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THB OONBTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
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VOL. LI.
MIFFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 21.1897.
NO. 32
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' Raid Tom Moran, "adven
turer don't seeru to come my
w iy. My experiences In that
line would hardly be worthy of men
tion, but iomriiuw Brother Bob has a
cruiilno talei. for tumbling into all
manner of adventures. Brother Bob
haa had quite a number of pretty-close
calls in the wild regions In which we
have traveled, but he has plenty of grit
n' lias always been able to pull
through."
Tom Moran Is a miner who was grad
uated in the Comstock school of mining
years ago and who bos since had much
experience In Mexico, Australia. IndU
and other gold-producing- countries.
"It is singular that you should hare
been able to travel through so many
.trance countries without a "few hair
breadth escapes or some other experi
ences worthy of being related," said one
of the old Conisbw?k friends who were
questioning Tom fea regard to his trav
els In fornign lands. "Did you never
run against a tiger while In India?"
'"riser," mid Tom. with a laugh.
"Well, yes, I've run against the tigers
of nearly every country on the two
sides of the globe."
"I am speaking now of the real, roar
lug, ramping Bengal rlger the strliied
be-n.it of the Jungle," said the Com--oeker.
"I saw quite a number of tigers
while in India and went after the
animals on regular hunts. I killed a
fv- while I was there. In order to get
some good skins."
"Xever got Into close quarters with
one?"
'Well, not very; but Brother Bob had
rather a lmd bout with a big hill tiger
up in Nepaul."
"Did Bob get owny with the tiger?"
"Yes, Brother Bob Is true grit; the
tiser was killed."
"As you had no adventures of your
own during your travels, Tom," said a
Conistocker. "suppose you give us the
6tory of Bob's tiger fight."
"I nm sorry Brother Bob Is not here
to tell you about his battle with 'Mad-
THE TIGEK SPRANG
ame Stripes,' but as he Is not with us
this evening, I will give you a little
sketch of the affair as I saw it.
"Brother Bob and I were up on the
Neponl frontier, headed for the lower
Sepcs of the Himalayas.
"lu place of the ducks, cranes, coots
and pelicans of the lagoons along the
lowland course of the Koosee we now
begnu to see quail, partridges, pea fowl,
BoHcnn and other upland birds. In
plana hidden In patches of dense jungle
and overgrown with vines and creepers
were dilapidated temples Indicating
that the whole country had at some
time been Inhabited, though in the pres
ent age only .1 few scattered villages
are te be found. Outside of the villages
there are here and there huts inhabited
by the 'gwalla,' or cowherd caste, and
these huts of the men of the cattle sta
tions are often In the heart of almost
Inipenetrnble stretches of jungle.
"While In this beautiful region our
runs kept us well supplied with all
kinds of game, and we first and Inst
killed many wolves. Jackals, leopards
and about a dozen tigers, great and
small. The British' and wealthy na
tives almost always iwe elephants In
hunting tigers, sometimes having fifty
or more of the huge beasts In line; but
as we were not In a position to com
mand a supply of elephants, we did our
work on foot, hiring a score or more of
cooUas, with torn tonis, firecrackers and
horns to beat through small patches of
Jungle. At first we mounted ourselves
n 'myehans,' bamboo platforms, at the
point where we expected the giune to
appear, Imt after we had learned some
tbiog of the nature and ways of the
tlgor we did not lntlier wttn piatrorms,
but took our chances on the ground.
"The g wail as of the region were al
ways ready to bring us news of a tiger
saving killed one of their cattle, and
when we got news of a 'kill' we were
soon out after the killer. Often the
gwallas would be able to point ""t the
patch of Jungle to which the tiger nafl
retired after making the kill and feast
ing his fill.
"It was here In this foothill region
that Brother Bob had his adventure
with a big hill tiger. A 'shekarry,' a
native expert hunter, who keeps hlm
elf well posted In regard to the move
ments of game and manages hunts for
poth Britten and rlrh natives, one day
kdm to our camp and propose,! to give
as some sport. He said that as neitrer
the English nor the native princes were
untaug at that season business was
very slack with him. He offered for a
very reasonable p.-iee to bring out his
people and beat through a piece of Jun
rle wtilch he knew to be alive with all
kinds of game. As a part of the bargain
Brother Bob and I were to kill as many
wfld hogs, deer and the like as we could
knock over, Hie shokarry saying his
yaeple were all very hungry for meat
"The particular piece of Jungle se
lected by the old game expert to be
Beaten through lay between the forks
f two large streams with high and
rteep banks. A more favorably l Wi
lted jungle for sport could not have
een found. As Bob and I would -don
ourselves near the Junction of the
two atreain nothing could pass that
way without owing seen. We took sta
tions about fifty yards apart at a point
where the Jungle became somewhat
thin and open, each thrusting Into the
! round a leafy branch of paras to
lerve as a screen or blind. Alter a long
wait we heard faintly In the distance
:he sound of the torn tome and the
thouts of the beaters as they advanced
Into the Jungle.
"Presently we heard a rustling upon
She atr.ty leaves in front, and a troop
ft monkeys, loudly chattering their
Uarm, enme hopping out of tb dens
lungte.
"As yet we had seen no deer or other
leslrable game, but the beaters were
Mill far away. Taking a peep from be
hind my screen. I wss somewhat sur
prised to sec a large female tiger come
rlidlng cut of the thick Jungle, crouch
ing close to the ground as she passed
into the open. She was on Brother
Bob's side of the Jungle and was mov
ug straight toward him, apparently
ai ore concerned about the commotion
Behind her than afraid of danger in
front. Bob had also seen the tiger and
Had dropped to one knee behind his
icrcen end leveled his rifle. Every mo
ment I expected to hear the report of
Bob's gun, os the tiger was within tn
cards of his blind and was moving
llowlv.
"Some noise In the jungle frightened
the skulking beast and, after a quick
backward glance, it blindly bounded
forward. At the second bound the
tiger landed almost on top of Bob, as he
crouched behind his fragile screen. In
stantly he fired, thrusting his rifle at
the beast without aim. Wounded by the
shot, the tiger uttered a howl of rage.
! dashed aside the screen and struck Bob
VPOS BROTHER BOB."
a blow with a lore paw that sent his
gun flying and left him stretched sense
less on his back.
"I rushed forward at once to Bob'
assistance. As I ran the Infuriated
beast threw herself upon Bob and be
gan tearing at Mm with her teeth.
Hearing a sound as of cracking bones,
I thought every rib in poor Bob's body
was being crushed. As I feared to use
my rifle I threw it down and drew my
revolver. My yells, as I rushed on the
tiger, caused her to cease tearing at
Bob and fix her eyes upon me. But she
still retained her position across Bob's
breast while showing her teeth and
snarling at me.
"I thought it probable that she was so
badly wounded as not to be able to rise
upon her legs and so decided to take her
at close quarters and make sure of her.
With my plfitol in my right hand and in
my left a long-bladed knife, sharp as a
razor, I crept forwaiu. I advanced
crouched almost upon my knees, as the
tiger's position across poor Bob wai
such that I feared to fire with a down
ward range.
"I had got up within ten fent of the
tiger when she suddenly left Bob and
leaped at me. The charge of the beast
was a surprise, but by a backward
move I avoided her leap and as she
passed fired my pistol Into her neck, at
the same moment plunging the knife
Into her side up to the hilt. She fell
and did not move from where she land
ed, the pistol shot having broken her
neck.
"Seeing the tiger was in Its death
struggles I turned my attention to
Brother Bob, who was still stretched
unronscdous upon the ground. The
beaters were fast approaching through
the jungle with great uproar and
thumping of torn torn, wild hogs in
droves, both black and gray, were
rushing by, spotted deer were charging
past and the whole Jungle seemed alive
with game of all kinds, some drives of
wild pigs almost running over me'.
"I was Just stooping over Bob when
a hugs male tiger bounded oat of the
jungle and halted within ten feet of
where I stood. I had my pistol upon
ii'cn in sn nstant, and as bis head was
o held that a bullet would not glance
from his skull I took good aim and gave
him a soot between the eyes that
brought htm down as dead as though
ho had been a sheep or an ox. Seeing
that the shot had killed the tiger I ran
down to the river, filled my hat with
water and went to work to try to re
store Bob's sense. He had been badly
stunned and was breathing heavily, but
I saw he bad no bad wounds and soon
had the satisfaction to see him open bis
eyes, when tt was not long before his
wits returned and he was able to sit np.
The paw of the tiger bad struck him on
the side of the bead and knocked htm
soosdtm. but had only mUgUlj wouud-
ed his scalp. The weight of the tiger on
his chest had almost stopped his breath
and he felt some Internal soreness. We
found that his life had been saved by ft
lucky chance. In a game bag he had
slung to his side were some quail and a
pea fowl or two, and It was these the
tiger had seized upon and crunched in
Her blind rage, not Bob's ribs.
"Bob was much astonished and be
wildered when he saw two dead tiger
stretched out alongside of him. I told
him that be had gone Into a sort of de
lirium of rage and killed them both, and
for a time he believed my story. He
said he had sn Indistinct recollection
of having done a good deal of fighting.
We found that his shot had plowed
through the muscles of the female tig
er's left shoulder, only slightly wound
ing her. but probably paralyzing he;
left fore leg.
"When the old shekarry came up with
his crowd of beaters lie was at first
much disappointed that we had killed
no- deer or wild pigs. 'Alas, sahibs.'
cried he, 'no meat no meatr He, how
ever, soon cheered up and took great
credit to himself for baring said there
were tigers In the Jungle. After the
tigers were skinned we went down to
the river and killed for the old fellow
quite a lot of pigs. We were well satis
fies1 with our prizes, the skins of the
two Ugar. The male measured, as he
lay on ths ground, eleven feet two
Inefef from tip to tip and the female
ten feet four inches.
"They were unusually large hill tig
ers, which are of heavier build than
the tigers of the valleys, but average
less in length. To kill tigers with a pis
tol was a feat before unheard of on the
frontier, and obtained for ns great
credit for nerve, but give a tiger a
square shot In the bead and be will go
down like a bullock. Many tigers are
killed by single shots from rifles, hut
the man who goes after tigers on foot
must hare a considerable amount of
nerve. I could always bet on the nerv
of Brother Bob."
Kervon.neaa of Hotormtik
Neurologists are watching with
great Interest a new expression of
nervous malady which has appeared
since the introduction of the Broad
way cable cars and the Brooklyn
trolley system. With the exception
of Chicago there are no other cities
bavins so much street traffic as New
York, and where these methods of
transportation are in operation. A
nervous state, unlike that which is
excited by great noise or sudden
danger, has developed in several grip
men snpkyed on the Broadway road,
and among the motormen of the
Brooklyn trolley lines.
The constant lookout for collision
tn the overcrowded district below
Canal street, In Broadway, keeps the
gripman tn a state of extreme ner
vous tension from the time be goet
oJilsjear tU .he . goes ofT. Reside
keeping an eye open for visible trouble,
his mind dwells on possibilities tliat
are under his feet. ITe does not
know where there is to be a pool
ing of Interests between the grip
and a broken strand in the cable,
which will whisk him along the street,
crash In? Into trucks, smashing
wagons, frightening people and exas
perating the city fathers. This nervous
strain results first in wakefulness,
then In loss of appetite and extreme
irritability; after this a tremor In the
facial muscles. At the end of a week,
ays the medical examiner, all these
symptoms disappear, and do not come
for ten days, but afterward the in
tervals axe regular, about a week a
part seven days in a state of ner
vous terror, and seven day in a
healthy state, apparently. These
symptoms apply only to men of ner
vous, nervo-saugu Ine and bilious tem
peraments. While present in other
temperaments, they are not pro
nounoed.
Dally Occupation.
It Is not unusual to banish from this
portion of life any Idea or hope of
peace. That is kept for the evening,
when labor is over, and the comforts
of home and rest takes Its place; or it Is
reserved f or the evening of life, when
exertion ceases and energy droops; or
It Is relegated to some time in the fu
ture, when sufficient means have been
secured to make work appear unnecessary-
It stands for the realization In
some way of ease, comfort, leisure, lux
ury, opportunity. On the other hand,
toll, effort, hardship, struggle are ail
put In opposition to it. Thus men will
often live lives of labor and sacrifice,
hoping by this means to obtain peace
and tranquility when ffie toll is over.
But, to unite the two, to enjoy peace in
toil, tranquility In effort, seldom oc
curs to them. Vet no peace worth hav
ing exists without power, and power
must have its outlet In activity.
Uniformity of Sise.
An evidence of the striking uniform
ity of size among the Japanese is found
In the fact that recent measurements
taken of an Infantry regiment showed
no variations exceeding two Inches Id
height or twenty pounds In weight.
Sinking Wells in Ocean Reefs.
A method of sinking wells in granite
and other crystalline rocks where
water bt not generally supposed toexist
has been brought to the attention of the
rails Academy of Science. The com
munication stated that certain pilot and
lighthouse stations In Sweden have
been troubled by the lack of suitable
waiter supply and in view of the fact
that water has been found in deep
boreholes on rocky Islets, it was con
cluded that temperature change pro
duced shearing strosee between sur
face rock and that lower down, form
ing horizontal fissures into vhlch
water would be fresh, as the water
reaching from mine extending far
under the sea is never saline. Acting on
this theory a well was last year sunk
tn the Island of Arko to the depth of
one hundred feet below sea level, when
a horizontal fissure was encountered,
from which was obtained a daily
supply of some forty-four aundred gal
ions of perfectly fresh wanari similar
wells in other localities are mentioned
as yielding water at a depth of one
hundred to one hundred and twenty
feet. Tte gork In each case la de
scribed a granite, gnotes, or dlorite,
and the wells were of two and one-half
inches in dlafwter, bored by diamond
rUto
A FABLED HOC.
arco Polo Telia Wkat He Hear of
the Monster Blr.
The True Story of Marco Polo," a
fold anew In St. Nicholas by Noah
Brooks, contain many stories about
fabulous monster.
Tou must know that this island lies
o far south that ships cannot go fur
ther south or visit other Islands In that
direction, except this one and that
ther of which we have to tell you, call
ed Zanghlbar. This is because the sea
current runs so strong towards the
,outh that the ships which should at
tempt It never would get back again.
Indeed, the ships of Maabar which vis
it this Island of Madelgascar, and that
other of Zanghlbar, arrive thither with
marvelous speed, for great as the dis
tance Is, they accomplish It In twenty
days, while the return voyage takes
them more than three months. This is
because of the strong current running
south, which continues with such sin
gular force and In the same direction at
II seasons.
'Tis said that in those other islands
to the south, which the ships are un
able to visit Itecause this strong cur
rent prevents their return. Is found the
bird Gryphon, which appears there at
certain seasons. The description given
Jf It is, however, entirely different from
what our stories and pictures make It.
For persons who have been there and
had seen it told Messcr Marco Tolo
that it was for all the world like an
eagle, but one Indeed of enormous size;
so big. In fact, that Its wings covered
an extent of thirty paces, and Its quills
were twelve paces long, and thick In
proportion. And it is so strong that
it will seize an elephant in its talons
and carry him high Into the air, and
drop him so that he is smashed to
pieces; having so killed him, the bird
gryphon swoops down upon him and
eats him at leisure. The people of
those Isles call the bird rue, and it has
no other name. So If I wot not If this
be the real gryphon, or If there be
another manner of bird as great. But
this I can tell you for certain, that
they are not half Hon and half bird
as our stories do relate; but enormous
as they be, they are fashioned Just like
n eagle.
The Great Khan sent to those parts
fo inquire about these curious matters,
and the story was told by those who
went thither. He also sent to procure
the release of an envoy of bis who hnd
been dispatched thither, and had been
detained; so both those envays had
many wonderful things to tell the
Great Khan about those strange Isl
ands, and alout the birds I have men
tioned. They brought (as I heard) to
the Great Khan a feather of the said
rue, which was stated to measure ni!
ty spans, while the quill part was two
palms In circumference, a marvelous
object! The Great Khan was delight
ed with it, snd gave great presents
to those who brought It. They also
brought two boar's tusks, which weigh
ed more than fourteen pounds apiece;
and yon may gather how big the boar
must have been that had teeth like
that! They related. Indeed, that there
were come of these boars as big as a
great buffalo. There are also numbers
it giraffes and wild asses; and, in fact,
a. marvelous number of wild beasts of
trange aspect.
Falling Walla at Fires
Mr. Charles T. Hill contributes to St.
Nicholas an article on "The Perils of
a Fireman's Life," in the course of
which be says:
There are several kinds of falling
walls, and the fireman of experience
knows them well, and what to expect
from each. There Is one kind that
breaks first at the bottom and comes
down almost straight, somewhat like
a curtain. This makes a big noise, but
Is not very much to be dreaded. Then
there la another that bulges or "buc
kles" in the middle dt first, and makes
a sort of curve as it descends. This is
a little more serious than the first, and
lias caused many fatalities. Then there
Is one that breaks at the bottom and
somes straight out, reaching clear
across the street, and remaining almost
olid until it strikes; and, as an old
time fireman once remarked: "That's
the kind you want to dodge."
This kind of "falling wall" has caus
ed more deaths in the department than
any other danger the firemen have to
contend with. It hits killed horses as
well as men, and destroyed apparatus;
and it is so rapid In its descent, and
rovers so much space, that to escape It
he men have to be quick Indeed.
Colored People Never Sneeze
"It was Professor Schroeder of Louls
rille," volunteered a surgeon to a
reporter, "who first ventured thf
opinion that the negro never sneezed.
The statement was made in reply tc
question of Professor Gross, the fa
tuous Philadelphia surgeon, and in
whose memory a statue was recently
dedicated in this city. A smile passed
around the listeners, and Professoi
Schroeder, observing that there wac
tome doubt about his statement, reiter
ated it with some force. He then ex
plained that while there were nc
structural arrangements about the
breathing apparatus of the colored rac
that had been discovered which
prevented him sneezing. It was a fact
that the colored man did not snoezo.
though he could be made to sneeze by
the use of snuffs, pepper and othei
irritants. He had. he said, never mad
any experiments in that connection.
He also said his olservatlon bad been
mnflnea to colored people In the
Southern States. Atmospheric 01
ther conditions might exist elsewhort
which might cause him to sneeze, but
none existed naturally in the South.
The debate on the subject occupied
nearly an hour at a meeting of th
International Surgical Association,
which held a convention In the old
Lincoln hall some years ago. Since
tlveu. I have often spoke of it and
asked my friends to notice, and though
I have directed the attention of hun
ireds to the subject, 1 have yet to
bear the first one say that they have
ver hoard a negro man or woman
sneeze. By negro I mean a black man
or woman. I believe that mulattos
sneeze occasionally and the nearer
they are to white the more frequent
ly they sneeze, but even they are less
sensitive to Influences which produce
sneezing than the people of the whUe
race. It baa been observed also that
Indians sneeze very seldom, while
Chinese sneeze ten times as much,
even, as the white race." Washington
tar.
barbers' Clippings Useful.
Until quite recently no effective use
nad been found, even in this age of the
uniersal utilization of waste, for tike
clippings of nwn's hair left over In
barbers' shops, though all manner of
experiments have from time to time
been made with this material. But a
very well known fishing-tackle maker,
who sends his wares all over the
world, has of late bought quantites of
such hair, and the writer sought him
out in order "to ascertain the prectec
uses to which it was put, and Informa
tion wa reudlly given.
My workpeople use large quantities
of human hair in the making of arti
ficial fishing flies, for certain parts of
which it la the best material out
Wrapped thickly round the bodies of
many kinds of flies. It has the quality
of not gathering water and getting
sodden, as silk does, while it stands
more wear and tear. But even beyond
this, we use a considerable amount in
tying gut on hooks. Aided by a small
patented Implement, hook tiers now
commonly use human hair Instead of
silk, and the lashing Is both stronger
and neater. But a plan has been de
vised for using human hair almost ex
clusively In silk and hair combina
tion reel linen, in whV-h horsehair alone
was at one time employed, and these
new lines are unsurpassed for tough
ness and llghtiM-ss.
You are mistaken tn supposing thai
flshtng-iockle makers are the only
persons who buy barbers' clippings.
Within the last year or two tons of
hair have bem packed ti the lining
betweer the iron plates forming the
armor sheathing of . certain parts of
war vessels; a peculiar type of cupola,
for Instance, having a thickness of
tightly packed hair between casings
of metal. The hair Is so elastic that it
Is said to form a most effective back
ing to metal; and also In connection
with shipping, the makers of ships'
fenders the soft spheres of tow-rojie
that are thrown over the side of a
vessel to prevent her from scrubbing
against tlve edge of a quay or dock
are beginning to utilize human hair.
Impartal.
A remarkable instance of the im
partial adintoistraUon of justice is said
to have occurred some years ago in a
court of Texas when a young Mex
ican, charged whh having stolen
pistol, was arraigned.
He proved beyond all doubt that the
pistol was his own, and that It had
been In his possession long before the
alleged theft occurred.
The case went to the Jury ai
twelve o'clock, the usual hour of ad
journment, and the Jury, who did not
wish to be kept until tlie court opened
again at three o'clock, hurried to give
in their verdict.
The foreman, who had been reclining
In a peaceful attitude, suggestive of
slumber, during the hearing, turned to
his companions, saying:
"Well, boys, what do you think?
Hadn't we better give him two yenrs?"
"All right," responded a Juryman.
"Put hlti through, or the judge wlU
adjourn."
"Go ahead," said another. We don't
want to stay here till three o'clock.
Hurry up!"
"But la he guilty? Inquired
thoughtful old gentleman.
"Well," exclaimed the foreman, aft
a stare of nntonlahment at this view of
the matter, "if you think be ain't
guilty, let's clear htm!"
A verdict of "Not guilty" was speed
ily rendered, and the Juryman cheer
fully regained to noontide meal.
Aluminum.
Aluminum, the new metal which It
to believed is destined to play an im
portant part In the arts from this time
on. Is found in many substances,
widely diffused through nature. The
common red clay, which exists every
where tn this country, at a depth of 3
or 4 feet, contains it in large quanti
ties, and It Is also present in slate,
feldspar and other mlneraki. The
metal was given its name, in 1812, by
Sir Humphrey Davy, who suspected
the existence of the metal In certalu
compounds, but failed to isolate It. It
was first isolnted by Wohler, In 1828,
wbo obtain the metal in small
quantities. In 1855 a French chemist,
M. -Deville, domonstrated that the
metal could be prepared In large quan
tities for commercial use. It has been
prepared from Greenland cryolite, and
from the bauxite which abounds in
the southern part of France. Since
1S0O the metal has been produced tn
commercial quantities by the employ
ment of electricity in Its separation, but
the processes, though much cheaper
than formerly, axe still somewhat ex
pensive, though It Is expected the ex
periments now being made will render
aluminum so cheap that It can be used
for any purpose to which Us nature U
adapted.
An Economical Emperor.
Emperor Francis Joseph Is cutting
down the expenses of his household
and putting an end to perquisites en
Joyed by court servants since the day
of Maria Theresa. They bad an ai
lowance of wood, wine and venison
with two wax candles hi summer anc
three In winter. These are put an enc
a. Their liveries will no longer b
their own. and they will not be alloweu
to scdl the cold victuals left fnoui the
tlallv iihiiIi nnA ttiA A..t h,nnnlB
Eighteen Miles la Three Days.
A drug firm of Baznon Kan., a sta
tion nil the Kansas City A Northwest
ern railroad, demands of the Kansas
State Board of ILailroad Conimmta-
sioners that an order be made requir
ing that railroads give its customer!
1 tetter train facilities. The station it
18 mllei from Leavenworth, but H
takes tJiree days for freight to be de
livered at Bazhon and two days arc
consumed by passengers in making thf
round trip. The same slow time la
made to and from Kansas City. It la
averred that the road Is to run tc
freeze out the merchants and to favot
the Missouri Pacific. The complain)
closes with the declaration that thf
superintendent of the road "lacks tlu
mental ability to make a sectioa
hand-" Kaunas City Star.
HOTOGRAPHS SOUND WAVE&
another Marvel Adicd to- the Wow
Jera of the Nineteenth Cawtnry.
Rev. A. C. Ferguson, of New York,
has added another marvel to the won
ders of the nineteenth century. It la
an apparatus by which be photograph
sound waves, and then, by using th
plates, reproduces tba sound with
their original tone. He calls bis ma
chine the lightopbone, as distinguished
from the phonograph and graphophon
of Berliner and Edison respectively.
The Invention Is distinctly new. In that
the reverend doctor has succeeded In
preserving the sound vibrations by
means of the phovigraph and restoring
them to the air with the plates. Lika
all other inventions of this kind, the
apparatus is exceedingly simple. It
consists of two disks, seven Inches in
diameter, revolved by the ordinary
crank of mechanics. One of the disks
RKV. A. C. rEROUSOTT.
is horizontal. It Is the recorder. Tn
other is revolved perpendicularly. It I
the reproducer. On the upper side of
the recording disk is clamped a sensi
tive plate. Level with it is fixed a vi
brating dlnphragm. This shutter ex
clude the light from the plate until It
is spoken Into. Then it vibrates, and
tlie plate records the Mght and sound
vibrations together at the rate of 2,000
per second. As the disk turns the
sounds are photographed ns a contin
uous curving line. A print Is mads
from the negative, and Is fixed upon the
reproducing disk. The process now re
sembles the operation of the grapho
pbone. The reproduced sounds are
clear and perfectly modulated, but not
so loud as those of the graphophone.
Dr. Ferguson has been working on hi
invention for six yea rs. Its superiority
over the graphophone consists in the in-
destructable quality c. the records, and
they can be rephotographed without
of power.
A CURIOUS BOAT.
fravela on Land, Waterv Ice, and
Know, bat Poeant Fly.
A curious boat, which goes equally
well on land, water, ice, and snow, has
been designed by Mr. Rasmus Ander
son. The machine was originally In
vented for Arctic exploration, as a sub
stitute for boats and sledges, but ran
also be built as a lifeboat and a yacht
and ocean steamer. This boat. It Is
said, cannot sink or capsize under any
condition, and it can be propelled by
the hands or feet. As a lifeboat It
would be very practical, as It could be
launched from dry land, and also run
up on any beach without injury. A a
A HANDY BOAT.
lifeboat on board ship it can be run of
the deck with the smallest possible
trouble. The paddles ran, of coursa.
lie taken off and easily reflxed.
Quill Pens.
During the last year 400,000
julll pens were supplied for the EJn
gllttli government service, and 60,000
were recti t. This Is excluslive of the
rontracts for the Indian goreinunent,
which sometimes orders 1,000,000 at a
time, and has been supplied with 2,
201,000 In the course of a stogie year.
Quills are also needed In Immense
numbers as toothpicks, for whlp-tnak-Ug,
fishing tackle, camel's-hair brush
es, etc. and the Admiralty employ
quill barrels as tubes for powder fuses
in artillery. Millions of the feathers
am also required for the ever-popular
shuttlecock. To meet these demands
quills are obtained from geese, trr
keys, crows, and swans. Goose quills
ars mostly bnorted from I'ussia In
consignments of from seventy-live
to eighty bales, aggregating a total of
8,000,000 quills. Swan quills arc the
Lang eat and most durable, but the best
at all for pens are obtained from a
particular breed of geese found in the
Hudson Bay territory. Quills from
the swan are the dearest, fetching as
nracn as I per hundred, while the
beAt goose quills cost less than 1. The
old merchants prided themselves on
their skill In making and mondia?
quill pens. Some people ivever could
make a good pn, and consequently al
ways wrote a bad hand, while otliexs
did It so well that tlie enmaiMhip was
very fine. Every stationer sold quill
pens neatly arranged in small bundler
and tied with oord.
The Tnrbnlent Infant.
Mrs. Snaggs How badly the baby
bcliavcs at table.
Mr. Snagga Yes; he reminds me of r
distinguished foreign visitor.
"How is that?"
"He dines and whines." Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
She Waa la Honbt.
Benham Well, If you want to know
It I married you for your money.
1 Mrs. Benham I wlh I could tell a
easily what I married yon for. Judgti
Tia Blind in Europe.
Naltkenhoff of Geneva says there at
B1L000 blind persons tn Europe, most
ly from fevers, and that 75 per cent
would nave kept their eight had tnex
been properly treated.
RIIV. DR. TALUM
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Discourse.
Clnqnent Kvpoitton of tlie Way Spill Worn
a KlMk and LtMt a KlnKdoiu ImpreP
.iir. fL4MMnp HrpwD From u Old Bllile
Story The I'tter Kutilltv of Fraud.
Text: "Ami Hainunl sattl. What mnnr'b
fhtm this bleatiug of the sbeep In niiue
3arRud the lowing of the oxen which I
QMHr?" I Snmui'l xv., 14.
The Anmlekittis thought they had eon
uirel U01I ami that he would not carry
into execution his threats agaiuxt them.
They hail murdered the Israelite!! in battle
audoutof battle aud left no outrage un
tried. For four hundred years this had
been going od, aud they say, "God either
dare not puiitab us or he has forgotten to
do so." Let us see. Sauiuel, (Jod's
prophet, tell Saul to go down aud tUay all
the Ainalekites, not ieaviug oue of them
alive; ataoto destroy all ttie beasts in their
poMHessiou ox. sheep, camel and smb.
Hark, I hear the tread of 210,0110 meu, with
oioust rous Saul at their head, ablaze with
armor, his .shield dangling at bisside, hold
ing lu his hand a spear, at the wavlug of
which the great bost marched or hutted. I
Bee smoke curling against tbe sky. Now
there is a thick cloud of It, aud now I see
the whole city rising in a chariot of smoke
behiud steeds of Hre. It is Saul that set tlie
city ablaze. Tbe Amalekites and Israelites
meet; tlie trumpets of battle blow peal on
peal, and there is a death hush. Then
there is a sigual waved, swords cut and
hack, javelins ring ou shields, arms fall
from trunks and beads roll into tlie dust.
Gash after gash, the frenzied yell, the
gurgling of throttled throats, the cry of
paiu, the laugh of reveuge, the curse hissed
between clinched teeth an army's death
groan . Stacks of dead on nil sides, with
eyes unshut aud mouths yet grinning ven
geance. Huzza for tbe Israelites! Two
hundred and ten tbousauil men wave their
plumes aud clap their shields, for the Lord
God hath gireu them the victory.
Yet ttiat victorious army of Israel is con
quered by sheep aud oxen. God, through
the prophet Samuel, told Saul to slay all
the Amalekites aud to slay all the beasts iu
their possession, but Saul, tbiukiug he
knows more than God, saves Agag, tiie
Aiualekitisb king, and five drove of sheep
aud a herd of oxen that be cannot bear to
kill. Saul drives the sheep aud oxen down
toward home. He bus no idea that Samuel,
the prophet, will hud out that be has saved
these sheep aud oxeu for himself. Samuel
comes and asks Saul the news from the
battle. Saul puts on a solemn face, fot
there is no oue who can look more solemu
than your geiiuiue hypocrite, and he says,
"I have fiiltllled the command of the
Lord." Samuel listens, aud be bears the
drove of sheep a little way off. Saul had no
Idea that ttie prophet's ear would be so
acute. Samuel trays to Saul, If you have
done as God told you aud slain all the
Amalekites and all the beast in their pos
session, what meauetb tbe bleating of the
sheep iu mine ears and tbe lowing of the
oxeu that I hear?" Ah, oue would have
thougtit ttiat blushes would have con
sumed the cheek of Saul. No, no! He says
the army not himself, of course, but the
army had saved the sheep and oxen foi
facritlce, and then they thought it would
be too bad anyhow to kill Agag, the Aiuale
kitisb king. Samuel takes the sword, and
he slashes Agag to pieces, and theu he
takes tlie skirt of bis coat in true oriental
style and rends it in twain, as much as
to say, "You, Saul, just like that, shall be
torn away from yourempire and torn uway
from your throne." Iu other words, let
all the nations of the earth hear the story
that Saul, by disoleyiug God, won a U.ck
of sheep, but lost a kingdom.
I learn from this subject that God will
expose hypocrisy. Here Saul pretends he
has fulfilled the divine commission by slay
lug all the beasts lelongiug to the Amale
kites, and yet at the very moment be i.
telliugthe story and practicing the delu
sion the secret comes out, and tlie sheep
bleat aud the oxeu bellow.
A hypocrite is oue wbo pretends to be
what he is not or to do what he does not.
Saul was only a type of a class. The mod
eru hypocrite looks awfully solemn, whines
when he prays and during his public de
votion shows a great deal of the white ol
bis eyes. He never laughs, or. if he does
laugh, he seems sorry for it afterward, at
though he had committed some great in
discretion. The tlrst time he gets a chance
be prays twenty minutes in public, and
when he exhorts he seems to imply that all
the race are sinners, with oue exception,
his modesty forbidding the statiug who
that oue is. There are a great many
churches that nave two or three ecclesiasti
cal Uriah Heeps.
When the fox begins to pray, look out
for your chickens. Tlie more geuuine re
ligion a man has the more comfortable lie
will be, but you may know a religious im
postor by tbe fact that be prides himself on
being uncomfortable. A man of that kiml
is of immense damage to the church of
Christ. A ship may outride a huudred
storms, and yet a handful of worms in the
planks may sink it to the bottom. Tbe
church of God is uot so much in duuger of
the cyclones of trouble and persecution
that come upon it as of the vermin of
hypocrisy that infest it. Wolves are of no
danger to the fold of God uuless they look
like sheep. Aruold was of more damage
to tbe army than Cornwall Is and his hosts.
Oh, we cannot deceive God with a church
certificate! He sees behind the curtain as
well as before the curtain, lie sees every
thing Inside out. A man may througli
policy hide his real character, but God will
after awhile tear open thewhltedsepulcher
and expose tho putrefaction. Sunday
faces cannot save bim. Long prayers
cannot save bim. Psalm singing and
cburcbgoing cannot save him. God will
expose bim just as thoroughly as though
He branded upon his forehead tbe word
"Hypocrite." He may think he has been
successful in tlie deception, but at the
most unfortunate moment the sheep will
bleat and tbe oxen will bellow.
Oue of tbe cruel bishops of olden time was
going to excommunicate oue of tbe martyrs,
aud he began in the usual form "In the
uameof Owl, amen." "Stop," says tlie
martyr. "Hon't say 'in tbe name of God!'"
Yet bow many outrages are practiced un
der the garb of religion p.udsauctity. When
lu synods and conferences ministers of the
gospel are about to say something uubroth
erly aud unkind about a member, they
almost always begin by being tremendously
pious, tbe venom of their assault corres-
i lending to the heavenly flavor of the pre
udu. Stundiug there, you would think
they were ready to go right up into glory
aud that nothing kept them down but tlie
weight of their boots aud overcoat, when
suddenly the sheep bleat aud the oxen bel
low. Oil, my dear friends, let ns cultivate
simplicity of Christiau character! Jesus
Christ said: "Unless you become as this
little child you cannot enter the kingdom
of God." Ve may play hvpocrite success
fully now. but tbe Lord God will after
awhile expose your true character. You
must know the iucideut mentioned in the
history of Ottacas. who was asked to kneel
in tbe presence of Randolphus I., and when
before bim he refused to do it, but after a
while be agreed to come in private when
there was nobody in the king's tent, and
then he would kneel down before bim and
worship, but the servants of the king
bad arranged it so that by drawing a cord
tlie tent would suddenly drop. Ottacas
after a while came in, and supposing be
was in entire privacy kbelt before llandol
pbus. The servants pulled tbe cord, the
teut dropped, and two armies surrounding
looked dowu oil Ottacas kneeling lief ore
Kaudolphus. If we were really kneeling to
the world while we profess to lie lowly
subjects of Jesus Christ, the tent has al
ready dropped aud all the hosts of heaven
are gazing upon our hypocrisy. Hod's
universe is a very public place, and you
cannot bide hypocrisy in it.
I learn furliier from this subject how
natural it is to try to put off our sins on
other people. Saul was charged with di
otievlug G.mI. The man savs it was not he;
he did not save tbe sheen: the armvdidlt
(trying to throw it off 011 the shoulder of
other peonle. Human nature is the same
In all ages. Adam, confronted wit h bis sin.
said. "Tbe woman tempted me. and I did
eat." Aud the woman charged It upou the
serient. and if the ertent could have
sooken It would have charged It upon the
devil. I siiuu-'xathat the real stHte of the
case was that Eve was eating the apple aud
that Adam saw It mid begged and coaxed
until he got a piece of it. I suppose that
Adam was just as much to blame a Fve was.
Y'ou cannot throw off the responsibility of
anv sin upon the shoulders of other people.
Here is a young man who says: "I know
I am doing wrong, hut I have not had any
chance. I had a father who despised Hoi
and a mother who was a disciple of godless
fashion. I am uot toblame formy sins; It U
my bringing up. Ob. no: that young man
has been out in the world loug enough to
see what Is right and to see what is wrong,
ami in the great day of eternity he cannot
throw his sins upon his father or mother,
but will have to stand for himself and an
swer before God. You have had a con
science, you have hail a Bible and the Influ
ence of the Holv Spirit. Staud for yourself
or fall for yourself.
Here is a business man. He savs, "I
know I dou't do exactly right In trade, but
all the dry goo. is men do It and all tbe bard
ware men do this, and I am not respon
sible." You cannot throw oft yoursin upon
tlie shoulders of other merchants. God
will hold you responsible for what you do
and them responsible for what they do. I
want to ipiote one passage of Scripture for
you I thiuk it is in Proverbs '"If thou be
wise, thou shall be wise for thyself, but if
tthou seornest thou aloue shalt bear it."
I learn further from this subject what
God meant by extermination. Saul was
told to slay all the Amalekites and the
beasts in their possession. He saves Aqag.
the Amalekite king, and some of the siieep
and oxen. God chastises him for It. God
will not stay in the soul that is half Hi
and half the devil's. There mav be more
sins in our souls than there were
Anml. kites. We must kill them. W09
unto us if we spare Agag. Here is a Chris
tian. He says: "I will drive out all the
Amalekites of sin from my heart. Here is
jealousy down goes that AuiHlekite. Hera
is backbiting - down goes that Amalekite, "
nd what slaughter ho makes amoug bis
,siiis, striking right ami left! What is that
out yonder, lifting up his hea T' It is
Agag it is worliiliness. It is an old siu he
?annot bearto strike down. It is a darling
trunsgrcssiou lie cannot alTord to stcrttlce.
Oh, my brethren, I appeal for entire conse
cration. Some of the Presbyterians call
it the "higher life." The Methodists,
I believe, call it "perfection." I do not
care what you call It, "without holiness no
man shall see the Lord." 1 know men who
are living with their soul iu (lerpetual com
muuiou with Christ and day by day are
walking within sight of lieaveu. How do I
know? They tell me so. I believe them.
They would not lie about it. Why cannot
we all have this conse,,rutiou? Why slay
some of tlie sins iu our soul aud leave
others to bleat aud bellow for our exposure
and condemnation? Christ will not stay iu
the same house with Agag. You must give
up Agag or give up Christ. Jesus says:
"All of that heart or none." Saul slew the
poorest of ttie sheep aud the meanest of
the oxen ami kept some of tlie finest and
the fattest, and there are Christians who
have slain the most unpopular of their
transgressions and saved those which are
jnost respectable. It w ill not do. Eternal
war against all the Amalekites uo mercy
Jor Agug!
. I learn further from this subject that it is
vain to try to defraud God. Here Saul
thought he had cheated God out of those
'.shtHp and oxeu, but he lost his crown, he
lost his empire. Y'ou cuuuot cheat God out
of a single cent. Here is a man wbo has
made 10,(100 in fraud. before he dies
every dollar of it will be gone, or it will
,gtve him violent uurest. Here is a Chris
tian who has been largely prospered. H
has not given to God the proportion that Is
due in charities and leiievoleuees. God
comes to ttie reckoning, and he takes it all
'away from you. How often it has been that
Christiau men huve had a large estate and
it is goue. The Lord God came tuto the
counting room aud said: "1 have allowed
you to have u'l tiiis property for teu, llf
Teen or twenty years, and you have not
done justice to my poor children. When
the beggar culled upon you, you hounded
bim off your steps; when my suiferiug chil
dren appealed to you for help, y u had uo
mercy. I only asked for so much or so
much, but you did not give it to me, aud
now I will take it all."
God asks of us one-seventh of our time In
the way of Sabbath. Iio you suppose we
can get an hour of that time successfully
away from its true object? No. uo. God
has demanded one-seventh of your time.
If you take one hour of that time that is to
be devoted to God's service and iustead of
keeping his Sabbath use it for the purpose
of writiug up your uccouuts or making
Worldly galus, God will get that hour from
you iu some unexpected way. God says to
Jonah, "You go to Nineveh." He says:
"No, I won't. I'll go to Tarshish." Hu
starts for Tarshish. The sea raves, tbe
wiuds blow aud the ship rocks. Couie, yo
whales, and take tills passenger for Tar
shish! No man ever gets to Tarshish
whom God tells to go to Nlueveb. Th.
sea would not carry him; it is God's sea.
The winds would not waft bim; they are
God's winds. Let a man attempt to do
that which God forbids him to do or to go
into a place where God tells bim not to go,
the natural world as well as God Is against
him. The lightnings are ready to strlka
him, the fires to burn him, the sun to
smite him, tiie waters to drown bfui, aud
the earth to swallow bim. Those whose
princely robes are woven out of heart
strings, those whose flue houses are built
out of skulls, those whose springing foun
tains are the tears of oppressed nations,
have they successfully cheated God?
The last day will demonstrate. It will be
found out on that day that God vindicated
not only bis goodness aud His mercy, but
His power to take care of His owu rights
anil the rights of His church aud the rights
of His oppressed ciiiidreu. Come, yo mar
tyred dead, awake aud come up from tho
dungeons where folded durkuess hearsed
vou and the chaius like cankers peeled
ioose tlie skiu aud wore off tlie flesh and
rattled ou the uurrowless bones. Come, ye
martyred dead, from the stakes where
you were burned, where the arm ui lifted
for mercy fell Into the ashes aud tlie cry of
paiu was drowued iu the suappiug of tbe
tlame and tlie howling of ttie mob; from
valleys of l'iedmout aud Smithfleld market
and Loudon Tower and the highlands of
Scotland. Gather in great procession aud
together clap your bony bauds, and to
getiierstamp your moldy feet aud let the
chains that bound you to dungeons all
clank at once and gather all the flames
that burned you lu oue uplifted arm of tire
aud plead for a judgment. Gather all
the tears ye ever wept into a lake aud
gather all tile sighs ye ever breathed Into
a tempest until the heaven piercing chain
lank ami the tempest sigli aud the thuu
der groan aiiuouuco to earth and hell aud
heaven a judgment. Oh, 011 that day God
will viudii-ate ttie cause of the troubled and
ttie oppressed! It will be seen iu that day
that though we may have robiied our fel
lows, we never have successfully robbed
God.
My Christian frieudp. as you go out into
the wotld exhibit an open iiearted Christian
frankness. lo uot be hypocriticul In any
thing. You are never safe if you are. At
tlie most iuopportuue moment the sheep
will bleat and the oxen bellow. Drive out
the last Amalekite of sin from your soul.
Have no mercy on Agag. Liown with your
sins down with your pride, down with your
worldliness. 1 know you cannot achieve
tins work by your owu arm. but almighty
grace lssumcieul ttiat wtucti saved Joseph
in the pit. that which delivered Daniel in
the den, that which shielded Shadracii in
thA tire, that which cheered l'aul in the
shipwreck.
The love of God does not consist in
shedding tears, nor in exiei'ieuciug
sweetness and tenderness of heart, but iu
truly serving God iu justice, strength and
humility.
Whatever there is of greatness in the
United Stales, or indeed in any other
ountrv, is due to labor. The laborer is
the author of all greatness and wealth.
Without labor there would be no govern
meiil, and 110 b-adiuc, class, aud uutbing
to preserve.
No oinniuiiK atious t an exhaust genius;
uo gifts imMjvei'isk charity.
A friend is most a friend of whom the
liest remains to learn.
The way to procure intuits is to sub
mit to them a man meets with no moi.
res.ct thau be exacts.