>.mi mn
./* ktrkitntiva Actvmr-t nr ttip
rrkittr* rnATtn.
A* P.Hnrt H 1/vA,, AT
aliwjp Che dsMswn to* XSVfgn
ar Pnm4 Th rs( far* X„,
*n*rf to the tofww C toe Crw
<•**.
<>' ■ t a trad* of muscle and
•f , ,'acr* Is iurfgiaer.t in
. ..v..vg low to strike th* tfttb
pfcttVjt* cea -oc rone, motel* la the ha: .
,x:"a dl.'xJi-.—e r.se a*d lafl. The mo
it '*# of lj w#w. The workman's
vfiw* Jefiut the hammer fafl
mmf J- • i#i* Aearl/ to he starting pain;
to, A.-1'.A..-y, ft not f.-.e physical effort
*. ewAia. arvev. though th- aammwra, one
/• eatei p? - wergh efgfcfeen, twelve
i to ii-y;ca p<wm..'a.
/#tSf Store, r to etves ,10 penny weight
' itAnd from tft* tmtmio the form
-7 .* < nr.r.y r.h cm. seven yard* long and
A .V. 'h' ia, wl<fth- f rt Into fto nt*c-
Pt #6 Mto the • catch-" This consist*
3e vdi.: f Meves of a vegetable fibre,
H e,**f each of wMeh fa placed a piece
AVfpjgto fhfo * lightly fitting
i ■ lafato on the stone, ami
i'.-vlafi'daef faffe sgair and again, tlm
i. v itfnjr to drive 'he weight toward
ie ftom the 'tofftMrSto sheets.
i 1 v.v /tiMto, ato pf-*ed out with eurhm-
V-?Wtod > 'ery. Handling with the
/• vs. cmpy fy at the l#M*r stage
to aiowt ftfde to break the kaf
toch ta I? en -prartorto by a sect km
of - v.vrVto (tone on a little i/rrpfem*nt
irAv/W* .as i '•AUPttP. ink In reality a
-i' vy AJ
f fi* second pad js the "shoder." ft
W- Mftyg, tod k If-1 to A he* wnmte.
fwdtowddflwe l lows here i< grcaw-r
lid ,'ed-rSf are to view o - . to the /cm
to to to they "--re nod fefore, and lb
JAW vce* ccf f bese jpartlcie.< arc care
.via? tofdf ,'tdo an apron attached
to toe whe, tor fh A workman must ac
y't'.f to* ntorc -me of hA vt pctmy
fn ifhd third pro'** there are three
/volcfer -d .ayr hav#f each and five
totoeff rmare paeh mold rvrntre. mm
fyfk /fie leave? are bnv
(totodn !the klfgvekt mlsjudgmcnt
tWH prodyff oil rerdt# in spite
id toe teat .peocrato-l wy the Mows damp.
ff' to uvapy to hefwean the edgea. Dm
#Ato m fftkiffkt esaeutto) here; si/,
to ' ?'"to? the mtod ts pt*' • /
if " tod w?'*e an ordinary eogv
top Mm h*i tokmt Horn an oven a
tow! prnfm Whe/a'ea to" toMatnrm
"fie?/ W&knHify beaten the m<-ld
to 'too affh idn-'-rs ami
•Hfattoff" wgw in tomtsof tw/otv fi.■
(J s*,'.b three and three eight b
•' • her wmaf'- MCh workman, from hi*
i+k*H§ hi three modda, D to fill righto
'•/■-to, fhatfgriftod u'iih. put i<
' r ?to*dret ffi I fie moid - sb a tot 11
fi'to'be? k 4.148 toa-mg I'jgMy *
d Pk ever* m!i*t nook fi
ftto "If, fi' tl* leaves only leing usd,
e |.f <-c?/tola t-a'd. /fit?, it gverr leaf
#a.a torltofd, he w-mid make ff.rfl extm.
IK- ■ ifig "Wagmr -k<stfie leave* <s •!
TT- fito Ki'mate tfie/a * cmttoua 1 wa-- /
7 we, f eh'the Imnartoci leave* it , u
lb vHb toe sb- 'je? hate, ll Is afi
.".''.'tod fiytd a "fiwHofC and -relabel
7' 1 meg '-vme |n a- pi-tittjr aeigfji
P • 't'ee|gfify totoka 11 pefifiv vcL'lif-- i
alioved, hi* the* mar -eJufi tri u' .-t
D "tokmatt e*g mmmIIIHh I fie au.
;" 'hdjeefi *n ton* * jc r'ecf, tfie fi/ t
'e? wha'eve? toe wa'e y iigfiu oe
--f nennye)*hfe II a tohh.-weight i
tald.toe a-/to man. fnf ere?, | em,,,
eiirtrf nfider/f fTe dednetod rtiu=. g|.
jl ■ -'fipitwe g' fil I* f/sed (rter qgitt. fi
If -fit 'JI ge'nrwefjjfit* to i'iill (mi 1
4nd agatfi a man. e*ea th""wi< fie iunis
' Sfi Wte? fifimfie? nftHPlft", UlHt fin to
ft-h afiortag' a in fii= haste ** to lotn,.
file fe/afice'e wtofig way,
/fitoe fita'lfia? a weektfie gve*g
fi'.'ffifie? /fie ekijje j wnrkitiSii can ma io
m. a/1 eetoaj'v a Httto more l j,,-
1 jaifitifiwef of meemntoicd fi -mail
WfiSt ate Dfigllufimafi. liufii I" alio* 1-
•infifiytlnctoaili in the e*/t. lfi> t < and
Pwlta/Nnfiia fiHyHsfilfig mo t of tfi
-'(/tfi-efi it I* Ifi tfie latter city tfi i
|ii iar.*i sfioo Ja the Duiied btatc i
tovtod /fie flitlfif otfi of g *"! d t<ent
el e ('/w Wfi' /e fitimfiet 1 I" e.
/ffipltyed |* * ratfiei i *pen*he mattei
' •"'fi map jerermn! outfit I wotifi
K'jhii tivti the molds alone eostlo* *W s
I'leee,
gl*ri#|gf ft. flr-phr-H. MlmOmsh.
h" a*a of lilhj Mr. ftinphetta' farm
|' Ho remM* torn of (he remark whit h
h> fmro* to hla snrvabfn n his departure
for the gotHfra mansion • "if „ ,) (1H
| kssm here open lhe gale ami give Id'll
a fmn (eat egd tf tu totting a to km nlm.
Tripmatrp ah' ils around 0i premise* i<
•all bl remark that i... would t vi own
aoithjfg that hp couldn't eorei
rhdnf una or th<sa abed* the do
't|o In whfeh he 'usee hit I- t emu
I uigti f, entigtmis stIII stands, much tin
nurse fnt W'rtt ill Ibis cattiHue he is
'h'ten tn ta'lhlnl Hurry, abd | u!l"d by
•lie b"tJd "Hea-liltlpn gray*," and lu It he
1' alptnl Heatl'Wß lh eveiy county iu tiro
h'elith dlaitl't. His ouan carriage Is in
S' "d repair. In the ownership of Mr
atiford, and will yet do valuable sot vice.
An Inronent old uuarter-wltti d d*<ky
•h"WS elik" tna liberality of Liberty hail
ttf the past ami the present. lie luoU->
H" ihirwin missing link, and la as use
las ies any erenttlta that crawls He has
heefc Ibete lifts warn. in answr t.. am
'jnsstlqn he rayh- ' My name h- Mr IV i
bawls Hawkins i I mo culled dat try old
ma*tr; l ie always boa'ded at Liberty
ball:' ana that Is the extent of his le
mtmatioh nriumbitt Fmtulret Sun
1 hi ntaai <• I'MMS trasi.
The • lugi i brown trout ever caught
en this continent na* landed a few
BvMtlnga ago at hieing (Jteck. Mumfoid,
N. I The llsh weighed sit pounds and
two ounces, alld lie poroutP'ttaaud com
pll> lion Were fUltfect This Is one ol the
i cii r leown trout, the |iawn ol
' ■bh n nas Imp i'<• I from ticttimtiy. and
re fi i d tit fl" ,S'c York state naVchery
on Pel la, |ss| ( so lhat Its age caumo
| e more than it* cell n and R years Tie
iatgesr ever '-might previously wei he
* trine ovu ivi I' inn I' VewVorkHon
ttsil* i of llrwo.
two ghastly miles of o ittonat hero*"
haw been prt rted to the Museum at
the Hugo thtongue or Jehu In* Witt
tnrt the great tire of his lirothr fore
Mtts, \vhn the untoytenatc in Witt •
were murdered by the luob el hc Ha. I"
In IttTS these fragment" weie secure I i y
t.ev ■ i faeilfy, nU'l tti-v h ( v,. twwb
handed d own a Mrteeni" from genera
Won to generation.. Ms change.
Itriianc onMt IMoai hell Ihsi
To* the yi ur emtiot Mao H. t s, rb"
revenue f I undue rvcuhct nu fw then
ctt,*tit f|v..i th- i ic of *lani| f.i
gatcct meJMnea, this nuo>unt being
•early tt4,imi:i excess of that receive
lurtag the pro vlotta yenr, and Very e- griv
ren,o*m m advance >f the amuenf r>-
♦etved In ihT i Exchange.
rioi*Z9ornfiru
OM Ttmo IraolaMM* llnift life
la an Arkansas Tan.
Blading tho local goeatp relating to
the eorioua finding of a jury la £ioaUtaa%
Mo.. recall* as observation of my owl.
la 1356 1 was on my way to Hot Spring*,
ami 1 stopped at Nrpoleon, Ark., for a
few days, nays lodge Cullen la the St
Loots "Olobe Democrat." I drifted Into
the court room and goon perceived they
were trying a man for aeeaolt with Intent
to kill. The Jury retired, and in a sur
prbdngty short time brought la a verdict
fining the accused 110. So novel a ver
dict excited my cwrioetty to know more
of the ease than I had heard. Later in
the day 1 met one of the Jurors and
asked him point blank how they reacned
such a verdict. With a frankness alto
gether characteristic of the Arkansas
jurors of those days he replied; "Wall,
you see, ft the feller had killed his man
we'wouMn't have fined him ad-—n cent,
so we fined htm 910 because he failed.
D'ye see, stranger?"
I also onserved another peculiarly In
teresting feature of life In Napoleon at
that period. 1 was coming down the
street one day during my stay and I ob
served a man with his coat off, two ugiy
looking revolvers protending from his
hip pockets and a shotgun thrown over
his shoulder. The man was pacing up
and down in front of a store. As 1 was
passing a drug store In the vicinity the
clerk hailed me and said: "Stranger,
you had better come In here for the pres
ent, That's the marshal walking up ar.d
down fhe street and he's looking for a
ruemtr-r of the city council. There's
likely to he some shooting going on."
Of course 1 was glad to avail myself
of the clerk's thoughtfulncss. The mar
shal continued to pace back and forth for
some time. I observed people hero and
there In fhe vicinity thrust fhoir heads
'mi of doore and windows and quickly
withdraw them, precisely like rats. Af
ter a while a half dozen o* so ventured
out on fhe street, myself among them.
1 went to a Millard hall in the second
story of a building near by and began a
game with a chance acquaintance, mo
mentarily forgetting the marshal. I hud
no! been in the hall long when I heard a
-not and a man came rushing in;o tlm
Millard hall, his hear! all covered w th
Mood, and going to a desk got a > <•-
velvet and rushed down the stairs again.
1 dofi't know exactly how I got there,
but I shortly after found myself in a
room of an adjoining building, only to be
' nfronted later by the man who hod run
'"■ywn fhe stairway. He thrust his rc
volver (n my face and demanded to know
what 1 was doing in his room. An •x
--planallon followed, and lie said, ratfier
calmly, "That's all right, Major, Lui
d- hlf I didn't take you to b© one of
the marshal's gang."
H'lM Ofivne> of Mnaka,
A resfileut of Sitka, Alaska, says that
Alaska fairly teems with animal Hie
fie sea along Its shores and the ilvei <.
inlets and lakes are filled with an Inex
haustible supply of tho largest and flm-st
food fish. Fishing Is one of the princi
pal Industries of the country, and fully
fifty Isree fsetorles are engaged in pock
Ing the fish that ore shlpj>ed to almost
every country in the world. It Is a per
fect paradise for sportsmen. The is
lands In llehrlng sea. as well >- :i,
mainland, are fairly overrun with great
herds ("fall kinds of fur-bearlnp nnium!-
AJoug the not lit coast am uieal hurtle
"fs nirimes. which are vahialtlo lor th' ir
meat and ivory tusks.
Tfie sen cow", which used to bo found
here, has !<eeome estinet In tho inte
tior parts of the country and in tho north
are tfie gteaicst breeding places for
bltds In the world. For miles tlio cour
tly will be covered with myriads o.
geese, -wans, ducks and hun-lro l otlnu
rat-levies of the feathered iritie. They
ict d ou I lie wild berries and beuoine m<
fill towards the close of the eeusoa that
'fiey can hardly lly, and the native -
knock them over with cluba by the hun
dreds. The canvas-back ducks have
tlielr bleeding places on the Yucon, the
principal titer of Alaska. There Is one
t'Olht on the western coast of Alaska
"here, en a clear day, It is possible to
1 1" 1 Asiatic coast, thirty-eight utiles
auay. Ihe natives of Eastern Sil-etia
'dd Alaska "tten exchauge trading vis
iis and cross the stialt in open boats.—
! lilladelphta Preoa.
11l lla llul llrla f tlrnift.
Illthert" lbrloop Singh's emerald has
been considered (lie largest known,
iiimUflna tlitec Inches loug. two wide
ami half an inch thick. The Duke of
I'cvonshhe's la the largest In Euglnnd,
two 1m hc In height, nnd two and a
•pia't"r across brought, it is said, to
that country by lotn Pedro.
ituttior has mentioned a huge eme
rald lu Persia as big as a walnut, said
the mOM veracious or chronljlcrs. but
itg- i. 'till lesscredible authors stated,
t t this time the latter were correct
Iho shah s emerald measured seven
Inchon across, and the names of the
m.# who (mi-.esod it aro rulettuvcophi
enfly engraved on It.
'he extent of the shah's collection of
,!' -na can only lie gucsvsed at, as In the
0 ral treasury they are stored tn buck
ets, says the l.umlou "Oourt Journal "
1 'te r>ames of the pctographs of hlni
>i if lu-stowevt upon the royal princes,
which are encrusted vrtth dlumonds
Wevrlo cn roach hut little on his
stores
Imllttlleas el UM Browse.
All excellent Imltati or of old lironre
bus Peon lutroduced lu soiue of the art
products of that character. It is well
kei'wn that the repaakel applnations to
,-o| (S't or lease of aiUuuate washes of
dilute acetic acid and exposure U the
fuciee of amtuouia rccult lu a very an -
tleuc-loohlttg and highly prinul anihyves
broiire. but a more rapid lucthvsl id prx>-
duclttg this beautiful apisvarauce has luna
lawn a illdilmiaai. It le now found thai,
• Ula teay Ist acv—npHehed by immersing
the arttel' - lu a svdutlon of one part ywrn
chloride o! Iron In two parts of water, the
tune activating darkaee~ with length of
bumerslon. or the materials may he
isi led in a strong solution of nitrate of
eopjsw.
It Is also Ivmnd practicable to insure
the desired e(Twt bv Immersing the arti
cles lh a avdutlon I>f two ounce# of ni
trate of Iron ami th same euautlty of
hypceolphlte vd sola in half a pint of
enter, dry tag etui burnishing completing
the process Exchange
r*wl< TwIS la a tWHvr'* UeiH ia.
heme little children who were playing
the other daylm u lot tear tha cv ;uer ot
I'ntsw ptavs' ami Nvwxh avenue dug up a
ls>x Ile'losing a email skeleton Fright
ceml, ther vafhsl a patrolman, who. hac-
Intr a good W Ti'ty. recaibwl the history
of the •xcietott. Seven years ago a Utile
Mack anvMan terrier, a ret of a Ea Iv He
ine t the neigh Swhoswt vtiwi suddeaiy.
It va supposed of ktvfrspWbk, lie
Was hwrlwsl. a I the shebrton '..."earthed
wa bfs v tut- <#t of fli hsaad
ft in the throat o' the skekton
•t" ' shel the by;s-thesis that the terrier
•tu tof hrdrophohta. KtHlwrs Sua.
the i re'tleet tea ctoths have hm
rtit' M tmrvlera
BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS.
———
PECUTIA BITIKD OP TTTE HOMED OF
WINOBD CREATURES.
A Www England Nswipsper Man RtlntM
Hl* Kip.rt.nrM Willi* Hunting Kf(h
Tftr Crow and lfU Kidnapping Pro
pwnnltlM— How Two Robin. Displayed
Hamaonlng Powers.
Home years ago I was presented with
a copy o! Samuol's "Birds of New Eng
land, writes a correspondent of tho
Lewlston "Journal." It contains com
plete descriptions of every bird that
over even visits New England. The
nests, eggs, habits, plumage are so ac
curately described that it is nearly im
possible to mistako any specimen. I
was at once introduced to many birds In
our midst of whose vory names I had
occn Ignorant before. A desire seizor!
me to make a collection of birds and
eggs. I had neither the skill nor the pa
tience to stuff birds, but to collect their
eggs was an easier matter. A robin's
egg and two or throe of spar
row's eggs wore uuito easily obtained.
To preserve them I glued them to a thin
piece of board !) by 18 inches. This
!>oard was afterward knocked down and
every egg was shattered.
Tho first egg 1 got nearly proved to
be the lost. A golden-winged wood
pecker had a nest In the top of a high
smooth stub. A rough and scratchy
top rider from a fence formed a conve
nient ladder to the nest. Tho hole was
too small to admit my hand, but my
knife soon made It larger. Two eggs
were transferred to my pocket, and
while deliberating whether to take more
—there wore six of them—my impro
vised ladder suddenly fell down. 1
bugged the treo fondly and slid to tho
ground. Sundry knots sought to arrest
my progress, but only succeeded in stop
ping portions of my clothing and cutlclo.
With the eggs in my hand I limped off
toward hoino. There seemed to be a
throbbing or thumping in my hand, and
on examining tho eggs I found that
they were hatching in my hand. The
eggs of tho golden winged woodpecker
are white until their contents nro re
moved.
A cuckoo's eggs wero found in a
robin's nest. The robins had abaudoned
nest and all. I think tho robin, oftener
t ban any other bird detects tho fraud of
the cuckoo, for once since then I have
found a cuckoo's ogg on tho ground
under a robin's nest, where tho birds
had evidently thrown it. Tho cuckoo
often builds nests for itself of loose
sticks, not very far from tho ground.
A visit to the Egg Rocks, near Frank
lin Island, yielded nearly a bushel of
gulls'eggs of all shapes and markings.
Tho fresh ones were very similur to hen's
eggs for cooking purposes. They lay on
tho bare ledge to be hatched by tho heat
of the sun. Tho sand piper lays an egg
very largo in proportion to the'size of the
bird. It seems almost incredible that so
small a bird can lay so largo an egg.
Probably no nest is so hard to lind as
the bobolink's. Often I have searched a
Held over In vain, and during a few
weeks of tho haying the field would be
alive with young bobolinks.
The nest of the loud-mouthed crow is
extremely easy to locate either before
tho eggs are hatched or after tho young
begin their dismal crying. I have seen
enough of the crow's por oruiances to
condemn him. I have known him to
c 'ino within four foot of the house and
kidnap a nest of young robins who would
have destroyed more noxious insects In
a week than a hundred crows in a year.
Recently 1 saw a crow plungo into au
elm pursued by a pair of robins. The
murder was committed before I could
Interfere and a happy home was deso
luted by the wrecked outlaw.
Bluejays are really as mischievous as
crows. As for the English sparrow, it is
a pity ho cannot bo sent back to England
together with tho criminals and luna
tics she sends to our shore. It is hoped
that our farmers will be converted, to an
English sparrow destroying faith at our
next legislature.
It ie commonly supposed that birds
have great forethought. Wonderful skill
they have but no forethought. I once
found a nest of a golden-winged wood
pecker dug into the cast side of a dead
tree. There were six eggs in it. On an
ether visit 1 found it nearly full of water.
The rain had beaten in and tiie bird had
to leave. On the opposite side of the
tree no such trouble would have oc
curred. In the same hole I afterward
found four egg shaped bodies covered
with a dark skinlike substance. They
withered and dried up. At another time
1 found a robin's nest built between two
small spruces. After the eggs were laid
and hatched a heavier breeze than usual
brought the trees together and cru-hed
uest and birds. On the other hand a
1 air of robins on a very windy day un
dertook to build on an exposed projec
tion of tny house. The wind blew away
the sticks and suaw as fast as they were
brought here. They at last retired, and
I supposed they had given it up. But
no, after consultation they began to
' ring clay and plastered It down until
they had erected a breastwork, behind
which they easily erected their hums
That showed reasoning powers on the
part of the bii ds and an ability to provide
against present emergency, which is
after all. as much as man himself can do.
A Vt-dulnra Par k of Cards.
Fifty-seven guineas is not a bad price
for a pack of cards, and It was given a
few days since by a dealer at a sale held
in Birmingham. The pack is stated to
l>e the only one of Its kind in the wot bl.
Every raid is specially engraved, and
the pa OK comprises an exhaustive pic
torial history of the principal events in
the reign of Queen Anne, down to 1706.
They include the victories of Marlbor
ough. the sea-lights of Admiral Benbow,
all the various changes connected with
the parliamentary proceeding s of -ee
day, and the conclusion of the troaii"-
betweea England and France and Soait:
The Queen of Hearts is a very "well
drawn picture of vfueen Annie herself,
and the King of Hearts represents Prince
George of IVnmartt, her husband. The
Queen of Diamonds is Anne Sophia,
Queen of I Vim. ark; the Queen of Clubs
is the Princess Royal of lYussia, and the
Queen of Spades is the Princess Anne
of RUSMA The knaves were repre
sented by leading politicians of the day.
Thi- cut i. us jack was the occasion of
much spirited l idding between the gen-
Un cn who held commissions for tlie
purchase Had they gone to one of
these the local art gallery would have
eveatualy received them. As It is.
their des".ination is Shropshire.—Pal
Matl tlawttc.
tr<-n. tVxvk says that Sitting Bull
ha- no *v t utntVnr tnrcf the- Indians a
a brave but only as a raadiciwe man. H.
tan away at the Ouster fight, and hi?
watltke lejHiWkw has I ecu principal!*
at- ce htsa -y eastern .whiles, Gen
Otvok ale- that he does not see how an*
•sc • sXI mk* a hero < t him.
MONKEYING WITH A BABOON.
Tk I*dllu *f It. Lonb W Knocked
Out In One Round.
In the old Kt. Louis museum we had,
among other attractions, a baboon called
Dlok, says a correspondent of the New
York "Sun." He was a solid chunk of a
fellow, good-natured, and a groat favor
ite. Ho had one peculiarity, though,
which wo had to cater to. He took short
naps twlco a day, and If aroused before
his time he was as ugly ae sin all tho rest
of the day. We had him dressed up as a
little boy, and when the. time camo to
take his nap he crept into an old-fash
ioned cradle, and the fat woman gener
ally rooked him to sleep. That very thing
was quite a draw, and plonty of people
came in solely to see the baboon rocked
off to slumber.
One day, soon after Dick had closed
his eyes, a half-drunken chap entered the
place and created considerable disturb
ance. He wont by tho namo of Awful
Pete, and was a hard slugger. 1 tried to
reason with him and get him out, but he
unfortunately oaught sight of tho sleep
ing baboon and at once demanded that
tho animal be aroused and put through
his tricks. I sought to explain, but ho
wouldn't have it, saying:
"I paid to see the bab, and I'm going
to see him or bust tho b'iler 1"
"But If you wake him up he'll light."
"Then I'll wring his neck 1"
Beforo I could stop him he dodged
under tho rope and lifted Dick out of tho
cradle. Tho animal woke up and took in
the situation in about the tenth part of
a second, and then he fastonodhls hands
into Pete's hair, got a grip with his teeth
on tho slugger's nose, and we had a
museum, inenagorle, and a circus com
bined for tho next live minutes. Pete
roared, end whopod, and pranced around
in pain and terror, ancl tho l>ab pulled
handfuis of hair from his head, and bit
and scratched like a wildcat. When wo
finally got him off that slugger was a
sight to behold, and had to be taken to
the hospital at once. Two hours after
he had had his wounds dressed I wont in
to see him, and as soon as 1 spoke to him
he bogan crying and asked:
"Was it a baboon which did this?"
"Yes."
"Big as a lion?"
"Oh. no. Ho weighs about twenty-six
pounds. Why do you weep?"
"Hadn't I oner weep?" he savagely de
manded, us the lours came ufresh. "I've
had thirteen lights and knoekeii niy muu
out ovoiy time, und now to be downed
by a weazen-faced monkey in one round
iias broke me all up."
Our Itusiiun Caviare Product.
The|greatcst industry at Delaware City
is tho catching of sturgeon und the mak
ing of "Russian caviare." Thero are
three firms engaged in tho work, and
during last spring thero wero 1,700 stur
geons caught. The aggregate weight
beiug about 376,000 pounds. They were
valued at $'22,560. Of the total catch
2,820 were roe fish, which netted 720 kegs
of caviare of 140 pounds each, valued at
519.440. This caviare is nearly all ship
ped to Germany, but some of it returns
to this country in small tin cans and be
greatly increased in value on account of
the duties and foreign reputation.
The sturgeons are put in largo nets,
and tho roe must be removed while the
fish is still alive, or it is of no use. The
roe is in largo dark flakes. It is carefully
rubbed througti sieves to separate the
eggs, about the size of duck sliol, from
the film or membrane that hold them to
gether. Great eare is taken to prevent
the crushing of the eggs. They are
suited and packed in kegs.
There is nothing wasted of tho stur
geon. The meat is cut into steaks and
kept cold, later in the season being ship
ped to New Y'ork and Philadelphia where
it sells from 12 to 22 cents a pounds. The
hides are used, and the refuse is sent to
New Jersey, where it is converted into
oil and compost.—Now York Sun.
President JarkKon Wax Firm.
Many years ago Edmund Driggs, who
died the other day, was a member of a
committee sent from here by the Demo
cratic leaders to get President Jackson
to remove Col. Swartwout from the
New York colleotorship. Mr. Driggs
often related their experience with "Old
Hickory." They were received by the
general in the library. He was seated
in a large armchair, smoking a clay pipe
with a stem about two feet long. His
face, like that of the pedagogue in
(>oldsrulth"s "Deserted village," be
spoke the day's disaster to the com
mittee, but the chairman resolutely pro
ceeded to state his case.
The president listened patiently to the
end. and then, after a brief pause, in
which the pipe was kept in vigorous ac
tion, came the reply: "Col. Swartwout,"
said the president, "was a good soldier
(whiff, whiffi; lie shed his blood for liis
country (whiff, whiff); he is a personal
friend or mine (whiff, whiff); 1 believe
him to be a perfectly honest man (whiff,
(wbiffi; and <this with strong emphasis):
he will not lie removed from the post ol
collector of the port of New York (whiff,
whiff, whiff, I Gentlemen, I shall be
happy to continue the conversation on
any other topic.;' Of courso, there was
little more to bo said. Col. Swartwout
remained in offloo. —N. Y. Tribune.
Anotlier View of Cariyle.
The newvolumo of Mr. Carlylo's "Let
ters," contains an inimitable scone,
which reveals Carlylo really and truly
as he was. A Scotch friend, calling at
Chelsea, hapi-oried to remark that he
and his mother had been reading Lord
Boaconsfield's last novel, whereupon ex
claimed the host. "Then you and your
mother are fools." The visitor ventured
to i eply thai, at least, the author of t lie
writ in question was a great speaker.
"Young man," replied Cariyle, "I hope
that you will live to get sense, and leant
thai words arc no good at all; it Is deads
and deeds only."
Even this, however, did not shut up
the admirer of that "melancholy harle
quin." and, after quoting an opposite
passage from Sophocles, he presumed to
observe, "You do not agree with one of
the wisest of the Greeks, Mr. Cariyle?"
to which the sago retorted, "i see what
you are now, a damned impudent whelp
of an Edinburgh advocate!" Mrs. Car
iyle and Miss Jewsbury were present at
this delectable dialogue and Carlylo was
die -ed in "a flowered dressing-gown"
and had pipe a foot long."—London
Truth.
Iwffl Monf y to Her Counwel.
lienry 1). Paxsou, executor of Sarah J.
Whi'.ehng, who was executed for poison
ing her husband and two children, has
a-certaincd that the women loft an
estate valued at $3,000, and by the terms
of her will this property is bequeathed to
001. Tuxson and his associate counsel,
George Arundel, who defended tlie mur
dress.—Philadelphia Record.
The longest stretch across London is
from Brentford to Ftratford-lc-Bow, a
distam-e of over twenty-one miles. That
is to say, London, inclusive of suburbs,
without a break of houses.
The latest order concerning the Rus
sian railways is that only men who have
served in the army are to be employed on
them.
TANNED BY ELECTRICITY.
PRBNCII TANNERS BRING OUT A NEW
PROCESS.
American* Hani to Convince That the
Mew Idea tVui Really Practical—How
the Work io Done—Over 30 Per Cent.
Saved by Thl* I.uteit System—The
Speed of Preparation.
The process of converting hides into
leather, as now followed, consumes a
space of time varying from six to twelve
months. It also demands close atten
tion and good management, as well us
experience. Great care has to be exor
cised in tho selection of material, else
a lot of choice hides are found at tho ex
piration of tho tanning season to have
deteriorated into second or even third
quality leather. Tanners, and leather
dealers genetally, are accredited with
being very careful und conservative in
ail thoir business methods.
With these facts in view it is not sur
prising that when it wus reported from
France that leather was being tanned by
electricity, American tauuers regarded
the statement as a new-paper sensation.
Twenty-four hours was considered protty
quick work for even electricity. It was
not until the doubting Thomases had
seen and felt that they believed.
But now since tanning by this pro
cess seems an assured fact it is no
longer regardod as a sort of transatlan
tic offset to our electric sugar refining.
Every item that can bo gleaned is thor
oughly discussed and every source of in
formation eagerly sought. That til
earlier efforts in this direction were fail
ures is true, but this was largely owing
to a lack of electrical knowledge on the
part of the inventors. They wore mi
able to economically produce an effect iw
current. And again, many experiments
were necessary io learn the strength o.'
the most effective current. But tins in
time was learned, as was also its most
economic nn an -of production. Only a
uniform current "will give good results.
Just what effect the electric current
has upon the tannin is. as yet, a question
oi dispute, t-ome claim thut its effect is
upon the tannin, giving it more active
properties. Others say tliut it effects
the hide only. Professor S. P. Thomp
son, who hr. examined the process,
thinks thai the effect is to open tin
pores of the hide and to permit a more
rapid access of the 'unnin solution. An
I 'iior claims that the current, renders
ihe gelatine more soluble, so that it is
able to combine more rapidly with the
tannin. There is reason to believe tint,
there is truth in both these sta e . cm--,
from the fact that the leather i- in it
more pliablo and of greater sue,:,
than that of the long process.
A company lias recently been formed
in England, which is preparing to tan
quite extensively by electric process.
The process is descrbed by those who
have seen it as a very simple o'ne. Pie
hides aro placed in largo cylinders,
which revolve upon horizontal axles
The drum is filled with a decoction o.
tannin and closed. Provision is ma-i:
lor the passing of a current of electric
ity through too drum. The drum is kept
siowly revolving until tho process of
tunning is completed. The length oi
time required varies with the nature of
the hide. For the lighter skins, such a-,
sheep und goat, which used to require
itotu three to six months, by the elec
tric process are tanned in twenty-four
hours. The heavier hides, such as calf,
ox, cow, or horse, require from seventy
two to ninety-six hours. By the old
fashioned bark process twelve months,
or even more would have beou taken.
The cosi of production is gieatly re
duced by this method, for not only is tho
saving in time, but in labor. The aciuui
cost of working is reduced over oil pui
cent. By tho bark process tho cost of
launing is from 7 to 8 coins per pound of
dry leather, as against that of 3 or 4
cents by tho electric methods. And
n-uin, where a force of lifty men were
required to produce a given quantity of
leather, only ten are needed to produce
tho same by the new methods. Heieio
lore largo capital has beon required to
run a tannery having a regular weekly
output.
As hides often require to lie in the tan
vats nearly a year, it will bo seen that a
great number must be in process of tan
nage in order that a certain amount ot
bather bo turned out each week. In ad
dition to extensive plant, heavy invest
ments are represented by tho hides IU
tannage. But tho electrie'proces s com
pletely revolutionized this. Hides pur
chased on Monday have beon converted
iuio leather and put on the market by
.-aturday.
A liiicky Mining Venture.
The Helena assay ofllco tukes all gold
bullion that comes. It may be no more
than a spoonful of dust from the man
w iio is working with a shovel and wheel
barrow and a little sluiceway near the
entrance to Yellowstone Park, or it may
be the single consignment from the
Spotted Horse ruine in Fergus county,
which yielded the owners of the mine
$15,308. That was a thirty days' run of
the Spotted Horse. Since then that mine
has sent in several consignments which
proved to be worth from $25,000 to
$30,000.
Spotted Horse has a short but Inter
esting, history. P. W. McAdow was in
business at Billings. He crippled him
self financially by advancing supplies to
the parties who owned tho mine. The
property was put up at sheriff's sale ami
McAdow bid it in to save himself. He
look out $30,000 in thirty days, and re
cently sold to Helena men for $500,000
cash. Mr, McAdow is a member of the
constitutional convention, and Mrs.
Ado w is the head of tho very persistent
lobby which has been laboring to get
woman suffrage in the Montana consti
tution. Cashier Deiubo suys this Spotted
Horse bullion is the finest that comes to
the assay otllce. It is nearly as good as
gold coin. It goes over 80(1 fine.—Helena
(Mont.) Letter.
A Curious Phase of liixanity.
William C. Klommer, of Reading, Pa.,
6ome time ago lost considerable money,
and his nilod became affected. Since
theo the man has. been a devout wor
shiper of images. They are as odd and
hideous as they are varigated in color
and peculiar in shape and size. They
are made of clay and piaster of Paris,
the heaviest ol' which weighs nhout 150
pounds. They represent turtles, ail
gators, snakes, ar.d men of difforent
races, fie keeps a lot of them in tho
cellar, and at the foot of tho stairs lead
ing to the apartments is a large mummy.
Klennnor takes great pleasure among
his idols, and regularly morning and
evening, he assumes to give them water.
In the attic he has also a lot of these
images, but no one else Is allowed to en
ter that portion of tho house. Mrs.
Klemmer does nothing to mar this seem
ing pleasure of her husband. Klemmer
is a bricklayer, and somo time ago ho at
tacked contractor on tho top of a high
building and was restrained from throw
ing the man off the building by tho inter
ference of the other men.—New York Bun.
COL. Avamura BABY.
Th Flint Child In Oklahoma, Whfrh
It Coat $59 to Name.
Everybody who comes to Kingfisher
hears of Col. J. V. Admire and "Admlre's
Baby." The colonel le from Osage City,
Kan., and is rocelvor of public moneys.
Ho is known of all men who come to
Kingfisher—rather below the medium
height, fat, well rounded, plump as a
partridge in looks, his face Inclined to be
florid, and his mustache, beard and hair
showing a grayish tinge. "Admire's
baby" is not quite four months old, blue
eyed, thin-liaired, but as bright as a new -
dollar and as chipper as a lark. Col. Ad
mire is not the father of tho baby, but he
is just us proud of it as If ho wore, anil
ho led tho Kansas C'lty "Times" corres
pondent around to look at it with a high,
prancing stop and such a look of pride in
bis eye thnt broncos on tho streol shied
off and gave full leeway.
On the morning of April 24, at 11.10
o'clock, not quite two full days after the
opening of Oklahoma, aweak wail under
a Mapping wagon cover on tho town sit e ,
of Lisbon, told that a child had been
born—the first child lo bo born in the
now territory. Its mother was Lillie
Lewis, a slender little woman barely 20
tears of age; Its father J. X. Lowls
They came from tho panhandle of Texas,
poor people, but with plenty of courage
un i unlimited faith in the future. The
news of tho birth spread like wildtlre,
and all Kingfishers rejoiced over tho
honor—unsxpocted to everybody but the
fond parents.
on the same night that the child was
liu u there was a mass meeting to iiet
• r exchange corigia u'ution*, anil 1.11
argt'.inon. arose a- lo what the child
-uouiii bo cnHsioned. the populaoo tilli
ng it upon thorn-elves to relievo the
I (it-outs of this duty, r iimlly it was de
ci'i> d so give the privilege of naming lh<-
babe, which was a boy, to tiie higher',
didder. Five dollars was the bid which
started tho bail rolling. The flgure
jiuiipod quickly tos2s, then crept to S2O,
5:40. Only a lank Texan and plump
Col. Admire were left in the Held. The
latter had the naming of the child
knocked down to him for $52, and If
p omptly christened it Admire Lewi-.
Tho $52 and sl7 collected by sub-c:i;
Hen were invested in a hoi..- for Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis and yo>ng Adni'ie.
where they now live contentedly, aid v
where Col. Admire almost daily duud.e -
vuiiiig Admire on his knee and cluck,
-uid sings to him with an enthusiasm
born of houost pride.
Tamieit Alive.
C. H. Black, a well-dress young man,
was trying to secure subscriptions to a
watch club in the E! Dorado street tun
nerv. He approached one of the work
men who was scraping the hair from
hides. Tito workman scraped awav
vigorously, and hair and lime were se.i
eied on every -lde. liluck dodged
about, so that his immaculate :it.ii -
should not be soiled. The workman
-e.zed a hose and turned asi ream <•!
water on tho hide to wash away the
loose hair. The water splash-d in tli
d.rection of Black, who nimbly jumpe-i
o.i kto avoid it. lie had failed to ois•••
■ hat old proverb, "Look before \oi
leap," and ho went, souse into a vat. o:
tanning liquor. His heels flow up from
under him and ho sat. down up to hi
neck iu tho dark brown liquor, whic .
splashed all over his head and face.
Ab soou as the workmen could slop
laughing siilflciontly to act they pulled
hint out of his unpleasuut bath, uud he
stood dripping on tho walk, looking like
some beer god just aftor a bath in
ihe liquor loved and protected by
(iitmbrinus. The hose which had orig
inally caused all the trouble was now
brought into play to repair damages
Bluck was made tho target for a stream
until as much as possible of the tauuiug
liquor had been washed from his gar
ments, as well as from his face an .
hands.gjllo was taken to his hotel and
put to bed, while his only suit of clot lies
was being washed, dried and pressed.
Before all this could bo accomplished,
however, his skin had been subjected to
the action of tiie strong tannin, and
despite the use of every known mean
to neutralize it, his skin will for some
time be severul shades darker than i
was iiefore his Involuntary bath. He
will have tho comfort, though, of know
ing that it will match woll with a pair of
yellow shoes. —Stockton Independent,
The London Fog I* Heultliy.
If London is tho metropolis o( the
land of fogs, there is much consolation
to be found in the fact that in spite ot
its smoke and its fogs it is not only one
of tho healthiest cities in tho world, lint
is growing healthier every year. Ac
cording to tho official statistics for one
quarter, our annual deaths are only at
the rate of sixteen per thousand. If we
could eliminate from tho calculation
some over crowded and notoriously un
healthy districts the figure would, of
course, drop considerably.
Still more remarkable would our sani
tary condition appear if the area were
confined to the high and airy suburbs in
which so large a proportion of those who
are by day "In populous city pent" are
fortunate enough to dwell. Wo bav -
only to contrast this condition of thing
with the statistics of other capitals to
see how great is tho advantage we en
joy.
In Paris, which shows a comparatively
good record, the mean annual deatli rat"
is 22.10; in Berlin it is 27.5: in Vienna,
:i(i.7 ; in Munich, 32.!), and in St. Peters
burg, 13,7. In Brussels, which appears
to be the healthiest of continental cities,
it is 18.'.). To sum up the easo, tho death
rate during tho quarter in twenty-nlii"
colonial and foreign cities, having an ag
gregate population exceeding B>,000,0!)0
persons, was 20.0 per 1,000 or more than
ten and one-half persons per 1,000 in < ■;-
cess of tho London death rate.—Lond' n
Daily News.
Waafo of Coal Duo to ICxpostirt'.
The waste of coal by exposure to the
weather has been variously computed
and depends very much upon tho uutiii"
and quality of the coal and tho climate to
which it is exposed. Soft coal sutlers tho
greatest amount of loss, as it crumbles to
dust by the action of tho sun, air and
rain; its loss in hulk is calculated to
amount to 12 per cent per annum, arid
it deteriorates in quality much more thau
hard coal. Hard coal oxposed to the
weather loses in hulk to the extent of
about eight per cont por annum.
Ou tho whole, it is much more econom
ical to place coal under cover, as while
sheltered it retains its quality and suffers
little loss. Another serious danger is
also avoided—spontaneous combustion,
which is attributed to rain falling upon
coals after a long drought, causing the
Bmall or slacky portion to sweat and ig
nite.—Exchange.
Belgium Drink Statistic)!.
Temperance advocates should cer
tainly turn their attention to Belgium.
Tho little kingdom contains 150,000 pub
lic houses, about 1 for every 40 of the
population, and tho annual amount oi
spirits consumed reaches nine litors—
nearly two golions—per head.— Ex
change.