mirar, om> urn na.l
rr iwrt Ui ta*M iMM
MIW fcfWfe
•* BSP aefc. Mlnrk. lUkr nnd Ot*
Arr *• n In MtnAKtiir
KM TKR I*l IH**l FTP RITIM O—WIHT '
iftr BM 'lnn'H Y CMM FROM—IT* Iftr
lU4M PN^MIM
Maris A MALTOSE -*OD LINER efl IS mede in i
H-dlini Me. TBE LIVEN of the cod.
BOD dock pollook. HAH* AND CASK are i
used in the fnanuteetar*. ONLY about |
ONE third of th<* AMERICAN output of this
ML IS PROCURED from rod livers.
heptemt>runtU MERCK UI brer* i
ONE tot nd In the best condition. A
TUCMM OF HV< rr ell' then field about
MX quarts of oil Only four CJVMRV of |
■■* UIIE, however, oon be made suitable .
for MEDICINAL PURPOSES: THE N lINEJUG J
IF. quart*- ie of AN Inferior Qflality and IR I
, used by curriers
I R< UQ March to JUNE the livers are thin
END inferior, and will yield only one-KEIF ;
INUCL. 'ill Cod liver oil toi medicine! j
:-poser mqst B made from liveta of
•FC that hove not been DEED over forty- -
• fsbt hours. Fishing vessels ON their
r.: tripe to the beuk aave the NAB |
• v-T* in hogsheads and sell them to the \
•U MA®l: fecturci- for 30 oeute per I
bicketfui from these 1' VERS an inferior
-ciJtty of DL IS made that la used by j
mums
Eto about fifteen year* ago the SI EST T
'IVE J CANE were USED for OBTAINING ;
'•tun fivers The results wore vwi> ,
. : utifactory and the best PORTION •;
iivcre *.- Wgted. The old method j
** FC TO expose TKE livers to the action of ;
'®e sun until THE oh was dried out. Only j
a email iieroentape of oil van thus BE- |
< C-ED, and the *-.■*■•; lue was thrown away
usele- HOW every portion oi tHE
..-r is used. The METHOD I to put the |
re into a large t>. lined vet having a <
•ill of perforated ET- atu pipes In the .
Atom. A prceaurc of thirty pounds • !
•■aiu is pst on tue boiler utel the OTEUM
coping through U-. PERFORATIONS in Ul*. I
J-.JM T eat URB * the livers with hot steam .
cf thus trh-S out t) - oil.
IN i.A.IL an hour after SB-AIA IT turned I
•n all the oil that '.'an be prooered U. \
' ' V UG out wlli have urisen B Ihe Surface.
!I- fivers, now TERMED "blub tier, ' will I
. e SUNK AC the BOTTOM of the vat. I.
• ie hulled ofl uud put into barrels V ;
MISBS acttle. after which It IS refined
>; being allowed to freeze til 1 it is of 'BE :
conaiatieucy of ti..K n sh, w Hen it is put j
;RO drilling HUGE arid Lue pure oil
-near 1 out in Ah< a vir n pi t s. TI
O that ib pre SOD through t- drilling I
I-JU iderol refined, alio after being put
IT BOS HA ••■•lb of ■ rt' -livi GU.ION
EACH is bold TC THE wholesale druggi,:
toi about 3C or NTS per alloi
broth those r. )■ tie retail drug
■ EIE, WHO sol; * OI I J urgalloi j
uiiing the --.1 JL. cl.uiktia .in*
-Tl.c, 1 I-CIII !' 1 r-.iu ng ptoc
■UT it was torn, I ustJ infei*or to •
.. FREEZING A I G LOUESA, ii - ,
... d COD liv< I < . . , ted TO tli- ;
II • TEI iperf A 1 W. -TI VEROC.'. o' i
C-1 tor.- 1. **; . .■ color and RE
. ..me a milky it -• ' C IVFIUIUG
pio-usb lea-. 1 GT a übslskC'
euiubUng la: R id NSLEPCY. j
At IS stearin- r "UMNTR'E gieima, and J
U used *I a d:-. . HU SSOT-JSCO,
The blu'ih r i< the bu.u-ji of Ui j
.at afv-I the TR, I:. out ib alio SAD TO j
aorp and ferment for forty-cigh' hoiws,
turd it then pres .ed After th<- PT'SBBURE {
no cotitiriu. D loi iourux-n hours ah the
■AI IBUEOUROD tha' remains in the ÜBlV
ocr. It is inforc-I oil. of whi H there ore
:i grades; it IS worth aboul ceate PER
gallon, and is UT- d BY uurricts in DIES.- ;
.ng, tanning, and coloring lscther. J'htr.
U left in tic bags U eubstauee jf th
uaor an-' consist. -M-Y of dry uiud call- d
(SCRAP " whioh is sold to Itrniers I.S a
WTIIHOEU at J-or ton.
Th. IET QUNTTTY of OA LIVSJ oMsomes
roic K" or way It IB uiueh ciei.Ber uud
-LIBER that the Ajnsrican <-d Ais put
UJ in TLI casks noid'NG OU GANOAS each,
•iobed in wooder LAAREK THE claim
mad.- Lust ti'j MVES'*-RD tt.oec of the
LODFTBFC ate used in its MANUFACTURE, but
acricah lnat-ULACI uiers slrocgly sus-
that it o**E fts nunwkaLfe CLT-iir
<•lS to its havins U*N liilged with CAL 1
U. I W—nty doliaw PEL gallon hs cousid
ed A low price fe; th® ON und it
sometimes GOV-A. HIGH at E.!T Aiuur-
is the iiuguk' L-u )*4 -Jf filbrwagian
OU-
Kewfoundland COD liier gli next
V tilt korweghm oil. JT Is made < N
rely of the livers of YOUNG co# caught
oil the Joabrador eoast. fortiand has u '
cod liver oi! factor, thut produce.-. ODD ;
.neis per YEAR—'GJU oi refined
. for a., DIEMTJ PUBGWBCE and SOT bar- !
tele of "currier C'OFI
'LOD irvcr hue lonp T-.CI REECTFUL/CD us U
VALUABLE remadia' agent, BUT M i.- not I
g- neraily known that ifieflAuos when
1.... oh FAN* to effect a cure, £E steam ;
WRSIJUG (run- the TRYING eut rata v.ILL ,
anccead.
A conaurutwive. Ie A!®IOE' the lust
STAGE of A., DMEUSS, happeunug to pass
ROUGH ♦ <OD Ii.CR or! factory, stopped,
v.naled LARGE dr aughtt of the usually ol-
H-hnive vapors AS though they Were the
SS si IS of a flower garden, lumaiking :
THUPE is SOMETHING here tndt beerus to
ATRIK' th*.. RIGHT OPRT," and, although a j
acalti./ man obtained pcrmissl-JU to
work An UA fa-it-ny At the end of A
NOSUHT IA had gained thirty pounds, hau
GREATLY Improved in appearan<re und FEEI
NG, Aus APPETI had I --turned, his cough !
aas G-ME, and huaUy he completely re- I
COWERED king, M Iliso annwlines resort .
to cod Tver oil factoriee to in hate the
FUMES arising FROM th<- #ate They as- J
aert HIAT their .oiceß ace thereby
AUEAG'MECI.ID AND cleared.
F'W< CAN * LIWWIUJR.S ALWAL
Jh* quesUor- "How fast can A iocomo-
El>' run' has heen a good deal discussed
KJOENTIY in lh* engineering papeis 'l'h- I
VONEIU- ion appear > to HE that there is no '
AUTHENTIC RECORD of any speed above 1
EIGHTY miles an hour. Tbat speed S
VMAIUAD many YEARS ago by a Hristol
•AND IGSDII tank engine with nine-fool !
'>IVKOG V I.M)IS -a long ertdnot species— I
-down A steep OAR 1 TUT ID lias, appar
ently, H*'Vsr beet b- A ten
IT is, INDUED. not A attie strange how I
sharpiy TL* LINE appears to have been ;
DRA W* AT * arhty mrtes an hour. Uncords ,
NIF sevsa*t-FL.. mil- an ho r are as
pi nty a .ITWDIUIRRHW. Atocsrdt of eighty
are '-10-ODIIIGLY RA'# ALE cords of any ,
rsesea speed hav< way of crumbling
neafh *4i* lighter touch.—The Kail
vay* o# Ehgand. Acworth.
ii.wa>> S.-M US® THAI ATSUUTR.
APWOPOR *4 ONE roya. MARRIAGE portion ■
FS.--.-UAK.HT E 4IRIF .: is worth .•Ijile h ,
T-rr tua* a part of TGIWEN V'Actori*'.-
AI'AUS- mmvr.,.U><>ra real <s*.A*>- in NO.
r ARK TU-Y .and -NRT MS- -HE '4ue<-- of
AAG < UT DRAWS A i...T 'AN'-J 1 Income fiom
..U. T PAID 09 NSS.ABFCT > w TORKSUA. ,
fht RENTE ai. rxdleetsiC auh.tly, AND p-C
in, . T..UATI-S*,A.C .WW-FLONO' I.U-rw
t. u. ,w. u-ay iiein a. gs ss the As- -U-*i.
nrrti/RMr sni ru PdMMt
' A Ktorr <* m Trmttm la • SwhttllW
caw.
| "Heme yaara ago,'' Uncle Jerry Hunk
: say *., "I was living In a small town what®
' the folka wre all aelghbors and the vil
lage . dwtor even was not above making
I ft deal now and then In farm products,
I He said to me one day Unit he had a Una I
! hcrkehire BOW he would like to sell. He \
' doeeriked it louie im a very fine BOW. {
• dwelling uspeolally on Use breed. f
wanted suoh an animal at that time, and
I It did not take us long to strike a bar-
I gain, Healing with my pastor, I took
hie word for the sow, and did not even "■>
i to see it Un account ot the breed I pa: A i
i a good round emn for the sow.
"He sent it around when I was away,
i and it was in the pen when 1 returned.
• I look my wife ami two or three friends
, out to the pen to show off my purchase.
i v as quite proud of the possession and
| ha i u great deal to say of 1U line joints as
, wo wont. A hungry grunt greeted us us i
we approached, it ilh great expectations I
Iwe looked over the but s. Them was aw ,
loug noaed.lank-sidedau old razor-backed '
sow as ever you -eteyeou. 1 was provoked
I —t l*t ie to say, 1 wan mad. lina do no [
; attempt tocxpiuss uiy feelings there. I !
1 just told the lured boy to drive thut '■
on tie i nrouud to Parson Blank's and ,
i before lie laid ilmo to get the bars down
I 1 was ut the parsons myself. 'She's a
| - tiling. 1 v.iiui my money buck,' I na'd,
! us mildly a.- I could under the oircuin- ]
J stances. 'Weil, you won't get you: '
I money.' the paisou replied, i hen 1 on. |
lafiaid I used u numl-et of biblical ex i
j e-.-ions in a wy the por *en was noi ■
i ed : . bearing (hem; for ho got very ;
i , no-, audi got isy money.
I lie pa: son was uuxloiis thut nut hi M
i liouid be pcneially kuowa about tie i
; transaction
[ "At olinrch the next Sunday he .
i pii -arnvu an uioqueut seimou. He ha I
a congregation worked up. 'Whatdid 1
1 JereralMi say? What did Jeremiah say - i
i What—did Jeremiah—suy'' in the
j warmth of ins eloquence he cried.
••'He i ays as liow he'd bad -d—d—l' |
I be wouldn i mush you ull up If youea ,
tid-.'t give )>r , hisns' money and Ink |
| v out old sow ! It was a couutiyinaii in j
: e eongrej. alroi, wlio was i.peaking, and j
• ; e iho riitholiiidausvvcredtheparsi.il'
] question.
■a ihe story of the nig got out und the |
• prcuci er left that diocese." J'hlludel i
I 'is Telegraph.
I aiwgoulaik Kui I)iiiiun.
The .1 i.. pa.-: of tin South Amorl '
: can i ■ nth. ■ xt. nduig 300 miles from j
I the Llio N . the boundaiy of tho Ar- |
>. utiuc it-, the a, alt of Magcl !
11- ..rly ponlsh als
i .vert-is ti • .iint- "Tutu ouia," on
•nut of il iii" -ujui. footsteps
v. i. .il ' .i- ,c I-')"V mot any
! ■ ti.c natives. These wen fabulously
j i p. i dt I • u rues of giimta; hut they
; • iiiiy a wel: grov u, rubu . pcaoeable
.... oik, • ■ ti. .. .elves A'soueous
h, ■] : . led into clans and
i j t a'ln * Irons one district
.i .'-her, and th r total number is but
a. mnl Hunting ib tbsif BkW
111. ; -it . tl- y Ull e I'!' horse
, trsb - . is c.f dogs and shooters with !
bow or ui row or throwers of the j
The huuuuci or quitnaeoi, u species oi i
! i-ukui *• unlm.il .*:ui mainly |
i'* i• • ; coph with food, cloth- I
InssCb uud thcii
1 be Ic i! it- ckl... suys the |
! Loudon N. " lew of the in possess
i iiurds of cuttle und flocks of sheep. In
-mo of their hubits there likeness to
1 those of lite North American Indians
. no formerly sub- -tod on tho buffalo or
hibon of the western prairies. The coun
try, vvLii ti is claimed a, under tho do
minion of tl Republic of Chill, has not
yet been u-xunitoly explored, but there
i i e Chilian settlements on the shores of
,ho Stunt* of Magellan, the ofilef of
which Is at Punta Arenas, or Sandy Point,
ar the entrance to those straits. Hero
i '.e s'eum vessels passing through the
• traits are accustomed to stop, and Pulu
go run fur dealers often bring on board
for ule to the officers und passengers
boa itiful rugs of huuuueo skins which
I. ive been prepared and sewn together by
tlr Tehuulcho women. Tho bargaining
for this commodity is u lively sceno.
Giuttybidfi ill lioudou.
A return lies just been issued from the
home office, -louliug with the subject of
metropolitan eemotrles. Of tho twenty
three .-usHo wlilch huve lullen within the
scope of this inquiry, it appears thut the
i Iv of London and Tower Hamlets
Cemetery, Mile-end, leads off with u
gc.iistiy tonuntiy of some 247,000 bodies,
v.i,ile All .Souls iieusal Oreen, occupies
I lie largest aiou, comprising some sixty
nine ueros, and ulso enjoys the priority
| in inspect of age.
As regards tho space allotted for each
giuve, some disparity Is observublo, 9
loot by J feet 0 Inches being the inuxl
i-uii: limit. The common intermentsys
1.-rr geneiul, il being, for lnstauc.',
t ii" iirueliee in some districts to bury us
I uiWiy as eight to ton adults, cr twelve
' children ana grown-up persons mixed, In
u e (MB IP OP rosilug place. London Lolly
j Jelegraph.
'J'ru vvllug on lil> Puri.
The three a slstunt postrnastorß-goii
eral, the chief postolllce inspector and
ins eighty-five assisUnits una the supcr
int' i.-Lent of the railwaymall service uud
his do/.oii assistants, ull have passes
..ned "John Wanumtik.-r" that entitle
the in to ride free on all rullruad, steam-
II -ul und stage lines which curry the
I hltcd blutes mull; but tho postmustei
geiiei al cannot Issue one to himself, by and
i himself, and so bus to puy if the truin
and team bout and stage people refuse
to tuk. ills word for It that he is tho head
of the po.-tofflce department. His fame
;; so general, however, and his face so
familiar to the readers of picture papers
that tho most officious gate keeper for
1 once exercises what might be culled his
discretion.—Philadelphia Press.
ft Georgia Marriage Knot.
J-.hjiUUot;, Aug. 3. An amusing mar- ,
Huge t-iok place in Elberton the other
.v. A couple came into the court house
] obe married. A new justice was culled
u. ile had no form, and Improvised a
are/uony. He first ordered the couple
so join hands, uud then, after heeitutiog
a while, h" usked the groom these ques
ti'm*: "M il! you stick to this woman
through thick uud thin, up and down
rigid mi UM. hot or cold, wet or dry,
a.-id have nu other wife but her? Jf you
will, you con lave her for a wife." Blmi
hn qu. .Luna having been propounded to
tin. woman, uut affirmative answers
given, he pieaounced them husband and
' wife
la.rra,rS VnrnisaiCug I'uwers or Grain.
In lfiAC it U>oh one bushel of corn to
buy one pound of nails, now one bushol
of corn will buy ten pounds of nails.
Tt'-n it requir- d sixty four bushels of
barley to buy one ysrd of broadcloth,
nowtheaam • count ot barley will nay
;ur t.-. - ty yards of broadcloth It then
/•■ iied the price of one bushel of wheat
to ; -a., for one y ord of <a.Uco, now one
b- nel o: w heat will buy twenty yards ol
cauco.— J.ngUsh Mccluuuic.
'A WHEELLESS RAILROAD. '
I M 11* MTTUI KLI.MI) ALL/XH FMACKS |
ur WATKH puwrn.
ft Orrtl Hpvrd Attnlnahlx by (ho tnf
jroni Hint)? Any Motion r*lt
When (ho Train •• Orlron at 1(0
lint—lion ilif Motive Power
| l sU|t|)l
A dispatch frotn I'nrls to tho London
! "Daily News" give* an account of a
■<v of the i'.o-oftllo<l "Chimin do
let Gloouut," or "slide railway," on the
I Esplauado .100 lutalldes wltliiu the ex-
I position. "The now invention," suya the
•orrespondent, "In a singularly orlglunl
outtivance for euabllng trains to run,
ly means of water power, at a speed j
"ilthcrto undrenmed of. Arriving there
! without any intunation aa to whut a slltl
] log railway might he I at first mistook
I tTor an overgrown awltchbaok, with tho
I 'uimps smoothed away. Tho train con- l
listed of four enrriagee, affording room
I lor about 100 passengers, Tho carriages !
; had no wheels, iielng supported at the
I lorners ly blocks of Troti of a size some- '
' what larger than a brick, which rested
! ipou u double line of iron girders. In j
| dm middle of the Hue ut regular inter- |
| raia jutted out Irregularly shaped pillars. I
| tio use of which was not yet apparent,
j "Having takeii our seats anu tho elg- I
, nil being given wo glided along very j
I -tently for the space id a few yurils, i
1 whon suddenly we gathered speed; two |
ii ihroe tugs were felt and wo were fly- i
fig on ut tho pace of an ordinary train, j
ut as smoothly as a boat ou a river, j
."here was a clicking noise on th .rails, i
I sit this, I was assured, was due to u de- i
eel in iiio ooaet ruction of tho slides and j
I vmild bo remedied. Tbe ahronoo of any j
ibratlou, shaking or 'tall inollou' was
i wonderful. A ( light Jerk there was at 1
! egular Intervale, but theu again I was
.old that It was duo merely to the short*
I tes of the course and the Inability to
I p-t una proper paoe. In ahydrauliccar
I veltng at full speed—that la to any at
: . o rate of I I'J to IsOO kilometers, or 87 to
' I miles an hour there would bo almost
in consciousness of motion. Tho Jour
i y down the osplunnde only occupied a j
ew seconds.
"Upon our safe loturn Mr. Filter,
lhalrtuan of tho company which owns
| i o Invention, guvo a full account of it.
; I'lie eliding railway was invented in 1868
. a engineer named Glrurd, who was i
I led in the FtumpOsnuß Wi udlt
j HIS hseu improved to its present state
i one of Iris assistant engineers, M.
' Jarre. As has ulreudy been mentioned
j .lie liydruulic currluges liuvo no wheels,
hose boing replaced uy hollow slides
iting upon ii llut and wide rail, und
. .reovod on the inner surfaco. When
t is dvtdrcd to set the cui riugo in motion
I water Is forced into tho slido or skato of
I lie carriage from a reservoir by com
, crossed air, und seeking to escape it
(pieads over the under surfaco of the
j dido, which it rises for about a nail's
I hieknuss above the mil.
' "the slides, thus lasting not on the
! nils, but ou alilm of water, are in a per
i 'ovtly mobile condition; in fact, the
| ; russuro of tho forefinger Is sulHclent to
lisplace a carrlago thus supported, Tho
I impelling lorce is supplied by tho pillurs
which stand ut regular intervals on tho
mo between the rails. Kuuulng under- j
lea.L every eurfiage in an iron rack,
ibout six inches wide, lilted with pad- j
ifee. Now, as Ihe foremost carriage 1
lasses tp front of the pillar a tap on the
aU-ee is opened uuLomaticuliy, and a
ilreisn of water at high pressure is di
.•otod on the paddles. This drives tho
rain on, and by the time the last cal
lage has gone pust the top, which then
sloses, the foremost one Is in front of the
text tup, the water's action thus being
mntlnuous. The forco dovolopod is al
uost incredible. There is some splash
ug on the rails at the btart, but this dt
ninlahes the faster the train goos. To
itop tho train tho small stream of water
.hut foods the sides is turnod off,and tho
utter coming in contact with tho rails
.he resulting friction stops the carrlago
ilmost instantaneously,
"A water train running at over
10J miles an hour could, I was told, ;
io pulled up within thirty yards; could j
;limb up gradients of sixteen inches In j
.lie yard, descend thorn with equal safoty j
iud run an curves of forty-four yards i
radius. This system would seem pecu- |
iurly adapted for elevuted railways in |
rilies, being light, noiseless, smooth, |
without smoke, fast and thoroughly un
ier command. The danger of running
iff the rails is reduced to a minimum,
;hc center of gravitv of the carriages be
ing scarcely more than a couple of feet
trorn tho rails. Tho oost of the metro
politan system would only bo a third of
one on tuo old plan, while in the open
louiitry its cost would bo somewhat
higher than the ordinary railway, but M.
burro tells me tbe expense would be in
franco uu average of $40,000 a mile.
When no natural water supply is availa
ble a propelling machine every twelve
miles or so would be sulliclent to keep
trains going at full speed. Tbe consump
tion of coal per passenger would bo ono
tenth only of tbe usual quantity.
Urn. Sherman and the Hotel Clerk,
Tho other evening Gen. Hherman went
to a well-known hotel in New York und
inquired of the room clerk if he could
hire an umbrella, at tho same time ex
plaining that ho had beou caught out in
his evening suit und ho feured rheuma
tism uud other complaints. The clerk
didn't know him, but ho thought he
could well afford to take chances ou such
uu eminently respectable looking gentle
man, and although the polite clerk has a
rotund figure and weighs about 212, he
gladly ottered to loan him his overcoat ,
as well as his silver-handled umbrella.
"But," said tho general, "you aro 1
lending these things to an entire stran
ger, und you ought to accept somo kind
of a deposit to secure you against dis
honesty." I
' "Ob, that's all right, colonel," replied
the clerk. "I can't be deceived by you.
I'd trust that face of yours for anything."
The warrior was tickled by the compli
ment, and ho remarked casually as he
went out with his tall guunt form eiivol
oped In the garment that fitted him like
a meul sack, "I'll take you at your word,
and you shall have my card when I re- ,
turn these things."
The next day the coat anil umbrella
arrived, accompanied by a note of thanks
and a photograph of Gen. William T,
Sherman, with his autograph across Its
face. "Great Scott!" said the clerk,
"uud I called hirn 'Colonel,' Just as if he
bad been any ordinary American citizen!
I wouldn't mind it half so much if I had
culled him 'Judge,' but to be reduced la
military rank after all his years of ser
vice and by a hotel clerk I It Is awful." ,
—Merchant Traveler.
I'ruled Inn #ir the Havre.
The international congress of societies
for tho prevention of cruelty to animals
in Fafis assembled, have passed resolu-
I tions condemning blinkers and tho long
whips and the bits now In use.
AM iirevrmniff KKMOMTAT.
PrflsC of Druon Prntt'* WMnr t Hu
Memory.
The shwy of the quoereet tribute to 1
the dead nit record comes from Larabert
i vlile, M. says the Philadelphia
I 'Times." Near that town Uvea Mrs.
Ellsha Pratt, widow of Deacon Pratt.,
who was famous aa a farmer, a genial
toul and an ardent Methodist. He woe
particularly fond of tickling his appetite,
and was deemed considerable of an epi
cure. Hla wife was an excellent cook,
tnd her dinners were rare exhibitions of
sulinazy skill for a rural neighborhood.
About a year agoauumberof minister*
worn ou their way to the camp meeting |
it Ocean Grove. There were Just a j
lorcu of them. Deacon Pratt had them
ill stop overnight at Ids farmhouse anil
rave them a rousing dinner earlr in the
; 'ventng. It was a dlnuer in Oils led on
he Miw England plan, a Pratt came
Tom Vermont ana so did his wife, j
there vas everything conceivable to cut ,
and plenty of reasonably hard cider to j
Irtnk. The dcacou was In the best of
< Timor, and partook even more heartily
i .linn usual of tho food. Ills wife, ao
i ustomed as she was to her husband's
i arge appetite, was astonished at tbe
,mount lie consumed, and made a moo
I ul inventory of tho various articles and
1 he amount of each that ho swallowed.
| The next afternoon Deacou Ellsha |
! dratt died of cholera morbus. Thephy- ;
j uclan said the dinner knocked him out. ;
I TIM funeral was the largest tho neigh- j
' lorhood ever knew. Eight of the twolro \
j lergymen present at tho dlnnor acted as ,
: -all-bearers and tho other four officiated
j it the church and by tho grave.
• The widow was inconsolable for a !
| vbtle und talked about tho tribute she
>roposed having prepared in memory of
j .or husband. Everybody supposod she
! van going to erect a handsome monu
-1 (lent ana tho makers of tombstones sent
, a bids. Hut they wero all mistaken,
lira, i'ratt had in view tho most ro
uarkablo and yet suggestive of memo
•iuls. She had tho work dono quietly in
'hiladolphia, and it required somo weeks
0 finish it.
Whon it arrived at tho farm and somo
>f tho widow's Intimate friends wero in
rlted to cull and 800 tho tribute, thoy
I vero at (li nt astounded und thon shocked
ii'.d finally thoy felt a disposition to
i uugli that was controlled with dlfllculty. |
in tho tublo in tho parlor stood a largo
lines case. On top of the caso was u i
imall arch made of solid silver. Sur
uounting tho arch was the figuro in stl- |
.■or of an angel blowing a trumpet. In
dilo tho arch and suspended from its cen- j
or was a tablet of while marble, on
which was inscribed tho following words
n deep, black letters :
"This Is What tho Deacon DiodOf."
llut it was undornoath tho glass caso j
tint tho great surprijo awaited tho spec- j
utors. There on plates rronged in the
n der they wero servod, were exact du- I
ilicatos in wax and some in glnco shape, j
if tho various articles of food the dea
.im hnd eaton at tho dinner tho evening ;
Hiforo he died, and also exact duplicates j
n qunntlty and size of tho amounts ho j
)nd consumed. There was a largo plate '
)f soup, a big slice of moat, heaping \
>ldo dishes full of vegetables, throe cu
lumbers, huge slices of pie, a quarter of
1 watermelon, two plates of ioo cream, a
mi all clip of coffee and throe goblets of
■idcr. They were perfect pieces of work
i well as perfect representations
..MP'ku had pasai a down tho deacon's
hroat at the dinner. Tho whole thing
! iud cost several hundred dollars.
Tho neighbors naturally ridiculed the
tribute at first, but they ull respected the
widow, and when they fouuu that she
vus really in earnest in her grief aud in
ler regard for the wax memorial, they
estiuiued their mirth and said little
ibout it outside.
The nutmeg is the innermost kernel of
.lie fruit of a small tree that grows about
•hlrty feet high. It Is a native of the
Cast Indies, hat It is cultivated in other
roplcal lands. It has a small, yellow
lower. Tho fruit is small anil peach
ike, but wllh a smooth surface and turns
| reliow when ripe. Tho exterior, n thick,
leshy husk, dries up and cracks, disolos
ing tuo nut. Tho outer covering of this
I nit is what wo know as mace. It is red
it first, but turns to a light brown whon
| lrlod. Next comes a hard, shining shell
j ind Inside that is tho nutmeg.
Tho tree boars about the olghth or
! linth year from tho seed. The mace Is
i aken off and dried In the sun for one
lay, and for eight days In tho shade,
hen dampened with soa water and
irossod in bags. Tbe romalnder of tho
lut is very thoroughly dried, when the
diell is broken and tho nutmegs are as
lorted, tho host ones bolng exported.
They are first pickled in lime water,
hen left to swoat, and finally packod fur
■lilpmont. Tho Fenang nutmogs, the
Hist, aro about an inch long, pale brown,
airrugated on tho surface, with rod
itroaks in the gray interior.—London
Standard.
Electric Flatlron*.
When tho korosono stovo was Invented
Uousekeopors rejoiced over tho prospect
of something that would roliove them of
lorae of tho additional heat required In
cooking, washing and ironing during the
lot days that Alaino had at that period,
jut If tho Watervillo man's new olectrio
ixporlmeuts work as is anticipated, un
lueirod heat will bo reduced to a mini
i num.
In addition to his rocently Invented
iloctrlc ovon. Willis Mitchell has per
feoted a Hatlrou for which wonderful
effects are claimed. A cord is attachod
to a circuit and connected with the flat
iron, which is thoreby lieatod for use, all
it the heat goiug to tho bottom of the
j llutiron when it is needed.
| An Iron heated in this way is always
' ready for use, and, It Is said, can bo run
1 xll day, or as long as tho current Is
1 turned on, without the operator leaving
j the table when at work. The amount of
boat given to tho ilutlron can also be reg
ulated as desirod. -Exchange.
The Price of Toothplcki.
Owing to tho overproduction and ina
; billty to dispose of accumulated stock,
most of tho toothpick mills in tho state
of Maine aro closed. The largest manu
facturer states that ho now wholesales
, his goods for less than one-twelfth of
their cost whon ho commenced business
Jn IHCI. It would bo interesting to know
how far this result has been brought
übout by tho improvement and cheapen
ing In dentistry and also by improvement
in manners.—Exchange,
The Naphthu Habit.
A prominent medical journal culls
attention to the growth of tho "naphtha
habit'' among the female employes of
I rubber fuctories. The lobulation |of
j naphtha fumes produces a peculiarly
agreeable inebriation. Naphtha Is usad
| to clean rubber, und Is kept in large
boilers, to tbe valve of which employes
obtain access and breatbo tho fumes.
Tbe habit was introduced from Germany,
and ie chiefly found in tbe New England
states.
AT A5 MM FUNERAL
MUITS Mwmr tenxa or A mvr m
SAM DIKOO.
I*4l*l Mnarnine I li*ntlHlM4 by •
Pn.alnnal* Inl.-n.ttjr Mil ririinwllp
fervor Strang*!? lprMlr - Tin
Moth.r'r tariff a* lb. (■ alila.
frati Air th D*ad.
An expanding gray cloud spread out
low fiver the tunsa height* Ifi Han Diego
on a recent evening, and a mist lifted up
to It from the laty waters of tho bay,
being tho long arm of tho proiunutory
wltli the gleaming gem on Its finger,
inching from white to red more intensely
as the gloom deepened over the city. |
Tho electric light* Marred into wliite-
Iringed yellow blotchM, and j olnts of
fire burned on tho slope* of bluckuans
that were embraced by tho fog-welded
sea and aky. Tho eok ,r of the night
seemed in designed accord with tho ex
hibition of hum in anguish that a dan
Diego "Hun" reporter Was a witneaa to
at the Indian raucheria lu tho city park.
Here It la that a group of Indians have
lived since coming from Uuja California
over twenty years ago, with no more
prosperity visible lu their fuur huts or I
the small cleared space where their food |
Is cooked and their horses and wagons ,
accommodated than tho oarly settlers
found before tho city of ban Dlsge, now
encircling tho spot, was mote than a
handful of eottagos.
The only addition to their rough shel
ters Is a circular hut, thatched with
ball sugc, fan palms uud munsnuita,
thrown over narrow boards cru <ed each
way. Tho supports are cotton wood
boughs, and a network oi willow
Munches and older is woven tWO feet
from tho ground for a wainscoting.
The opening is at the southeast cor
ner. ralma and sumac boughs were
originally hung ftotu the roof to ti.
wainscoting, ' but Uioso have mostly
fallen off und tho interstices aro filled
with pieces of calico skirts and patch- ;
work plnnod across to keep out the j
sun. The hut had become a place of
mourning on tho ovening of tho re
porter's visit. Tho Indians from tho i
canyon in tile eastern purt of tho park |
were coming up tho slopes, tho men in |
their shirt sleeves and the women we ,
lug tho black robosa about their head j
In the center of a hut on u bare
wooden lounge was u cherry-stained .
pine coflln containing tho rem I
Antonio Gonzalos, who had been shot j
dead by a qogro.
Tho head of tho corpse was toward tho j
east. A bandana had been tied around
and brought up to covor tho ohin to hide ;
tho disfiguring wound in tho neck, as tho
discharge from the gun had nearly 3' v
ored tho head from the body. A bin >.
tissue veil protected tho swollen and o
caying features from the i!io- The
liunds wore crossed ovor a dark
shroud, uttd a flatlron served to hold
thorn in place. From foot to neck w ;
stretched a ootlod curtain of ai >e ,
whtto laco, and on it, below the ohiu of
the corpse, lay two short twins of >
binilux. The cover of tho .'ia was
set up against the lounge on tho
north side, where n corn- ly. copp.-i
| colored Indian girl stooc. brushing
I away the flios with a ragge ' white silk
' handkerchief. She had a bandana, such
os the corpse wore, knotted around her
head in the same way, hut tied under
instead of over the chin. She wore a
skirt of olive green wool, a sack of brown
and yollow striped calico, a white apron
and a short black shawl. Site was the
childless widow of Gonzalos, and her
face wore a look of apathetic endurance,
as Bhe gazed tearlessly upon tho putrlfy
lng features.
The mthor of tho dead sat on a box ut
the foot of coffin, a (Mlpplcd rheumatic
who had to be caMod in from bis
wretched hut of bougfe and canvas. His
hair and board were white, and his face
had an expression of dignified haughti
ness, indicating his mreltion among the
tribo. A patchwork wapory was drawn
around his shoulders and knotted on tho
chest. He sat with his hands on his
knees, apparently waiting for eomo ex
ercises to begin.
Tho mother, a wrlnklod creature in
black dross anil rebosa, was enthroned
besldo him. The aged squaws crouched
on squares of matting near tho venerable
buok, and two young ones knelt In
tho dust tho other end of tho hut, hooded
tn blaok shawls. Outside on pieces of
matting wore a half dozen more bucks
and squaws about a lowering camp lire,
finishing their supper of bread und coffeo.
By tho time they had dono and tho
blackened tin utensils wore stowod in one
of the small huts, the guosts had gath
ered, one party coming up in a wagon.
Tho old buck reached behind him for four
wax candles In bottles and tin holders.
He lighted them, and tho mother placed
one of them at each cornorof tho coffin.
Threo Bquaws wearing black robosas
wero the first to enter tho place of
mourning. Simultaneously, as they
ranged tnomselvos opposite tho window,
tho entire group bogan a low, pathetic
moan, that deopenod Into a volume of
sound torriblo to hear and awesome to
comprehend. The dignity of their atti
tudes us with uplifted faces they mourned
for tho dead, was one of dramatic fervor
not equalled In the red lights of the stage,
The tears streamod over their features
-unchecked, and the passionate lntonsity
of feeling that is represented boueath
their usual stolidity transformed the dull
faces Into statues of savage, passionate
Buffering.
Tho voices dropped to a wall as u
young squaw holding a stick reached the
entrance. Behind for and grasping the
other end tottered a very old creature
with a bluck band like a crown over the
white hair hanging short and thick about
her neck. Bho was led to the head of the
coffin, where she folt for the odgo like
ono who is nearly blind. She moaned
and sunk to tbe ground with uplifted
hands. Her head swayed back and forth
and she sobbed aloud, every cry being
heavy, deep and soul stirring. They
crowilod in, bucks and squaws, until the
smell place was full, except the side
where the widow stood. And as they
came the terrible cries, penetrated with
subtle shades of feeling,rose and fell ltko
tho tide, breakers of augulsh dashing
themselves into spray of signing sound
over the poor coffin.
At a sign from the old buck thoy ail
knelt and chanted a prayer. He straight
ened up and spoke to them of Gonzales
and of his death, and rohearsod the
promise of salvation assured to thoso who
belong to the Roman Catholic ohuroh.
As he leaned back exhausted tho wall
bogan again. Gongnlos' widow knelt be
side tho coffin, anil tho mother arose at
tho foot. Her language was an enigma,
but her actions wore those of a mother
bereft of her child. Thoro was a sub
limity in her grief that hushed tho others,
a tragic power In her anguished gestures
that a Rachel envy. She soomod to bo
recalling in her wild bursts the birth and
childhood of tho lad and to bo repeating
Incidents of his development to manhood.
With a torturing moan sho knelt beside
rb white-hatred |M, and they ftr i
their arras around Msea oth-r'a ntmi
rook In y and cobbing.
The uiouralog *>aa ceetleued until '
following morning, when the movriW
nil attended church, and their I net rit<
were concluded by the bartnl of ti
body.
firir hhk.% tn a h ormu
n llnmmn'< Llnlr Riportaan In
lm(liw4l (loor|t Town*
"Did you nvr nee making bui>-
In • hotel?" Tho question was asked ;
• 'raveling man who had Jnat return,
from a an weeks' trip through tho aoqf
orn portion of tho state.
"I wouldn't hnvo believed," ho JouL
uetl, "that people and bees could five I
gather, but I hare seen It with my or
ryea, and I ain convinced that thay oa
Tho other week as I was maklr • my
I turn trip to Hnvrntmh, I atopped over
I Oglethorpe, and I epent tho ulght in tl
' industrious little town at tho i rum me
| home, the only hotel there. It In ki
j by Judge Willie, the largest nvrohu
1 ami one of the wealthiest men in 9out
j west Georgia, I was sitting out on t
I front [Mireli just after supper, smoking
! cigar, and I kept hearing a rum bit:
1 aoiso, as If water woro pouring off oi;
I place. The sound name and went at 1
1 tervale, and sometimes I could hoar
I distinct enough to almost toll, t thoug?
| what it was. From tho artesian we
situated in the ocntqr of tho town, ru
a sinutl stream. It runs down ah
over rooks and pebbles, making a rui
tiling noise like that of a brook, ai
forms a brunch further down tho hi.
and tho rippling of tho little stream •
heard at the business houses.
! I got up and walked down to the sout
j cud of tho porch, Imagining that I cou'
smell the snoot fragrance of the vlolc
and honeysuckles on the branch, when
bug, as I supposed, whizzed by my hea
I throw mv hand up to my head \vb'
something lighted ou It. 1 wasn't frig!
ened, but skittish of bugs. I made
desperate brush at the Insect, with n
left hand unit struck It. It did not ti
dead tor tho Itoor as I expected, 1>
■sting was in my hand and tho poor Mil:
1 could not get loose. Tho sonsatlaa W
i unnerving, and with au energetic use •
! uiy cap 1 got ild of it. It was a boo.
1 leaned up against a column to get broa
| after the experience and Jarred the p
considerably. Istooped vwatoptagi
I my cup, and when I straightened up
| ran my head into ft boo no-The
; wore more bees than I over felt befoi
1 They 'pitched' on my face and heud, a
i as fast us one would sting ho gave plu
| to tho next iuio, who gave rao a whu
, I ran tut" the room, and la some w
j tliey got Ihe bees off of mo.
"Two days afterward, 0 tow hours I
fore 1 wa golf : to leave, I though
would take a last look at tho •( • I spo
I found the column against which
lcnnoU, and tho first thing that attract
my attention wa i tho rumbling no
that I honrd two ulght < before. Lookh
at tho top of the post I saw a bunch
hoes that would have filled my ha'
They wore mulling honey. I had mad
1 discovery. I made known what I I
i seen to the proprietor of the house. 1
; investigated It uud found that tho c.
uiuu, which is about ten foot high a
eight lnchos in diameter, was full
honey up to within two feet of tho to
After calculating awhile, wo found tli
tho column contained ovor 200 pounds
houey. It was a llnd of between ?R0 ac
f 100. Nobody .ad cvor soon tho bet
before, and, notwithstanding tho run
bling noiso had attracted tho attention
numbers of peoplo, they attributed t!
sound to the branch just us 1 did. Ti
two families live poaoeably togoth
now, I am told, and no hostility will i
manifested until tho post gets full
honoy, then the whites will begin pilla
lug and robbing.
The Wvialng I.ottcry.
This most famous of the many lottori
in China at tho present timo Is that knov
us tho Welslng. it Is of recent origi
is most popular in southern China ai
among the Cantonese, aud Is brietly d
scribed by tho consul at Canton in h
last report on tho trade of that place.
After describing tho great college esto
lished by tho viceroy for the cncourag
ment of tho study of native litorntur
with its 100 acres of ground in tho oi
aurrotinclod by high walls and a moat, i
lecture rooms, residences, and endo'
ments, Mr. Alubastor observes that 1.
though Canton is not a literary clt
tliero is 110 want of opportunities of ed
cation. Colloges abound, and any b(
who shows ability has no difficulty i
obtaining teaching and suppor Ipi
as Hiero Is hopo of success in tho oxai.
inatlons, which In China take tho plai
of tho race course eisowhore.
Gambling, in tho shapo of lotteries o
tho successful candidates, is license
and in place of putting money on tl
derby tho Cantonese satiety their ta
for speculation by backing favorite at
dents. Tho lists of those entering ai
published, and the man who can prick <
tho list of entries the greatost numb,
of successful scholars wins the lotter;
Men ruin themselves buying lotter
tickets; tickets aro forged or stole
promising students aro hocussod <
bribed not to put out their powers; e
aminers are, it is hinted, exposed to so;
ous temptations, but as racing encou
ages tho brood of horses, so tho Wolsix.
lottery oncourages the pursuit of loar
lng, and furnlshos tho local govomme'
with a considerable revenuo in ti
amount given for the monopoly of ca.
rying it on.—London Times.
A London Cabby's English.
One does not expect to speak b'
mother tongue in the highways and b
ways of Paris, Berlin, or Vionna, but 1
London ono hopes at least to bo undei
stood, as is often not the case. A Was:
ingtonian doing tho sights of the Ed a
lish capital ordered his cabman to drl
to the Alhambra. "Whero is It, sir
asked the cabby. "Well, my man, tha',
whut I don't know and what you oug.
to know If you pretend to know your
business."
Poor cabby was nonplussed, and as
sorted with ovtdont tnortifloatlon tha
though he had made his llvfog as 1
London cabman sinoo boyhood he h. '
never hsarri of such a place as tho J
bambra. "Why," said, the mueh-d.
guetod American, "It's a place wh
they have music and dsnolng and pier,
to drink." '>Oh! it's the Holumbria y
mean, sin." And with a sarcastic sm
on his face at the pronunciation of i .
American cousin 110 drove to tho place ...
question.—Washington Herald.
Pcrfnmrs From Flowers.
The method in which the most delior"
perfumes are obtained from flowers
not of tbe most costhotlo nature. 1'
(lower petals are spiead over glass
which have previously been covoi
with a quartor Inch layer of fat. 1
glasses are then shut tightly into wood
framos, and before long tho fat absoi
all tho perfume. The next process i"
egt up tho fragrant fat Into small pkv
and put tlieso into alcohol. Tho perfut •
at. once deserts its oily protector e
unites with the alcohol, It is then tit 'jt
the market.