tTKANELATZDrORTHB DISPATCH. On the mantel in Farmer Keller's parlor, itood a large, old-fashioned clock, 'which for many year? had told the hour and warned the members ot the household to improve the flying moments; hut at last it crew tired of the constant ticking, ticking, and became so weary that its voice was hoarse and faint, and its strokes could scarcely be heard in the next room. "Time is so much swifter than I," it said, "and why should I tire myself by running after it?" "With these words the clock stopped and stood Eilent Then the clocfc-maker was broucht, and when he had examined the works with his glasses and instruments, said: "I can do nothing for it; it is entirely worn out. It might go for a short time, but its best days are past, and you had better buy a new clock." Then the farmer bought a handsome new timepiece, Killed a regulator, which had so loud a voice that it cnuld be heard in all parts of the hons-e. Then, too, it was so strong that it needed to be wound only once in two weeks, while the old clock must be wound every day. Little Henry was greatly pleated with the regulator, and looked on with interest while it was being huug in its place on the wall. , "But the old clock is very handsome," I AM THE GUAEDIAjr OF said Henry's mother, "and although it is now old and useless, we shall still keep it on the mantel as an ornament." "No," said the farmer, "we shall not throw away the old clock; for it has be longed both to my father and to my grand father, and it has always been a faithful servant- Let it keep its place in the parlor." "When he had heard his father's words, Henry looked carefully at the old clock, and lor the first lime "noticed how really beatititul it was. The upper part was ot black ebony, and stood on four columns of almost transparent onyx, which rested on a black base. On the top of the clock was a rilded eatrle. and on either side stood two Email figure, holding in their hands tiny trumpets Between the onyx columns was a verv small hall, having mirrors for walls. In this space stood a figure of the Grecian goddess, Minerva, weiring a helmet, and holdinc a spear and shield. The more Henrv looked at the old clock, the more sorry "he was that nothing could be done for it and as he stood looking at it, suddenly the reculator went "Tic-tac, zic-zac, schic-i-chae." And then seemed to be laughing to itself, and Henry was sure he heard a low moaning sound proceed from the clock on the mantel. That nisht, Henry did not sleep as well as usual, ior his room was next to the parlor, and the loud ticking of the regulator kept him awake. As the little hoy tossed rest lessly about, he aiain heard the "tic-tac, zic-zac, Echic-schac" of the regulator, and this time it laughed quite heartily, and more distinctly than beiore came the groan irom th old clock. Then Henry fell asleep, only to be awakened by tbe regulator strik ing 12, and a moment later he was surprised to hear the old clock, with its silvery voice, also chime 12. At the same time the room was filled with a bright light Could it be the moon which cast such a glow over the place? As he looked about for the cause of the light, Henry saw the door of his room open, and the Minerva lrom the old clock entered; but she was no longer a small, silent ficure. She had become tall and statelv, anu advanced toward Henry with a quick, hurried sep. In her right hand she car ried the spear, and in her left, the shield. "Come," she said, "the old clock begs for a few moments' conversation with vou." Henry leltthat he mnst obey, and rising from his couch he followed his fair guide, who led the way into the parlor. Heresuch a wonderful change had taken place that the little boy gave a crv of surprise; but Minerva only smiled kindly, and said: "We must be careful or we shall waken your father and mother." As Henry looked wonderingly about he noticed that the room was so large that he could scarcely see the other side, and at one end of the parlor stood the old clock. But how large it had become. It now resembled a small palace and gleamed with many lights. As Henry and the goddess ap proached, the two figures on either side of the clock, souti d their trumpets, and the eagle, after flapping its wings, turned around three times. Then Minerva, still followed by the little boy, mounted the marble steps, and passed down the long hall, lined on both sides with large mirrors. When the end of the hall was reached and Henry was wondering what would happen next, the goddess raised her spear, and the mirrors, opening like folding doors, dis closed a small room in which sat an old man, with his head resting on a table which stood in the middle of the room. As Henry and his guide entered, the old man raised his head, and in a weak, feeble voice said: "I am clad that you have come, for I feel that in you I have a kind, interested friend. And vet what can you do to lighten my sor row ?" Henry did not know what reply to make to this speech. "I am the guardian of the clock," contin ued the old man; "I have been with your father and grandfather in times of sorrow and of joy; but now that I am weary and old, my laithful service is forgotten, and no care istaken ot me. All the attention is given to the fine new regulator, which tpends its time mocking me and mating tport of my feeble efforts." Here the regulator's "Tic-tac, zic, zac, ichic-schac" wat heard, and the old man bowed his head and groaned aloud. Minerva also began to weep bitterly, and in the pretence of such sorrow Henry could tcarcely restrain his own tears. "If they would only put me away in the attic, where I could be free from that hate ful sound," sighed the old man. Then sud denly his eyes brightened and in a less sor row ul tone he said: "I had one hope in Bending for you. If you could persuade your father to have new woiks put in the clock then I should serve him m faithfully m before, Air old heart J 111, iV HMmMik I r x J is mmmli fjl j 'V fer m ,! WHS - ' BP grows warm at the thought, and yet I hardly hope for such happiness." "When the old man had thus spoken he again leaned his head on the table and seemed to sleep. At once it all became dark and still, and it was with difficulty that Henry groped his way back to bed, where he lay for a long time thinking over his strange adventure. When Henry awoke at the usual time the next morning he hastened to his father and related his ex perience of the night beforeand begged that new works might be bought for the old clock. At first the farmer laughed and said: "How came you to have such a wonderful dream?" But when the little boy insisted that it was no dream, and that he had really seen the old man in the clock, the father became vexed, and said, "If your head is full of such silly ideas, we must try to get rid of them as soon as possible." And although it was vacation, he gave Heurv three problems to solve, which were so difficult that the hoy almost wished that he had never seen the old clock. One day an aunt of Henry's came from the city to make a visit at the farm house, and when she had been there several days she said: "Why do you keep that old clock in the parlor? It is entirely out of style, and should be put away in the attic" So the old clock was stowed away in the THE CLOCK, HE SAID. attic, where it had rest and was free from the mocking tones of the regulator. Time passed on, until Henry grew to be a man and went to live in a distant citv. One time when on a visit to his parents by chance he wandered into the attic and there saw the old clock. How distinctly the re membrance of the old man and his sorrow came to him, and again he thought he heard the low groans. Taking the old clock with him to the city he had new works put in it. And now the old-fashioned clock, which bad been in the family so many years, stands on the mantel in the farmer's parlor and tells the time as merrily as in its vountrer davs. while the reculator hangs in the kitchen and it is sad to see how slow and false it is. Patsie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the Little Folks That Will Keep Their lira Ins Busy for Most of the Week If They Solve Them Correctly Homo Amusements. Address communications for this department to E. B. CHADBOUKN, Lewiston, Maine, 1292 A FBOVEKB. 1293 TRANSPOSITIONS. Where the Rio First goes sweeping, Was a second, lax in keeping: There a snow-white third went wandering, Fou iftat will, serenely pondering; Never dreamed that jfyftA was nigh him. Or that enemy could spy him. Till a sly coyote caught him. Leaped the second wall and caught him. It. Amid a schoolroom's muffled clamor, Recites a lawless class in crammar. The teacher very well could first them. If not acts had tmt dispersed them. Threo slylv nibble second, one Still ffttVd'hts nails, and ne'er has done; T o fourth each other with a pin. The teacher calls, above the din: Define and Jlflh sixth. Master Brown." "A kind of quartz." he says, "a noun-" And Brown seventh all the honor due, For having made an answer true. A Judge, worn out withjtr.sj and courts. Tries to renew his boyhood sports; He runs, as once ho used to run, Ana second o'er a fence for fun. But thud it years has made him stout; Hcnu3bes.ourCA,and, quite tired cut, Exclaims, "Mv bloom of youth is past. And e'en the fifths are falling fast," While sixth of laughter echo 'round. From those who saw his mighty bound. M.O. 8. 1294. POTENTATE AND PEASANT. A ruler of the land one day Weut out to take a ridel Lured by the beauty of the bay He neared the water's side. And there a humble man he spied Upon his work intent; . Accosting him, he thus replied, With some embarrassment, "Were vou and I together tied A bird we'd represent. AlDTL. 1295. TEE DOCTOR'S PROPHECY. I once knew a sailor's warning who was at one time disinclined, and fancied that he was nearing the sad, so a pnyslcian was called who at once saw through the case, and in a coin estate rang the warning that if he would stop complaining, and stir aoout more iie wouiu soon be a hole in the ground. Thereupon the calm was highly indignant and ordered the dnr.tnr from the hnnse. and cave him instruc tions never to return. The doctor only chuckled to himself, and ha chuckled still more when, the following feeble, be saw his former calm on the street, and saw at once that he was a hole in the ground. Ethtx. 1295 NTJMERICAI- Ml Is the boon some mortals crave. And hope to find it In the grave; To die, and 1 to 6 Caro's lengthy reign. Joy's fleeting stay. And to oblivion pass away. Beneath the mystic Styx. This is no 9, H, 12, 13 Than simple cowardice, I ween; If 7, S and 10." If happiness be not our share. Let us endure our life of care With courage or true men. And. 01 1 could not lose the hope, Of happy future, but to grope With poor annihilists; Life, life eternal is my trust; I look above, not toward the dust Of sad-eyed pessimists. Bitter Bwbit. 1297 charade. My name is ttro. I met my fate in Mats dlzxy maze; Our glances met, her eyelids fell beneath my ardent gaze. The music ceased. 1 sought her side. While love came rushing like a tide. Athwart my soul. She lured mo on with blush and glance, As candle flame the moth enchants; Nor said me nay in coy alarm. When rouud her slender waist my arm I softly stole. "Oh. love!" I cried. "1 cannot three. Unless you say. -I love but thee.' " Behind her first she drooped her head; "I'm married, sir," was all she said. Colossal fooli Inos MASK. 1298. SECRET ORDERS. (Anagrammatically expressed.) Two old owls fed on my flock of chickens last night and the night before. 1 am almost as sorry onSam's acconnt as on my own, for I had promised him a new sled from the money re ceived from the chickens. If I find these o is they will be in danger of my club. Tnp. hear me, I don't blame you in the least, I have my opinion of a man who scolds negro servants for what the owls havf done. Spar told me go in the daytime in search of tbem. He thinks if Gyp At" to follow far he will be discouraged. He once went with Gyp after owls, and the dog led him to a neU of ravens, so he thinks as a bird dog ho is not a success. We will have to hunt cautiously, and when we And them, and I give you the cue. Doc, grab feathers, feet, or whatever is most convenient. Kthyl. 1299. REVERSAL. He was a weak inebriate. And wandered on the street. He seemed fast nearing that sad state From which there's no retreat; Some Bought to rouse bis addled pate And turn his waj ward f Set; He only muttered "You're too late, My ruin is complete." And many shunned him, and some first As wretched to behold; He only answered, "I am cursed With idleness and gold; And so I have attained a thirst That cannot be controlled; And yet men say they take the worst Into the Temperance fold. "I wonder if 'twould second me From this impending fate: This downward course of infamy Before it is too late. I'll rouse my weak humanity To 'Labor and to wait,' And then, perhaps, X yet may be une ot tne gooa ana great." AIDYL. 1300 CURTAILMENT. We went upon a pleasure cruise; We went to sketch the river views; We sailed away, at break of day Our vessel total for the fray. We took a one to two the boat Which leaked a little, I must note; And so he bailed, the while we sailed. And his industry never failed. Bitter sweet. 1301 numerical, The 4, 8. 1, 2 is urgent. The 8, 7, 8, S is a store. The 12, 9, 10. 11 is a kind of guitar. The whole is a good marksman. H. C. BtJKOrB. ANSWERS. 12S1 An Indian raid on the frontier (rayed on front ear). 1283. Met-a-physician. 1284. Hypnotism, pythonism. 1285. Hair, arms blind-man's-buff, tig. the needle's eye, pears, oranges, lemonade (lemon aid;, ice cream (I scream), homes (Holmes). 13S6. Rudyard Kinling. 1287. Tend. end. 1287. M FED DALES DEVICES FAVEOLATK MELIORATING DECLAR INQ S E AT I J Q STING EN Q G E89. Portloner, 1290. Cat-tail. 129L i'earls. pears, ears. PAINTING IT BED. A Riverman Says He Knows How This Ex pression First Started. Many stories have been told, each claim lng to give the origin of the expression "paintine it red," and to swell the list I will tell another, says a river Captain in the St. Louis G7o6e Democrat. I think mine is the right one. Away back in the 60s racing was the most exciting feature of river lite, and whenever au opportunity was given for the sport every man on the boats would pre pare lor the contest as if their lives deuended on the resuLt. Upon entering the race the first order of the Captain would be, "Paint her red, boys!" to the firemen. Then the coal would be heaped on till the furnaces glowed like suns, and their crimson glare could be seen tor miles ahead on the dark river. Then "Paint it red" grew to mean simply a glori ous good time, either on water or land, with ns rivermen. The pat expression spread quickly, until now you see what it is al most universal. WHAT VOTES COST BOTJLANGEB. Figures Showing that the Ballots Come Pretty High Sometimes in France. Pall Mall Budeet. The most interesting thing in the new and concluding chapter of the Coulisses is the statement of the sum spent on General Boulanger's elections. We give these amounts below, and add, in a second column, the number of votes polled for the General on each occasion: Cost, Franc.. a. C00, 2iX).O00. 50. WW. 170.000. 2X0,000. 270,000. 45a 000 Votes. , 45.089 , 172.SS0 24.793 , 7.266 Nord (first election).... Ardeche Chirente Infaricure..., Nord 14X792 Somme 76.094 Paris 244,070 The curious in such things will discover for themselves that the cost of a Boulangist Vote is, on the average ot the whole, two francs! In the Aisne the votes were much cheaper; not much more than 5d. a head. In the Somme they were terribly dear; nearly 3s. a headl Shipped Himself in a Box. Here is a picture of the box in which the little Paris tailor, Monsieur Zeitung has been shipping himself over Europe as so much freight. The directions on the side shown In the cnt are in English, on the other in French. Zeitung is a little fellow, not over four feet high, nnd enjoys the notoriety into which his novel performances have bronght him. A Poor Tenant. B oi ton Herald. Richards Your clothing is badly rented. Hungry Higgins I know it. Z have been the tenant for many week. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, WE HAVE BUG IN US. They Are Called Phagocytes and Ba cilli and They Fight. KOCH'S CURE FOR CUNS0MPTI05. Wasps Were the First Paper Makers and They Were Good Ones. THE 80LAR BISTEH'S M0TE1IENT rWBITTXX FOR TUB DIPPATCB.l We call the familiar house fly a little ani mal, but there are other animals, far more intimately acquainted with us, which are so small that 1,000,000 of them would not equal the bulk of a house fly. These infinitesimal creatures are our worst enemies. The sole ob ject of their existence seems to be the destruc tion of human life. In countless numbers they are perpetually, attacking the life of every person, and if they affect a lodgment in the blood death is the inevitable result. But just here we find another of the many astonishing things in the economy of na ture. Eight in the blood the citadel of our life nature has provided an army of defenders, which can always successfully cope with the enemy if the blood be in healthy condition. Our little defenders are called phagocytes. They not only stand on guard in the blood, but they make their way outside of the tissue in pursuit of the enemy the bacilli. But these brave little defenders of our lives talie no prisoners. They not only kill, bat eat and digest the enemy. DR. KOCH'S CONSUMPTION CURE. This wonderful discovery was made by an eminent Russian physician, and it has been verified by many other distinguished mem bers of the medical profession. Yon may have read within the last few days of the discovery by a famous German physician of a cure for consumption. This dreadml dis ease is caused by an attack of an army of minute animals upon the lungs; and this German physician is said to have found a means of killing the invaders and saving the file of the person. The study of diseases caused by the inroads if these little animals so small that they pan only be seen with a powerful microscope has latelv become so important that an institute is to be estab lished in Berlin to further the interests oi this branch of science. But we need not worry because science has discovered that in even a human being there are probably more living creatures than the population of the whole earth. On the con trary, there is great hope that thediscoveries now making will cause many of the worst human ailments to be as easily cured as a case of measles or mumps. THE FIRST PAPER MAKERS. So you know who were the first paper makers? N o, not the Chinese the wasps. These queer-looking insects, with their ap parently tightly laced waists, made paper before Adam's time, and made it, too, in practically the same manner that paper is made in our day, with the exception of the use of machinery. The greater part of the paper nsed for daily newspapers is made by grinding wood into pulp and then reducing it to thin layers. That is the way the wasp makes the paper out of which he builds his house. He takes bits of wood and bark, grinds them to powder, moistens with sa liva, spreads the pulp out in thin layers to dry, and a good article of brown paper is the result. The wasp is probably not par tial to white, so he doesn't go to the trouble of using bleaching chemicals, as do the makers of the paper yon are now reading. It isn't a very common thing in nature for the female to be unable to "talk back;" but there is at least one exception and you prob ably know the little creature well. It is the katydid. You have often heard the male repeat his assertion that "Katy did," and vou have fancied that you beard Katy's re joinder that she "didn't." But Katy never makes any response to the accusation of ber husband. She is dnmb. In the first place, the sound made by the katydid does not proceed from the mouth. Xhe male katy did has at the root of each wing a stout, horny ridge surrounding a thin membrane. This makes what we may call a pair of drum-heads, and it is by rubbing these drum-heads together that the katydid makes the familiar sound. The female is destitute of this strange appliance, and so she is doomed to silence. THE AGE OP THE MOON. How can the moon be a burnt-out, water less, airless and lifeless body, when, as the earth's satellite, it must b younger than the earth? Yes, it is younger in one sense but older in another. For example, you would call a male person 20 years old a young man, but you would call a dog SO years old au old dog. The earth is about 80 times larger than the moon. It was a gaseous mass at one time, "without form and void," as the Bible tells us; then it began to condense, contract and cool off. The moon was similarly formed thousands, and probably millions, of years later. But the moon, being so much smaller than the earth, went through the cooling process much faster, just as a cupful of boiling water will cool more quickly than a kettleful. Thus the moon's fires were burnt out long ago, while the earth is still "red hot" in side, and just at the right condition to sus taiu animal life on the surface. The time will come, however, when the earth will be a planetary ghost. Its internal fires will gradually subside, animal and vegetable life will cease to exnt, the water will disap pear, then the atmosphere will follow, and the earth will make its annual journey aronnd the sun as lifeless as the moon in its monthly tour around the earth. But we need not trouble ourselves about that stage of the earth's existence. The time is many million years in the future THE SUN DO MOTE. You know that the earth turns around every 21 hours, and that it makes a journey around the sun in a year. But, do you know that the sun is moving through space at the rate of half a million miles a day, taking with him his children and his grand children the planets and their moons? Yes, every star in the heavens is moving nnd everv one of them that you can see with the naked eye is a sun. It was at one time thought the whole mystery of the location of heaven was solved' by this dis covery ot the movement of the stars. The theory was advanced that all the stars are moving around a common center, as the nlanets move around our sun, and the con clusion was drawn that this mighty center was Heaven, the hub of the uuiverse, the home of the Great Jehovah It was a grand, beautiful, sublime theory, but it failed to stand the test of scientific examination. Astronomers began to trace the individual motions of the stars, and they soon discovered that instead of revolv ing around a common center they ar; all traveling through space in helter-skelter fashion, with no two apparently moving in the same general direction. TWO LITTLE EXPERIMENTS. One of the familiar old adages is "You can't make water run np hill," and another is "You can't make a stone swim." But you can do both. Even adages are not always infallible. Water is often carried over hills in pipes, and no matter how high the hill water will flow up it so long as the reservoir from which it comes is higher than the outlet of the pipe. This system is very important in conveyine crude oil from the wells to the refineries. You can readily test this principle by making a simple syphon, thus: Take two small tubes of any kind straws if nothing better is at hand and join them at an angle of about 45. If you use straws yon 'will need a little glue or similar substance to make the joint air-tight, and one stem must be longer than the other. Then .take a bowl or water, place the shorter stem in the water with the long one outside. Exhaust the air from the tube by suction and the water following the vacuum will flow until the bowl is empty. Yon can make a stone swim in this way: Take a thin, flat stone a piece of school A.slate will do very well. Balance the slate on the ends of your fingers, and slowly im merse your band in a pail of water, taking care that the surface of the water be quite still. When the slate comes to the water it will float just as if it were a chip. You see, the buoyancy of the water depends upon the superficial ares covered by the floating ob ject. It is thus that a good swimmer can float bv covering as much water surface as possible. I. H. Webb. tahobs against tkavel. That Is, They Do Not Favor Travel Which Leads to Foreign Purchases. St. Louis OIobe-Democrat.J Few people realize how much trade Amer ican tailors lose through the increase in the travel to Europe. Last year it is estimated that 50,000 Americans visited Europe. Sup pose a third of these to have been men, and that the average cost of a foreign suit is $40. It would be by no means a liberal estimate to suppose that each man bought four suits during his trip. This would amount to the neat sum of $2,666,000 transferred from the American to the European tailors. It really amounts to much more, as our prices are higher. Tailors do not view with pleasure the increase in foreign travel. A BOY'S QUESTION. It Followed Some War Stories and Was Rather Hard on the Narrator. Youth's Companion. An old army officer, according to Mrs. Custer, had a 4-year-old boy who never tired of war stories. Again and again they were related to him till he knew them so well that he would not permit the slightest varia tion. "The story is a little rough on me," said the officer, "but if you know a child, you know that he wants a plentilul sprinkling of I's, and nothing told in the third person. So I kept on as he demanded, till one day he looked up in my face and said: " 'Father, couldn't yon get any one to help you pnt down the rebellion?' " ONE OF THE WOBLD'S BICH. Baron Hlrsch, Whose Intimacy With Prince Tummy Has Caused Talk. Baron Hirsch, who has figured lately in such close intimacy with the Prince of Wales, is one of the wealthiest men in the world. All sorts of stories are cflpent in England about him, but it is admitted that if his manners were not unexceptionable the Prince would not have regarded him with favor. His full name is Morris de Hirsch de Gerenth, and he Baron Hirsch. is 59 years of age. Hi3 father was a weal thy merchant in Bavaria, who, for services ren dered to the State, was ennobled in 1869. After his father's death the present Baron associated himself with the European bank ing house of Bischoffsheim & Goldsmidt, and was the first to plan the systein of rail ways leading from Buda Pesth, in Hun gary, to Varna, on the Black Sea. By dint of sheer will and financial abilities of the highest order the Baron's plans were carried out, and great wealth accrued to the origina tor of the road. Having married Misa BischofJsheim, the Baron some years ago re tired from business. The Baron and his wife are constantly carrying forward good works. An office has been established with a corps of clerks for the management of the details of their philanthropic plans. In Egypt and Euro pean and Asiatic Turkey many schools,edu cational and industrial, have been founded, and are maintained by the Baron. For in struction in Galliola he has given 82,000, 000. To Russia he made the munsficent of fer of $10,000,000 for public instruction, with this sole proviso that no distinction should he made in the application of the funds as to race or religion. The Russian Govern ment declined. Soon afterward the Baron's attention was directed toward the United States in regard to the actual condition of the Russian Jews coming here, and plans were developed for their relief. The Baron gave $240,000, and monthly payments of $10,000 have been made since March last. Russian emigra tion is not to be encouraged, but every effort is to be used to thoroughly Americanize the new comers. Boys and girls are to be sent to schools, model farms are to be provided and co-operation is to be sought for. The Baron's principal residence at present is in Paris, but a great part of his time is spent in England. His recent hunting trip with the Prince of Wales was the subject of con siderable unfavorable comment. TWO POLITE MEN. Talmage and Seth Tioxr Never Hide Sitting Over Brooklyn Bridge. Philadelphia frest.1 Seth Low, President of Columbia College, for years shared with Dr. Talmage the gen eral reputation of being the most polite man who crossed the Brooklyn bridge regularly. . "I believe," said a guard one day, "that neither one of these gentlemen ever rode the entire length of the bridge sitting. If there was a woman on board who had no seat she would be sure to catch the eye of either Mr. Low or Dr. Talmage, and she always got a seat. I mentioned it one day to Mr. Low, who simply replied: 'Well, a little thing like that will never shorten my life much.' And I hope it won't." A score and more of just such instances might be enumerated of men, busy with big affairs, who always find time to be polite. SEAL OF THE C0NFEDEBAOY. It Cost S600 and Never "Was Used Because It Came Too Late. St. Louts Globe-Democrat. 2 The Great Seal of the Confederate States is now in the office of the South Carolina Secretary of State. The seal and its press are of silver, having been made of that metal because it is not affected by climate and moisture. The handle is ivory and the seal itself bears a likeness of Washington, modeled after the equestrian statue in Rich mond, a wreath composed of leaves and flowers of the staple crops of the South, an inscription, "The Confederate States of America, 22 February, 1862," and the motto, "Deo Vindice." The seal and press were made in England at a cost of about $600. and reached Rich mond just about the time of the evacua tion in 1865, so that no official use was ever made ot it. Not Slaves to the Senate. "One of the most gratifying resnlts of the late election," said Mr. Calvin S. Brice yes terday, "is the proof it affords that a verv large majority in the United States Senate could speedily be changed to a minority if the people so willed." The Tale Grows. Atchison Globs. 3 Win a man's friendship by telling him to-day that he is the smartest one in hit family, and you will haTe to tell him to morrow that he it the smartest man in town, and the next day that he is the smartest man in the State. W JJ 1S90. DEVELOPING PLATES.' Second of tne Series of Papers Upon Amateur Photography. MYSTERIES OP THE DARK ROOM. Solutions Used in Drawing Out the Picture Upon the Glass. THE PRECAUTIONS TO BE 0BSERTED NO. 2. rWBrmXTOB THE DISPATCH. To the average beginner in the art of photography the process of developing plates, with the imagined difficulties of pre paring a "dark room," is a sort of buzaboo. But let him once overcome this impression and get a fair idea of the attractive nature of developing and he will forget that the process ever seemed difficult. As a matter of fact, it is so simple that young folks can take it up and be fully as successful as their parents. The only quality necessary is a fair degree of patience, it being taken for granted that the intending operator has yet to attain the judgment which only experi ence can bring out. After the plate has been properly ex posed in the camera it must not, under any circumstances, be taken out of the plate holder' except in the dark room and under the influences of ruby or orange light It is well, perhaps, to explain right here that the plate is extremely sensitive to the least ray of white light until after it has been fully developed and submersed in the "fixing bath," as described below. Therefore ut most care should be taken that the slide of the plate holder is not permitted to slip even a little bit when being handled in white light. The effect of white light on the undeveloped plate is to "fog" it that is to say, to destroy the very purpose it was made for. If fogged before or after the exposure is made the result is the same a dirty-looking blank suriace, when the de veloping fluid begins to act on it. IDE DARK BOOM. It is by no means necessary to fit up a dark room on the exact plan in use with pro fessional photographers, although it is well to have such a room. You can use a large closet, your bathroom, or even your bed room, provided yon can so curtain your win dows and doors as to exclude every particle of white light. At night this is simple enough, but during the day the light will find its way through clinks and keyholes in a most provoking manner. But the writer has yet to find a house, or even a "flat," in which some room or closet cannot be found from which the light of heaven may be en tirely shut out. A small window can be turned to account by fitting into it a light of ruby glass to serve in place of the dark room lamp if the operator wishes to work in the daytime. The'ruby light should not be too strong, where "quick" plates are being manipulated. A screen made of orange paper, such as is used in postoffices, will serve to soften the light sufficiently. The light-tightness of the room being assured, the next thing to look after are your "tools." A table or fair-sized shelf is the best thing to work on. Have it large enough to hold your lamp, your vari ous trays and the bottles containing your solutions. If you have running water in the room or closet selected so much the better; if not. Its substitute can be found in a good sized basin or foot tub filled with water, or in one of the regulation water coolers with a basin. Plenty of cleau water is a desidera tum in developing. THE PKOPEE LIGHTS. Dark room lamps are now made in dozens of different styles, and at prices ranging from $1 to $5 and $6. If you have gas in the rooin a specially prepared burner and cylinder is now to be had at a cost of about $3, which is the best for the purpose. A good keroseue lamp will cost about $2. These lamps are all arranged so that no white light can leak out. Their manipula tion in all cases is very simple. When working at night it is an easy matter to darken even the farcer rooms of a house. Close your shutters, pull down the shades and see to it that no light creeps in from ad joining rooms. In this way the operator can secure plenty of elbow room, and need not confine himself to cramped quarters. Better ventilation is another advantage of wording by night. It is now necessary to lay in your stock of chemicals and trays. Any dealer in photo graphic supplies can furnish them all. There are many different kinds of develop ing fluids to select from, but for all practical purposes the writer advises that either "Hydrotcinone" or "Eikonigen" be used. Up to a year or so aso the old "Pvro and Potash" developer was the standard among" amateurs as well as professionals, but since the two new ones have been introduced thev have the call, and deservedly so. They are much simpler, keep fresh longer and get better results out of indifferent plates. inE BEST SOLTJIIOJT. These two developers are made up either in one or two solutions. For the beginner it is better to use the single solution, but if that is not attainable the simple and explicit directions on the bottles will inform him how to proceed. The writer has used the single solution Hydrnkinone developer for almost two years, and has yet to find it wanting. In addition to the developer two other baths are wanted. The first, a fixing bath, is absolutely necessary, and the second, an alum, both advisable. Buy a couple of pounds of hypo-sulphite or soda and one pound of alum to begin with. Then get a t'our-ounce glass graduate to measure water and a cheap letter scales to weigh your solids. Three trays are necessary. Get them of a size proportionate to the dimen sions ot the plates used. Glass is best for the developer and hard rubber for the "fix ing" and alum baths. A word of cautiorf here: Never use your hypo or fixing tray for anything elsel The fixing bath is prepared in a few hours. Weigh out say four ounces of hypo-sulphite of soda and dissolve in 16 ounces of water. A quart fruit jar is the best thing for the purpose. The solution can thus bekept lor a long time. Pour out enough into the tray to completely submerse a plate. This solu tion should be thrown awjy after using tor one batch of plates. The formula to re member is: "Hypo-sulphite soda, one ounce; water, four ounces." TO HARDEN TnE PLATE. The alum bath is simply a saturated solu tion. Take another quart fruit jar aud dis solve in it as much alum as the water will take up. The alum dissolves slowly and should be allowed 24 hours. The object of this bath is to harden the gelatine film of the plate so as to avoid scratches and tears. Enongh of this bath should be poured into the third tray and it, too, thrown away after using. When everything else is ready, pour a sufficient quantity of the developer into the first, or glass tray, to completely cover the plate, shut your door, light the ruby lamp and begin work. All these instructions seem complicated, but a trial will prove how simple the process really is. Now takeau exposed plate out of its holder and lay it, lace up, in the developer. Rock-it gently until every particle of the face is covered and no air bubbles remain. It is well to continue the rocking from time to time, although with the hydrokinone de veloper it is not always necessary. When the plate is put into the tray its surface is perfectly blank, but under the influence ot the developer the image will begin to ap pear after a little while. At first little in distinct streaks and spots, will be noticeable. Gradually these will extend nntil the whole image is brought out It is here that written instructions must give way to ex perience as a teacher. The only point that can be added is that the plate may be con sidered fully developed when the high lights betrin to fade away and the imaee Ii K visible on the back of the plate, Shi can be found ont by lifting np the plate the point ot a pentcnire blade. IN THE FIXING BATH. The plate is then rinsed in water and laid, always face up, in the fixing batb. Here it must remain until eveiy particle of the white or milky appearance disappears'from the back, leaving the plate transparent This process takes from 12 to 20 minutes. Another rinsing and then the plate is sub mersed in the alum bath for five minutes. It must then be thoroughly washed in clean water to remove every trace of the hypo, which if allowed to remain in the film, will destroy it The best plan is to leave in a base w'ith running water for an hour, or if running water is not available, give it two or three changes of water in a similar length of time. The operator can develope many plates in a short space of time, because in the above described manipulation one process does not interfere witb another. As soon as one plate is put in the fixing bath, a second can be laid in the developing tray, and so on. It is important, however, that whenever the operator puts his fingers into the "hypo" bath, he should immediately rinse them in water so that no trace of hypo gets into the developer or on the suriace of an undeveloped plate. The final washing can be done after the work of de veloping is all throngh witb, as the plates are not affected by white light after once subjected to the "hypo" bath. When they have been thoroughly washed stand them ud to dry spontaneously. Do not ex pose them to the hot air of a stove or other heating apparatus, because that will melt the gelatine and, goodby, negativel In clear weather the plates should dry over night Then they are ready for the printing frame. A simple rack can easily be made for drying plates by nailing strips of wood together in the shape of an old-fashioned saw-buck, with little notches along the cross-bars to hold the edges of the plates. The developer may be used for another lot of plates if filtered and kept in a bottle other than that holding the nnused portion. In the printing of pictures it is that the inherent artistic qualities of the operator are brought ont Printing, toning and mount ing will be the subjects of next weed's in stallment of this series. W. O. EsCHWEOE. LUNCH AND LUNCHEON. The Early Vse and Derivation of These Words and Their Present Application, rail Mall Budget. Lord Coleridge does not recognize the En glish word "lunch." It is the word, not the iustitution, which suffers from this judicial severity. The Lord Chief Justice and all the judges of the High Court recognize the claims of the meal and punctually adjourn for it. As to the word, "lunch" seems just as worthy of recognition as luncheon. It strictly means a lump of bread, and the longer word strictly means the same. Nor is luncheon a new-fanzled term. Its history can show an indefeasible claim, based on continuous use. "While you stood staring like an oaf says one of the characters in Dryden "I cut a luncheon from the loaf." In fact, "the English word lunch," if not current at home, enjoys a large foreign circulation. It has become, in the last few years, quite a French word, and seems to be ousting the regular gouter from its own tongue. Etymologists might find curious illustra tion of national character from the deriva tion of both words, for "lunch" means a lump of food, and gouter means to taste. The one suited the solid eater, the other the epicure. Lunch now ranks with "punch, 5 o'clock, skating, great attraction, and meeting" in that singularly selected list of phrases which the French have recently an nexed and assimilated. Thackeray makes one of his characters; forgetting the word gouter, say "anres louche." It is quite clear that in 1860 "iunch",was not a French word. HEIGHT OF FL0WEE3. A Description of the Growth of Familiar Plants in Sunny California. Philadelphia Times. The Eastern visitor to San Francisco has probably already heard that the heliotrope and fuchsia grow very tall, sometimes up to the second story of a house. But he is likely to be a little surprised to see that they do not quite take the form of trees, as he ex pected. They climb and are trained against a house like running roses. Some fuchsias, however, form quite tall bushes three or four times as high as they are ever seen in the East One plant bears hundreds of flowers. There are not, however, very many varie ties of fuchsia not more than about 20 in all. All of these may be seen in the East, except, perhaps, two. One of these has a long, red and yellow tnbe somewhat like hat of the coral honeysuckle. The other is called the "autumn fuchsia" on account of its orange-tinted foliage. Flowers with white calyx and crimson center, or red calyx and white center, and red calyx and purple center are quite com mon. Perhaps the original species, or "lady's eardrops," may be seen in a fuchsia having a tiny red blossom. It is an old story that geraniums here grow very tall. They can be trained to form hedges, to wreathe arbors or climb over the side of a house. HEALING B7 A STING. Perhaps Some People Would Think the Curo 'Worse Than the Disease. From Chambers Journal. 1 A curious observation made by Dr. Terc, an Austrian physician, formed the subject of a paper read some time ago at a meeting of the French Entomological Society. He asserts that a person stung by bees is for a time exempt from the effects of further stinging, and is protected in the same sense that vaccination gives immunity with re gard to smallpox. This protection lasts for six months, or less, according to the number of stings received. He also records that persons suffering from acnte rheumatism require a large num ber of bee stings before tbey feel much in convenience from the poison received, but that alter that tbey are not only inoculated for six months against the effects of further bee stings, but will also remain free for that period from rheumatic attacks! We fancy that if victims to (this painful remedy can purchase immunity from its pains at the expense of a few bee-stings, they will be very glad to do so. A THICK FOE THE BOYS. Bow to Suspend a Ladle In IVhat Seems Like Unstable Equilibrium. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hang the ladle on the Olade of a pen knife in Buch a manner that the blade and handle of the knife form an angle of about 45 degrees. Yon may think that is an im possible position. Try It, howeTer, ana yon will be surprised to see how easily it can be done. Yon will find the center of gravity by laying the end of the handle of the knife on the edge of a table, or your thumb, or better still on the edye or a gooiet miea wltn water, Ay illjg J. LadU Busptndea to thi Air. 19 I v with TTfC W I TTM7T CT)T?T?r'Tr A 1110 illiilJJEiiN OXJiriUM. J Mr. Depew Telfe the Story of Hi3 First After-Dinner Effort. IT WAS IN HIS SCHOOLBOY DATS. Kotr He Gives on an ATerage Three Post Prandial Talks a Week. M05EI SPENT IN tHYlXfJ BANQUKTS "My first post-prandial speech? Ha! Hal Ha! Well, well! That's funny. Why, it's been 40 I mean 30 years since I thought about it." Chauncey M. Depew was sitting at his dest, before a roaring grate fire, in his office at the Grand Central depot, says the New York Herald. He had just arrived from Peekskill, thrown his overcoat aside and settled himself for his day's labor. "Now that I come to think about it," con tinued Mr. Depew, "it was rather a funny affair all ronnd. My first p03t-prandial speech was made at the close of my sopho more year at Yale College and came about in a rather peculiar way. In fact, the speech was made after the first banquet that I ever attended in my life. I was a country boy, you know, and we country boys knew little or nothing about banquets and ban queting. Ward McAllister hadn't then told the world how he found societr, and the youngster living away from New York had no way of finding out the methods em ployed in banquets and banqueting in the great metropolis. There were several strong, sterling, able men in my class at Yale, and when we reached our sophomore year we found we had fallen heirs to a class society. Ostensibly the society was a literary society. The class ahead of us contained a lot of fel lows who were noted as frolicksome and boisterous. As a result, when it came to us it was very seriously burdened with debts, and it had a reputation by no means compli mentary. DECIDED ON A REFOBST. "This condition of affairs was very un pleasant to several of our best men, and wa made up our minds that wo would devote our energies during the year to a liquida tion of the debts of the society. It wasn't an easy thing for us to do. There was none of us who had much money in those days, and about all we had we needed for our current expenses, and the debt ot this society looked about as big to U3 as $10,000,- 000 would now, but we struggled along with it and succeeded in getting the organization a much more savory reputation and in largely reducing its indebtedness. When our sophomore year was about to be ended we made up our mind that we would do something for the society in transmitting it to the next class that would reflect credit upon it and also leave us in the proper light "After discussing the situation it was de cided that the best thing to do was to give a banquet. We knew it was necessary to con sult a caterer and have him get up the viands on which we were to feast This wa did. I made up my mind that in order to make this banquet as successful as possible 1 would make a thorough study of the art of banqueting from the material at hand. Ac cordingly I got down the encyclopaedia and read all that was to be found 'there on the subject COMPLETING A L1BEKAL EDUCATION. "The next place where I sought informa tion was at the caterer's. I talked with him about the manner in which the different courses were to be eaten, and learned from him that when we bad finished our small cups of coffee and had lighted our cigars it was time lor the speaking to begin. It was easy enouzh to fix up the toast, but the ques tion of getting the fellows who could make good speeches in response to the toast was a much more difficult matter. This task was also assigned to me. I was very enthusias tic over the dinner. I found three of our best fellows, our best men, who were willing to prepare and deliver speeches. This left three to be secured. Ihunted high and low for these three remaining speakers, but do the best I could I couldn't find them. So I did the next best thing. I louud three fel lows who were willing to deliver the speeches, but they couldn't prepare them. Of the seven speeches, therefore, delivered at the banquet four were mine and three be longed to others. 'The speeches were rather sophomoric, X admit We discussed scientific, economic questions in the usual manner of under graduates, and the banquet was a complete success. We transmitted the society, still not entirely free from debt, to the next class, with a reputation greater than any it had enjoyed for years. And we felt well paid for our work" in getting up the banquet "This was the first post-prandial speech I ever delivered, and I didn't deliver another until alter my graduation and while I was a law student My secoud speech was de livered at a dinner given at a Fourth of July celebration in Peeicsfcill." "How many alter dinner speeches do you deliver, Mr. Depew, in the course of a year?" PEKALTT OF POPCLAEITT. "Well, I delivera great many, and during the course of the year a number of them are speeches I had made no preparation for and had no idea of makir.g. Oftentimes, when lam at a private dinner where one wonld not expect to be called on to make a speech I do so. Ot course one cannot resist such an appeal, and frequently the making of such a speech is a real pleasure. "Then again it often happens that while I am sitting quietly at home, having no idea of going out during the evening, a carriage rolls up in front of my door and someone conies in and informs me that I am wanted to make a speech at a banquet at Del monico's, the Hoffman House, the Bruns wick or somewhere else. I had not expected to be so called upon and bave no speech pre pared, but usually, if I can conveniently do so, I go. Calls of this kind are brought about in this way: "There will be an association or societr or organization of some kind composed of peo ple in whom I am interested, and fortha furtherance of measures in which I am in terested, which has been disappointed in the speakers whom they expected to have at their banquet Oftentimes when half a dozen speakers are announced, fouroreven five of them will notify the banqueters at the last moment of their inability to attend, and being thus lelt in the lurch and know ing that I am willing to serve them if I can, they send for me. As I bave said, I always go if possible. Taking thee speeches, in addition to those that I make at the dinner of the Yale Alumni and the other societies at which I speak every year, I should say that I now, during the months intervening between tbe first of November and the first of May, make three alter dinner speeches a week. These are devoted to all kinds of subjects and in the interest of many differ ent kind of organizations. I3IP0BTAXCE OF THE STOMACH. "The stomach of the average city man Is the most expensive part of his anatomy. During 30 or 40-year3 of bis life he devotes a good portion oi his time to studying tha question of giving his siomach new and de ligbtfnl sensations. This costs him a vast deal of money, and during the remainder of bis years he spends almost as much more in consulting physicians and trying to undo the damage wrought by these delightful sensations. A thorough knowledge of the stomach is to the fiuancier often a source of regular revenue. "An inquiry there reveals the fact that Delmonico 3 restaurant sets a banquet table in one of its rooms upstairs on an average once during every night of tha year, sometimes giving three inside of 21 hours. The average number of plates set for tbe different banqueters at this establish ment is 100 and the averaze cost per plate to the diners is stated to be about $12, so that it can be seen that the amount of mosey anent for bananets at Delmonieo'i during a ijrear is nifih oa to l$W4QW, 1 I timtoitojMti&rtf tM fc9a - -nl3iaS &semmzm&mmfc
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