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VOL. XXV. NO. 4.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1892. Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
Tho development of electric rnilronds
in this country has been extraordinarily
rapid.
Professor Gcffcken, of Hamburg, docs
not considor 7,000,000 too high an esti
mute to represent the number of Ameri
can citizens of Oennnn birth or parent
age. -
It is said tlint Canada is tho only
country in tho world in which the mili
tary force is armed with tho old Snider
rifles. Military men of tho Dominion
are urging the adoption of a more modern
arm.
TMainficId, N. J., boasts of a vast un.
derground river which supplies moro
water than tho inhabitants can use. In
an attempt recently made to test tho
capacity of tho stream, more than 4,000,
000 gallons daily rau to wusto, but the
river was apparently as full ns ever.
One of the curious aspects of our com
p!cx nationalities resulting from the
number of foreign emigrants, notes tho
New York Sim, isthi liability of Italiaus
to become counterfeiters. Tho English
speaking racci, tho Gnrraaus und tho
French, seem inclined to regard counter
feiting as not worth tho troublo at tho
risk at which such a pursuit is engaged
in. But tho lower clnss of Italians, for
some mysterious reason, rcgnrd counter
. feiting as nn easy way of earning a liv
ing. l ... i
Large as lias been tho increase of popu
lation iu tho United States during tho
past decade, it shrinks into insignill-
canco beside the growth of the population
of India. The present population of In
dia is 2Si, 000,000, and the incrensa dur
ing the post deendo has been about 30,
000,000, nearly half tho entiro popul
tion of tho Uuited States. Gratifying as
this merest) is to the British Govern
ment, it is also viewed with alarm by
many of her statesmen, for some believe
that India is already so thickly populate.)
that it can sustain no more inhabitants.
It Is time, opines tho New York Sun,
for tho Cougress of thoso States to givo
nttoutioa to some of the things that 'are
doing abroad lor tho safety of ships ap
proaching a coast lino. Besides tho ver
tical light which is to flash skyward in
foggy weather, there is no doubt" about
the efficiency and valuo of the socket-
rocket, which is by far tho best fog sig
nal knowp It is discharged by a car-
triage ana rises zjuu ieet, curryirg a
bursting chargo of half n pouud of gun
cotton. Not only is the sound more au
dible overhead, but tho light is also fre-
qucntly visible when nothing cun be seen
horizontally; tor it commonly happens
that the log is quite thin above while
very thick below. The siren is a very
clever invention and a vory useful thing
in its way; but for ships befogged tho
rocket is confidently pronounced to be
worth a dozen sirens. Why should not
both be used? An 1 why should the
United States lag behind any peoplo in
appliances for the security of naviga
tion?
A bill which rccontly passed the
United States Senate has been vigorously
assailed by newspnpors all over tho coun
try as ai attompt
to infringe upon tho
Ait
iga 5od in business. The
rights of citizens en
Now York World says of this measure
"It is known as the Paddock Pure Food
bill. It authorizes agents of the Agri
cultural Department to call for and an
alyze or have analyzed samples of nil
foods or drugs or driuks or patent med
iciues, or anything else that a man can
in any other Stuto other than that in
which they are produced, and it makes
it a misdemeanor to send or take from
ono Stato to another any food or drug
which is adulterated or improperly
branded. The measure is bad n'.l over
and cleur through. It directs Federal
bureau interference with a matter which
properly belongs to the several States. It
opens up an opportunity for endless ex
tiavaganco in the multiplying of needless
and costly analyses. It institutes a
bureau of inquisition which, in dishonest
hands, will become a bureau of black
mail pure and simple. It gives to this
bureau practically the power to prohibit
toe salo of any Hrticle which is not aa
absolute simple, to csll auy combination
of substances nu adulteration, and to help
ono man's bus:ness by destroying the bus
iness of his competitor with nn arbitrary
ruling. If tho bill becomes a law the
bureau may at will select a baking pow
der, for example, and accopt its compo
sition as the standard, forbidding tho
sale of all baking powders mado iu auy
different fashion by ruiiug that to cull
them baking piMvm is to brand thorn
improperly. It may favor ono kotchup
in the same way, and so ou through tho
whole list of foods and drugs and
drinks. There is no public desire for
such a measure. There is no occasion
for it, aud no sense of justice iu it. It
is uu arbitrary, tyrannical, paternal im
pertinence at best ; at worst it is some
thing very mugb, wore objectionable than
that."
THE HAPPY UND'
The happy land 1
Studded with cheerful homestonds, fair
to see,
With garden grace and household symmetry :
How grand the wlde-brow'd peasant's lordly
mien,
The matron's smile serene!
O hsppy, happy land I
The happy htndt
Half bid in dewy grass, the mower blithe
Sings to the day-star as he whets his scythe;
And to his babes, at eventide again,
Carols as blithe a strain.
O happy, happy land I
The happy land I
Where, in the golden sheen of autumn eyes,
The bright-haired children play among the
sheaves
Or gather rlp3st apples all tin day,
As ruddy-cheeked as they,
O happy, bappy land.
O happy land I
The thin smoko curleth through the frosty
air,
The light smiles from ths windows; hearken
there
To'the white grandsire's tale of heroes old
To flame-oye 1 listeners told,
O happy, happy land I
O happy, hippy laud!
The tender-foliaged aid or j scarcely shade
Yon loitering lover and glad blushing maid.
O happy land! the Spring that quickens thee
Is Human Liberty
O happy, happy land!
W. J. Linton.
THE MYSTERIOUS FACE ON
BOLTLE PINNACLE.
T may bo you have
seen the pottery bot
tles made by the Zuni
and Pnriilo Indians
of New Mexico. They
nro never tine, Mfe
always crank s'ded.
The Pinnae -was
x'j about as symmcrical
'i- ns are Indian pottery
g bottles. IthasavcU
fitting stopper. You
felt like climbing un
with a screw and drawing the cork for
a look inside. But thonga tho wine of
tho gods had been in them, you couldn't
have climbed that bottle. There wusa't
anywhere a chnuca to catch on with lia
gers or toenails. And if there woro any
thing harder that tho quartz iu tb.it pil
lar, dynamite-makers may be acquainted
with it; I'm not. 1
Our settlement was proud of its bottle.
bragging about it nt barbecues, and
camp-mcctings, and turkey-pulling, and
corn-huskings. Wo wero forever daring
climbers to try their nails, and spurs,
and chisels, and augers on it. livery
stranger that came our wny was certain
to be challenged to try his skill.. There
wasn't a soul in the settlement but
claimed a share in Dottlo Pinnacle, aud I
reckon there wasn't a shareholder Ci.it
didn't take a look at it cverv dav,
No wonder, then, that on one certain
morning the villagers were running about
before breakfast, calling on one another
to look at an unusual obect perched up
there, on the stopper of Bottlo Pinnacle.
Sine enough, thero was something up
there. ' It was parti-colored red and vel-
low, as far as could be mado out. Its
size! well, you know it is with tho moon.
lou can n.uko it seem to you the size of
a dinner-plate or as larire as the hind
wheel of n lumber wajjou. The sizo of
that object on the stopper was anywhere
from that of a butterfly to a calf, accord
ing ns you allowed for the distance or
uidu't allow,
k Most ot the people of the settlement had
cold breakfasts that morninar, or burnt
biscuits, because of the disputes they
got into about the "thin-'" nerchod on
tho co,k. diaputcs too, that didn't stop
for weeks. "It's shiny likogold." "It
j8 KollI. ..jf, , t it '
out or the quartz." "It's no more like
a gold nuggut than a cat is like cattle."
'its like a face that's up there there's
a nose as plain as there's a nose ou your
face!" "It's a human lace!" "How in
reason could a face get up on that stop
per when hands aud less couldn't do it
to save their souls!" "Nobody means
its a mortal face; it's a gliost-fuce." "If
we could only get up there!
I ho people twisted ana screwed their
brains over plaus and schemes for scal
ing tho Bottle Pinnacle. There wero
not any bridge builders in tho settle
ment,' Dor any tower of Babel architects.
1 here were no acrobats or cymnnsts ti
jump over tho iuoou, or swing to the
stars.
The discussions, the exclamations
went on: "We might blow np the pin
nacle and find a gold mine!" "And
gpou tho great natural curiosity of the
settlement?" "If we had a canuon, we
might shoot out the cork!"
"i here is a magnifying gloss nt tbs
village down the valley; we'll borrow
that 1" said somo one at last.
The magnifying glass wan brought.
and most of the men aud boys from the
villuge of the valley came along ith it.
Tho pcopjo pestered so ubout their turns
to look through tho magnifier at the ob
ject on tho bottle that a. guard had to
stand around the gluss and. let iu one
person at a time to the gazim, be"iiiuiu;
with the A's. This mado the waiting
Y's aud Z's fighting mad.
The remarks went on: "It's not a
nugget!" "It's not gold!" "If it's L-old.
it's a gold face, for u faco it is!" "It's
a fucol" "It's a face!" everybody suid.
"It's like tho face of George W. Gillott!"
"It's tho ghost of George W. !" "But
he died the day after that faco took up
its residence on the stopper!" "The
faco looks a heap more like Grandma
Tuttlo'sl" "It's u sin to speculate ubout
ghost fuca !"
lhere was one person who at least un
dertook to do something beside speculate.
This was Gcvann, a spry youth, with
hair ns yellow, or red. as the obiect
shining ou the pinuacle. There was a
strong, tall tree stuudiug near the bottle.
Uovaun climbed this treo nearly to its
tij'top. Then tie walked out on a ti-le
branch toward tho pinnacle," and looked
the face in tho face. Hut he couldn
make it out any moro than he had done
on the ground with the magnifier.
Tho crowd below passed up a swing.
Oovann fastened this to limbs and swung
out in a free way toward the bottle, the
faco steadily looking on. It might have
laughed in its sleeve, if it owned
slcjvo, at tho way Oovann returned
crashing hack through tho boughs, hang
ing on them shreds of his clothes
shrodr, to?, of his sandy hair for the
use of future nests-builder;.
Oovann reported that he did not ob
tain any additional knowledge of tho
subject by that tour of observation
Tho face on the stopper was a face; that
was certain.
The magnifying glass was sent up to
tho investigator, btanding on one foot
in a swaying branch, Oovann took ob'
servations with tho magnifier. He re
ported that it was really a face; more'
over, that it moved and "made faces'' at
him.
"Surely it was some wicked spirit
tho ghost of some one beheaded for
Then they fell to rediculing Oovann
for tho failuro of his tree excursion. He
had not advanced the general informa
tion except by stating that the faco
had moved. "I doubt tho face's mov
ing." "The motion was all in Govann's
cyt."
"Taking dagucreotypes " was just then
getting around to our parts, and all tho
peoplo said that they d subscribe to get
a picture-taking man and his machine to
come over and take the likeness of that
red-and-yellow mystery, sitting uncon
cerned up there.
Oovann said that if tney would give
him the money which it would cost to
get the thing's picture taken, he'd under
take to solve the mystery.
How would ho do it? They must raise
the purse and he must see the money ; he
didn't propose to wait till planters could
raise another crop and sell it before l.eel
ing of his money. Then, too, he must
have the help of all tho men and tools
that he might need.
Govann's first call was for good axes,
sharp saws and the best of choppers.
All the other men of the settlement stood
looking on while tho axmen chopped and
the sawyers sa vied at tho tallest tree in
ail that country the companion through
years of storm and sunshine of the Bottle
Pinnacle. There were guesses and reck
onings about tho probablo happenings
when the gieat tree should fall. "The
bottle might bo broken to pieces I"
"The lace might fall at their feet!"
Not only the settlement , but a crowd
from near and far came to the tree fall
iug. And it did make a sight and i
sound worth while. The top was broad
enough to mako a skv-dr..Mir. When
the folks saw the great plumy mass of
green sweeping down like a forest, inak
ing a moving shadow like a swift storm
clcud, they held their breath, feeling
tunc nothing could save iiottle 1'innacle
that it must bo crushed into a thou-
saud fragments. ' But not a crumb was
brokeu from it, though it was thrashed
with great groen whipi past numbering.
" stood silent, unharmed,
Tho treo itself received a thousand
wounds, but was safely lodged against
the ruck, as Govaan had planned. . At
once the choppers and sawyers began to
lop oil tho branches along the massivo
trunk.
Then, up the Indian ladder formed by
the notches, UoVann climbed till ho
reached the rock where tho bottle's neck
beguu. Thero he crept out on tho
shoulder, seeking a hold, a break in the
rock, by which he might get hlghor, or
for yielding spots where he might screw
in his augers.
But the pinnacle stood unyielding,
uucouquered.
Ho called for the longest and lightest
ladder that the settlement could produce.
II took the hard tugging of a score of
men to get it up to him. It was planted
on the bottle's shoulder, stayed by the
treetop. .
It was now dark. By a lantern
Govann climbed up and up to tho lad
der's topmost round, the people wutch
ing the latter mount higher and higher
till it seemed a star. At the top he held
out and up the lantern at arm's length,
but no light was thrown on the face.
There's nothing boys won't do for
fun. They serenaded Govann, singin"
"Hockaby, Bsby in the Treetop."
in tue morning uovann returned to
the top of the ladder and lashed himself
to it. He had a rope with three lashes.
each lash endiug in a loop. This triplo
lasso noturew up, trying to lasso tho
face. Lho countenance was turned throe
quarters .to him, but he could hardly get
u glimpse of it on account of the pro
jecting lodge on tho bottle just below
the stopper.
He worked at lassoing all the morning
withouttooce touching the face. But
just as he heaid the diuuer horns of the
settlement soundiug faint aud far he
found thut his rope was caught by some
thing in the stopper. This made his
blood jump.
Bracing himself he pulled at the rope
with all his might. It did not start. His
heart beat hard. If the rope would hold
he saw that he could climb it to the top
of the pinnacle. Holding to the top of
tho lad!r, he swuug all his weight ou
tho rope. It held taut. Again and again
he tested it carefully from side to side. It
did not start. His heart giew hot with
courage. "Climb it! Up! Climb it 1"
they below shouted.
He looked down to tho dwarfed peo
ple shouting cad waving uncouragoiueut.
Tbeu his brain reeled; his heart was
suddenly cold as stone; for a moment
only tho lashing ropes kept him.
Slowly his head steadied. He retried
the rope caught there somehow on the
top of Bottle Pinnucle; tho end of tho
rope in his hand lie tried to tie the lad
der. But the rope was far too short for
a good knot. Govann wore a puir of
homemade susjiguders, kui". by his
sweetheart out of a double und twisted
flax. He twisted the puir together, and
pieced out the u pe.
Then he freed liaelf ffom the bidder
aud beyun climbi:iy his sjiider'i thread
j to
He wont carefully, carefully over the
ledge, carefully up tho stopper, till his
eyes were taking iu the crest of the pin
nacle, the first in all tho world to get a
sight of that uplift. There was the
rope on which he hung; ho saw that ono
loop was caught over a littlo rocky uno
venness about two inches above tho gen
eral level.
Over the rim of tho stopper lie passed,
rose to his feet, and saluted the cheer
ing throng below.
The shouting grow uproarious as he
held up to view the red and yellow mys
tery, though the peoplo didn't yet know
what it was.
What did Govann find there on Bottle
Pinnacle?
There were square rods of surface on
the crest that had looked from belew
like a point. Ha found an eagle's nest
from which the bird was then absent,
and cn the nest's edge, fronting the
settlement, forming a part of the nest's
embankment was the red and yellow face,
held in place by sticks and other build
ing material, gathered by tho bird that
can stare the sun out of couutenance.
Hugging the mystery with one arm,
the hand holding on the waist band of
his trousers, Oovann slid down the rope,
backed down tho ladder to the treetop,
climbed down the Indian stairs and
swung down on a pilo of feather beds
which the women had protided against
a fall.
Then, the boys helped him oil the
feathers to the stump of the big tree,
and there he held up the mystery in
plain sight a bundle of clothes with a
mask face tied on it.
"It's George W. Gillet's scarecrow I"
The proud bird of the sun, instead of
being scared by the mocked sentinel,
had captured it and carried it to the pin
nacle's crest.
Govann secured the purse, married his
sweetheat, and founded one of the first
families of his State. Its coat of arms is
an eagle perched on a misshapen bottle.
Atlanta Constitution.
Sacred Feathers Among the Indians.
Feathers figure very prominently in
the religious customs of most aborigi
nes, and remarkably so in the Southwest.
Among Navajos and Pueblos alike those
plume symbols are of the utmost efficacy
for good or bad. They are part of al
most every ceremonial of tho infinite su
perstitious of these tribes. Any white
or bright hued plume is ot good omen
"good medicine," as the Indianwould put
it. The gay feathers of the parrot are
particularly valuable, and some dances
cannot be hold without thee, '
Indians have to travel huudreds of miles
into Mexico to get them. A peacock is
harder to keep in the vicinity of Indians
than tho finest horse those brilliant
plumes are too tempting.
Eagle feathers are of sovereign value;
and in most of the pueblos great, dark,
captive eagles are kept to furnish tho
coveted articles for most importaut oc
casions. If the bird of freedom were
suddenly exterminated now, the whole
Indian economy would come to a stand
still. No witches could be exorcised
nor sickness cured, nor much of any
thing else accomplished.
Dark feathers, and those in particular
of the owl, buzzard, woodpecker and
raven, are unspeakably accursed. No
oue will touch them except those who
"have tho evil road," that is, are
witches, and any Indian found with
them in his or her possession would bo
officially tried and officially put to death,
Such feathers aro used only in secret by
those who wish to kill or harm an enemy.
in whose path they aro laid with wicked
wishes that ill fortune may follow. St
Nicholas.
Marriage by Proxy.
A curious custom among tho rulers ot
tho Old World is marriago by proxy,
For instance, Francis II., the ex-King
of Naples, was wedded by proxy in 1859
to Maria, a duchess of Bavaria. Of
course the marriage by proxy goes no
further than the ceremony. i-xacth
why it should bo done at all is not clear
by past or prcseut history, unless to save
the Prince the trouble ot going after his
wife aud give her a decent excuse for
coming to him.
In tho case of Francis, .he had never
seen Maria, aud their first interview is
said to have been attendedwith consid
erable disappointment. In fact, if tho
youug man had not btei already married
by proxy he would probably have never
married tho lady at all.
Leopold, King of the Belgians, also
married his Austrian wife by proxy,
but he knew what be was about, having
met lier a month previous during a visit
to Viennu. At the time of tiie marriago
ho was but a mere stripling, and his
wife was chosen for him by his royal pa
rents, who, however, gave him. the priv
ilege or seeing her in advance.
On his return, from Vienna Leopold
was sick for about a week, aud, accord
ing to general report, not love sick, at
leust with his uppoiuted wifo. Their
married life, however, bus not been un
happy, so fur as the world knows, except
through the extraordinary misfortunes
which made Carlotta aud Stephanie
widows of the house of Austria.
Drake's Maaziue.
Making Pearls.
It is reported that a French savant, M.
Bouchon-Baroudely, has devised a
method fur the artificial manufacture ot
real pearls. The process adopted is
simply to bore holes iu the shells of a
pearl oyster with a gimlet, introducing
through these perforutious little bulls of
gloss, uud stopping them hermetically
with corks. After four weeks' time the
Halls of glass are fouud to bo covered
w ith a thin layer of pearl. Iu six months
the layer has become of a tntlicient
thickness to be permanent, and the big
ness of the jewel thus manufactured is
iu proportion to the period ullowed to
elupse. Of course, this has its limitation,
inasmuch as the inollu.sk will not deposit
nacre indefinitely, its only object being
to protect itself from irritation by the
intruder. The expert quoted believes
that pearls can be made of various color
order by selection. Picayuue,
HOW MATCHES ARE MADE.
A PRETTY AND A MOST INTEREST
ING) CEREMONY.
Preparing the Pine Splints Dipping
in the I'liosphoriui Paste Won
derful Quick noss of Workers.
ATCH-MAKING is one of the
prettiest and most Interesting
industries imaginable.
Tho following is a bird's eyo
view of it, as carried on in the leading
factory in London which is to say, In
the world.
To begin with wooden matches. They
are of two kinds "lucifcrs " nod "safe
ties ;" but as the process of manufacture
is almost identical, wo will confine our
selves to the lucifers. The wood, Ca
nadian pine, comes to the factory ready
split up into little sticks or splints, as
they are called of the same size as a
match, but doublo the length. The first
process consists in preparing these splints
for dipping in the phosphorus paste.
Imagine a very large, airy room, with
several rows of stands or tables running
from end to end. On each stand is a
small machine driven by steam say 250
machines in all and to every two ma
chines a match girl. All she has to do
is to feed the two macbiues alternately,
first one and then the other. She takes
a handful of splints and puts them into
he feeder, exactly as you put coffee into
a coffee mill. They pass through and
are bound together in a most ingenious
way by a strap, so as to form a sort of
wheel or drum about the sizo and shape
of a large flat cheese. Tho splints, il
must be understood, lie across, so that
their projecting ends represent the sides
of the drum, and each one is separate.
It tukes only a few minutes to put to
gether 5000 or 6000 in this way, and as
soon us they ure ready the machine stop
automatically. The whole bundle is then
removed and corried to the dippino
place. Here the phosphorus composition
is ladled out of a vessel and spread on fl
slnb. By simply laying tho wheel down
flat on the slab every singlo splint ol
which it is mado up receives a dub of
phosphorus at one end, and by turning
it over the other end is similarly treated.
This work is done entirely by men, and
takes place in a shed with an open roof,
so as to allow very free ventilation.
Eacn splint has now been converted into
a double match with a head at both
ends; we have, in fact, got a bundle
containing 10,000 matches. For clear
ness' sake some details havo been
omitted ; but it will be Eecn that the
preparation of 10,000 matches only takes
a few minutes all told.
After dipping, the bundle is dried In
a hot chamber and then unrolled, which
is done very prettily by another machine.
The end of tho strop binding the lot to
gether is caught and drawn between two
rollers, and as it goes tho wheel un
winds aud the matches come off in a
perfect shower. It is all done in a
moment. One more operation remains,
and it is tho most interesting of all. The
matches, as has been said, are so fui
double. They have to be cut in hnlf and
packed in boxes. This is done by the
girls with astounding rapidity. Each
one stands at a table; on her loft aro a
lot of empty boxes half open, on hei
right a pilo of double matches, and be
tween the two a lever knife like those
used for cutting tobacco. She takes a
hai'dful of matches iu her right hand,
and tho extraordinary thing is that she
always pick up exactly the right number
to fill a box, never varying by moro than
one or two. She puts them under tho
knife, cuts the bundle into two, and fills
two boxes with them in the twinkling of
an eye; the swiftness and accuracy of her
motions are indescribable. The whole
performance docs not take more than five
or six seconds. And it is not one wpmuu
only. Hero are rows upon rows of them
throughout a vast building, all doing the
samo thing with equal or almost equal
proficiency. Iu another department an
instance of still greater dexterity may bo
observed. Every ono knows the wrap
pers of transparent paper in which the
safety uiatcli boxes are commonly en
veloped, and a look at them will show
that they are folded several limes iu dif
ferent directions. This folding is done
by women like a flush of lightning or a
conjuror's card trick. Tho eye fuils to
follow the movemeut of their hands
There is only ono thing niorc nimble than
a woman s hand, aud that is her tongue.
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ml uiiiuiai umijjei.
Parisian Beggars.
Professional beggars in all countries
must heartily hate M. Paubair. the
ircuch gentleman who has taken on him
self to expose them and their tricks.
Some time ago, it may bo remembered.
he published a book ou the subject, con
taining the most extraordinary revelu-
tions, and this is shortly to bo followed
by another work on meudicitv aud men.
dicants, which will be publishod simul
taneously in ranee, hnglund, and Amer
ica, for in tho two last-numed coun
tries the author is aware, he says, thut
mendicity and imposture llourish the
same as iu Frauce. M. I'uubair believes
he has fouud u remedy for tho evil, the
nature of which he will divulge iu his
coming work ou the subject; aud in the
meantime ho continues to hunt up tho
beggars of Paris, and cleverly disguised.
to go about as oue of them, thus learning
what they pocket per dav. what their
ricks arc, and so forth. Ho culculutes
that there are over 10,000 professional
ifggars iu the French capital, whose
tukings daily, at the very lowest figure,
aro eighty cents per head. This gives
the fabulous total of (Jl'.H.'iO.OUO giveu
awuy unuually iu charity in the streets of
aris; ami lie is very likely right in nd-
mg Uiut ut leust four-tifthuof the mouev
finds its wuy iuto tho pockets of impos
tors, or of peoplo who ctuld work for
their living if they chose. M. Puubuir
says he has a choice little collection of
threatening letters which ho has received
uud is constantly receiving. Ho ig unt
the bete noire of the professional beir:zur.
Loudon Stuudurd.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A hop picking machine has
Jon in-
vented in Australia.
Electric tanning is likely, it is said,
to be taken up and vigorously pushed
here.
Hard rubber handles for bicylcs nro
being rcplacod in great numbers by the
moro popular cork.
Thunder is a noise caused by a dischargo
of atmospheric electricity why or how
is not clearly known.
The circumference of the earth's orbit
is about 612,309,500 miles, that ot tho
moon about 1,500,493 miles.
The sanitary condition of the Capitol,
at Washington, is to be examined by two
eminent experts, in order to ascertain
whether it is a healthy structure.
Sufferers from neuralgia are warned by
a medical writer not to drink tea, but to
drink freely of coffee into which . tho
juice of a lemon has been squeezed.
The workmen employed on tho exca
vations at Sparta, Greece, by Dr. Wald
stein, of the American Archtealogical
School, have discovered tho circular
building nt that place mentioned by
Epimenides.
In distance tho moon is 210,000 miles
away from our earth, around which sho
gravitates like a satellite. Her diameter
is about 2153 miles; she Ins a solid sur
face of 14,600,000 miles, and a solid
content of about 10,000 cubic miles.
The scientific reason for cooki ng
spinach and other green vegetables, such
as tops of beets, dandelion, kale Brus
sels sprouts, and cauliflower, in salted
boiling water, is that the first contact
with the boiling water closes tho cells
of the vegetable and prevents the escape
of the coloring matter and the flavor.
One of the features of electric-lighting
work, as compared with gas-!ightiug,has
been the absence in tho former of all
"residual products" that might consti
tute an element of economy and profit.
It has now been pointed out that for
muuy local companies a chance to in
crease revenue can be fouu 1 in the
utilization of exhaust steam.
A novel application of tho electric
light is now to be witnessed in the
vehicles of the London (England) Gen
eral Omnibus Company. The inspectors
have been provided with an electrical
apparatus, which, from a case about the
size of a hunting-watch fastened to the
waistcoat, throws a steady, mild and
effective light on the dirtiest and most
tattered tickets.
Steam should nevcrbe put into a brick
or cement sewer, as it has nn injurious
effect on the same, causing disintegra
tion and collapse within a very short
time; neither should it be led into a
bricK chimney, for tho samo reasons.
Tho Stationary Eugincer points out that
in some places it is the practice of en
gineers to turu the exhaust from the
pump or small engine into tho sewers,
but this is bad practice. It ought to bo
in illegal act iu cities, for it will de
stroy tho sewers.
Tito Great Redwoods.
fho Eastern lumbermen who aro hero
aro much interested in tho great ro.l
ivoods, of which they havo seen a fow,
and iu tho moiiBtor trees of Santa Crur,
and tho sequoilus of tho Yonomito and
other California park.. The great pines
and fur of tho North Alio I them with
surprise, but the trees they havo seen
here they say have arouse 1 their credul
ity us to what California cun pro luce.
Nevertheless, they have not seen tho
really greit trees, like those of tho high
Sierras, including the Kings lliver aud
Yosemite products.
'S. E. Holcom, one of tho discoverer
of the grovo of giant sequoias in Fresno
County, in what John Muir has domi
nated tho New Yoscmlto, is nt tho
American Exchunge. He says no words
ran describe their gr.indeur, nor Mo im
pussions created upon tho visitor when
beholding them for tho first time,
"They are trees that astonish and
urn ze," suid lie, "und the effect is last
ing. It lusts for ull time. At least. I
do not thiuk I shall ever get rid of tho
effect which they had on ino, nor do I
wish to do so. If to Brrunt such groves
as he saw wero temples, what must these
be considered I I leave all t his to the
poets, but thero are some points that I
doubt not will be of interest to the lum
bermen. "There is a treo thero with the aston
ishing circumferonco of Vi7 foot, and a
diameter la the narrowest place of forty
two feet, while the trunk roaches nlmost
400 feet in tht air. Then there aro trees
there twenty-eight feet through aud ba
bies of twelve feet und so ou. To see
them is an object lesson wjica curries
with it ostor-islimeut forever. To stand
in their shadow is something worth do
ing at almost any cost. Could the lum
bermen of tho pineries behold them
never again could they view the oidiuury
treo but they would be impressed with
the fact that they were but mere saplings,
cuttiuga set iu tho gruuiiu, and ouly
these." Sau Fruucisco Examiner.
A Mysterious Fuujus.
Tho scieutiflc men iu this capital
arc
has
much exercised over a fungus that
recently mado its appearance upcu
tho
olive trees which uro ouu of the principal
features in the country around Chalco.
It has the appearance of a reddish blotch,
and pluys tho very deuce with the trees
iu question. The scientists uro not yet
decided cither upon the uature of the
fungus or tho remedy for tuuiu. They
aro also exercising their wits upon a mys
terious disease which is attuckiug the his
torical cypresses of t'hapultepec. In the
year LS77 there wero of these uolilu
sous of the forest, iugood couditinn. At
tho present writing forty of them uro
uhcudy dead, aud sundry others are iu a
very bud way. The cieutists of .Mexico,
with a zeal for the welfare of the public
favorites which is beyond all praise, are
seriously taking counsel us to the best
uieuusol saving the baluuce. They think
thut wunt of tlie necessary water has a
iiood deul to do with it, City of Mexico
LOVE.
Bright are the jewels of the mine.
And rich their radiant gleam, ,
When wrought In ninny a quaint device.
They flash their fiery stream,
A thousand charms ore in their hearta
Our senses to enthrall.
With gold and silver they are bought,
But love is worth them all !
Sweet are the blossoms wo behold
In summer's glorious prime,
The dear companions that enh.iuc3
The joys of summer time;
In wondrous beauty thoy appear,
In sadder beauty fall;
Our darlings for a few brief houra.
But love outlasts them nil !
Beyond the present treasures liv
And flowers perfume the way;
The air-looms of an ancient house,
Whose glories ne'er decay .
A whisper from the promisc.l land.
Inspires the earnest soul :
"Eternity is thy reward,
And love shall win tho goal P'
Josephine Pollard, in tho Weekly,
IIUMOR OF THE DAY.
A bad reputation is a hard thing to
lose. Boston Transcript.
As soon as wo form a habit wo have a
master. Detroit Free Press.
The strictest railroad about issuing
passes may occasionally pass a dividend.
Lowell Gazette.
Dancing masters aro generally posted
as to the latest movements on foot.
Philadelphia llccord.
When you are asked to hold the baby,
it will never do to "shoulder tho re
sponsibility." Truth.
Britaunia rules the wave, but she
doesn't control tho tide. That't all
moonshine. Chicago Tribuue.
Briggs "Do you think that iiobiniou
loves her?" Griggs "He wcut shop
ping with her." Cloak Review.
When a big corporation is reorganized
tho small stockholders are generally dis
organized. Baltimore American.
Smell o' woods n-fire
Croakin' gurdeu gate;
Poet with a lyre
Liardiggin bait!
Atlanta Constitution.
IIow much more affectionate the mem
bers of a family group arc in their photo
graph than they are out of it. Atchison
Globe.
The reason that the average man is
unable to "put himself in your place" is
that ho feels altogether too big to Ull it.
Washington Star.
That school teacher who put pepper
on the tongues of refractory pupils ex
plains that her ultimate object was to
make them smart. Philadelphia Times.
Young man, when you escort a young
lady to the piano bo sure that tho music
is done to a turn before you turn over
two leaves at once. Detroit Free Press.
You say that I'm your sheltering oak
That will not yield when tompests crash;
But I am so consumed by love,
I should iu truth be culled an ash.
-Puck.
The two-headed boy may not havo so
macy corns in proportion to his sizo as
other boys, but ho must have a great deal
more toothache Biughumton Repub
lican. Young Lady "Huv3 you 'A Heart
That I Can Call My Own?" Music
Clerk "Well er aw uot just uow,
miss; another has a claim on it." De
troit Free Press.
Oh, I love- the sweot old posts
Who san of love so true!
Hut I wish they'd left a littlo
For me to sing of, too.
Puck.
"What luck did you hnvo wheu you
wero out huntiug yesterday?" "Tho
worst in tho world. It's very struugo
that the birds never fly where I shoot."
Texas Siftings.
One of Her Pets : She "I always havo
a great many pets ubout me," He
(tenderly) "Am I oue of them?" She
"Yes. You aro my pet uversiou."
Now York Herald.
Kre be was wed his hsart was lishr,
And he would sing from morn till night,
Hut since his blessed babo was born
He's got to sing from night till morn I
Ooo lull's Sun.
"Why, Jackson, this isn't a bit tho
kind of a house I supposed yon would
build?" "No; I'm rather surprised my
self, but the architect is very well satis
fied." London Tid-Bits.
A damsel of twelve who dislikes boys
wrote uu essay upon them, in which sliu
said, "If I hud my wuy half the boys iu
the world would be girls and the other
hulf would bo dolls." Modern Society.
"The last time I saw you, Bill, you
were complaining about tho wolf at the
door, and now you simply wal.ow iu
wealth." "I kuaw it. 1 cuught tho
wolf uud exhibited him." New York
Times.
Africa's Population.
According to the latest and most rn.
liable estimates tho population of tho
Durk Continent is placed at 103,000,000,
or fourteen inhabitants to tlm
mile, while the population of tho Tlirco
Americas is giveu ut 123,713,0'Jt), or
eight iuhabituuts to the square mile. It
must be remembered that while explorers
tell us of large districts iu Africa thut
aro scuutily populated, there ure ulso
vust regions densely populated, of which
but few persons have ever heard. It
limy in fact be said that only tho fringe
of the Dark Contiuent has us yet been
renewed after 1U00 years of intermittent
cxploratiou. New Orleans l'icavuue.
Tho District of Columbia.
The District of Columbia was origin
ally ten miles square, 10H square miles iu
area. Of this sixly-four square- miles
was ceded to tho National Government
by Maryland iu 177S and thiitysix
square miles by Virginia in IT'S'.!, m
1810' the portion of tlio District west
of the Potomac was ceded back to Vir
gitiu, leaving its present urea sixty-four
square "- " -..'..; by tl,u last
Good hurp pluyeis are scarce,
Two I(e;iublics,
ty of