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VOL. XXVII. NO. 21. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1894. $1.00 PER ANNUM.
The Atlanta Journal calls fol an in
Ch?ao of the army.
It is estimated that Ellwand ex
jciuls annually $15,000,000 on pic
tures. Writers on vital statistics state that
there are two persons siok for every
death during the year.
There are 280 iron and steel manu
facturing establishments in Pennsyl
vania, with an invested capital of over
$200,009,000.
The colored clement is increasing
much less rapidly than the white
not only in the country at large but
in the Southern States, avers the Chi
cago Herald.
The New York Independent ex
claims: "One man, Josiah W. Leeds,
succeeded in having tho wholesome
laws so far enforced as to remove
from the news stands of Philadelphia
the papers which are devoted to illus
trations of crime."
A siucl Mil costs twice as much as
an iron one, muses tho Now York Re
corder, but tho universal use of the
former meaus millions to tho farmers
of the West. It has enabled railroads
to use larger and heavier cars, and tho
results are cheaper freights and
quicker transportation.
Statistics show that iu 1000 mar
riages, 832 men marry women youuger
than themselves, 579 marry women of
their own age or near it, and eighty
nine marry women older than them
selves. The most notable difference
iu ages brought to the notice of the
New York Mail and Express was in
Camden, N. J., last year, where the
bridegroom was twenty-two and the
bride sixty-nine.
An undue importance is given to the
bullet-proof armor lately brought out
by Dowe and others, the New York
Reoordcr thinks. It is intended to
protect the vital parts only, and the
head, arms and legs are exposed. In
a conflict the ratio of wounded to dead
combatants is very large, and
wounded man is as harmless as a dead
one for offensive purposes. Probably
a body of men so equipped would pos
sess a' stronger element of courage,
and therefore add to its efficiency
but this added daring would only serve
to bring the combatants closer to
gether, and thereby largely increase
the number of wounded. Would not
a protected army lose, in the greater
number of wounded what it presuma
bly would gain in courage?
Tho Contemporary .Review says
Englishmen are the milch cows of the
world. They are tho great lenders
from whom all other nations barrow,
For generations they have been rich
and saving, until at last their annual
accumulations have become greater
than thenuuuul openings, for legit i
niate investment. Ho severe has tho
pressure become mat lutteriy ino
money lender has been forcing his
money into every kind of undertaking,
in all parts of the world, creating, by
his own eagerness to lend, the corre
sponding desire to borrow. It is the
weight of uninvested money which
stimulates borrowing, not the cupidity
of the impecunious. Borrowing has
not produced lending, but lending bor
rowing. Interest has continued to fall
because there are more lenders thau
borrowers. If Englishmen think, theu,
thai any cjmmuuities have dipped too
deep into the Euglish purse, they can
easily apply the corrective by a little
self-control. They should abstain from
further lending. This may seem a
heroic remedy, but it is the only
remedy.
Very significant, indeed, according
to the Baltimore Sun, are the figures
from the Bureau of Statistics showing
the export from the United States iu
the clevon months ended May 31,1894.
The total waH $831,000,000, against
8782, 000,000 iu tho liko period of I
the preceding year, an increase of
852,000,000. But moro thau half of
this iucreaso was iu exports from the
South, showing the docided revival of
business activity in that section. The
exports from Southern ports aggre
gated $285,700,000, or 327,000,000
more thau iu eleven mouths ot the
year cuded May 31, 189;!. Baltimore's
exports aggregated 373,963,000 ; thoso
of Charleston, 313,028,130; Galves
ton, $34, 985, 000 ; New Orleans, $79,
373.000; Newport News, 313,638,000;
Norfolk and Portsmouth, tlO.039,000;
Pensacola, $;!,94,O0U; Richmond,
$3,985,000; Savannah, . 524, 815,000;
Wilmington, t6.99W.000. These totalf,
s respects some of tbe.e ports, are
surpribiug. Baltimore's increase was
J7.i00.000; that of Savannah, $.",
900,003; ol Newport News, $ii,000,-
. 000; ot New Orleans $j,10u,U00; of
Charleston, Si.OJO.OUu,
A shortage of billions ol fret of pino
umber is predictod from the great
Northwestern territory.
According to the Calholio "HernlJ
there are about 152,003 colored Cath
olics in the United States.
The chief mnrit'.me cities of tho
United States in thoir order of im
portance, are Now York, Boston, New
Orleans and Baltimore.
The long distance eloctrio railroads
are coming rapidly. One is to be
built from Columbus, Ohio, to Cin
cinnati, 120 miles, and is expected
to be in operation by December, 18JG.
Mr. Murray, the head of the f
mousTjondon publishing bouse, hold
that novels should not be admitted to
publio libraries until, by having Jived
five years, they have proved their
permanent value.
Lightning does strike twice in the
same place, tne rnew lorx xuaii ana
Express maintains, and a Honesdalo,
(Penn.) farmer who was stunned twice
during one storm in his barn one day
last week lives to certify that an old
belief to the contrary is erroneous.
When even electricity takes to repeat
ing, the need of reform must be ad
mitted. One after another, notes the Chi
cago Hentld, the theological sem
inaries ol ttiis country are opening
their doors for the admission of women,
and especially for such as would fit
themselves for labor in the mission
field. . The Cumberland Presbyterian
Seminary at Lebanon, Tenn., is one
ot the last to fall into line in this
great matter.
Colonel Thornton W. Washington,
of Washington, D. C-. is dead. Bis
death removes one of the direct lineal
descendants of General Qeorge Wash
ington. He was a great-grandson of
Colonel Samuel Washington, the old
est brother of the illustrious first
President of the United States, and
the fifth generation in .descent from
Colonel John Washington, the first
immigrant ot the Washington family
in America, who came over in 1653
and settled on the border of Pope's
Creek, near its junction with the Foto
mao River, in what is now Westmore
land County, Virginia, lie served in
the Confederate army. His wife and
seven ohildren survive him.
A report on the uncultivated bast
fibers of the United States by Chai lea
Richard Dodge, special agent in
charge of fiber investigations, has just
been issued from the Department ot
Agriculture. Amonj the plants do,
scribed are species found in every seo
tion of the United States, from Maine
to Florida and from Minnesota to
Arizona, Some of them are jute sub
stitutes, while others, if cultivated,
would produce a fiber rivaliug hemp
Over forty fiber plauts aro treated in
the report, the history of twenty
forms being given in full with state
ments regarding past efforts and ex
periments toward thoir utilization,
Special chapters are devoted to the
asclepias or milkweed fibers, okra,
cotton stalk fiber, the common abuti
Ion known commercially as "Chin
iute." but crowinir in the fence
corners of every Western farm Colo
rado River hemp and many others.
The Republican Senators whose
terms will expire in March next are:
Joseph M. Carey, Wyoming; William
Chandler, New Hampshire; 8. M. Cul
lorn, Illinois; N. F. Dixon, Rhode
Island ; J. N. Dolph, Oregon ; William
P. Frye, Maine; A. Higgius, Dela
ware: O. F. Hoar, Massachusetts; C,
F. Manderson, Nebraska; J. McMi
lan, Michigan ; R. F. Pettigrew, South
Dakota; T. C. Power, Montana; G. S
Shoup, Idaho ; W. D. Washburn, Min
uesota; J. F. Wilson, Iowa; and E. O
Woloott, Colorado. The Democrats
arc: J. H. Berry, Arkansas; M. C.
Butler, South Carolina; D. Caflery,
Louisiaua ; J. N. Camden, West Vir
ciuia; R. Coke, Texas; I. G. Harris,
Teunessee ; E. Huuton, Virginia ; W,
Lindsay, Kentucky; J. Martin, Kan
boh; A. J. McLauriu, .Mississippi; J.
R. Mcl'hersou, New Jersey ; J. T. Mor-
gau, Alabama; M. W. Ransom, North
Carolina, and P. Walsh, Georgia. Id
a number of States, the Atlanta Con
stitution remarks, the election of Sena
tors has already either been made or
has been setthd. George Peabody
Wetmore will succeed Dixon, of Rhode
Inland ; ex-Ooveiuor Gear will take the
nlaee of Senator Wilson, of Iowa, and
i
J. S. Matin nill succeed Huuton
Liudnay and C'sffery hafs had their
eats already voted to them and M6p
gan's return is asiursd. Other Sena
tors, includiSgDolpb. Frye andothers,
t;il be retained without any gret
til oil.
THE CLOSING CENTURY.
As one who, roused from sleep, bears far
sway
The closing strokes ot some cathedral bell
Tolling the hour, strives all in vain to tell
l( denser grows the night, or piles the day
Bo we roused to life's brief exlstonoe, say
(We on whose waking falls a century's
knell).
Is this the deepening dusk of years, the fell
And solemn midnight, or the morning gray?
We stir, then sleep again a little sleep !
(Howbelt undisturbed by another's ring !)
For though, measured with time, a eentury
Is but a vanished hour tolled on the deep,
Yet what is time Itself? 'TIs but a swing
Of the vast pendulum of eternity.
Henry J. Btookard, in the Csnlury.
LOST AND FOUND.
RS. VAN ALTINE
was sauntering
leisurely down one
of the boulevards
in Paris. It was a
lovely spring
morning; the air
was crisp and ven
dure fresh and in
viting just the
kind of a day for
a stroll, and so the
American woman
had disdained her fashionable equip
page. Sho bad walked all the way
from hor neat and artistic temporary
abiding place in the American colony
to the shopping district, had pur
chased sundry trifles and looked at
thousands of articles she had not
bought; had fascinated a number of
clerks by her dash and brilliancy until
they were ready to display for her
especial benefit the wealth of tho
world in feminine odds and ends, and
now sho was making her way home'
ward, care free, and happily con
scions that many covert glances were
cast at her stylish figure.
At sixteen she was a charming girl ;
at twenty-six a beautiful wife and
hostess ; at, well, say thirty an irre
sistible widow, perfectly satisfied to
saunter all by herself along what re
mained of life s noral pathway. With
a more than comfortable competence,
she regarded the future with compla
cency and the past with resignation,
Not that anything very tragic was in,
terwoven among the yesterdays. Ex
istence had flowed smoothly enough
a broken engagement, a heart wrung
for a time, a trip abroad, a wealthy
suitor, a fashionable wedding, a pleas
ing honeymoon, a series of social tri
umps, the demise of her better half,
brief period for mourning, and the com
fortable present.
She was childless, but she had many
friends. " It is trne that sometimes
something like a pang came to her
when her mind reverted to ohildren
and she told herself that possibly a
little one would not be at all in the
way, but, on the oontrary, might give
sweet solace to the fow lonely mo
ments which came to her, who, gener
ally speaking, did not know what Ion
liness was. As she walked along with
superb movement, she observed tw
pretty girls in charge of a nurse. The
children were playing on the grass be
neath the Bhade trees with which the
boulevard was linod, while the nurse,
who had the expressionless features of
peasant girl, was seated on a bench
knitting. Mrs. Van Altiue stopped
Impnlsivelv.
"Oh, you darling," she said, an
thereupon in her own peculiarly
graceful way began to question the
children and coo over them just as if
she Knew all about the language of
childhood. Nearby on another bench
was a little boy dressed in sailor's iit-
tire, with the word "captain on his
cap. Ho looked forlorn and dis
turbed, for his mouth quivered and
there were tears in his big, blue eyes.
"What s the matter, my little man?
continued Mrs. Van Altiue, in the lan
guage of the country.
He only stared at her and rubbed
one of his eyes with his dirty fist. She
placed her hand on his golden curls in
caressing manner.
"Why don't you play with the other
children?" she continued.
For answer he rubbed his other eye
with another dirty fist.
".there, now, sailors don t cry, re
sumed Mrs. Van Altine, as she wiped
tho grime from his face with a lase
handkerchief.
"They go to batt le and light and arc
brave. Aio you my brave little cap
tain?"
"I dou'l understand," said tho boy
in Euglish, plunging both fists into
his eyes.
"What! you speak English? You
aio an American boy?"
"Yes'm."
'And are these your sisters?"
"No'm."
"And vhat's your name?"
"Bobby."
"Bobby what?"
"Bobby Steele."
"And where are yon from, Bobby?"
"Oh, a big place, much bigger and
uioer thau th.it."
"What is it called?"
"Cleveland oh boo boo I wanl
to go home."
"But yon can't go back to Clove
laud to-uight, Bobby. You aro thou
sands of miles from home."
"I don't care I want to go home."
"Is your mamma with you in
Paris?"
"No'm. She' iu heaven. She's
dead. My mamma died when 1 was
ono year old. I'm nil my papa's got
and now boo! hoo! he hasn't got
me. I'm los-t and shall never sec my
papa again.
"You poor child, you menu to toy
you can't find your pspo? .
"No ; we went out tor a walk and I
i " tn liMtlr in . win
dow. Then my papa went away ond
left me.
"And yon couldn't find him any-her?"
"No'm. I shall never see my papa
again.
"Nonsense!
of course you will.
Why, we'll go and find him now.
"Will you?" Do you know my
papa?"
"I can't say that I do. There are
so many Steeles in the world. Is your
papa slender, and does he wear a little
mustache?"
"Vn; mv nanas bid and has a
beard."
"Then I guess I don t know nim.
How long have you. been waiting
hero?,'
"Oh. hours!
"Well, you are my brave littlo cap
tain, after all. I'll buy you some
bon-bons. "
"Will you? Witn great snow oi
interest.
"Yes."
"And a candy cane?"
"Yes."
"And a tin soldier I saw?"
"Yes."
"And I saw an elephant I want and
wo toy lionB and "
"My dear child, you eviaenuy wani,
to start a zoo of your own.
"What is that!"
"Oh, a menagerie."
"I went to a menagerie with my
papa here yesterday. We saw them
feed the lions."
"Where are you stopping here, my
child?"
I don't know. A big place. Will
you take me there?"
"1 will, H 1 can nna n irom your in
definite description."
"What s 'indefinite mean t
"Never mind that now. Are you
stopping at a hotel?"
"I guess so.
"Would you remember the name of
the hotel?"
"No."
Mrs. Van Altine repeated a num
ber of names.
"T ann'tknow." he said.
"Well," she remarked with a little
sigh, "I suppose we had better call a
carriage." ......... .,.
"That 11 be nne. ne saia. -x ve
ant a velocipede home."
"Have you? Well, just go and wave
vonr hand at that man with the car
riage. Remember you are my gallant
little escort, and you muBt be very
polite."
"All right."
In a few moments they were com
fortably seated in the carriage.
"How do you nice inisr sue asiseu,
"It's irreat ."
"Where to, madam?" interrupted
the ooaohraan.
'Yes. where to? That's tho ques
tion." ruminated Mrs. Van Altine.
"Where shall we go. mon capitaine?'
"Get the tin soldier," said the boy.
"Very well. That will give me time
in think. Drive to a toy Bhop. "
As they dashed down the boulevard
Mrs. Van Altine drew the child nearer
to her.
"You don't feel lost any more, my
brave captain?" she asked.
"Not bo much so, thank you."
"And if we don't find your papa can
I have you?"
The boy's lips quivered.
"Oh. 1 want mv papa."
"Even if I should buy you an ele
phant and and a real pony to ride in
the park?"
Tho bov hesitated. He was evident
ly sorely tempted. The real pony
aroiirhed airainst his papa was a per
plexing problem, but finally he said
stoutly:
"I want mv papa.
"And you shall have him," said Mrs,
Van Altine.
"But I want you, too."
"I'm afraid you can't always have
me."
They drew up in front of a toy shop
and Mrs. Van Altine and her charge
entered. They purchased an elephant,
a tin soldier dressed in Frenoh uni
form, a candy cane,' and the young
man onld have ordered half the Btore
if Mra. Van Altino had not prevented
it.
"Where shall I send these, madam?"
asked the clerk.
"Where? I don't know. We'll take
them. Bobby, carry this elephant."
Bobby was only too willing to do
this, and again they entered the car
riage. To the Hotel St. Petersburg," com
manded Mrs. Van Altine. She vaguely
remembered thut many Americans
went ti this hotel. In about twenty
minutes thev dashed up to this estab-
lihhmeut and the carriage door was
opened by a big porter who looked
arouud for their luggage.
"You can take the elephant and tho
tin soldier," said Mrs. Van Altiue,
imperiously.
The porter hesitated, his sense of
dignity injured, but Bobby settled
tho mutter by declaring :
"No; he can't have them. I'll car
ry them."
Mrs. Van Altine and the boy en
tered the parlor there and tho hand
some American womn said :
".Send the clerk to me."
Bobby set the clephaut of the floor
:uul seemed indillereut just then
whether he would bo found or not by
Ins bereaved parouf. Tho clerk ap
peared. 'is Mr, Steele of Clevelund stopping
Ilea-'!''
"He is not madame?"
"Hue ho been ktoppiug here?"
"No, lualame."
"Ho is nu American and is at some
hotel, probably. Howeaultind him?
This ib his boy, who is lost."
"I will send you a hotel register, a
i
lt ol all Americans nt thu different
! hotclt.
"Thank you. That is w'uit I want.
The list was duly forthcoming and
Mrs. Van Altiue scanned it eagerly.
' 'Steels Steele let me smith,
I Erowu, Jonss no 6tcele pcthsps it
further down a coroiusa name,
there arepleoty of Steele Burman,
Walker, Melville hum I Steele,
Btcele ah, here is a Steele. Bobby,
is your fathor's namo Richard?
"Nom, ,
"Too bad. How my heart jumped
when I saw that namel What , if
nonsense I By the way, Bobby, what
is your father's namo?"
'Dick, ma'am."
"Dick?"
"Yes'm. "
"Don't yon know that Richard and
Dick are the same names?" she asked
severely.
"No'm. My nnclo Silas calls my
paDick."
"Well, heie ii a Richard Steele at
one of the hotels. Wo will call and
But remember if your papa
doesn't want you, Bobby, yon are go
ing on come and livo with me.
"Do vou think ray pa don t wut
me?"
Bless my little sailor, no. Why,
every golden lock must be precious to
him. Do you know what I'd do,,
Bobby, if I had a littlo boy like you?"
"No, ma am.
"I'd I'd love him to death."
At tho next hotel Mrs. Van Altine
was informed that Richard Steolo was
stonninar there ; that he had a boy ;
that the aforesaid boy was lost ; that
Mr. Steele was nearly frantio and tnat
he had just gone to tho prefect of po
lice.
"And where is that?"
"Just across tho way, madam. "
"Come, Bobby, we will surprise
him. He must be nearly crazy.
A handsome American, thirty-nve
years cl age, soua buu prosperous
looking, was conversing with the ol
ficial in the magistrate s onice.
I will do what I can, monsieur,
The lad will be taken in, and our sys
tem of communication is such that the
faet will be known at headquarters. I
will then at once inform you of the
circumstances.
Your reward shall be a handsome
one.
At this moment the olerk looked in,
"A lady to see yon, monsieur."
"Say I am engaged," responded the
officer.
"I did tell her that."
"Well?"
"She asked if an American gentle
man was nere. i 101a ner -yes, anu
v . , . 3
she said she must come in at once.
"Very well. Show her in."
Mrs. Van Altine, a vision of glorious
womanhood, stood in the doorway
with Bobby by the hand.
"Is this your son, sir sue saia.
Richard Steele sprang to his feet.
Bobby dropped his elephant and the
next momenv was iuiuou w uummri
breast. Mrs. Van Altine . seemed
strangely moved as she regarded the
scene. Her face was overspread with
unusual pallor.
"I was not mistaken," she told her
self. "There are, trulyv many Steeles
in the world, but it must have been
Borne psychic sense that caused my
heart to beat when 1 heard this name.
Let me see, now ; it is sixteen years
since and there he stands and does
not know me. Time, time, how you
level romance I He was slender. Now
he is stout. He had suoh a dainty
mustache. Now he has a beard.
Really, he is much better looking."
These and other thoughts flashed
through Mrs. Van Altino's mind at
that moment. The American turned.
"Madam, how can I thank you?
I-"
Words failed him. He gazed in
growing amazement.
"Fannie 1"
"Dick!"
They clasped hands. The years that
had uassed were bridged by that pres
sure of hands. Plighted faith, resent
ment, broken vows, pique, misunder
standing, separation all, all vanished,
and in the Bunlight of the present
they gazed gladly into eaoh other's
eyes.
"And Bobby is "
My boy? Yes."
"She wanted to keep me, pa," said
Bobby, with the elephant clasped to
his breast.
Dick, who knew all about Mrs. Van
Altine's history, bent toward her as
he remarked: "There's a way she
could do that."
"Dear me, how late it is getting!
So glad to have met you, Dick I
Charming to see old friends after so
many years I Goodby no, au revoir,
for I trnst I shall see you. My salon,
as I cull it, is quite a resort. Come
and I will introduce you to many
clever people true Parisians."
"Who will bore me?" he said,
bluntly.
"Tho same honest, outspoken Diok !"
Then as she entered the carriage, she
said :
"You will come?"
"To meet clever people?"
"No, to see me."
"Yes, I will come. I had intended
to leave Paris to-night"
"But now?"
"I shall remain so a? to call on
von and thank vou more fully for
vour ureat uervico to-day."
"How adorable. You always were
charming, Dick."
"Even when
"When wo quarrelled! Yes, indeed.
You were the most delightful man to
quarrel with I ever met. If you bad
not been But I must bo going. Bo
sure and como "
"When?"
"As early as you can."
"To-morrow night?"
"Atouoe; to-night. I am all impa
tient to tell you a hundred things,
and-"
"I will come."
"And--bring Bobby, it you want I'
Detroit Free Press.
The most wonderful cliff dwellings io
the United States are those of tilt
Mancos, in a Southern Colorado oan
yon. boms of these eaves are 600 to
600 feet from ths bottom of te per
pendicular sides of tbt canyon wall,
and how their occupants gained iu
grets is a mystery.
N A SUGAR REFINERY.
PROCESSES BT WHICH THE RAW
SUGAR 13 REFINED.
Terrific Heat Kndured by Some ol
the Workmen Mle In the Drying
Kooms-Frlghtful Toll.
r
T is doubtful if there is any other
group of buildings in or near
New York where the fearful difli-
t oulties under which men labor
for the baro privilege of living, are bo
plainly Bhown as they are in tho
towering, forbidding, fortress-like
structures on the East River front of
Brooklyp, ownod by the American
Sugar Refining Company, better
known as the Sugar Trust.
The big buildings cover a spaoe of
four blocks on both sides of Kent
avenue, from South First to South
Fifth streets, and on the west side of
the avenue extend to the river front,
their grimy, dull-red walls extending
seventeen stones above the street
level. A closo inspection of the
Havemeyer refineries is nooessary to
a thorousrh realization ot tho im
mensity of tho establishment, and
this crouo is one of the refining places
owned by the trust. It has no equal
in size or in the amount of its busi
ness in the limits of the Greater New
York. The employes of the great
concern are disciplined with rules as
strict as thoso which govern an
army. If ono attempts to get into
tho refineries he meets the discipline
iu tho shaue of a cruft watchman and
a club, and a call at tho offices reveals
it in the shape of a moro or less polito
negative from the clerks, who win say
that thev cannot answer questions.
There are abont 3(iuo men empioyeu
in the big refineries, and these are
divided into day and night shifts.
About 5 o'clock in the morning ; half
of the forco can be seen filing down
into the basement of ono of tho great
buildinsrs. Work is begun lm
mediately, and continnod until 5 in
the evening, when tho men are sup
plied with checks, showing that they
were on hand when worn begun.
Tho majority of the workmen are
roles and Hunaanans. and tne severity
of their labors is shown by the fact
that thev are nearly all thin and
stooned. and rarely above middlo age,
it being a well-known fact that men
employed in tho refineries rarely live
to old age. They aro noarly new im
migrants when first employed, anil oe
fore work is given them they must bo
found nerfeetlv docilo and obedient.
Tho rnlon nf thn refineries are laid
down to the applicant for employment,
and ha ia told that he will receivo
$1.12, $1.25 or $1.50 ns the case may
be, for the first year, and then, if his
work is satisfactory, he may receive
n additional five or ten cents a day.
Tho man is assigned to work in one of
th manv deimrtuienU. and if ho has
received tho "tip" from friends of his
own nationality before going to wora
lm trnrnhlns lost tho oJict may con-
,ionm him to the "drv room." It it
bo that, however, he reoeives it with
clmi-ActeriBtie sto lditv. and is tnaun-
ful for an opportunity to earn his mis
erable pittance, even under such ter
rible circumstances.
When tho raw suzar is dumped from
the ship in which it is brought to tho
refineries it is placed iu a great cminru
near tue river's edge, and is dissolved
in hot. water. From this vat a sweet.
atinkv steam constantly arises ana
every little while a workmau, dressed
in overallH and an nnaer.-min, pup
out from it. aud in a minute or so pops
back again, and is lost to sight iu ttio
moist cloud. The liquid i pumped
up to tho top story of tho pile, pass
im? thiouch a wire strainer, which re
moves any particles of size which may
bo in it, and is emptied into great cop
per receptacles heated to 2:)H or 210
degrees iahreunnit, Kuown an uunu..
Tho process of boiling requires con
siderable skill, and the men who havo
chargo of it are paid $10 ) or $150 a
month, tho number receiving tue lat
ter fiaure being extremely limited,
oulv one man in a huu Ired who rc
ceives employment i" the refineries
becoming a boiler, which is mo uiguun
ambitiou of tho workmen
The boiling and bubbling sugar is
1 ilowii tliroiwh fuuucls to tho
inixt floor, where it U emptied into
box. tho bottom of which uousUH of
two thicknesses of cuuvak, oue being
coarse, the other line. This thorough-K-
filloru tlwt Htufl'. and tlio room is
kept nt a terrilii'te:uporatur! iu order
thiit tho linuid sugar may flow freely,
ninl not become cool an I thick. u
the floor below is another gro:it cop
per tank, some twenty-rtvn feet deep
and nearly tilled with boiiu black
This purities tho tusur, r.ti I, after be
ing used for a few hour, becomes snr-
charged with foulness, aud in sent to
the lower floor, where it is burned
again. Tho sugar, which is htill kept
at a temperature f about 1 ' degree,
in pa.uie.1 int ttiiotU r ivj.-ptaou',
which is made airtight, mil "'
and steam arc exhiutt; I by ui-'am of
a pump. Ah soon a tlm iigi' is gran
ulated, if it is t l3 s lt. it H let otl
by means of ccutrii'ug'd mill. I: no',
it is passed on to tiio great pl.itej to
be dried.
The rooms in which the drying is
carried on uru veritable inferuox. No
mau can tiny iu thoia over ten min
utes without falliur down utterly
prostrated by the torrilij heat. Xo
one but au employe it ever allowed
within thes w.tlls, an I no ou'i b it an
rmployo would dare to go in tliem
alien the heut is ou an I the sugar n.
drying. t'lotbiug U discarded, with
tho exeeptiou of a "breech clout'' aud
alioes, and there is absolutely no ven
tilation, as th windows are kept
tightly closed, and st the windows to
other rooms which sr opeu the men
any be tssn gasping tor brsstb, and
with theu bur and bodisi wtt as if
they had btn plingsd in the E
River, in their short reptto from their
frightful toil. New Vork Tribune,
A. SEA SHELL. '
Sea shell
Murmurs swell
To the roaring ot the sen,
When my enr Is laid to thee,
From thy walls
A storm sprite calls
With siren's voice to me.
Sea shell
Fairies dwell
In thy tiny tinted hall;
Dainty, fleeting footsteps fall
To rhythmic strain
And sweet rofrnin,
Danolng at the sea nymphs' ball.
Bea shell
Dulcet bell
In thee I bear it rln?,
While ethereal voices 9ing
Charmingly
Of the bo:i
To the lute's enchanted string
Sea shell
In a coll
All the world a prison find
Far sweeter than them in kind,
Thy fnir portal
Is to immortal
Palace of a dreaming mind.
Sea shell
Tolls a knell,
While I bear thy whispers sound
Of the waves unceasing bound,
To the shore
"Evermore,"
Saying as they sweep tho ground.
Philadelphia Ledger.
HCMOR OF THE BAY
Few of us need a lantern in order to
find fault. Milwaukee Journal.
TVIia ran nf the nennies. and the
j0uarB wUlbo blown in by yout heirs,
pncv
(1 tho deed
mniv.Svrnii
nuu Dni v uw j
Courier.
Who ever made a dollar by envying
anybody better off than himself?
Troy Press.
It never cools a man off when the
street sprinkler throws water on him.
Atcnison uiodo.
One thing a woman nevor can learn
that liquids will leak out of a paste
board lunoh box. Puck.
Take out of some people all the af
fectation and they will have nothing
left to live for. Galveston News.
Oil for troubled waters is nothing
oompared with water for allaying tho
rampant tendencies of dust. Puok.
He (passionately) "You are my
life." She (practically) "Have you
got it insured ?" Detroit Free Press.
"With all her faults, I love her still,"
They heard him sadly say ;
"The trouble is, she never will
Consent to keep that way."
Washington Star.
Don't fool with a wasp because you
think he looks weak aud tired ; you
will find out he's all right in the end.
Lowell Courier.
"That's what I call a good deal ot
a take off," lamented tho carriage
horse, tupuing to look at its docked
tail. Chicago Tribune.
"Another dey gone," said the Sul
tan as he saw the head fall off. "But
it doesn't matter bo long ns it isn't
'ours." Princeton Tiger.
Judge "Then you gave us a wrong
age?" Elderly Femalo "Not wrong
exactly at least it was all right some
years ago." Fliegonde Blaetter.
If you're waking call me early;
MiugtliH breakfast bell at three.
Nothing matters so I nils our
Neighbor's singing "Sweat Marie.
Chicago lnter-()jeau.
Head of tho Firm "Humph. I Book
er off again to-day? What's his ex--cuso
this time? A lame one, I'll bet?"
Clerkmen "Yes, sir; broke his leg,
sir." Buffalo Courier.
Teacher- "Tho race is not always to
the swift. Do you understand the in
ner meaning of thut?" Bright boy
'.Sometimes tho head teller's tire gets
punctured." flood News.
If you are out of work u clean face,
blacked shoes, and a nos without a
blossom will be a better introduction
tlinu a diamond stud or a gold watch
chain. t'h icago I u tor-Ocean.
"You are nothiu;r but a big bluff,"
remarked tho river to the bank. "Is
that so?" retorted tho bank. "It I
tnke n notion to como down on you,
your name will bo mud." Indiana
polis Journal.
Kittiu--"! bond to-day you mar
ried your hn-lmud to roloriu him."
Srah-"l did." Kiltie "Why, I
didn't know be had auy bad lubiU."
Sarah "He had oneho was a bache
lor. "Tit lol.
"Mrs. llliiiibcr is wry ucrvout, about
there being thirii-cu t the table to
niht." "iloei-lio think ho, ue thing
iinplc is mt v. ill L.q pen?" "its; sho
bus only a d 'cis knives and forkc. "
I'luca go luter-O.vnu.
l!..li "licit )! I'm awfiiHy glu.l to
see yo.i?'' Ii h--"i mien there must
be Vo'llc miM lli I .I'.u't owe Vol
ill, In i ii li ' i'l ii eoLidiuou
lo I'U.v j on i.i a p. ml mil to o .vo mo
um tbit:,;.'' l.l.oi i r iuicrit.
Toiiix ".My iriciid Soarer'i basi
noa Ireqiautly puU In life i j duuger,
but I've never yet k ,o ;i huu to de
sert hi pot." ' iVI.Ioi -"'.'.'' -.l' lm
bualue.'" Tonx ";k' uti aero
naut." South llo.lou Nc.
l'ig.5 --"I've a mi I hiory I w.mt
to toll you." I ' , : "H i! Ii i ! h!"
I'lKS" "ci'irit iu i..f arc ! luiih
ing nt''' ' J'- ,: "I'o.u- -t tv. Vou
It It ft I oil- I " C'.ll"J I
luu-t lue h-.i l i!." B"l"ii Tiu
tvript. Mis. NrWiti "I "lueowred this
njoiuinj t!t " Ue I s djorjit tot
the t'.iiy ey b l;y. " Mr. Nitt
"Is tjw aoy jisi:ieulr bscsesit
for ' Ii." Soitt "Why. cr
lamly I I gA o ho om pi- to
lo.u'il.a L v vhin I km out. hsicul
' I?' KwutU Bo-dou N -.
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