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KKYXOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY PECEMHER 13, 1893.
NUMDEI. 31.
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A HARVARD-YALE AFFAIR.
(h WPitni n Eton Jarkrt and uhlrt
Front stiffly turchrd,
And rnMet Illuchert nratljr tied bor
ller Instep arched;
A lallnr hut, with Harrard ribbon tied
Anont the crown,
Bet Jauntily mion her curia of llnfff
Golden brown.
And 1 wear neat tan Pinchers, though
My Instep's not so swell!
I have a blue serge Jacket, and a
Stiff starched shirt, as welli
Upon my tnnclfd, curly thatch, a hat
With Vale's blue band.
And our complexions ara alike, seeps
That I'm more tanned.
itae aays that she's my chum, and looks
At ma In feigned surprise
When I suggest that she prefers "that
Harrard man's brown eyes."
He's six feet four, a great athlete
Of Harvard's famous crew.
I had the Yule flrst honors, but
I'm only Ave feet two.
Merrltt Keens In Nssr Vork Bun.
THS CHEMISTRY OF TODAY.
Bow the AH af the Early Age Has Dares.
oped Into a Science.
CbemUtry as an art dates back from
the very dawn of civilization Itself. As a
science it is barely a conple of centuries
old. To the alchemist its pursuit was in
the main but the pursuit of wealth.
Now and again we find men riiiodk them
like Thomas Aquinas, Basil Valentine,
Libavius and Glauber, who were im
pelled by a higher motive than the love
of gold to seek for the hidden meauiiiR
of tilings, but the mystical tendencies of
the middle ages were as scales to their
eyes, and such devious groping for the
light as they were able to make too fre
quently ended in utter darkness.
Even in the therapeutic crudities of
Paracelsus, who was sufficiently sincere
in his profession in a thaumnturgit to
affirm that inngio was the culminating
point of all human knowledge, what
there was of science was summed up in
the aphorism, which in fuct passed as an
axiom among his disciples: Man is a
chemical compound. His ailments are
due to some alteration in his composition
and can only be cured by the influence
of other chemical compounds. It may
be questioned indeed whether modern
therapeutics has advanced much beyond
this position.
In strict truth, it is only within the
present century that men have seriously
set themselves to search for the cuiwis
and conditions of chemical change.
PhlogistoniBin, it is true, had in it the
semblance of a philosophical doctrine,
but it was founded on an utterly false
basis, and ultimately fell and was cruuhed
by the weight of its own absurdities.
The recognition of the real nature of
combustion, itself a manifestation of
chemical union, paved the way toward a
clearer conception of the essential na
ture of chemical combination, and this
conception acquired a beauty, order and
harmony until then unknown to chem
ical teaching by the application of tlio
atomic hypothesis as an explanation nf
the fundamental facta of chemical af
finity. Indeed it has become a truism
to say that this conception, the fruit of
patient and sustained induction, is to
chemistry what the theory of universal
gravitation is to astronomy.
For the first time in its his tor v cfcetn-
istry was illumined and vivified by a
ingle consistent theory, founded on
quantitative relations ami making use
of definite mathematical expression, and
it was at length recognized that the
acienoe must ultimately be referred to
mathematical laws similar to those
which had been established in regard to
the mechanical properties of matter.
jrortnigntly Review.
A Brava Idler.
A hundred years ago the unfortunate
people who came into the hands of the
surgeons, generally soldiers or sailors
Wbo bad been hurt in action, were forced
to undergo the operations necessary to
the prolongation of life without taking
ewer or cnioroionn, as is now adminis
tered to make the patient unconscious.
and so free from pain attendant upon
tne operation. To aeeure quiet, often
the subject had to be bound by ropes, so
that much as he might desire to wince)
be was utterly unable to do se.
Occasionally patients would show re
markable fortitude t the crisis of their
troubles, but none ever showed more
than soldier who, on the morning after
the battle of Yorktowa, Oct. 19, 1781,
was brought into the hospital, having
been shot in the knee. It was found
necessary to amputate the limb, and the
surgeon ordered the nurses to hind the
man fast preparatory to the operation.
Neverl" protested theaoldier. "You
may tear my heart from xny breast, but
you shall not bind me. Can you get me
.fiddler
His request was complied with', and he
proceeded to tune the instrument, after
which he said, "So, doctor, now you can
begin.'' And he played during the whole
of the operation, which lasted 40 min
utes, without uttering single false note
or disturbing his features in the slight
estHarper's Young People.
Unanimous.
Waiter Excuse me. irenflnman vnt
there is a ludv outside whn uva twt. h
husband is here, and that he promised
to come home early this evening.
All of the Quests Humnino-nnl ftentlo.
men, you'll have to excuse me a minute.
c iiegenae Clatter.
"I consider theAmflrfonti vnnnr man
a splendid institution. He is easier in
his manners than the Enirliahmnii anA
more chivalrio," says Miss Annesley
Knealv. the English -inr!
hygiene at the fair.
THE COLORS OF THE EARTH.
Bow They Afreet the I.tght That Our
Planet Gives to the Moon.
The wonderful difference between the
name landscape in winter and in summer
is a phenomenon familiar to all dwellers
in the tempcrnte zones. The two great
elements of change are the presence of
snow in winter and of leaves and grass
in summer. If we could look at our
globe from the moon, the variation in
its aspect due to seasonal changes would
perhaps be even more striking than it
appears to those upon its surface.
In fact, we sometimes lose sight of the
very important part which vegetation
plays In giving color to what might be
called the countenance of the planet
It is not the highest forms of plants
that always produce the greatest effect
in this way. Borne of the most striking
scenes upon the earth owe their charac
teristic features to mosses and lichens.
The famous "crimson cliffs" of Green
land, which extend for miles northward
from Cape York, derive their splendid
color from the growth of red lichen
which covers their faces.
The cliffs rise between 1,700 and 2,000
feet straight from the water's edge, and
being composed of gray granite their
aspect would be entirely different from
what it is but for the presence of the
lichen.
Coming to less magnificent, but not
less beautiful scenes, the rocky pass
called the Oolden Oate in the Yellow
stone National park owes its rich color
and its nnme to the yellow lichen cover
ing its lofty walls, and the indescribable
hues of the great hot spring terraces
arise mainly from the presenceof minute
plants flourishing in the water that over
flows them.
Considered as a whole, the vegetation
of a planet may give it a characteristic
aspect as viewed from space. Many have
thought that the red color of Mars may
be due to the existence of red instead of
green vegetation there.
That its broad expanses of forest and
prairie land cause the earth to reflect a
considerable quantity of green light to
its neighbors is indicated by the fnct
that at the time of the new moon a
greenish tint has been detected over
spreading that part of the lunar surface
which is then illuminated only by light
from the earth. Youth's Companion.
Basque Is a Lonely Tongna fitlll.
The question, Who are the Basques?
that mysterious people who give their
name to the bay of Biscay, is always
cropping up, and Professor von tier Oa
belentz lias recently endeavored to show
that the Basque language belongs to the
African Berber family of speech for ex
ample, the Kabyle and Tanreg. His ev
idence, however, only amounts to a few
culture words being identical in the
Basque and Berber languages and cer
tain analogies in the laws of phonetic
change Moreover, he assumes that the
Basques and Iberians were the same peo
ple. Bnt, as Canon Isaao Taylor points out,
the Iberian tongue, according to our
highest authorities, was different from
the Basque, and the French Basques are
a different race from the Spanish
Basques, wbo are a feebler people of the
Iberian type. If we assume that the
Basques conquered the Iberians, we can
account for the resemblances noticed by
Professor von der Gabelentz, because
the Iberians of Berber origin in acquir
ing the language of their conquerors
would retain their own phonetio ten
dency and also some culture words in
both languages. As Canon Taylor re
marks, we may still believe that the
Basque language is allied to the Ural
Altaic type. London Globe.
The Danger of Matches.
We wonder how our ancestors man
aged to get along at all before the in
vention of matches; they are so indis
pensably handy that we keep them in
every room in the house; the "men
folks" carry them in their pockets, leave
them hanging in their "other clothes"
in a dozen closets in all portions of the
house; we have a handful resting within
reach while we sleep, they are dropped
here and there as we attempt to handle
them; if tt is light aU we readily see
them, they are picked p, otherwise they
are left till a more convenient season
which generally does not come, simply
because they are forgotten, being "only
match ' wean get plenty more for a
halfpenny, and time is too valuableto be
wasted over so insignificant a trifle.
Yet this "insignificant trifle" possesses
the latent power to destroy the finest
mansion, and with it lives of sweetness
and beauty which the word can poorly
afford to spare. The cause of the con
flagration may not always be revealed,
for the fire demon frequently covers or
destroys his tracks taost effectually.
But bow often is it apparent that only a
simple match that insignificant trifle
could have wrought the mint Family
Doctor.
Ho Showed Thau.
Professor Macovius was offan
at the conduct of a wealthy student
Who was extrumelv vain. Dna rlo
. uw tUV
latter wore a nair of richlv AtnWi.i..ut.
stockings, with low shoes to set them off
to better advantage. As he wnllrai n
the lecture room he protruded his foot
so as to attract tne professor s attention,
"What a remarkable stocking!" the
professor exclaimed. "Let me look at it."
The student raised hia font dj
professor irrasrjed it as if it hmi
somebody's hand.
"See here, gentlemen!" he laid alond,
and led the student, who was compelled
to hon about on one foot, rlirht i,....u
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the room. Familien-Kalender.
BONAPARTE IN EXILE.
The Famous General's Trip to St. Ifelena
and How He Hehared.
At p. m. dinner was announced,
when we all sat down in nppnrent good
spirits, and our actions declared onr ap
petite fully equal to those spirits. Gen
eral Bonaparte ate of most dishes on the
table, using his fingers instead of a fork,
seeming to prefer the rich dishes to tho
plainly dressed food and not even tasting
vegetables. Claret was hls beverage,
which he drank out of a tumbler, keep
ing the bottle before him.
He conversed the whole of dinner time,
confining his conversation principally to
the admiral, with whom he talked over
the whole of the Russian campaign and
attributed the failure of it in the first
instance to the burning of Moscow, in
the next to the frost setting in much
sooner than was expected. He said he
meant only to have refreshed his troops
for four or five days, and then to have
pushed on for St. Petersburg, but find
ing all his plans frustrated by the burn
ing of Moscow, and his army likely to
perish, he hurried back to Paris, setting
out with a chosen bodyguard, one-half
of which were frozen to death the first
night
He said nothing could be more horri
ble than the retreat from Moscow, and
indeed the whole of the Russian cam
paign; that for several days together it
appeared to him as if he were marching
through a sea of fire, owing to the con
stant succession of villages in flames,
which arose in every direction ns far as
the eye could reach. He said the burn
ing of these villages as well as of Mos
cow was attributed to his troops, but
that it waa invnrinblv dona liv tlm nn.
I fives.
After dinner he did not drink wine,
but he took a glass of noyau after his
coffee, previous to rising from the tuble.
After dinner he walked the deck, con
versing principally with the admiral,
to whom he said, during this conver
sation, that previous to his going to
Elba he had made preparations for hav
ing a navy of a hundred sail of the line;
that he had established a conscription
for the navy, and that the Toulon fleet
was entirely manned and brought for
ward by people of this description; that
he had ordered them positively to get
nnder way and maneuver every day the
weather would permit, and to occasion
ally exchange long shots with our ships;
that this had been remonstrated aguinst
by those about him, and it had cost him
much money to repair the accidents
which occurred from the want of mari
time knowledge, such as ships getting
foul of each other, splitting their sails,
springing their masts, etc., but lie found
this tended to improve the crews, and
he determined to persevere in his plun.
After walking for some time he pro
posed a round game at cards, in compli
ance with which the admiral, Sir George
Bingham, Captain Ross and myself as
sembled with General Bonaparte and his
followers in the after cabin, where we
played at ving-tun (sic), which was the
game chosen by the ex-emperor, till
nearly 11 o'clock, when we all retired to
our beds. Century.
Animal Fertilisers.
; A dead animal of any kind, fish, fowl
I or beast, buried near the roots of a fruit
or other tree, will cause a wonderful
growth. The animal substance does not
pass into the vegetable, but being a nat
ural and a powerful generator of elec
tricity increases the current that passes
from the atmosphere to the earth,
' and thereby a larger quantity of sup
port is drawn from the atmosphere.
, Yon can grow a good crop of potatoes on
' brick pavement if moisture is retained
and the potato vines are connected with
moist earth by copper wires.
Commercial fertilisers do not enrich
the soil do not add anything to it that
is of value. The object sought in these
fertilizers is to put the soil into a condi
tion that will enable it to conduct elec
tricity. The electrical current passes
into the vegetable through its leaves,
carrying with it the gross matter that
goes to build up the vegetable cells, and
after that matter is deposited in the veg
etable the electric current must have a
conductor through which to pass to tho
; earth.
i Wornout soils are poor conductors,
' and the acids nsed in thecommerciul fer
tilizers, which are little more than acids
and sand, pulverize the dead soil and en
liven it for a short time. Foster's Weath
er Bureau.
Governor Tnrney's Detail.
Before Tennessee had seceded Peter
Turnev had oraranized a Virion rla nA
gone to the front Once, while in win
ter quarters with a Georgia brigade, a
religious revival broke out among the
soldiers. After a few days Turney asked
how things were progressing and was
informed that 13 Georgians had been
converted.
"And bow many Tennesseeans?" in
quired the governor.
"Not one," was the reply,
"What, 19 Georgians and not a Ten
nesseean? Never shall it be said, if I
am able to prevent it, that Georgia has
excelled Tennessee. Dotail 18 men im
mediately for baptism." St. Louis Post
Dispatch. A Compromise.
Dr. Smith You take three of these
pills every day and give up smoking en
tirely for two weeks.
Johnny Smoker Well, doctor, would
it not amount to the same thing if I were
to take six pills a day and give up smok
ing for only one week? Texas Sif tings,
A 8AILOR BOY'3 FORTUNE.
Prom Itrggary In Catlfornlatn n ding Com
petence In P.ngUml.
Thomas Stone, an 18-year-old English
snllor, who hns been living n hand to
month existonce in Oakland for several
months, has fallen heir to the rtnto of
his father, valued nt over 83.000.
It was an early hour on a stormy
morning last March when a bedraggled
and wornout young tiinn appll' d nt tho
home of Michael Rigney, 21.1 R:venth
street, for a meal. He told a ptr:ilght
forward story about deserting his ship
In tho bay the day before and enid ho
had slept under the Eighth street brldgo
all night. Mr. Rigney took compiipnioit
on tho desolnto sailor and supplied him
with food and warm clothing. As
Stone proved willing to work and thero
was a good deal of labor to bo perform
ed about the place, Mr. Rigney permit
ted him to remain, and since then ho
has made the Rigney homo bis head
quarters. During his leisuro'tWnrs Stono spent
his time instructing a young son f the
Rigncys in the trade of bout building.
In a lot adjoining the house ho estab
lished a miniature shipyard, with cra
dle, blocks and woys, and there ho built
a full sizo steam launch, whlrii lacks
nothing but an englnu to mnko it com
plete. The tale the stranger told wns
about ns follows: Fivo years ago ho wns
a schoolboy in England und had u pen
chant for reading tulcs of udventnre.
His rending mnda him so long for travel
that he ran away r.nd went to mi.
When he cnino home, his father took
him to Liverpool and bound him over
to a sen captain for a voyngn to und
from Australia. Ho was signed for two
yenrs, but long beforo tho voyit;' harl
been finished tho boy's drenmn h.td l eon
dispelled, and ho had determined to de
sert. When the vessel reached Han
Francisco on tho homeward voynfjc, ho
accordingly got nshoro und ntaid them.
Ho was penniless, henco his application
for charity at the home of tho fligneys.
During tho voyago from England to
Australia the sailor's father died, leav
ing him a fortune of more than :!J,
000. Bnt the news to this effect ramo
only very recently.
Young Stone wrote from Oakland to
his father several times, but Tocelved
no response, so when Walter Seawell,
an Oakland contractor, left for a viiit
to England a few months ago, he was
commissioned by the young man to hnnt
up his father and see why ho failed to
respond to the communicat ions address
ed to him. Mr. Seawoll found that tho
elder Stono was dead and notified tho
son of this fact and of tho further fact
that he was no longer poor. Tho news
has since been confirmed by tho British
consul of San Francisco, who advanced
yonng Stone the necessary coin to en
able him to return to his English homo.
San Francisco Examiner.
They Never Will.
A woman stood at the cornpr of Baker
and Twelfth streets and waved her par
asol for the car to stop.
The driver nodded his head.
She waved a parasol in one hand and
a shopping bag in the other.
The driver nodded and pointed und
stopped the car on the other eido of tire
street
She came limping over the pavement
with snapping eyes and flushed face,
and as she put her foot on the lower
step she exclaimed :
"Are you all blind and deaf on tills
car?" The conductor rang two bells an
made no answer.and when she had takev
a seat insido a passenger asked :
"Why didn't you explain thutsho was-,
on the wrong side of the street for tho
car coming down?"
"My dear man, it would have beer
breath thrown away," he replied.
"That woman lives around hero and'
has been riding on this line for five.'
years. I've explained and explainedV
and so has every other conductor, bnt'
what good has it done? Not one woman,
in 20 will ever get it through her heiyll
that a car can't stop in tho center of ft
crossing and block a street, and so wo
must put up with her 'sass' and look
for our relief beyond the stars." De
troit Free Press.
Oak Wood.
The oak is a historic wood. As early
as the eleventh century it bcuumo the
favorite wood of civilized Europe, and
specimens of carving and interior finish
have come dowu to us from that early
day, their pristine beauty enhanced by
the subduing finger of time. The early
colonists brought with them to tho
shores of America their love for this
wood, and here, too, the oak acquired
historical interests.
A Family Peculiarity.
"Literature certninlv rnna in tha
Greensmith family. Tho two daugh
ters write poetry that nobody will print;
the sons write plays that nobody will
aci, ana ine motner writes novels that
nobody will read. "
"And what does the father writo?"
"Oh. he writes chnrka that nnWIi
will cash." Press and Printer.
Waterproof Bricks.
It is stated that onllnarv hrinla i.;t...i
J wiiuii
in tar for about 13 hours, or uutii they
are saturated with it, are increased about
80 Dor cent in weicrhfe. ara mnih k.1..
It f -- UUIUD,
than common onus and nmdw.,.i i .
, MUMAAWbOtl lljf
frosts and acids as well as perfectly!
waterproof. They form an excellent
flooring; for workshona
particularly in chemical establishments.
vmuagu jaeraiu.