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VOL. XXVI. NO. 2.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1893.
61.50 PER ANNUM.
R
es
Mora than 700 lives of Columbus bur
boon writ ton in various languages.
I A daily paper can bo scat from any
art of tho United Stntos to Stanley
Falls, in Africa, 1000 milos beyoud
'Stanley Pool, for four ccnta.
Tbo report by CHblo that defects lo
tho new Itusslnn made rifles will defet
for throe yoars tho rearming of tho in
fantry, seems, to tho New York Sun, If
truo, to bo out of sight tho most signifl.
emit item of news received from Europo
in many month'.
I "Within six years Idaho bos come to bo
a great fruit raisiug country, an 1 is com
peting sharply with California in the
Eastern markets. Last year tho Oregon
Short Lino handled carload lots of ap
ples, peaches, pco.ru, prunes aud grapes
tor Denver and Omaha.
Tho American Farmer states that tho
American wool grower has a homo mar
ket for every pound of wool ho produces.
About sixty-nine per cent, of tho woul
manufactured In the United States is
home grown, and tho remaining forty
one per ccut. is foreign wool.
I In some parts of tho West Democrats
who become Populists uio called "Domo
pops" and "Popocruts," while Republi
cans who desert to tho Populists go by
the namo of "Poplicaus." Wticn they
waut a new word in tho West, observes
tho Chicago Herald, they don't hesitato
nt anything.
After an cxistcuco of twenty-four
years 'Lorna Doone" has been repub
lished in Lin Jon iti tho original three
voluine form. This event is said to be
entirely unprecedented iu tho history of
novels In England, and illustrates tho
great popularity of the bjo't, tho suc
cess of which, to quote Mr. Bluckraore's
own words, "is a paradox.''
I Now York is tho only Stato that
allows an uncle to marry his ncice, de
clares the Chicago Herald. Iu Florida
and Georgia nimriago is prohibited
within the "Lcvitical degree;1' these aro
set forth iu Leviticus xviii., and forbid
marriages of nephews iibd aunts, but
seemingly not of uncles and nieces. No
European country considers su'j'a a mur
riago lawful.
The Canadian Architect sensibly sug
gests that in building brick houses in
positions where they are not protected by
surrounding property, not to forgot that
hollow walls will add greatly to tho con
vouienco of the occupiers. Thoy will
render tho house cooler iu summer aud
warmer iu the wiuter, and will assist iu
materially keeping the house dry. The
cost of hollow walls is only very littlo
higher than that of wulls built solid.
Tho Eistorn Shoro of Maryland has
been besought to gjvc India tho sweet
potato for a food for tho oftou famine
stricken millions of many East Iudia
Provinces. E. B. Francis, Director of
Lands in tbo Punj tub, has written to a
Mr. Bennett, of Accomao Couuty, ask
ing for "roots well packed," as it is de
sired to introduce that vegetable into
India, in tho hope that soil aud climate
there will be found peculiarly favorably
to it.
W. H. Hurt, of Saginaw, Mich., has
suddenly become wealthy on an uu
earned incrciuuut. Some years a,'o he
bought a tract of timber laud iu St. L uis
County, Minnesota, and recently dis
covered that forty acres of tbu tract is
covered with an iuimeuso and very rich
doposit of iron ore. There are said to be
10,000,000 tons iu sight, aud it is so ac
cessible that it can ba taken out with a
team shovel. lie has leased tho mining
rights at rates that will fetch him ?JJ0,
000 year.
Tho Chicogo Tribune says th.it there
were recorded jn this country iu 1S92
no less than 3S00 suicides in the Uuited
States as compared with 3331 in 181)1,
2640 iu 18DJ and 2221 iu 18S9. "To
suggest haphazard a reason for so serious
an iucrease would bo folly," commuuts
the Now York Observer. "The tigures
are uh rming and call for au investiga
tion. A tilty per cent, iucreaso iu tho
number of suicides witliin tiireu years
seems incredible. If the tigures are sup
ported by facts, we cauuot too soon seek
for the cause.
Science is pressing relentlessly on tho
heels of the microbe, notes the Chicago
News Record: " I'lio latest method ot
coping with this minute but poteut
source of disease is to literally cast it
out of tho abiding place in xvhx'i it has
initalled itself. Micro-organism con
tain substauccs for the most part heavier
than water, aud this fact lias led to the
introduction of a method of separating
them from waier, milk ami other liquids
by centrifugal force. A speed cf about
4000 revolutions a minute serves to clear
a large uuiuber of microbes from the
liquid aud render it limpid."
OUR ANOLI.S,
W lov to think they linger with us still,
That when our souls ar full ot longings
deep.
They com about us at their own sweet will
And steal Into our being, soft as sleep.
Shall they not com whoa sympathies were
ours,
Thafrieods w loved most tenderly and
true
Whose graves ar fresh with spring's first
offered flowers
And benedictions of the summer dowf
W Jong have kept th chambers of our
hearts
Garnished and swept with sacred oars for
them,
And memory hoard?, as year by year
depart,
Their love and friendship u a precious
gem.
Wo may not see them with our mortal
vision,
Nor bear the muslo they hive just begun;
Still they may come to spsalc ot fields
Elysian,
Or guide us to them whoa our work Is
done.
Spirits intangible we know they cornel
When our life tumults for a moment
cease;
Thoyspakto us, although their Hps ar
dumb,
And the great silence has a cry of peice.
O tender aro the words of Christ, that flt
Full argosie of love on time's wide sua
More musical thin Israflli's note,
More loving than a mother's lullaby
More beautiful than any faoe or form,
Dearer than fame or love's divine bshest
Sweeter than sunshlns after days of storm
Are their still voices from a land of rest
These are our angels flesh and blood no
more,
As er we laid them In our kindred earth;
And yet our souls may reach them goue
before.
And gather strength from beings ot new
birth.
These are our angels, for love cannot die,
Nor yet in heaven its tender lips bj
dumb
Our heralds; who will watch, and fondly cry
In the great presence, "Lo, our friends,
they cornel'
Boston Journal.
TWO HIGHWAYMEN.
ST. OEOIIOE
. WALSn.
ELD hard down
TO,
the rough moun
tain trail the
1 1 a g e-c o ac h
rumbled bcav
ily, jolting
aguiust rocks
aud stones in
fierce defiance
of all consc
quencccs, and
swaying from
side to side un
til tho springs
creaked and
groaned. Tall,
Kaunt Ben Til
lotsou, the driver, kept his insecure srat
as if he was a part of the vehicie itself,
and with every motion of tho coach his
body moved with sinuous gracefulness.
"Steady now, boys, steady," ho
shouted to the double team of plunging
horses. "Wo want to make good time,
but 'twonUJo to smash the company's
couch to pieces. Whoa, now! We ain't
got no load this time, but that aiu't ui
reason for bein' feckless. Look out for
the Devil's Cut, It's rough there. Ye'll
stumble yersolf. Oit up there. I told
ye so."
lie jerked one of tho stumbling horses
to his feet so suddenly that the animal
was scarcely awsre of his fall; but the
speed of the wild, galloping team was
checked by tho slight mishap.
"That'll bring ye to jour senses if any
thin". Now taao it easier. Don't be
smushin things to pieces so. Ye'll get
enough of it when ye reach the level.
Yo'ro tho most determined critters that
I ever drew lino behind, an' of ye don't
break your necks souio day on the-so
slopes I'm missiu' my guess. Ef we had
some passengers inside they'd be scared
half out of their wits. ' lint we aiu't.
No, nothiu' but gold, and lots of It."
The driver jerked his head around and
looked at tho big, square box, which
contained tho precious treasure of the
compauy. It was a common looking
box, but strongly riveted and bouud.
It was close up to tho driver so that he
could touch it with bis feet.
"A mighty big simi," he muttered
aloud, "uu" a putty responsible load lor
one man to guard. Thousands of dol
lars, I s'posc. If some fellers only knew
it they'd bo holdin' mo up 'round here.
It would be worth the risk, But then
Ben Tillotson has never yet been caught
uappiu', an' there ain't many who would
care to try him. It would be dangerous.
Yes, sir, it would."
He tupped bis heavy revolvers as he
spoke aud glanced deliuntly uround him.
The couch had nearly reached the valley,
aud was rolling along at an easier gait.
"11a! hal what an idee," suddenly
luughed Ben loudly. "Hold up myself".
Thut would be great, right here iu this
dark canyon, au' thou tell 'uin a man
robbed the couch. No lie 'bout. that.
They'd believe it, for I've always been
to trustworthy. Well, well, I could
chuck the box into the bushes an' coinu
back for it later."
The idea seemed to please the driver,
and be smiled broadly as he coutiuued to
think of it.
"There would be plenty of ways out
of it. The box would never bo found
here, an' Bqu Tillotson would be rich. I
guess then Mandy Duyvul would u't look
at that Harry Someis no longer. She'd
take me quicker'n a wink. He's not
good enough for her, but she thinks
everything of him. I uever did like his
looks. He comes from some place that
nobody knows anything 'bout. He's got
a better position than I have, an' Mandy
thinks more of him tor that. How this
money wculd set we up I I could make a
lift
splurge that would astonish some of 'cm.
'Twouldn't be bad, cither. I've worked
for tho company nigh unto ten years, an'
they ain't lost a cent by me. It ain't a
losin' bargain for 'em. They've made
mo. But then think of the shame I No,
Sir, git up there, boys, we must hurry."
Ho snapped bis long whip in tho air
and urged the horses on Into break-nook
pace. Tho rumbling of tho heavy
wheels soon brought tho man back to
his rcficctivo mood,
"Hut how easily I cauld work tho
game," he mused again. "An' nobody
would be the better for it, Kight ahead
In the canyon I could chuck tho box in
tho hollow, au' all would be done.
They'd send out scoutin' parties, but no
body would find it. Then months later
I'd come for it."
Onco more the hones slowed down to
a gentle trot, aod the sturdy driver
fidgeted the box with his foot. The
spell of temptation nearly conquered.
The biding place was near at hand. The
horses stopped as if by iustiuct; but this
very fact startled the man.
"No, no. What ails mo 1 Git up, ye
brutes, what nro ye stoppin' for! I
wasn't goiu' to do anything. I was only
thinkin' how it might be done. Git
upl"
Ho was nervous and excited, glancing
around him many times.
"PhawP I'm superstitious," ho ex
claimed with a laugh. "Who do I think
will see mo here. There ain't nothin' to
bo afraid of. I'll just stop to quiot my
nerves. Whoa, there I"
Tho stage-coac'.i came to a dead halt.
Ben Tillotson jumped down from his
high seat and walked up to the heads of
the animals.
"A mighty lonely place. Nobody in
twenty miles of me and Ave, six or
seven thousand dollars in gold. Maybe
there's more. Let mo see how heavy the
box is. Ay, but that is heavy 1
Shouldn't wonder ef thero was more
probably ten'thousand dollars all gold.
I wonder cf I could lift It. Yes, an'
throw it in tho bushes. Easy as otin be.
Held up by highwaymen, nice story, two
bullets in thn clothes, and one through
the hat. Ha? hal hit I'll try it, yes
no. Hey what I''
A stone rolled down the side of tbo
canyon wall, and the man looked up ner
vously. It was only a grey squirrel, but
tho bead -like eyes were watching him
intently.
"What am I dom'," the mm mut
tered, with tho cold perspiration run
ning down his faco. "ltobbin', stealin'
an ordinary highwayman. Heavens!
Git up here I Hurry, boys, or I'll go
crazy."
The coach seemed to rush along at
lightning speed. Tho heavy box fell
back to its original position, but the
driver's hands tremble's so that be could
hardly hold the reins. Down the canyon
horses and driver rolled in a cloud of dust.
The man saw nothing around him, and
thl whisperings of his own consciancc
shut out every external siund. The
horses followed tho road by iustinct, and
that aloao saved the coach from entire
destruction. Faster and faster be urged
the pluuging animals forward until tho
limit of their speed was reached. Tuey
rushed a suddeu curve with their fl inks
reekicg with white foam, nnd then they
came to a standstill so suddenly that Ben
Tillotson barely retained his seat.
'Hands upl Hands up, quick!"
Was ho dreamiug, or was his brain
turning! Was his mind still dwelling
upon the old idea, or was he held up iu
curnestt Mechanically, however, he
raised his hands, and when his befogged
brain was clear enough to understand his
position ho realize I that a heavy Win
chester was staring him in the face.
"Don't move, old man, or ye'll die,"
tbo masked highwaymau said, calmly.
"Ye'se caught this time. Hand over
the box quick. Hands upl"
The rille moved thrcateniugly nearer,
and Beu hud nothing to do but obey.
Ho had uever been caught before, aud
the thought of delivering his treasure to
a highwayman roused all of bis latent
cunuingund courage.
"Here yo ure. Get bold of it. I
must hold tho horses."
"Never miud the horses. Shove tho
box toward me."
Ben obeyed. Ho pushed the box
slowly alouj with his feet. Ho could
seo that the man was greou at tho busi
ness, aud ho waited for his opportuuity.
When the box was close to tho liighway
muu tho ride was lowered for uu instaut.
Beu was within three feet of it, and with
a sudden spring he caught tho barrel of
it in his left baud.
"Hold up, stranger; I have tho drop
this time," he calmly said, producing a
revolver and holding it within a foot of
tho man s head.
"Curses on ve," came from behind tho
mask.
"Drop that rifle, and hold up your
bands. Drop it, I say, or you'll go into
eternity tvithout waruiu'."
Tho mnu ruluctautly obeyed. He
:oiild do nothing else uudar the circu u-
stuuees.
"Now off with that mask. No; I'll
take it oil myself."
'lho highwayman sou 'lit to catch tho
mask, but Ben toro it oil with o io sweep
of his hand, holding the revolver tight
in his right.
"Harry Somen!" he gasped.
The two meu ga.e 1 ut each other for
several moments. The uncovered high
wayman was pale, and Hen Tillotsou
trembled at the suddeu revelation. Tue
penalty of such a crimo was tleitli, and
the driver would be justified in shooting
his rival without a word of warning.
On the other huud, if he showed a m ig
uuuimous spirit, aud forced him, at toe
point of his revolver, to accompany him
to the nearest poiut of civiliz ition, ho
would be strung up ut tho tirt tree.
The choice ol deaths was not encourag
ing. "Well, what are you goiu' to do with
met" the captured man nskod in a voice
thut was intended to bu brave. "Vou
have me iu your power an' my life is
yours, I t'pose. 1 could have shot you
before, but 1 couldn't commit iimr ler.
You can shoot me, an' uubo iy will call it
murder, It will bo justice. Or you can
take mo to tue town an' have my body
grace a tree. Manly Duyval will bs
there, au' she'll rejoice with you at the
sight."
At the mention of bis sweetheart's
name Ben started. The man's harsh
laugh grated horribly on his nsrvej.
Would Mandy think more of him if he
brought bis rival to justice! Justice!
Had he not just attempted tho same
crime, and been prevented only by the
sudden awakening of his fear and con
science? Was not ho as guilty as Harry
Soracrs of highway robbcryt Tho
thought of his undented crime made his
bond tremble, and the beads of perspira
tion started out upon bis forehead.
"Come, what are you waitin' fur?
Don't keep me uncertain liko this. Shoot
away, or let me get up alongside of you.
I'll go peacefully. All's up with me,
anyway."
Ben still kept him covered with his
revolver, but his mind was so agitated
that his man could easily have escaped.
Tho words of Harry brought lilin to his
senses, and ho murmured aloud:
"Do with you what am I goin' to
do? Well, let me see. You ain't bad
at heart, Harry, an' this is your first of
fence. You didn't mean to bo bad
you jes' yielded to temptation, same's I
did an' then well, you got caught,
au' I didn't. You ain't no worse than I
am. Do? What am I goiu' to do with
you? Well, nothin' not a thing.
Come, get up alongside of me an' ride
to the town. I ain't got nothin' ag'in
you, an' the Lord knows 1 wouldn't
hurt any onu unjustly. Come, are you
going with me?"'
Bon had withdrawn his revolver and
place! it in h belt. Tbo highwayman
was uncovered aud at liberty to do as bo
pleased.
"Pick up your rifle," Ben continued.
"I kin trust you. Y'ou don't want to
hold me up any more, au' I don't want
to hold up myself ag'in. We're not fit
for highwaymen got too much con
science eh, Harry J"
He laughed so strangely that nurry
Somers began to doubt his sanity. Me
chanically tho highwayman picked up
his rifle and took a seat alongside of the
driver.
"No, it's no trap that I'm leadin' you
into. I'm boncst with you. No, I ain't
mad, nor insane cither. I'm just fair
an' square. You needn't be afeard.
'Tuin't Ben Tillottson that goes back on
his word, nor j istice either. Y'ou tried
to hold me up an' rob the stage-coach.
Well, that's no more'n I did, too. You
got caught, but the good Lord saved
me, an' I'd be a brute cf I didn't have as
much feelin fer you. It was simple
enough. I jes' felt a terrible feeliu'
come over me back in the canyon thot I'd
liko to be rich all of a sudden. An I
bad thousands of dollars aboard, nn' no
body roun'. I could pitch tho box ia
the bushes, an' theu come back fur it
later. Tell 'em that highwayman hold
me up. Nice story, eb? Nobody bo the
wiser. But when I cum to my senses
agiu I was frightened at tho thought. I
ticked up tho borses as ef Satan was af
ter me. Twas a narrow escape. Then,
suro enough I was held up by you. I
b'lieve tho Lord jes' sent ye to try mo.
He wanted to see if I'd be as merciful as
He was. That's the wholo of the story.
Taiu't much, Harry Somers, but it means
that we're both highwaymen. It's our
first, an' it will never happen ngin'."
Ben was still diluting upou his fears in
the canyon when the stage coach rolled
into the town; but tho two highwaymen
kept their story to themselves, and di
vulged it to no one. Yaukce B ade.
Utilizing Old Bands.
The Staudard Oil Company has over
500, 00U second -hand barrels at its
Poiut View Oil Works, in Philadelphia,
whore they aro refitted by a large num
ber of copers.
The barrels are irutharcl up in all
parts of the Old World and brought
across the Atlantic to be used for fur
ther shipment. At tho shops in this
country they aro renewed witb hoops
and broken staves, and tbou glued aud
tilled witn relined oil for tho homo mar
ket. Formerly second-hand barrels
were used the secou I time for export
shipments, but in the last low years all
those that aro brought back empty nre
afterward used iu tho domestic trade.
There are now several large vessels
on the way across, loaded with empty
oil barrels Besides tiieso there are
thousands of sceond-liaud barrels gath
ered up in all parts of this couutry. Somo
ure brought hero and others are se it to
the refinery in Cleveland, but the bulk
is taken to the Eastern oil works.
The export as well as the import
transportation of refined oil is mostly all
in tank cars aud in tauk vessels over the
oceau. The transports tion os the refined
oil from here is getting less every duy.
Tiio average is not more than 200 barrels
a day, and this is nearly all tuken away
in bulk. All the ucw oil barrels that
aro made around here aro turned out at
the Workhouse and they are all taken to
the Beaver Creek llellucry. New York
Telegram.
Came Buck and l'ftid Up.
Sixteen years ao T. H. Schock disap
peared from Mexico, Mo., between two
duj. It soon transpired thut he was
overwhelmingly iu debt. The Schock
family was aud still is a "prominent oue
in the country, and bis brothers indig
nant at his absconding determined to
bring him back, but no trace of him
cculd bo found. Recently a travel
stained stranger, bronzed by a southern
sun, cime to Mexico. It was Theodore
It. Schock. He employed a lawyer, called
on Circuit Clerk Ben C. Johnson and pro
posed to pay off the judgments, aggre
gating several thousand dollars. As fust
as these papers, all of them yellow with
ue, were passed upon by tho attorney,
Schock would puy them ot?. All of his
pockets sutmcd to be tilled with money,
lie asked no questions and would answer
nixie. When the lust judgment was
satisfied he Departed as quietly us ho came
uud no one knew thut he was here till ho
had goue, Schock's home is believed to
be in South America. New Orlcaus
Picayune.
A WATEftSlWr AT SKA
THE GREATEST OP MARINE PHE
NOMENA SEEN AT ITS BEST.
How tho Captains ot Vessels Prepare
lor a Walerspout and. How Thcr
Kncounler It.
WE were stcnralng through the
Indian Ocean, enduring as
best W6 could the suffoeat
ing heat that prevailed
through thaday,and long into the nigh'.
One afternoon I was standing by the bit'.
Dncln watching the compass when I ob
served that the vessel's course changed
about four points in as many minutes.
My curiosity was aroused to know tho
cause of the change, and as the Cnptsiu
was then descending from the bridge, I
asked the reason for the sudden dire
gence. "Don't say anything about It to tru
rest of the passengers," he answered,
"but just come to the bridge with mc.''
I accompanied him, and when we
reached that point of observation he di
rected my attention to a sones of dark
clouds in tho direction whence we bad
turned. The nearest of them was not
more than four or fivo miles away j it was
a tall pillar of cloud extending from the
sea to the sky, and as I looked at it
with a glass it was easy to observe that
tho sea at the base of the pillar was
violently agitated. All around was a
calm; there was hardly a breath of air
stirring, ao that the appearance of the
sea at the base of the pillar of cloud was
rendered more noticeable than if a storm
had been raging or even a strong wind
blowing.
"A waterspout I" I exclaimed, as my
eye took in the scene; "there's no mis
taking that."
"No," answered the Captaiu, "and
there's more of them to keep tint big
fellow company. We want to steer
clear of 'em, and that's why I've changed
our course."
Then I asked the Captain as to his
theory of waterspouts and their origin.
"I've had a good many theories," he
replied, "but some of 'cm have been
knocked in the bead and I'm not alto
gether sure about tho rest. One thing
I'm pretty certain of, though, and that
is that tho waterspout at sea is just the
same as tho whirlwind on land ; there
is a whirling wind or perhaps there are
two winds blowing in opposite or nearly
opposite directions coming together, and
tbtsc make up the whirls and eddies
that raise clouds of dust on land and
sometimes do a vast deal of damage.
A waterspout is caused Dy a whirlwind
and that's why the sea at the base of that
pillar of cloud is agitated, as you see it.
"There is a popular belief," he con
tinued, "that tho sea is sucked up by
the cloud and great masses of it go hun
dreds of feet into the air. I usei to be
lieve so and my belief was confirmed by
the stories of sailors who declared that
large fishes had dropped from the clouds
where thoy bad beeu carried by tbo
waterspouts. They had seen them with
their own eyes, and one sailor thit I
knew told me of boing on a whale ship
which was close to a waterspout when
a whale dropped from the clouds into
the ocean. The creature was so stunned
and astonished that bo lay motionless
on the water after ho struck ; they got out
the bouts aud secured him, aud bo
yielded eighty -niuo birrels of oil."
"What led you to doubt the truth of
the stoiy thut the sea is sucked up by
the waterspout?'' I asked.
"My own observations," he answered,
"added to what I learned from scientific
works on the subject. Tue water that
falls from the sky, or from tho cloud at
the top of the waterspout, is always
fresh, which would not bu tho case if
the sea wus drawn upon in tho way tho
sailors describe.
"The whale that was taken up, accord
ing to the story of my old friend, could
not live in fresh water; neither could tho
other fishes that they tell about. A lit
tle of the spray from tho brokeu waves
may be tukeu up, and that is all. I
haven't much feur of a waterspout as
loug as I'm iu a itcamer, but in a sailiug
ship tho caso is ditlercnt. I'vo been be
calmed with waterspouts all around us,
and sometimes you'll see them coming
directly towards you, and there's uo
chance of getting out of the way such ns
you have in a steamer. Tue old idea ot
getting rid of a dangerous waterspout
wus to fire a canuoo ut it and brui it,
but this isn't much thought of at pres
ent, though I suppose that it is d.iuo uo.v
and then. It tukes a skillful gunner to
send a shot through the cent i e ot a
waterspo jt, and it's just possible that
the thing breaks up of its own notion
without any regard to the shooting at it.
The idea is that if anything touches the
spout it breaks up and a deluge of water
comes down; for that reason a ship thut
is touched by oue is in danger of being
swamped by the downpour of water,
which is the same as a cloudburst on
laud.
"Several times in my life I have been
dangerously near to fellows like those
we're lookiug at, and once I was
swamped by one of them. Perhaps you
dou't know," ho added, "that cyclones,
typhoons and hurricanes aru pract cally
the same sort of thing aud thut they
blow in circles. When a Captain liuds
himself in one of them aud bos plenty of
sea room he tries to get as fur us possible
from tho centre, where the wind is great
est, una to do this he turns aud runs at
right uugles lo the wind. In the south
ern hemisphere tho course of rotation is
like that of the bunds of a watch, from
left to right, but in the northern hemi
sphere it is in the other direction." St.
Louis Slar-Sayiuj.'s.
A Sea Caplniu's Kuduo For I'liim Duff.
l'ut your Hour iu the pan. You want
some sur dough. L jl it rise. Stir in
some baking powder, according to how
in uca you in ike, su miicli for a quart,
uud so much for a pint. You wuut a
bag to put it iu;au old stocking is
better, l'ut the plums on the bottom of
tiie bag. Cook it till done. Have the
Mcw.cr.i put the cno with plums next the
captain, and tiie end witlio it 'liupis
next ti.e mule. Uoslou iiausciipt,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Sodthefn factories aro making papct !
from palmetto.
Liebig, the chemist, says the human .
body is composed of air condensed and
uocondenscd.
It is said that men faint less frequently
than women because their imagination is
slower of action than it is with tho fair
sex.
The extent of the oscillation of tall
Chimneys may bo exactly taken by a close
observation of the shadows they cast on
the ground.
The incandescent light is a yellow light
just as gas is, and colors cannot be de
tected by it any better than thoy can by
ordinary gas or lamp light.
A slit in a piece of paper, even though
it be not more than one forty-thousandth
of an inch in width, is sufficient to
transmit light to the human eye.
On many of the railways in Germany
the practice of starting locomotive fires
with gas instead of wood has been
adopted and proves economical.
White or "Irish" potatoes are now
used extensively in tho manufacture of
buttons. By means of certain acids po
tatoes can be hardened to almost the re
sistance of stone.
It ia asferted that waterproof sheets of
paper, gummed aud hydruulically com
pressed, make a material as durable as
leather fot the soles of shoes. It also
makes serviceable horseshoes.
A special commission at Toulon,
France, has decided agalu3t the use of
petroleum as fuel on torpedo boats. Out
of tea cans of petroleum experimented
upon eight became ignited, from per
cussion after twelve shot bad been tired
upon armor plate protecting them.
The lungs will contain about one gal
lon of air at thcit usual dogrea of nida
tion. We breathe on an average 12 JO
times per hour, iuhale 6 JO gallons of air,
or 24,000 per day. The aggregate sur
face of the air cells of tho lungs exceeds
20,000 square inches, an area very nearly
equal the floor of a room t.velvo feet
square.
A law has been enacted in Ontario,
Canada, forbidding the spraying or
sprinkling of fruit trees while they aro ia
bloom with any mixture containing Paris
green or other substances poisouous or
injurious to beos. Tae object of tho
legislation is to protect the bees from
harm, the honey from possible taint of
poisoning, and to avoid possible obstacles
to complete fertilization of tho fruit.
A remarkable discovery In the domain
of medical . science is reported from
Vienna. Doctor K. L. Scleich claims
that the results obtained by the uso of
chloroform and cocaine may be secured
by subcutaueous injections of a sotutiou
of sugar or salt, or eveu of simple cold
distilled water, while the ill effects that
sometimes follow applications . of tho
former are avoided. This c'aim, it is as
serted, is based upon a series of experi
ments, and some medical authorities aro
said to be satisfied of the genuineness of
the claim.
Tho assertion that the temperature of
the earth increases about oue degree for
every sixty feet as we descend into it is
not true for all localities. In some shafts
sunk in mines the increase is one decree
for every twenty feet, whilo in others it
is not more than oue in a hundred, show
ing that thero Is no uniformity iu the
temperature of the earth's crust.
Tho Making' of Scissors.
Though no complexities nre involved
in the making of scissors, or much skill
required, yet the process ot manufacture
is very interesting. They are forged
from good bar steel heated to redness,
each blade being cut off with sufficient
metal to form tho shank, or that des
tined to become the cutting part nn I
bow, or that which later on is fashioned
into the holding portion. For the bow
a small hole is punched, uud this is
afterward expanded to the required sin
by hammering it on a CJnical anvil, alter
which both shauk and bow are filed into
a more perfect shape and tho hole boio 1
in the middle for the rivet. The blades
are next ground and the handles made
smooth and burnished with oil and
emery, after which the pairs are fitted
together aud tested as to their ea-y
wording. They ure not yet finished,
however. They have to undergo hard
ening und tempering und bo again ad
justed, alter which they are finally put
together again and polished lor tue
third time. In comparing the edges of
knives and scissors it will be noticed, of
course, that the latter are not in any
way so sharply ground as the former,
und that, in cutting, scissors crush uud
luuiso more than kuives. Inventive
Ai'.
Tlio ller-;aiiiot Troe.
Thero is but one spot in tho world
where the bcrgamot treo can be culti
vated with profit a I act of some import
unco, since its essence is indispcnsublo iu
the mauufucturo of numerous perfumes
and medical preparations. The spot
referred to is Kcrgio, in Calabria, that
extremity of the Italian peninsula which
is familiarly known as the "toe of tho
boot." Mr. Kerrich suggests that there
is a good chuncu here for enterprising
capitalists of getting a hi ;lily profitable
monopoly of the bvrgamot tree by buying
up from tho producers all that they ex
tract. At present the Ueggio bergamot
sutlers both in quality and reputation
through the frauds of small trailers,
who, it is said, mix it with ten parts of
adulterating matter. Chicago Tribune.
Slylts lu (a niuo Mourning.
Traveling up Filth aveuuu a few days
ago was a woman dressed iu deep mourn
ing. With ber was a beautiful gruyhouud
with loug streamers of black nbbou at
tached to bis collar. If tho woman was
iu mourning for her husbaud he must
have hud hard work to conceal a smile as
he guzed down on a ludicrous picture ot
this canine, decked out iu yards of black
ribbou. I suppose w lieu the sture (if
si'iiii-mourniug comes tho dog will be
arrayed ill purple, Now York Herald.
WHERE ARB THE SPRINGS Or
LONC AOOI
Come neor, O sun O south wind, blow,
And be the winter's captives freed;
Where are the springs of long ago?
Drive under ground the lingering snow.
And up the greensward legions lead;
Come near, O sun O south wind, blow I
Are these the skins we used to knowf
The budding woo I, the frah-blown meadf
Come near, O inn O south wind, blowl
The breathing furrow will we sow, ,
And patient wait the pstient seed;
Come near, O sun O south wind, blowl
The grain of vanished years will grow;
Bnt not the vanishel years, Imloedl
Where are the springs of long ago?
With sodden leafage, lying low
Tuey for remembrance faintly pleadl
Come near, O sun O south wind, blowl
Where are the springs of long agof
Edith M. Thomas.
HUMOR OF TIIE DAT.
Humbug Bumble bees.
Buy words How much?
A shining light Jupiter. "il
A spokesrann The wheelwright.
A pronounced failure Stuttering.
Room for improvement The gym
nasium. Truth.
"I am willing enough to work," said
young Steer, "but I can't find anybody
to work." Eltuira Gazette.
Cholly "What kind ot a balanco ha
mo wawtsch?" Jeweler "Probably an
unpaid one." Jowclor's Weekly.
George "I thought you were study
ing oil wells in the West." Fred "Oh,
I gave it up; it was such a bore, you
knoV' Exchange.
Criticus (looking at a picture of the
impressionist) "If that's hii;h art, then
I'm an idiot." Cynicus " Well, that is
high art." Tid-bits.
Extreme loquaciousness sjldora goes
with an air of prosperity. The more a
mau talks through his hat tho shabbier
it gets. Washington Star.
Crinoline or cholera, $
Which one will it b9
To sweep the western continent
lu eighteen ninety-three!1
Detroit Free Press.
She "Really, now, aren't you a
married man?" He "No. Why?" She
"Oh, you have such a settled look."
lie "Yes, I've been refused by thirteen
girls."
Doctor "I really believe you have
somo kind of poison in your system."
Patient (Gloomily) "I shouldn't won
der. What was that lust stull you gave
mc?" Judy.
A "Hollo, old chap! Congratula
tions! I hear you have married a lady
with an independent fortune!'' B "No;
I married a fortune with an independent
lady." Vogue.
Daggs "What aro you reading
there"" Scagus "The story of 'She
Who Must Bo Obeyed.'" Daggs "Oh,
yes; the romance of a hired girl."
Sotuerville Journal.
Borker "Spoodle has married a girl
who knows half a dozca languages."
Nngacr "Poor fellow, I pity him I My
wife only knows one lunguage, and I find
that oue too many."
Love peeped into the cottage.
And the buihlint; seeuio.l ad rlht;
But a sc inty supply ot pottage
MadeLim quicKly take his night. .
Truth.
Parisiun (to intimate- friend) "I
have brought the norcl you asked me to
lend you, but, as you aro not fond of re
turning books, I will take back a couple
of yours as hostages.'' L'Echo Francais.
Family Physician "Vol, Mr. Ay
ling, what is it now? Any fresh trouble
on baud?" Caller "No, I don't think
you could c -til it exactly a fresh trouble,
Doctor. It's salt rheum." Chicago
Tribune.
A stump orator wanted tho wings of a
bird, to tly to every village and hamlet
iu the broad land; but ho collapsed
when u muu iu tho crowd saug out;
"You'd gel shot for a goose before yoll
tie a mile." Tit-BiU.
Miss Poct'que "How dreamily de
lightful is the soothing sound of old
ocean's waves rolliug up iu the moon
light upon tho silver saudsl" -Miss Prac
tical "Yes, I always did liko to hear
the water sloshing around on the beach."
Somervillo Journal.
Biggs "You say your wifo always
pins a flower on your coat before you
leave home!" "Yes; she has for a
month." Bisrgs "Well, it shows she
thinks of you." "No; it's because she
never can remember to se.v on tho but
ton." Chicago Iuter -Oi'cau.
A muu raiiLTOw tad, melancholy, dys
peptic, bilious, hollow eyed, pale, de
jirtcd, tired of life, cynical, cold
blooded, repellaat aud too dangerous to
be at lurjjc, and still he will laugh to
see a fat mau chasing a street car that is
uomg three feet to his one. Detroit
Free Press.
"Wunl to buy some of those npplos?"
inquired the grocer's clerk. "To buy
sour?" said tliu hopeless lookiug man
ucur the barrel, Willi a dry sob. "No, I
don't want to buy uuy; but if it doesn't
cost too much I'd liko to stand hero a
few ininutei ami indulge sparingly in
smelling tlie ii." Chicago Tribuue.
'Halloa, Mtjor,"said the Judge one
morning; "1 huveu't seuii you for a
week; where have you been i" "Been
home ill us anytime.;," replied the
Mujor. "Vii.ll Why you wire always,
us l.calthy us could be. What iu the
world made you ill I" "Well, I tried to
follow s mie rules on health 1 saw iu the
paper." Drake's .Ma inzuie.
Emperor William of liermauy hu,
much to the disgust of his subjects, in
auguialed t'.ie pract cu of liavnig all the
game killed at the imperial shooting
parlies sold for tliu highest possible
jirici. Herctoloro it bus been customury
for such of the giinie as wits not requited
for tiie roy id iiousoliold, or for presents,
to be giveu to charitable institutions,