixed up that it doea seem uo
pieces are alike.
You joiu the ends, and work them to
and fro, and to aud fro again, and then
vou take them apart aud look at them.
Then yon spread one out and jam the
other together, and meunt them once
more. But it is no go. Y'ou begin to
thiuk the pieces are inspired with life,
and ache to kick them through the
window. But she dosen't lose li er
patience. She goes around With that
awfully exa*|*ruting rigging on, with a
lengtti of pu* under each arm, and a
long-handled broom in her hand, and
says site don't see how it is some people
never have any trouble puttiug up a
stove. Then you miss the hammer.
Y'ou don't see it anywhere. You stare
into the pipe, along the mantel, and
down on the stove and off to the ft.sir.
Your wife watches you, and is finally
thoughtful enough to Inquire what yoii
are lookiug after, and an learning,pulls
the article from her pocket The* yon
feel a* if you could go out doors and.
swear a hole through a block of brick
buildings, but she merely observes :
" Why on earth dou't vou speak when
vou want anything, and nut turnaround
like a dummy." When that part of the
pipe which goes through the wall is n,
she keeps it ap with her lirsom, while
you are making the connection, and
stares at it with an intensity that is
entirely nucalled for. All the while
your position is becoming more and
more interesting. The pipe don't go
together, of course. The soot shakes
down into vonr eyes and month, the
sweat rolls down your face and tickles
your chin, as it drops off, and it seems
as if your arms are slowly but surely
drawing out their sockets.
Here vour wife cwmes to the rescue
by inquiring if vou are going to be all
day doing nothing, and if you think her
anus are made of cost iron,and then the
brsom slips off the pipe, and in her
endeavor to recover her hold she jabs
yon under the chin with the handle,
and the pipe comes down on your head
with its load of fried soot, and then the
chair tilts forward enough to discharge
your feet, aud you come dowu on the
wrung end of tlmt chair with a force
that would bankrupt a pile driver. You
don't touch that stove again. You
leave your wife examining the chair
aud bemoaniug its injuries, and go into
the kitchen and wash your skinned nml
bleeding bauds with yellow soap. Then
you go down street after a man to do
the business, nnd your wife goes oTer
to the neigh)Kir* with her chair, and
tells tliern absut its injuries, and drains
the neighborhood dry of its sympathy
long before you get home.— fkmbury
Afetrt.
What to do In Emergenry.
Here is a useful hint on the best
method of action when the clothing of
any friend is on fire—an accident which
all arc liable to. Seize a shawl, or
blanket, or any woolen fabric, hold the
corners as far apart as you can, stretch
them out higher than your head, aud
running boldly to the person, make a
motion of clasping in his arms, mostly
about the shoulder*. This instantly
smothers tho fire and save* the face.
The next instant throw the person on
tlil- floor. This is an additional safety
to the face and breath, and any remnant
of flame can Ik? put out more leisurely.
The next instant immerse the burnt
part in cold water, and all pain will
eeaae with the rapidity of lightning.
Next get some common flonr, remove
from the water, and cover the burnt
parts with an inch of flonr, if possible,
pnt the patient to lied, and do all that
is possible to soothe until the physician
arrives. Let flour remain untill it fall*
off itself, when beautiful new skin can
be fonnd. Unless the burns are deep,
no other application is needed. Tlin
dry flour for burns is the most admir
able remedy ever proposed, and the in
formation ought to be imparted to all.
The principle of this action is, that like
the water, it causes instant and perfect
relief from pain by totally excluding all
the air from the injnred ports.
The Deacon'?. Swill Barrel.
Just outside of the house stood fath
er, the deacon, tngging away at a lump
of ice in the swill barrel.
•• Ba<l business, that," said I, resting
my hands on my sides.
" Not half so bad as it might 'a'
been," was the as he lifted out
the cake of iee wy a stout stick that
had frozen in the swill.
" Many an' many a bar'l ban boated
fur me that wouldn't if thin knowledge
had come to me sooner," said lie. "Yon
nee, when thin cold snap came on snd
denly, I thought of the swill bar'l awav
in the night, und 1 said, ' Wall, it eau t
be htlpea row.' It happened, however,
that the atiek I ntir with wan left piked
down in the awill, and that waa all that
saved it. A bar'l or a tub or a pail may
freeze up aolid, and if a atiek has been
{>ut down in tlio water, the veanel can't
mat. But it took me a good while to
find it out; lived aeventy yeara tiefore I
knew it," and hia eyes twinkled know
inglv.
"Why, that'a on tbeaame plan," aaid
I, "of putting a spoon iu a glass jar
when you are canning fruit; if you do
that, the jar won't break."
" Sumo philosophy exactly," said he,
as he gave the ball of ice a kick and
aent it rolling off down hill.
THE POSTAL CAKDS. —Masonic and
other associations propose to make out
their billß for quarterly dues on postal
cards, which will be sent through the
postoffice to the members, and when
the members return these with the
money, the officers desire to receipt
them or stamp them paid, and tkeu, by
placing on each a one-cent stamp, send
it again to the members through the
postoffice. An official decision is soon
expected on the question whether postal
cards thus cancelled and renewed can bo
aent through the mails.
CENTRE HALE, CENTRE CO., l'A.. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1873.
The Lab of Stortns.
t'ltr W kllllSK SoiriH.nl, ami lla l l
• •■tun lu Tcll TLTC III.< HUM F
(ruler.
Observations of the weather during
the past few year* have established our
knowledge of the important meteorolog-
I icul fact that all our storms are accom
panied bv the phenomenon of a circular
wind. The fact i now much luoro
widely known than its cause. The ac
i companytng diagram will enable ottr
reader* to understand the latter:
Si
y.a>' 1 ■ ■ >. '
The secondary cause of s storm is a
reduced air-pressure over any particular
part of the earth's surface; which is
indicated by a depression of the mer
cury in the barometer within that region.
Hence the central district of a storm is
technically railed '* uu area of low bar
ometer." To wants this region the sur
round iug air rushes in to restore an
equilibrium, and that rush of air is
kuowu as wind. The resultiug circular
motion, around the central point, is due
to the rotation of the earth upon her
axis, from west to east.
It is essy to calculate that the velocity i
of rotation at the equator, 21,1)00 milts
in 24 hours, ia 17.3 mile* per miuute,
while at the pole it is nothing, lu the
latitude of 4t> degrees it ij> 13j miles ; in
the latitude of 45 degrees it ia 12 j miles
per minute. The earth carries the at
mosphere along with it, aud the velocity
of the atmosphere at any point is tbr ve
locity of that point, whirli decreases with
an increase in the latitude. It is evideut
that, if mass of air at any poiut In
moved northward of southward, from
any cause, it wdl preserve /or a time the
eastward velocity of the point from which
it started ; just as a stone thrown from
the window of • moving railroad oar is
carrn d forward by the impetus of the ;
train. Hence, a mass of air moving
southward, in this hemisphere, will lag '
belti ml in the rotation, while the relative 1
motion will tie faster th.m that of the '
surface if it move northward, bcoauae !
of the change iu velocity of the surface .
due to the latitude.
Now suppose the top line of our dia
gram to represcut the parallel of 45 de
grees of latitude, and the length of the
horizontal arrow indicate the motion per '
minute on the parallel. Let the lower
line represent tlie parallel of 40 degrees;
then the length of the arrow near it will
indicate the velocity of the air there per
miuute. Iu each case the surface, and
its superincumbent air, moves in the
direction of the arrow. If sa area of
low barometer be at 0, nearly midwav
between these two parallels, the sir will
move towards that area from every
jtoint of the compass; and the result 1
is indicated in the diagram, where
the dotted lines show the tendency, i
and the full lines show the direction, of,
the aetunl movement. A mass of air
coming from the north at X, moves
eastward with a velocity 12 miles per
minute, while the storm-centre moves
12} miles per minute. Hence, the mov
ing air drags behind at the rate of 1 j
mile per minute, or 30 miles per lionr, I
and takes the direction of the arrow,
towards the circumference of the small
circle, instead of it* centre at U. Simi
larly a mass of air moving northward,
from 8, lias an initial velocity of 131 i
miles per hour greater than that of the
rentre of the storm ; and moves in the
direction of the arrow from 8, instead
of the dotted line. Similarly, we may
show that the mime deviation occurs ia
the enof tha air coming from every
direction towards C; and the conse-.
quence is that the air moves round the j
Centre of the ares of low barometer, iu
a direction contrary to that of the hands
of a watch that is laid with its face'
upward.
The vertical motion resulting from
all direction* towards s storm-center is
even more decided than indicated by
the diagram, which onlv represents the
secondary tendency. The central rush
is opposed, or counteracted, by the
elasticity of the several volumes of air
as they approach cnch other ; and their
impetus esrries them around in the
direction of the movement already
established, so that the whirl extends
nearly as far from the center as the
distance from which the winds blow.
All tho air that tends towards the
storm-center ninroa round it in an ap
proximate circle ; in just the same way
that water courses round in a funnel,
for a similar reason, and in the same
direction, the only difference being that
the central eolnmn of air moves up
ward, while the central column of water
in the funnel moves downward.
A knowledge of theae facta enables
us not only to tell the direction of the
storm-center,hut often to know whether
it ia approaching towards us, or re
ceding, or ia passing ua at a harinlesa
diatance. If we face the wind the
atorni-center will always he on tlw
right hand ; er if we turn ss that the
wind blowa from left to right we aball
face the alorm-center. If, at the same
time, the mercury in the barometer con
tinues to fall, we may be sure that the
vortex is approaching us ; while, if the
barometer rises, we may count on ita
having passed by. Tin- general direc
tion of the movement of the center ia
from west to east ; but it rnhv deport
several points from the cardinal lino.
The preceding generalization of posi
tion apply to the Northern Temperate
Zone. A little consideration will help
un to understand that, in the Southern
Temperate Zone, the direction of the
movement ia the opposite to
that of storms in this region ; the
winds blow round the' vortex the same
way that the hands of a waeli move. In
the Torrid Zone, within what are tech
nically known as the " doldrums " (the
limits of true cyolone action), tlie
difference between the lengths of the
successive parallels of latitude is so
small that the conditions of rotary mo
tion are present but feebly, and not ut
all ou the equator.
It is evident that this knowledge ia of
muoli greater practical value 011 the
water than ou the land; added to which,
storm* mows with more regularity fin
the ocean than ou shore, the motion
in>t being interfered with by irregularity
of surface. Ou laud oar theoretical
circle often become* an irregular ellipse,
but ou the ocean tlie circular form is
very nearly preserved. The manner
may avoid serious dsuiage, and |ierhapa
total loss, by a knowledge of these facts
of Ntorui motion, by a tee nag as nearly
as may In* away from the vortex. This
may be accomplished by keepiug the
starboard side to windward, ami getting
out of the track if the atorui-center be
moving towards the first uoled place of
IheveaseL Some of mr ocean-going sea
uieu are already educated np to knowl
edge of these facts, aud ail appreciation
of their value ; and there can be no
doubt that a more thorough disartntua
tiou of the principles of storm acieuee
will result in a material diminution in
the annua! percentage of loss by ship
wreck—Pints (blbirt, in the Chieayo
IV Hants.
The Infant !lt|ipopot<inin.
The Popular .SWrnce Monthly, for
May, continue Frank Buckland's article
on "The Hippopotamus and her Baby."
Thia i* an account of the liabita of the
vonug hippopotamus that was born last
S'ovciulmt at the Zoological Garden*,
leiudoit, and called "Guv Fawkws" from
the date of his birth, 'fliia ia the third
infant hip]ki Imru iu Europe. Mr. Buck
laud sava:
"A few day* after the birth of the
j young one, Mr. Bartlctt was watching
It nwimmitig about the tank. It then
suddenly JivsJ, but did not reappear
j for such* a long time that he thought it
hail a fit, aud was lying drowned at the
bottom of the tank. He, therefore,
made arrangements to have the large
plug pulled out—this plug had lieen
lived einreasly for this purpose—and to
ruu off Uie tank qtiicklv, so as to rum
citate the little beaut, il possible. They
were just going to do Una, when Master
| 'Guy Fawkea' suddenly reappeared,
, shaking his ftuiuy little horse-hue ears,
from the bottom of his tank, with a
hippopotamic grin on his face, as much
as t<> say: 'Dou't tie frightened, I am all
right; you don't know all alaiut me vet!'
The little beast had remained, without
Mowing or takiug breath, actually uuder
water fur nearly twenty minutes. The
parent* have never been known to be
under much fver three minutes. I sus
pect Nature baa given this wonderful
power of remaining so loug under water
to the young hippopotamus, firat of all,
to enable it to stick—when the water
has beeu clear, Mr. Bartiett has fre
quently Been it auck uuder water—and,
secondly, in order that il may be eou
cealed from its enemies, though I am
not at all certain but Uiat a large croc
odile would seize and swallow a young
luppo)Mitiiins as a jack would a roach.
It would lie superfluous in me to at
tempt to describe this little animal, be
cause every oue ought to go and see it.
It ia about the atxe and shape of an or
dinary hacou nig, but the color is some
thing'uf a piukisb-slate. He knowa his
kcejx-r very well, and when he has had
hia dinner is as playful as a kitten, pop
plug and jumping about hia den, an J
throwing up uiottthfula of hay, like a
young calf. When first born be was
small enough to oouie through tlie bar*
on to the straw outside his den, but
aoon he had grown so much that he
could not get through. He used to put
his head through the bars and allow
I'reseatl. the keeper, to rub his gum*.
The tusks of the lower jaw were just
beginning to cut the gum. Ilia bock
teeth have not come yet, but they ore
obliged to tie very careful about his
diet, for he lias already (when I write,
in January) begun to pick a bit at the
food prepared for him."
Fgg* of Four Years' tirowth.
The reproduction, says Prof. Agassix,
does not go on constantly. It is
periodical, and this peritKlirity varies
•n different animals. Borne animals re
quire s long development of theiuseves
In-fore they produce eggs. Others lay
eggs vary *rly in life. Fowls begin to
Uy the first year after their birth.
Fresh water turtles do not bear young
before their tenth or eleventh year,
sometimes not till their twelfth. In
our common black aad yellow dotted
fresh water terrapin, and in the j tainted
terrapin, the egg* require four years of
growth before they are laid. Take a
seven-year-old turtle of this kind; it
will contain only very small eggs, all
of nuiform size. An eight-year-01,
turtle of the same kind will have two
sets of eggs, one larger, one smaller.
One of nine years will ltnve three sets,
the ohlest set being the size of s small
pes. A turtle of ten years will have
four acts of eggs, and in that year she
will lay for the first time, and give
birth to tho most mature set. Other
animals require but a few weeks to bring
forth their eggs to full maturity. In
onr common jellv-flshos, for distance,
with rose-colored ovaries, the eggs
begin in Mny. In July they are all
laid, and the voting begin their inde
oemlent life. The season of laying dif
fer* greatly in different animals. Rome
lay their eggs in spring, others in mid
summer, others, as the trout family,
salmon, ami the like, in nutnmn.
The irregularity of number is another
astonishing feature of tliia problem of
reproduction. It would seem that some
kinds of animals require a far greater
nnmlier of individuals for the main
tenance of the type than others. Borne
animals mnltiply by hundreds of tlion
sands—nay, by milfions. Others bring
forth a single new being, or at the most
two or three at a time. Bome animals
bear but once and then die. Others,
more tenacious of life, bring forth new
broods for a long period of years.
These various conditions of growth,
duration, nnd ripening, these extra
ordinary differences in the power of
multiplication and reproduction, are
no doubt, a necessary part of the
economy of the whole animal kingdom.
There is nothing variably or capricious
alKint it, and we must not forget that
whoever would account for the origin or
successive introduction of the different
types of organized being* which have
followed one another upon earth must
inelude in his explanation the whole
scheme by which characteristics are
continued and transmitted.
BRJKNC TAITETA BILK. Lustrous
smooth taffeta silk ia now.the first
choice in black silks for summer dreaaea.
Thia is far lighter and more pleasant
to wear than gros grain ; does not catch
dust, or cut and crease readily. It ia
not yet the m<t popular silk, hilt is
preferred by ladies who lead the fash
ions. Bonnet's taffetas range from s2.f>o
a yard upward ; the quality moat imed
by modistes coats $3 ; it may be found
as high aa $4 or $5 a yard.
Professor Wincliell says that the earth
is constantly cooling, and in doing so,
ia absorbing water ; and that in time it
will not only drink up the ocean, but
even the atmosphere, after which the
earth will go revolving through space
all cracked, scorched, and winkled,
without a living thing upon its surface.
It will take millions of years to do it,
but the Professor says it will be done.
Gen. Fry of Sheridan's staff, who is
familiar with Modocs, says they have
no pure Indian blood, but are inter
mixed with half-breeds. Diggers, and
mongrel outlaws generally. ,
Mad Dogs.
"The bark." says All The Tear
Hound, " which ia peculiar to madness
is the symptom most easily recognized
by unprofessional jwrwons. That bark
hint lost its usual strength ; its tone is
mournful ; it ia hollow, stifled, degen
erating into threw or four half-uttered
howls, producing a plaintive and auigu
lar effect OH the ear. The first symptoms
of canine mod news are a sulleuueas of
temper aud an iuvolualary restlessness
which manifests itself by a continual
change of position. Instead of being
snappish or aggressive, the dog tries to
hide himself. During this first period
he doe* not always refuse his food or
his drink.
"Moon, however, he tiegiua to loathe
lxth. Then comes on su irresistible de
sire to bite ; to gratify which he tears,
crushes wtlji bis teeth, and swallows all
sorts of tilings which are useless as food.
A young dog certainly will tear things
for fun, hut he will not swallow them,
whereas post mortem examinations of
mad d..g show their stomachs to be full
of stirks, straw, wool, stones, and other
indigestible substances. Consequently
.-very dog post puppybood, who cannot
lie prevented from dragging alxmt and
destroying tlie carpets and cushions in
1 the bouse, ought immediately to be
placed under strict surveillance. The
Home precaution should be taken with
i dogs who show themselves unusually
aggressive toward other animals of the
Miune species. Indeed, s symptom of
madness not to be neglected is the im
pression made on the mad dog by the
dog in good health. Immediately the
sick animal pwrccivcs the healthy njie, a
fit of rage is the consequence. At Alfort
this very test ia had recourse to in
doubtful esses. When the patient is
shown another dog, if truly mad he doea
his utmost to get at him, and if allowed
to do so, bites him furiously.
"Curiously enough all animals of
whatever soecies, when suffering under
canine madness, are similarly affected
by the presence of a dog* All are
equally irritated, and manifest the same
desire "to attack the dog ; the horse with
his feet and teeth ; the ram aud the bull
with their horns ; even the sheep, gone
mad, butts at the dog. Mtill more run
susly, the anger of the oiling animal
seems especially directed against the
species of animal by whicb tlie disease
was communicated to it. For instance,
a home inoculated at Alfort from a mad
sheep, contracted the disease in itsmost
exaggerated form, since he tore the akin
of his own frvleg* off with his teeth.
But when a sheep was put before him,
he was immediately seized with a par
oxysm of rage, and the poor creature in
no time vu bitten to death.
" The tendency of human patients to
bite has been imagined, or enormously
exaggerated. There is no case of tlie
disease baring been communicated from
one human being to another. The
friends of a sufferer may therefore fear
lessly and charitably nurse him, with
out employing any greater precaution,
or any more violent or barbarous meim*.
than the strait-waistcoat during the
crisis. His mind requires support and
calming, as much as hia body. Moral
remedies are moat efficacious ; indeed,
material remedies, it may lie believed,
derive much of their influence from 1
their moral effect. Every effort should
be mode to divert the patienl'a attention
from the fixed idea which masters him.
Even superstitious fancies have ren
dered good service.
A Remarkable Strike,
The details of the great strike among
the coal a*d iron workers of Booth
Wales are just becoming known in Eng
land. They show that the strike was,
in nearly every respect, one of the most
important in its nature and extent that
has occurred in any department of
England's vast and complicated indus
tries. A few figures, based on the esti
mate* of the London Timet' corres
pondent, and believed to be midcr
rstlier than above the truth, will aliow
the magnitude of the interests involved
and the immense sum at stake both on
the part of the employers, and on that
of the workmen. Bixty thousand men,
bova and girls were engaged in the
s'rike. They earned, on an average.
9 i each per week. The strike lasted
about eleven weeks. The total wages
lost bv the strike reached the enormous
amount of 94.000,000. The trikles
nuions paid toward the support of the
strikers upward of 9200,000. The
average weekly product of the mines
and eolleries affected by the strike was
107,000 tons of coal," 11,000 tons of
finished iron, 1,600 tons of finished
steel, and 1,000 tons of raw pig-iron.
The total product withheld from con
sumption on account of the strike, esti
mated at prices lielow the average im
mediately preceding the strike, reaches,
in moue'y value, the sum of 910,000,-
000. Then* figures illustrate the un
paralleled scope of the strike in its im
mediate effects. When it ia remember
ed that, as a consequence of the strike,
all local trade was almost immediately
and completely stopped, and that all
the dealers who furnished the strikers
with clothing or food, and the landlords
who furnished them with shelter, were
unable to collect more than a small
fraction of the money due for these,
and that the industries dependent on
the coal and iron of tha district were
almost entirely suspended, it will be
seen that the indirect effect of the
strike was hardly less tliau its direct
effect.
Aiding Railroads.
The experience which Milwaukee,
Wis., has had of the ingratitude of rail
road corporations may be worth some
thing if kept in mind by cities that are
likely hereafter to be called npon for
contributions to " encourage" the
building of new lines. In his inaugural
message to the Common Council, the
Mayor of Milwaukee thus feelingly re
fer* to a bnml transaction to the amount
of $424,000 with the Beloit ami Supe
rior Railway Company : "It ia difficult
to repress a painful resentment when
apeaking of theae lunula. The city,
through ita aworn representatives, is
sued tnc lunula, hut never received any
equivalent for them. They were thrown
npon the market at a period ef financial
depression, and passed into jiurchaaera'
handa at heavy depreciation. It waa
only natural that the city, in indigna
tion, ahould proteat aud diaown them.
Fraudulently planned and disgracefully
executed, they are a shameful transac
tion in our municipal hiatory."
A Singular Story.
A singular atory comes from Ken
tucky. One morning last month a
young girl waa found by her parents in
her bed, insensible from the effects of
chloroform, tied hands and feet with
the aheetß, and wound up in the bed
clothes. On the window waa a piece of
paper, on which was scrawled several
mysterious intimations, including theae:
" I'me hired to do the job, and cum lots
of miles, hut yer looked like an angel
and I carn't do it but some one will, for
the villains have found out yer where
abonta and will kill yor for yer fortune
wkat is left yer by afeller that yer be
friended when he waa on the cars sick,
he died and left all be had to yer if yer
was alive on the first of June, if yer was
dead it was te go to two other fellers."
The perpetrator ought to be caught, if
only that he may be sent to school.
Term*: &2.00 a Year, in Advance.
Ike East Biter Bridge.
Hew II U to be Abcbere*.
In New York the anchorage for the
great East River Bridge will be situated
in James street, between Front and Wa
ter itrreti In Brooklyn it will be situ
ated at York street, near Meroem and
I'ruapert streets. Work has already
(men begun in the latter city, and is
progressing with great rapidity. The
ground upon which tlie masonry of the
anchorage will be built is 125 feet long
and 187 feet deep. The masonry, when
finished, will be 70 feet from tlie surface
of the earth. The ground is excavated
to the depth of 25 feet; and in order to
prevent the caving-in of the soil and the
undermining of the adjoining buildings,
timber frame-work has been placed
within the opening. Two longitudinal
rows of piles were driven into the earth
at the bottom of the excavation, and
divided into three spaces, from 37 to 40
feet between them, the piles being so
placed sa to make seven transverse di
visions of from 13 to 25 feet each.
Heavy lines of bracing extend between
the p'tlas making 21 rectangular di
visions. It will bio seen, therefore, that
dear spaces for work are afforded, 25 by
40 feet long, and 13 by 37 feet deep.
Mix derricks will soon be placed in posi
tions to cany the stones to every part
of the ground. In passing over the
towers one of the cables extends over
each end, and the other two over the
middle, so that the anchor plates with
which the cables will be connected by a
cbaui will be correspondingly pieced on
cither aide of the reus of the anchorage,
and in the middle.
The anchor-plate* are immense pieces
of iron 2} feet deep oblong, 171 feet di
ameter in one direction and 16 feet di
ameter in the other. When placed npon
the masonry they will resemble a great
apider lying upon his back with 16 legs
extending in every direction. The legs
are made with flanges flaring so as lobe
held by the masouiy which will
surround it. The plates are connected
with the cables by two immense flat iron
chains. The chains are each composed
of ten links, each link being about 16
feet long, except the opper one, to
which the cable will lie attached. Tbis
will be 20 feet long. Each link ia made
op of nine flat bars, the lower bars being
wren inches wide and three inches
thick, and the upper once nine inches
wide and three inches thick. These bar*
weigh about half a ton each, making the
weight of each link four ami a half tons.
The links are joined by heavy turned
pins which paan through eyes placed in
their extremities. Each chain will
weigh about 60 ton*, and tli* two chains
wh.ch bold one end of each cable will
contain about 100 tons of irou, so that
in the Brooklyn anchorage alone the
weight of the cliaina which oonnect the
cables with the anchor plates will be4oo
tons. The whole support of the bridge
depends finally upon the anchorage, and
the power of the anchorage consists in
its weight or resistance to outside pow
er ; but weight acts only in a vertical
direction ; therefore the anchor plate*
which are the final ends of the cable
chains are placed at the near and low
est end of the pile ef masonry, with
their upper surfaces homental. The
pistes have 16 openings through their
centers made to receive tha nine bar*
which form the links of each of the two
chains, and which are fastened by pins
S laced in the under aide. Of coursethe
rat set of links passing through the
openings in the plates will be planed
vertically, bat from this point the
chains begin to carve until they reach
the point where the cables unite with
them horizontally and 60 feet above the
surface, thus describing the quad ran lof
a circle. That portion ef the anchorage
containing the plates, along the whole
width of the rear, aud SO feet length
wise from the plates, will be built of
solid masonry.
The remaining portion of the anchor
age will consist of three walls running
longitudinally and supporting the
chain*. A wsll will be erected on each
aide and a doable wall in the center.
After the chains have been placed in
position upon the walls, masonry will
l>c added ; the walla will be earned up
and arched at the top to form the road
bed of tb# viaduct , H9 feet si ore tide.
The chains and plates will lie forever
hidden from view after they have been
placed, and the final appearance of the
anchorage when completed will be an
immense piece of solid masonry.
Pioneering In WWIMI Kew York.
A correspondent of the Tribune MT
n recent story brought to mind the
scene* of pioneer suffer;ng that were
forced on his notice in Cayuga county
after the cold season of 1816, when the
corn crop almost entirely failed. He
says : My nncles had just bnilt a mill
at Union Springs, and the hungry men
from Menta used to come up the Seneca
River in dug-outs, both to boy and beg
a little coarse middlings or barley meal.
They lived in the woods, and hod
cleared and fenced just land enough to
plant a little corn, and the failure of
this reduced them to starvation. But
they had plenty of trees and made com
fortable log-l'onses, made sap-sugar,
and could feed their only cow on browse.
Our farmers could not earn three
shillings a day. Money was so scarce
that no house in any village eouid haTt
been built if all the labor and material
had not been Ixmght in barter. There
was emphaticallv no money. When I
came to this village with a store of
goods, in IX2I, wheat was the only arti
cle that sold for money, and the price
had been down to 31 cents a bushel the
rear before. 1 have known a farmer to
leave his latter a week or more in tb
post-office until he could thresh wheal
to sell and pay the 18 cents postage.
Hundreds of farmers then drank neither
tea nor coffee, and the wife paid for her
calico in batter, at eight cenU per
pound, and the poor merchant bad to
send it to New York, where it often sold
at a loss over transportation. I have
seen a string of teams come in to a dis
tillery in Oneida county, loaded with
potatoes, which they gladly sold for 12}
eenta per bushel. Now you eouhl not
hire a farmer to haul the" potatoes six
miles for the same money. Yet I can
not see that fanners are' nny happier
now than they were then ; tbey had le
--<y>me acclimated to privation and self
denial, and it was as second nature to
them. Many lived in puneheon-roofed
houses, built almost without a nail, but
the latch-string always hung out for the
benefit of those whose necessities were
greater than their own.
These poor Mentz farmers never had
three dollars, and yet some contrived to
pay for a small farm, while others weut
further West to scratch poor men's
heads the remainder of their days.
Those who paid for the land had smart
wives, who, in the beginning, helped
their husbands by spinning for pork
and Indian meaL
An eminent London oculist was re
cently requested to operate upon two
grizzly bears at the Zoological Gardens,
For cataract Chloroform waa admin
istered, and the operations were suc
cessful, but unluckily one of the pa
tients recovered from the anmathesis
too quickly, and eonsiderably mauled
his keeper. Home time afterward the
same oculist was asked to operate on
one of the tigers, but he respectfully
declined the proposal, saving that he
must draw the line somewhere, and he
drew it at a grizzly bear.
NO. 22.
The OM and UM haw Journalism.
Curions and comical period, Bays
Henry Walteraon, in MI editorial ad*
drees, when Richard Smith wore unbe
coming rouodaboata, and William Hyde
ioatitated the black art of lelliag newa
pt|rrt on the Itanka of the Ohio; when
Walter Ilaldeman kept books for
George D. Prentice; when Joseph Me*
dill nil. <1 a preas at Cleveland; when
M. V. Potter wheal-barrowad the forms
at liia paper through the atresia; whan
Greeley, Raymond, and Bewiatt were
obaeure, and the preen flarifled iUtelf
in the pernm at ball a lioialnd forgot
ten wurtbiea who wrote fierce nonaanae
and fought dnela, and hiccoughed
Fourth of July omtlona awry day in
the year in eiceedinglr had grammar.
Jouraaliam in thoae daya waa a aort at
luebnoua knight-errantry; a big
j considerably drunken and blood
stained. Now and then I torn back
to it and contemplate it, and whenever
I do to I begin to cboke up between a
laugh and a cry; it was so funny, it was
!so tragic ! I have had the advantage,
j and I may aay the happiness, to be In
timately associated with a great man of
i the new school of journalism, and the
very greatest man of the old school,
and to mark, b comparison, the ideas
and methods of both. The eomperison,
instructive in itself, shows the changes
which have come into the life of the
American press within e quarter of s
century. Lu the old time the journalist
was s mere player, a trotting and fretting
his hour upon the stsge, sating a part
by command of bia liege lord, the party
leader. He was about as much in earn
! est in his role of "organist'' as Mr.
1 Booth is in his role of Bieheheu or
Hamlet; that is, it soiled him and be
adapted himself to it. Bs was the
| politician's squire and the party's hack
i —neglected or rewarded according to
j the caprice of his master. That was
, Prentice. With all his gifts—bis wit,
' sagacity and courage—Prentice lived
1 the life of s slave. Hcalising the fact
j always, ha only realised the cause to
i ward the end. Hahlrman, *n the other
hand, set out in life at a different gait;
he was aclf n-luuit, a singular compound
j of mad<-sty, industry and
went "alow," and trusting to bit Own
; necessarily crude resources and ideas,
I the ideas and the resources of a Pio
; ocer, he began and fought just as Me
' dill and Potter did, a good fight with
partisan and subsidised journals, win*
) uing it in the long run, as a matter of
! course. While 1 rejoice in the genius of
Prentice and am delighted by it, prowd
{ of the mark he made for ua all, 1 cannot
find words strong enough to urge the
i self-repression, the patient and sober
industry, the heroism of Potter, Medili
tod Hsldeman. I bad never flattered
myself with the notion of how much 1
' knew afioat the practical handling of a
; uewspaper before I became the com- (
j paaion of Prentice, and I never had the
conceit so thoroughly taken out of me
j is when I became the companion of
I Hsldeman.
Will of the Late Emperor Xapoleoa.
The following is the true will of the
late Emperor Napoelon, for which let
j tors of administration are now applied
for. The estate is sworn to amount to
leas then £120,000 storting, and this
um ia subject to claims which will re
{dace it one-hsdf: I <
"This is my wilL I commend my
son and my wife to the high anthovf
, lies of the State, to the people, and to
I the array. Hie Empress Eugenie poa
' teases all the qualitiea required lor oc
pabty c<inducting the regency, sad my
] on dixplavs a disposition ana judgment
which will render him worthy of his
j high destinies. Let him never forget
; the motto of thn head of our family,
i-verything for the Fienck people. Let
i him fix on his mind the writings of the
prisoner of St Helena; let him study
I the Emperor's deeds and correapoo-
I dence ; and finally let him remember,
| when circumstances permit, that the
-ause of the people is the muse of
France. Power is a heavy burdeb, be
cause one cannot always do all the good
one could wish, and because cot.-in
porariea seldom render justice, as that
m order to fulfill one's mission on*
must have faith ia and conscientioaaly
appreciate his duty ; it ia necessary to
consider that from Heaven above those
whom yon have loved regard and pro
tect you. It is the soul of uyr iUus
trions uncle that has always inspired
and sustained me. The like will apply
to my son, for be will always bo worthy
of bu name.
" I leave to the Empress all my pri
vate property. 1 wish that, at the ma- j
iority of my son, she shall live a* the j
Eljrsee and Biarritz. I trust that my
memory will be dear to her, and that,
ufter rar death, she will forget whatever J
nnhsppiness 1 mey hsve caused her. )
With regard to my sou, let him keep, as ,
s talisman, the seal I wore, attached to j
my watch, and which oomes from my !
mother. Let him carefully preserve i
everything that came to me from the
Emperor, my uncle, and let him be *
convinced that my heart and my soul j
remain with him. I make no mention
of mv faithful servants; I am con- j
vinced that the Empress and my. son '
will never abandon them. I shall die {
in the Catholic. Apostolic, and Roman
religion, which my son will always
honor by his piety.
" Done ana signed with my hand at
the Palace of the Tuileriea, the 24th of
April. 1865. Nafoljsox."
Private llablts of Judge Chase.
Chief-Justice Chase led a very simple
and regular life. For many years it
had been his habit to rise at 6 o clock in
summer and 7in winter. Before break
fast, he generally took a short walk, re
turning home in time to meet his fam
ily at morning prayers, which he al
ways said himself, when he was well.
The breakfast hour was 8 o'clock, dur
ing which he either conversed with
those around hiin, or looked over the
morning papers. At 9, he was ready
for his private secretary in the library. 1
•Here he spent an hour reading and die- ,
rating letters or preparing his opinions. j
At 10, he went to the Capitol, generally
walking, and took his seat on the Su
preme Bench at 11, remaining during 1
the whole session until Sr. x After
the adjournment of the Court, the Chief-
Justice walked home and partook of a
cup of tea and a few crackers—this was
his daily lnncsh. Then he spent two
hours at hard work over his opinions
until dinner, which was alwaTs served
nromptly at 6 o'clock. The Chief-Jus
tice enjoyed this meal especially, and i
uever hurried through with it, however j
pressing might be the business that,
awaited him. His table was ele-1
gant, but not ostentations, and id- i
ways consisted of the standard English
three courses and a desert. Wine was
seldom served at the table of the Chief-
Justice, and he never used tobacco in >
any form. After dinner lie would spend
an hour playing chess with his private
secretary. He was excessively fond of|
chess, and played a strong but not very
scientific game. At Br. m., Le was at
work again, which often lasted far into
•he night. Thia was before his paralysis
in the summer of 1870.
An Atlantic man dreamed, the other
night, that he nearly killed himself by
a fall, and the foolish fellow straight
way went to work washing windows,
and, of course, fell out and fatally
injured himself.
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MKbWtapNi.
Hwwr ibry woman till yon knou
where her druse cods nod her tool be-
IBM.
Twenty Ihnwaad eoal miner* in
Leicestershire, England, here struck
work. .
Sir Samuel Baker end wife, reported
kilted In Africa, were alive at latest
| date*.
The Americas eeetioa of the Vienna
•Exhibition is said to be in a atal* of
; ehaoa.
New York aavrduet ia boxes continue*
to ttring fabnldOi pri<s#t n* thi rural
diitri^U.
There are •7d,000.000 *J
gnid certificates in the United htatea
AJhip'aanal to eort nearly W. 000.000
la projected under the Palaeadee and
! Eoboken.
Brown cheek patterns will be largely
naed iti materials for gentlemen' wear
tbic eeeeua.
Plaator-of-Parie, mixed with a thia
solution of gtim arabie, makea a perma
nent cement tor china.
Quarts fltmr ia deemed one of the
b*l article. for polishing knieea. It ia
need largely in the manufacture of
atone ehina. .. . .
Tanks. Kan., having decided W
pouuW vote to contrilrate to the build
ing of a rolling-mill, that work wiUaoon
be commenced. ■ *
Nearly half Urn revenue of Victoria
( Australia ) ia raised by duties on im
porU, some of which dieenmioato to
favor of home industries.
The nsrrow-guage rail way. of tk v
Unitod States makea a total length c f
<125 miles. The length of the line*.pro
jecting or building ia about 3,000
Belginm has began to receive largo
supplies of coal from fhe Babr Valley,
(iermanr. The coat price delivered at
the works doea not exceed 14.12 per
ton.
A machine ia employed in cleaning
the old bricks in the burnt district of
Boetou, which removes the mortar. Ac.,
from them at the rate of 85 or 40 a
minute, or about oa fast ae they can be
placed in position.
The British military aatboritiee in
tend thia year to make torpedo experi
ments oa an extensive scale at MsU
and Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a mew
to ascertain the value of torpedoes for
defease at these stations.
Mr*. CoL NdUi,a reaidentaf Victoria.
Australia, is promoting affk culture in
that colony. 8h ha b o ewrgeUo
u to ml Euw for the purpose of
pnaeuriug • *PWy °* w "'
uid learning information on the pro
duction of auk.
The prospectae of a London company
five* the following m the coat ( las*
ebruary ) of produfliM Bessemer pig K
iron in toe Cumberiand district:
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■.act w .„.,a • a a a
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WwjMrt<s,aa.aa.;aewwo* ten**** *• *
Total l •
There ire at preeeot 180,900 mile* of
nifwwy on toe globe, whereof abont
6fr,(**>', or more than one-half.are in the
United State*. la ecuntm* wbre
government management rxi*t there
are altogether abont 10,009 mil of
railwsv. The Belgium Government baa
the greatest interest ia railway*, that ia
to as*, it hn* toe greatest proportionate
ownership, la Austria thaw are 7,000
miles of railway, and Bnaaia poaseaaea
8,000 miles open traffic, and 5,000 more
ia otHtiaaof construction.
No incentive ia wanting to aeek for
tin deposit* in the United Sutra, to
jadge from the smell quantity pro
duced, and the increasing demand
thereof. It ia aeti mated that toe
annual consumption of tin in A aaerica
and Europe was, in 1898, shout 22,000
tons ; in 1870, 24,008 tons ; in 1871,
27,000 tons. This supply was derived
from four sources, which last year
prod nerd in all only 31,700 tons, made
np as fallows i- * agUah tin, 10,500
teas i Bancs tin, 9,000 tons . BtrisiU
tin, 9,So(f tons ; BftteUm tin, 2,700 tone.
There ati'l crista greet indecision re
gard ing ton beet mean* of naval defense.
Some engineer* woedd rely on great
guns, slid maintain that there ia prac
luwllv no limit to the powers of a gun,
while there is a very narrow limit to
the weight of armor that out be carried.
Others bold that by hawing one plate
of 4# or 9 inches on the outer surface ef
the hull, and another of the same thick
ness further in. that the heaviest shells
would do very little mischief to vessels
secured in that way.
Good advice is given by The (Momgo
Journal of (bmnwrtw to Western far
; mere who complain of the high rates
charged by railroads for conveying pro
duce. It aavs : Diversify industry ;
develop local resources ; encourage
manufactures near the farm ; make
population denser ; create on your own
sou as msuT centers of commerce as
TOU can ; do everything IU your power
to bring consumers to your doors. Ail
this witt fake time, because you have
already gone so far in the wrong direc
tion. This, however, is certain, you
are, by your present course, but adding
force 'and momentum to the cause of
your present trouble*. The effect can
be stopped vnlv by removing the cause.
Strike at the root of the whole evil.
Careless Use ef Pols***.
Persaos who profess to see no danger
(in diatribnting poisons in pantries,
nursery-closets, and other convenient
i places, to kill rata and mice, may possi
ble take warning from the fats! comae
' qnenCM which recently attended a milk
| poisoning experiment at the farm-house
of a Mr. Oooper, near Deoatur, 11L
Miss Cooper, it appears, purchased a
considerable quantity of stryohnine, de
pesited it in abasia of milk, and placed
the basin upon a shelf in the pantry.
During Iter absence with the other
grown members of the family at the
lounentl of her brother, a Jura. Met
oalf, who had kindly consented to fake
care of the younger children, two in
number, went into the pantry for some
milk with which to quiet them. _ Igno
rant of the contents of the bssin, she
took it from the shelf, drank some her
self, and wave the remainder to her
charge. The unfortunate woman died
in great agony some hours afterward;
the lives of toe children may probably
be saved, but not so that of Miss
Cooper. She was so shocked at the
result of her carelessness that she im
mediately became alarmingly ill, and
ia not expected to recover.
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i Slaughter Without Suffering.
Our Dumb Animal a describes the
method adopted by the Antf-Unielly
Society for depriving a creature of liie
without inflicting unnecessary pain,
i For ah iree, a sponge, say six inches in
diameter, thoroughly saturated with
chloroform, ia dropped into a bag large
enough to bo drawn over the nose. It
is not desirable to have the bag "air
tight f for, if so, suffocation is likely
to ensue. In two or three minutes the
horse is unconscious, and in eight or
ten minutes dead, without suffering.
For dogs and cats a similar process,
using a small sponge and bag; or those
animals, with toe saturated sponge, may
be put in a box admitting some air,
when they soon "go to sleep." Seventy-
Ave oenta worth of chloroform will kill
a horse, and 25 a dog or cat If one
saturation of the sponge dots not com
plete the work, repeat.
BEAT Hrw.-—The occupants of a
drinking-saloon in Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
were startled lately by the entrance of
the wife of one of them, bearing a co*
ered dish. Placing it on the table, with
the remark that she supposed he had
not time to come home to dinner, she
departed. He removed the lid, and
found a slip of paper, on whysh was
written : " I hope you will enjoy yonr
dinner ; it is the same kind youx/amily
has at home."
TTttt Ban AOCOTTST —The bank ac
count of a merchant who advertises is
like the barrel of meal and the cruse of
oil that belonged to the widow of Zer
epta—the more he takes out thq more
remains within.