VOLUME 2.
KKYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31, 189 i.
NUMBER 37.
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Bell's.
A VILLAGER.
There wt no lad handsomer than Willie tu
The day that he came In fat tier's house.
Them was none hiul an eye us soft - blue
Ai Willie's was when he came to
To a laboring life thotiirii bound thee be.
An 1 on my father' ground live tree,
I'll take thee, I salil, fur thy manly (trace.
Thy gentle voice an thy loving fart.
Tie forty yeara now since we were wed.
We are alllngan gray needs not to be eall,
but Willie's eye Is a? blue and soft
As the day when he wooed me In father's
croft.
Vet changed am I In body an mind,
For Willie to me has ne'er been kind.
Merrily drinking an singing with the men,
lie 'nd come home late siz nights of these'en.
An slnco the children be grown an gone
lie 'as shunned the house an left me lone.
An less an less he brings me In
O' the little he now has strength to win.
The roof lets through the wind an the wet.
An master won't mend It with us In 'suebt.
An all looks every day more worn.
An the best of my gowns be shabby an torn.
No wonder If words had a-grown to blows.
That matters not, while nobody knows,
r or lovo hint 1 shall to the end of life,
Au be, as 1 swore, hlson ti true wife.
An when I'm gone he'll turn an ecu
His fully nu wrong an be sorry for me.
An come lo inn there in the lunil o' bliss,
Tuglve motlio lovo 1 looked for in lliis.
Hubert Bridges.
STUEET CAU CABLES.
SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE
TO CONTEND WITH.
How "Kinks" .Are l.ornted by I'm "Spli
cer" Horny ll:itilrri Siiim tif Toll Mend
Itrenlts Willi Neiitness and lllmte It The
llig llroadway (New York) fables.
If one 'tiiuils ustrhlo the narrow slut
shti-'a la, ft it were, nn artery through
a Hftory of our groat city on Ilroud
wny nml watches tlio snaky cable us it
glides along, he must pause it moment to
consider lit'fora he can realize what nn
enormous atiiomit of power it fairies
and what experiences it has to no
through.
llcfore we tell the history of tlio cable
let us boo of what it is composed. A
strong lienipen strand five-eighths of oil
incli in diameter forms tlio inner corn,
Anmnd this nro wrapped six steel cables,
whirl) aro in turn composed of seven
strands wrapped around with other
strands of steel wire, the whole making
a total diameter of 1) inches,
A steel rod three-eightlm of an inch in
diameter and a foot in length weighs ap
proximately ono pound. The dill'orotieo
In weight between this cable and a steel
rod of the sumo size may be realized
when it is known that this cublo weighs
but threo pounds to tho running foot.
Tlio use of tho central hemp rope is for
the purpose of (riving a certain pliability.
In order tlmt rust and decay should bo
avoided, the rope is ke.pt smeared with
tar and oil. This is what causes the
black shiny appcurauco. As ono of the
cables which obtains its power from the
Broudway cublo house is 20,000 feet in
length, it is not difficult to determine the
entiro weight, which in this caso would
be 00,000 pounds. Tho market price of
cables being about 40 cents per foot, the
cost of this would be in thu neighbor
hood of $3,000 for one coil of wiro. Tlio
Broadway company maintains six ca
bles, and as the npproximatolife of a ca
ble in our busy thoroughfare is little
nioro than eight mouths it would ap
pear that tho- ospenso caused by the re
newal of cables is not a small item. In
Denver longer cables than these exist,
the one on tlio main street being 1)0,1)00
feet in length, having a diameter of but
li inches. Owing to the fact that there
is loss truffle in tho latter city, tho work
required from tho cublo is not so great.
Its life is slightly lengthened, and 10
months may bo put to its credit.
It is quite interesting to watch tho pe
culiarities of the cable, and when we
stop a moment to think how the grip
tneu, when they reach the termini of a
line, have the destruction of $8,000
worth of property in their power we
can see that some means is yet to be de
vised which -will perform automatically
the action of throwing off the grip, for,
unless the grip is loosened as tho car
approaches the power house, when it
reaches the place where the cable de
scends to the driving wheels something
must give way, and while the cablo gen
erally has the best of the encounter
very often a couple of strands are ripped,
which entails considerable work upon
the repairers.
At tho Broadway power house Mr. M.
Mooro is tho person who is technically
known as tho "splicer." Uo was brought
from Denver, where he had been in
charge of the cable in that city. Ho has
about eight or ton men under him, who,
with dexterity, make necessary repairs.
Cables aro in a measure human. They
have their disease, mid they need their
doctors, Mr, Mooro is the medical ex
aminer, mid from liiui we received sev
eral points concerning the troubles to
which the cablo is subjected.
In caso a cable hits become bent in any
way, it is diliicult, in fact uhftost impos
sible, to straighten it absolutely. The
bend remains, ami if wo stoop down to
watch its onward approach it looks liku
a huge. sou. serpent wriggling toward us,
performing wonderful gyrations as it
upprouches. Severul of thoso "kinks,"
as tlioy are termed, have been niudo in
the up town cable, which travels at the
rate of 810 feet per minuto. As the rate
of the cable is iuvuriuble, by simply look
ing at tho clock the man, whose sole
duty it Is to watch the cable, can tell at
exactly what place the "kink" is situat
ed. As a matter of curiosity we inquir
ed of tbe watcher at the Fiftieth itreey
power house when the next "kink" wonld
arrive. Looking at his watch and has
tily making a mental calculation, ho an
swered, "Between 4:11 and 4:13." In
fact the "kink" came in sight immedi
ately as the hands of the watch poiatcd
to 11 minutes after 4.
While it is easy to local I re accidents,
it is difficult to assign causes. Howevpr,
recently, for some reason or other, the
Bowling Green cable had about 1,000
feet of strands ripped off, and the writh
ing, cnrling mass of wire, as it lay upon
the floor of the power house, presented a
mostconfused appearance, and one wonld
be led to wonder how puny man could
have the power to cope with snch an ap
parently unwieldy mass. With huge
shears, however, those pieces of metal
are snipped off, and a new cable must be
fat in place of the damaged portion.
The splicing s an interesting opera
tion. Unlike rope, the strands are ex
tremely difficult to manipulate. Vet,
with skill acquired from the continual
work, each strand is woven into place
among other strands, heavy pliers and
marline spikes being used tosoparnto tho
layers. When all is dono, about four
inches of the ends of each strand are left
ontsido the cablo, and by continued wear
they iinally break off, and tho splice bo
comes practically as a virgin cable.
Even the trained eye of Mr. Mooro is ttn
oblo to detect tho splieo after tlio wires
1 have been thoroughly covered wiih tar.
Tho joint is ns firm and as strong as tho
j original cable,
I Delicate hands aro out of place in this
I work, and cablo splicers are veritably
j "homy bunded sons of toil." Their work
I Is done mainly in tlio woo hours of tho
I night, when trallle is at its minimum.
Mr. Moore assures incthut with his eight
or ten helpers liut.au splieo in a thousand
feet ol cable ill 11 hours. Electrical lie
view. Early Mens About ITulr.
All the ancient philosophers held
curioiiH id"as respecting tho growth,
functions, structure, tc, of the hair
and had many superstitions founded on
these old opinions. The early writers
on tho makeup of tho human body al
most invariably refer to tho hair us bo
ing an excrement fed on substances sim
ilar to itself. They supposed that, it
generated in the fuliginous parts of
tho blood; was exhaled by tho heat of
tho body, becoming firm and fibrous
upon being exposed to tho air, just as
tho fluid of tho spider web docs. In
those days every idea respecting tho
growth and character of hair is
changed. It is now agreed that every
hair properly and truly lives and re
ceives its nutriment from tho body.
True, they tnko upon themselves the na
ture of parasitic plants; they grow as
vegetation does, yet each has, as it
wore, n distinct lifo end economy.
That they derivo their existence from
tho juices of tlio body there is no doubt,
but that food is not taken from tho
nutritions juices, for wo know that hair
Will thrive even though the body starvo
or bo wasted by disease, or even after
tho animal lifo has ceased to exist in
tho flesh or skin to which they uro at
tached. Chicago Tribune.
Insoluble Ako Colors.
Tho tiso of tlio insoluble nzo colors,
which lire produced when an limine
Is tliazotized and combined with nuph
thol, is said to havo been patented in
France for produciug designs on textile
fibers by printing, tho method adopted
being tho miiiiii as is now used in print
ing with tho mineral colors. As nn
examplo tho production of a red is in
stance d, this being obtained by printing
on it color made with 40(1 grams water,
100 grams of tho color laku made from
para-iiitnwiline and betanaphthol, HO
grains gum water, HO grams albumen
liquor, one in one, and 70 grams neu
tral chromato of soda. On tlio printing
process being accomplished tho goods
are dried and steamed and then passed
into a bath containing no grams oxalic
acid and fiO grams sulphuric acid iu
ueh liter, the tissues being afterword
woll washed in wator. Nuw Vork Sun.
Daatanasl'a Capture.
The notorious Corsican bandit, Bas
tanasi, was n man of considerable eru
dition, hud been educated at Pisa, know
Lutin and had belonged to the medical
profession. Oh one occasion he was
going to Sarteno on a vessel which
stopped at Ajaccio. Knowing that tho
gendarmes wore after him, he did not
attempt to land, but as ho had a film
Vgico mid coulu ulso play the guitar to
beguile tho time of wailing ho got out
his instrument mid began to King and
play. A fisherman in tlio port recog
nized tho voice and likewise remem
bered tho song. Ho went and informed
tho authorities, and it was thus through
his lovo of music that Bastimuoi win
arrested. "1 taw him land, " says M.
Levis. "Tho handcuffs weio on his
wrists, ami tho guitar was slang round
his neck." Conlcninorary Review.
Sllllll Kilting Khei,
Tho excellent quality of the South
down mutton is said to. bo duo to th
fuct that tlio sheep eagerly devour tho
snails which abound on tho pastures in
tho early morning. Those snails uro the
causo of tho rich succulence eharautor
istio of tho mutton raised in the south
of England.
Slam's I'rlncely Autbor.
The crown prince of Siitm is among
the boy authors of the world. lie has
written several stories for the English
children'! magazines and can write flu
ently in three European language1.
THE TEMPtltAi.iLNTS
The Fourfold ClnssMcHtlon That Was Mnle
Two Thousand Years Ago.
It is interesting to find that so thor
oughly scientific a man as Trofessor
William Preyer has adopted tho four
fold classification of temperaments
made nearly 2.000 years ago namely,
the choleric, sanguine, melancholy unci
lymphatic. The existence of one nr
the other of these temperaments may
be discerned, he snys in his work on
"Tho Infant Mind," very early In the
great majority of children in the sec
ond quarter of the first year, lieyor.d
doubt. Nearly every one who has
written about temperaments has got np
classification of his own. Ualen hud
nine, Haycock gave six, Orahain
Brown seven, and others have got down
a low as two. Modern writers uso the
word nervous for choleric, and bilious
for melancholic temperament. With
these verbal modifications, tho old clas
sification seems to answer all practical
purposes, nnd individuals can build up
combinations as needed.
Hutchinson defines temperament ns
the sum of the physical peculiarities of
a man exclusive of his tendency to
disease. This is not very sutisfac.
tory, thomrh perhaps r'mp"ram ! is n
thing ii little too vague to bo tiatideoto
rily defined. In mod-rn terms it may
bi said to lie the peculiar way in which
tho individual reads to the stimuli nf
his euviioMia. nt. There is iu doubt
that on" ela i f persons reads quickly
and en.-ily, expending energy profusely
and ortcn no: dh -sly in tin ir life work;
others ri act hopefully and work buoy
antly, yi t with less waste. Wo can
thus distinguish the nervous, the san
guine, the inclaiM holie, etc. A capac
ity to recognise and. appreciate tho im
portance of temperament used to bo con
sidered part of a sound medical train
ing. It ban been too much noglocti d in
our pursuit of mi nut i;p with miero
scopisand test tubes. Our teaeheis of
practical ni'ilicino might well revive
its study. Medical Record.
Tablo .Manners In Argentina.
"Wo encamped near a swamp," snys
a gentleman, describing n meal he had
with Homo cart drivers in South Amer
ica, "and supped on sliced pumpkins
boiled with bits of incut and seasoned
with salt. Tho meal was served in
genuine patnpa fashion. Ono iron spoon
and two cow's horns split in halves
were passed around the group, the mem
bers of which squatted upon their
hrtunehes and freely helped themselves
from tho kettle. Even in this most un
civilized form of satisfying hunger
there is a peculiar etiquette which the
most lowly person invariably observes.
Each member of tho company in turn
dips his spoon, or horn, Into tho center
of tho stow and draws it in a direct
lino toward him, never allowing it to de
viate to tho right or left. By observing
this rulo each person eats without in
terfering with his neighbor. Being
ignorant of this custom, 1 dipped my
horn into the mess nt random and fished
about for some of tho nico bits. My
companions regarded this hoi rid breach
of politeness with scowls of impatience.
They declared with some warmth to
tho cook tho foreigners did not know
how to eat. I apologized as well as 1
could and endeavored thereafter to eat
according to gaucho etiquette. ' Now
York World.
Curios About llcsplriltlon.
In each respiration an ndult of the
human species inhales ono pint of air.
A heullhy man will rtspiro 10 to 20
timia pur minuto, or, say, 20,000 times
a day; a child, 25 to Da tinus per min
ute. Whilu standing, tho iiuult averago
respiration is 2d times per minute; ly
ing down, 13 times. Tlio superficial
area of the lungs that is, of their
alveolar pace averages 200 squaro
yards. The amount of air respired each
day is about 10,000 quarts.
Tho amount of oxygen absorbed in
tho sumo length of time is 500 liters, or
about 74 1 grams. Tho amount of car
bouio ucid expired in 2-1 hours is esti
mated at 011.5 grams. Two-thirds of
tho oxygen absorbed in 24 hours is tak
en in during the 12 hours from 0 p.
m. to U a. in. three-fifths of the totul
being thrown off during the day. Wbilo
this is going on tho pulmonury surface
is throwing off 150 grains of water in
tho shapo of vapor. Tho heart sends
800 quarts of blood through the lungs
every hour, or about 5,000 quarts daily.
luo duration of inspiration is rlve
twclfths, of expiration seven-twelfths,
of the whole respiratory act. St. Louis
Republic.
1'lov.er a Itlu; Knter.
Roswell P. Flower is u funny fellow
when he eats. Ho has always been used
to good things, aud ho knows them now
when ho sees them. Ho is n big eater
and a fair drinker. But bis peculiarity
is that ho always wants a whole, canvas
back thick to himself. If there uro 20 at
dinner or only 2. a duck is placed beforo
tho governor, with a biir erviie Wuif,.
and bo helps himself to thu slices as ho
Wants them. Ho does not want his duck
carved for him, nor does he want to share
it. But ho will pay tho bill for us many
ducks us may bo necessary to supply tho
whole party, oven if all want separate
ducks. All tho hotels kuow his peculiar
ity and look out for him, Nuw Vork
Herald,
To clean bronzes, immerse in boiling
wuter. Clean with flannel dipped in
oapsuds and rub dry with chamois,
An urn should be filled with bolliug wa
ter before the exterior ie cleaned,
GOOD INDIAN CROW DO.
Bis Kseapa and Return After He Rail Keen
flentenred to Death.
Judge A, J. Plowman of Dcadwond,
B. V., attained national renown In 1HH8
when he defended Crow Dog for the
mnrder of 8mtted Tall. The memory
of Mr. Plowman's plncky legnl fight,
in which he carried that celebrated
case to the United Mates supreme court
and secured the acquittal of his red
skinned client when tho hangman's
noose was about to tighten around tho
neck of the condemned prisoner, still
live in the minds of the legal frater
nity thronghont the west.
In speaking of the matter Judge
Plowman related an incident of the
trial which has never before appeared
in public print.
"After Crow Dog had been sentenced
to be banged, "said the eminent jurist,
"1 went to Washington to lay the case
before the snpremo court of the United
States. I institnted habeas corpus pro
ceedings to secure his releaso on the
question of jurisdiction. While in the
nation's capital I was surprised to re
ceive a telegram announcing that Crow
Dog had escaped from prison. I re
turned to tho reservation nrter I had
completed my business at Washington,
and then 1 learned for the first time tho
cause which prompted tho famous In
dian to escape. It seems that he was
walking In tho corridor of tho jail ono
day when a half breed told him that
he would surely pay tho penalty of his
crime and that the snpremo emu t would
not interfere. This caused Crow Dog
some nneasincFS. Ho was quick to not.
Ho Watched his opportunity to escape
nnd did so. That stoical Sioux, who had
the reputation of doing a man with n
heart of marble, deliberately struck out
on foot over 200 miles of country to
tho reservation. Subsequently bo vol
untarily returned and gave himself up,
with the expectation of going on tho
scaffold. In rosponso to the question
why ho made tho trip and returned so
soon, ho replied that ho did not want to
die without seeing his squaw nnd pa
poose once more.
"Events proved that ho spent cno day
at his topee bidding his family what ho
regarded hs a last farewell, and then,
with a wave of his dusky hand, he
mounted a pony on his return trip to
the jail from which ho escaped. Crow
Dog is now on tho reservation, halo
and hearty. Ho is hitting the pipe of
peace and hns no desiro to wngo wartaru
on tho government. Ho is n good In
diun." Omaha Bno.
Ilnttles of the Future.
Writers on military science nnito in
claiming that fntnro battles will begin
with a series of hot skirmishes along
the front. These skirmishes will grad
ually increaso in heat and tho number
of combatants, ro-enforceinents being
sent according to circumstances, until
tho entire front is involved. Artillery
will bo used as fur as possible, but lift
er tho battlo is fully under way littlo
nse can bomado of cavalry sava in out
flanking. Tho day of charges in wars is
over, on acount of the increaso of range
and effect in cannon nnd rifles. Littlo
can bo predicted of future battles be
yond opening, inasmuch as tho rest must
now bo learned by experiment. New
York Ledger.
The Worship of Images.
"Go," said the emperor to his courier,
"and direct that all thoso who hold l e
liefs nt variance, with the state h
thtown into prison. And, by tho way,
stop at thu treasury department on
your way out and instruct my chancel
lor of the exchequer that tho now i.-suo
of coins bo stamped with tlio imago of
Liberty, that thus wo may please tho
populace." Kato Field's Washington.
John flreir on Artln?.
The actor, unless ho be in naturo per
verted, must exhibit in his lifo the ef
fect of his calling, a culling desirous of
the same results as other arts the ad
vancement of the human mind through
tho ministration of bounty und truth
an advancement out of which necessa
rily flow increased civilizntion and aug
mented happiness for the human race.
Scribner's Magazine.
A Great 1'oser.
Spencer I don't see how Columbus
ever found timo to discover America.
Forguson Why not?
Spencer As fur as I can gather, ha
appears to havo spent most of his timo
having his picture taken. Brooklyn
Lifo.
Tho register of a country hotel in
Maino ono day recently contained names
of Motigoliaus. liushians, Pru.-:;.iati.-
Italians, Turks. Greeks, Canadian
French und Germans, each written in
the owner's lanjiuige.
A powder made from a fossil hieII
known as "tho devil's thumb" U ro
gaidid both us it euro and a preventive)
of whooping cough iu many parts of
Filmland and Ireland.
Tho man who walks through ii;'o on
I carpet of velvet and has a uko timo
If it is tho ono who thinks twico beforo
ho speaks onco, und then doesn't say
much.
Accordions were invented in 1S29
by Mr. Damian of Vienna, and a Binglo
German firm now manufactures over
17,000 a year.
In 1304 the Royal library of France .
contained 30 volumes and was the lar
gest possessed by auy king iu Europe.