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Senator Brice Sees Nothing
but Good in What Many
People Condemn.
BIOH MEN OF THE SENATE
Are ill Hard-Headed Fellowi Who
Enow How to Do Lots of Work.
A BAILEOAD TRUST IMPOSSIBLE.
TT ITm Soon Be Talcing Little Csr Bldea to
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"WAaHErGTOir, June 1L One of the
molt interesting characters among the new
Senators is Calvin S. Brice, of Ohio. It is
the first time for years that Ohio has had a
live, young-blooded, Democratic Senator,
and the people are being wakened up to the
fact that Ohio Democrats have some chances
at "Washington. Under Grandfather Payne
they got but little attention, and he devoted
the most of his time to looking wisely out
through a pair of iron-rimmed glasses and
to walking from his house on Vermont ave
nue to the Capitol and back every day.
Senator Thurman was an able statesman,
but he paid little attention to the details of
politics, and George H. Pendleton, or "Gen
tleman George," as he was called, was
sever in close touch with the people.
Senator Brice has been here only about
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six months, but there Is scarcely a Demo
cratic editor, school teacher or farmer who
has not been made happy by a map, a Con
gressional document or a package of seeds.
Senator Brice has a bureau here whose busi
ness it is to study the wants of his constitu
ents, and I venture that his postage bills
and his expenditures for extra clerk hire eat
up considerable more than his salary every
week?
A Pen Picture of the Man.
This, however, makes very little differ
ence to Cal Brice, for he is a number of
times a millionaire, and he has made his
fortune by his sharp business brains within
the past dozen years. I knew him first about
fifteen years ago, when he used to come
around Columbus with a slouch hat on his
head and his pantaloons in his boots and
mud splattered all over his clothes to see
Charlie Foster, who was then Governor of
Ohio, and who was interested with Brice in
laying out the Ohio Central Bail road. I
can't cay that Senator Brice looks much
older than he did then, snd his manners are
about the same. He is a wiry, angclar man
of medium height, who seems to be all
muscle, bone and brain. He has a great
shock of brown hair which keeps falling
donu over a broad but not overly high fore
head. His complexion is fair, his eyes
bright and his lace is covered with a short
red beard, each hair of which is curly.
He is a man of business from the ground
up, and his head is packed full of common
sense. He came here just ireBh from "Wall
street, and when I called upon him last
night I (elt curious to know how the United
States Senate appeared to a practical New
York business man, and I asked him how
he liked his lire in the Senate.
Hit Opinion of the Senate.
"I am to a certain extent," replied Sena
tor Brice, "a new man here at Washington,
but in another sense I am not. I have been
in this citv every winter more or less for
the past 22 years, and I first came here
about 1870, when Governor Foster was in
Congress and when we had business deal
ings together It was at this tine that I
first got acquainted with public men, and I
have renewed and extended my acquaint
ance from that time to this. The result was
that I knew most of the men in the Senate,
either in a business way or otherwise, be
fore I came here last fall. The Senate is, I
think, a much better bodv of men than is
generally supposed, and I believe that It is,
all told, as good a Senate as the United
States has had for a generation.
"You hear a great deal ot talk about the
brainy men of the past, and men are prone
to look upon those who have passed away as
greater than the men of the present. I
think the Senate is fully up to the average
of those which have preceded it. Its mem
bers are men of culture, education and a
high order of ability. They would be con
sidered able men anywhere, and they are a
body of gentlemen. There is more young
blood in the Senate than we have had for
years, and fcome ot the best young men are
those lrom the newStates."
Millionaire brnator Tt ho Work Hard.
"How about the work of the Senate, Mr.
Brice?"
-There is a great deal of work to do," re
plied Senator Brice, "and the Senators as a
rule attend to their duties conscientiously.
Many of them have large private interests
and they have to attend to these in addition
to their work for their constituents and to
their public duties."
"Do not such private interests affect the
efficiency of a public man, Senator, and is
this not an argument against rich men being
elected to the Senate?"
"No, I think not," was the reply. "The
Senate is not a millionaires' club, as it has
been called, and there are not a great num
ber of rich men in it It has some rich
men in it, but you must remember that its
rich men and its well-tovdo men are not
men who have inherited fortunes. Such
property as they have, they have made
themselves and their lifetimes have been
made up of days of hard work. Coming to
the Senate they bring to bear the habits of
Industry and business that have made them
successful in the other walks ot life, and
they are the hardest workers and the most
efficient members of the Senatorial body.
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Have you never noticed that it is the man
who has the most to do who accomplishes
the most? "Well, this is the condition of
the rich Senators."
The S-naton Are Uke College Student.
"How about riches and social position in
the Senate, Senator Brice?"
"They do not cut the least figure," re
plied the railroad millionaire. "Money has
no more influence there in that respect than
it has in a crowd of school boys, and the
actual relations of the Senators to one an
other are more like those of college students
than anything else."
"You were born in Ohio, wero you not,
Senator Brice?"
"Yes. I was born In Ohio. I went to
school in Ohio. I practiced law for years in
Ohio, and I have a law office still in
Lima, O."
"Where did yon go to school, Senator?"
"It was at the Miami "University, the
Bame college at which President Harrison,
"Whitelaw Keid, Dr. Swing and Secretary
Noble graduated. I was In school there
after they left and I graduated at the age of
17."
"You must have entered very young?"
"Yes, I think too young, perhaps. It
was in 1858, and I was oulv 13 years old at
the time. I was 15 when the war broke out
and I enlisted in a university company and
went into the service. I served In the Vir
ginia campaign and longht with the troops
against Stonewall Jackson. After three
months I returned home, and after my
graduation I raised a company and served
till the end of the war. I then stndied law
and went to the Law School at Ann Arbor,
and was just about 21 when I was admitted
to the bar. I was not quite 21, which was
the required age lor admission, but I was
near enough to squeeze in."
Senator Brioe Talks or Railroads.
When did you first become interested In
railroads, Senator?"
"It was along back at the first of the
seventies," replied Mr. Brice. "Governor
Foster wished to extend the little road that
ran through Fremont down to Lima, and I
became interested with him. Then we
built the Ohio Central, then the Nickel
Plate, and since then we have built and or
ganized several other systems. "We built
one road through the Gogebic iron range,
and made a bridge from Canada to the
United States for it at the S&ultSte. Marie.
We have also built the Tennessee and
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Georgia, and we have a system of Southern
roads which includes about 8,000 miles of
track."
"Tell me something about the railroads
of the country, Mr. Brice," said L "When
will the next great era of railroad building
be?"
"I think the dav for great railroad de
velopment in the United States has passed."
I replied Mr. Brice. "There will be no more
great trunk lines, for the country has all of
these it can carry. The building will be
in lateral lines and in the extension of the
present system. The only great trunk line
now in course of construction is the Great
Northern, which is to run from St. Paul and
Duluth to Seattle and is to extend north to
Vancouver. Ten thousand men are now at
work on this road ana it will be put through
verv soon.lt goes through a rich country and,
though lttouches the Northern Pacific at one
or two points, it has its own territory and
it will have a trade of its own."
A Railroad Trnst Impossible.
"How about a great railroad consolida
tion, Senator Brice? Will we ever have a
vast railroad trust which will control all
the railroads of the United States?"
"No," replied the railroad Senator, "I do
not think such a thing possible, and if it
were possible the people would really con
trol it. No rich man or corporation of rich
men is to-day as big as public opinion, and
public sentiment really controls the rail
roads of to-day. Itailroad presidents and
railroad managers realize that they are only
the servants of the people, and the people
and the railroads are coming closer together
every year. The roads are now managed
more in the interests ot the people than
they have ever been, and their wants are
studied by the managers. As to consolida
tions, these occur only along the natural
lines of business, and combination upon any
other principle would result in an unwieldy
mass and would break of itself."
"How about the roads ot the United
States? Are they prosperous?"
"Not as a rule," was the reply. "Only
comparatively few of them make more than
their running expenses, and many do not
even pay the interest on their stock' or their
bonds. We feel here the depression that
exists in Europe, and this affects the rail
roads. It has brought abont the low price
of cotton, and I' attribute it somewhat to
the McKinley tariff bi'l, which angered our
foreign trade and broke up our business re
lations in many parts of Europe."
From Continent to Continent by Rail.
"How about the Intercontinental Bail way.
Senator?"
"I have no doubt but that it will be
built," replied Mr. Brice, "and that you
will see it a fact in onr generation. Al
most half of it is already constructed and
we will go by rail from the Mackenzie River
to Buenos Ayres. Why, as it is, vou can
go lrom British Columbia to below Mexico
City by railroad and there are more than
1,000 miles of road in Central and South
America in operation right along this line.
The Nicaragua Canal will be completed and
this and the Intercontinental Railway will
tie the two continents together."
"How about railwavs in the Southern
part of the United States? Will ther
pay?"
"Yes, the south is the great coming field
for development and I believe it is the best
investment field for to-day. The West is
filled up and from now on the tide of emi
gration will be southward. The south is
lull of resource! It has vast areas of good
land and its mineral possibilities are in
conceivable. Yes, I look for an immense
development all over the South."
"How about the change in our railroads?
Do you think that the rates of our freight
and passenger fare will be lower in the fu
ture than they are now?"
"The rates of railroad fare have been go
ing down for the past twenty-two years,"
replied Senator Brice, "and it would see'm
to me that they had about reached the bot
tom. Take two-thirds of a cent a ton for
freight and two cents a mile for passengers
and this would seem to be about the mini
mum. We have io was low rates as any
country in the world, and we have only a
small margin on which to run."
Canal a Competitor, or Railroads.
"How about the canal and water traffie of
the future? Will this affect the railwavs?"
"No, I think not," was the reply, "though
it it wonderful what an immense shipping
THE
trade we have in our lakes and rivers.
There is more shipping through the Detroit
river in eight months than there is at Liv
erpool the whole year, and the tonnage
which passes through this canal is two or
three times as great as that which passes
through the Suez Canal. A great part of
this tonnage consists of iron from the Lake
Superior regions which is carried
down to the Ohio lake towns,
and of coal from the Ohio
coal fields which is carried back. The iron
of these Lake Superior regions lies right
near the water and the mines are on hills
near the shore, o that; the ore can be run
down on railroads by gravity and loaded on
to the ships, The iron is carried down tho
lakes in big steamers of steel, which travel
almost as fast as the ocean steamships, and
millions of dollars are invested in docks all
along the lakes, and great cities are growing
up from the effect of the trade. All the
Northern Ohio towns are growing, and
there is a rapid increase in the population
and business of Toledo, Cleveland, San
dusky, Ashtabula and our other Northern
Ohio towns. The city of Youngatown has
to-day a freight tonnage every year greater
than 'the whole cotton crop of the South,
and Cleveland, which had only 60,000 peo
ple a few years ago, had 260,000 at the last
census, and has more than 300,000 people
now. Speaking of freight rates, those
which prevail on the lakes are so low that
the railroads could not touch them in such
matters as iron and coal, and it is only by
these low rates that it will pay to work the
mines."
An Era of Prosperity Ahead.
"How about the times, Senator? Are the
prospects good or bad?
"I think they are verv good," was the
reply. "The United States will be pros
perous in our lifetimes at least It is the
richest country on the face of the globe,
and it is the greatest in its resources and its
fiossibilities. We can't help but be rich as
one as we have as much of undeveloped
material as exists here, and at the same
time the nerve and energy to turn this into
money. I would like to see our shipping
extended, however, and I believe in encour
aging all trade relations with other nations
which will tend to bring this about. The
United States will be the great England of
the future. It will at some time do the
manufacturing for a great part of the world,
and its ships will sail to every part of the
world carrving its products."
"This brings us to the campaign," said L
"I suppose the tariff and the McKinley bill
will be one of the issues?"
"It will be the issue," replied Senator
Brice. "The people don't like the McKin
ley bill and the disturbance of our busi
ness relations which it has caused, and this
will be the main subject of discussion, "
"How about silver?"
Bars Silver Ont of the Campaign.
"The silver Question is a local issue,"
said Senator Brice. "It cannot enter into
a serious campaign and the people of the
United States will not tolerate any tamper
ing with the money standard of the country.
They are conservative by nature, and they
will always insist on a safe and sound
currency.
"How abont candidates? .Will Cleveland
be your nominee?"
"I cannot talk abont it," replied Senator
Brice. "I am one of the National Commit
tee and I will have to wait until the con
vention." "You were the Democratic manager of
the last Presidential campaign. Will you
please tell me what is the standard of
campaign morality in the Democratic party
to-dav and what is the condition of the
party?"
"Political morality," replied Senator
Brice, "was never higher in both parties
than it is to-day. I believe our standards
are steadily rising, and publio sentiment
will not tolerate corrupt methods. This is
so in the working of Congress and in the
management of campaigns. In the last
campaign, I am sure no corrupt methods
were emploved with the knowledge of the
National Committee, and I expect to see
the same high-toned campaign work during
this year. As to the condition of the
Democratic party, it is all right, and we
have, I think, a lair chance of electing our
candidate." Frank G. Cakpentkb.
THE CASE OF CABPSTS.
Soma Timely Bints to the Housewife Ay a
Manufacturer.
New York Ledger.
"Because a carpet is put on the floor and
is made to walk on, that is no reason why it
should be neglected or abused," said a
manufacturer. "The ordinary carpet lining
is absolutely worthless as a protection from
the sand and grit which works through
the carpet, and it really does more damage
than all other causes put together. The car
pet itselt is to some extent, open, at least
will allow the finer particles of sand to pass
through it Of course, these collect on the
smooth surface of the paper-lining and can
go no farther. Here they remain, and every
step taken across the carpet is just so much
steady grinding on the back.
"For this reason,carpct should frequently
be taken up, especially in localities where
sand abounds. A carpet should be taken
up at least once in six months and thor
oughly beaten to free it from gritty parti
cles which lodge in the woven back of the
fabric. It may then be relaid and thor
oughly cleaned with naphtha or soap suds.
If there are sticky spots, they must be re
moved with water. All grease spots may
be treated with the naphtha. To do this
take a pan containing a quart or so of
naphtha, and, with a scrubbing brush, go
rapidly over the carpet. As fast
as it is scrubbed, have au assist
ant ready with a soft cloth, to ab
sorb whatever of the fluid may be possible.
Then cover the clean part closely with a
cotton cloth or an old comfortable. It spots
appear after the carpet has once been gone
over, repeat the process where necessary.
Several applications might be necessary to
effectually remove such soiled spots. In
case it is necessary to use soap-suds, it
should be applied in a Bmall quantity.
Candy or other sweets make spots which
naphtha will not remove. If there are no
spots at all on the carpet, merely a naphtha
bath will brighten the colors amazingly.
"When it is not thought necessary to take
the carpet from the floor a thorough brush
ing with suds or naptha will improve its ap
pearance very greatly. When coal fires are
used it is well to take the utmost pains that
no particles of coal are dropped on the car
pet, even though they may be picked up at
once, the dust from them being almost cer
tain to leave a mark, and if stepped on and
crushed the particles make a most danger
ous sort ot grit Large rugs should be
placed in front of stoves or grates, and
when ashes must be taken up a thick paper
or a piece of oilcloth will do to spread in
front of the stove."
TEE SEVER BIBLES OF ANTIQuTTX.
FacU as to Their Orlsln and What They
Are Supposed to Teaoh.
Chicago Herald.
The seven Bibles of the world are the
Koran of the Mohammedans, the Tri Pi
tikes of the Buddhists, the five Kings of
the Chinese, the three Vedas of the Hin
doos, the Zendavesta of the Persians, the
Eddas of the Scandanavians and the Bible
of the Christians. The Eddas is the most
recent and cannot really be called more
than a semi-sacred work. It was given to
the world some time during the fourteenth
century of our era.
The Koran is the next most ancient, dat
ing from about the seventh century A. D.
It is composed ot sublime thoughts from
both the Old and New Testaments, with
frequent, almost literal, quotations from
the Talmud. The Buddhists' Tri Pitikes
were composed in ;the sixth century before
Christ Its teachings are pure and sub
lime, its aspiration lofty in the extreme.
The word "kin;, "-.as used in connection
with the sacred work of the Chinese, sim
ply means "web of cloth." From this it is
presumed that they were originally written
on fine rolls of cloth. The Vedas are the
most ancient works in the language of the
Hindoos, but they do not, according to the
best commentaries, antedate the twelfth
century before the opening of the Christian
era. The Zendavesta ot the Persians con
tains the sayings of Zoroaster, who lived
and worked in the twelfth century B. 0.
PITTSBURG- DISPATCH,
SCIENCE OF A TEAPOT.
An Invention That Separates Tannic
Acid From the Beverage.
KEW IDEA FOR MARKI5G GRAVIS.
A Cement Process That Will Stop the Im
portation of Portland.
A MODIFIED PASTEUR TREATMEHT
pntrrrxN tob th dispatch.
More attention is given now than ever
before to the hygenio conditions and influ
ences of daily life. The old-fashioned tea
pot was good enough for our grandmothers,
and they imbibed its exhlliarating brew in
happy unconsciousness of its Insidious ef
fect on their digestive organs. Teaisjnst
as indispensable now as it was then, but the
health experts of to-day are not content
with the conservative method of making it
They insist that this generation has already
a temperament too nervous and sensitive,
and that if tea is to be drunk it must be de
prived of its ill effects on the nervei of the
drinker.
An invention has been patented which
claims to have solved the hitherto insoluble
problem of separating the tannic acid from
the tea, a resnlt that will enable many per
sona to take this delightful beverage who
have until now been unable to do so. In
side the teapot, which is of the ordinary
oval shape, is fixed a cylinder containing a
conical perforated cage, having a short rod
attached to it j us t long enough to appear out
side the cover. The outer case of the teapot
is filled with boiling water, the dry tea
is placed in the cylinder containing the
cage and the boiling water in the outer pot
makes the cylinder quite hot This is taken
up by the dry tea, which beoomes warm and
lighter than when put in. The' boiling
water is now put into the cylinder, the
coyer is replaced, and in three or four
minutes, according to the nature of the tea
China taking three minutes, Ceylon four
minutes, Indian, if blended, three or tour
minutes the infusion is complete.
It will be found that all the leaves rise
from the bottom of the pot to the top by
their own action, thus passing through all
the water. The conical strainer is raised in
the cover by means of the rod. In so doing
the water is forced through all the tea again
as the leaves come into the cover, thus
causing a thorough infusion before the
tannio acid can discharge itself. The tea
will be found the color of amber, free from
the particles of fine dust never absent from
the ordinary tea, and possessing all the best
qualities and none of the injurious traits of
the much-prized beverage.
American Portland Cement.
One of the future industries nf this
country is Portland cement The present
annual production of this valuable material
in Europe amounts to over 20,000,000 bar
rels, of a commercial value of over $36,000,
000. In the early days of the industry the
process was so crude that in 1850 only four
factories were In operation in England,
where the yearly output is now 8,300,000
barrels. The process is much the same as it
was 20 years ago. The raw materials are
chalk and clay, both very pure, and al
though inferior processes are employed,
they make a satisfactory cement France
turns out 1,800,000 barrels yearly; Russia,
900,000; Belgium, 800,000, and Denmark,
Norway and Sweden have ten factories,
which average about 80,000 barrels each.
The quantity imported into America last
year was over 3,000,000 barrels.
In all probabilitv such an item will not
long figure on the list of American importa
tions, as a process has been adopted in this
country that has already revolutionized the
science of cement making. At a factory in
Pennsylvania, where the new process is
used, the raw compound is burnt into a
powdered condition while traveling in an
inclined rotary furnace in an intensely hot
petroleum flame, and a few hours is suffi
cient to finish the process. The cement is
guaranteed to stand 400 pounds in seven
days, 600 pounds in a month and 600 pounds
in three months, and to leave no more than
10 per cent residue on a No. 80 sieve.
Development of the Pastenr Treatment
A remarkable and unexpected develop
ment of the Pasteur method, which oc
curred recently in France, is ot great inter
est to the medical faculty and the publio
generally. A man named Bossari, who had
been admitted as a patient to the Pasteur
Institute at Bologna after being bitten by a
mad dog, began, on March 26, to develop
unmistakable symptoms of hydrophobia in
a paralytic form and lost entire control of
some of his most important functions. It
became evident to the institute professors
that the Pasteur treatment had been ap
plied too late or had not acted on the nerv
ous system with sufficient rapidity.
It was then suggested that, as a last re
source, the inoculations should be made
direct into the patient's veins. The inter
venous injections commenced on March 29
and were continued until April 17, when
all symptoms of the hydrophobia had dis
appeared and the patient recovered.
Eighteen of the injeotions were adminis
tered in oil. When the treatment began
Bossari had lost the use of his legs and had
a diminution of nervous functions, which
showed that the disease had commenced in
the spinal cord, and that he was rapidly
succumbing to its influenoe. The injection
of the Pasteur lymph into his veins arrested
the course of the disease and resulted is re
covery. Patent Qravo Marker.
The expense of a funeral In a large city
has grown to such proportions that the
average man commits more extravagance in
the act of dying than he ever did during
life. It has been suggested that a much less
costly form of gravestone than that usually
erected would meet all the requirements of
affectionate remembrance and respect, and
the suggestion has been carried into effect
in the patenting of a "grave marker." This
is simply a memorial leaf. It consists of
two outer plates bent so as to form a holder
for leaves or tablets, adapted to be sus
pended from a frame to receive and retain
objects desired to be kept as mementoes of
the deceased. The tablets beneath the outer
plates can be designed in any desired form,
and as they have slides of mica or trans
parent material to protect the tokens, any
object such as photographs, sketches, etc.,
can be inserted. For instance, a sketch of
the life of the departed or a portrait or a
lock ot hair can be placed in the receptacle,
where it is securely protected from the
weather,and, as it is covered by mica, it will
last for many years without' bleaching or
decaying.
"Weaving by Electricity.
An experiment, the successful result of
which constitutes another element in the
modification of the factory system which is
surely approaching, was tried last month in
England at the loom works of a Lancashire
manufacturer. The test in question was the
application of electricity to weaving. The
works are illuminated by electric light, the
current being generated by a large dynamo
on the premises. Taking advantage of this
installation, a motor was fixed in an upper
room where the loom to be operated was
placed. The loom, which is of tne ordinary
type used in Lancashire mills, has what is
known as a 44-inch reed space, and with
electrio power it is worked at the rate of
210 picks per minute. Any workman past
whose door electrio light mains run can now
have his own power and run his own loom
at his hown home.
A Lesson on Milk Drinking.
Tew people know that there ii a good and
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a bad way of drinking milk. The bad way
Is that which they generally follow, viz., to
swallow a large quantity at once. When
milk goes into the stomach it is instantly
curdled, and if it is curdled into one big
mass the jnices of the stomach can work on
only the outside of it This is the reason
that many people who like milk, and to
wnom it should be or the utmost oeneni,
cannot drink it They say it gives them in
digestion, and they are right Let them
give it another chance. But this time they
must sip it slowly, not taking more than a
good teaspoonful at one sip, and taking at
least four minutes to finish the glassful.
Each little sip thns becomes curled up by
itself when passed into the stomach, and
the digestive uices percolate freely around
it and it speedily becomes assimilated. One
of the best restoratives known after exces
sive fatigue, and one infinitely preferable
to any form of alcohol, is a glass oi hot
milk. The heat seems to lighten it and to
deprive it of much of the sweetness which
it so cloying to some tastes.
Form and Color of Flowers.
The English method of preserving flow
ers so as to retain their form and color is to
imbud the plants in a mixture of equal quan
tities of plaster of paris and lime, and
gradually heat them to a temperature of 100
degrees. After this the flower looks dusty,
but.if it is laid aside for an hour, so as to
absorb sufficient moisture to destroy its
brittleness, it can be dusted without injury.
To remove the hoary appearance which is
often left, even after the dusting, a varnish
composed of five ounces of gum dammar
and 16 ounces ot turpentine should be used,
and a second coat given if necessary. When
gum has been dissolved in the turpentine
16 ounces oi benzoline should be added and
the whole should be strained through fine
muslin.
Another preserving varnish is ooznposed
of 600 parts ether, 20 parts transparent
copal and 20 parts sand. The flowers should
be immersed in the varnish for two minutes,
then allowed to dry for ten minutes, and
this treatment should be repeated five or
six times. Still another method, which is
used in the Paris Museum of Natural His
tory, is to place the flowers in a solution of
SO grains of salicylio acid in one quart of
water.
Turning Tin Jteftue to Profit.
For a long time the owners of sardine
factories were at a loss to know what to do
with the mounds of tin clippings that ac
cumulated at their docks. The clippings
are now collected and sorted according to
their shape, those made by the dies which
stamp the bottoms and covers of the cans
being pounded into suitable shape for
handling, while the strips made by the
shears in cutting the tin for the sides are
bundled and boxed. The clippings are
smelted down in a furnace, the tin with
which they are coated being melted and
drawn off separately, while the molten mass
of metal which composed the plate is run
into molds and formed into window weights
and other useful articles. The bright tin
strips of various sizes are utilized in sundry
ways, forming tin tags for the ornamenta
tion of plug tobacco, button molds, orna
mental baskets and dozens of other articles.
A Powerful Porcine Press.
The installation of a 4,000-ton hydraulio
press in the Saint Jacques Iron Works at
Montlucon, France, serves to mark the
progress of an innovation in forging work.
The substitution of hydraulio presses for
powerful steam hammers for the forging of
large masses of steel has fox some time been
steadily on the increase. It is found that
the work of the press is more regular, homo
geneous and rapid, and that the press costs
much less to install than the steam hammer.
Finally, the difficulties met with in the
installation of the foundations and anvil
beds increase in such a measure when the
weight of the hammers is increased that the
limit of power that can be given to them has
been praotically reached, while the possi
bilities of press power cannot as yet be ac
corded any limitations.
THE CASE OF FIAN09L
They Should Be Toned Monthly, Else Their
Fitch of Tone Beoomes Linnr.
"In spite ot all the efforts of the makers,"
said a piano tuner recently to a writer in
the Jmness MOler Monthly, "I do not believe
there is one piano in one hundred that,
with ordinary parlor use, will stand in tune
for more than two months. An unskillful
musical ear, it is true, will fail to detect
any important discord in a piano for six
months, or perhaps longer; but no culti
vated ear can tolerate thediscordant notes
that the best piano will insist upon giving
out after two months of use. When
yon think once that the steel wires
and iron frames of a piano are
alternately contracting and expanding
under the variations of the surrounding at
mosphere, giving a constant movement of
the wires and a consequent change in the
pitch and tone of the instrument, the im
possibility of a piano maintaining a perfect
tone for any length of time must be at once
apparent, and if you will but reflect on the
surprising fact that the tension of the
strings of a piano causes a strain on the body
of the. instrument equal to the weight of
100,000 pounds, you will, doubtless, agree
with me that a piano that will remain In
perfect tune for a year is an instrument that
must necessarily be of extreme rarity, if not
impossible to make.
"A piano, good, bad or indifferent, when
new, should be tuned once a month. The
longer an instrument remains untuned the
lower its pitch of tone becomes, and when
it is desired to have the piano drawn to
concert pitch the strain on the body of the
instrument is greatly increased, so much,
in fact, that the case is liable to yield grad
ually, necessitating a second tuning within
a week or two weeks at the furthest It is
a common error among non-professional
piano players to think a piano should .re
main In tune at least a' year. Professionals
know better."
CHARGES 07 THE CALEHDAS.
The Iiength. of the Tear Baa Frequently
Been Altered Elnoe 738 B, C.
Chicago Herald.
The Egyptians were the first people to fix
the length of the year. What is known as
the "Roman year" was introduced by Romu
lus, 738 B. C,, and was corrected by Numa,
713 B. C., and again by Julius Cssar, 45 B.
C. Cesar fixed the solar year at 365 days
and six hours. This was known as the
"Julian style." But the calendar of Julius
was defective in this particular: The real
solar year consists of 365 days 5 hours and
49 minutes. This made a difference of 11
minutes between true solar time and solar
time according te Caesar.
At the time of Pope Gregory XIIL (he
became pope in 1572) that difference of but
eleven minutes each year had grown to an
error of ten whole days. To obviate this
error, Gregory ordained, in 1582, that that
year should consist of but 356 days; this
change was called the change from the
Julian to the Gregorian system of reckoning
time. However, all the world, with the ex
ception of Italy and a few inconsiderable
countries, reckoned time by the old Julian
style for more than a hundred years after
Gregory had announced the change. In
England the Gregorian svstem was not
recognized until 1752, at which time another
whole day ot error had been added. In the
year last mentioned above England and her
dependencies, America included, made the
change, September 3, ot that year, being
reckoned as the 14th. Russia Is the only
country of any importance that still adheres
to the old style system.
Better Than a Physician's Prescription.
Fresh underclothing several times a week
will do much toward restoring a poor com
plexion to health and bloom. The fabrics
worn next the skin soon become charged
with waste matter, which is reabsorbed into
the system if worn too long.
189a
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Fielding Shows a Tender Yo'nng Rela
ti?e the Sights of New York;
TOOK IN A EACH AND A FIGHT.
Betting Heavily the Wrong Way TTltb. the
Tenderfoot's Hard Cash.
FBAITOESS OF A 11AX WHO IB L0SIK
rCOXKESFOXDEKCX Or TBI DISPATCH. 1
New Yobk, June 10. As a rule, when
people whom I used to know, but whose
good points I have forgotten, write to in
form me that they will vfcit New York and
will be pleased to see its sights under my
direction, I invent a pressing engagement
in the interior of Connecticut But Sammy's
case was different Sammy has a lot of
money and I could not bear to think of the
chance that, in this great and wicked city,
he might be robbed by somebody else. I
determined to protect him; to stand between
his innocence and the itching palms of my
fellow citizens.
So when he wrote that he was coming, I
promptly replied that I would meet him at
Delmonico's about dinner time. His re
Joinder by wire requested me to meet
one of the Sound steamers and
breakfast with him at 7:30. I have
not breakfasted at that hour since
compulsory prayers were abolished at col
lege in my freshman year, and tho Indica
tions were that his visit to the great city
would result in more novelty for me than
for him. However, I arranged a little pro
gramme which I thought would give Sam
my a very fair idea of life and death in the
American metropolis. I shall here endeavor
XBct $50 on the Terror
to describe his impressions to that the
reader may get, for the moderate pries of
The Dispatch, nn amount of information
and diversion which will cost several hun
dred dollars more it obtained on the spot
Be Fonnd It a Busy Place.
The first thing that struck Sammy was
the vast and hurrying throng. It struck
him in an elevated railroad train
and nearly tore his clothes ofE New
York is a very crowded city. The
numerous and comparatively cheerful
cemeteries of Brooklyn, on the one hand,
and the malaria of New Jersey on the other,
do not furnish sufficient outlet lor our sur
plus population. The way we fall over
each other is appalling to a stranger. I
thought the spectacle would be novel and
instructive to Sammy, who lives in an in
terior Massachusetts city, where one may
walk down the principal street in business
hours and meet not even a creditor.
We passed the forenoon as agreeably as
could be expected. A forenoon isn't of
much use anyway. Most people use it to
work in, but I never could reconcile myself
to beginning a day that way. I took Sammy
to Park Kow, to show him the big news
paper offices, and for a time we amused our
selves watching a man throwing rolls of
paper weighing 500 pounds apiece, out of a
cart onto the heads of the passersby. Then
we strolled over to Broadway to see a man or
two run over and so got pleasantly on to
lunch time.
Didn't Like the Buffet Lnnob.
I asked Sammy if he had ever seen a
modern buffet lunch, and he said he never
had, so I took him to see one. He saw it,
and then he requested me to take him
where he conld get something to eat
Sammy is a man of diminutive stature,
Patrons or the Turf.
and though he fights very well in
the lightweight class he is not desined to
profit by a buffet lunch. The alleged nu
tiition is piled upon the counter, and the
animals take food as best they may. Mr
long reach and longer experience enabled
me to obtain sandwiches and cakes over the
shoulders of the throng, whereas Sammy
got nothing but a cup of coffee, which was
poured down his back by a gentleman be
hind him. However, he got a good idea of
the amount which can be obtained by a
skillful, long-legged man, by settling my
account at the desk.
Later we formulated our plans for the
day. I asked him what he had come here
to see, and he replied that he had always
thought that the Statue of Liberty and the
obelisk in Central Pork must be very inter
esting. "My dear bov." said I. "vou can never
get anr idea of this town by hunting up ob
scure, inanimate curiosities of that sort
But there is going to be a prize fight in Jer
sey City to-night that will be a liberal edu
cation for a young man; and, in the mean
time, Tve might run out and see the Broke
dale Handicap. I have a sure thing."
The Philosophy of the Bootmakers.
Samuel accompanied me willingly, for
his relatives at home had told him to stick
close by me, and not go running away by
himself into places which a well-brought-up
young man should never visit On the way
to the race course he asked me what-I had
meant by a sure thing, and I explained to
him as much of it as one can really under
stand without personal experience. He said
that he never bet on anything, but did not
think it wrong if one were sure not to lose
his money. I assured him that some of the
best people I knew were habitual bettors;
indeed, a few of them were so good that
thev were not rpquired to put up cash. He
remarked that he would prefer to have me
bet his money that nay, and I was obliged
to confess that I was not one of the few.
It is pleasant to watch the childish ex
citement which possesses a man when he
attends his first horse race. This delightful
emotion lasts all the way down to the track;
it survives the dnst and cinders of suburban
railways; but it generally evaporates when
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t ifir -fii if Y V ' r Ju VTE: - U i Ri
he finds that he is to have only about ten
minutes of actual racing and four hours of
standing around. I took Samuel Into the
pen where the enthusiasm for that noble
animal, the American race horse, finds ex
pression in dollars. The pen contained
several thousand more men than it
would hold when we arrived. The place
was open to the air of heaven, bnt the
air very discreetly remained outside.
fej fir
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The Buffet Lunch.
While I went to bet our money on the sure
thing I left Samuel between a wooden post'
which helped support the pavillion and the
equally wooden intelligence of one of those
men who advise newcomers professionally.
Sammy Began to Be Nervous.
As I had taken charge of all the money
Sammy could spare I did not regard the
proximity of the professional gentleman as
dangerous. When I came back Sammy was
looking quite pale, partly from the effects
of the cigar which the professional adviser
was smoking and partly from nervousness
over his monev. He ventured to suggest
that my sure thing might go wrong. There
upon a facetious person who overheard him
remarked that my young friend was picking
up the business veiy fast
It was now time for the first race to be
run, and we went out to see it I saw it,
but Sammy got wedged in behind a six
footer just as the horse started, and it was
all over before he conld move. Then we
went back to the bookmakers and waited
another half hour or more.
I could see that my friend was not having
as good a time as he might have had if I
had taken him to see the obelisk, so in
order to awaken his interest in the pro
ceedings I bet $10 of his money on the sec
ond race and lost it As this sum trenched
on onr reserve we were obliged to get it
back, so by my advice we bet $20 on the
third race, and would have won if the pro
cession had been moving the other way.
The fourth race was the handicap. As the
time for starting it approached, I began to
be somewhat nervous myself. In former
days I had noticed that my money on a
horse would anchor him to the post more
securely than if he were tied to t with a
halter, thereby avoiding any danger of his
falling down in front of the others and get
ting stepped on, or in any other way inter
fering with the successful running of some
strange, new animal whom-nobody had ever
heard of, and the bookmakers were inter
ested in.
Got TThlpsawed on Everything
Well, my luck had not deserted me.
When the Brokedale started my horse was
headed, sou'-son'-east, while the others were
pointing nor'-nor'-west, and by the time the
jockey had turned him around there was
nothing in sight but a dim and distant cloud
of dust
As we wandered away from the track I
told Samuel that the prize fight would bo
ever so much more fun, and besides I knew
more about prize fighting, and could pick a
winner if allowed two guesses, bar a draw.
I have noticed that many men when on their
way homeward from a race track develop a
spirit of frankness with themselves which
would be of great use to them if it were not
too beautiful to last
We had some difficulty in finding the hall
where the prize fight was to be held, but at
last we were set upon the right track by a
policeman who was going the other way.
We arrived about 9 o'clock in a great hurry,
for the fight was announced to begin at that
honr. But at 10 o'clock it had not opened.
At 11 o'clock the master of ceremonies an
nounced that in half an hour the men would
take their places. But they didn't; it was
midnieht when the men stepped into the
ring, and the Communipaw Terror began a
new day well by partially closing the left
eve of the Hoboken Hurricane. I then bet
$50 of my young friend's money on the Ter
ror and he never had a chance afterward.
They fought 87 round", the last 70 of which
were consumed in waiting for each other to
quit Finally the Terror, unable to bear the
burden of my backing, fell down and out
The day wa& breaking and we were already
broke as we took our war homeward.
Samuel was silent and evidently thoughtful.
At length his mental struggle found vent in
words.
"Howdy," said he, in a sad, low voice, "is
this what you New Yorkers call a good
time?" Howaed FiELDmo.
THE OFFICES 10 BE FILLED.
Hot So Many Places as There Used to Be for
a New Administration to Flit
Only about one-half of the spoils of office
which were formerly the prize in a contest
for the Presidency will be available for dis
tribution in the event of a change of the ad
ministration. Although of the 160,000 paid
places in the Government employ only
34,000 came under the civil service law,
the aggregate salaries of this number
amount to as much as those of all the rest
put together. Thus the larger and more
luscious plums are withdrawn from the
politicians to an extent that is extremely
distressing to them. Even at this season
of approaching elections frequent adver
tisements appear in the Washington news
paper offering cash in amounts from $75 up
for unclassified situations in the depart
ments at $50 or $60 a month. These propo
sitions, often successful, are addressed to
corrupt persons of petty authority or in
fluence who are able to secure positions.
THE SEAL CAUSE OF BLACKHEADS.
The Via ot Good Soap Is a Preventive as
Well as a Beantlfi-r.
It is said that good soap is a great beantl
fier and a preventive of the uncomely look
ing "blackheads" which are such a disfig
urement and are so hard to get rid of.
The real cause of these unpleasant little
specks is not. as a rule, anything more
serious than this. Some people have much
larger skin pores than others, and the dust
collects, settles and finally forms a hard,
black, little substance. By constant iric
tion it is rubbed into and settles in the
pores and is sealed there by a black speck.
Rtrppt .lust is unavoidable, but it is much
f less harmful taken straight to the skin than
through a veil.
Three Words.
Jenness Miller Monthly.
There are three lesions I would write
Three words as wltli a burning pea
In tracings of eternal light,
Upon tlio hearts of men:
Have Hope. Though clouds environ now,
And gladness hides her face in scorn,
Put thou tne shadow from thy brow
Ko night 'out hath its morn.
Have Faith. Where'er thy bark Is driven
The calm's disport, the tempest's wrath
Knowtboa: Gocl rules the hosts of Heaven
Tho Inhabitants of earth.
Havo love. Xot alone for one.
But iran, as man. thy brother call.
And scatter, like tne circling snn,
Thy charities on all.
Thus srave these lessons on thy soul
Hope, Faith and Love and thou shalt find
Strength, when Lire's surges rudest roll,
Light, when thou else wert blind,,-
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CUPID. DRIVES A PEN
That Mates Eegister 'Sain. Conner
langh and Weep hj Turns.
WHAT LOTE-SICK MAIDENSWEITE.
One Elderly One Afraid Her lorer Weald
Get to Enow Her Age.
PE0PLJ WHO III CLAIM TO ISTATJS
Begister Sam Conner seems to have been
fitted by nature for the position he holds In
the government of Allegheny county. There)
is not a man in all the county with a keener
appreciation of the ridiculous than the
County Begister. No man more than he
enjoys a funny situation, and no man In the
county day in and day out for a year re
ceives so much mail that contains amusing
inquiries or suggestions.
Mr. Conner's mail comes from all over
the civilized world, and the great bulk of
his correspondence bears directly on some
marriage in prospective, or on the will of
some lamented relative whose estate con
cerns the writer directly or indirectly.
".Look here," Mr. Conner began yester
day, placing his left hand upon a huge pile
of letters which had just been left upon his
desk. "This is my morning's mail, and
'marriage,' 'marriage' is the burden of them
all. Some of these writers want to know if
I can issue a marriage license on the quiet;
others want to know if it is necessary for the
lady to swear to her age when securing m
license to marry.
The Two Extremes In Ase.
'The old girls want to know how they
can keep their real age from the public, and
the giddy little darlings want to know how,
being under age, they can secure the legal
right to marry without first securing the
consent of parents. With the one aga
seems to be the subject of re
gret and shame, while to the other youth
seems a burden and distress. All, however,
are moved by the same purpose. They all
want to get married, and after I wado
through these stacks of unique and often
interesting letters, some of them timid and
ambiguous, while others are pointed and
business like, I am forced to the belief that
Love rules our realm, and I am persuaded
that in addition to a County Begister we
should have a sort of county wedding
bureau with a general director in charge
whose business it should be to act as guide
for those who insis: upon cetting married.
This wedding director might be clothed
with authority to marry and unmarry, and
he should be held responsible for any mis
takes he might make in mismating couples.
"Of course," Mr. Conner went on, "I am
not ambitions to have such a place created
for my special benefit, but I would like to
be relieved of this marriage business, which
is no doubt intensely interesting to the per
sons directly interested, but has become a
confirmed annoyance to me.
"But," the gentleman went on laugh-
ingly, "we've all been there ourselves and
the dear girls are just as sweet and roman
tic now as they were when we were gallant
beaux, and somebody must look after them
now just as we were pleased to look after
them then.
From a I.oveslcc Ohio Girl.
"Look here," Mr. Conner continued,
reaching for the topmost letter of the stack.
The letter was written on a small sheet of
perfumed paper in a hand indicating the
school girL It was dated at Lowellville,
O., and was addressed to "The Prohate
Judge of Allegheny County." The letter
said:
How Is It about a couple hem;: married In
Pittsburg If the young man Is not quite of
ageT Would vou issns a license? Please say
yes and oblige a lore sick girl. Please
answer by return mail and don't refuse mo.
The letter is signed by the anxious lady.
"It is cruel, I know, but it is the law, not
me," said Mr. Conner. "I must tell that
dear girl that she must bring the boy's
parents with her if she wants to get a mar
riage license at this shop. It's the law
that's cruel."
The next letter was dated at Yungstown,
O., the Gretna Green lor Pennsylvania's ro
mantic marriageable! It was also written
by a lady,evidently one who knew her busi
ness, however. It was addressed to S. Con
ner, Bezister, Marriage License Court,
Pittsburg, Pa. It said in tbat simple,
matter-ot-fact way that denotes earnestness
and a familiarity with the affairs of the
world:
Sin I am eolng to bo married this spring.
I expect to be married In Plttsbunr. and X
write yon for information. Is It necessary
for the girl to swear to her ase when a mar
rlase license la Issued In your State I I am
oldor than mv intended hu3band, but I don's
want him to know lr. Please answer and.
oblige. Find stamp enclosed.
"The cruel law must be satisfied in this
case, too," the Register said. "If she don's
want her husband to get on to her exact
age, she had best burn the family Bible and.
get married at her Ohio home; I must write'
her to that effect
On the Bant of Money.
"Kow, hero is a specimen of rare inter
est," and the Register handed to the re
porter a small envelope bearing a San Fran
cisco, Cal.. date. It was addressed as fol
lows: "In care of Pittsburg County Court
House, Publio Administrator of Orphans'
Court, Allegheny county, of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania." The address covered the
entire "envelope. The letter read:
Dear Sib I taee the opportunity of writing
von a few lines to the Orphans Court ana
Jutlixe of Probate or publio administrator
of Pittsburg, Pi"., of Allegheny county.
County Court House. Kow, I am the heir of
some money and I need it. Please send It to
me by return mail. I think my brother-in-law
Is trying to get the money and I wan
yon to stop Iilm. Tills will show you that I
am living, and I send my respects to yon.
"The letter don't specify any amount of
money, and of course I can't send it to my
unknown friend," Mr. Conner said. "I
know he is living, however, and that's a
satisfaction."
An Importunate Knnsas T,-wjer.
"Now this," Mr. Conner continued, "Ii
an instance of what I call sublime gall."
He then picked up another letter which had
been written from Wichita, Kan., by an
attorney of that place. The writer wanted
to know "of a man named Miller, who died
in Alleeeny county within five years, left a
will and if such a will was left who are the
beneficiaries." The letter concludes with
the statement: "I married an adopted
daughter ot Mr. Miller and I wont my wife
to get her share of the estate."
The writer failed to give the first name ot
"the man named Miller," and as a result
Mr. Conner sent him a list of 25 Millers
who had died in Allegheny county within
five rears, all of whom left wills, and with
the list of names Mr. Conner sent a polite
note with the request "that your wife, the
adopted daughter ot a man named iuiuer,
select from the list of Miller3 the particu
lar Miller in whose estate you wish her to
share, return the first name of said Miller
to me, and I will be pleased to return to
you any information in my possession re
garding such Miller, his estate and its dis
position." "But public office is a public trust," Mr.
Conner concluded as he threw oft his coat
and assumed the duties of his important
office.
An Odd Chinese Dish.
New York Evening San.
The Chinese gourmands seem to revel la
inventing extraordinary dishes. One of,
the most remarkable of these consists ofi
young crabs thrown into a vessel of vinegari
some time before dinner is served. The'
vinegar corrodes their delicate shells, so
that when the lid of the vessel in which
they are contained is removed the lively
young crabs scramble out and run all over
the table until their career is cut short by
each guest snatching up what he can and,
in spite of occasional sharp nips from their
spiteful claws, putting the lively tit-bits
into his month. Bice is, however, the'
universal food of China; rice is what ft
Chinese works for.
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