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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1889. SI. 50 PER ANNUM.
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Tho four new States come into tin
Union with nn area three times as grent
as tho lli-it ish Isles.
Sinca August 4, 18S7, up to recent
dale, tho Government has purchased
bonds tn the amount or $201,720,1)50, nt
a total coRt of $2:14, 407,744. '
Captain Chapel, of tho French Artil
lory, has devised n nroioctilo which is lit
eraliy "ta shoot round ft corner." It is
ho sent oyer tho heads of men behind
,'istworks, turn n somersault, return
id take them in rear. "Projcctilo ret
rogradc," he calls it.
. Tho Bostoninns arc pluming themselves
upon tho fact that Sir Edwin Arnold said
that they remind him of Englishmen
Hut, when ho added that they "talk the
English languago in its nativo purity,"
tho Commercial AJcertiner says, they be
gan to bo doubtful of the vnluo of the
conipliment.
Every ono in Paris won surprised at the
youthfulncss of Mr. Gladstone during his
recent visit, Being asked by somo ono
how many lines of tho "Iliad" ho still
remembered, ho replied, after a moment's
hesitation; "If some ono would givo me
the first line of any pa go I think I could
repeat what follows to tho bottom of that
One of tho most interesting localities
to visirm Loudon durinir the recent dock
strike was the "Booth Arms," a hostlory
conducted by members of the Salvation
Army. The food was plain, but plentiful
, and snod, and sold at an almost nominal
rate. Cine hundred thousand dockers
were estimated to Imvo been fed-there
during tho strike. Soup, bread, saud
w idles, coffee, tea nnd Cocoa were tho
principal items on the menu.
Pome convicts in tho penitentiary nt
Salem, Oregon, display energy in proving
that they halo work. Several of them
within a year have niaimod themselves
so as to bo unlit physically for tho tasks
allotted them. Recently a colored man,
John Sndl, look it hatchet and cut off
tho lingers of his left hand. Ho is now
resting in tho infirmary. Ho has four
more years of his sentence of five to servo
out. Some one-handed work will bo
found for him as soon as possible.
According to tho New York S';i Long
Islaud can boast of a farm which is oper
. atcd entirely by tho labor of insane peo
ple. It is known as tho Islip farm, and
250 lunatics arc employed upon it. It
was a wilderness a few years ago, but has
been brought to a high state' of cultiva
tion. Grain, fruits and flowers are grown
upon it, and tho men engaged in their
production are said to take a deep interest
in their wink. They are sent there from
city institutions by the commissioners of
charities and correction, and tho ex
periment U declared to have proved a
pronounced success.
A question upon which opinion was
much divided at the international botanic
congress, in Paris, was whether tho grains
of corn fouud in the Egyptian sarcophagi
had any seminal virtue left. It appears
that most of tho so-culled mummy corn,
remarkable for streaks of tar on the sur
face and sold to traveller in Egypt at tho
rate of about $1 per twenty-five grains, is
a gross imposture. A gentleman who re
ceived a few grains from M. Muspero
himself plnntejtheni in various soils and
jiositions. A good many sprouted, somo
even grew about two feet, when they looked
like ordinary spring wheat, and then
rotted away, but none ever came to
maturity.
A story full of pathos of the death of a
brave man was made known to tho Lon
.dou public the other week. Ho was a
fireman, atid iu searching for possiblo
Sufferers in a burning factory his retreat
was cut off. His companions escaped
through a small window, but he being
too 'bulky was preveuted froni following
them, and though at the outset ho called
to his companions to let them know of
his plight he 6aid never a fOrd when he
saw that all hope of escape was lost, but
stood and burned to death with tho for
titude of a hero. 'When his body was
found his legs were entirely consumed,
but in his charred hand ho still held tho
nozzle of a firehose, llo had done his
duty to the last.
The experiments which have reeeutl)
been brought to a conclusion abroad with
a smokeless powder, tho latest of the
kind invented, have disclosed one defect
which militates strongly against its intro
duction. Immediately upon the dis
charge of the shot, there is such an in
tolerable smell produced by the combus
tion of this new explosive that several of
the officers and men at the firing-point'
have fainted. The powder creates hard
ly auy perceptible smoke, and jmparU to
the shot a higher velocity than any form
er compound. The statement that it is
noiseless is, however, erroneous. On the
contrary, the discharges are louder than
hitherto with the old black powder.
The new smokeless powder has not yet
been niade applicable to artillery.
THE SHOP-GIRL'S SUNDAY REST.
Pcknk A small attic, containing a narrow
cot, a ehnir, a table, and a few articles of ne
cessity. Timk Near midnight. Enter a girl
poorly dad, wan, and staggering with
fatigue.
At last I'm home, and oh I so tired, tired,
tired to vary death I
it work, work, work, till ono has neither
strength nor oven breath.
But this ia Saturday, and here's my little
peaceful nest,
Where I can have, all by myself, a good long
Bunaay rest.
AU through the week I've counted, counted
. on this precious hour;
That thought alone has kept me up, alone
gave me the power
To finish all the weary work, to lire through
days oppressed,
So tired, so tired, and longing, praying for a
Sunday rest.
Here is my candle; there's my little bed, so
sweet and nice
You re dear to me, you little cot, Just now
above all price;
And onoe when I'm In bed I'll sleep, and
sleep with happy tost.
For I am tired, so tirod, and want a long,
long Sunday rest.
I ought to eat, no doubt, but I'm not hungry
in the least,
And couldn't eat If I were seated-at rich
man's feast;
But let me make a cup of tea that may per
haps be best
And yet I only care for rest, for one long
nunaay rest.
AU day I'll sleep; to-morrow' sun shall never
make me rise;
mi i. . . . . .
f!' i uiui uetweuB i no snaaes as no as
cends the skies;
But here I'll sleep and dream as he goes on
irom Jiast to West,
For I have wept, and wept, for one long,
(juici oununy rest.
I'll light my spirit-lamp and heat the water
for some tea ;
nuftni am 9 UIMB mill, HOW TtrT
nice 'twill be!
I do declare that, after all, I'm very, very
uiosr.
For shall I not lw happy when I have my
make haste and heat, good water. Waiting
is my neo ;
I sleep almost while you are heating, so heavy
ismyhead;
Yes, good is tea, and good are many things;
but best oh, best, '
Of all the world for me' a long, delightful
Sunday rest
The light is out, and here I am upon my pil
low. How sweet it is! Ah me! what made my
head thon flutter o
I'm weak; bnt 1 11 be strong on Monday,
when I'm up and dressed.
For then I shall have had my precious, pre
cious Sunday rest.
And is it morn? Ah, yes, for there's the sun
far up the sky.
And oh ! it makes my heart so glad that I'm
allowed to lie;
For it is Sunday, Sunday true, and I have
got my guest
Hore I can stay, and have myIong, delicious
Sunday rest.
I dreamed I was a child again, and at the
dear old farm,
So sweet, so calm, where wickedness came
not, nor any harm.
Oh, mother! mother! let me lie . once more
upon your breast,
For there alone my heart can find a perfect
Sunday rest.
I wonder what they're doing now, dear
mother, father, Jack,
I must give up the shop, and, soon as I am
strong, go back,
For there, though we are poor, in peace and
love we yet were blest,
And all our days were like a blissful Sunday
rest.
I can not well make out there's such a Ting
ing in my ear!
How faint Iain? Those sounds, those pleas
ant sounds! In some one near?
Oh no; I only dream. In attics no one comes
as guest.
I'm quite aloue. No friend or foe will break
my Sunday rest.
I hear my little sister Betsie's voice but she
is dead!
Yes, yes, I see her now; she smooths my pil
low, soothes my head.
I can not breathe. What is it weiirhs an h.
vy on my breast?
Oh, come, dear Betsio, lie with me, and take
your Sunday rest.
How strung it is! How dark and cold ! Ah
me! Iain so weak,
Oh, where is mother, where is Betsie? Some
ono some one speak !
Oh yes, I will be up oh, speak on Monday
up and dressed
I can't I do not see who calls? I come my
Suuday rest.
A moan, a quickened breath, and there, upon
the pillow hushed, j
She lay, so wan, and yet so fair, but like a
flower crushed;
And on her bosom lay her thin white hands,
together pressed
Aud marble cold. She's found an everlast
ing Suuday rest.
O. B. Biiaee.
UNCLE fi RASPER.
"Am I indeed the only heirl Is it
possible?"
'You are, sir; and for proof I refer
you to this document deposited in my
hands, the holographic will of Mr. Gras
per, your maternal uncle, who died yester
day at his residence in Old James street,
number unknown, because he would never
spend the thirty cents which a plate would
have cost, aud his neighbors not being
our clients, I am ignorant of their house
numbers." 'And how much did he leave?"
"I have just figured it out. Deduct
ing the legal expenses aud charges of all
kiuds, you will receive the precise sura
of forty-three thousand three hundred
and sixty-seven dollars and thirty-eight
cents."
Solomon Lyon, the artist, seemed to
be dazzled..
stammered
"Three-hundred nnd sixty-seven dol
lars and thirty-eight cents," continued
tho lawyer, -with his most gracious smile.
"But " he added, gravely adjusting his
spectacles.
"Ah, there is a but?" said tho heir
starting up quickly.
"Yes, sir. And it will cost you con
siderable."
"How much?"
"Just half of your inheritance."
"Then I am not the sole heir?"
"Pardon me. That does not prevent
you irom naving a coiogatec.
"And who is he?"
"Your undo himself."
Solomon Lyon seemed stupefied.
"Whnt do you say?"
I say, your uncle himself. I will-explain
; by tho terms of the will which is
in my hands, Mr. Grasper makes you his
heir, but on the condition that you
transfer to him one-half of tho for
tune."
"But how?"
"By putting it with him iuto his
coffin."
Mr. Grasper's heir opened
wide.
his
eyes
-auu me clause is lormal, sir," con
tinued the lawyer.- "Your deceased
uncle has expressly stipulated that if you
fail to respect his wishes, you shall bo
ucprivea oi all your rights to tho in
hcritanco. Iu that case, his entire for
tune is left to the poor of tho town, to
whom tho deceased confesses, with a
sincerity that does him honor, that he
never gave a cent during his lifetime
"But," cried young Solomon, "this is
absolute folly, my dear sir."
"No, sir, it is not folly. The case is
a ycry simple one. Mr. Grasper was so
miserly as to astonish everybody when ho
aiett trora disease rather than from the
perpetual fast which ho seemed to inflict
upon himself. And it would ill become
you to complain, since it is in conse
quence of this stinginess that he suc
ceeded in amassing, cent by cent, the
fortune which he has just left you. Now
you must be aware that the greatest tor
ture of a miser is the thought that after
his death ho will have nouo of tho money
whoso possession was the solo joy of his
life. Thanks to tho obligation which ho
imposes upon you, ho assures to his re
mains the enjoyment of a posthumous
fortune. Even when dead he will have
a portion of tho money which was the de
light of his eager eyes and avaricious fin
gers. Of course he will only have half;
but if he had demanded the whole, he
could not have found an heir who would
be an accomplice, obliged for self-pro
tection to carry out the w ishes of the
testator. It is to this reason alone, you
may bo sure, sir, that you owe tho for
tune which has been left to you. Other
wise '
"Oh," interrupted Solonian, "that is
plain enough."
"Well, sir, do you accept?
"I should think so. Half is better
than nothing."
Well reasoned. Bo so kind as to
sign this paper. Now let us attend to a
few details at once. There are some
bills which must bo paid to-morrow, es
pecially tho funeral expenses. Have you
plenty of money?"
I? I have a dollar and seventy-five
cents."
That is not enough : but tho matter
can easily bo arranged. A week before
his death, your uncle, distrusting every
body, deposited all his money in the bank.
Here is a check -book which you can use.
Please draw a check for two hundred dol
lars; that will be enough for the funeral
aud for your immediate needs."
"i hat," said the surpised artist, "will
they give me two hundred dollars on my
simple signature?"
cs, and twenty thousand whenever
you like."
"Why this is admirable, sir."
Solomon Lyon, the landscape painter,
after returning to the hotel, passed tho
night in a state of agreeable insomnia,
swelling with pride nt tho idea that his
uaino written on a piece of paper was
worth more than the names of a dozen
members of the Academy signed upon a
hundred feet of canvas, even when the
latter were embellished by gilded frames.
One thought, nevertheless, troubled his
pleasure; the necessity of depositing iu
his uncle's cotliu half tho fortuuo which
he had received so unexpectedly. And
us he lay between dreaming and waking,
he wondered whether the recent events
were realities or hallucinations.
Tho next morning ho spruug out of
bed, continuing his refloctions, and after
washing himself in a tub of cold water,
prepared to complete the painful sacrifice.
Taking a seat, ho drew tho check-book
from his pocket, aud niado ready to write
the check for the mouey -which he was to
draw from tho bank for the purpose,
alas! of placing in his uncle's last resting-
place. Ho reflected a moment before
putting pen to paper, and suddenly his
eyes brightened and a smile appeared
upon bis lips.
"Ha, my boy," said he, "our undo
didn't think of that."
Two hours later, lawyer Potter, sur
prised at not receiviug a visit from his
client, entered the room, fouud the
young gentleman iu company with a fat
fowl properly cooked, and was welcomed
with an nir of beatitude free from clouds.
"I have found tho weak spot," cried
the heir, as soon as the man of law ap
peared upon the threshold of the cham
ber. "What weak spot?"
"Here, look for yourself."
The lawyer took the blue paper which
bis client handed to him.
It was a check in proper form as fol
lows: "Pay to Joseph Grasper or order,
Twenty-one thousand six hundred and eighty
three iW-KAJ dollars.
rl,oS3.69.
Solomon Lyon.
"Now, Mr. Potter, what say you to
that?" asked the heir, with a wink. "Is
the amount correct?"
"Perfectly correct."
"Very well, whenever Uncle Grasper
wants the money, he need only go and
draw it."
The argument was unanswerable; and
when Solomon Lyon had piously de
"Forty-three thousand
ha, sinking into a chair.
posited tho check in Undo Grasper's
coffin, in the presence of the lawyer, th
latter was obliged to certify in due form
that tho heir had fulfilled all the con
ditions of the will nnd was entitled to be
plnced in possession of his inheritance.
From the French in Epoch, '
A Dog's Peculiar Mania.
T. Jaeger has a valuable field snan-
icl which has evinced
a very peculiar
trait, says the Rochester (N. Y.) Jhrahl.
At intervals Mr. Jaeger has missed him
for a half-day at a time, but he always re
turned about meal time until one day last
week, when he failed to put in nn appear
ance for two days. Thinking him lost
Mr. Jaeger inserted an advertisement with
the result that tho dog was returned tho
next day by a man who had discovered
tho reason for this canine's frequent ab
sences. He had developed a mania for
riding on street cars. His owner had
often noticed that when ho started from
home tho dog would always bo in tho enr
first, but never imagined that he would
board one alone. Inquiry of tho driv
ers elicited the fact that he was a fre
quent passenger, unaccompanied by his
master or members of tho family. His
favorite position was with bis paws on
the window sill, like a child, looking
out. On the day that ho was lost it was
proved that ho hud boarded a Monroe
avenue car at Union street, ridden as far
as tho "four corners," where he changed
to a Lake u venue car, was ejected by the
driver at Driving Park avenue for not
paying his fare, was found later under
the seat by tho samo driver and again
put off, when he was picked up and re
turned to his owner as above described.
For riding on street cars the dog is said
to bo a perfect crank, but is otherwise1
very intelligent.
Where American Credit is High.
American credit appears to be at the
zenith in Europe, particularly in Ger
many. A returned traveler reports that
a Philadclphian with his wife on theit
bridal tour admired a ring in a jeweler's
window in Nuremburg. He asked to
have it reserved for a few days, as he was
not prepared to purchase it then. "That
makes no difference," said tho jeweler;
lake the ring and my address and pay
mo when you are ready." Afterward.
having paid for this, the same lady and
gentleman were admiring a diamond
studded watch and somo other articles.
But we cannot possibly buy them,"
they explained; "we can't spare the
mouey." The jeweler was irresistible.
Just take them home with you," he
said, "and pay mo in six months, a year,
longer if necessary; you can have any
thing in the shop." Yet nil ho knew
about the travelers was their names and
their hotel. The jeweler said he had
sold thousands of dollars worth of goods
to traveling Americans on credit and had
never lost a dollar yet. Chicago Herald.
Hunting the Evil One.
Iutenso excitement was created at
Goochland, Va., during a church meet
iug by tho appearance of Amy Boggs, a
small colored girl, in the congregation
flourishing a razor. Men, women and
children ran in all directions. Some
women fainted, others tumbled in the
mud, and the girl was soon in possession
of the church, her eyes glaring and her
slight figure trembling with frenzy.
When she had driven tho last person
from the chuch she cried out: "Now, I
want to see tho devil." She was finally
overpowered by two constables, and, on
examination, showed that she was in a re
ligious ecstasy, and was looking for the
devil, whoso throat she had taken a vow
to cut. It was fortunate that the congre
gation fled before, ns she had been told
that tho devil was in some people, and she
desigued cutting them open to get at him
-: Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Hindoo Robber.
A celebrated robber of Central India
has recently been captured and has mado
n full confession of his life. His name is
Tautia Bheel. More than fifty years ago
ho was arrested on a fulse charge and
mado his escape. Ho was rearrested,
served his term, was nrrested again aud
still again ; but before his last terra was
completed he made his escape aud took
to robbery. Ho organized a band and
with them would swoop down on a
village, rob it of its best, perhaps burn
tho village, and then take to the mount
ains. He has been called the Itobin Hood
of India, because ho robbed the rich to
help the poor. Last year ho is said to
have distributed (il)UO rupees among the
poor, and he has often purchased bullocks
to feed them. His name has been so
widely known that a number of other
bands, ho declares, aro now committing
extensive robberies in his name.
A Voodoo Doctor.
The peculiar methods of a voodoo
doctor practicing at Madison, (ia., are
thus described: When he begins his
practice on a patient he gets a pot and
fills it with water and roots and puts it on
the lire to boil. While the water boils
ho gets out iu the fioor aud shakes him
self and says: "I'm a buzzard, I'm a
crow, I'm au eagle, I'm a king fisher,"
then goes over a lot of unintelligible
incantations. He then makes tho
patient look into the pot of boil
ing water until ho can see the
one who tricked hiin. The patient is
visited frequently at night. The pot
with roots and medicines is boiled and
the patient must undergo a thorough
rubbing with the contents of the pot,
while the doctor, doing the rubbing, goes
over his incantations.
Comparative Appetites.
"When a crowd is coming to the hotel
from Los Angeles aud the coast, I al
ways figure on sixteen loaves of bread to
every hundred guests," said a Colorado
hotel cook, "and when a lot of Eastern
excursionists are expected, all I allow is
teu loaves per each hundred, and I find
that is plenty. One Californian eats as
much as two Easterners. A Los Angeles
man usually drinks two cups of coffee
and a San Francisco man three; the ex
cursionist docs well if he gets away with
one. Everything else is in the same
proportion. frtn Diego (Cid.) Union.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
hov TO Cosqnun ntsf .
That dust is unavoidable is a trmsm as
thoroughly settled in the belief of most
housekeepers as that it is disagreeable!
nnd that it is disagreeable is to bp scien
tifically known from the very different
sensations ono experiences in a roont be
fore nnd after it has been swept and
cleansed, in the lightness nnd buoyancy
and pleasant scent of the nir there.
Every room in modern houses has more
or less coal dust, more or less wood dust,
dust from the surfaces of wall-paper and
ceilings, dust from tho wear and tear of
carpets and rugs, a certain amount of
fine, almost imperceptible earth dust,
and a vast amount of half-decomposed
Vegetable dust from the roadways, from
flower-boxes, from gardens, from cloth
ing, from everywhere.
At all times unwholesome, when damp
ness gets hold of this dust it ferments,
decays and becomes positively poisonous;
and this must needs happen on any rainy
day, on foggy mornings, on dewy nights
and nt that season of the year when the
dampness seems to penetrate tho house
and it is not jet time to light the fires
that might dry it out or hinder it.
The rooms of a dwelling-house, then,
cannot be kept too thoroughly well
swept and dusted off, in order that the
least possible deposit of dust may be left
in them. The usual sweeping- of a room
with closed doors and windows, so that
the rest of the house shall not be dis
turbed, is not so effective ns it is desired
to be. The broom cannot reach much of
the dust ; a powerful draught of air must
help it out by loosening and carrying
away a great deal of it that is beyond the
broom, such as that about the walls, tho
shelves, the mirrors, that dust which is
the finest and the lightest, which rises
while the heavier mineral dust siuks, and
so proclaims itself the dust of organic
decay, and infinitely more injurious to the
lungs and other vital organs than any
other dust.
Many wives think that the less the dust
is stirred in sweeping the better the work
is done, aud tea-leaves and wet grass and
moistened meal are thrown nbout the
floor in order to gather the dust aud pre
vent it from rising. But people giving
tho matter philosophical attention have,
come to the conclusion that precisely the
opposite course is the fit and proper one ;
that a good stirring up and then a good
blowing out is what the dust needs, and
that with blowing unobstructed ly through
the room as thoroughly as a wind can bo
made to blow, so that it is doubtful if at
some time a huge patent bellows shall not
be invented, to be applied every time the
broom goes to work, and scatter oil the
slumbering dust to the four winds of out
side. But till this is done, or something like
it, it becomes the interest of tho indwel
lers of a house to seo that, after the sw eep
ing is over, the dusting shall bo suf
ficiently thorough to remove so much of
the dust as is left, aud not merely to send
it flying aud let it settle agaiu. Tho
feather duster may have its use beforo
sweeping in wiping down tho walls and
dislodging the all but invisible particles
behind pictures and bookcases and in
inaccessible comers, and setting that dust
so free that the draught may sweep it out
of the room farther thau the broom can.
But when tho broom is laid aside, then
clean cloth dusters should come into re
quisition, and they, frequently and re
motely shaken, are tho only things that
by any possibility remove dust so as to
make tho removal satisfactory until tho
time when moie dust shall have accumu
lated. RECIPES.
Indian Sandwiches These may bo
mado from a mixture of veal or chicken,
mixed with chopped ham or tongue.
After tho two are rubbed together, to
each half pint may be added a table
spoonful of stock, a tcaspoouful of es
sence of nn chovy or a little lemon juice.
Cut thin slices of bread from tho loaf,
then with a round biscuit cutter cut out
the sandwiches, butter each lightly, and
toast until a golden brown. Spread over
them while hot a thin layer of the mix
ture, and press together.
Pickled Chicken Clean and boil until
tender a nice young chicken, when done
remove tho meat, rejecting the bones aud
skin. Cut the meat into neat pieces aud
put them in a glass jar. Take sufficient
broth to half fill the jar and add an equal
quantity of good cider vinegar, twelve
whole cloves, samo of allspice, a blade of
mace, a bay leaf and a slice of onion.
Bring to boiling point and pour while hot
over tho chicken, stand aside, uncovered,
to cool. When cold, cover. It will bo
ready to use iu twenty-four hours.
Peach Chips Peaches aro nico to use
in winter iu place of raisins, for pud
dings. Peel and slice the peaches thin.
Make a syrup of half a pouud of sugar
and a pound of tho fruit, and water
enough to dissolvo the sugar. Boil the
syrup until it becomes very thick; put in
the peaches aud scald well ; then remove
them with tho skimmer and dry in tho
sun. After they are dry, pack closely iu
jars, sprinkling powdered sugar between
layers. The syrup left, I bottle for use
in pudding sauces, blanc manges, etc.
Fruit Pies Iu making fruit pies, mix
the fruit, sugar ard flour in a bowl be
fore putting them over the crust, if usu
ally annoyed by the pie bursting aud
losing its goodues. For rhubarb and
cherry pies the proportions of ingredients
is one pint of fruit, five tablespooufuls of
sugar, ono tablespoonful of flour. For
peaches, blackberries aud blueberries,
four tablespoon fuls of sugar will be suf
ficient, unless the fruit is very tart. In
covering aud effectually closing fruit pies,
take the two edges between the first fin
ger ami aud thumb, aud thus pinch to
gether the whole circumference; then fold
over thu edges about a quarter of an inch
and again make tho circle, this time with
a fork or print. Then if apertures for
tha escape of steam have beeu provided
we may defy the liquids getting away.
The annual report of the Scotch lunacy
commissioners shows that lunacy is iu-k.--easing
in Scotland.
NATURE'S OWN BAROMETER
WEATHER CHANGES FORETOLD
TWO DAYS AHEAD.
Utilizing a Plant's Peculiar Snocrp
libllity to Variations tn the Went h
rr Professor Nownrk's Discovery.
To know forty eight hours in advance
exactly whnt sort of weather is coming
would, every one must admit, be a great
convenience, says the London edition of
the New York Iff raid. A gentleman now
in London, Professor Nowack, by name,
claims to have solved this problem. He
says that he can tell with unerring ac
curacy not only the weather which will
be experienced in ft given locality, but
that which will prevail within a radius of
fifty miles, or even at much greater dis
tance. His method of doing this differs
entirely from that employed by "Pro
fessor" Wiggins, "Professor" Vennor or
any previous weather prophet, if, indeed,
they had any method, and also is totally
different from any means utilized by the
Meteorological Office. Professor Nowack
says that nature herself foretells what sort
of weather she is preparing, and that he
has discovered the key of the cipher in
which her revelation is made. In other
words, he relics for the information upon
plant which is peculiarly susceptible to
atmospheric changes.
There are numerous plants, particularly
in the tropics, as is well known, which
aro thus affected to a greater or less extent
by changes in atmospheric, conditions.
Professor Nowack has, he claims, dis
covered just how one variety of these
plants is affected or, iu other words, has
found out how to read, from the changes
the plant exhibits, the kind of impending
weather which causes them. He has
secured a patent on this idea of plant
reading, and on the apparatus he has in
vented for maintaining his weather plants
in a uniform temperature, and otherwise
subject to favorable conditions.
This plant, the botanical name of which 1
is Aorusprecatonus, oeiongs to me acacia
family, and is native to Upper Egypt and
India. It is the plant which produces
"India peas" or "crab's eyes" those little
red seeds with black spots on them,
which are often seen in curiosity collec
tions. Its twigs and leaves aro in ap
pearance not unlike those of the mountain
ash, only they arc much smaller aud far
more delicate.
"It was several years ago," said Pro
fessor Nowack to a llemld reporter, "that
I first got the idea that the changes
which this plant exhibits iudieate what
kind of weather is forthcoming. 1 began
to keep nu accurate record of the plant's
changes and also of the weather. I kept
this up for many months and constantly
compared the two records. I fiually dis
covered that like changes exhibited by
the plant were almost invariably followed
by the same sort of weather about forty
eight hours afterward.
"I have found that in order that the
indications may be accurate, such as one
can rely upon, the plant should bo kept
ut a uniform temperature of 22 degrees
Centigrade, be shielded from the sun and
be allowed always to stand in the same
position. The rays of the sun affect the
plant aud render the indications of the
atmospheric conditions more or less con
fusing. "It is important to keep the plant in
an unchanged position, because it has the
peculiarity of growing its twigs toward
the north, south, east nnd west in twos
and opposite each other. If the plant lie
turned partially round the twigs will
gradually bend toward their respective
cardinal poiuts of the compas, and if it
is left so the new twigs will grow from
the four sides of the stem as named."
Professor Nowack has prepared as
many as fifty diagrams, showing different
positions which tho leaves and twigs of
tho plant assume at times, aud indicated
tho atmospheric conditions which, b ,
says, each one shows. If the leaves
stand upward from tho twig making
with each other an angle of forty-five
degrees, the sky will be cloudless and the
weather beautiful in all respects. If they
stand out straight at au angle of ISO de
grees changeable weather is indicated. As
the leaves droop below the twig the in
dications range toward . rain until
when the leaves hang straight
downward, tho water may bo
expected to fall almost in torrents. A
local storm is indicated by curling to.
gether of the leaves, and a fog by a bend
ing of the twigs. The Professor has
made diagrams of numerous stages inter
mediate to those above named, and
claims to be able to tell from the many
variations of position which his wonder
fully sensitive plant mauifests the direc
tion of storms, winds, fogs, etc., aud
their approximate distance. He claims to
have verified his deductions so olten that
there can remaiu no doubt of their cor
rectness. Professor Nowack has had his plants iu
London for nine or ten mouths, getting
them ttcdiuintcd, he says. It seems that
Loudon weather had at first a sort of
paralyzing effect on them, which fact to
many will perhaps be confirmatory of tho
claim that they aro genuine weatheT in
dicators. The Professor says his pets
have now settled down to business, and
not even London weather proves too much
for them. While studying the plant aud
making his comparisons and diagrams
Professor Nowack has beeu iu Vienna.
He says that tests of the plant's power
hive been conducted before the Emperor,
the lateCrown Prince Rudolph and many
dignitaries and scientific men, who have
expressed their high appreciation of the
discovery. His ambition is to establish
plant observatories at various poiuts in
London and outside, and furnish regular
weather prognostications to the press and
any persons to whom they would be valua
ble. The salt industry iu southern Kansas is
ussumiiuf majestic proportions. A dozen
great salt plants are already iu operation,
and others will soon bo established.
A California paper tells of a man iu
that State raising a beet with which
he fed two hoises and three cowls four
days.
AFTER THE RAIN.
The sunset on the water's breast
Is casting down its mellowed light;
The clouds are floating into rest.
Before the night.
Now that the storm has passed away,
A parable of nature lies
On path nnd field, for those who say
That t hey are wise.
Beside the placid mere I stand,
And watch the rainbow's wondrous stain
A fragrance from the moistened land
(jives thanks for rain.
A twitter from unnumbered birds
That haunt the tangled flowery ways
What is it but the simple words
Of lore and praise?
We thank our Father for the light
Iu-which His tenderness appears,
For sunny joys forgetting quite
To thank for tears;
Forgetting that His testament
Is written on the rainy skies
That blessed comforters are sent
For tearful eyes;
Forgetting he that goes in teai-s
To sow upon a field of pain,
Shall come when harvest season neaw
To gather grain.
Arthur L. Salmon, in Good Words.
HUJIOIt OF THE DAT.
The bigtrest waterfall is but a drop of
water.
The tailor frequently has pressing
business on hand.
The woodcutter need never go hungry.
Ho can always have a chop.
Orators climb the ladder of fame by
means of rounds of applause.
The man who goes to the seashore
resort for change gent-rally comes back
without any.
Tho cat, after makiug its protest, fre
quently rises to give some additional
claws to the argument.
She "All extremely clever men are
awfully conceited." He "Oh, I don't
know; I'm not." London Tit Vita.
A lisping man does injustice to tho
young woman of the period, because in
his case a miss is always a myth. Jiuhje.
The young man whose poem is rejected
should rejoice. His reward comes ten
years later, when he looks over the manu
script of that poem.
"Don't you feel well to-day, dear?"
asked tho dressmaker of the seamstress,
and tho seamstress replied softly: "Only
sew-so w." Somerrille Journal.
Joneson (to fortune-teller) "You have
told me that I am to be married soon.
Will you kindly tell me when I am to b
separated from the present Mrs. Joneson?'"
Briggs "Hello, Brnggs! I've just
got back from the lakes, you know "
Bragg "I'm very sorry, my boy, but
I haven't got u cent." Terre Haute Ex
jirtH. "If coming events casts their shadows
before," said Johnny, just after he had
been severclyrouuced by his irate parent,
"the occurrence leaves its marks be
hind." Servant Maid "Madam, the doctor!"
Lady (who is having a delightful cal!
from a neighbor) "It is impossible to
receive him now. Say that lam ill!"
Mr.
"How We Are Governed" is the title
of a book published not long ago. Wf
haven't read it, but presume it is the ex
perience of a married man. JVcio York
Journal.
First Doctor "I hear you treated mj
neighbor for typhus fever. Was it a bad
case?" Second ditto "Very bad; the
man never paid his bill." Offenlmchei
Zeituuy.
She "What were you doing to-day?"
He "I was reading 'Looking ljack
ward.'" She "Dear me! How awk
ward! Didn't it hurt your neck?"
Chiaiyo Journal.
Tho difference between a bumble bee
aud a lynching bee is that tho forinct
cuds with a sting and the latter with a
swing. Western papers please copy.
Cleveland lender.
If you eat roast eoose on Michaelmas Day
No money you'll lack the year 'round, they
sny.
That's the reason that editors poor we meet;
The poor fellows never have gooso Ut eat.
Uoodall't Sun.
All that men do iu this world is foi
the sake of woman. She is tho spur of
action and keeps tho world iu activity."
This may be true, but it is noticable thai
wherever she may bo there ia uow less
bustle than formerly.
First Waiter Girl "Do you ever get
any tips, Mary, at your place?" , Secoud
Waiter Girl "The gentlemen sometimes
tips their hats to me." F. AV. G.
"That's something. They don't do
that even at our place." Botton Courier,
WKDDKI) I1I.ISS.
God bless our wives,
They till our lives
With little liees ami honey;
They ease life's shocks
Aim mend our socks
Hut don't they s)eud the money 1
.If orris uiid Ksstx Hecord.
Baldheaded and very homely old gentle
man to photographer: "Drat such pictures !
Can't you make me look any better than
that after five sittings?" Photographer
(thoroughly exasperated) i "I thiuk lean,
sir, if you will allow me to take the back
of your head. It hasn't so much expres
sion as the other side, but it's a blamed
sight prettier." Burlington Free Yeas.
Hon Wild Geese Guide Themselves.
One of the most interesting studies of
the habits of migratory fowl is the rare
intelligence which they show iu guidiug
themselves by prominent landmarks.
An Englishman who was Bhootiug in
Labrador some years since recently stated
that while in camp at the base of a range
of hills ho was interested iu observiug
the precision w ith which Hocks of wild
geese changed their course when directly
abreast of two prominences, conspicuous
objects iu the landscape. At that point
they swerved from west to south. At
tiniea the old ganders, leading flocks of
young birds, were greatly troubled iu en
forcing their ru deis for a shift of route.