The Patton courier. (Patton, Cambria Co., Pa.) 1893-1936, March 27, 1903, Image 5

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that tte ight bear,
ad | ‘When gentlemen want to fight they
don’t stick at trifles of that sort! It
was then I made the fatal mistake.
should have refused io heat alone the
responsibility, bot boys are so afrald
of appearing cowanlly.
“Haughton saw me hLeslinte,
mind’ be sald; ‘1 don't enre’
“Never
Then
Be | be pripped my hand a mcment and
What
£ wrong, Haughton.
pened?
* ‘You are right. Bomething has
§ happened, 1 eannot go into particu.
arn, George, but it's a womat—Molly
we | Pritehanl. 1 love the giri—~but she is
| § bot indifferent. I should have gone
loog ago, but she seemed such a flirt,
‘Who could buve guessad that she"
“He hesitated, but my knowledge of
Bis honorable nature made his emotion,
hin reserve, his resolve to quit the sta-
tion, more eloquent than words, |
| could have sworn that there had been
a scene, that In a moment of uncon:
1 trotiable passion the girl had in some
way betrayed her love for Mm, and
{in the delirium of the moment he, too,
i had been weak. It was all as clear wo
ie as day.
“Don’t be a fool, Haughton. Marry
the girl!
“Marry! Be my wife's pensioner!
Never? and the proud spirit flamed in
his eyes. ‘Excuse me, George, for the
i heat.’ he continued, ashamed of hav.
pur | Ing shown temper. "Hut it is Lpossible,
jeven If the old npabob were willing.
*s | Poor men must pocket their pride be |
t | fore money bags: | cannot do it’
*I knew ho was as prowl sx Lucifer,
J | but 1 tried to reason with him: it was
{quite useless, however. His mind was
} fully made up. and I Lave po doubt
the thing woull have ended In som-
| munplace fashion enough but for a
chance atroke of 1] luck,
“That night Lait a dozen of us sat
{ Inte over our cards, and we wore all
more or less excited with wine and
Liplay when Haughton strolled In and
| began to watch the game while he
ave | smoked a cigar. I well remember
tthe look of Late that flashed from
| Barnet's eyes when some ote invited
{ him to join us, which Charley excused
Limself from doling. :
“Barnet had been losing an night,
{my own ck was Just as bad, which,
\ a every- was hardly surprising. We doubled
Tov to the the stakes; Barnet lost again. Again
} we doubled, and again be lost. For
0 the third tie we doubled. It was our
ted to tie last game. I noticed Barpet's hands
v's ser | tremble as he gathered up his cards.
e vessel, 1 Jooked ar my own and found a hand.
ful of trumps. 1 slanced at the pile
{ of zold: nothing conld beat me, ;
*T led off with my ‘worst trumon: 1
won the trick, and the next, and so
ot. As 1 was about to throw my last
card Barnet made some remark about
Conlonkers” which was plainly cant
for Haughton.
"0! there 18 any oblection 1 shal)
be be happy to withdraw,’ sald Haugh.
pa be 8 tool, Barnet,’ said one
fellow, =
“ ‘Don't rook it luck's agatnst you.
her.
ang
“1 obj ot ta any communication bo
| tween players and spectators.
“All eyes were fixed on Barnet. He
1 was making a serious charge. 1 looked
at Haughton, The proud blogd man-
{tied hls face for a Liomont, the Yo
treated, leaving him as pale as marble,
“*Az I am the only spectator, 1 de
mand an explanation” The calmness
with which the words were uttered
were in striking contrast with his
blazing eyes and blocdleas lips.
“Demand? sneered Barnet. Haungh-
} ton sald nothing. He was not the man
to bandy words like a wanau.
“What do you mean, Barnet?
the senlor captain.
#1 mean that Haug'ston directed a
plarer by glance.
“ Xopsense, Barnet! exclaimed the
i whole board as one man “You are
mistaken
Haughton smiled at the hearty
unanimity of thy chorus. Then his
{ eyes finshed Hike these of a tiger as he
turned on Barnet,
* ‘Barnet, you have spoken what you
1 know ty be false” he hissed, and,
Cpiurning on hls heel he 1e0t the room,
“IT don't know how you manage
these things now, bin br my service
days we laughed at regulations. A
man went on a huoting expodition
aud was brought howe dead, or per
e | haps be was found In his quarters with
a bullet In his head, Nobody asked
inconvenient questions,
“1 followed Haughton to his qoar
ters to talk the matter over with him,
I found him examinioz his pistols
*f never thought to turn them on a
comrade! he sald. 1 tried to hope that
Bamet would not fight. but my heart
told me that he thirsted for hig rival's
Hood, Any dealt 1 had on the mab.
ter was set at rest nest morning. Bar
net cane to me, aid with the utmost
sang frold detailed a pian for a meet.
ing. 1 sald something about not ‘lik.
ing the business’ He langhed and
jeered, and In the end so exasperated
me that I wanted to shoot him myself,
And it ended by my agreeing to second
Haughton, :
“Next morning we drove from the
{station to the completion of this, my
fife's tragedy.”
George paused a while,
oversome by emotioy,
tinued;
“The meeting place was a few
dia
sald
himself splen:
ther courted nor avolde |
slightest
in favor at her
spparently
Then he eon
tas bap. | Uf
continned, ‘Be her friend, George. tor
my sake. Goodby! Then Le tok up
thoae {wo men standing
rin the depth of the tracks
HW the handsome,
younger, wiille his fo
8 wil with lowering Tinka and eves
ERT
iy measuring the gallant,
form outlined against the
shrubs witht
creeper,
soliliorly
every limb as my own husky voles foe
tensificd the grim reallly of he scone,
though on parade,
"Two!
from thelr browsing nud gazed with
tacie. My tongue cleaved to my pale
ate and the perspiration stood 11a Inige, |
cold beads upon my Lorch
: # Three!
“I scarcely recognized my own voles
ns the wand fell on my car, Poth pis.
tole flashed siimultancousty. Haugliton
staggered forward a few paces and
fell into my arms, shot {on the throat.
The blood poured In torrents through |
mouth, node and ears. Ignorant sx 1
then was of such matters, 1 felt that
he was done for. 1 id Lim on the
ground and locked into the depths of
his frank blue eyes, and they turned
to meet mine with the old loys! look,
and he tried to smile bravely,
"His lips stirred, but tio sound es
eaped them, The Sim of death dimmed
Lis vision, bis Beart that had but a
shart whils before threbbed so gayly
with the vigor of a young, Joyous life
tinttered a moment, and then while the
graceful, supple limbs stiffened censcd
to beat forever.
“Barnet stood apart, smiling distal.
fully, wlille bis steely eves gloated
over the righ, Hfeless form and the
pale, girlish face which wonid pever
again brighten at a woman's salle
nor win a maiden's heart.
“Gol 1 sald, and he turned away
with the brand of Calin upon bis brow.
1 never daw him again. He obtained
six monthe’ leave, and, prudently tak-
ing a bint from the colonel, be did not
rejoin his reghuent,
“Duty bas often found moe tough
work to do, but God knows 1 wonld
prefer to face a battery of artillery to |
delivering again Haughton's last mes.
‘sage to the girl Whose favor bad cost
him his life, i
¥ "Tale me to him aa begged when
I kad finished my story. The awial
thing she sald appalled. 1 tried to
persuade her, but In valn And in
the gleaming 1 led her heavily veiled
past the sentries to the chamber of
denth to bid the dead soldier a last |
farewell, ;
“I opéted the door Tor Ser 25a obs
Tpassed tn. And as I good outside 1
covered Wy ears with my hands fo
shut out ber convulsive sobbing, And
the endearing terms which be had
pever heawd fram ber lips now burst
frgrg her Sachecked in the agony of
grief. To
ny day ¢ or two afterward his funeral
procession wended its war along the
dusty road to the jittie cemetery. The
rotiie lay past the Pritehands’ bouse,
and though they tried to get the girl
out of the way all thelr offorts wera
unavailing, And ler screams of ane
guizh rising above the shrill wall of
the fifes and the sileman roll of the
muffled drums struck pan 10 many a
heart, and lusty soldiirs bowed thelr
heads to hide thelr ensstion. Falnter
and fainter grow the screams of Uw
irl’s hysterical grief, till at last they
sounded lke an echo of the mourntal
strains of the funeral marel, and then
the ratila of our farewell volleys as
wa Iald- him to rest told her that her
lover was done with earth forever,
“Years passed, and when the Mutiny
broke cut 1 was again in station at
Ghagnapare. Old Pritchard was dend,
but Milly still clung to the old spot fog
the sake of the gallant tenant of the
little cemetery. Dark days were com.
ing, and mindful of Charley's last
words I offered her the shelter and
Protection of my love for his sake and
her own, Bo ope morning I stood with
Ler Before the sitar in mareling order,
and while I made the old formal vows
1 swore in my heart to redeem the mad
fally of the past by my Jove, And if
years of devotion could atone, then [
have explated oy sin "~The Sphere,
Tudia’s Indastrial Are,
A noteworthy feature of the Durbar,
at Ireilki, sens the splendid exhibition
of Eastern art. When such an exhibis
tien is held in the Western World the
individual artist {8 consplowous in the
fact that each example besrs the name
of the producer, In this Delhi exhibis
tion, on the contrary, it was the conn.
try, not the ipdividual, that had the
honpr. It was shawls from Cashinere,
rigs from Anatolia, brasses from I'en
gia, lvaries from Riam, falepeoe from
Japan, pottery, silks and embrofderion
from Ching, and trakwond carving and
Jewel work from India, all representing
centuries of cultivated taste In form
ard colop, and vears of toll, where art
is really an inh ritance of the people.
A——
Fc
Sh ab
Vene: iaelan Yaters.
In Venezuela pales beooiue voters at
{eighteen rears and eligible 1 to office at
| twenycan,
Sy
po
oreoall as thoogh It were mt
sith the fiery Indian sun
fearless
ming with the deadliest hate onlm.
ely petwork of luxuriant |
CERRBD 4honl ax well ag an
“At the word ‘three’ they were to :
3 i When Lord "BHI" Beresford married
“At the word ‘ope’ I trembled in
but Hanghton stood ar colinly erect as
The ponles looked up lezlly
wondering eyes upon the strange spec.
Lt
peguy
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A BRAVE REBCUE.
hit CHARLES DE
POER BERESFORD and his
younger brother, Lord Wil
Ham Leslie de In Poer Beres-
ford, were a noble pair of brothers,
blll of the staff that Jasons were
madic of, Perhaps it 8 the Irfsh that
I 5 the bleed The name Poser was
originally Pooley, and later Power,
Lendl Charlies hele presumplive to
Bis pmreataunbinw, the Earl of Tyrone,
8 lively youpsatnr of Wo years, who
; will be Marans of Waterford on tie
thee Genth of Bla father, The Aiffoy
betmenn their sues is OL five yous
Chard Chineles Bas earned high bane
gal derdratioss on both Bad and sea,
awd in pence Lines fe Bp to any soporte
gaint. He WB a3 expert at the bthe,
i alle to porn a diving as a earpoiter,
sind ean shoot, fish, wheel
xh Y
AE
Ed
Doni
Huy Hew Duchess of Martboroagh the
men's Gaiette wrote of No
# he Lins Leen the soul of the
gal court, As an oorcanieor of
; tance, as 8 progeter of
sed dared the mer reckless rider in
thinih ne a hunter of Hoers, a driver
of four-indands, the Fah ger of sine
tenr {owiric als avd an actor i them,
8 player 81 Dolo and the entrepreneur
fsomnwralle pieniow, he haz fe
apong rilitary steretarbs. In
Tady Dufferin’s boa Lord Wha
BINWAArR nn every ciber page--a dash
tug, vheery wan, overflowing with Mian
goles and of nex havstible energy: a
Cle Ron WERE Dal G esr iw pesstie
to breaking his neck ina steeplechase
at another orgaulzing an extensive
tour to Banthrre Tudla, to Bovmmah or
ta the Nadthwest: &f another making
hiss good patueedly ridliglans ot
frivate theastricals, And fn England
lie I as popular ox he was In India
Every ane knows Lord Bill, sud every
one (es hits As eoldlar, sporismian, |
consiler, aml mah of the world, he fv
oie of the most aitractiys ant oa
genizd is PULSE Oh the stage of life”
Lots! Bill wax the sablect of an arth
ele ir “The Bravest Deed 1 Ever
Baw.” by Archibal! Forbes, In a suds)
den tittaek by Zolos several sooits vn.
dor Beresford were billed. and in the
retreat 2 waanded soldi fel) from kis
horse, which al 3 Berssford, mid
Ing behiul the Dusty, looked back sail
saw that the fallen wan was frying to
rigs from the ground, and thst ba
horse bad run sway. The Zolus wore
periimaly close to the poor fellow, lat
Beredord galloped back, dlamounted,
eovired Bis adversaries with his re
volver and ordered the soldier to pet
his ows horse, “I refuse, oy loed”
said the wonnded man. “Why shonld
two men Gn when one may esompe
Bepmiforsd tural wen Bim: ye
man! he cried, “hy all that’s baly
you don’t help me save your life TH
panes your head to a jelly™ He part.
iy Hfted, pardy buetled the soldberd ,
into (he saddle, sonable] up hhneelf
end set the chestnut 2-going after he
reat of the command.
Sergeant O'Toole, pissing his eo
manger. rode back snd shot down
Zuln after Zuln with cool comragy, snd |
then abled Beresford to keep the
woutided man in the saddle, till the
lasgir was reached, , where fo one
vould tell whether ft was the rescuer or
the rescued who was wounded, so
sraeared wae Lond Bil with borrowed
iF
i
as
1
§
LA |
gind nad
§ nan of hia?
nuRly crossed hia legs snd Bell) out th
He we ¥ Facey Eo whe hg . Ly
ent In and turn hack the Sesh. Then : ground sqalrrels, which threaten tha
Tove 8 JHE 91 a time,
lope alld off the eek regchied for the
t's sratefol “1 thank
hobbled off toward the fo'esle, whiste
flog a red
saventnes io the wonds Tose
Land then, just as the back dashed poet,
"to spring upon the deers back,
enred a firm badd upon the ufurfated
; fart 9G
burg tower that north footbridge
too, and was caoght, as the other |
tween, in the loops.” ~Xew York Sdn,
REMARKABLE C CARE OF NERVE
Dr. T. H. Bean. of the United Keates
Fish Commission, while on board the
revenue citter Paer, off Unalaska, wit
nesged A tomarkable es of nerve
Imedleal sh Tr Bean was faken
A whaler signalled the cutlery fov |
aboard, He found that a Kavaka satiny
had had 4 font smashed
Iwfore by a bowsiead
roiling ap it
The Injured member was in a torr |
ble mite, ard the nan woe evidently |
sulfering jutenseiy, slibough be uve
no outscind sien,
When the eaptain sisked the doctor |
what coull be done, the Intter stared
to tell hin in confidences. AL thar the |
saltor spolie wpe ;
“Dot Bp afraid] to 0 me. doetor™ |
he sald “I van stand 8 al righl”
"Well, nay man” responded Dr,
Bean, “snipatation is the only thing
that will relieve you, but I have
neither the necessary lostrouents tor
ganacsthotion”
Fie wxilor smtied,
“Dou’t nidmd about Mitte things lke
that ™ Lie wield,
“Bat began Dr. Bisa,
The salir soifled again, ]
"Oh, start In now.” vas all be said.
Dr. Bean bad with him a case of
pocket Instruments for dissecting binla.
When he polled this oot the suller
roated himself on a cis, uGeeretonls
al whale oll
*
ar
injured fewit,
The doctor ®iarted tn work
first reraied
Haw
be toon with the fiitle
Wad koife, which baiked more than
it ent Then he foul that op sider |
the fleal the fnsten bone wan nim |
for wearily an loch,
3
0 |
§
®
¥
i
¥
#5 he Bad to
with tweeters, for bo bad ho saw, Ba |
sntpped off the diseased part of the
That dose, he pulled the feeh down,
and sewed np the wound, After an
hour's work he gnnoanesd that tha jak
wig finished, And the salloe’s foot |
had net gutvered ser a mdeele fo bis
face moved with pain.
Bmilingly the wmallsr onovoseed bls
doctor's Band shook if heartily, roited
ye, sin” and then
foo Ba
fork “5
gt sailor's dig
RIDE ON A WOUNDED DEER
Jeane Abbott, 8 middle-aged wan and
a hunter of inany years’ experianion
of North Selltvan, Me, Bad wo exciting
uy ¥ He ;
doer gud Canes Bho 8 ©
was oot hunting
blz back.
Hix first shot tumbled thy anlzeal |
over and Mr. Abbott supposed that fi
had Elbsd the deve. Rushing forward,
Ge eur the throat of Lils prize and left |
hires while he wont 18 search of more
games He had only tiken a few stem
when he beard a mole and was 23ton-
ished to seg the deer come dashing |
Lown upon hi 1.
He had uot thee ¢
Ing barely able tw
10 Bue . hia rifle, bes
shring to ore slide,
Fo ae
snimals tek and clung on
A Bercy wnt traggle follows. The
baer saed erery antic at Ns command
te Alglede a pwelvome banden,
while he pan made a determined ef- |
Pra hana = kns over
amet kd
SMR
blood. When Lhe wns somgwned ta.
Windson to receive the reward for!
“ealir” from the Queen, Toul BIOL do
clined the hopor utless ke were per- | :
pasintiad to share BO wit Rerzeant tH
O'Tasle, who, he berated deserved |
the jprater erode, Her Malesty, gra
clomdy
was onlered to sppear with
mara be
a British
York Pre 58 i
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PIMEREE PER'R PERILOUS
Ww. A Be fs thuiekeerer {or
Bods Hug i pany, One of his Sutte
f= to invests 2atp all aocldents and ns
recadts an then Bo when he saw thal
ther wis a fire on the top of the Map.
hattun tower of the new bridge be
started) 10 corre across from Williams
ro
wR
the ‘1
§¥
of the workmen were hurt. He had
as DATrOW. an eedane au anybody fron
funding 500 feet or so Into the East
River,
; the shen
yielding, the brave Sergeant | i
poeive the proudest reward © 0.
oldies Lan aspire to. New | a :
Ir. p
the hor
burg to find ont abont #t and see if any §
Ha got off the south footwalk
fallen trees amd thromgh thiek brosh
they went fw dearly a mile. The
hunter's clothing wis torn 8 sheds
amd his body was jae rated isd
bruised, but be olup
At asd. lust as the eames {rom
th they dove syeceied In breaks
old gid throwing iim
As Dus Toit Limes
sats vaste ane wild Sash wit
It was Bis only
Js
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: i i hart ps
=) & vital
il,
ai
Mal
first
bea LH
Chin
x Tar tae stes]
the * anim ii dr
pe
Tom nl
By
$0 wWike
ba thee reodnd
halter wi!
ioe whvaek hb
ik ml evidently stunned Bio,
while the first kulfv-wousnd was not
suldclently deep to reach a vital spol,
a
td
»
ff wy 8x i
Tiles a
Ry
brought the ear
Lx
%
ip —
Pelit Earenny fn Bmp,
sryere dx oa feand the
haat woo woenhd lke fo ros
Postalice Inspector, :
Lnremsiloes to peach the
pubis
1a
$0
about two minutes plore it fell
SY started across on the south stile”
when 1 began to wish 1 wis sae
whore else, © re Aitzed that 1 2
have taken the north footbrklge,
foreast part of the fire was bursis
on the south emd of the tower. |}
knoe bow soa It wouh! barn off the
temporary cables that tell my sup
port
oq LUE
vers foal
hint po soatier
portal bis
var on ene of the tan
ros to the safer side.
wot there when the vx.
snpeied and the
that 1 had been ou fell
down into the river Dbedause
caught in a snarl by
extand down fr
hol id the san,
“Paro pen wha had erosaxl over to
the north footwalk with me went on to |
to Maubattan side after Esginver Ros
com,
#1 dhin't. For awhile 1 wouldn't
trust any shyt I climbed wp
onto the umber + that is, the porth-
ernanst cable steadied 1, put my
arms around un ne ther worked my
way slowly MAR towant the top of
the Williaa! tower
“1 erept hugs
for about halt the distance, and it
wad very slow work. The north foot
bridge was still just below me, ip fact,
3
a
5
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Fo a
wa
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£5 2 ae
pees to pet
¥
he sild, Yand was aboot hall way over
¢ Prawn I= sin
Pybata in 4h
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hi af 12 bis ails eres
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£ Kd HEY A nt fi
& g i a
Fel hel, a sori of those advertises
f for
Cond liriadon |
It didn't ald Pe
thn Tots whic! ty |
our the malo calles to
ing that cable
ake Gut cases SEAT 1
ance an ow id wise
thelr ms This
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ad veriin.
pans of
2 Lave na
« Framduient na.
It costs
prime for somnne Kiel
spicy 4p
i ws
sian orday
ERAS be its
Late
fate
WDNR wd Eri ne
fis ply
nienia kd
vepiies ro P wh
work or sesking to better thene
Foor hs of these spplliiants
For the barus will inet se sthangs
for reply. You can figure it cat. Eight
bumdred stamps are worth $16 Thase
| sinmape are taken out of the letters
Didone up in packages of twenty-five or
| fifty, and wohl ar a sisal discounts
New York Times,
LEE to 1000
watile ars ookbug
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gefyos,
watt
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Wart of the Editor tn Tndia
This aoiusing excuse was given hy
the editor of an Dndan vernacular
paper, which was printed with twe
coining left blank on the most fm
I portant page: "AWe had reserved this
space for an exceptionally powerful |
article an a subleet of universal be
terest to Our readers; but at the lad
onient we find the articls cannot tw!
served for it. The article will make
ita h Sppesrance next week."
BOIS Wert |
Cran by easly
| past of strucineal fron aml steel
oil wogid fH crevices, cracks and holes
where paint cannot enter
. pow runsing factories,
. care, Hgbting cities, frvigsting forme
{ snd doing varfous other kinds of ser
i vice, in many cares at a distance of
C By the nes of
, Britialy
tex ile twine
cop laner,
i the salon be bade his son
compressed into the two columns ref
way of the ladders in the Wi ae Feos
i % 0
Aceinding ts 8 Cersian patent the
toughness and Anratitty of aluminum
can be much increased Ly the addb
tion of phosnborss. The addition of
seven to fiffoen per cent. makes the
metal extromely hard and tough, and
well ddapted {or fargo Theee per
cent. firodnces 2 good bavseshoe metal
and With a two per cout, addition it
polled.
A sinoks stack whieh Is 28d to Be
i both sparkiess and smokeless hag been
: fnvented by a Vigan.
This feature
is seeiired by the introduction into the
interior of the stack of a nomler of
tiny wiater-ets which are sald to thor
. oughly purify the smok® by throwing
down all particles. The streetin of
i water are sxid to zive wo interferance
to the draft whatever,
Two coats of hot olk earefully ap
plied after thorough cleaning of the
metal, are recommended by a Cana.
disn urtisnn as sn iniprovement over
any process pow In nse far preventing
The
It would
cover rough places often imperfectly
costed In ordinary painting. and It
would be a fae preparation for subse.
quent paintiog or covering with cee
| eonting.
While mineh kas been sald asd write
i ten about the sprinkling of ofl an rade,
principally as & means of preventing
{ dust, the use of the off In the same
way «nn river levees in some parts of
the United Biates fs sald to have Leen
t found to be an elosllent protection
gealnst the burrawitss of gophers aod
security of the barcler raised against
{the eneraachent of the food waters
Crods oil Ia so distasteful to these
that they rhun the ground covered =
It is recorted fram Germany that an
experimenter there Las found aldtule
nium an excellant substitute for 8
whetstone In giviee a fine, keen adge
to Blades. When examined with §
| mlerolcape, the clge of a knife that
. was sharpened on the metal appeared
puael straizhier and smoother thay
| soe slicpenad on a stone, Due peculiar
i ofeet uf the bo
of the alaminion bovomes coated with
Fa greasy sulsiahce with a great power
of aithesim to steel and to this is ate
fod band 1 the Sue edge produced,
wine te that the surface
ri
The great inerease in fhe utilization
of water power 3 one of the notable
Waterfalls are
driving tram.
signs ef ths timow,
riiles from the fall Resell. Italy fe
consplenons fer the progress [tf has
made in this way, the Alps and the
Apensilnes abonndisg In waterfalls
Now It Is proposed to make vse of the
Doogh Sagar Hives, In India, to pro
doce ly thousand BoTse-power,
A very striking fosiance of the do
terfomition of leather, produced under
sonditiens demanding quicker tanning
varfous chemicals, thos
decrspaingy the durabiilly of the ma.
terial, fa affonled by the Maer that the
Museum €xfends EXO »
year in rebaling Locks 1a leather,
Modem bather Is widely diffevent
from the material produced hy what
fs now regarded! ga oan «fete proves
Hmitel to Steen yess
Ia the search for cheaper and quicker
processes of making leather, Lirge
quantities of sulnharie acid are used,
and thls ehenibenl In combination with
orhenyl eauses the material wo devon
pose rapidly in the course of a few
FEATS
y
ns
A Teat of Memory.
Some light Is thrven of the possibile
fies of memory culture by an interest
ine reeital contained In the autohiop
raphy of BEadert Houldin, the fasions
He foorht Bis son to glapoe
gl. sity a shop window, aml fo
| memarise accurately, as In a brain ples
ture, the window's contents. Then he
ould ask him to describe the contents,
checking and correcting Rim 23 Re
went wt. Of ope soession Headin was
commanded to the Talleries to give
8 peribrnianee before the French court,
As he passed through an antercom to
ote the ar
rangement of the rooms and the cone
tents of the bookcases. Then at the
close of the eatertainment Houdin as
tundshed his sudienes by giving what
Be called a “second sight™ test. Declare
ug his palamillarity wich the Tuller
tex, Howlin Mindfolding bls son, ssked
fin th sgpad Bis gaae through the wall
Fof the room to the chamber bevond,
the arrapgemment of the
chamber and to read the titles of the
volumes op the slelves of the books
ennes. This fear the young lad aceon.
plished to the astonishment eof toe
court.~Clhlengzo News
rims a —
Pointed Pamgraphs,
No man is =o wise that he can't
learn from a fool
Love Is blind, especially the brand
known as self-love
But few men exhibit their dravery
until after the danger is past
Man is born with a character, but he
bas to make bis own reputation.
Buy what you don't need and later on
you will sell what you do need,
A lnzy man is always anxious to
get busy when there is nothing to do,
The truth would seem less brute] if
people were atquainted with it,
It may be bard for some people to
be pour, but for others it Is the easiest
thang = the waid-Chiage News. |
to descrite