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Kmporor William, of Qormnny, i
pressed himself in a recent speech before
the studonta of tho University of Dona
a being In furor of dueling.
Largo bed of phosphate have been
discovered In Brooks County, Ga., and
reports aro tint there is plenty of it la
that section. Preparations aro being
made to utilize the discovery. The
Georgian aro determined, remark the
Now Orloaus Mn, that Florida shall
DOt have a monopoly of that business.
Experiments aro being tnado In Euro
porta navies with captive balloons as
points of observation. From ono sont
up from a French ironclad, ships and tbo
details of tho neighboring coast could be
seen, In clear weather, for twonty or
twenty-five miles. 'With silk as the ma
terial of the cnblo by which it Is held,
the balloon could riso In calm wcathor to
a height of four hundred yards. The
aubjoet baa attracted tho attontlon ot
tho naval authorities iu Germany and
England.
The Germ in Emperor, who oxprossod
at the conclusion of the recent school
conference at Berlin'hia dissatisfaction
with the nianucr in which Prussian his
tory ia taught, has, according to tho re-
port of Gorman papers, commissioned
Professor Steuglcr, of the Cadet School,
at Litcherfelde, to write a new history of
Prussia under tho Ilohenzollurns. Tbe
work will servo, in tho first instance, a
a text-book for military schools, but is
expected to be used in time at the high
schools of Prussia.
'An institution peculiar to New York,
which has been recently established,"
alleges the Atlanta Constitution, ''is a
civil marriage contract bureau. If you
want to get married T9ry quiotly, with
out even the newspapers finding it out,
you go to tills bureau with your girl, pay
your fee, which is .$25, and a civil mar
riage contract ia prepared for you to
sign, and the affair is guaranteed to bo
kept quiet. No record of these marriages
re made, and they are not, strictly
peaking, legal, but a lawyer who was
consulted, said the courts would no
doubt legalize thorn, if any legal question
ever arose to make it necosgary to teat
their validity In tho courts."
The Latin-American department of the
World's Columbiau Exposition ia very
anxious to obtain information concern
ing a copy of a littlo quarto published in
Hotuo iu 1493, containing tho important
bull of Popo Alexandor VI, by which be
divided the New World between Portugal
and Spaiu. Ouly two copies of this
pamphlet are iu existence, so far as can
be ascertained. Ooo ia in the Royal
Library at MuuicU. Tho other was sold
, T , . . .
iu London at auction by Puttick & Simp.
son, auctioneers, on the Zltti of May,
May,
s'' 1851, and was bought by Obadiah Rich
for four pounds eight shillings, for some
private library in tho United States
which he declined to namo. It has cer
tainly disappeared from tho knowledge
"iievof bibliophiles, and no trace of it cau be
fouud. Any person haviug knowledge of
the whereabouts of this historical treasure
will bo kiud enough to notify the De
partment of State, Washington, D. C.
(Tli9 Scientific America dcclaros that
"the need of fast war vcssols was woll
illustrated by the recent incident in the
harbor of San Diego, Cat., when a Chilian
cruiser belonging to tho insurgents en
tered tho bay, anchored, took on board
recruits, supplies of provisions, ammu
nition, and then sailed away. Thissbip,
uuder tho laws of nations, was in fact a
piratical vessel, and as such was soized
by the Goverumont authorities at Sau
Diego, and a United States vessel place 1
onboard and in possession. But tho
Chilian rebels paid no attention to the
laws of tho United States; they may bo
said to have capture 1 the i.Uee. Whcu
they bad obtained all the supplie they
wauted to assist them in carrying ou war
against a friendly natiou, they upheaved
anchor and steamed away, carryiug off as
a prisoner tho official representative ot
the great republic. This was a small ship
called the Ituta, carryiug four guus.
There ia nothing to prevcut tho Chilian
rebel from sending in other boats to
capture or bombard Sua Diego or other
towns along tho oast. Indeed, while
tho Itata was taking on supplies at Sau
Diego, other vessels of the rebels were
hovering outsido tho harbor. Wo huva
no uavy worthy of tho name, aud nearly
all our seaports aro without proper do
fenses. Like S m Diego, they are at the
mercy of any siugle piratical bout that
chooses to enter. This is a very humil
iating positiou for a country like ours to
placed iu. Alt told, we have a pair
.uf small torpedo boats, half a dozen or
so of suull cruisers, and au equal ui'ii
bor of larger vessels. There should be
fifty ships whero now thero are one.
Every harbor ia the country should bo
gourde 1 by efficient setitiuels cousistiug
oi" vessels of high speeJ, ready for in
stant action, to nmiuttin aud euforee tuo
H'tqority of tua republic,"
O DEAR TO-DAY.
Too are mine, all mine, O, dear, to-day,
From the earliest gleam of your golden
dawn,
'Till the twilight take you forever away.
And tbe hours that yon promicod me now
are gone.
Oh, what shall I do with you, dear, to-day
Shall I hold you oloan, and never share
The blla that oome with your sunny light
To my seeing eye with the blind man
there?
Oh, what shall I ask of you, dear, to day
Mora blessing still for my goodly store
The gift of a hundred happy thoughts,
Or the love and the trust of one heart
more
Oh, r. bat ihall I say to you, dear, to-day,
As you glide so swiftly and silently by
That I'm glad, so glad, that you caruo to me,
And sorry, so sorry, to sea you dief
Oh, what shall I be to you, dear, to-dav.
When the cold, dark night shall bid you
nee,
And the hours of another morning stand
Relentless and stern 'twlxt you and mef
Oh, what shall I make of you, dear, today-
in me cnaln or my lire another link,
That shall guide with other radiant ones
My path to the Beautiful River's brink
Eva Rett, in Detroit free Pre.
UNCLE BEN'S MINERALS.
HI HELEN FOHHK8T GRAVES.
"Alixl Allxl where are vou?"
Alexia Amos stood liko some avenging
Fate in the middle of the square room at
Amescroft Farm. She had pulled up
every tack in tho well-worn ingrain car
pot the one "store carpet" that the
humble establishment afforded and had
flung it bodily out of the window, where
it had descended with crushing weight
tn the fiery-red blossoms of a monster
"burning bush. '
She had opened every casement wide,
so that the yellow light of tho glorious
May morning stroamcd in, a flood of
crystal glory.
She bad tied her auburn hair up in an
old towel, and stood on a wooden choir
scat, brushing cobwebs from the ceiling
with an ancient broom, like tho pro
verbial "old woman" of the nursery
rhyme.
At tho sound of her sinter's voice sho
itoppod abruptly.
"I'm hero," said she.
'What are you doing, Alix!"
"I'm trying to civilize thiugs a littlo."
"All alone by yourself, Alix?"
"There's no oue to help mef"
'Can't you wait until Bridget Reir
don comes to-morrow!"
Alix shook her toweled head.
"This is one of the cases." said sho.
where patience has ceased to be a vir
tue. No, I can t wait a day longer."
Ellen looked anxiously arouud tho
room.
"Why, what have you dono with
everything!" aid she.
"Cleared them all out. If we are eo
ing to have summer boarders, we must
get ready lor them, U nclo Eben occu
pies our best bedroom, and ia likely to
for somotime; consequently this tuust
bo fitted up for boarders."
Ellen sighed deeply.
f'l wish we weren't so poor," said
i "" 1 w"" e couiu nvo wituout
mjng our house every summer with a
sno. "i wish wo could
crowd of
noisy strau"ers."
"Why don't you wish for Aladdin's
lamp, or the Koliinoor diamond while
you aro about it!" said Alix, scornfully.
"Alix, why have you grown so bitter
of late!" pleaded tho gentler of the
sisters. "I don't hardly know you!"
"Am I bitter!" Alix stood still and
hesitated for an instant or so. "Well,
perhaps I am. But is it not enough to
make any oue bittor, this constant cur
rent of disappointment!"
"I don't know that we have any more
to bear than others, Alix."
'You do, tool" crioi Alix, springing
down from her wooden chair, with
burning cheeks and eyes alight. . "You
know you do, Ellen Ames I Here you
are engaged to Henry Lucas and can't
marry until be can give you a home;
hero uro we weighed to the very earth
with poverty and care, and this old
uncle of ours, coming back from a life
time of shiftlcssneas in New Mexico, to
place an additional burdeu ou our
ahouldets."
"lie is old and poor, Alix."
"Very well, I'm youug and poor.
Where's the difference! Of tho two, I
maintain that he is tbe better off."
Ellen looked at her stormy-tempered
sifter with troubled eyes.
Evidently she thought it best not to
coutinue the subject.
"What have you done with the little
case of butterflies aud birds' nests i" said
she; "and the cabinet of minerals and
the paper box of stones?"
"Tumbled tbitn back of the goose
berry bushes," said Alix. "I can't have
the room cluttered with all the trash he
brought back in that wooden chest of
his."
"Couldn't you bavo stored them away
in the old chest itself?"
"Nousensel Such stuff as that? And,
besides, it would have been quite impos
sible, for I've had Billy chop the old ark
up into kindling wood. lie' 11 never
know !''
"Oh, Alix!"
"I dou't care!" flashed out Alix, witb
a reckless toss of her head. "It's too
bad ! Everything goes wrong with
and mother is utterly overworked, aud
I'm clear discouraged, and aud "
All of a sudden her factitious cnurago
broke down. She sank iu a littlo heap
on tho floor, her head on the wooden
chair-teat, and her masses of auburn huir
escaping wildly from tho towel, while
her whole framo shook with sobs and
bright tears trickled down her cheeks.
At the sumo moment Mrs Ames's solt,
tremulous voice was heard, calling:
"Elleu
Alexia! Where are you, girls?
Your uncle is took dreadful bad! Hun,
oue of you, for the doctor? Aud t'other
one, come sua help me lift him!"
Eileu flew to her mother's assistunju
aud A1U uiechajuically tore tho towed
tram her curls, exchanged it for a boo- j
bet and hastened to summon Doctor
Dodd, who lived at the other end of the
village.
"Is it my fault?" she asked herself.
"Was it becauso I repined! Oh, dear,
oh dear, what a wicked girl I must bet
But everything seemed so hard and
cruel, and and I couldn't endure it."
Late in the afternoon she peoped into
the sickroom, shy and shrinking, like a
frightened child. "Is bo worse!" sho
whispered.
Sirs. Ames came to tbe door, a slight,
soft-eyed woman, liko a human dove.
iou needu t speak so low, daugh
ter," said she. "lie can't hear you.
IIo's quite unconscious."
"Why docs he keep muttering so?
"I think he's wandering in his mind-
poor old Uncle Eben I Oh, dear -oh,
dear I And I can remember him such a
portly, handsome man," added tho
widow, wiping her eyes. "lie was tho
youngest of all the brothers. Come in,
Alix, and see him. He's spoken your
namo two or three times. Don t look so
startled, dear. He seems qui to bappy
and composed. IIo's talking all tho
while about those curiosities of hit the
minerals, you know, and things."
Involuntarily Alix's eyes mot tbo
gently reproachful glance of her sister's,
Tho suddeu scarlet mounted to her
check.
"Oh, Ellen, dou't look at me sot" she
exclaimed. "I brought thorn every one
back yes, I did and I put them ex
actly whore they were before Do you
think I could have como into this room
if it hadn't been for that?"
And she went up and stood by the
bedside, her eyes full of tender tears, her
voice pitiful and low.
"Uncle Eben," said she, ."do you
know mc? '
"It's Alix. aln't it?" crooned tho old
man, after a moment s silence. "Alex
ander's oldest girl. The prettiest one.
Yes, it's Alix aud she's to have my cu
riosities all of them, mind! Nell has
got a lover, and that ought to be enough
for any girl. But Alix is alone, and Alix
shall have my curiosities.
"Thank you, Uncle Eben!" said Alix',
as tho invalid paused, expectant of an
swer.
Aud then be began to prate of South
American forests and the ruined mission
houses of New Mexico, and shortly after
he died.
Andwben Alix finished cleaning the
spare room, sho left the poor little treas
ures in the drawer of an old-fashioned
book-case there.
"I couldn't have the heart to throw
them away a second time," said she, "af
ter what be said to me. It was like
child giving one shining pebbles or
wilted buttercups, with the idea that
they were precious treasures. But I'm
glad he said it. It seemed to soften my
heart; and, oh, it was very hard and bit
ter just then ! And I didn't know how
could I? that I should miss him so
much!"
It was late in tho summer when one of
the neighboring girls came iu.
"Miss Alix," said she, "you told our
Becky she could have a basket of goose
berries, didn't you them purple, prickly
berries, that grows down by'the gardeu
wall?"
"Of couraa I did," Alix answered
crisply. "I kuew your grandma liked
Kooseberry lam.
"Well, look here," said Fanny Rice,
oneniusr ber closed hand. "See what
sho picked up there."
"A little sparkling stone, isu't it?"
"It's an opal," said Fauuy, in a uiys
tenons whisper.
A what?"
"An opal."
"Nonsense, child! What arc you talk
ins about?" cried Alix, scornfully.
"But it is an opal. John Lyttoo, who
works at Tiffany's, in New York,
down visiting his mother, and ho says
it's a real Oriental opal in tbo rough
Now the question is, John says, how did
au opal ever set among your gooseoerr
bushes? Is there a jewel mine hidden
down there?" she added, half jestingly
Alix turned first red, then white. Sho
kuew well how it had come there.
"Ask John Lytton to come hero and
see me. Fannv." said she. "I have at
least a dozen stones like that."
It was like the ending to a fairy story,
Not iewels turning to ashes, apparently
but rough pebbles ranking, all of a sud
den, a) precious jewels.
Uncle Eben's minerals, diaguisad i
tho dimucss of their conglomerate sur
roundings, were opals of raro fire and
value. 9
Whether he had picked them up in
New Mexico, nmnng the ignorant traders
there, or brought them direct from South
America, no oue ever kuew. But opals
they wore.
"And to think," said Alex, witn a
a little catching to her breath, "how
near I camo to throwing all my inherit
ance away I Oh, what a wicked, evil
tempered young virago I wasl And no
thing but Elien's sweet, gentlo words
saved mo from tho consequence of my
own folly. And so Ellon shall have half
of my inheritance."
And for so.uo weeks tho gooseberry
bushes at tho foot of the Ames garden
formed a sort of Mecca for sighUuers
and curiosity-mongers.
"We niu". used to berry bushes as
bear precious stoues," chuckled old
Uatfor Gerdis. "Not in this part of tho !
world." Saturday Iti'jht.
Weight ou Various riauels.
On Jupiter, which is a much larger
and heavier body than the earth, a man
would weigh about 4Si pounds whoso
weight on the earth would be SOU pouuds.
This man would wtigh 21b' pounds on
Saturn. Coming to the smaller bodies
wo rind that he would weigh less than
i ou tho earth. His 200 pounds would
shrink to 174 ou Venus, to uinety-two
on Mercury, to sixty on Mars, aud to
thirty on the moon, while on tho
little
; asteroids, or telescopic planets revolving
lictwceu Mars aud Jupiter, ins weigtil
would bo from two to four pounds only.
Tbe matter depend ou tho ina and at
tractive foui of tl pluucl, hicajo
lime;
WISE WORDS.
The more important an animal is to be
the lower is its start. Man, the noblest, 1
is born the lowest.
Without keeking, truth cannot be
nown at all t and seeking it can be dis- I
covered by the simplest.
Grief is not to be measured bv tbo tears .
shed, nor docs tho loudest mourner dd
serve tho largest bequest.
Every incomplete work Is a monument
to human folly. Whatever is worth be
ginning is worth ending.
She was regal, she was haughty, sho
was highborn and distinguished ; and like
the rest of us, she was clay.
In things pertaining to enthusiasm no
man is sane who docs not know how to
bo insane on proper occasions.
It is tho crushed grapo that gives out
the blood red wine; it is the suffering
soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.
Each man can learn something from
his neighbor; at least ho can learn this
to have patience with his neighbor, to
live and let live.
Think you that judgement waits till
(he doors of the gravo aro opened? It
waits at the doors of your houses, It waits
at tbe corners of your streets.
Tis nature has fashioned sonio for am
bition aud dominion, and it has formed
others for obedience and submission.
Tbe leopard follows hit nature as the
lamb.
Good thoughts aro blessed guests, and
should be heartily welcomed, well fed
and much sought after. Liko rose leaves,
they give out a sweet smell if laid up iu
the jar ot memory.
Life is not made up of groat sacrifices
or duties, but of little things, in which
smiles and kindness and small obligations
given habitually aro what preserve tho
heart and secure comfort.
To be full of goodness, full of cheer
fulness, full of sympathy, full of bolpfull
hope; causes a man to carry blessings of
which he is himself as unconscious as a
lamp is of its own shining.
Nothing can leasen the dignity and
value of humanity so long as the relig
ion of love, of unselfishness and devotion
endures; and none can destroy the altars
of this faith for us so long as we feel
ourselves still capable of love.
Fine Points In Cannibalism.
Tt was formerly supposed that the
relish with which certain savage tribes
ate their enemies arose from tho gratifi
cation of the passion of rovengo. With
in the last few years, howovcr, it has
been clearly shown that some of the bar
barian man-eater are really fond of Hu
man nesh lor its own sako that they
enjoy it as a civilized epicure enjoys
turtle soup or roasted ortolan". Your
Fiji Islander thinks the greatest praise
be can bestow upon any edible is to say
that it is "as tender as a dead man."
The t ijians have plenty of provisions,
but thev consider "Ion!? nicr" their
pleasant name for human flesh much ,
finer than nork. beef or mutton. I
The New Zealanders, ou the othor I
hand, do not consider man's flesh as a '
delicacy, but eat dead heroes and "wise
men" (whether they have been friends or
enemies makes no difference), with the
idea that they imbibe the valor and in
tellectual qualities of tho deceased dur
ing the process.
Tho "noblo savage" of Terra del
Fuego never eats any of his own people,
except when other meat is remarkably
scarce, although always ready to "take
iu" the shipwrecked stranger. In severe
winters, if wo are to believe the story of
a British admiral (Fitzroy), the Terra-del-Fucgons,
"when they can obtain no
other food, take the oldest woman of
their party, hold her head over a thick
smoke, made by burning green wood,
aud, pinching her throat, choke her,"
after which she is served up to her
friends. The barbarians, ou being asked
why they did not cat their dogs instead
of their old ladies, naively answered that
their dogs caught otters, but that their
venerable grandmothers and aunts did
not.
Probably the majority of even the
lowest order of savages prefer fish aud
yams to humftii flesh, but it is neverthe
less true that there are several tribes in
Australasia, Africa aud the South Sea
islands that actually hanker after it.
There is some cousolution, however,
in the assurance given us by travelers
that most of these anthropophagi prefer
colored persous to Caucasians as tablo
luxuries. This fact is certainly encour
aging to tho missionary interest. Hca
York. Lodger.
Ancient Inks.
Tbe iuk first used probably was some
natural animal pigment, such as the
black fluid obtained from various species
of cuttlefish ; but the limited supply of this
material soou led to the use of a chemical
mixture of water, gum and hmiblack,
and the characters wero painted rather
than written, by means of a brsad
pointed reed.
As iuk of this simple nature was easily
removed from tbe surface of the parch
ment by the mere applicatiou of moisture,
it was early found necessary to contrive
some means of forming a more durable
ink, and for this purpose the expedient
was adopted of treating the mixture with
somo substuuee suc.i as vinegar, of the
nature of a mordant, which would peuu
trate the parchment written upou, aud
form an ink not liable to fade.
A chemical dye, consisting of au iu
fusion of galls with sulphate of iron, wo
afterward used, as from its vitrious na
ture it hit into the medium employed;
but a compound ve etublo ink, contain
ing a good deal of carbon piguieut, wit
subsequently adopted, aud wus verj
generally employed dowu to tho uiiddlt
ages.
With ink of this sort the best aud most
ancient manuscripts which huvo been pre
served to us were written, and the sepa
rate leaves, after being allowed to dr)
slowly, were bound together iu vol
umes.
1'liuy and Vnruviiu, as well as otbei
writers, give receipts for tho mauufac
tuicol iuks, (Jh unhurt ' Jvurn.rff
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
England lms nn electrical launch.
W'ool is mado from wood tree flbr.
Vermont Claims the first eloctrto
motor.
Detroit undertakers must wear rub-
ber coats when they handle diphtheria
vorPBes'
The manufacture of starch from ar
row-root is a new and thriving industry
in Florida.
At least ono person in threo between
the ages of ten and forty years is subject
to partial deafness.
Tho most claborato dental apparatus
known belongs to the sea-urchin, whose
jaws are composed of forty pieces, moved
by forty separate muscles.
Certain peculiarities in tho spectrum
of tbo sun aro thought to indicate that
much of its matter is still in ele
mentary forms owing to its intense heat.
Tho steel works at IDerde, Germany,
have introduced a now process for de
sulphurizing pig iron, and it is said that
many of the largo works are applying for
licenses to use the process.
A new mineral has been discovered to
which tho namo Sauguiuito has been
given. It is bronzo red in color by
reflected light, and upon analysis is
found to contain silver, arsenic and
sulphur.
It lias been discovered that platinum
at a white heat will consume tobacco
smoke an I keep the atmosphere of a
smoking-room perfectly clear. Lamps
with a littlo ring of platinum over the
flame arc used for this purpose.
Soino English manufacturers aro
blenching paper, without impairing its
strength, by an electrical process. A
Bo'utiou of magnesium chlorido is ucd,
which is decomposed by a powerful cur
rent, with tho evolution of chlorine and
oxygen.
Inquiry into the subject of explosions
iu mines being caused by dry coal dust
has led to somo very valuablo experi
ments aud plans for clearing the galleries
of foul air. Oue of these consists in
moviug opn water butts thrrough the
iffected I al ies. Tho coal smut col
lects in the .ater, and the air is thereby
cleared before tho danger limit is
reached.
A new npparntus for water lias ap
peared in the form of a still, which is do
icribcd as consisting of "a series of largo
3nt disks of metal, placed upright and
tept in position by pipes running hori
toutnlly ou the top and bottom. Water
Is boiled in a vessel and tho steam is con
ducted from the same to tho dish through
i pipe. Tho steam ra' ug from the
water is condensed in the disks by a cur
rent of air andathe water is collected in
the bottom pipe." The size of still de
tignnl for family use has eight disks aud
is said to distil a gallon of water in an
hour.
Professor R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., of tho
Texas Geological Survey, says the finest
of clays suitable for the manufacture of
fire brick. c:irthenware, and even fine
china ware, aro to bo found abundantly
in East Texas. Two companies are now
engaged making pottery at Athens in
Henderson Couuty. Tho articles manu
factured are fine brick, tiles, sewer pipes,
jugs, etc. The clay at this point is of a
light gray color, becoming almost white
when dry. Equally fine clays abound
near Jefferson, in Marion County, and
near Rusk, iu Cherokee County. It is
thought good openings are offered over
thero for manufacturing tho finest of
wurjs.
Snakes Attack a S.ian of Horses.
While Frank Oldham, a young farmer
living southeast of Pendleton, Ind., was
barrowiug a piece of new ground he
aroused from slumber two ugly aud enor
mous black snakes, measuring about
twelve feet, that immediately showed
fight. They first mado a rush at the
young man and tried to coil themselves
arouud bis legs, but he escaped from their
slimy embrace and made for tho fence at
a rapid rate, closely pursued by the ser
pent. When tho snakes saw that Frank
was out of their reach on the fence, they
returned to the horses, which had been
left standing, still attached to the bar
row. Soon the horses wero noticed to
be rearing and kicking and performing
acrobatic feats that would surpass Bar
num's trained equincs.
Tbe man, mustering up his courage,
armed himself with a fence rail and
hastened to tho relief of bis team. He
found one reptile coiled around the fore
leg of one horse, and tho other snake
around ono of the hind legs of the other
horse. The serpents struck the defence
less animals repeatedly, while tho air re
souuded with a peculiar hissing noise.
After a struggle of about thirty minutes
the farmer succeeded in beating off the
reptiles and releasing tho scare 1 team.
He then mounted the harrow aud a chase
commenced, tho horses at full speed
dragging the harrow and Frank witb the
snakes iu close pursuit. Tbe fleeing
team raised a cloud of dust, aud w hen it
reached the opposite side of the field the
snakes were lost to view. A p tily with
guns and clubs was quickly organized to
search for the snakes, but w is uitablo to
find them. lndiantjioli$ Journal.
M'eighlug Machines.
Weighing machines and scales of somo
kiud wero "in use 1HU0 B. C, for it is
said that Abraham at that lime "weighed
out" -100 shekels of silver, current money,
with the merchant to Ephroti, tho Hit
tite, as payment for a pieco of land, in
cluding the cave nu.l all the standing
timber "in the field and iu tho fence. '
This is said to be the earliest transfer of
hind of which any record survives, aud
that the payment was made iu tho pres
ence of witnesses. Tho original form of
the weighing scale was probably a bar
suspended from tho middle, with a board
or shell suspended from each end, ono to
contain the weight, the other to contaiu
the matter to be weighed. The steel
yard was probably so called from the ma
terial of which it was made, and from its
former length. It is also known as the
Uomuu balauce, aud is of great antiquity.
jit. Luuit lbpMie,
DOG FOOD AND MEDICINE.
UNiatJB ESTABLISHMENT
THE METROPOLIS.
IN
Preparing Food for Aristocratlo Co
nlnea Curloue Loolclntf Machines
Patent Fhyaia for tlio Oog.
Tho manufacturing of food and patent
medicines for the aristocratic dog is one
of the few industries not as yet over
crowded. Tho dog's "Dclmonico's," as
it may very appropriately be called, has
done business at the same stand for a
much Ion jcr time than its more dignified
prototype. Its glaring sign, moro at
tractive than artistic, covers the front of
a four-story brick building in an upper
East side street.
For nearly a quarter of a century
Sprat's factory has had a monopoly of
tho making of dog food. Everything
that is made by the establishment is most
amply protected by patents. But so
great is the fear that some ono will dis
cover tho secrets of tho establishment,
that it is only with the greatest difficulty
that an outsider obtains a view ol tbo
interior. The business is now conducted
by a limited stock company. From
twenty-five to fifty men are employed
f'jtir days in tho week. Monday and
Tiicu'arjof each week are devoted to sort
ing the stock on hand.
It is really far from being a prepos
sessing place. An odor, anything but
pleasant, greets tl)o nostrils of the visitor
entering nn tho ground floor. This is
tho receiving room of the initerhils used
in the manufactured products. One is
hardly surprised to learn that thous
ands of pouuds of butchers' scraps aro
brought here in t'uo course of a month.
Oatmeal iu wholesale quantities aud tons
ot herbs aro mcd. Tho old-fasbiouo I
dog-bone, boncset, catnip and beet root
uudor various scientific names, find
a use hero either as food or as medi
cine. Tho second floor is occupied by four
curious-looking machines having great
cylinder attachments. After some of the
men havo carefully sorted the fat and
the meat it is ground up separately in
these machines into disagreeable masses.
After that it is placed into gi-eat wooden
tubs, where various mixtures are added.
Tbe cooks in this establishment aro very
chary of telling you just what they put
in these tubs. Tbo next process seems
so muoh like the ordinary bakers' work
that one is quite disposed to taste things,
and when the round and square cakes
have been placed in tho brick ovens and
taken out a tempting brown, oue is
really in sympathy with tho aristocratic
dog. naving been properly cooled tho
biscuits are taken to tbe next floor,
where seyeral "hands" are employed to
do nothing but pack them in neat paste
board boxes.
According to size these boxes are
labelled for pet dogs, for greyhounds,
for St. Bernards. Then there are spe
cially prepared dishes for cats. The poor
animal that has been the subject of so
much derision has boen specially con
sidered, and sufficient of a specially pre
pared food to keep her for two days may
be obtainod for live cents.
But it costs a pretty penny to keep a
dog. A large dog must have six or
eight cakes, besides a quantity of meat.
The meat will probably cost ten cents,
tbe cakes four cents apiece. That makes
(3 a week. There is the dog tax, and
the dog must have a collar, which will
cost anywhere from $1.50 to $5000.
There is a crate to scud him to the dog
show, $11; a brush and comb, $4; a
waterproof blanket, $b.50; a mckle
plated slip, $10; a brass show-chain,
$3.50; a yard chain, $1. Then tho dog
must be housed, an amount of about
$100 to begin with, and $3 and $4 a
week afterward, will keep an ordinary
"400" dog in Now York.
The most important department of all
is that of the patent medicines. Away
up at the very top of the building, re
moved from the various odors, is tho
office of the company. All day long the
secretary keops the books and sends out
circulars to every one who has registered
a licenso for a dog.
Right back of the office, unreached by
the prying outsider save through the
office, is the medicine department. Tho
mixtures of herbs and chemicals aro
boilol iu great 'kettles aud tho liquid
brought up to this floor to bo put iu
bottles of various sizes and labelled cure
or mango, another a linimeut for sprains,
iuother to prevent balducss, or rather a
ttimulaut for tho hair, which is tho samo
thing. It is quito astonishing to learu
that sure cures for seventeen diseases aro
made. The wonder grows gre iter when
r.ijo remembers all the dogs oue bus
kuowu that were never treated for any
thing. When they wero sick they went
away and lay dowu iu a cool place, hav
ing eaten ot some herb kuowu to dogs,
and slept ".ho illness off. But theu, of
course, there wero uo aristocratic dogs.
Thoy may have successfully herded
sheep or churned the butter but they
uever would havo taken tho prize ia the
dog show.
Not only docs this curious establish
ment make liquid mediciues, but pills,
aud as a recent addition to tho business
it makes dog collars and dog soap aud
crates tor carrying or shipping dogs iu,
dog brushes aud combs, mackintosh
waterproofs, with hoods, for grey houuds,
aud blaukets.
For its out-of-town trade it makes
food which makes hem lay iu dull
scu"us, foods lor pigeou aud s a n fo.
washiug tho latter. -Yei York iYeioj.
Asbestos lbpihit.
Ti'.e Industrial ltrvitio calls attcutiou
to tho wouderful deposit of asbestos
whicit has bee u fouud near Hamilton, iu
Ragit Couuty, Wash., aud ha beeu un
covered for a distance of seveuty-tivu
feet, aud at tho cropping is said to ei ;hl
feet in width. Tho asbestos is of ex
cellent quality, tho fibers, flue as silk,
being iu somu instance as much us
eighteen inches iu length.
Tho coast line of Alaska exceeds
length by miles that vl all the rutt
of Ibv United States,
LOVE'S SHADOW.
My lady sighs. Iler thought Is stirred
By something that she deeply fools,
But cannot tell. The mating bird
In witchery of song reveals
A sympathy. Bhe, too, could sing, '
Did she but fully comprehend
The meaning of those notes that ring,
And with the joy of living blend.
My lady loves. Across her path.
Unknown to ber, a shadow lies.
All Ufa its perfect fulnoss hath
In bird and bud and cloudless skies.
Yet, echoing the songster' bliss.
She sigh before the song is done.
Bhe doss not know love' shadow is
Far brighter than the noonday sun. "
Flavel Scott Mine, in Uarjier' Wceklf.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Knowledge may be power; but it
won't run shafting.
Tho cautious man is ft very cousider-It
person. WatMnyton Pott.
Tho siairlo thought that joins two souls
must bo a sort of mental hyphen. Puch.
It takes sticktoitiveness to succeed in
the human fly business. Etmira On-'
ttltr.
A Literary Pirate Something muoh
more romantic than the real one.
Puch.
Small favors aro thankfully received;
but they aro oftou unthaukfully roaiem,
bered. Tho frog doc9 not wear his suspend
ers too tight, but he looks liko it. Dal
lat Aeiti. !
When a woman begins to clean houso
the first thing to go is her husband.
Staletman.
"That lecturer is a host in himself."
"Yes. He would make a Hue population
for a desert island."
What a comfort it would be to a
housewife to own a hen that could lay
a carpet. Ilotion Uulhtin.
Tho high jumper may practico pa
tiently, but his cherished o'oject is to
win success at a bouud. Puc'i.
Grccuc "Your wife seems to be fond
of dress?" White "Yes; every day is
Decoration Day with her." A'cio York
Ueratd.
The man who invented "the Euglish
crease" in trousers is quito well off. Are
we to understand that his fortuuo is in
creasing. Statesman.
"Do you boliove tho bad copper al
ways turn, up?" "Yes after the fight
ing is done and Jliis services aro not
needod." Brooklyn Life.
Cumso "Doctors seem tovr t,
good deal as a class." Banks 'Pl
but they can hardly help it. They havo'
to treat people all the time, you know."
Cordlneut.
Mrs. Van Million "But.Mr. Marigold,
If you marry my daughter, how do you
and she propose to live without money!"
Jack Marigold ."Do you mean to say
that you would allow your sou-in-law to
starve?" Muntey'i Weekly.
There was a man in our town,
Who was so wondrous wlsa
That when his business sluinpsd way down
Began to advertise;
And when the public saw his spread.
With all their might and main
Unto his place they straight away spod
And aet him up again.
iveio York Herald.
Jones "Why didn't you give Whip
pleton satisfaction wheu ho challenged
you?" Robinson "According to the
code, I could not fight him unless I re
tracted the insult." Jones "And what
was tho insult, pray?" Ilobiuson "I
told him ho was not my equal." Kat
r Field' $ Washington.
May "Belle Von Leer would havo-"
been a martyr in tho dark nges."""Stell,
"What makes you thiuk so?" May
"Why, you know, when sho found that
George Bond had lost all his monoy sho
said: 'If I marry bim pcoplo will say I
am a philanthropist, and I cannot and
will not bo ostentatious. . So I shall give
him up, though it break my heart.' "
JVeto York Herald. 9
At a watering place in the Pyrenees
the conversation at table tinned upon a
wouderful echo to bo heard somo dis
tance off on tho Frauco-Spanish frontior.
"It is astonishing," exclaimed an inhab
itant of tho Garonne. "As soou as yon
have spoken you hear distinctly the
voice leap from roci to rock, from preci
pice to procipici, and as soou as it has
passed the frontier, tho echo assumes
the Spauish' accont." Courier dt JfiJi.
Mr. Nocasto (hotly) "It's a shamo,
au outrage, a menace to American in
stitutions for ono man to havo a milliou
dollar. Think of the harm ho can do
with it. Thiuk of tho power ho wields."
Mr. Fortymillion "That's so. I guess
I'll have to change my will. II:i"iuguo
relatives I had concluded to divide my
wealth amoug my friends aud acquaint
ances, aud as I left you a million "
Mr. Nocaste "Um er a goo I deal
depends ou the iuuu, you know." JVie
York Weekly.
A Rose Question.
In one of tho pretty home gardeus at
Bay St. Louis, where tho roses grow aud
blow unmolested by fashion aud tho
uew-faugled names that fashion invmU
for theiu, thero is iu bloom a rose treo
with eccentric flowers. It is a sweet
bceutcd damask rose, next of kin prob
ably to tho new, iinpeiious "America.
Beauty." The tree is covered with
large, lovely rose iu full bloom, aud
from the heurt ot each rose, growiu'; up
ubove tuo petals o.i a siugle stallt; is a
cluster of three or four little im.naturely
formed ruses, Kvery rose on tho trcu is
thus sprouting this most curious freak of
nature. The second growth of roses
does not como to perfect flowers, but the
wi.zou, weak, ill-lormed lloiver crowing
from tho heart of the mother row are
singularly seet iu perfume. Cau uny
of our fiorisls explain tho ccceutiio
motherhood v( this damask rose I Vu
UrUan Picayune.
There were lit 000 eattlo bought iu
Ch ca-o d.uing the mouth Oi .Match for
export to Euixpu,
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