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B F. SOHWEIEK,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and. Proprietor.
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VOL. XLIV.
MIFFLINTOWK. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1890.
NO. 45.
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BATHER ISrSCli.-
A tr In Atlanta. Ga., bas bae.
beta built entirely of paper.
Pr. "anen, the explorer, eavs the
Ue iu (jrceuland is 6,0o0 feet thick.
Tlu re are 312.000 inile of railroad
lu op ration in the world, of which
lgl.ifO are in America.
Fvory ( Jet man regiment now has a
cliiropii.li-f . A soldier's foot is as im
portant a trigger finger.
Th return of hind grant made in
Western Au-tralia hows that one man
jwusand controls nearly 4,000,000
i re.
Tlie hottest weather ever known in
th l'nire.1 States wnsfcltat Phoenix,
A. T., in .Tune. lrv.when the ther
uioiai'tor marked 1 1'J degrees.
A travelling electric light plant has
proved .mite suvef ul ia Germany.
Iu whole out tit complete for service
U carried in one vehicle.
An Albany sr'irl was out rowing in
Atlantic at a seaside resort one ilay
List week, w hen suddenly she discov
ered near her an immemse spern whale
that came to the surface and spouted
not a hundred yards from the little boat
In which .he and a friend were rowing.
One may imagine that she was fright
ened, tut the whale was not pugna
cious and lie 2t back to the shore,
totue three mile- distant, afe an J
wiser than before.
The end of the tlreat Pastern is
anient last. I'nlii. k the monster
ihip Wai from the beginning. She le
jan her career it h .1 fatal boiler ex
plosion, and during the time she
flout wa pe.-uliai I y unfortunate in
Huuuiiti ri:.g heavy seas, pales and
hurricane. A a pecuniary spevuht
tion olie hi 'i;lit nothing but disaster
lo owner after ow int. and at lust, after
k lun,r pei i..,l of inglorious inaction,
the is being Lr Ueu up by a tii ia in the
Ueisey.
A Chine-c
Fraii' i . i h.i
e..l.l.l
.1 a .
arrested iu Sail
r arrangement
for cheat in1. "
d o f a : 1
fd in-i.le f "i
res. li.'.l up i In
Ild J.itt n t lie
win-re one w a
tlld one (.f the
Jllf Cl'l J I lie
in a and. w hi
Up the iee c.
.Hll-e.l I lie . .1
haul if t'.e
ripi.hu . vol.
'If lie !. i!m -ii
ii his per -..n. It consist-
Hp." which was fasteu
i. -I. eve. Two cords
i eve. across the breast
ot lief sleeve to the hand.
f i-tened to the thumb
lingers. By a pull of
tip reached out and took
Ii was at once drawn
I'liilinir the other cord
I to be shot out into the
player with lightnine
ut exposing any part of
i mm i. j:f. m vki e.
The i ro in ir;tnii was Almost a
frAilure. lint I his Veur's is ool.
I'eiMit-J are i-.-arcer than I ever
knew tln ui I i f.-re." said a wholesale
ehliur in that circus delicacy. "Ordi
Darily. in .ii. v I ii.hid thousands of
bu-hejs fije ,-in j.' over a a reserve
k fri'iii e.ir to another, for
the nu: wiil k. p almost indcti-
niti'Iv. l!ut tiii--.a-on nearly all on
hstid win be e.uie when the time ar
rives, ia . tol.er. for the gathering of
the new crop. Yon see. last season
a.is a very Lad one for peanut, and
the crop wa- alun-t a failure in Yir
(jinia."
Tlie country depend' for it Sup
plies uf peuiiuts chietly upon Virginia.
Jis's it u. t 'r" u-ked the Star rejHu ter.
'I think I may fairly say ye. There
w!.."'".o'ii lui'lii'hof tiicin grown
in that Mate .mtiually more, I reckon,
than the eni ire crop of other Jjtate
put together. Tennesm-e produces
!h,(h .'..o.i.i ii .u-hel. and North Car
olina r. "..I. I.u-iiels. Micliigan, Geor
ttia, and t aliforiiia also raise peanut
Urceiy. but the Vir-rinia peanuts are
the tiuesr i.f nil. and bring- the hiphest
price. The hu-iness of prowinjj them
basreaily be -ome a vat industry in
the lower counties of the State, and
the ire a of farininit land devoted to
them is hci-oniin larger every year,
tlie Im-b.-mdinan learns the profit
they can he made to yield. The great
wt peanut market, of course. Is .Nor
folk. I'et i-burr comes second, and
Smithfii-M third. In these towns there
re many bi factories employed iu
the tiu-iuc-s of rendering markt-luble
the nut- that are sent in by the farm
ers. They are tir-t thoroughly w in
nowed and screened to cleanse them.
nd finally are sorted, the bad ones
heinsr picked out by voting girls, who
t.ind on either side of revotvinjr belts,
upon which the nuts are thrown.
Afterward thev are packed in bags of
9" nr lo pniimls each, and shipped to
he jobbers in the cities."
She Tarried the Day.
Maria." demanded Mr. P.illus, "d,
yuii intend to w ar that ridiculous hat
to church this iiioi niii ?"
I certainly do, John." replied Mrt.
Biilns. This a lovely hat. Thera
will not be a nicer one there.'
If you po to church with thai
thintf. Maria, "he stormed.--Til wear the
'jiicskiest pair of lxwts I"ve pot!"
I can't help it. John." said hi wife.
Weetly.
Tlie were late nt church. Mr. Ttilhu
ine Lis s.pieakv boots, everybody
looked around and saw the hat.
ni Mrs. Iiilhis was very hap
py. h. woman, woinnnl AVhat
f'ol men continue to make of them
lves in thv n:-nie. t'hicapo Tribune.
inanlins Airaiust I'rairie Fire.
The weather has Iwen hot in Iako
nd the rains inf ie.iient that tlM
Ui has bli-tered the prairie pra to
4 irn-e of tinder. Lvery precau
tion is taken by f irmer on the prairie
to guard their ilwcllinp aainit the
trti.tive tire.. Great wath of
'nd ir. plou-h. d up about the home
" er l. us. The.? are rallej "fira
br.ks," an.l utile. the lira leap
r..s thes upturned juai-d and
rtch the corn and fence beyonl the
dweiluis are comparatively afe,
thoiieh the heat at the time of a tire
uit U- almost in.ufTerable aud the
moke siitr.N-atinjr.
It's aa 111 Wind.
A Texas man who waa Innocent
t crime was sent to prison for vwelv
Tr. H- thonirht himself oraken
y Providence, but as the ofll-ials did
V oblige him to cut his hair he cam
ot with It haninu down U hi kne.
dime museum man rive hiai
Vtt wek 1 or a year. How litti
x wLu b for ttt fwn fool
msAPPREii exsios.
I WB mTv a word that you mlht haviatj.
Or a look, O love, would have tJ me
then.
But you did not know you were prouJ
aa4 I.
I looked and hoped for your conilof
atf ain.
But yon went your way, aud you never
knew
How tbc .untight was darkened my wbol
lit. through.
But, O love, you loved. Tour heart was
ore
At the cold restraint a wc parted aaa
met
A n J parted aaia. and I could not speak
Though I watched you with wistful eye
anJ yet
The da;s went on, and you nerer knew
Bow r 'hoped aaJ waited th lung days
through.
And I loved you so I bad given my Ufa
To have won some stga ot the love I
craved.
What was It between us? iiod knows, not I
Had th allencs been broken we two had
been saved
From a sorrow, ss hopeles as love was true.
We must bear la our heart this whole IU
through.
MICKEY FINN'S STORY.
A fw evening since Mr. O'Brien,
Mike Coogan, "the wan-legped
accordion player aa ware the red flag
and kape the cow off the railroad
track." aud the somnolent Mike Welsh,
had gathered arouud the wood lire in
th Finn shanty. The lamp was lit,
the supper di.hes had been cleared
away, aud au air of lazy content per
vaded the room. After the current
gossip had been exchanged and the
probability of a late or early c!oaiu of
the canal discussed in all its bearings,
the conversation began to lag. Mr.
O'Brien turned to little Mike, who was
industriously poring over a primary
geography, and said:
Fwhat hav ye there, Mickey; a
thory Luke?"
' "Xo, Bii'm; it' a gogcrfy," replied
Mickey.
"And does it tell about animals,
Mickey dear."
'It do. and f what's more, it tills
about min and countries like Ireland
aud Agypt."
Oh, dear met" exclaimed Mr.
O'Brien. That's mighty quare. And
fwhat' that yere r'adin' about now?"
"Only goat and wolve," replied
little Mike, with an impatient gesture,
burying hi hands in his hair, and re
suming hi scrutiny of the map of
Siberia. But Mr. O'Brien would
not be put off. She exclaimed :
Arrah, Mickey ; tell us all about
it. That' a dear. Xow do."
To this appeal was added the gently
supplicating look of hi mother.
These persuasions were so eloquent
that even the studied conservatism of
the coming "Iy'yer" was melted, and
he complied, with the provision
that every wod he uttered waa to bo
taken for truth a pure as
'gospel. Mr. Finn reloaded his
pipe and lit the tobacco with a
flaring splinter of maple wool. Mike
jWelsh gulped down a cough for fear
that it should interfere with the re
cital, and Mrs. Finn' finger lingered
(ln her knitting as she looked proudly
upon her boy. Mickey cleared hi
throat, aa Fallahdean is supposM to
have done when he told his marvellous
torie to Lalla Rookh. Said he :
"Well, thin, ye must know that
wan at upon a time, about the time that
little apples was first med, thare was a
grate king in Dublin, and his name
was Ki-diogue the Grate, he was that
high and wide. And be was a very
wise man and fond of fresh egg and
goats. Xow, goat wa scarce in Dub
lin in them days, bekase they were not
plinty like pig. But the king was ore
at heart bekase he had no goat to drag
him around in hi jaunting car
whin he'd be collectin' his rents
and going to the races. So he put up
handbill all over Dublin, offerin ten
pound reward to the man as 'ud bring
him a goat as big as a Donegal calf,
broken to harness. Wan day, whin
the King was after havin' his dinner
and a noggin o' the cratur to take the
bad tasta ' the food eat of his mouth,
thare kern a rap at the palace gate.
Whin ratsy Colligan, the King'
coorticr, epwnod the gate on a crack
he een a wild-looking man wid black
whisker standi"' forninst him.
Aad who are you?' saya Tatsev.
I'na a Rooaiun praphet, says tic
black stranger.
'And phwat brings you herer aays
TaUey.
" 'Me legs.' say the prophet. :and
they're that ore wid walkin' all the
way from Roosia. say he.
Have yenadlcsor pins to eell?'
Mvs Patsey. fur ha thought ivery
thrangcr wid a black beard was a ped-
aler.
"'Divil a aiie or pin bar' I, ay
tha prophet, d m just here to tell the
King where he can buy a white goat
twelve haad high, wid a long grey
beard, and wid eyes as red a a coal o
t)ve, far ten shillia'. eight pence, yt
he.
Well, Patsey let a hiiloo out Ol
nil when a heard about the goat as
Te c'ua hear a mile away, and it brung
the King to the windy of the palace.
And when the King heerd about the
oat and tha prophet b axed the black
man w'ud be come in, and the black
taut said he'd be mighty glad to, aud
in ha went wid tha noae of him in the
airtoMaa'ad hmeU nnJ' "P"
M O MaVitf. m kt vl kaai
and tired wid the walk ha And
from Roosia bv the same tokeu. Thare
was no euppower cuked, and so the
prophet had his dinner of sour milk
aud vinegar. Whin the black man
was fall as a bed tick, the King axed
him whare c'ud he get the goat, aud
the prophet said he mu- eind a man
up near the North Pole to a country
called Syberia, and there the goats
was thicker nor bees in clover, all quiet
as lambs and p'aceable as suckin' pigs.
So the prophet waa siut on his way
rejoicin' wid a tin cint piece and a
nickel in his pocket."
fp to this point his listeners had
fairly Luug upon Mickey' words,
without an interruption. But Mr.
O'Brien, whose geographical knowl
edge was limited, eagerly inquired:
"How far is it from lioo.ia to Dub
lin, Mickey?"
"Ah, a t'ousand miles be land and
more be aay," replied the boy, im pa
tently, as be resumed hi narrative.
"The next day the two bravest met
n Dublin, Phelim O'Rourke and
Jamesey Flannigan, started at the
King's biddin' for Roosia, wid an Irish
jaunting car and a donkey. And they
had a grate time renin there, too.
There was says to crass and deserts to I
go over. Sometime the ferryman wai
on the other side of the sav, and Phe
lim was as hoarse as a bull from shil
looin' across the says for the ferry. It
was many weeks afore they dhruv into
Roosia wan tine morniu', jUt at brek
guist time, afther passin manny dai
ger by say and land. Well, whin
they got to Syberia the snow was on
the ground, and so they had to put
runners on the jaunting car.
The weather was that cold that it
froze the donkey's ears, and Phelim
and Jamesey was mighty sorry they
ivcr lift Dublin to look for w hite goats
at in' the bark off the North Tole.
They were travelliu' fur four wakes
lukin' fur white goats, till wan day
they kem to a cra-s roads whare thare
was a dirthy Roosian keepiu' a thee
been. Here ye'd think the thrubble?
of the two Irishmen were over, fui
they found the beautiful white goat in
the back yard of the sheebeen at in'
kindlin' wood. He had horns as wide
as me hand, and eyes like two coals
from a jieat tire. He was that digna
cious and proud it tuk two men to
hold him whin his back was up. Ho
was a holy terror, and c'u'd ate a
barbed wire fince. The beard of that
ould billy was as long as me arrum,
and as white as buck w hate flour.
And more, by the same token, be was
taller nor any Donegal calf that iver
ate grass, and etrongnr nor two
donkeys.
" 'Ain't he a worker?" say Phelim.
"Faith, he is,' aays Jamesey.
Share, he c'n'd drag a ton o' coal, let
slone the Kinp.'
"Well, to make a long gthory short,
they boupht the goat fur 12 sliillins 4
pincc, fur goats bal riz siuce the
prophet was thare. They harnessed
the goat in the shafts of the jaunting
car to see cud he pull, and put the
donkey inside the car as a passenger.
Whin everything was ready the two
Roosians as was hold in' the goat jumped
to wan side and the goat ran away.
Twas a bright moonlight night, and
the nixt town bechuue thim and Ire
land was fifteen miles awa. The gos:t
bo ran like O'Rourke whin ho was
chased wid the banshee. The donkev
I
' . V. T ' n i . I nn!n O .1 t.A Efild 1 1,-! .11 T l
Phelim and Jamesey, and the snow
balls from the goat's fnt struck him Tn
the face. While thev were tcarin along
the road like mad and the fly in' snow
was blindin' 'em, Phelim heard a quare
noise behind him like the wind in the
chimney. The goat heard it, too, fur
ho was Iickin it down the road aa if
the divil was after him. The donkev
I
' began to bray, he was that f reckened, j
' and Phelim says to Jamesey, says he: !
' Jamesey,' says he, 'fwhala al
the fuss abort? says he. I
Jamesey riz up in his sate and tuk '
a long look through the telescope he
had in his jiocket. Thin ho turned
'round to Phelim as was drivin', and
says be:
'Phelim, did you say your prwen
last night?'
'I did thin.' says Phelim. 'Why?'
'Bekase ye'll be inside of a wolf
agin an hour is over your bead.
" '(Viang!' says Jamesey to the
goat, hittiu" the baste a welt wid th
ind of the lines. 'If the goat holds
his wind I'll not. and if I do I'll set
inavy on her stomach.'
"The wolves were flying over the
snow like a swallow over the mill
pond, and gaining fast. Phelim'
teeth were chattering together like two
dinner plates, whin Thelim says:
'Jamsev, lets throw over the don
key I
"And o they did, first kissin' him
goad-by an' wishin' him well, which
of coorss yei'U aisy sec wudn't be
very well, bekase. the wolve waa
mighty hungry and had their teeth
sharpened for fresh mate. Whin the
dirthy cannybils kem up wid the don
key they stbripped the steaks ofTn bis
ribs like a butcher wid a knife, lavin1
thim as clane as a washboord, bad
luck to thare ngly skhins; and he a
good donkey and willin' and worth
two pound, divil a less."
Mere ejaculations of sympathy arose
among the listeners, such as "Oh, the
roblx f ! "The omadhauns!
tha like. Mickey resumed :
and '
I
"Yi, they claned up tha donkey,
bid, boof and hair, and licked, tbaii
chop fur more. Twas the first Irish :
t donkey mate they iver had, and 'twas
tender like pork chops. So the wolves
raysoncd among themselves that if tho
donkey was foine aitin' the Irishmin
must be betfher, and they started afther
tho jaunting car want more, and it
goin like the wind, the goat was that
freckened. When Phcliin heard thiuj
comin' he says to Jamsey:
' Ye may as well jump out and give
them a taste of yer stick. Shure, if
they ate ye I'll have prayers said f ifr
ye in the chapel at home, and O'Toole
HI marry your widdy I'
" 'To the devil wid your prayers ,x
says Jamesey, aud wid that he fetches
Phelim a welt over the lug wid his
blackthorn as med his teeth ache.
Then they were at it, hammer and
tongs, and they welted aich other 'till
a big wolf jumped iu the back of the
car and took a piece of porterhouse
teak out of Phelim's leg. Well, they
both fell to and killed the wolf and
flung him overboard, aud the nine
wolves aa was left had another lunch."
Here little Mike ran out of breath
and only resumed his story after a
good deal of coaxing. When he began
again his recital showed that he war
tired of minute detail:
"There's no ue in me tellin ye. bow
uch wan o' them wolves was killed by
the two Irishmiu's blackthorns until
only wan was left. Yez'll remimber
that be had nine other wolves inside of
him, which the same he swallowed,
besides part of the poor donkev. Still
he was hungry for more, it Iwin a cold
night to sharpen the appetite. But he
was a foxy old baste, an' in-tf 1 of
jumpin' up in the back of the jaunting
car to get kilt byJamescy 's blackthorn,
as the other had done before him. be
ran ahead and tried for to f ull down
the billy as was now blowin for his
wind. That was a very foolish thing
for him to do. fur the white goat ji-t
riz in his traces, busliii' the bieechia'
straps, w hich the same was too small
fur him, bein" made fur the donkey,
and bucked tlie wolf wid a welt of Ms
big horns and kilt him intoirelyl"
Mickey stopped and looked at bis
wide-eyed listeners with a quiet smile
of satisfaction.
'Is that all?"' they inijiiircd in t
breath.
'Vis, that's all, 'ceptiu' that the.
wolves skin was used as a lap-role
by the pood King Kishopue whin lie
wint out for a ride behind the white
goat."
About Whales.
A sight of these huge, iiinffcnsivn
animals is often to be had during ar
Atlantic voyage. They are too timid
to approach near the steamer. A
culiarity ationt these wonderful creat
ures is the tail, which is not vertical,
as in most fishes, but level, by which
they are able to reach the surface of
the water with greater facility for tho
purpose of respiration; and such is the
strength that even the largest whuh-3
are able with its assistance to force
themselves entirely out of the water.
The tail is their only instrument of
protection. With one stroke of it
they will send a large boat with its
crew in the air and shelter the wood
into a thousand pieces. Sometimes the
animal will take a perpendicular posi
tion in the water, with the head down- .
wards and rearing the tail on high beat
the waves with fearful violence. On
these occasions the sea foams for a
wide space around. This performance
is called by the sailors '-Job tailing."
A whale's head is about one-third of
its body, and its tongue is a soft, thick
mass which was formerly considered
a great delicacy of the table, and a
right of royalty. Their blood is red
aud warm like a man's, and the fianalc
suckle their young. A whale has no
external ear. Their sense of hearing
is imperfect. When the skin is re
moved a small opening is perceived for
the admission of sound. By a quick
perception of all movements niade on
the water it discovers danger at a great
distance. The eyes are small, but the
sense of seeing ts acute.
A whale does not attain full growth
under 23 years, and is said to reach a
I very great age. They live in families
rather than herds and are of a kindly
' nature, with the instinct of family
' affection very strongly developed.
Whale, have no teeth, instead of which
whaleliones grow down out of their
ipper jaw. eean.
Jealousy an Inspiration to Oops.
One of the best ways to train an
animal," said a dealer in trick dogs,
last week, to a rctorter. '-is by excit
ing its jealou-ly. I have almost aban
doned the use of the whip, and when
ever I want to punish a dog now I
simpiy resort to a little plan that in
variably works. For example, the
other day I was trying to teach a dog
to jump over a chair, lie did it sev
eral times, a?id knew very well what I
wanted, but. somehow, he thought ha
would be a little stubborn, and I could
not do a thing with him. Finally, I
took another dog, that knew the trick,
and had him do it several time in the
other dog's presence. After he had
done it as I desired I caressed and re
warded him with an unusually large
piece of meat. I refused to notice
the first dog, but presently ho begaa
to try to attract my attention. With
out a word from me ha began to caper
around the room and go through r. m
of his tricks, and finally, with a littla
bark, a if to make certain I knew
what h wa about to do, leaped over
tbAjhair.'
fTIN GED MISSILES.
Engagement rinjrs are tn danger. Tha j
Aijiotk bracelets ar trying to supplant
-hem.
Ei-Quoen Isabella of Spain boasts that
be is more la debt than any woman la
Europe.
John Thompson, of WlUlamsport, suffer
ed from an attack of bicooughs which last
ed for a week.
Prince Bismarck has a presentiment
that ba will reach tho ago of the lata
Emperor William.
The Welsh for beer is owrw. Pattl does
not speak welsh, but the say sha can say
"cwrw" very sweetly.
If Benjamin F. Butler's good tacts were
as great as the bitterness ot hi tongue he
would b a more popular man.
Tbers are 800,000 telephones In this
country. Rents are high and dividend
ar large. Sucocss la success.
King William 1 of Germany is not to be
forgotten. Thirty monuments will be
Greeted to him In various parts of the em
pire. In mimmy matters Lctta is always sac
eessful. Sue has the money making talenk
Her hotel ia Boston Is tha best paying on
there.
Leopold Arends Invented the system of
eTaoi'tuaud known by his name. A mono
vent has Just been erected to his memory
in Berlin. .
If Henry Chadwlck, the father of bass
all Shsaid Aim he would probably get a
muniracil befr th on to grant is finish
ed in Jw York. - ,r
English syndicates come her and Amen
iran syndicates go abroad. All ot th ia
msira railways have been taken by aa
American syndicate.
Kew York U gelng to have a nw hotel
t?a stories alga. People who like to sleep
u-.vny absT tae exhalations ot the esria
iii be accemnodated.
Senator Stanford ass his millions, but he
is ona ot tke plainest and most unassuming
't trfn. However, he knows where and
1 1 to man mosey Ulk.
The To bas changed his habits. He
cow dsroies the time between halt-past
ae anl tea at night for the anient perusal
u newspapers ot all nations.
There are fifty manufactories of lmita
l.oa butter In Germany. A factory ia
.-.ar.nheim pro luces daily 6,000 pounds
f 'oiu a preparation of cocuanuts.
It is said that ttie Prince ot Wales likes
tha Ltuke ot Fire. This is satisfactory.
Ice pr. nee bas been obliged to give up his
touts and so finds relict in Fife.
For the first timo in its history the Brit
ish navy bas to bunt for stokers. They
have estau.isaej a regular recruiting party
s.ojilar to tiial used lor the army.
Antrim, N. IL, with a population of
out boasts of four nonogenarians
: id twrnty-flre oetojeaariaas. Twenty-
0 e of tarse twenty-nine old people are
v oaien.
There would to be no excuse for on
in withsui a y.Slo on tun ground of
- -rcity ." ia article. The Uiole House
i .'Jew York has issjed siuce last April
.-.'.OjO Bibles,
Kii-hard Brews, a, welt kaeirn iron man
tt Y-ic-sa a, O., ba 4. severed two
i'"r.ed notes feeariar 's slgssture, on for
asd bas far seS.JMi He has no Idea
uf the farmer's identity.
Teacrsea recsnt'.y wrat in a letter to a
.'w Vor!i friead: "I talak It wisest in a
uiaa ts a his werk ia the werid as quietly
iLnd as well he csa, withst iajch hee-l-if
tbe praise r dlssraise.
ike Aua.se Daily Caaaisie lays that
eo meae late eresstatas are becom
lag fasaloaab. aitsag Atshisee's young
wewsa. Th cxt fashia will probably b
a alug f exldUsd tosaoo fr saoe b ickios.
There is a rreat baom Is phosphate
Urss ia siuthcra Florida, and many poor
Sjea have hscaw rich y Ui sale ef their
farws te acultsrs. Ore man is reported
te have r:u.e ?,8JJ,tj for a tract of
lsra ks i by him.
It is la:msl ff it rhstphite is found In
eily three places through jut tho United
P a es South Carolina, Hew Mexico and
1 S'lia. la New Mexico It is about ex-h..L,it.-d,
while in Florida it is uirs extens
slvetfeaatn South Carolina an 1 assays 24
rer cat ajure.
Mas 'F!ell nao'".re- te Iris i. Belntj
asV d i; In ijl3 wr.tleu a kuu o.i the Irish
aa repiiJi: ,:I like t write ai.o it th
faults of. : lis aeople. Tha io;lo of Ire
laud bavj ao fault. Did I try to find
them Yes, I spent a wek or more in th
land that has sent ?o many us hsre."
St. P.-.fil eoaifs up VJi'h the statement
that Ii isv, it uyeit 1 tai'.il.a dollar to
new Uojses. rfor that Sk Paul la oa
record. .MinneapDlir. -vill claim to have ex
penfloa 11 million dut.ars. Tue Twin city
that rhascs tie fir?: statement is the one
that always gou left. Rivalry may make
figures lie.
It ts n t (oaa form to be too gay and
gaudy, -tii-a. UlUiai Astor, the leader of
Si'x Vo.-t sociot', rureauy said that well
bi iu Arte.-. can wonsn ar dressing more
and Lior.; piaiuly ev.rr year In publlo.
p. aces. 'orr-;'V tainks, "should,
never be itjra bet ore evening and never on
the KtreeU"
Tho ol'test living criminal in the United
S.t'M is Joha Mount, of Covington, Ky,
he was a g-iod one ia his days. He Is now
i --r i u rt':iy years ef age, and fifty-sia
i-'.rs o his life have bean spent in various
peaiteatUiies tm ttie United States. Ho
has committed alaiost every crime except
that of muid.ir. II Is living every secludi
e l Hte at present, and seldom goes on the
streets.
A Daniel his come te judirment in Mont
real, where a man has been condemned to
pay the sum of $1 as damages for having
cail-U open a persea In a factory with a
vi?w to rollertiag a dsbt. Tho court held
tha: th domioile of the debtor is the prop
er place at which to demand money that
ii OTirf. It further declared that to ask
oa the street for moLev constitutes an
ai?a .It.
Ths renin Gazette, or pazetto of the cap
ital, as its name literally means, appears
in te eiUfcions, en written and one print
oil, dsKy, w.ta ths exception of festival
rta3. lie written edition, which has to
becui In weed, aa operation which tkes a
aons'e-sblo time, appears some weens
Jer. Oay the most important news i
'-" in the written edition, the other pu
Uhss uit fully.
What ne fonlJ Do.
MVhnt d- you want, my boy?" Mid
the liulilic official as he looked up from
Lis writing. His visitor was a thin,
Jinny lad, wlioe general appearance
tu'ed want and hardship.
! want to go to sea for the govern-
T30!if."
o to sea! Why, sonny, yen aia't
iiM -iinn;h or big enough. You
j.t i '! pull ten pounds on a rape."
"I i nw that," said the bey simply,
'L it I liionght
''''' !!. s)eak out."
I liionght I could make a first-class
rr"-- crew." Washington CapiUl.
Ti9 ratives or Australia tie the hands
ol t e eorpae and pull out the finger nails
bia for fear that the dead will scratch.
r,htr way out of the grava asd beooma
taapiia
500,000 WATCH CASES.
JAMES BOSS MAKES THEM EVERY
YEAR.
How the Filled Case Business wag In
stituted. There is an industry of vast impor
tance carried on iu Philadelphia that
comparatively few Philadelphians are
ware of, aud probably three-fourths
ef the mil 'ion residents of the city are
totally ignorant of iu existence.
Nevertheless, it is one of the powerful
factors iu Philadelphia's collesViou of
industries, and carries the fame of the
Quaker City into foreign countries
that many other borne productions fail
to reach.
The manufacture of gold-filled
watch cases is the industry in question,
and 1,000 skilled artisans are daily em
ployed in their production. As the
filled watch case is of Philadelphia
birth, and the unrivalled product of
Quaker City watch factories, it should
be a source of special pride to those
who dote on home-manufactured arti
cles. The filled case has an entertaining
history. A dingy old building at Dock
and Walnut streets was it birthplace.
Thirty-two years ago a watch-case
maker was puzzled about the tendency
of the low carat gold in hi cheap
cases to tarnish. For their selling
price he could not furnish a better
quality; but the persistence with which
the cases would tarnish was a source
of much thought to liitn. The case
maker's name was Reese Peters, and
his employee was the workman to
whom credit is due for the great in
dustry which finds its leading expo
nents in Philadelphia. J:i.ues Boss
was Tfc workman and he wag con
tinually experimenting with acids and
metals. In his anxiety to procure a
better watch case, Reese Peters un
consciously furnished the idea which
resulted in the putuutitig of the tilled
case.
One day in sheer desperation Peters
told B)s if he could get a good qual
ity gold wearing surface, with a base
centre and a low carat inside, there
was a fortune in the idea. A month
later Bos had litiUhed the model of a
machine that is the groundwork for all
filled case manufacturing. Two plates
of gold were laid on either side of a
central piece of metal, which after be
ing rolled out to the desired consist
ency by heavy mills were placed under
tho machine and struck off by a die.
It was only by the fines calculation
and levelling process that the surfaces
would cling to each other without the
aid of sol jer.
Boss surmounted the difficulty ana
inade the three surfaces so smooth that
they became adhesive, and the suction
established would allow one plate to
bear the other's weight without artifi
cial aid. Boss was in high spirits over
his success and soon forwarded the
modaJs of his machine to Washington.
The patent was granted, and the first
cases made were known as the James
Boss filled watch cases. Peters took
his workman into partnership, and for
several years they had a complete mon
opoly of the business.
The first appearance created a big
pensation in the jewelry business, for
the idea of making a gold case out of
anything but gold had never been en
tertained. The patent was regarded
as the most importaut ever known to
the trade and Boss cases were eagerly
purchased. So confident were the
patentees of the superiority of their
new case that they furnished a written
guarantee with every case, stipulating
that unless the case wore for twenty
years they would refund tfce money of
the purchaser. This shrewd policy
made the filled case more famous than
ever, aud they could not bo made
rapidly enough to supply orders. Boss
sold out his patent a few years later to
John Stuckhart, a casemaker, who
continued their manufacture until he
died from a disease contracted while
using the acids needed to prepare the
plates. His patent was disposed of to
Hagstoz fe Thorpe, who began their
work in the Ledger building, and were
fortunate enough to arouse the interest
of George Y. Childs.
With the money thus obtained the
industry was boomed, and soon as
smiH'il colossal proportions. A property
was purchased at Xineteenlh and
Brown streets, and a plant erected
upon the site now occupied by the
Keystone Watch Case Company.
When the patents expired they were
e.-gerly appropriated by watch-case
'iiip:nies, and the filled case was
manufactured in far larger ajaantities
tiian gold cases ever were. To-day
they are one of the most important
products of the times.
Philadelphia has retained the leaa
she secured, and is in the van of all
til!cd-ca-e manufacturing cities. Near
ly oOft.OoO gold-filled cases is the year
ly capacity of our factories. They
ranuot he distinguished from a solid
gold case. The wearing surface ia of
fine-quality gold and the composition
lie between this and aitother plate of
gold that composes the inside of thi
-.
The filled case of to-day i rastly
different in appearance from tha pio
neers of Boss's time. They are grace
ful and handsome, and the engTaver
can display his art upon thm as suo
sessf ully aa be can. beautify tha foU
gold case. Then they were luaile by
hand, but now the most valuable ma
chinery produces them with great
rapidity.
Philadelphia gold-filled ease ar
known all over the civilized world.
The original case still bears th name
of the inventor, and the twenty-year
guarantee principle is still adhered to.
The exportation of filled cases is very
large. Europe has taken more kindly
to the American case than it would be
supposed, but their superior tini-h and
wonderful durability have made them
a universal necessity wherever walchui
are worn.
THE PIANO HAND ORGANS.
How Those Popular Instruments of the
Street are Made.
Their musical merits aside, the
mechanical pianos trundled about tho
streets by the re-established peripatetic
performers are remarkable affairs.
The principal on which they are made
is, of course, well known. They arc
enlarged music boxes, the hammers
that strike the wires being set in action
by coming in contact with minute pegs
set in a cylinder that extends tho whole
length of the frame, or. popularly, the
key board. In the largest of these
piano the cylinder is pegged to play
ten tunes, and it takes one complete
revolution of the cylinder to finish oae
tune. After that the performer may
continue, to grind out the same tune
again, or by moving a lever push ttie
cylinder forward by as miniii as the
width of one peg, and so bring out a
different piece. These pegs are not
nearly as broad as a pin head, and the
fact that, unpleasant as the machines
are to a trained ear, they rarely if ever
4 rrike false notes, is evidence of tho
care and nicety employed in their con
struction. For, in a machine pegged
for ten tunes, the cylinder is simply
black with the pegs, and the slightest
inaccuracy in placing them would bring
out a wrong note somewhere.
The relation of the pegs to the ham
mer may be understood if one lays
his two hands side by side upoa the
table, palms down. The fingers and
thumbs may represent the pegs, each
peg playing its part in the different
tunes. The space between the levers
which one peg lifts is just wide
enough to pass nine other pegs. It
happens, of course, that the same note
does not occur in every one of the ten
tunes; in that case no peg would be
driven in the line of ten when it came
to setting tho cylinder for this especial
piece.
A manufacturer in Xew York makes
most if not all of the mechanical
pianos heard on the streets in this
neighborhood. He makes everything
in his own establishment.
"There," he said, pointing to a pilft
of lumber, "are well-seasoned boards
that are bemg kept for working into
frames and other parts of the piano.
There is tlie machine for making the
wire. And all through tlie house are
materials for the various parts of tho
instruments and the tools for pning
them into shape. If kept within dirs
and played moderately like a hou-o
piano, it would remain in good tuno
for many weeks; in fact, as long as
the swell instruments. Played out of
doors, it gets out of tune more quicklv.
The exposure to weather and the
rumbling over rough pavements, as
well as constant playing, brjgs this
about. The men who have pianos in
use brinar them in here on an averairo
fat once in two weeks to get them re-
tuned. Of course, another influenco
to put them out of tune is the extreme
force with which the wires are struck."
"How is music adjusted to the cylin
der?" "It requires not only a musician, but
a man who understands the mechan
ism of the machine to do rtiis. The
first thing after selecting tho composi
tion is to buy the piano score. Then
the musician takes a 6heet of paper just
large enough to cover the cylinder
entirely, and writes the piece upon it
in dots. The dots correspond to the
pegs. The musician, of course, know
the mechanism, so that he can toll
where to place a dot to bring out tin;
corresponding tone. When ho has
marked the paper over, a tinviiani.
uses it for a chart, and drives iegs
into the cylinder exactly on the fpots
indicated by the dots. But the musi
cian's part is by no means limited to a
mere transfer of the composition from
one stylo of notation, as it were, to
another. If that were done the effect
would be feeble and utterly uninterest
ing. The mechanical piano has its
own characteristics, and the mu-i- ian
must understand them so that he can
double notes in a chord, and even
quadruple them, in order fo mke tin;
sound tell in the open air. Asa mat
ter of fact, a piece played on a me
chanical piano is substantially the
same as if it were arranged for eight
hands on two parlor pianos."
Co-Education in Pennsylvania.
The question of coeducation iu Penn
yivania is just now a burning one.
Mr. Childs is championing the young
women who are anxious to get into the
university, and, with his cutomary
gallantry, he speaks warmly for thc;r
cause. The young men protest in
rather ungallant faehion, and say thr.t
if t) university be thrown open to
woaaen, then the women's cjllegi at
Bryn 11a wt should be thrown open (
mo
ritiWS I?,' BRIEF.
The egg of an ostrich weighs three
uni!s.
Ti e II malayasare the 1 iftiest mount
t n ra ige on the globe.
Silver was first coined in what isnow
ihe United States, m 100-J.
The King of D.ihotney is reorganizing
lis corps of Aturzons.
Cinnamon is said to b adulterated
al'li old cigar boxes ground to dust.
Ti a -':ers salaries in the Unite I states
initially amount to tn jre than foO.OOO
J0u. It is e?t:maled t!iaf there are 13,iX0
liff-reut kinds of p t ige stamps lu the
aor.d.
Tiie Russian eovmeut lias just order
d four new lroi.i-lada put on the
Uocks.
Kansas railroad commissioners have
d ied a ten per ceut, reduct.on In
tioiu rates.
Cairier swallows are now used in
France by the nulitaiy authorities lu
tad of p.f et-n-t.
The Mexicans protest against Jay
jouiii's proposed purchase of the canl.e
jf Cliapult pec
A mountain of alabaster is sup; oed
to have been discovered 130 miles north
ii letiTer, Col.
A Strmllvai ins violin was recently
Id in F rance r r Jlit.UO '. It waa
purcha-ed by a Scotch collector.
Oue Maryland rchar l wh ch pro
duced 15.1.00 bushfls of peaCh-8 last
fear shows up one peach this ye.ir.
) d Battersea bridge, the solitary
juivlvii g pilu hrlile on the Iowa
riian.e.s, is to be pulled down.
There arf ."J7 meuilie s of the hnise
jf lonis a-id 070 meiuliers of the house
jf coniin:ms.
Tl e light seen through the eyepiece
Jf the I.ick telos.opo will be 2,(i00
times ad br.ghl an that seen by the naked
rje.
A f-tnu. cont tin ng .100 .-.cres of land
in California, is devoted to the raisin
y tlie plant from which Insert powder
is made,
Wh le fishing at Ormon 1, Fl:u, a man
laught a i-hiitnp al"; t hv3 inches long
wi'hcaws re-e:ul.lng both a lobster
n ! a crawfish.
A tw lily-threi'-potind tiitbot recent
ly killed w.ts fimn.t lo contain no lcs
th n 14,311,20it eg.'s. This is an egg
case that iis n.'t l e -u p;U::"ed.
The pitr.'iis or iopii!.ir excursious in
Eng and a e term d ''chfa tripers.
A very larire nutn'ier of th m went
over Ui see the l'aiii t nil liijh'S.
Old Mr. Hoffman was found dead In
a spring near Molii.e. 111. He had
i fallen !nt,o shallow water and wa
: drowned with the back of his head out
1 -! it.
A horse In Walcilutry, Conn., ifl
Inordinately fond of p'.e, and often,
waiking to the V.fchen door, re usea to
lrav- until his appetite for tlie dainty
i.- ha i.stieil.
At Wiihti, China, a priest was burnt
to death by oidt r ot a higher priest,
for miscon luct toward a woman. He
was p.aee i in a lare slack of hay sat-
i urated w ith ml.
I Tlie primitive Bniaii-; placed a cer
tificate oi char icter ia t le' ilea 1 person's
I and to be given to S.. Peter at the
j gales of heaven.
j By the agency of Cie Loudon chtl
I dren's country holidays' find 20.IH.K)
children last year enjoyed a short ho 11
; day In tlie country.
I An owl shot near Jack ion, tin., nieaa
; u red live and a half t.-rl from tip to
tip of the wings aud had a small steel
1 trafi on one of its fet-t.
I There are two obelisks known as
Cle 'patra's needle. hie stands on the
Tl bines embankment, londou, and
the other in Centra Park. New York,
Berlin I as six Rreat play fields for
children. All soils of amusmeuts in
these phi cos are tree, and teachers of
gymnastics lir i t th" exerci-es.
One ostrich farm at Po,t Augusta;
Sot tli Australia, contains H) birds
worth SI') t each, and the yield of th
I feathers this year is expected to ba
I worth 7i)li.
I t'luh.i have ineieits-d rap'dly in Xew
;Yo:k, and it is estimated th-tt they
imw have a memliership of 100, Ono.
. Kvt rv club has an ambition to get a
; bu Id: us on Fifth avenue.
The use of India ru liber for erasing
' lncil marks was Hist suggested In or
just pi ior to lToii by an iio.idcniician
nam-U MaiZehau, a descendant of the
gie it navigator.
The Austro-Huncarian convict who is
condemned to die stands oa the jrround
with a rope aroui.d his neck, and at a
given signal lie is pu led off his ens to
remain struggling in the air until he ia
strangled.
Trade ma k-i were known iu ancient
Bahylon; Clnuu had thein as early as
1' 0 i B. C; they were authorized in
Kiiuland 11 13d"; fJutt-tdterg, theiuven
tor f pi i!,l;n, issaid I . have had a law
suit over h:s trade-mark.
It is said that more sod a water is sold
upon days of ere a humidity allied with,
heat than upon the hottest (lajsof tha
year. There is grtat variation In tha
public desire for refresh. ng beveraea.
In (iermany t he number of drugstores
is reii'er.-d by law a certain iiiiuilier
i to a ceitain dlsti .ct. ;vriidiug to pop-
I ulatioti. A driir-'i-t t here. Hallowed f
sell only drii-'s, or such article! aj are
! used for iiiedica'. purposes.
I I'ool-s-ap is a corrupt on of the Ita'laa
I folio capo, a fo lo sii d .-.heet. Ti e er
ror must have leeu t ry ancient, as the
water-niatk of this soit of pa;ier from
the thirtee th to the seventeenth cen
tury was a fool's lead with cap and
bells.
The mountain home of Stephen B.
E'kn s in We t Virginia, is built on a
I-ak from which a view of tht-ty miles
u av lie ha i. Th- house Is more lit. e a
b roni.i ca-tl-tiian a residen -e. Tlie
siirrouaiii:) mountains are f uil of trout
streams and game f or-ats.
Considerable fun was caused in Easr
por. Me., by the efforts of venous indi
viduals to walk a greased pole. The
pole was suspended over a lake, and
most of tlie? walkers "to. k a tum'.le,,in
a cold tath, to the great merriment ot
'.he crowd, tefore reaching ttie end.
Flounders replenish the ocean ai a
' very rapid rate. In a seasoH one Coun
' d-r producs many m.lUo-is of
pcatterin t he'n brua least thro ith Uia
water. The sole producs 1,0 JO.iOU or
etrgs, a plaice not less than 2,000, f00.
; while a turbot lias Len c red. led with.
the deposition ol 11,000,000 or la,000.
ow
Ir is known that the Chines, as earlj
as U03 A. IX, fastened rockt9 to then
arrows that the latter might be thrown
to a gnatex disUaca.
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