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1880.
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The Mysteries of Fires.
A REMARKABLE article from the
pen of Profeasor Welssman appears
la the latest Issue of Slebold & Kolllker'i
" Zictwhrift" published In Lelpslo. The
savant deals with the Interesting toplo
of spontaneous oombuBtlon,and suggests
a theory to account for the destructive
and extensive forest fires that almost
yearly work ruch havoo with the sylvan
forests of America. Frofessor Weiss,
man Is of the opinion that some dew
drops clinging to the leaf of a tree or
plant acts as a double convex leriB, and
brings the sun's rays to a focus on some
dry, Inflammable substance, which
must be at the exact distance from the
dewdrop lens as to correspond with Its
sphere of curvature.
Many a hundred fires every year re
mained unexplained, even after the most
thorough and exhaustive Investigation.
" Among all the wonderful phenomena
which chemistry presents to us," writes
Professor Welssman, " there are few
more remarkable than those of the
spontaneous combustion of bodies, ani
mate and Inanimate, which emit flames
aud are sometimes entirely consumed
by Internal fire." Among the sub
stances subject to spontaneous combus
tion pulverized charcoal Is one of the
most remarkable. " A load of charcoal
was delivered In an outhouse of a clergy
man in Leipslc, and showed no signs of
taking fire till the door by accident was
left open, when the wind blew sprink
lings of snow on the charcoal. The
rapid absorbtlon of oxygen from the
melting snow caused by the charcoal to
ignite, and as the day was windy the
whole range of buildings were burned
to ashes." , In this connection, a fruit
ful and unsuspecting source of fire sug
gests itself to those of our Americam
house-keepers who burn wood as fuel
and store the ashes in boxes or barrels.
The accidental distributing of such ash
es even after years, will cause them to
ignite, provided the air is damp or foggy.
The phosphoret of potash from decayed
wood renders wood ashes highly inflam
mable, and mysterious cellar fires In the
rural districts are, no doubt, In some
cases caused by this extraordinary form
of spontaneous combustion.
Frof. Welssman himself had the un
fortunate experience of being burned
out of house and home on a wild winter
night some three years since, and he has
diligently collected facts about the spon
taneous combustion. It appears that he
had been having his house painted, and
one night the painters, as their manner
is, left their working pants, their pots
and their brushes on the asphaltum
floor of the cellar. They had previous
ly, with a bunch of rags, removed from
their hands, with spirits of turpentine,
the paint with which their hands were
soiled. The ball of rags took fire, the
pants and paint pots followed suit,
and the house was burned to the
ground.
In the carriage factory of Messrs.
Eaton & Gilbert, Troy, N. Y., a drop of
linseed oil fell into an open paper of
lampblack, set It on fire, and came with
in an ace of burning down the whole
factory.
In several instances oilcloth in large
rolls Las taken fire In damp, muggy
weather. An instance of this also oc
curs in American fire experience. A
planter in Virginia sent his servant to
Fredericksburg for a roll of oilcloth. It
was a warm day and the wagon was op
en. During the journey home it began
to rain, and the roll of oilcloth took fire
on the road. Another instance of this
kind is supplied by Philadelphia during
the war. An order from the war de
partment in Washington for knapsacks
for a regiment was filled in the city of
brotherly love. The sacks were all fin
ished and collected and counted over
and left In a pile In the paint shop,about
ten o'clock on Saturday night, so as to
be sent to Washington by cars early on
Monday morning. On entering the
paint shop before daylight on Monday
morning no knapsacks were to be found.
In their place was nothing but a heap of
smouldering ashes 1
Newly pressed hay frequently ignites,
as do also oatmeal and cornmeal in bar
rels. During the famine in Ireland in
184448 a vessel was dispatched from
New York with a cargo of corn meal
for the relief of the sufferers. In dis
charging the bags from the vessel . the
last three were found to be on fire.
The " American Journal of Science"
gives a remarkable Instance of the spon
taneous combustion of wood. ' A Mr.
Adam Relgart, two years previous to
the occurrence, received a piece of wood
supposed to be cedar, detached from a
large piece dug up 39 feet below the sur
face near Lancaster, Pa. The piece
weighed a few ounces, and It was broken
in two and laid upon a white pine shelf
In Mr. Relgart 's counting room. About
four days before the discovery of the fire
be had occasion to wipe the dust from
the shelf and from the piece of cedar
with a wet cloth. Three days afterward
it was discovered that the piece of wood
had Ignited, and combustion was pro-
ceedlng so rapidly that In a few minutes
the shelf would have been on fire.
Probably another prollflo source of our
forest fires Is to be sought In the liability
of decayed wood, not only to spontane
ous combustion, but from the direct
rays of the sun. At Winchester, Conn,
some years since, some workmen about
1 P. M., on August 0th, discovered
smoke arising from a barren upland.
The sun was excessively hot at that
time. When they went to seek the ori
gin of the smoke, tbey found that the
remains of an old decayed hemlock log
had burst into a blaze and was burning
fiercely.
Professor Welssman relates several
well authenticated cases In which bul
bous vessels, hyacinth glasses, wine de
canters on shelves, by receiving the di
rect rays of the sun from an open win
dow, have caused serious conflagrations,
In the township of IloscawlnMerrimao
county, !n. II., it Is related a shelf was
set on fire In a hotel by means of a pear
shaped decanter containing gin. Any
other transparent liquid would be of
course, equally dangerous if exposed to
the bud,
"That animal bodleB are liable to
spontaneous combustion," says Profes
sor Welssman, " is a fact which was
well-known to the ancients. Many cas
es have been adduced as examples,whlch
were no doubt merely cases of individu
als who were highly susceptible to
strong electrical excitation." A certain
gentleman, known to the professor, on a
cold, keen winter night, retired to his
chilly Bleeping room. He had worn silk
stockings over woolen ones during the
day. Ou undressing for bed, as he
drew off his silk stockings, he heard a
sharp, crackling noise, but paid no spec
ial attention to It. In the morning, In
looking for his silk stockings, he found
them consumed to Runes, without set
ting Are to the chair on which they were
laid. Still more wanderful and awful Is
the assurance that the wife of Doctor
Treilas, pbyolclan to the late Archbish
op of Toledo, Spain, emitted imflamma
ble perspiration of such a nature that
when the ribbon she wore was taken
from her and exposed to the cold air, it
instantly took fire, and flashed with
sparks of fire like a lively " Roman
Candle." And Prof. Halfmelster, in the
" Berlin Transactions," 1870, records a
case of the same nature respecting a
peasant, whose linen took fire whether
It was laid up in a box, when wet, or
hung in the open air. A case of this
kind recently occurred at the abattoir
In Jersey City. During a spell of hot
weather one of the workmen threw off
his blue linen blouse, smoking with
perspiration. It was hung up in the
icehouse. In a few minutes it burst in
to a corruscation of sparks and literally
consumed Itself.
One of the most remarkable cases of
spontaneous combustion on record is
that of the Countess Cornelia Zangarl
and Band!, of Cessena, Italy. This lady
who was in the sixty-second year of her
age, retired to bed In her usual health.
Here she spent about three hours In fa
miliar conversation with her maid, and
in saying her prayers, and having at
last fallen asleep the door of her cham
ber was shut. As her maid was not
summoned at the usual hour, she went
into the bedroom to wake her mistresB,
but receiving no answer she opened the
window and saw her corpse on the floor
in the most dreadful condition. At the
distance of four feet from the bed there
was a heap of ashes ; part of the body
was half burnt, the stockings. remain
ing uninjured ; most of the body was
reduced to ashes. The air in the room
was charged with floating soot (animal
carbon). The bed was not injured.
From the examination of all the circum
stances of the case, it has been general
ly supposed that an Internal combustion
had taken place ; that the lady had risen
from her bed to cool herself, and that
on the way to open the window, the
combustion had overpowered her and
consumed her body by a process in
which no flame was produced which
could ignite the furniture on the floor
Hearing Bells at a Distance.
The largest bell ever made in this
country, says the Scientiflo American,
weighed 22,000 pounds, and before It was
fractured hung on the City Hall, New
York. On one or two occassions this
bell was heard up the Hudson River 13
miles in the night, when the city was
comparatively quiet. Water is a good
conductor of Bound, and aided material
ly in making the bell heard as above
stated. It Is a great mistake to suppose
that bells can be heard in proportion to
their size ; that is, that a bell of 2,000
pounds will be heard twice as far as one
of half the weight This is not so. A
bell of 100 or 00 pounds In an open bel
fry on a sohool-house or factory in the
country is frequently heard at a long dis
tance, out of all proportion, apparently,
to one of 1,000 pounds in a church tow
er near by. The reason of this is that
the small bed has a sharp, shrill, pene
trating sound that must of necessity be
heard a great deal farther in proportion
to Its weight than the low, mellow,
cnurcu-going sound or the church bell.
The same principal applies to the whls-
tie of the looomotlve, which Is heard
a long distance Blmply because its tone
is shrill and penetrating. Whfin hiiner
stationary and struck, or tolled, a bell
wui noc De neard, as a rule, half as far
as when swung. The swinging motion
not only throws all the sound off, but
imparts to It a richness that Is always
absent when the bell Is at rest when
struck. A great deal Is to be gained by
ringing a bell properly.
The Darkey Convert.
SOME time ago Nick Woods, the col
ored man who took the premium at
a colored fair for being the blackest man
in Arkansas, borrowed $10 from a prom
inent Little Rock politician. Yesterday
Nick came to town and was approched
by the gentleman.
" Look here, Nick, I want that $10.
You've had It long enough."
" Boss," replied Nick, " hit 'peers ter
me dat I heard yer make a speech t'oth
er day in faber of repuglatln de State
debt. 'Cordln' to de gogafy yer hll out
dat day I oughtenter pay yer de ten
dollars."
" There's no similarity in the two
propositions."
" No what? Similarity, ur-he-he. Ef
I stays roun' dls man long I'll be teach
In' ob a school. 'Cordln' to yer own
gogafy I ain't gwlne ter pay yer dat
debt."
" Look here, man, you are dropping
into an error. You are not a State.
The State of Arkansas cannot be sued."
"Yes, I'se a State. Hain't I dun
reached man's state V Any man what's
twenty-one years ole is a State. Course
yer can sue me but yer can't git nothln.'
Is yer in faber ob payln' de State
debtV"
" No ; because the State never derived
much benefit from the money borrow
ed."
" Den I'se got yer again. I nebber
gained no benefit frum de money what
I borrowed frum yer. I got drunk an'
got on de rock pile. No, Colonel, I can't
pay yer. I'd like mighty well ter do hit
but she's agin my princlpum."
" See here, you black scoundrel, if
you don't pay me, I'll thrash you right
here.". '
" Is dat what yer call Democratic? doc
trine V Tell a man not to pay one debt
an' whale him case he won't pay annud
der V Dat's a guess way ob doin' busi
ness 'cordln' ter my notion. No boss, I
can't pay yer. I'se In fabor ob repugia
tion from de word wolf, an' wolf Is de
fust word. Jes glv a nlggar a chance to
be dlshones' an' he can mighty nigh
tote his end wid de white folks. Dls
honisty wid a nlggar means dlshonisty.
He ain't gwlne ter steal a chiken frum
one man an' gib hit to anudder man.
He's gwlne ter steal chickens frum bof
de men. Does yer heah my horn ? Does
yer tumble ter de situation 1 Sorry boss
but I'se got de heels on yer. I'se got
de advantages, an' I'se gwlne to war
'em like a pair ob socks. I repuglates
de debt. Good day, boss."
A True Pleture.
They were sitting together in the
horse-car.
" I do hate people that are forever
talking about their neighbors," said the
woman with a peaked hat.
"So do I," coincided her companion
in the cashmere shawl.
"There's Mis' Green,"
Peaked Hat, " continually
continued
a carry in
things back and forth. Think she'd
better look to home. Goodness knows
she and her husband live a reg'lar cat
and dog life."
" Yes, indeed," said Cashmere, "and
her daughter Sarah isn't half cared for.
I was tellln' Mis' Jones only yesterday
that the way Mis' Green neglected that
girl was a cryin' shame. Oh I by the
way, did you hear that story 'bout Tilda
Smith V"
" No, what is it V" exclaimed Peaked
Hat, turning half around in her seat in
her eagerness, her eyes sparkling In an
ticipation of the coming treat.
But gentle reader, never mind what it
was. Neither you nor I care anything
about it. We hate tattling just as bad
as Peaked Hat and Cashmere did.
Wanted His Cash.
Belknap and Mrs. Greene eloped to
gether at Melrose, Wisconsin. They
drove a good horse rapidly, but had not
gone more than ten miles before they
beard a clatter of hoofs behind. Greene
had hastily mounted and started in
.pursuit. The race was long and excit
ing ; but the husband at length rode
alongside the pair, cocked a pistol, and
commanded a halt. Belknap was abject
with terror. " You may have your
wife, Mr. Greene," he said. " I don't
want her," Greene replied ; "you don't
think I've chased you like mad to get
her back Y Oh, no. But I'll take my
dollar and a half that she's got in her
pocket." The money was given up,
aud the elopement proceeded quietly.
SUNDAY READING.
3T Zabdell Adams, a Congregational
clergyman of Massachusetts, la the last
oentury, was noted for sharp wit and
pithy sayings. He was apt to say
pungent things In the pulpit, if matters
went badly in the parish, and adjoin
ing parishes had learned to fear bis
sharp tongue.
A neighboring clergyman noted for
his mildness and timidity, once propos- .
ed an exchange of pulpits. Mr. Adams
aocepted the proposal eagerly, for be
was Itching to tell the people some
plain truths about their niggardliness In
neglecting their meeting-house. There
were broken panes in the pulpit window
a ragged cushion on the desk, and a
general forlorn neBS about the snnctti
ary. Mr. Adams had prepared a stinging
rebuke for parsimony, when his timid
neighbor, suspecting some such purpose
rode over ou Sunday and exacted a
promise that he would say nothing un-.
kindly to the people. Mr. Adams re
luctantly consented, but a new Idea oc
curred to him. Taking a little bag into
the pulpit, he waited till the congrega
tion gathered. Then, looking around,
as If feeling a draught, he examined the
open panes, and opening his bag, took
out a bundle of rags, stuffed them slow
ly Into the openings, and surveying bll
work with great satisfaction. Thero
was a sensation below.
He then began the services. In the
middle of his sermon, growing very an
imated, he closed the Bible, set it aside,
and lifting his hands Impressively, sud.
denly brought them down with great
force on the cushion. Feathers blew out
of the holes abundantly.
Looking around comically, he said I
" Bless me I how the feathers fly I" and
resumed his sermon as if nothing had,
gone amiss.
It is needless to say repairs were made
before another Sunday, though be had.
kept the letter of his promise to the
timid pastor.
Advice to Girls.
Now girls, I want to say one words
about getting married. The reason bo
many unhappy marriages are made, to
just because young people do noi stop to
take a sober second thought upon the
matter ; but rush on without once con
sidering what the poet c&Ma " the eternal
fitness of things."
' Getting married ougTit not to be the
great object of a girl's existence. I of
ten think when I see young folks so
anxious to get married, that if they
could look Into the future and see wbr
trials, sorrows ana troubles were abtf-?
lt,Bn.A,it.l aKJnl. U.I. .1 ij .
bujr nuuiu nil 1 1 11 tv uuuik miu II w I .
nn..utA A . .. 1- . i T .. . ,
death annuls them.
This getting married is a serious piece
of business, any way it can be fixed.
Because a young man drives a fast horse
dresses well, and is an agreeable escort,
it is no sign that he will make a kind,
considerate and loving husband. You
want to study him, try him, test Is is
temper, and take time to do it in.
Don't marry In a hurry you wiJl
have time enough to repent, if you do.
Never marry for beauty or show. . Do
not marry a man who Is very fond of'
fast horses ; they do not make very nice
husbands. I never see such a man but
I think, " I pity the girl who marries
you." It is a great venture to trw t such-
a man ; so girls, look out ! f
Again, do not marry a man who bit- a
taste for strong drink of any kind, .s
you value your life's happlnessand com
fort, let such a man alone ; better die
than be tied for life to such a person ;
yes, It Is a living death, and you are put
ting your neck into a heavy yoke.
jxever marry a man wno cannot gZ
cm his temper. He is not safe.
home or in public, and he will k? - yo
in tormenting fear ail your life; ani
lastly girls, do not marry a man till yoi
have known him a whole year, &t th .
least;' and made him a study fo:
months ; and do not be afraid of )'
an old maid ! Better keep
be an unhappy wife.
CJ" Daniel Webster once said : "
wild flower will bloom in beauty on
field of battle, and above the cn
skeleton the destroying augel o f
pestilence will retire when l is c;
done the barrenness of utaAiiA
cease at last the cloud iU be ; ruU.t
of his hoarded rain but for laosul tkb
lation there is no revival f ci ting !
impudence, integrity and torrjptul
triumph over honesty and k iiH ct, ai
our liberties and strength r ill lepu;
forever." jr-
t(ST Take the good with the evil
all are the pensioners of God, a:.l j
may choose or refuse the e-,;t 1 i
doni mixeth.
All that we 'K$.-- , ,; '
wisdom Is a borrowed gin-.i.
be always poor, if you : '
(be only true riches.