krs. johh sherman.
Old" i Hoitm la WMkl1(tll Will
Pro u sir Not BatcrtBla PbbUb
- i TbU WlBtar.
WiislJtgion society la seriously
r
eved i"er the invalidism of Mrs.
johu Sherman, which continues, ami
bich will probably hold throughout
the winter, if. Indeed, that popular
ladv ever recovers her full strength
again.
To go to Washington without meet
ing Mrs. John Sherman has been for
uars an Impossibility, for she has been
Jmown as a great entertainer, adminis
trations without end. Though never
endowed with the golden spoon of fab
ulous wealth, she has always kept open
MRS. JOHN SHERMAN.
(Tor Tears She Was a Shining Light of
Washington Society.)
house In a most charming manner, and
her gatherings have included all the
nublic people of note who have ever be
longed to society or politics.
As the wife of, many say, the greatest
living statesman, Mrs. Sherman has
upheld her husband's bands in a very
efficient way. Without being at all
aggressive or progressive or assertive,
ehe has been a comfortable woman, and
only a statesman can tell what that
jueans.
To Washington people she reminds
one of Mrs. Gladstone, who has the same
beautiful, economical, cheering quali
ties without any of the flamboyant no
tions of, later days. All newcomers to
Washington desire to get into Mrs.
John Sherman's set, and the young
people never think of starting an affair
cf any kind, from a grand ball to a
charity bazar, wi thout Mrs. John Sher
man. "
Her stroke of paralysis of several
weeks ago is said to have turned out
more favorably than was expected, and
she and her aged husband hope to be
in fairly good health for some time to
come.
In token of their great popularity in
Washington circles It may be mentioned
that they have been invited to no less
than five Christmas dinners, and twice
as many holiday entertainments. Mrs.
Sherman has a table filled with invita
tions for holiday week, for the dear
old couple will be the greatest drawing
card a Washington hostess can have.
TEE DEATH HELMET.
Freach GuTtrinrit Mar Determine
to Hsve It Take tke Place at
the Guillotine.
Whether or not the stroke of the
guillotine causes instant death, it is
more than likely that the raisingof the
question by Dr. Cinel will banish the
machine which owes its origin to the
jelgn of terror.
For months past the French govern
ment has had In Its hands a machine
superior to the guillotine in rapidity of
Action, which causes no distortion of
visage and produces no scar.
The machine, which has been named
"L'Executioner" by its inventor, M.
Francois Esclangon, i well-known,
scientist and the editor of tbe Parisian
FRENCH DEATH HELMET.
(Intended to Take tho Place of the Guillo
tine.) Le Monde Scientiflque, is like the hel
met worn by a fourteenth century cava
lier. From tbe top curves a long, hol
low bar of steel, dividing near its end
into two portions which approximate
closely two holes in he helmet near the
upper portion.
In the cavity of thl bar are placed
two cartridges, run on grooves made in
the curved bar and attached to long,
curved needles. In the helmet are two
ltolca fitted with disks which can be
made to revolve until they come into
apposition with the eyes of tbe victim.
The apparatus is in communication
with a battery on a table near by,
which causes the cartridges to revolve
and at the same time to plunge forward
and bury themselves deep in tbe frontal
lobes of the brain, destroying instantly
a large portion of the white matter of
the cerebrum.
Death is instantaneous end painless,
end only a simple prick at the angle of
each eye sbows how the dead man
passed.
A Valaakle Heirloom.
In Nagasaki, Japan, there is a fire
works maker who manufactures py
rotechnic birds of great size, that, when
exploded, sail in a lifelike manner
through the air and perform many
movements exactly like those of liv
ing birds. The secret of making these
wonderful fireworks has been in the
possession of the eldest child of the
faiuily of each generation for more than
400 years. M
LIFE OP MODERN GUNS
Blight Deterioration in Ordnance Re
sulting frora War.
Tke Mistakes Idea That the Great
Cannon Are Worn Oat After Be
ing DUckargtd On Bss
ilred Times.
Commodore Charles O'Neil, chief of
the bureau of ordnance of the navy de
partment, who has considered all the
reports Of the ordnance officers on
board the vessels engaged in the re
cent war, spoke freely and iu an in
teresting way wheu asked to suy whut
is "the life of a gun" as now understood
in the uuvy, and what points were in
dicated by the practice of the modern
guns in the course of the months of tbe
Spanish war.
"The life of l guu," said he, "is a very
uncertain period to determine just now.
There never was any groun! for assert
ing that u gun's life was limited to 10U
discharges from it, for nt any time
there would b differences in the weight
of powder used in a discharge, and, of
course, difference! in the effects of
charges of different weights of powder.
"From the experience of the last sum
mer in the navy, and in the use of our
modern guns, it may be said that an
inappreciable amount of deterioration
has been discovered in the pieces of all
calibers. There has been no thought of
withdrawing uny gun because it hud
been tired a stated number of timesand
should therefore bo regarded ns un
safe to use. Trilling erosion has been
noticed In the rifling nt the breech, but
not enough to impair the efficiency of
the piece, and no indication of strain
to suggest that it would be Unsafe long
er to use it.
"To show you how mistaken any
popular idea is that tbe gun is worn
out or dangerous at the one hundredth
discharge 1 may say that some of the
largest guns, 13-inch, and 12-inch, have
j been fired as many as3U() times, in prnc
'. tice and in action, yet they are just ai
: sound, practically, ns they were when
they were brought out of the gun fac-
tory. Of course the smaller pieces
i many of them have lired two or three
1 times 300 rounds, and they are still
Found and free from serious impair
i ment from erosion. This erosion is
. caused by the effects of gas developed
in the powder chamber at the time of
the discharge, and is shown in slight
scratches at first, then in deeper chan
nels about the rifling, and eventually it
might so destroy the rifling as to im
pair the accuracy of the piece in action
without endangering life from burstir g
or the piece. That danger is very re
mote with all the guns now in use in the
navy.
"In the British navy, where cordite is
used, the destruction of the core of the
gun by erosion is much more rapid than
it is with the guns in the United States
navy, which have been using old pow
der until now. The use of smokeless
powder may wear the guns more quick
ly, but that is to bo ascertained. Dut
in the British navy the precaution is
taken to make the guns so that tlieii
life may be indefinitely prolonged.
This is done by building the guns with
a core that is to be bored out when the
erosion has been so greatas to indicate
the necessity for replacing the core, and
n new core is put in to secure accuracy
and assure the proper resistance.
Lieut. Col. Shaler, of the ordnance de
partment ofiice of the war department,
said that it would be dillicult to say
what the life of the modern guns of the
army will be, as the army has not had
the opportunity to put tbe new guns to
business tests to ascertain their long
evity. "The old cast-iron guns, it was the
tradition, were unlit for further use
after about 100 discharges. Then it de
pended upon the weight of powdei
charges usel whether the life was to be
shorter or longer. The guns now pro
vided forthcarmy nre much more dura
ble nnd capable of resisting destructive
influences than the old ordnance. I un
derstand that in the Itritish army tbe
calculation is that modern gunaof large
calibers are only used for about 100
rounds as they are built. The rapid
erosion of the piece by the cordite used
in that service deprives the gun of its
efficiency, without, I should) say, niak-
ling it dangerous to those who might
t use it. To protect the piece from the
' erosion the core is made with the idea
that it shall be bored out when the
erosion is so great as to Indicate the
need for a renewal of the part, and thus
I suppose the 'life of the gun' may be
prolonged indefinitely. With the eight
inch gun the limit of usefulness is con
sidered passed when 250 rounds hnvc
been 11 red from It.
"There is small danger of accident
from the bursting of guns from over
use. Tho strains are observed, and
when the channels cf erosion become
well marked the gun would be with
drawn. The probability is that most of
the guns now in use or in position to be
used will be withdrawn because they
have become obsolete or out of the
fashion, rather than because they have
become worn out by service. At the
close of the war of the rebellion we con
sidered our ordnance ns good ns any
thing in the world. Now it is compara
tively harmless, fit. only to adorn grave
yards and to be set up here and there
to protect positions that can never be
reached by ships carrying heavy or
iong-range guns." N. Y. Times.
fllich Old Times.
Tommy Didn't the ancients
have
pretty high times?
His Father Why, my son?
"The book says they set their watches
on the hilltops." Jewelers' Weekly.
Swell.
tbe banquet
Havers Was
to the
count swell?
Jabbers Swell? Why, I didn't rec-
Dgnixe a single thing I ate, except tbe
fee water! Puck.
THE CHILD Wfr.
Little Nettie accompanied her pa
ints on a trip across the lake recently,
tnd after being out a short distance she
began to get seasick. "How do you
feel, Nettle?" asked mamma. "Oh,"
was tbe reply. "1 just feel like I wanted
to unswnllow my breakfast."
"No, thank you. I don't care for any,"
said little Marie, as her papa passed the
take. "Why, dear," said be. "I thought
you were fond of cake ?" "SoInm."she
r plied, "but I heard mamma say It
wasn't quite perfect, and when she says
that it must be something awful."
"Now, Tommy." said the teacher,
"can you tell me what n propaganda
is?" The little fellow looked at tho
ceiling und wrinkled bil brow as he
bravely WTCCtled with tbe problem, and
finally replied: "1 don't know for sure,
but I think it must be a proper gui se's
brother."
"Oh, look what a pretty little moon!"
exclaimed four-year-old Kdith to her
liltle brother, as she looked from her
grandma's window at the (mall crescent
in the western sky. "1'sbaw !" replied
the nnappreclative brother, "I don't
think it's half as pretty as tbe big round
moon we bad at home two wei Us ago."
Johnny, aged five, had a habit of
using in his conversation every big
word he happened to bear, regardless
of its meaning. One morning be and
his older brother were trying to wash
from tl l same bnsiit, to Johnny's det
riment, and he ran Into tbe kitchen, ex
claiming: "Mamma, Charley's metrop
olizing the whole laudatory!" Chi
cago Daily News.
FLASHES OF THOUGHT.
Virtuous men alone possess friends.
Voltaire.
Delay in vengeance gives a heavier
blow. John Ford.
To be proud of learning is the great
est ignorance. Colton.
The knowledge of thyself will pre
serve thee from vanity. Cervantes.
There is small revenge In worths, but
words muy be "greatly revenged.
Franklin.
Friendship Is a plant that loves the
sun und thrives ill under clouds.
Alcott.
Whatever makes men good Christians
makes them good citizens. Daniel
Webster.
Who hath not known ill fortune,
never knew himself or his own virtue.
Mullet.
A wise man neither suffers himself
to be governed or attempts to govern
others. La Brnyere.
Mankind in tho gross is a gaping mon
ster that loves to be deceived, and has
seldom been disappointed. Mackenzie.
You cannot give an instance of a
man, who is permitted to lay out his
own time, contriving not to have tedi
ous hours. Johnson.
Were wo as eloquent as angels, yet
should we please some men, some worn-
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Is fitted out with tbe latest and
very Lest machinery. Tho pure
mountain water from the uew
borough plant is now in use. If
von were pleased with tho work,
better give tbe laundry a. trial
now, and nolo how clean and
white your shirts and collars
have become.
All Work Guaranteed
To be First-Glass.
Will call for laundry and deliver
at your door without any extra
charges, Give us a trial.
VYeslqj Kleckner,
Proprietor.
G. A. Gutelius, Agt,
Middleburph, Pa,
A SUMMER SAIL
in ladies' shoes is a pleasant
voyage afoot, For tbe pleas
ure it gives, there's no sail
like our sale. Crowds are
enjoying it, and securing the
prettiest, coolest 'and best tit
ting Summer shoes now man
ufactured, at prices which
buyeis find it a pleasure to
pay. Foi houso or street
wear, pleasure or every-day
practical purposes, walking,
riding, or driving, we supply
tho ideal shoes demanded by
fashion and the dictates of
individual taste. Ladies,
whoever claims your hands,
by all means surrender your
feet to these shoes.
6. H. GIBSON, SHUT
en and some children much more by
listening than by talking. Colton.
Try to be happy in this very present
moment and put not off being so to a
time to come, as though that time
should be of another make from this,
which is already come, and is ours.
Fuller.
PRODUCTS OF THE SOUTH.
It is only recently that any attention
has been paid to the rice crop of Texas,
but It is demanding notice. An acre of
rice returns about $30 a crop.
Capitalists are trying to cl Florida
farmers to go into cassava raising.
Starch will be manufactured from it.
Three tons to an acre at a ton is tbe
golden promise held out.
From Southern Fines, N. ('., during
the past season there were Shipped by
express 2,548 crates of blackberries, 1".
2)3 orates of peaches and T.SeScratesof
grapes,
The pineapple crop in one district
alone of Florida is estimated nt $50,000
before January i, Owners of pineries
realize as much from the sale of suck
ers as from the fruit. Haeh pineapple
plant produces from live to six of these
a year, and, separated from the parent
plant and planted, they grow into new.
strong plants. They sell for ten cents
apiece.
SHOOTING STARS.
Ptats are !ij,'ht but not very
slry
things.
The dog star may be said to be a pret
ty Stilus affair.
Why are not the pointers iu the Dipper
known as dog stars'.'
There is but one star that adds to the
beauty of the sky ut the same time it
Mars It
The "music of the spheres" grinds on
day after day und still no one has been
heard to complain, piw-sibly Ihciuso no
Wagnerian stars have yet been known
to execute it.
Our Hibernian friend recently re
marked that we didn't need the light of
tbe moon or stars in the day time while
we have the sunshine, but that is surely
all moonshine.
RULINGS OF THE COURT.
An unrestricted guaranty of Daymen I
Indorsed on a negotiable instrument is
held, in Commercial bank vs. Cheshire
Provident institute (Kan.), 41 L. R, A.
ITS, to be negotiable and it is also held
that it passes with the title to the in
strument. Tho "heirs" who are entitled to a
right of action for the death of a er
son under 2 Hill's (Wash.) cixle. section
138. are held, in Noble vs. Seattle
(Wash.), 40 L. It. A. 822, to Include the
widow nnd children only, nnd not 'o
include the parents of the deceased.
Game killed on an Indian reservation
by a tribal Indian nnd transported by
wagon to the nearest railway station olT
the reservation and there delivered to
& carrier to be shipped out of the state
is held, in Selkirk vs. Stevens (Minn.),
40 I.. It. A. 750, to be subject to ihe pame
laws of the state.
The duty of nn operator or ngent of n
ronl mine, to employ a competent mine
boss bring Imposed by statute is held.
In Williams vs. Tliaoker Coal & C. com
pany (W. Va.). 40 L. R. A. 812, to be
fully performed by the employment of
such a mine boss, and for the hitter's
ncjrllfrenee tho ocratoT or apent i
held not to be liable.
An undisclosed gold clause in amort
gage subject to which real estate is
bought at auction, i held, In Blanckvs,
Sodlier (N. Y.). 40 L. 11. A. fififi, notto be
n defect for which the purchaser may
decline ro complete his contract, wbieli
was silent on that subject, where there
is no probability that tit policy of tho
government to keep all It funds at par
will be changed befre the mortgage
comes due.
CONCERNING ASBESTOS.
Mountain paper is blue asbestos.
Mountain wood is asbestos which ex
tremely resembles wood.
Mountain leather Is 11 very light, thin
and flexible asbestos.
Mountain cork is nn asbestos light
enough to float on water.
Amanthiis is a kind of a.shestos iu
which the libers are so exceedingly
long, flexible and elastic that they may
have been woven into cloth.
Common asbewtos has libers much
less flexible than amanthus, it is heav-
j ier, a dull green in color, sometimes
pearly iu luster und oily to the touch.
Asbestos is found in nearly all parts
of the globe, but there is probably no
product of inorganic nature about
which there is so much popular mys
tery. The principal cluini for this re
markable product is that it cannot be
consumed by fire.
STARS AND FOOTLIGHTS.
Mrs. James Hrown Potter has scored
a great success in "The Three Musket
eers" in London.
E. S. Willanl has left for the south of
Franco for the winter and may go as
far as Egypt.
Mrs. John Drew and Mrs. Henry Mil
ler will spend the winter in Dresden,
where their children are at school.
J. M. Barrie's new play, "Two Kinds
of Women," may be setii in New York
at special matinees to be given after the
holidays.
Olga Nethersole will produce a new
play by Max O'ltell during her tour in
this country.
Wilton Lackaye will star again this
season in "Charles O'Malley," in which
he won exceptional praise when he pro
duced it late last season.
Johanna Oadski recently accom
plished the unusual task of learning
three heavy grand-opera roles in Italian
a language with which she is not fa
miliar in ten weeks' time. She will I
alternate with Melba during the grand
opera season, beginning in Philadel
phia December 1.
GRAPE HARVEST IN PORTUGAL.
THE PORT GRAPES CARRIED TO THE TREADING VATS.
Scene at the Vineyards of Boa Visto, valley of the Douro: Womew
cut the bunches of crapes into small baskets, carry them a short dis
tance and fill large baskets holding near ioo pounds. Then men with
sheepskins thrown over their backs, and plaited straw knots on their
heads, shoulder the baskets and move off in single file down the rug
ged winding paths and flights of steps to large vats, where the grapes
are mashed tor wine. The soil containing a large amount of iron.
. . . nSTr' ' " "., ,
Ipeer't Port Grupc
; arc made from the same grapes grown on an eastern mountain siope
, in Passaic valley. New Jersey, the soil also abounding in iron produces
the real Blood-making, Life-preserving Wines of the World
i the old, original Port wine grape of Portugal. No other wines
! equal these for invalids, weakly persons and the aged. None put in
' market uutil nine years old. For Kai r by Druggists and Grocers.
Also the P. J. Sherry, Burgundy, Socialite, Claret vin. I8l, and
1 Climax Brandy vin. 1878, aU used extensively in Hospitals and among,,
'the Medical faculty as the best to bv obtained. The unfcrniented
Grape Juice is extensively used iu New York churches for communion
service.
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