THB FARMER'S THANK30IVIN0.
TBS earth Is brown an I the itkirm ars gray,
And the windy wood are hara,
And the first white flka of the owning snow
Ar afloat in ths Ir.nty air.
But tho spirks fly up from the hickory loir,
And th hnmostowd's hroi 1 stone hearth,
And the win low sink aud Mi rftr ring
To lli" U N and tho li4V mirth.
The farmer's face t furrow! and worn,
And hi' lock ar thin and whit.
Out hts hunt In Ur n tnd III vole U cleir,
And hi y ia hlu, nnd hrls-lit
Aa ha turn to look at hi ' old wlf,
Who 'Ills in tha uwn of ray.
With I'ol'Wuh kr'lilMf ami cranny frill
Hun wore on her wtddui4 day.
II Imwa hi h'nd to th In l"n board,
And lil k ! ihoy ar silent .all
''Tliuki. ,iii. l,or I. for tint ruin and aim,
An I tin fruit on (lie urch.irl wall.
For th llvr wheat mid tlm K ldu corn.
And tin stir of n tol.sotn, It f .
Tlia Kro it-wt lilmain ilia' Thou canst ifiie
A tnm iiu. I Living wif, "'
Till whitn-haim I lover lu lin I to k
MT lian I In it frill of
And I hi In lod r 'in rcr wrinkle I eh !,
With a ,r,'i I mi. I -,tirflv rfrn,-,-.
Aud Hi" ullik'' rlii k on tin win low
paii",
Aud t lii rft"r rm t'l, .
And .hi ',-1 enrol tic I irni -r llmnl;
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Miniii Irvfrnr.
THANKi'lVIXd'S" LOVER.
l;v s. J. KiivRm
I-I- KK th r-r-it
lnl.c.veii imilt iiiln
t h huge stone
-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - V lift 'flpt'lltl
I ii li ii Folsoin'
llOUSC tJllTl1 mil II
lair young uirl on
a lowery ni,iriiin
( November, I 777,
and near her, bust
i tib( a fat Rimini' ou
tho apit befor ii Ion
fir,', stood another
even fairer than
a Ii . T hose
maidens, clad in coarse linsey ,iulm'v
garments of In miii-m u ii their hair con
cealed i'pt fur a low locks tlmt
wand, to I from beneath the linen
haudkercliiefs witli which it was pro
tected, the sleeves rolled to the elbows,
revealing anna that were fair to look
tt" OU, so whit, were they and of such
ex.iuisitc roil lid tit-, were husv with !
tho preparation of a fea-t. ami the
natural tiut .? their elieekM, which waa
lis ileliei.te a '.lie pencil blooin. was
hMghtciicd I y reason of the heat that
came from the cracking logav
SI'O who Htood at tile door of the
bftkeoveli hesitated a liioiiient an. I
turned her head slightly to one aide
M though nhe list. Hied. 'l'lieu tossing
her hand gently, aa though to in.' -that
her ears h id lioeu n'"'
hupa liy the wind without,
th oven r "' kiiiiIiI
cuven tu
from the en vein wiaiu. -liut
Iih jvfiietrateil the crust whi..
auriuoiiutej a reat io that she iniht
learu whether the liakimr waa well
doue, and then (.lieturued to her ;om
inniiti and an id :
"'Twill he ii tine feast for fneio
Jrbti when he returns to-day. Surely
he Kind he would lie laok !y liooii. "
The maiden rtho hud the Hoitted
A'7
HAsTiMi a Kr .mim: on rrtR si-ir.
goose in chnrL'c pnused for a moment j
iu her task of anointing it wit'n rich 1
gravy, and stud 1
"Kut her will lie here, I know, if tho
Lord peinun. but in these d:irk il'iva
that ai'i- up, 11 Us, Milne, who can tell
what liiav t.appcu to our niilitiii,
parad im here and tmiupin thT,- tlmt
they limy observe t he redcoats. Father
had, I thitlil, some aeriolis blisiluss
wllch led tile company away lust
night, and iiiaylniM he will not come '
Visit at dinner with us. Twill be a 1
aorry feast for us if we must cut alone.
lov li thi' pie?"
" 'Tih ne.'ly done, t think, find
aui'h a pie was never made. Tis lull .
of g'blw'a, fot you ku iw- that I'uclc i
Jo' .'-gh a to eat them, covered
VMi the g'avv of the dn-h. 't I
l'ot .iine iu uieutsthe luilidetlH con-tii-ed
thi'se prepumtiiois, and then
hhc who was called Abbie Weut the
viudo-, aud peering out for an in
ula i,t turned and opened tie door,
which creaked with mighty inoaus as
it turned upou its rusty Inures.
"What 1 1 that you hear, Abbie?"
ai 1 the oth.r.
"It aeema to me that I hear the
march of the coiup iny, and still I do
not kliow but 'tis tin wind. Sec, the
auow haa beguu to fall a little." The
other iimidou arose uiid went to the
floor, aud ao they stood aide by side,
peeriug out far dwu the highway to
the turn of the road, where it skirted
the Loug Island Hound. '.tid such a
picture did these fair uiaideu make as
tJij utrto t Van framed by llr rtoor
Mill ami jamb aa would have delightett
the ye of dj of the Jouug tuea of
that town.
" Tia tin, Ahli: 'tia trn. T hear
tbir utep, ami aurelr that ia F.phra
im'a fe."
Allti rfturned to tha kitchen and
made preparatioiia for tht great table
til receive the bounty with which the
day waa to lx celebrated, while th
other maid stood awaiting the cotuiug
of her father. She aaw the company
as it marched around the betid in the
road, with her father at the head, and
ahe was K01114 forth to meet them,
when of a audJeti ahe halted. The
look of joy upon her face waa changed
to one of wonderment, nnd ahe atood,
her head beut alihtly forward, that
ahe mitfht tho better nee, perplexing
and hesitating.
Tim company li ml come as near to
the farmhouse as the men low that ad
joined it 011 the west, and there they
halted, and the maiden aaw that one
was w ith them who was nut of the com
pany when thev marched away th"
tiiuht before. Ho atood nlolie, erect,
constrained, nnd ahe pcreuved that his
hands were tied with thongs behind
his tuck. She miw her father talking
earnestly and seeininniy directing two
or three men of the company to take
this man in chart-e, mid acarcely know
ilitf w h it ahe did ahe approached her
tiitli"r and was no near that xhe could
hav put her hand upon his nhoutder
before he saw her.
".Sir.' die h. urd lit r fntlier any. I
"yoil were captured wit hin our lilicS
without n 1 11 ud li'iving 110 authority
to be there. 1 am Koing to send you
with a Ktiard to the coiiitc.snder of our
army, who is in the camo a dozen
miles or so beyond. He will discover !
whether you arc tin Ibitifdi apy, but )
have striive I. aa vou have h.ai.l, within I
our lines Ii V accident. "
"Whit has ho done, father?" the
tjirl naked, fur ahe was filled with pity
tor t his lllllll, w ho seemed ho proud 11 lid
ret so pleading in his uinntier.
"What Thankful, is it you? Why
are you here, tny daughter?" aaid the
C'iiplaiii.
"I came to welcome you, father."
"Hut this is no place for you. We
have a prisoner."
"A prisoner! Surely he can do no
harm He ia not like 1111 army tuau
and ho seems well favored."
"Nevertheless we found him wan
dering within our linea and there are
apiea about aud he may be otie of
those."
"A apy? Surely, 1 think not."
Aud the girl went to the prisoner
aud flood before him in the innocence
of uiaiileuly coutideuoo nnd looked full
into Ins eyes, lifting her head to do ho,
for he was tall and seemed to tower
far above her in his spleudid presence.
"You arc no spy," hhe said at lnt.
"No, my child, not a apy. I am an
ollicer of tho Kin'a arniy who haa
. ved withiu your lines. Thank you
f t aymputhy. You have beauty
ice, my child, but you have
tter you have sympathy.
. went hack to her father and
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n . Illllllllli 1
ciipituy
lireak v " - , ,
htm for a sp. ,. ,. 1
in this niau'a wr,ls. ,.i..M
with von. lon't you reuiciuoer ihat
it is 'ThiHikagiving Pay, Hiid that we
are to have a roasted goose aud a chicken
pie, mid Alilne haa baked a glorious
puuiikiu pie? I,et hint come and lie .itticer could not conceal the adnura
our guest, aud I'll warrant he'll proinine i tion for her which had seized him, aud
tut! that he will make 110 elVort to I when she perceived it ahe turned away
tscnpe until you hear from the (Icneral j with geutle oociuetry. Thus this
what shall be done with him." Thauksgivitig afternoon, which had
The Captain seemed to hesitate for promised to be ao dreary a time for
a moment, and tin 11 turiiiuir to his ; him. was one of joy. aud when tho
prisoner he said : "Sir, I urn myself
I impressed with your dignity of inan
I ner. It may be that you speak the
' truth. My daughter's intuitions are
I that it is so. I have changed uy mind.
1 shall scud 11 messenger to the tieneral
with a dispatch telling tif your capture,
J and then w hntever he commands t hat
j will I do. Meanwhile, sir, it is our
least diiv. We are accustomed every
year alter tin harvest to give thanks
to the Lord aud to cut a irreat feast
mid to make merry iu our families. I
will ii.sk you to share this with us. You
will be a prisoner, but I will take your
parole that vuu will make uu effort t
escape."
"You do me honor, sir. I give niy
parole to you, and, if I may be per- j
unite I, to this fair maiden who has
interceded for me."
They unloosed his thoiK's, and when j
his hands were free he stepped up to I
Mistress Thankful and he took her baud
and bended over it w it It the courtesy
nnd grace of one who had been accus
tomed to places w here bih breeding
and gentle manners prevailed.
They had a tine feast at Captain Fob
soni'a talde, and the iiritish otlicer
being no longer under gn at restraint,
becuuie most companionable un.l ven
tured geutle jests with Thaukfiil ami
her cousin, Mistress Abbie, who served
the incuts and bounties with gentle dig
nity and unconscious grace. Aud
when ahe turned to converse more se
riously with Cuptaiu Folotn upon the
war and its battles they Thaukfiil and
Abbie under preieuse of some engage
ment for the preparation of the des
sert, glanced furtively at him and ex
changed confidence that he waa a
handsome mau and well favored and
moreover very yoiiug for one of hi
statute and of his rank, for it wa
iii.ii it that be was a high otlicer.
Iu the aft.rnoou there waa gentle
merrymaking, and Captain Folsoin,
being greatly impressed with the man
ifest honor aud nobility of his pris
oner guest, had such confidence that be
at last ti,l : "Sir, 1 do not know
whether your rank would permit me
to call you Captain or Major or Colo
ucl, for one of these oftices I know
must be yours. You do not car to
tell us your name or your rank, but I
have that confidence in yon that I am
willing t ioave you for awhile with
theae gen tin guards, my (laughter and
my niece, for I have a iniasion of some
consequence in the village, which is
few mile nwy."
ot
'Y'f ARf. NO HPT,
"I ant qriteful for your coutidence,
air, and rdml! not destroy it. While
these ni'iidens guard me I shall protect
them until you return."
"Will you promise to obey us?"
asked Th mkf ul in a merry mood.
"In all things," lit replied, bowing
with kmcc, and yet with the mock
dignity of gentle aport.
"I etiict only one promise, ir,"
said the Captain, "aud that ia that you
will not )utt thia house until niy re
turn." "I give tint promise willingly."
After t aplaia J-olaoiii had (rone I
away the yonnif oincer aougui even
the more earnestly to entertain these
mnidens, and their intuition taught
them that their charma bad found
fuvor in his aiKht, for he looked upon
tiiem with admit iug glances, although
with tho (.rreat est courtesy and defer
ence. He told them stories of Kng
laud which they were pleaaed to hear,
and of life among the uobihty there
and how the waya of those titled peo
ple (littered from the simple customs
of their kindred in the American colo
nies, ami he asked the maidens many
things about their manner of life, and
it was plain to see that Mistress Thank
ful hud already won lua high regard. 1
"Tell me," aaid he. "how is it that 1
they call you Thankful ? 'Tin a pretty !
nntiie, and well given to you, I should I
Miy, but I never heard it before I beard 1
them cull you ly it.
"But it ia not niy name," ahe id.
"I have heard my mother say that on
oue ThnukKgiviug Day they aeut to niy
father, who was in the church, and
bade Li 111 hurry, home, and when he
came home he found tue there, thongu
I was not there went he went away,
Oil H
J-eiI me upT
It
yi'.'jpay. The Lord haa
these many year,but
to tue to-day. So her
hauksgiving aiucs nhe
(at day;' aud that, sir,
' 1 though thev call lue, for
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1 "Jl iiliortueaa. Thankful."
y ''".o aaid thia with such niodehty an
w it h such delicious suggestion of grace.
11 ud her cheeks were so gently Hushed
aud her eves so bright, that the young
shades of eveningcaine aud the caudles
were lighted the maidens and the young
ollicer were like those who had been
long acquainted.
In the evening the girla brought ap
ples aud nuts and cider, and they were
having 11 merry tiuie.when of a huddeii
Abbie arose and went to the door. Her
iprck car had detected a strange
sound. A moment later a lad came
1 pautiug into the room
"Look out, Thankful J they are com
ing to attack you," be said, scarcely
able to apeak for lack of breath.
"They? Who? Who can attack us?"
" 'Tis leu Williams and bis gang.
Twsh yesterday that the cowboys cap
tured a lud a cousin of Heu Williams
and for some reason they hauged
him, and now Ken is bound to have
revenge, aud he has beard that there is
a British ollicer bete, and he swears
lm'll have him hanged to a tree for re
venge." A moment later a young man with 11
musket in hi baud entered the door
and he said: "Mistress Thaukfiil, your
father left me here ou guard unbe
known to you. There's trouble brew
iug, 1 fear. They are coming to take
the otlicer away aud to do him harm.
Let him go with me and 1 will hide
him."
Thankful brought the officer's cloak
aud hat aud bade him go, but to her
ttmazemcut be refused. "I caunot
go," he said. ''1 gave your father my
word of honor that 1 would Uot leave
the house till be returned."
"Kut von must. Ben Williams is .,
brute. lie will take you out aud kill
you, sir. Uo under tho escort of the
guard and be will take you wbae yon
cau be coucealed."
lint the ollicer would not stir. He
would only say that be bad given his
pledge aud be would not break it. In
an instant Thaukfiil seem changed,
and the otlicer, even iu the suspense
aud terror of the moment, perceived
that she had assumed the manner o,
one who bad authority aud cau exer
cise it. She stood erect, ber head
throwu back, ber eyes very bright,
her cheeks now somewhat pale, and
she said: "You must go, sir. 1 com
mand it. Go with him. Hark. Don't
you hear that mob sLoutiug? lyu
hare not a moment to lose. And
then as he did not stir she went up to
him pleadingly and with gentle man
ner, not knowing seemingly what it
was she said or did ; she pnt her hand
upon his arm with gentle touch, and
she said "do, go; for my sake, fro.''
"For your sake?" he murmured, and
he seemed to hesitate, and then she
turned to the guard and bade hire lead
the officer forth. But at that moment
the cry of the mob was sodistinct that
it revealed that escape was impossible.
Thankful bade the guard step in and
lM.lt the door, and commanded hi in to
use his musket if anyone should try to
fore an entrance. And even as she
spoke the door wss forced and an ugly
face was protruded, and some one
shouted : "Come out, you redcoat I"
aud would have ssid more had he not
been felled by the butt of the guard's
musket.
The door was closed and bolted, and
the guard stood with the manner of
defiance. In an instant Thankful had
made disposition of the officer. Be
fore he was aware what she was doing
she had led htm to the settle in the
cliiiuii-y corner, and sha bade him to
be sested there. None too soon, for
the window was forced open and some
one shouted : "Come out, you cur.or
we will shoot you where you are!"
"Oh, you coward you coward, Ben
Williams ! He has done you tio harm,
and he is unprotected," and Thankful,
speaking thus, placed herself so that
she stood directly before the officer.
There was a crash, a roufusioii of
sounds, for they were trying to force
the door. The officer, then realizing
that thia fair maiden was protecting
him with her body, pushed her aside,
saying: "No, no', I caunot permit
this. You must not be injured. Let
ire pass." At that moment a musket
was discharged, and the officer, jer
ceiving that Thankful was reeling,
supported her in his arms. She had
received the shot instead of him.
A momeat later there was a mighty
shout, m great rushing noise, the door
was burst open and Captain I'olsom
and some of his company entered.
"What is this? What is this?" he said.
"Ah, uncle. Ben Williams aud hia
gang are tryiug to capture the officer,
and they have shot Thankful as she
tried to prevent it," aid Abbie, cry
ing bitterly.
"Williams, take him away; bind
him ; put him iu the guardhouse with
bis gang!" the Captain shouted, and
then kneeling down over the body of
bis daughter he moaned, saying: "My
Thaukful, my Thankful; oh. my
daughter, they have killed you!"
"They have killed her, sir, while
he was trying to save my life," said
the officer, and he wept like a child.
But she was not dead. They lifted
her tenderly aud carried her to her
room under "the gable roof and when
they Bawr that she opened her eyes and
that her lips moved they were re
joiced, aud there was a prayer of
thauksgiviug to God that He had
spared ber life that night.
A few days later the order came
.f roni the .Uejitfjrti "nstrjlf .tis. .Captain,
Folsoin to deliver the prisoner under
hia charge to the outposts of the Brit
ish army at the Broux in exchange.for
it was demonstrated that he had told
the truth when he said that he had
strayed withiu the patriot lines by ac
cideut. As be was about to go away he said
to Captain Folsoin: "1 have one favor
to ask. May I see Mistress Thankful
for au instant alone?" It was permit
ted. He weut aud stood by her bed
side and took her hand, "Thankful,"
said he, "I am goiug away. It ia uot
right that I should speak to yon except
iu thauks, for I am un otlicer in au
army opposed to yours, but I may say
this: I heard your unconscious con
lessiou w heu you bade me go for your
sake, and your sweet words theu ut
tered will be in my memory until 1
come back again when these buttlesare
over," aud theu lv kneeled tenderly
over her aud touched bis lips to bet
forehead.
When be looked at her he saw the
Klauceof exquisite joy w hich she could
not conceal, and be perceived that
L'entlu tears were coursing down hei
cheeks, which she did not care to wipt
away, aud he knew they were tears wl
jov.'
Six years lster, ou the afternoon of
Thanksgiving Day, a traveler dis
' mounted from his horse iu front of
I Captain Folsom's forge for the Cap
i taiu wasa blacksmith iutime of peace.
! The traveler looked curiously about,
as though not sure that thia was the
place besought, when his eyes rested
upon a maiden who was standing, in
the doorway. It seemed to him a
though the picture which he had seen
iu that identical spot six year before
ou the day of his departure was ther
Kgaiu. lie went up to her and said:
. " Thankful, my Thanksgiving. I havt
come."
"I knew you would," she said, and
w ith such gentle sweetness of maunet
that he took her to his arms.
It was a grievous sorrow to Captain
Folsoin that bis daughter Thaukful
was compelled to have him when sh
married this mau whose life she hac
saved, but it was a joy for him to know
that she bud a husband worthy of her.
1 ShebadinarriedSirJohn Sterling, and
' lit twlr tier to his estates in England.
w hich were great, and there as long a
they lived, and to this day Biuongtheii
descendants, the last Thursday ii
November iu every year is celebrated
aa a thanksgiving ceremonial, and it
the evening to the children every yeai
is told this romance of the day whet
their grandfather aud great grand
father met his Thanksgiving.
A Roman cousular army comprised
two legious, each oontaiuing 4500 men.
Tho unit of the legion was the mani
pulus, 100 meu, commanded by a cen
turiou. The legion was commanded
by a tribune (brigadier geueral).
pin roiNT,3.
how tim I'UKrtrii little ar
ticle: IS MADfc.
vTonrterfollf Ingenious Mechanism
Which Turns Out the Little
nachelor'a Friend" at h
Rate of ?5M an Hour.
7T MACHINE that makes pins
turns out 7500 of these tiny
essentials an honr. Before
the pin is finished it goea
through very many operations, which
are described in the Youth's Compan
ion as follows : A reel of wire hangs
over the machine, the free end of
which passes between two rollers.
As the wire leaves the roller it passes
between two matched dies uutit it
touches a gunge. Just as it does this
the dies come together and clamp it
firmly in a groove in their face. At
the same time the machine cuts it off
the proper length. The gauge then
moves awny aud a little punch forms
the head bv striking the end which
rested agaiust the gusge. When this
is finished the dies separate aud de
liver the pia into one of the great
many grooves in the face of the wheel
about a foot in diameter, and just as
wide across its face as the pin is long.
Wheu the piu is taken by the wheel
it has 110 point, but aa the wheel turns
it rubs the pins against au outside
bund, which causes each one to roll in
its groove, and at the same time carries
them psst a set of rapidly moving files,
which brush against the blunt ends
and sharpens them roughly. They
next pass against the faces of two
grinding wheels, which smooth the
point, and theu to a rapidly moving
leather band having fino emery glued
on its face. This gives them the final
potish, and as they leave the band they
ore dropped into a box underneath
the machine. After this the pins are
plated with tin to give them a bright,
silvery appearance. They are pre
pared for plating by beiug first im
mersod iu weak sulphuric acid to re
move all grease, aud then dried by
being placed a bushel or ao at a
time, with about the same quantity of
sawdust in a machine called a tum
bling barrel. Thia is simply a cask
suspended on a shaft which passes
through it lengthwise. Two or three
hours' rolling in sawdust cleans the
pins and wears away any little rough
ness which the machine may have
caused.
Tins and sawdust are taken to
gether from the barrel and allowed to
fall in a steady stream through a blast
of air. The sawdust, being the lighter,
is blown over iutoa large, room-like
box, while the pins, beiug heavier,
fall into a bin below. After this they
are spread out in trays having sheets
of r.iuo in their bottoms, which have
previously been connected with one
of the wires of an electrio battery.
'The trays are then placed iu tauk
containing a solution of tin in muriatic,
acid, and the other wire of the battery
ii ereiTl'n the sofutiorir" Efectricaf
action immediately begins and deposits
metallic tin on the entire surface of
each pin. They are then washed in a
tank of water and put into other
tumbling barrels with hot sawdust.
When they have been dried and cleaned
of the sawdust, as in the former in
stance, they are put into a large,
slowly revolving copper-lined tub,
which is tilted at au angle of about
forty-five degrees. As this revolves
the pius keep sliding down the smooth
copper to the lower side. This con
stant rubbing against the tub ami
against each other polishes them.
It wasthe practice formerly to allow
pins of all lengths to become mixed in
the different operations, aud, after
polishing, to separute them by a very
ingenious machine, but it baa been
found more economical to keep each
size to itself.
From the polishing tub the pins are
carried to the "sticker," where they
fall from a hopper on au inclined plane
iu which are a number of slits. The
pins catch in these slits and hanging
by their heads, slide down the incline
to the apparatus which inserts them in
the paper. Aa the number of pins iu
a row ou the paper and the number of
slits are the same, an entire row is
stuck at once by an iugeuious device
which takes one pin from euch slit and
inserts them all at once iu the two
ridges which have been crimped iu the
paper by a wheel that holds it iu place
to receive the pins. At the stiuie time
the wheel crimps the paper it spaces
the rows, so that when filled with pins
the paper will fold up properly.
This whole machine is so delicate in
its actiou that a single beut or other
wise imperfect pin will cause the
machine to stop feeding until the at
tendant remove it; yet it operation
ia ao rapid that one uiachiue will stick
D 0,0t)i) pinsan hour. As tho long strip
of paper ou which the plus are stuck
comes from the machine it is cut iu'.o
proper longths by girls, who theu fold
aud pack the papers iu buudles ready
for bhipiucut.
Microns on l'ost Cards.
The latest scare in microbes has
beeu started by Professor Uftelman, of
llostock, who infected a letter with
cholera bacilli and put it into a post
hag. Wheu the letter waa taken out,
twenty-three and a half hours later,
the bacilli were Mill alive. Bacilli
were also found living ou post cards
twenty hours after infection. The
uicro-orgauisins were fouud to die
rapidly when placed upon coin. A
Uy charged with cholera bacilli was
ifterward placed on some beef. A' lit
tle later the meat was found to be
iwarmiug with bacteria. A finger was
infected with cholera bacilli aud
dried. One hour later the finger was
rubbed ou some roast meat, aud nu
merous bacilli developed subsequent
ly. The moral of these experimeuts
is obvious. Scientific Aiuericau.
Reeks the Tornado's fWrtt.
"1 want to get there right them,
into the business end of the atom,
where tho tornado ia generated. 1
want the tornado's secret, its agent!
and, God helping me, I shall have jC
If electricity, then we may be able id
dissipate Jove most awful wrath and
relieve onr great cities of their worst
nightmare, their most insidious an
most implacable foes, to a report
for the Philadelphia r'ress.
The man who made thia bold an
striking remark ia Professor Henrj
Alien nszen, expert meteorologist o
the United States Weather Burean,
wno bas nearly completed arrant?
menta for a series of not less than lOiw
high altitude balloon ascensions, tj
be made as often aa three times a dsy
under a new and original principle 0
gas conservation, with new scientific
instruments made in England express
ly for the purpose. The propositi
is now before the Board of Advisers
r
who may be expected to report on tU
spplieation as soon as Frofeasor Lanq
ley, aecretarv of the Smithsonian
shall return to his post. I'rofessori
Langley himself is much interested iiJ
the subject of tree air observation, a
pecislly in au idea he has of seudmL
up self-registering instruments to th.j
highest possit-le altitudes without!
risking the presence of a human le
ing iu a balloon. Professor Hazcn
however, regards this method as onM
supplementary to the work of personal
observation and instrument reading
which he has in view. Aerial transit!
across the Atlantic Ocean is the til
tiinate object toward which Professor
Hazen'a plans are tending. He state
unreservedlv that he will make th
trip if he lives. He is already looking
forward to the construction of a balloou
basket in the form of a completely
equipped open boat with air-tightcom
partments. In this vehicle, stored witl
food and driuk for many days, th
professor will set out without a qualm
of fear. The only apparent difficulty
that has ever beset the problem has
been the inability of the aeronauts tt
keep the balloon ou a steady hori
Kontal plane. The rising and falling!
of the balloon can be tegulated by au
original device of Professor Hazen'a
lie win carry a uucitei at me enu or a
long rope, aud water drawn from tho
ocean will constitute the necessary
ballast whenever hut balloon seems t
get more buoyant. The water will Ix
poured out agaiu when the balloou
needs buoyancy.
tiorernor Paulson's Story.
While attending the meeting of the
Board of Agriculture, at Ktttanning
Governor Pattison related the circuui
stauces 01 a muimgnt trip ne mmie
from that place to Dayton a few yearn
ago. He said :
"It was the occasion of my official
visit to the orphan a school at Dayton.
We, myself and another official, left
this town in a carriage at 10 o'clock
p. m.- to make the drive to Dayton,
twenty-two miles. After we had driven
three hours through a heavy rain, si
terrible storm, aooompanied with JAun-
der anJ lichtning, overtook us. The
darkness was inteuse and tho mud
seemed to be two feet in depth. We
pushed on, but at last we decided to
stop for the night at the next farm
house. Soon the carriage stopped and
the driver got out. The next thing
we heard was the sound of a man's
fist pouuding on a door. We could
see uo house. A shutter was opened
up stairs aud a mau's voice inquired
what wasthe matter. He asked if wa
could secure shelter for threo meu
and two horses. The farmer said 'Mo,'
aud aa if anxious to return to his bed
slammed the shutter. But our faith
ful driver would not give it up, and ho
continued to pound. The window was
agaiu opened, and our mau said, in
no uncertain toues:
" 'See here, old man, we want to
stop here; it's too rough to go on;
the Governor of Peuusylvania is out
here iu a carriage.' "
"The farmer poked his head out
aud said, 'You are lyin'; uo Governor
is such a fool a to be out a night lite
this.'
"Without further words he closed
the window and retired, we weut on
through the blinding: etonn, and
reached Dayton iu the early uiorn
iug." PitUburg Post.
What Peanuts Are tiooJ For.
The magnitude aud universality of
the home cousuuiptiou of peanuts are
BometLinc startling. There are few
towns too small to support at leaat
oue vendor, while iu the cities the
picturesque stalls and roasters are a
feature of the business streets.
The peauut ha a great commercial
importance aside from its roasted
state. The seeds contain from forty
two to fifty per cent, of oil, which is
easily obtained by cold or warm ex
pression. The first method yields a
superior oil which uoue but au expert MALT I
cau detect from the true olive oil, and
it may be used for the same purposM,
both 011 tho table au.l in pharmacy.
Iu the latter method the beans are but
slightly heated before being submitted
to pressure and the yield is much
greater; but the color is much darker
and the odor more pronouueed aud
less agreeable. This second quality
of Arachi oil, as it is known, is used
for fine soaps, cerates, and ointment.
Perfumers use it as the basis of their
cold creams and pomades ; aud it is al
so used for lubricatiug watches and
delicate machinery.
Tlu west coast of Africa produces an
almost incalculable crop to supply the
European demand, Marseilles alone
importing iu one year over ttn mil
lion bushels for use in the manufac
ture of chocolate, while billions of
bushels are yearly carried to Loudon,
Hamburg, Berlin aud other places, for
oil. Very large quantities are grown
in India, for borne uses. Brazil, which
is the true botanical home of the
plant, does little more than supply
her own market. Demurest.
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