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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
The Exciting Experience of an Am
ateur Electrician.
"Come out here, this is beauttfull
You don't get half a view of it from in
side the house."
The time wa e'..-ven p. m. The scene
was a summer boarding house on a
mountain top in the lierkshires. The
speaker was Mr. G , a gray-haired
man who was seated on the broad piaz
za, well sheltered from the wet, while
a storm was in progress that had so
terrified the whole population of the
house as to keep all of them out of bed
in spite of the late hour. The lightning
came in flashes of blinding vividness,
and the crashes of thunder that fol
lowed almost split our ears.
"Thank you," I called, in response.
"I am very well satisfi.-d in here. \ou
are welcome to the nearer and more
perfect view." And I continued to hug
my chimney corner and endeavored to
bury my attention in a book.
"What's the matter? It is dry where
I am sitting."
"I dare say. You are an electrician
and don't mind such things. To tell
you the truth, I have no fancy for be
ing struck by lightning— that's all"
The old man laughed. "You couldn't
find a safer place than right here be
side me," said he.
"Why?"
"Because lightning neve.r strikes
twice in the same place, and I've been
struck once."
This was too much of a temptation to
resist. Upon his promise to tell mo
the story I went out and shared his so
ciety for the rest of the storm.
"It was when I was about twenty-five
years old," he began, "and telegraphy,
as we know it, was in its infancy.
There was no great Western Cnion
system spanning the continent, but
dozens of little lines were in use here,
there an d everywhere. I wanted to
learn the art, having a taste for elec
tricity, and being at the time engaged
in experiments to perfect a system
of insulation more adapted to the needs
of the telegraph than any then known.
I was poor; my collegiate course had
eaten up what little money my father
had left me, and the experiments I
was making were too costly for my
purse; but I felt that if I could only
keep in food, clothing and shelter long
enough to carry through the work I
was engaged in there was a competency
in store for me. To get employment
in connection with the telegraph, where
I could make applications of my discov
eries in a small way, was the height of
my desire for the present
"One day I learned that a number of
New York business men, chiefly bank
ers and brokers, had resolved to run a
line from the city to New Roclielle, so
as to conuect their dwellings in that
suburb with their offices in town, and
enable them, if at home, to be advised
instanter of any information of im
portance. The cost of putting up the
wires was considerable, however, and
they were looking for some one to
take care of the New Roclielle office
who would not charge very much for
his services. I saw my chance at once,
and volunteered to take the place at a
modest salary if they would hire some
experienced telegrapher to instruct me
in the alphabet and The bar
gain was struck; I ol- .iu. tl my rudi
mentary lessons for no; ling, and in the
course of a month was duly in stalled at
the key.
"All went well until one hot summer
afternoon — such a one as this was a
few hours ago —when heavy clouds
gathered in the sky and a greenish hue
pervaded the atmosphere. In those
days so little was known of insulating
processes that no operator ever at
tempted to stay at his key when a
thunderstorm came up. This one ap
proached slowly, and 1 was warned of
it also by a hasty dispatch from the
New York man: 'Storm coming. Shall
close till it is over.' I therefore gath
ered up some of my papers aud started
to go into another room in the build
ing till the storm had spent itself. As
I was about locking my office door I
was addressed by one of the most beau
tiful women I ever saw. She was ap
parently about twenty years of age.
Her large lustrous eyes were full of
teai#;, and her voice was broken as she
spoke.
" 'Oh, sir,' she cried, 'you are not go
ing away? I want to send a message.'
"'I am sorry, madam,' I answered,
'but there is a storm approaching and
I am compelled to leave my instru
ment.'
" 'But this is a matter of life aud
death. I must get word to New York
at once.'
" 'That will be impossible, for the
New York operator has left his end of
the line, too.'
" 'ls there not some signal by which
you can call him back?'
" 'He would not respond if I tried
it. He would be afraid to sit with his
hand on the key while* the lightning
played so close.'
" 'But the storm may be over in New
Y'ork before this. Won't you make the
effort to call him — for my sake?'
" 'And then she poured forth her
story. Her brother was dying, and
she was alone with him and the serv
ants at their home in the village. Un
less she could get word to their father,
who was in the city, neither he nor
their mother would be able to see the
young man alive.
"I tried to explain to her what a risk
it meant for me, — but — well, I was
younger then than now! A look into
those pleading, tear-filled eyes was too
much, and I broke down in the midst
of my argument. I believe I would
have gone to the stake for her if she
had asked me in that way. Back I
went. The storm had broken mean
while, and the thunder crashed as it
does now, while the lightniug seemed
almost to dance in at the window. I
called New York. Iu a moment I re
ceived my return signal. The trouble
there was over, and the operator was
no longer fearful of sitting at his place.
1 got off my message. Just as I made
the last stroke of the signature the
whole room turned a brilliant blue. I
felt nothing. 1 had no time to think.
I was simply blotted out of existence
with this last impression on my senses
af the intensity of the color all around
me.
"I have no idea how long a time
elapsed before I began to notice any
thing again. When I did, I found my
self on the floor of my office, my head
in a woman's lap, and two or three
men and a neighboring physician
standing over me. I looked up to see
who was holding me and applying a
wet handkerchief to my temples. It
was the lovely stranger. I concluded I
must in a dream, and closed my eyes
again so as not to dispel it. Then I
learned from the conversation what
had happened, and in order to reassure
everybody I opened my eyes unce more
and spoke, The girl's tears had all
gone. She was full of pitying interest
in my case. As soon as I could com
mand my memory of events sufficiently,
I bade her leave me and return to her
brother's side. She stayed till I rose
voluntarily and proved that, though
bewildered. I was out of danger. Then
she exchanged a few words to the
physician in a low tone and disap
peared.
"The next morning I received by
mail a cheek for one hundred dollars
from a gentleman bearing the same
surname as herself, who said that 1
had shown a degree of heroism, in be
xriecdimr his daughter in her necessity,
which was out of the common; he
hoped I would allow him to pay the fee
for the telegraph message, which lit)
}U T TLEK, 1-* A.. FRIDAY. SEPTEM MKU 22.
begged to inclose, as his daughter, in
her anxiety, had omitted to settle the
bill. This made me pretty indignant,
and I wrote him a somewhat curt let
ter. deducting the amount which was
the regular charge for the message and
inclosing him a receipt for that and
bank notes and silver for the balance
of the amount covered by the check. I
carried the? letter around fa my pocket
for two days and then '' •**> .1 to mail
it just as it was. I heard nothing from
the affair again for nearly a week.
Meanwhile, there was a funeral in the
village, which I ascertained to be that
of the young man who had been so des
perately ill. Then I felt sorry that I
liad been eo severe with the father,
who probably had meant well, and who
must have been so overwhelmed with
sorrow at the time he received my note
thai, iu. tone would seem doubly liarsh.
So down I sat again and jotted off an
other note, in which I expressed regret
for ihe style of my first, saying that I
had written it in forgetfulnoss of the
sorrow overhanging the family, and
explaining that I could not accept a
gift for a voluntary act of duty.
•'Two days later I received a call
from my divinity. She seemed just a
little embarrassed at first, but after a
few minutes' conversation drew from
her pocket my two notes. The seal of
neither had been broken. 'Father has
been away ever since my brother's j
funeral.' said she, 'and these letters ■
have lain unopened, awaiting his re
turn. This morning it occurred to me
that they might be about some matter
of pressing importance, and that I had
better see if you wanted us to forward
them.'
"'I am much obliged for your
thoughtfulness,' I answered, 'but how
did you know they were from me?' The
next moment I would have given the
world to recall that question. The
quick rush of blood to lier face was
painful to witness.
" 'I had seen a scrap of your hand- |
writing,' she replied, simply, 'aud
thought I recognized it on the envel- j
opes.'
" 'You were right,' said I, 'I wrote
both letters. As the second was writ
ten to make amends for the first, there
is no need of sending either of them to i
your father, if you are willing that I !
should open them.' I tore away the j
envelope of my first letter, and the j
money dropped into my lap. 'Your ■
father, I explained, 'was kind enough j
to send me a check for one hundred j
dollars, to compensate me for
trifling assistance I was able to render j
you a few days ago. Acting on my first '
impulse, f deducted the cost of your
message and wrote him a rather snap
pish note inclosing the balance.'
"She had listened with evident in
terest There was a strange expres
sion in her face as she inquired, after a
brief pause: 'And your second letter
was to say that you had reconsidered —?'
" 'Oh, heavens! No!' I cried, perceiv
ing for the first time what an interpre
tation my words might fairly be given.
'1 simply could not bear to pain your
father by the sharpness of my words
when I came to realize fully that he
had acted from kindly motives, and to
remember the load of sorrow he was
laboring 1 under.' I tore off the second
envelope uiul handed her the note. She
took it and ran her eyes over the few
lines it contained. She did not hand it
back, but retained it as if unconscious
ly ■ her hand.
" 'You are very considerate,' said she,
'and I thank you. My father meant
velL lie did not understand, as I did,
thai, the debt we owed you was one
which no gift could repay. I will re
turn the money, if you wish, or per
haps it would be better for you to keep
i* till you can give it to him in person.
I will pave the way for your interview
by telling him how you feel about it.'
"Another fortnight elapsed without
event. Then one day the door of my
office was opened by a tall, tine-looking
gentleman who called me by name and
introduced himself. It was the father
of my lovely visitor. I remembered his
face, now that I saw it, and for the
first time, associating name and per
sonality, recognized him as one of the
leading stockholders in our little tele
graph line. He was a banker of some
prominence in Wall street.
"'I owe you an apology,' said he,
coming to the point at once, 'for doing
in an hour of suffering what, if I had
my mind completely at command, 1
should not have thought of doing. My
daughter has told me how you feel, and
I respect your delicacy. I am now on
my way to the city, and shall stay there
over night to attend a meeting of one
of the corporations in which I am in
terested; otherwise I should like to set
you at the house this evening to talli
over your work here and what it holds
for your future. As to-night won't do.
we must say Sunday. Come up in the
afternoon. You must let me discuss
your plans frankly with me. As an
older man, and one who has made his
own way up in the world, I can doubt
less give you some advice that will be
worth your consideration.'
"I thanked him warmly, and, though
much astonished and delighted, did
not forget to hand him back his money.
He glanced it over to see whether the
amount agreed with what I had stated,
and put it carefully away in his purse
without any further words. On Sun
day I kept my engagement. I found
the banker alone in his library, and we
had a candid chat, in which I told him
of my love of electrical experimenta
tion, and of the way I had contrived to
get my present position for the sake of
the practice and the opportunity it
would give me to study out a few prob
lems which were vexing the minds of
practical electricians. He heard me
through, asked me a good many ques
tions, and wound up with:
" 'Then you think the greatest need
of telegraphy to-day is a better method
of insulation?'
" 'That is it,' said I.
" 'And you think you are on llie
track of a discovery in that line which
may amount to something'?'
"'I think the discovery is already
made. It simply needs perfecting.'
" 'And you are sure that .there is
money in it? You see you have stirred
up all the financier in me,' he added,
laughing.
" 'lt will make somebody's fortune.'
" 'How lon# will it take to devolop?'
" 'That depends on the obstacles in
the way. It costs money to carry such
things through.'
"Soon a maid-servant stopped at the
door to announce tea. I was invited to
stay, and accepted gladly. It gave me
a chance to see the divinity again. In
cidentally, I had a chance to meet her
mother, and make a general estimate
of what kind of a woman the girl
would grow into.
"'I am going into a fresh venture,'
the banker announced at the table af
ter a little while. 'Mr. G has inter
ested me so much in his plans for de
veloping a new method of insulation
that I am resolved to organize a stock
compitiy to supply the means for per
fecting his discoveries —ami pocketing
the profits. lie is going to be the su
perintendent, 1 am to be treasurer, and
you, my dear, had better prepare to ac
cept the presidency.' lie looked across
the table at his daughter as he spoke.
*1 have always believed in bringing
women up to some knowledge of busi
ness. In what manner could you be
broken in more agreeably than presi
dent of the O Electric Insulator
company?'
*"I supposed he was jesting, but ho
was not. Early in the week he came
into my ofiico and went over the
ground of my discovery again with ma
The company was formed and I was
appointed superintendent at a good
salary, which would enable me to re
siffn niy place as operator and devote
aiy entire attention to petting' out my
patents. I had many visit.-, to make to
the treasurer's home ami usually met
the president there. The fact of her
6ex was not revealed to the world, even
in the company's published reports, as
we used simply her initials. When wo
came to get out a corporate seal, the
president insisted upon a picture of a
lightning llasli and u man falling
under it.
" 'lt's uut a pleas ant tiling to look
liacli upon," said she, 'but that adven
ture of yours was what brought us all
together and gave birth to the com
pany; and it was for the purpose of in
suring other operators against such a
risk as you ran for my sake that father
became interested in your investiga
tions. I don't believe you realize yet
what a narrow escape you had that
day.'
" 'lndeed I do,' I replied. 'lsut how
could anyone with a man's heart in
him refuse such a request a* you made
of me then, even though he knew that
the lightning would strike him the next
momen'?'
" 'At any rate,' she went . not
seeming to heed my remark. have
no idea what I suffered until > .>ur
eyes open and heard you sp.\.
It seemed hours before I could make
anyone answer iiw cries after I saw
you fall from your chair. I felt as if I
had murdered you, and every thought
fled from my mind except the one
horror of having caused your death.
"Well, to make a long story short,
the company succeeded beyond all our
expectations. My patent insulat. r did
not itself prove perfection as we had
hoped, but it secured priority for a
principle which everybody who ma.'.o
insulators was compelled to employ,
and the company earned a large aunual
revenue from many years from royal
ties, without the necessity of manu
facturing a dollar's worth of material
for the market. My researches into the
matter of insulation led to other dis
coveries, all of which I turned to ae-
count for the company.
The thunder had become very faint,
the roar of the storm had been lulled
into the soft patter of a gentle rain, "and
the lightning made only faint flashes
so low against the horizon as to look
rather like reflections from some dis
turbance of the elements behind the
mountain crest than any original show
got up for our benefit A woman's head
was put out of the window back of
where we' sat. It was gray haired,
like my companion's. A sweet voice
said:
"Don't you think, dear, it is time to
come in? Every one either has gone to
bed or is going, and I am sure ycu have
kept Mr. Allen up too long already.
What protracted tale has he been tell
ing you, Mr. Allen?"
"tie has been giving me the history
of how he was struck by lightning," I
answered; "and it is not ofteu one has
the privilege of meeting a man who
has been through such an experi
ence —"
"And lived to tell the tale? True.
But you ought to label me also among
your curiosities; for I don't believe you
have often met a woman who was pres
ident of an electric insulator company
at twenty-one, have you?" — Charles K.
Allen, in Kate Field's Washington.
JUST THE POOR MAN'S LUCK.
ITsiuilly the I'erson Who Can't Afford It
Needs Artificial Limbs.
"There are perhaps eight hundred
thousand men in this country who need
artificial legs or arms, and not more
than one hundred thousand of these
are supplied." It was a well known
maker of wooden legs who said this to
a New York Sun man. He was ward
ing off an appeal to his charity in
behalf of a locomotive fireman who had
slipped under his eDgine and been
badly crippled. "The fact is," he con
tinued, "it is always the poor man who
loses a leg or an arm, now that the war
is over. Excepting the crippled veter
ans who are kept supplied with legs by
the government, nearly every man who
loses a limb has to have help to get a
new one."
But while the number of pensioners
on account of the war continues to in
crease with each increase in years since
that time of carnage, there is little
likelihood that the number of makers
of artificial legs will fall off much in
number. There are nearly two hun
dred of them now, large and small,
many of whom, having worked in one
of the larger factories, set up for them
selves and whittle out "timber toes"
for unfortunates who cannot afford to
buy one of the improved legs.
The science of making wooden leg's
and arms has in recent j-ears almost
supplied the place of the natural mem
bers that have been lost. There is al
most no occupation now that is closed
to a man on account of his crippled
condition, and by the use of a rubber
heel and toe it is made possible for a
man to walk almost wfthout percepti
ble impediment or limp in his gait. In
fact, a man with both legs gone can
now preserve his equilibrium and
walk about almost as well as any
other man.
The wood employed—wood being
lighter and stronger for this purpose
than any other material discovered—
is willow or bass wood, and after it
lias been seasoned and carved into the
proper form it is covered with rawhide
and enamel to strengthen and finish it.
With artificial arms and hands a
man may hold a fork, drive a horse,
extend the arm at will and even write
a fair hand. There is a ease of a man
who lost both hands apd one foot,
who now walks perfectly well and is
able with his artificial hands to grasp
light articles, open doors and feed
himself.
A man with two artificial legs rides
horseback and can mount and dis
mount wudily, and another man has
even walked a mile in sixteen
minutes and fifty seconds, to beat the
wooden-leg record. Skating and bicy
cle riding are other accomplishments
and enjoyments from which some
'men with artificial limbs are not de
barred. It is is curious to note that,
according to the tobies of percentages,
farmers are the greatest sufferers, 17
per cent, of the cases of leg amplia
tions being' found in their number,
while workers at the bench number
13 percent., laborers 3 1-2 percent,
and railroad men but 7 per cent.
Two Forms of Death.
There are two forms of physical
death constantly going on in the
world; says the Vegetarian —molecular
death and somatic death. The first is
expressed in other words by saying
that the whole of the body is constant
ly being worn out and being renewed.
Every action that we perform, every
breath we draw, and every thought we
think, is each accompanied by the
death of a certain amount of muscu-lar
or nervous tissue, so that molecular
death is a necessary part of daily life.
Somatic death is the death of the en
tire individual, and is generally con
s' lered to take place at the moment of
cessation of circulation and respira
tion. This is not an absolute test,
however, as several well-known cases
prove. Col. Townsend was a peculiar
case of a man who could by the effect
of his will voluntarily suspend these
functions for a considerable time, while
the continuation of the circulation is
sometimes so difficult to determine
that eveu the eminent anatomist Ve
salius once opened an apparently dead
body and found the heart still beating,
j A French author, Itruhier, in 174'J, col
lected reecrrdsof fifty-four persons who
i had been wrongfully supposed to have
| been dead.
ARTIFICIAL PEARLS.
*i'h Higlilt Ingenious » liit.-.c .Method of
Producing l.rmi to Suit.
Tl.e pr<>ee*-scs by which the Chinese
produce artificial pearls are as remark
able as they are ingenious, says the
V hir •on Star This business con
stitu. . unite an Important industry.
It is contined to two villages in the
north 'rn province of Chihkiaug, which
iin a Mlk-produeinjr region. In "he
months of May and June large quin
titii "f mu- brought in lia.-kets
fr. ui a lake thirty utiles distant, and
the biggest of the mollusits are se
iaetcd for the operation that is to be
performed. "
Into the shell of each mussel is in
troduce d a number of small objects
which it is intended that the bivalve
shall coat wfth the pearly substance it
secretes. Sometimes little pills of
i.rt fi arc i:-ed Su.-h pellets are made
of mud. taken from the bottom of
wat r onirics, dried and powdered
with the juL-t of camphor-tree seeds.
In the .-ame way an. employed dimin
utive images, usually of Buddha, but
oft 'ii of fishes. They are made of lead,
cast very thin by [touring the molten
metal upon a board which is carved
with the impressions.
To place these nuclei inside of the
niusselsisa process of no little deli
cacy The iholl is usually opened with
a small instrument of mot he r-of-pearl,
and the mantle of the animal if gently
lilted. At the same time the images
or pills are laid in two rows beneath
the uuuitlc The shell is then pc-mit
ted to close. Finally the luollnsks are
deposited in canals < r pools five or six
inches apart, at depths of from two to
five feet in lots of 5,000 to 50,000.
.n November the mussels are col
lected and opened. The animals are
removed from the shells anfl the pel
leis or images are detached by a sharp
knife. By this time they are fastened
tightly to the inner surface of the
shells and have become covered with a
coating of nacre. The next process is
to cut away the matrices of earth or
lead about which the artificial pearls
have formed. Into the cavity thus
made in each one is poured melted
yellow resin, and the orifice is artfully
covered over by a piece of mother-of
pearl.
The pearls formed about the earth
en pellets are flat on the bottom and
in shape are somewhat more than hemi
spheres. They have mueh of the luster
and beauty of the real gems, and are
sold at a rate so cheap as to be procur
able by all who care to possess them.
They are employed to a considerable
extent by jewelers, who set them in
tiaras and. various ornaments of female
attire. Those made from images are
employed as ornaments and amulets
on the caps of children. A few shells
are sent to market with the pearls ad
hering. for sale to the curious or super
stitious.
DOGS GET BORED.
Hon- Mull'* Ilxample lias Demoralized the
l'a>n<ful Aulmal.
Some domestic animals can be very
much bored indeed, says the London
Times. This capacity seems to vary
fr< in the intelligence of the victim and
with the closeness of his relations to
mankind. We may well blush, for in
stance, when we think how man has
demoralized the dog. We have taught
the dog to be bored. We have cor
rupted him so much by our society that
he can no longer depend upon himself,
or even on other dogs for entertain
ment. A cow, it may be boldly said,
never thinks of being bored. Give her
plenty of grass and the company of
another cow by way of gossip, give her
a stream to stand in, and that cow is
happy, as happy as the Buddha him
self. Xo murmur escapes her lips, no
glance of discontent shows in her
placid eyes.
The dog, on the other hand, is always
craving for society. A dog has been
know to leave its master's house and
betake itself to that of a richer neigh
bor, who saw more company and enter
tained the great. To please a dog
something must always be going on.
To him the whirl of gayety means life.
He is notoriously incapable of even
taking a walk by himself. He detests
solitude, lie very seldom even takes a
walk with another dog; never, per
haps, except where there is a neighbor
ing wood with rabbits in it. The dog
lives for society and sport, the sure
proof of an idle and ill-occupied mind.
Nature, landscape, in spite of the
Duke of Argyll, is nothing to the dog.
Within doors he is always asking to be
let into a room and then asking to be
let out of it if he thinks there is better
— that is, more dissipated and frivolous
— company elsewhere. The dog who is
accidentally shut out of his master's
house at night howls till he is let in
again, usually next morning- with the
milk. lie keeps all the parish awake,
but never manages to waken his owner.
The cause of all this disturbance is
simply ennui and a sense of social neg
lect. The dog 1 could be quite comfort
able in the garden, but he feels that he
is "out of it," and gives as much trouble
as a person who is asking to be asked
to a party.
In a state of natui e it is most im
probable that the dog had these offen
sive instincts. A fox, a wolf is never
bored when not in confineihent; he
hunts, lie sleeps, he plays with his
cubs. Probably savages are never
bored; at a corroboree you do not note
men leaning against doors, or, rather,
tree trunks, with an air of unspeakable
tedium. They waltz in and enjoy
themselves. It is clearly civilization
which produces ennui, not only in men,
women and children, but even in dogs.
Hen s KKS Oil-
Extraordinary stories are told of the
healing properties of a nev. oil which
is easily made from the yolk of hens'
eggs. The eggs are first boiled hard,
and the yolks are then removed,
crushed and placed over a fire, wb#e
tl;cy are carefully stirred until the sub
stance is on the point of catching (ire,
when the oil separates and the oil may
be poured off. One yolk will yield
nearly two of oil. It is
in general use among the colonists of
south Russia as a means of curing
cuts, bruises, etc.
Go to the Head.
Inspector—What do you see above
your head when you are in the open
air?
Scholar—The sky.
Inspector—And what do you see
when the sky is covered with clouds!
Scholar —My umbrella. Boston
Globe.
Not in Cavendish or Iloylc.
Old by—When I play whist with a
girl I can always tell when she holds
the ace of trumps.
Newman —How?
Oldby—l tell her that when she holds
it her lover is thinking of her, and then
I watch to see if she blushes as she
picks up her cards.—Truth.
Money in Gardening;.
Thistles—Johnson is getting to be
quite a farmer since he moved over to
Jersey.
Figs—So?
Thistles—Yep; he made a garden and
sold the truck for enough to pay for
the seeds, all but fifteen dollars. I^ife.
riitn* for the Future.
"My daughter now attends the girls'
college; it is so difficult to find hus
bands now that we have conclude J to
let her study law."
"And you" son?"
"0: he* declares that no girl is profi
cient in cookery nowadays, and, epi
cure that he is, he has decided to quali
fy as a professional cook!" —Deutsche
Wcspen.
THE DAIRY.
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DAIRY CONVENIENCES.
f.lt tie Tiiii j: Which Save ( rtbl«>
Worry uu«l Wark.
Time is money, and an hour saved in
testing a herd of cuv.> amounts to con
siderable in a A ft*v. a Idilion •to
the apparatus_furnUhed with the l!ab
cock tester will save this time. In the
eut I show some additions to our tester.
A is a glass tu"be. with a class stop
cock. called a burette. It is graduated
in tenths of a c. c., but the marks
shown in tliedrawing areforthe proper
amount of acid to be used. 15 is a
funnel; C is a reservoii Isittle hoVting
two quart-.. When ready to test. fiW
the bottle with and then nui the
burette full. The- testing Masks can
then be supplied with the required
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HELPS FOB THE Jf>Ay«YMAX
amount of acid from this, in one quar
ter of the time ntfcessary to accomplish
the fcame with the measure fur
nished with the' machine. In adding
the hot water, we have another method
which is quite handy, shown at the
same figure. It is a can with a flat
back, to which is attached a sm&ll rub
ber tube four feet long. This hose has
attached to it a glass tube with the
joint drawn down. Just above the
class joint is a pinch cock. The can Is
hung on the wall above the tester.
When ready to add the hot water to the
test, fill the can, and from this add the
needed amount to the flnslcs. I find
that these articles save me imieli valu
able time. As to cost, the burette oost
(1:90, the bottle 91.? C, the funnel ten
cents and the can and rubber tube
about fifty cents. —Rural New Yorker.
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.
IT will pay to give cows corn until
clover aftermath grows up.
l)o NOT allow dairy cows to fall.ofT in
quantity of milk fmra short pastures.
A LARGE quantity of the butter pro
duced in this country is spoiled by too
much churning and working.
Do SOT hurry cows to and frnm the
pasture. Dairy cows are sensible and
are much disturbed by harsh treat
ment.
IT probably costs about as much to
feed a cow which produces 150 pounds
of butter as one which makes i'-OO
pounds.
FIRST class butter sells for a good
price almost universally. It is only
the inferior grades which bring low
prices.
THE progressive dairyman cannot af
ford to use anything poorer than a first
class bull. The future of his li'eril de
pends upon him.
ONE of the principal points in making
a success of dairying is that of produo
inp a uniformly rirst-class product dur
ing all seasons of the year.
IN selling dairy products the mini
mum quantity of fertilizing elements
leave the farm. Dairymen usually
build up the fertility of their land.
BE careful to have good ventilation
in the dairy room during warm weath
er. It can best be kept open or this
purpose at night when the air is coolest.
IT pays to have careful milkers who
will be gentle with the cows and who
always milk clean. A man may easily
lose more than his wages by careless
milking.
CAREFULLY avoid foul odors and dirt
about the place of milking. Dur
ing very dry weather light pusts of
wind are apt to send dirt into the pail
while milking.
Goon individual animals are needed
in building up a dairy herd. Test the
cows often to see what they are doing.
If some herds were cut down in num
bers they would be more profitable. —
Orange Judd Farmer.
Feeding Fat Into Milk.
The possibility of increasing the but
ter fat in milk by the food fed is being
much discussed in agricultural papers.
Many seein to think that this can be
accomplished by feeding fat, or foods
rich in fat. This is a mistake. Excess
of fat fed tends to decrease the percen
tage of the butter fat of milk. When
acowis receivinga ration in which
digestible protein predominates in
such proportion as to exactly suit
her individual requirements, she
is then in a fair way to make the larg
est possible return in butter fat. Any
excess in her foodof fat over her actual
requirement is a hindrance, not a help.
In most cases 2 percent of fat in her
ration is sufficient Dairymen gener
ally do not realize how large a percent
age of fat they ure feeding when in
addition to corn ensilage, cornfodder.
cornmeal, bran or oats, they also feed
old process linseed meal, cottonseed
meal or gluten meal.—Ohio Farmer.
I'roflt in Young Beef '
It will cost less to raise young beel
than to attempt the task of crowding
ing more weight on an animal that lia.-
eeased growth, while the prices foi
young beef will make a large difference
in the profit
I)rertMe<l to Kill.
Clara —Now I'm all ready for the
ball. How do I look, Jack?
Jack —You remind ine of a Sioux in
his war paint.
"Oh, you nasty thing! I—1—"
"Don't cry, darling. I simply meant
you were dressed to kill." —Chips.
On Financial Business.
Seedy Caller—Are you the financial
editor of this paper?
Man at the Desk—Yes, sir. What
ean I do for you?
Seedy Caller —Couldn't you lend a
pore man fifty cents? —Chicago Trib
une.
The I.raven.
Artist (to class of young women)—
Now. I think the composite picture of
this clfiss would be artistically beauti
ful.
Pretty Student (aside)— Strange that
one face could so bring up the average!
—Puck
Sure to Uc Profits ''if
"When I grow up," said Bob. "I'm
going to be an architect and draw pic
tures of big houses, and make other
people build 'em and pay me for lettiuir
'em do it." —Harper's Young People
Ai a Fashionable Watering I'lace.
Mr. liillydoo—Surely you have not
come here for the cure, Miss Hopeless?
Miss Hopeless— It depends on how
you look at it- I have really come to
find my mother a son-in-law.—Judge.
3MO 42
WORK F®R TH6 IDLE.
HL/ NO* I'tlllw tnem ployed Labor In the
OiMrnrtlan of Itoarfs?
Th ■ pr-->. Nt business depression has
clo*<--I many industrial establishments,
has causrd hundreds tj Ih> run on re
duced time, *hile others are being op
erated without profit in order that em
ployes may bo pi veil work; as a conse-
H' 1 -•«<* a 'a»"£c number of men, many
of whoa) bare families dependent upon
thorn, have bean thrown out of employ
ment. Thi.-t Ls a subject of grave con
cern to all the [*■ »ple of this country.
Tw alleviate the present distress and
t>> provide ag«rinst worthy workmen
5i.l tiieir families becoming objects of
charity. 1 suggest that the state legis
latures and city and town authorities
take immediate iepi to furnish em
ployment in the construction of public
w rks, and in no way can this labor be
more wisely employed than in the bet
terment of the highways.
To illustrate the value of the work
that might be done:
It Ls stated in the report of (he Mas
sachusetts highway commission that
the loss from bad roads in the stat£
amounts to between five and ten mil
lion dollars per annum, probably a
larger sum than would be needed to
put the roads in good condition. It has
been estimated that Illinois loses SIOO.-
000.t)00 per J?ar from bad roads.
States, cities and towns ean borrow
the money needed, and labor and ma
tcrials can be obtained cheaper at pres
ent than in times of prosperity. Phil
anthropy, economy and wise statesman
ship dictate that the idle should be
given employment, as that employment
means a direct gain to the entire com
munity, and will promote health, hap
piness and prosperity, and prevent pov
erty, degradation and crime.
During the present session of con
gress, as soon as the silver question is
fcettled, why should not a bill be passed
making a llljeral appropriation for the
irrigation of arid lands, thus giving
omployment to the miners of Colorado,
Montana and other western states, and
opeutng up vast tracks for agricultural
purposes. This would add greatly to
the value of public lands, and would
ultimately prove to be a profitable in
vestment to the government.
The amount of gold might be largely
increased if congress were to pass a bill
making appropriation for the construc
tion of suitable barriers in the districts
where hydraulic mining is prohibited
by tew because of the damage done to
rivers and farm lands by the debris.
These internal .improvements could be
made on the same principle that har
bors and rivers are improved. Ft is es
timated that there is sufficient gold in
districts in California, that might be
obtained by hydraulic mining processes,
to pay off the snm of the national debt
several times over.
Congress should feel the solemn re
sponsibility- that now rests upon it and
should beor in mind that its present
duty lies in alleviating the evils of the
business depression and promoting the
welfare of the laboring classes. A great
industrial and social emergency has
arisen within the past few months, and
the peace and prosperity of the country
ore threatened. Wise legislation can
avert the pending disasters. Public
works might now be undertaken which
would be of incalculable advantage as
a means of providing immediate relief
and securing great future benefit, Al
bert A. Pope
GOOD ROAD SCFTAPER.
One That I* Hard to Match (or Cheap
ness and Effectiveness.
A homemade road scraper that will
<b<; hard to match for cheapness and
effectiveness is made of. heavy boards
cleated together 2}*' feet by 5 feet long,
and edged with an old crosscut saw.
SUong handles are bolted 16 it and
crooked irons, as shown in the cut.
Draw it by reaching from a clamp and
two heavy staples on the back just be
low its middle and near the handles.
The doubletree and draft-chains fasten
to these irons. When not in use the
luindles are allowed to fall over toward
the team, and it is drawn backward.
This scraper docs more rapid work
than the old-time narrow road shovel,
and is not so heavy for the men.—L J.
Simpson, in N. El Homestead.
lX>n't For(«t the Drainage.
It is essential that the roadway
sh'ould be properly constructed with
reference to grading and ditching or
drainage. This is accomplished by ex
cavating deep ditches at each side of
the roadway (where the road passes
through level land) and the construc
tion at intervals of wooden or stone
culverts or sluiceways, in order that
the surplus water may be turned aside
or conducted away from the roadbed.
When broken stone or cobblestone is
used as a foundation, an excavation is
made in the center of the roadway be
tween the two ditches to the depth of
several inches and as wide as may be
required to build the road. This ex
cavation is filled with broken stone or
cobblestone, with the addition of sand
and gravel, and when the roadbed is
completed it shows gradually sloping
sides from the center each way to the
ditches on the margin of the road.—St.
Louis Republic.
systematic Agitation Needed.
If %ve would have better roads, we
must have a better system of road mak
ing and repairing. We must submit
to bo taxed to procure them and keep
them in an efficient state, and no mon
ey could be better spent- If we keep
tins very important matter before the
public and urge its necessity upon our
legislators, something must be done.
I.ut a spasmodic effort to-day which
will be forgotten to-morrow will leave
our last condition as bad, if not worse,
than our first. —Chicago Ilerald
Very Different.
Smith—You must have a wonderful
memory to keep all those things in
your head.
Jones—Yes, never forget anything
when it is once there (pointing to his
forehead).
Smith—Well, old man. how about the
twenty dollars I lent yon some time
ago?
Jones —Ah. you see. that's different.
I put that in my pocket.—Brooklyn
Life.
No Head for Business.
Mose Schaumburg, Jr.—Yader. a
sherrtlemans vants to know if dot un
shrinkable undershirt don't shrink a
leedle, anyvay.
Mo e Sehaumburg. Sr.—Does dot
shirt tit him?
• No, it vas choost a leedle too pig."
"< >f course it vill shrink. Vy don't
you have some heads for pishness." —
Texas Sittings.
Very Su^pleiouH.
Friend Why Elvira, what's the mat
ter?
Klvira—Oh, 1 don't know, only I'm
worried to death. I've had the same
girl six weeks, and she doesn't talk
about leaving yet.
"She doesn't?"
"No, not a word. She must bo in
love with my husband."—N. Y. Weekly-
Didn't W.-.ut Him to Starve.
Doctor—You mustn't eat too much
Patient— Why, I board.
"Do you? Then eat all yon can."—
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