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VOL. XXVI. NO. 2.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1893.
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ES
More than 700 lire of Columbus bar
bcon written la varioui languages.
! A. daily paper cno be sent from an;
part of tho United Btatei to Stanley
Falls, in Africa, 1000 miloa beyond
Stunloy Pool, for four cents.
i . .
Tbo report by cablo that defects Id
tbo new Bussluu mado rifles will dcfei
for throe years the rearming of tho in
fantry, seems, to tho Now York Sun, if
truo, to bo out of sight tho most slgoifi.
csut item of news received from Europe
in many month.
i "Within six yours Idaho has coma to bo
a great fruit raising oauntry, an ! is com
peting sharply with California in the
Eastern markets. Last yoar tho Oregon
Short Lluo handled carload lots of ap
ples, peaches, pcius, prunos and grapes
for Denver and Omaha.
Tho Amorioan Farmer states that the
American wool grower bos a homo mar
kot for every pouud of wool he produces.
About sixty-niuo per cent, of tho wool
manufactured in the United States is
home grown, and tho remaining forty
one per cent, is foreign wool.
I In some purts of the West Democrats
who become Populists ate called "Demo
pops" and "Popocrnts," while Republi
cans who desert to tho Populists go by
the name of 'Popllcaus." Wuen they
waut a new word in tho West, observes
the Chicago Herald, they don't hesitato
nt anything.
After an oxistenco of twenty-four
years 'Lorna Doono" has been repub
lished in London in the original three
volume form. This event is said to bo
entirely unprecedented in tho history of
cowls in England, and illustrates tho
great popularity of the book, tbo suc
cess of which, to quote Mr. Blnckmore'
own words, "is a paradox."
I Now York is tho ouly Stato that
allows an uncle to marry bis neice, de
clares the Chicago Herald, In Florida
and Georgia matriago is prohibited
within the "Lovitical degree;" those are
set forth in Leviticus zviii., and forbid
. marriagos of nephews iihd aunts, but
neeiuingly not of unciet and niecei. No
European country cousidors suo'a a mur
ringo lawful.
i The Canadian Architect sensibly sug
gests that in building brick houses in
positions whore thoy are not protected by
surroundiug property, not to forgot that
hallow walls will add greatly to tho con
venience of the occupiers. They will
render the house cooler in summer aud
warmer in the wiuter, aud will assist in
materially keeping tho house dry. The i
cost of hollow walls is ouly very little
higher than that of walls built solid.
The Eastern Shore of Maryland has
been besought to give India tho sweet
potato for a food for tho ofton famine v
stricken millions of many East Iudfa
Provinces. E. B. Francis, Director of
Lands in the Puujaub, has written to a
Mr. Bennett, of Accomac County, ask
ing for "roots well packed," as it is de
sired to introduce that vogctuble into
India, in tho hope that soil aud climato
there will be found peculiarly favorably
to if.
W. If. Bilrt, of Saginaw, Mich., has
suddenly become wealthy on au uu
earned increment. Sinj years agu he
bought a tract of timber land inSt. L'lui
County, Minnesota, and receutly dis
covered that forty acres of the tract is
covered with an iuinienso and very rich
deposit of iron oro. Tuero are said to be
10,000,000 tons iu sight, and it is so ac
cessible that it can ba taken out with a 1
team shovel. He has leased tho miuing
rights at rates that will fetch him $300,
000 year.
Tbo Chicogo Tribune says tint there
were recordod in this couutry in 1S92
oo lesa than 3800 suicides in the Uuitcd
States as compeared with 3331 in 1S91,
'5610 iu 183J aud 2221 iu 18S9. "To
suggest haphazard a reason for so serious
an iucrease would be folly," comments
the Now York Observer. "Tho figures
are ah rmiug and call for au investiga
tion. A tifty per cent, iucreao in tho
number of suicides within three years
seems incredible. If the figures arc sup
ported by facts, we canuot too soun seek
for the cause.
Science is pressiuir. reloutlossly on the
heels of tho microbe, notes the Chicago
NewsBecord: "The latest method of
coping with this minute but potent
source of disease is to literally cast it
out of tbo abiding pluco in wh'c'i it has
installed itself. Micro organisms con
tain substaucos for the most part heavier
than water, aud this fact has led to the
introduction of a method of separating
them from waier, milk aud other liquids
by centrifugal force. A speed cf about
4000 revolutions a minute serves to clear
a large number of microbes from the
Jiquid aud render it limpid."
OUR ANOL13.
T lov to think they linger with os still,
That when our souls era full of longings
deep.
They com about ns at their own sweet will
And steal into our being, soft as sleep.
Shall they not ooms whoa sympathies war
ours,
Th. friends we loved most tenderly and
true
Whose graves are fresh with spring's first
offered flowers
And benedictions of the summer dewf
Wo long have kept th chamber, of our
hearts
Garnished and swept with aaored care for
them,
And memory hoarJp, a year by year
depart,
Their lov and friendship as a preolons
gem.
W may not see them with our mortal
vision,
Nor bear the musfo they hive Just begun;
Btill they may come to speak of fields
Elysiau,
Or guide us to them when our work is
done.
Spirits intangible we know they cone I
When our llf tumults for a moment
cease;
Tbeyspcikto os, although their lips are
dumb.
And the great silence has a cry of peace.
O tender are th words of Christ, that float
Full argosies of lov on time's wide soa
Uor musloal than Israfllf's note,
More loving than a mother's lullaby-
Mor beautiful than any face or form.
Dearer than fame or love's divine behest
Bweeter than sunshine 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 onr aouls mar reach them gone
before.
And gather strength from beings of new
birth.
These are our angels, for love cannot die,
Nor yet in heaven it 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.
. WALSIt.
ELD bard down
tbe rough moun
tain trail the
s t a g e-c o ac h
rumbled heav
ily, jolting
against rooks
-nrl - ' 1 - I
lyt .sTw'i?' 1 fierce deflance
fcr f 101 I 31 quencees. and
swaying from
sido to side un
til tho springs
creaked and
groaned. Tall,
gaunt Ben Til-
lotson, the driver, kept bis insecure er-at
as if he was a part of the vehicle itself,
and with evory motion of tho coach his
body moved with sinuous graccfulopis.
"Steady now, boys, steady," he
shouted to the double team of plunging
horses. "Wo want to make good time,
but 'twontJo to smash the company's
coach to pieces. Whoa, now! We ain't
got no load this time, but that aiu't dd
reason for beln' iccklc&s. Look out for
the Devil's Cut, it's rough there. Ye'll
stumble yerself. Git up there. I told
ye so."
He jerkei one of tho stumbling horses
to his feet so suddenly that the animal
was scarcely aware of bis fall; but the
speed of the wild, galloping team was
checked by the slight mishap.
""That'li bring ye to jour senses if any
thin'. Now take it easier. Don't be
smash in' things to pieces so. Ye'll get
enough of it when ye reach the level.
Yo're the most determined critters that
I ever drew line behind, an' of ye don't
break your necks soino day on these
slopes I'm missiu' my guess. Ef we had
some passengers iusido they'd be scared
half out of their wits. ' But we ain't.
No, nothiu' but gold, aud lots of it."
The driver jerked his bead around and
looked at the big, squaro box, which
contained the precious treasure of the
company. It was a common looking
box, but strongly riveted and bound.
It was close up to the driver to that he
could touch it with bis feet.
"A mighty big sum," he muttered
aloud, "uu' a putty responsible load lor
one man to guard. Thousands of dol
lars, I s'pose. If some f oilers only knew
it they'd bo boldin' mo up 'round here.
It would be worth the risk. But thon
Bon Tillotson has never jet been caught
nappiu', an there aiu't many who would
care to try him. It would be dangerous.
Yes, sir, it would."
He tapped his heavy revolvers as be
spoke aud glanced dcdantly around him.
The coach had nearly reached tbe valley,
and was rolling along at an easier gait.
"Hal bal what an idee," suddenly
luughed Ben loudly. "Hold up myself.
Tout would be great, right here in this
dark canyon, au' thon tell 'em a man
robbed the coach. No lie 'bout that.
They'd believo it, for I've always been
to trustworthy. Well, well, I could
chuck the box iuto tbe bushes an' come
baclc for it later."
Tbe idea seemed to please the driver,
and bo smiled broadly as be continued to
think of it.
"There would be plenty of ways out
of it. Tbe box would never be found
here, an' lioi Tillotsou would be rich. I
guess then Mandy Duyval wouldn't look
at that Harry Somei a no longer. She'd
take me quicker'n a wink. He's not
good enough for her, but she thinks
everything of him. I never did like his
looks. He comes from some place thut
nobody knows anything 'bout. He's got
a better position than I have, an' Mandy
tbiuks more of him for thut. How this
money wculd sot we up! I could make a
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splurge that would asrohish some of 'era,
'Twouldn't be bad, cither. I've worked
for the company nigh unto ten years, au'
they ain't lost a cent by mc. It ain't a
losin' bargain for 'em. They've mode
me. But then think ol the shame t No,
sir, git up there, bays, we must hurry."
He snapped his long whip in tho air
and urged the horses on Iuto brcak-ncok
pace. The rumbling of the heavy
wheels soon brought the man back to
bis refioctive mood.
"But bow easily I csuld work the
game," be mused again. "An' nobody
would b the hotter for it. Bight ahead
la the canyon I could chuck tho box in
tho hollow, au' all would be done.
Thoy'd send out scoutin' parties, but no
body would find it. Then months later
I'd come for it."
Onco mora the hones slowed down to
a gentle trot, and the sturdy driver
fidgeted the box with his foot. The
spell of temptation nearly conquered.
The hiding place was near at hand. The
horses stopped as if by instiuct; but this
very fact startled the man.
"No, no. What ails mot Git up, ye
brutes, what are ye stoppin' for? I
wasn't goiu' to do anything. I was only
thinkin' how it might be done. Git
upl"
He was nervous and excited, glancing
around mm many times.
"Phawl' I'm superstitious," ho ex
claimed with a lau?h. "Who do I think
will see me hero. There ain't nothin' to
bo afraid of. I'll just stop to quiot my
nerves. Whoa, there 1"
The 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 lonoly place. Nobody in
twenty . miles of me and five, six or
seven thousand dollars in gold. Maybe
there's more. Let me see how heavy the
box is. Ay, but that is heavy I
Shouldn't wonder ef there was more
probably ten'thousand dollars all gold.
I. wonder ef I could lift it. Yes, an'
throw it in the bushes. Easy as oan be.
Held up by highwaymen, nice story, two
bullets in thn clothes, and one through
the hat. Ha! bal bat I'll try it, yes
no. Hey whatl"
A stone rolled down the side of the
canyon wall, and the man Uoked up ner
vously. It was only a grey squirrel, but
the bead -like eyes were watching him
intently.
"What am I doin'," the mm mut
tered, with tho cold perspiration run
ning down his faco. "Bobbin, stealin'
an ordinary highwayman. Heavens I
Git up beret Hurry, boys, or I'll go
crszy.
The coach seemed to rush along at
lightning speed. Tho heavy box fell
back to its original position, but the
driver's hands tremble"! so that he 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 bis own consciance
shutout every external sjund. Tbe
horses followed the road by instinct, and
that alono saved the coach from entire
destruction. Faster and faster he urged
the plunging animals forward until tba
limit of t'ueir speed was reached. They
rushed a sudden curve with their fl inks
reek ice with white foam, and then they
came to a standstill so suddenlythat Ben
Tillotson barely retained his seat.
'Hands up t Hands up, quick I"
Was ho dreamiug, or was his brain
turning! Was his mind still dwelling
upon the old idea, or was he held up iu
earnest! Mechanically, however, be
raised bis hands, aod when his befogged
brain was clear enough to understand his
position he realize! th'vt a heavy Win
cbestor was Btaring him in the face.
"Don't move, old man, or ye'll die,'
tbe masked highwayman said, calmly,
"Ye'so caught this time. Hand over
the box quick. Hands upl"
The rifle moved threateniugly noarer,
and Ben had nothing to do but obey,
lie had never been caught before, and
the thought of delivering his treasure to
a highwayman roused all of bis latent
cunnin:' and courage.
"Here ye are. Get bold of it, I
must hold tho horses."
'Never miud the horses. Shove the
box toward me."
Ben obeyed. Ho pushed tbe box
slowly alouj with his feet. He could
see that the man was green at tho busi
ness, and be waited for his opportunity.
When the box was close to the highway
man tho ride was lowered for un iustaut.
Ben was within three feet of it, and with
a sudden spring be ca jght tbe barrel of
it in his left baud.
"Hold up, strauger; I have tho drop
this time," he calmly said, producing a
revolver and holding it within a foot of
the man's head. .
"Cursus on ye," camo from behind the
mask.
"Drop that rifle, and bold up your
hands. Drop it, I say, or you'll go into
eternity ivithout waruiu'."
Tbo mau reluctantly obeyed. He
could do nothing else under tho circu u
stuuees. "Now oil with that mask. No; I'll
take it off myself."
Tbe highwayman sought to catch the
mask, but Ben tore it oil with o le sweep
of bis hand, holding the revolver tight
in bis right.
"Harry Somen I" he gaspeJ.
The two men gazed ut each other for
several momeuls. The uncovered high
waymau was pale, and Ben Tillotson
trembled at the sudden revelation, Tue
penalty of such a crime was deith, and
the driver would be justified in shooting
his rival without a word of waruiug.
Ou the other hand, if he showod a m ig
uanimous spirit, and forced bliu, at tue
point of his revolver, to accompany him
to the nearest puiut of civitizttion, he
would bo struug up at the first tree.
The choice of deaths was not encourag
iug. "Well, what are you goiu to do with
mo!" the captured man ns'ed in a voice
that was intended to be brave. 'Von
have me iu your power an' my life is
yours, I s'pose. 1 could hnve shot you
before, but I couldn't commit murder.
You can ehoot rue, an' iiobo iy will call It
murder, It will be justice. Or you can
take mo to tue town an have my body
grace a tree. Mandy Duyval will be
there, an alio 11 rejoice with you at the
sight."
At tbe mention of his sweetheart
name lien started. Tbe man's harsh
laugh grated horribly on bis nsrvef.
Would Mandy think mora of him if h
brought bis rival to justice! Justicel
Had be not just attempted the same
crimp, and been prevented only by th
sudden awakening of bis fear and con
science! Was not he as guilty as Harry
Somers of highway robbery! Tho
thought of his undected crime made his
bnnd tremble, and the beads of perspira
tion started out upon his forehead.
"Come, what are you waitin fur!
Don't keep mc uncertain like this. Shoot
away, or let me get up alongside of you.
I'll go peacefully. All's up with me,
anyway."
Ben stilt kept him covered with bis
revolver, but bis mind was so agitated
that bis man could easily have escaped.
The words of Harry brought bim to his
senses, and be 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,
an' I didn't. You ain't no worse than I
am. Do! What am I goin 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 one unjustly. Come, are you
going with me!"
Ben bad withdrawn his revolver and
placed it in h;s belt. Tbo highwayman
was uncovered and at liberty to do as he
pleased.
"Pick up your rifle," Ben continued.
"I kin trust you. You don't want to
hold mc up any more, ac' I don't waut
to hold up myself ag'in. We're not fit
for highwaymen got too much con
science eh, Harry!"
He laughed so strangely that Harry
Somers began to doubt his sanity. Me
chanically the highwayman picked up
bis rifle and took a seat alongside of the
driver.
"No, it's no trap that I'm leadin' you
into. I'm honest with you. No, I ain't
mad, nor insane either. I'm just fair
an' square. You needn't be afeard.
'Tain't Ben Tillottsou that goes back on
his word, nor justice either. You tried
to bold 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 ef I didn't have as
much feelln' fer you. It was simple
eiougb. I jes' felt a terrible feclin'
corno over me back in the canyon thet I'd
like to be rich all of a sudden. An I
bad thousands of dollars aboard, an' no
body roun'. I could pitch tho box in
the bushes, an' then come back fur it
later. Tell 'em that highwayman bold
me up. Nice story, eb! Nobody be the
wiser. But when I cum to my senses
ainu I was frightened at tbe thought. I
ricked up tbe horses as ef Satan was af
ter me. 'Twas a narrow e;capo. Then,
suro enough I was held up by you. I
b'lieve the Lord jes sent ye to try me.
Me wanted lo see if I'd be as merciful a?
He was. That's the whole of the story.
Tain't much, Harry Somers, but it means
that we're both highwaymen. It's our
first, an' it will -never happen agin'."
Beu was still dilating upon his fears in
the canyon when the stage coach rolled
into the town; but the two highwaymen
kept their story to themselves, and di
vulged it to no one. Yaukee Biado.
Uttlizlnr Old Barrels.
The Staudard Oil Company has over
500,001) second-hand barrels at its
Poiut View Oil Works, in Philadelphia,
whore they are refitted by a lurge num
ber of copers.
The barrels are gatherel up in all
parts of the Old World and brought
across tbe Atlantic to be used for fur
ther shipment. At tho shops in this
country they aro reuewed with hoops
and broken staves, aud tbou glued aud
tilled with refined oil for the home mar
ket. Formerly second-hand barrels
were used the second time for export
shipments, but in the last few years all
those that aro brought back empty are
afterward used iu tbe domestic trade.
There are now several large vessels
on the way across, loaded with empty
oil barrels. Bosidos these there aro
thousands of second-hand barrels gath
ered up in all parts of this country. Some
are brought hero and others are se it to
the refinery in Cleveland, but the bulk
is taken to the Eastern oil works.
Tho export as well as the import
transportation of refined oil is mostly all
in tank oars aud in tank vessels over the
ocean. The transportation os the reQued
oil from here is getting lest every day.
The average is not more than 200 barrels
a day, and this is nearly all taken away
in bulk. All the new oil barrels that
are made around here are turned out at
the Workhouse aod they are all taken to
the Beaver Creek llelluery. New York
Telegram.
Came Buck and raid Up.
Sixteen years ago T. B. Schock disap
peared from Mexico, Mo., between two
dajs. It soon transpired that . bo was
overwhelmingly iu debt. The Schock
family was and still is a "prominent one
in the couutry, and bis brothers indig
nant at his aoscondiug determined to
bring bim back, but no trace of bim
cculd bo found. Bocently a travel
stained stronger, brouzed by a southern
sun, cime to Mexico. It was Theodore
U. Schock. He employed a lawyer, called
on Circuit Clerk Bun C. Johusou and pro
posed to pay off the judgments, aggre
gating several thousand dollars. As fast
as these papers, all of them yellow with
age, were passed upon by the attorney,
Schock would pay them off. All of his
pockets seemed to be tilled with money.
He asked no questions and would answer
code. When tbe last judgment was
satisfied be Departed as quietly as he came
aud no one knew that he was here till he
had gone. Schock's home is believed to
bo iu Houth America. Nv'W Orleans
Picayune,
A WATtittS.W AT SKA
TBE GREATEST OF M ABUTS PHE
NOMENA BEEN AT ITS BEST.
How I ho Captains ot Veacls Prepare
for a Water pool and How Thev
Kncounler It.
WE were steaming through the
Indian Ocean, enduring as
best wt could the suffocat
ing heat that prevailed
through the day, and long into the nigh'.
One afternoon I was standing by tbe bin
nacle watching the compass when I vo
served that tbe vessel's course changed
about four points in as many minutes.
My curiosity waa aroused to know the
cause of the change, and as the Cnptsiti
was then descending from the bridge, I
asked tbe reason for th sudden diver
gence. "Don't say anything- about it to Un
rest of the passengers," be answered,
'but just come to the bridge with mc."
I accompanied bim, and when we
reached that point of observation he di
rected my attention to a series of dark
clouds in the direction whence wo had
turned. Tbe nearest of them was not
more than four or five miles away; 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
the sea at tbe base of the pillar was
violently agitated. All around waa
calm ; there was hardly a breath of air
stirring, so that the appearance of the
sea at the base of tbe pillar of cloud was
rendered more noticeable than If a storm
bad been raging or even a strong wind
blowing.
"A waterspout t" 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 thst 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 bis
theory of waterspouts and their origin.
"I've had a good many theories,' he
replied, "but some of 'em have been
knocked in tbe head and I'm not alto
gether sure about the rest. One thing
I'm pretty certain of, though, and that
is that tbo waterspout at sea is just the
same as the whirlwind on land ; there
is a whirling wind or perhaps there are
two winds blowing in opposite or nearly
opposite directions coming together, and
these 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 tbe 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 they bad been carried by tbe
waterspouts. They had seen them with
their own eyes, and one sailor thit I
knew told me of being on a whalo ship
which was close to a waterspout when
a whale dropped from tbe clouds into
the ocean. The creature was so stunned
and astonished that be lay motionless
on the water after he struck ; they got out
tbe boats and secured him, and ho
yielded eighty -niuo barrels of oil."
"What led you to doubt the truth of
the stoiy thai 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. Tne water that
falls from the sky, or from the cloud at
the top of the waterspout, is always
fresh, which would not bo tho case if
the eea was drawn upon in tho way tbe
sailors describe.
"The whale that was taken up, accord
ing to the story of ray old friend, could
not live in fresh water; neither could the
other fishes that tbey tell about. A lit
tle of the spray from the broken waves
may be taken up, and that is all. I
haven't much fear of a waterspout as
long as I'm in a steamer, but in a sailing
ship the case is different. I've been be
calmed with waterspouts all around us,
and sometimes you'll see them coming
directly towards you, and there's no
chance of getting out of the way such as
you have in a steamer. Tue old idea ot
getting rid of a dangerous waterspout
was to tire a cannon at it and bre ir,
but this isn't much thought of at pres
ent, though I suppose that it is done uo.v
and then. It takes a skillful gunner to
send a shot through tbe ceutie ot a
waterepoit, 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 that
is touched by one 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
don't know," be added, "that cycloues,
typhoons and hurricanes aro practxully
the same sort of thing and that they
blow iu circles. Wheu a Captuiu fiuds
himself in one of them and has plenty of
sea room he tries to get as far as possible
from the centre, where the wind is great
est, aud to do this he turns aud ruus at
right angles to the wind. Iu the south
ern hemisphere the course of rotation ia
like that of tho bunds of a watch, from
left to right, but iu the northern hemi
sphere it is in tbe other direction." St.
Louis Slnr-Sayini;?.
A SeaCaplniu's Keripe For Plum Duff.
Put your ll.iur iu the pau. You waut
some sour dough. Lat it rise. Stir in
some baking powder, according to how
much you make, so much for a quart,
und so much for a pint. You waut
bug to put ' it iu;uu old stockiug is
better, l'ut the plums on the bottom of
the bag. Cook it till tloue. Have the
steward puc the enu with plums next the
captain, and the end without plupit
next ti.u iiittU'. Uostou Tiausciipt,
SCIENTIFIC A Kit. IKDU5TKUL.
Soiithefn iactories are making paper
from palmetto.
Liebig, the chemist, says the human
body is composed of air condonsed and
uocoodensed.
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 otcillation of tall
chimneys may bo exactly taken by a close
observation of tba shadows they cast on
tbe ground.
The incandescent light ia a yellow light
just as gas is, and oolors cannot be de
tected by it any bettor than they can by
ordinary gas or lamp light.
A slit in a piece of papor, 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 Ores
with gas instead of wood has boon
adopted and proves economical.
White or 'Irish' potatoes are now
used extensively in the manufacture of
buttons. By means of certain acids po
tatoes can be hardened to almost the re
sistance of stone.
It is asrerted that waterproof sheets of
paper, gummed and bydraulically com-pn-Ksed,
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 again jt the use of
petroleum as fuel on torpedo boats. Out
of ton cans of petroleum experimented
upon eight became ignited, from per
cussion after twelve shot bad beon fired
upon armor plate protecting them.
The lungs will contain about one gal
lon ot air at tbcit usual degree ot infla
tion. We breathe on an average 1200
times per hour, inhale 6 JO gallons of air,
or 24,000 per day. The aggregate sur
face of tbe air cells of the lungs exceeds
20,000 square inches, an area very nearly
equal the floor of a room twelve feet
square.
A law has been enacted in Ontario,
Canada, forbidding tho spraying or
sprinkling of fruit treei while they are in
bloom with any mixture containing Paris
green or other substances poisonous or
injurious to bees. Tue object of the
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
ot medical . science is reported from
Vienna. Doctor K. L. Scleich claims
that the results obtained by the use of
chloroform aod cocaine may be secured
by subcutaneous injections of a solution
of sugnr or salt, or even of simplo cold
distilled water, while tho ill effects that
sometimes follow applications . of tho
former are avoided. TBis c'aim, it is as
serted, is based upon a series of experi
ments, and some medical authorities are
said to bo satisfied ot the genuineness of
the claim.
Thn Kftsrrtinn that the temneratura of
the earth increases about one degree for
every sixty feet as we descend into it is
not trne for all localities. In some shafts
sunk in mines the increase is one degree
for every twenty feet, while in others it
is not more than one in a hundred, show
ing that there is no uniformity iu tho
temperature of tho earth's crust.
Tho Making or Scissor.
Though no complexities are involved
in the making of scissors, or much skill
required, yet tbe process ot manufacture
is very interesting. They are forged
from good bar steel heated to redness,
each blado being cut oft with sufficient
metal to form the shauk, or that des
tined to become tbe cutting part and
bow, or that which later on is fashioned
into the holding portion. For tbe bow
a small hole is punched, and this is
afterward expanded to the required sizi
by hammering it on a conical anvil, after
which both shauk and bow are filed into
a more perfect shape and the bolo bote 1
in tbe middle for tbe rivet. The blades
are next ground and the handles mado
smooth and burnished with oil aud
emery, after which the pairs are fitted
together and tested as to their eay
working. They aro not yet finished,
however. Tbey have to undergo hard
ening and tempering and be again ad
justed, after 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 tbe former,
unit that, iu cutting, scissors crush aud
bruise more thau knives. Inventive
Age.
The Uor,'uiiiot Troe.
There is but one spot in the world
where the bergamot tree can be culti
vated with profit a fact of some import
ance, since its esseuce is iadisponsuble iu
tbe manufacture of numerous perfumes
and medical preparations. The spot
referred to is Beggio, ia Calabria, thut
extremity of the Italian peninsula which
is familiarly known as tbe "toe of the
boot." Mr. Kerrich suggests that there
is a good chance here for enterprising
capitalists of getting a hi hly profitable
inouopoly of the bergamot tree by buying
up from the producers all that tbey ex
tract. At present the Beggio bergamot
sutlers both in quality and repututiou
through the fraud of small traders,
who, it is said, mix it with ten parts of
adulterating matter. Chicago Tribuue.
htyif ia Canine Slourulnr.
Traveling up Fifth avenue a few duys
ago was a woman dressed in deep mourn
ing. With her was a beautiful greyhound
with loug streamers of black ribbon at
tached to bis collar. If the woman was
iu mouruing for ber busbaud be must
have had hard work to conceal a smile as
he gazed dowu on a ludicrous plcturu of
this canine, decked out in yards of black
ribbon. I suppose wheu the stage of
sumi-iiiourniug come tho dog will be
arravud ill purple, New York Herald.
WHIRS ARB THE SPRINGS
LONG AOO r
or
Come near, O tun O south wind, Mow,
And be tbe winter's captives free!;
Where are the springs of long ago!
Drive under ground the lingering snow.
And np the greensward legions lead ;
Coma near, O sun O south wind, blow I
Are these the skiee we used to know?
The budding woo I, the frah-blown meadf
Come near, O tun O south wind, blow I
The breathing furrow will we tow, ,
And patient wait the patient seed; J
Come near, O sun O south wind, blow I
Tbe grain of vanished years will grow;
Bnt not the vanished years, indeedl
Where are the spring ot long ago!
With sodden leafage, lying low
Tuey for remembrance faintly pleadl
Come near, O sun O south wind, blow!
Where are the springs ot long ago!
Edith U. Thomas.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Humbug Bumble beet.
Buy words How muchf
A shining light Jupiter.
A spokesman The wheelwright.
A pronounced failure Stuttering.
Boom for improvement The gym
nasium. Truth.
"I am willing enough to work," said
young Steer, "but I can't find anybody
to work." Elmira Gazette.
Cholly "What kind ot a balance has
me wawtschf" Jeweler "Probably an
unpaid one." Jeweler's Weekly.
Oeorge "I thought yoo were study
ing oil wells in the West." Fred "Oh,
I gave it up; it was such a bore, you
know1" Exchange.
Cnticus (looking at a picture of tbe
impressionist) "If that's high art, then
I'm an idiot." Cy nicus ' Well, that is
high art." Tid-bits.
Extreme loquaciousness seldom goes
with an air of prosperity. The more a
mau tulks through his hat the shabbier
it gets. Washington Star.
Crinoline or cholera, $ .
Which on will it b ,''fc ;
To sweep the wettern continent "
In eighteen ninety-three
Detroit Free Fret.
She "Beally, now, aren't you a
married man!" He "No. Why!" She
"Ob, you have such a settled look."
He "Yea, I've been refused by thirteen
girls."
Doctor "I really believe you have
some kind of poison in your system."
Patient (Gloomily) "I shouldn't won
der. What was that last stull you gave
me!" Judy.
A Hollo, old chap! Congratula
tions! I bear you have married a lady
with an independent fortune I" B "No;
I married a fortune with an independent
lady." Vogue.
Daggs "What aro you reading
there!" Scagas "The story of 'She
Who Must Be Obeyed.'" Daggs "Oh,
yes; the romance ot a hired gin."
louierville Journal.
Borker '"3 poodle has married a girl
who knows half a dozen languages."
Nagaor "Poor fellow, I pity him I My
wife only knows one language, aud I And
that one too many." .
Love peeped into the cottage,
And tbe uuilJint; seemed all rljht;
But a scanty tupply of pottage .
Made bim quickly take his night;
. Truth. '
Parisian (to intimate friend) "I
have brought tho novel you asked mo to
lond you, but, as you are not fond of re
turning books, I will take back a couple
of yours as hostages.'' L'Echo Francais.
Family Physician "Wall, Mr. Ay
ling, what is it now! Any fresh trouble
on hand!" Caller "No, I don't think
you could call it exactly a fresh trouble,
Doctor. It's salt rheum." Chicago
Tribune.
A stump orator wanted the wing of
bird, to fly to every village and hamlet
iu the broad land; but he collapsed
wheu a mau iu the crowd sung out:
"You'd get shot for a goose bef oro yoU
flew a mile." Tit-BiU.
Miss Poct'que "How dreamily de
lightful is tho soothing sound of old
oceuu's waves rolling up in the moon
light upon tbo silver sandal" Miss Prac
tical "Yes, I always did like to hear
the water sloshing around ou the beach."
Somerville Journal.
Biggs "You say your wife always
pins a flower on your coat before you
leave home!" "Yes; she has for
month." Biegs "Well, it shows she
thiuks of you." "No; it's becauso she
never can remember to sew ou tbo but
ton." Chicago Iuter Oeau.
A mau cau grow fad, melancholy, dys
peptic, bilious, hollow eyed, pale, de
jected, tired of life, cynical, cold
blooded, repelluat aud too dangerous to
be at lurge, aud still ho will laugh to
see a fat man chasing a street car that is
Ituiug threo feet to bis oup. Detroit
Free Press.
"Want to buy tome of tboso apples!"
inquired the grocer's clerk. "To buy
some!" said the hopeless lookiug mun
ueur the barrel, with a dry sob. "No, I
dou't want to buy uuyj but it it doesn't
cost too much I'd like to stand here a
fuw unnutoi and indulge sparingly ia
siuelliug theui." Chicago Tribuue.
Halloa, Mijor," said tho Judge one
mofuiug; "I uaveu't seen you for a
week; where have you beeui" "Been
home ill us anytbiug," replied tho
Major. "Vo.i! Why you wire always
us l.eulthy us could be. Wbut iu the
world made you illf" "Well, I tried to
follow same rules ou health 1 saw iu the
paper." Drake's Mu Hziue.
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fl'troi
t Jto tL
Jiltfuiutod
itror Williuui of (Jcrmuny hot.
he disgust of bis subjects, in-
id tbe pract ca of having all tbe
game killed ut tbe imperial shooting
parties sold for the highest possible
price, llcretolore it has been customary
for such of the gume as was not required
for the royal household, or for preieuta, .
to be yivcu to charitable institutions,