Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 27, 1895, Image 1
EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895.
VOL LX. NO. 9.
Less than one-half of our farms aro
' mortgaged.
A Chicago University teacher will
bo known as "Mr.," pot "Prof."
Our Animal Friends has collected
sS'tittics which show thal; 102 cases of
lockjaw resulted in tho year 1831 from
docking horses' tails.
Among tho new postoffices estab
lished in Washington State, noted by
the Chicago Record, aro Pysht, Quit
lagnctte, Utsaladdy and Kliskitat.
Says the Topeka State Journal : A
revenue collector is following an ice
Icold trail in Southeastern Kansas for
men with incomes over $4000 a year
It is said in tho New York Recorder
that until the year 1895, no colored
mon ever served on a jury in Maine.
W. A. Johnson, of Bangor, is thc pio
neer. _
In two years Austria has obtained
through tho Rothschilds two-thirds ol
the $123,000,000 in gold it is hoard
ing in order to adopt the single stand
ard, and of the amount secured this
year $24,000,000 is American eagles.
Tho Atlanta Journal remarks thal
while illiteracy decreased greatly ID
the South from 1S80 to 1800, it in
creased in the States of Maine, Ncxi
Hampshire, Yermout, New Jersey,
Michigan, Montana, Nevada and Wis
consin. _
Tho Sioux Indians propose to raise
by popular subscription a fund for
the erection ot a monument to their
Chief, Iron Nation, who died recently
on the reservation near Chamberlain,
South Dakota. Iron Nation had been
a prominent figure in Sioux affairs for
sixty years.
Queerer suit at law was novel
brought than that of H. Magill against
the Osage Council. Magill was going
through tho reservation when tho In- |
dians caught and tied him, cut his
hair and held a war dunce round him.
Ho sues for $10,000, and tho Council
offers $500 to settle.
A new language has just been added
to tho Bible Society's list, bringing
np the total number to over 320. This
time, as in some other recent in
stances, the new version is for Africa.
It is a translation of the gospel of St. j
Matthew into Kisuknma, the language
*7*srfhe Baa&knma people, whose coun
try lies immediately south of Lake
Victoria Nyanza.
??^ arding to a roport by Jules
Fori?*, read beforo the French Na
.*al Society of Acclimatization,
woman's desire to decorate her bonnet
with feathers causes tho slaughter
each year of 1,450,000 swallows, and
is, moreover, exterminating the heron,
the bird of paradiso and many of the
most beautiful birds of the American
and Australian tropics.
Tho New York Mail and Express ob
lerves: Thc Mikado, having con
ferred the Grand Order of the Imper
ial Chrysanthemum upon the German
Kaiser, the latter has returned the
compliment by sending the collar of
tho Black Eagle to the first gentleman
of Japan. As the regalias of these
flistinguished Orders aro only lent to
the recipients, it doesn't cost much
for monarchs to be civil to each other.
Tho vaunted protection of the seals
in Alaskan water is a myth, in the
opinion of thc New York Mail and Ex
press. Secretary Carlisle reports that
121,143 wero killed by pelagic sealers
last year. This statement has caused
a suggestion to be made in Congress
that tho Government undertake tho
slaughter of the remaining seals, esti
mated to number 450,000, and eell tho
tkins, which would be valued at $10,
000,000 if properly cured. It is
strange that the two greatest Govern
ments in the world cannot protect tho
seals. Possibly there is some reason
not apparent on the surface why this
is so. _
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew in a recent
interview in predicting 1895's pro
gress in railroading, very pertinently
stated: "Take, for instance, the New
York Central Railroad. Our trains
might almost bo termed flashes of
lightning, bnt their rate is not a cir
cumstance to ttio 6peed wo are now
aiming at. Then thero is the matter
of safety. I need not assure you that
the safety of passengers is the most
important thing a railroad man has to
with. This coming year we expect to
attain what some people may consider
a chimera-namely, perfect freedom
from risk in the transportation of hu
man beings by rail. We have, we be
lieve, solved the problem, and that, I
ohould say, will mako 1805 an un
equaled year in railroading. In the
far as in the near future, romantic
Shings are done, or aro being pro
jected. A tunuel to the summit of
?he Jungfrau is oue of the things pos
iiible. The Trans-Siberian Railway
und tho South African line to Mashon
aland are two projects on the edgo of
the future-the former already under
way-and the poetry of railroading
will be experienced in the new rush of
railroad building certain to ensuo in
Japan when thc Chinese war indemnity
is paid-which will certainly happou
in 1895."
ROTARY SNOWPLOW.
LATEST MACHINES TO CLEAN
RAILROADS OF SNOW.
Necessary la tho East, Where There
Are No Sheds Over the Tracks
-A Rotary Plow at
Work.
V I J HOSE who have not "been
there," says thc New York
Tribune, can hardly form an
6 ^ea of the difficulties which
railroad companies have to contend
with on account of the snow. No
street-cleaning commissioner with
thousands of men aids them ; no indi
viduals along their lines help them in
their work, and no great rows of
houses and high walls protect their
tracks from the obstructing element.
On the other hand, anxious would-be
travelers and shippers of freight make
life a burden to the railroad officials
because of unavoidable delays, and
railroads generally, and the snow
bound roads m particular, aro de
nounced as unworthy of public con
fidence.
In the far West great sheds have
been built to protect the roadbeds,
but in the more temperate "regions,
where a snow blockade is not au an
nual nuisance, the companies have de
pended on the snowplow and the
primitive shovel, and storms such as
A ROTARY PLOW AT WORE
the one which swept the country dur
ing the winter have sorely tried the
manager? of those great trunk roads,
the iron of which runs through the
snowbelt.
The rotary snowplow is the latest
machine to be used to clean the snow
from railroad tracks, and,- according
EOTART JUST GOT THROUGH THE DRIFT.
to reports received by General Super
intendent Edgar Van Etten, of the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad, it did good work on the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdonsburg
Railroad. Tho cuts, made from
photographs sent to Mr. Van Etten
from the Cape Vincent bra?ch of the
road, 6how how impassable roads are
cleared of snow and how trains which
would otherwise be held fast in the
drifts are set free. The first furrow
along the line of the road is made by
tho snowplow. This creates great
banks of snow on tho sides of the
tracks, which, if they moved down
ward, .would again obstruct the road.
To prevent this tho snow from the
banks on the sides of the tracks is
thrown into the track, and thon tho
rotary machine is sent along at a speed
of about ten miles an hour. It throws
tho looso snow to each side of the
roadbed and leaves tho tracks free for
WIDENING CUTS AND THROWINi
PLOW TO I
tho train, which usually follows close
in its wake.
At a first glance it seems straugo to
throw snow upon n roadway which is
being cleaned, but this part of tho
process is made necessary in order to
prevent a possible snowslidc and to
widen tho cleared space.
Thc rotary plow is an expensive
luxury. It costs about $30,00Q to
build and lins i ts own machinery, which
I operates tho flange by which the snow
is cleared Irom the tracks. It is us
large as an ordinary day coach, and
is brought into use only when the
snowfall has been great or when the
ordinary steam plow cannot clear
away the drifts. The railroad officials
i ay that the speed ol tho old stearn
j plow cannot be attained by the rc
I tary plow, but, while its work is
j slower, it ia more effectual.
Major E. Leslie, of Paterson, N. J.,
told a Tribune reporter that he in
vented and patented the rotary plow
in ISSI. The plows are in use all
over the Northern and Western part
PASSENGER TRAIN FOLLOWING ROTARY.
of tho United States, the first oho
having been built for the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company in 1887. Of
the sixty-two rotary plows now in
use in this country the Union Pacific
Railroad has six and the New York
Central two. Tho German Govern
ment owns ono and ono is now being
built in Copenhagen, which when com
plete will be sent to Russia.
The Dream ol Chemistry.
The electrician has ono dream and
the social philosopher has another.
But the chemist has also a dream that
is as fanciful a; a vision of the alchem
: IN NORTHERN NEW YORK.
i6t of the dark ages. This is how he i
would solve the problems of comfort :
and happiness which have been put
to the human race :
"The chemist hopes for a synthetic i
beefsteak, for a chemical loaf, for a 1
cup of coffee made, like his soda water :
extracts, out of inorganic matter. He <
wants to see tho day when a synthetic :
climate shall envelop the earth, when
the rainmaker shall be a prophet and
man shall hold the string to thc un
ruly bags of iEolus. ' ]
"lu that day the food and raiment j
of mankind will bo produced in the {
crucibles of the chemist. Once more i
verdure will clotho tho fields now de
faced by human toil, and the shaggy
woods will spring anew on tho de
spoiled slopes of tho hills. There will
be no tilling or harvest, no slaugtor
ing of tame beasts. Ont .e tho orig
inal clements chemistry will com
pound chops and cutlets, kuoad tho
dough and brew tho ale.
"The battle has already been portly
won in thc case of medicines and
drugs. The wino at tho table d'hote
nover saw thc vineyard. The "prize
fruit flowers" of the drug store are
innocent of orchard and garden. Syn
thetic chemistry is yet young. It has
made great advances in tho produc
tion ot glycerids and sugars. It has
4000 devotees in this country who
hopo to make tho dream a reality. "
New York Mail and Express.
A Novelty in Lighting.
For many years there has been no
little difficulty in properly lighting
factories, ulills and largo shops whoro
good light is a necessity. Every ob
tainable method has been tried with
indifferent success, the light boing so 1
bright as to be dazzling or so irregu
lar as to cast black shadows. Of late,
a new device has been experimented
with, giving promise of perfect adap
31 SNTOW ON TRACKS FOR ROTARY
PUMP AWAY.
'ability. A large number of arc
ligbts arc arrauged with powerful re
flectors. These throw tho radiance
upon thc ceiling, which is ?winted
dazzlingly white. Thc reflection moro
nearly resembles daylight than any
thing that has beeu tried. This idea
is susceptible; of many modifications,
and can bc utilized in many ways.
New York Ledger.
By tho will of the hito Richard
Sugilen, of Spencer, Muss., a business
block in that place, valued at ?33,000, ,
is left to tho town, tho rents to fro to- !
ward the maintenance ol' tho public
library. Mr. Kugdcu's house is given
to the town lor an old ladies* home.
Tho valuation of tho labor of our }
hens iu eggs anil spring chickens is j
every year estimuted at ,^200,00f',000. *
Senator Hawley as a S.'nger.
"Oalm and sedate," says the Wash
agton Post, "appears Senator Haw
?y upon tho floor of the Senate.
Vhen he speaks, his voice is pleasant,
mt" it does not recall the sounding
Tass or tho tinkling cymbals. Very
ifferent is the Senator Hawley who
oins in gleeful or patriotic song with
tis old comrades of the war. Then
?e is an enthusiastic, fervent chorister.
Ie swings his arms as ho beats time,
nd from his throat pours forth a ?i
para of melody. The air quivers
rith tuneful sounds aud echoes with
liapa6on notes. When he mounts np1
m a chair and sings 'My Country 'Tis
>f Thee,' as he did the other night at
he Loyal Legion banquet, it iaa sight
.nd an occasion to stir tho coldest
leart. But even this is as an ant to
UNITED STAT23 3ESATOR HAWLEY.
m elephant compared with his rendi
ion of 'Marching Through Georgia.'
Then is tho climax reached. The at
nosphere palpitates, tho heart beats
umultuously, an infectious enthusi
ism intoxicates tho crowd. Senator
lawley as a singer beats the world. "
And the Doclor Kicked Himself.
A very eminent physician had cured
i little child from a dangerous illness.
Che thankful mother turned her steps
:owarcl the houso of her son's savior.
"Doctor," 6aid she, "there are some
services which cannot be repaid. I
lid not know how to express my grat
tude. I thought you would,perhaps,
?ie so kind as to accept this purse, em
oroidered by my own banda "
"Madam," replied the doctor,
ronghly, "medicine is no trivial af
fair, and our visits are only to be re
garded in money. Small presents
serve to Bustam-Irjendship, but they
3o not sustain our familieST''- -
"But,- doctor," said the lady,"
llarmed and wounded, "speak; tell
me the fee."
"Four hundred dollar . '
The lady openB the pr ?. fi
ave bank notes of S2? :
iwo to tho doctor, puts
:ng three back ia I131
:oldly and departs.-A ?
aal.
Cycling on RailTi .
One of the curiositieo in
ine is an invention by a young Cali
rornian named J. W. Bitehey. It U
i machine for pedaling along railway
racks, and thc inventor claims for. it
CYCLING ON THE HAIL.
a speed of from twenty to twenty-five
miles an hour. Tho means by which
Kitchey has adapted the familiar road
ster tc thc gauge of a railwoy aro as
follows : He has attached a four-inch
flanged wheel, shaped exactly like a
largo spool, to a rod in front of the
hind wheel, and a similar ono on an
arm projecting about three feet in
iront. In addition to this an eight -
eeu-inch wheel at the end of a rod so
arranged as not to interfere with the
working of the pedals, runs on the
other rail. In this way tho machine
is perfectly balanced, and all tho rider
has to do is to work the pedals in the
usual way. The inventor seems to
believe that before long semi-deserted
passenger trains will bo followed by
au endless procession of "bikes," on
which idle conductors and despairing
news agents will gaze helplessly from
tho rear platform, but just how the
objections of railway companies to
such use of their tracks is to be over
como is not vouchsafed.
Business Aphorisms.
Big debts como from big promises.
Leaks in business aro like gimlet
holes in a barrel.
Little ideas and big succcssos never
go together.
A careloss merchant will have care
less customers.
A neat storo and neatly printed sta
tionery go together.
If excuso had a money valuo, some
men would bo wealthy.
Success is very coy and will remain
only when treated well.
Place your confidence upon actual
cash and you don't misplace it.
Some clerks cultivate their mus
taches moro carefully than they do
business sense. -Shoo and Leather
Facts.
A Napoleonic Mot.
Ono night at a court ball in the Tui
leries Napoleon III. was so attentive
to a beautiful young woman as to ex
cite comment umoug tho other women.
At last, in responso a direct tribute to
her beauty, she said :
"Ah, but Your Majesty compliments
mc too much."
"How remarkable, " he replied, with
a twinkle in his eye, "that you should
say just what every other woman here
is thinking."-Detroit Freo Press.
- --
Tho Federal Government of Mexico
liier? a bonus of four couts for every
rubber free planted. In addition to
ibis, tho State Gowcruinent of Oaxaca j
)f?ers ono cent, . " J^j
Scalping Not Fatal.
.^Scalping is not a religions ceremony,
ad many have supposed. It is simply
a/proof of killing-evidence beyond a
doubt.
' -|Tt would seem that scalping is fatal,
burrin itself it is not necessarily so.
Numerous instances of survival, oven
wji?n the victim had been wounded in
addition, are on record. One spring
dav in 1868 Thomas Cahone and Willis
Edmonston, freight conductors of the
Union Pacific Railway, were fishing in
aJainall stream near Sidney, Neb
Tiley were unarmed, feeling sure that
tba handful of regular troops stationed
at[Sidney would keep off any prowl
inglndians.
: ^jaddenly a party of mounted Sioux
swept down upon them. They put
eight ;, arrows into Cahone, ono of
which, passed under the point oE the
right shoulder blade and came out an
inch;or two under tho breast. Four
arrows were fired into Edmonston.
trho' soaip proper of Cahono was
t?^? by one Indian, whilo the second
tchk a piece about four by seven
ir.?hes, from the left side of the head.
Edmonston was not scalped, for at this
juncture tho soldiers from Sidney hur
ried out and tho Indians took to flight.
The'wounded men were taken to the
town, where tho arrows wero cut out.
In 1883 I met Cahone, who was then
a passenger conductor running east
"from Ogden, Utah. Ho said he was
in .excellent health, having never suf
fered from his wounds or thu scalp
ing.; He woro a skull cap, as may
weljt^be imagined. Edmonston was at
thc Same time a passenger conductor
running west from Ogden.-New York
Herald._
Just Say "Walk" to Him.
ifs, which are at once tho drow
siosf&hd most wakeful of domestic ani
mals; according to their state of mind
and - circumstances, seem to sleep
lightly or heavily at will. Nothing
can he more slow, reluctant, and Jeis
urely^than the enforced waking of a
potted house dog when it does not
wish'to be disturbed. It will remain
deaf to a cat, twitch its feet if tickled,
but not unclose its eyes, and finally
streich end yawn like a sleepy child.
But.mention something interesting to
the samo dog when sleeping, such as
thetford "walk," or click the lock of
agtiuj ?ndit k on its feet in an in
stant,, and ready for enterprise.
Spectator.
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* UK
T?8rSpanish language is sonorous
and5|ignifiecl, but deficient in variety
and' adaptability. Italian is not
masculine enough to meet ali tho
wn?'ts'of tho speaker.
In.the year 1894 only 734G people
were^kiJled and 40,393 were injured
m?W: or less seriously on our rail
roads..
2-"Well, if I didn't forget to put
down the oilcloth, however
3-"I guess I can slide itunder,and
when sho comes homo she'll bc
4-"Surprised. "-W. O. F?ll cr, .Tr.,
iu Rockland (Ale.) Tribune.
The rate of taxation has nearly quad
rupled ju France singe 1830.
THE LATEST OUT.
RECENT WRINKLES ON THE
FACE OF DAME FASHION.
Welcome Return of Buttons-Silk
the Fabric for Early Season
Wear-Possible Forerun
ner of Hoopsklrts.
THE world seems to havo gone
wild on tho subject of orna
mentation, says tho Washing
ton Star. There is no stone
too precious to imitate for every-day
garniture, and silver is so common
and so cheap that the charwoman
.would be frowned upon in tho swell
West End scullery regions if she were
to pinion her Bath bun headdress with
anything grosser than a silver dagger.
The new throat or collar buckles are
not so barbarously wide as they were
for awhile, but they aro longer and
prettier. Some of them look like
crocheted silver wire, and are flexible.
A few aro set with brilliants, but
though these are really worn by some
people of unquestioned good taste in
broad daylight over a tailor-made
gown, it is yet open to question
whether it is quite proper. Bracelets
of heavy silver log chains, fastened
with a tiny padlock, are not new in
conception, but aro in design. They
are not pretty either.
Tho reign of fancy bodices seems to
be at its height. Tho bodice still has
a fancy for stopping nt tho waist line,
J?INTY COSTT/AIi! *
forward every day. A line wire chaiu |
belt, as flexible as ribbon almost, has '
a buckle of two hearts that overlap i
and are set with turquoises. Another I
belt is of a thin blade of chased silver I
with flat, square buckies, set in a 1
curious oriental fashion with various i
colored stones. Ribbon belts come to i
match all tho exquisite new shades of i
silk, and havo dainty bows of ribbon '.
with small rhinestone buckles in the
centre. There are tiny rings of silver '
set with tiny stones, that may be i
sewed on the belt to form a ohain of
brilliants through the centre, or to
6tud it at intervals. Except on very
brilliant occasions, these would look a
little loud.
Buttons seem to be returning to
favor, and they will be wolcome, for
bud as dressmakers hate to make but
tonholes, they would rather do it than
submit to tho constant growl ab'mfc
hooks that never etay fastonod, and
eyes that oludo the most skillful fin
gers. Somo of tho buttons are ex
quisito pieces of workmanship, and are
of filagree gold and silver. A few are
set with real garnets and turquoises,
and tho most artistically expensive
ones aro painted ivory or stone china,
set in quaintly wrought rims. The
vests of tailor-made gowns that have
fly-open coats are fastened fr?m neck
to lower edgo with neat little buttons,
generally of the samo material as tho
dress.
Large pearl buttons aro a foatnro of
the modernized Eton suits, which are
with us again. There is just enough
difference in tho suit of the new gar
ments to make you wish that you had
waited till this season to buy. One
fancy in the jacket is to hook it to the
vest down the sides, and not let it fly ,
open, as it did last season. It will not
bo hard to accommodate tho old style
to that feature, however. As for tho
sleeves, they can't get any bigger, for
there is nothing to hold them out, ex
cept it bo a wire cage. I did hear of
ono young woman who utilized her big
sleeves on a rainy, sloppy day to 6tow
her packages in, and they might bo
mado to serve as market baskets, but
it is qnite probablo that they have
reached the highest point of all their
greatness, and will soon fall, Uko a
bright exhalation in the evening, and
no man see them moro. My, but wo
men will look funny then !
Tho fancy fronts which are so much
tho voguo show many novelties for
spring. Those made of tho English
eyelet embroidery and ribbons aro
among tho latest. To a pink satin
stock a blouse front of palo pink eye
let embroidery is fastonod, which is
finished at tho waist lino by n broad
band of pink ribbon. Other novel
ties are ot eyelet insertion and bands
of ribbon. These fronts aro very
charming worn with jaunty little
cloth jackets. Light silk fronts, in
ail the new shades, aro stylish trimmed
with coarse black lace insertion.
Herc is some French authority ou
thc uso of crinoline : "Tho best dress
makers aro now using stiff interlinings
with great mod oration. Thero is a
general tcudency to discard its uso
altogether as a lining, employing the
crinoline, moreen, haircloth or other
fabric for un entirely separate under
skirt. Some of tho now silk skirts aro
made to carry out, thin iden, beiug
faced with haircloth at the hem, and
trimmed very full around the bottom
with piped or corded silk frills, about
three inches wide. Inexpensive skirts
[ire also made of moreen or haircloth
alone, some fashioned with a closely
fitted yoke, with kilts or hox plaits
FANCY FRONT MADE OF RIBDON.
Joined to this yoke, that flare very
much from the knees down, giving a
like spreading eftect to tho dress skirt
worn above it. A Jew of these skirts
ure'silk covered. " It is thought among
importers that these skirts are fore
runners of hoop skirts. -
Silk wili be tho fabric of all fabrics
for early season wear. Merchants
^notc enormous sales of thc Very light
wash silks for summer wear, and of
the darker ones for wear after Easter.
Taffetas, so durable and light, will
bold their own, but surah and gros
jrain will push it hard. There are
some odd fancies in evening silks
'jja?' ' . *
-r"' SIIF in ?
?uuuro ui'cpo ......?0
They are used principally for bodices,
made up with lace and rich passemen
trie. The cheap wash silks como ia
the most charming colors and certain
ly do launder remarkably well. They
\re even illuminated now, and a few
of them have a curious cord woven ia
stripes which makes them quite rich,
looking.
Since the crusade against the thea
tre and concert hat began all kinds of
devices havo been resorted to to save
. CONCERT IIAT3.
tho appearance of going abroad bare
headed. Some of tho jeweled affairs
that aro used for this purpose aro
Bimply exquisito. Ono to bo put
against a rabbit's ear bow of ribbon
is of dead gold set with turquoises;
the other is an aigrette on a pair of
Mercury wings of gold set wit h pearls.
Tlio center pearl is set around with
diamonds. Both of these ornaments
are made to stand against a high
knotted coiffure.
SMART COLLARS AND CAPES.
Broad, deep collars or short capes
of heavy lace aro very handsome over
close-fitting waists. They come at all
prices, but aro ncvor very cheap. Ono
of the new fashions is to have a collar
made with six points of laco. Around
each point is sewed, full, a finer lace,
about threo inches iu width. Thc nock
is finished with a folded chiffon collar,
or ribbon, as is proferred. Tho col
lar, made in this fashion, is very
dressy. It covers tho front and back
of tho waist to the bust lino and stand*
out well over tho full sleeve. These
collars can bo mado for much less
money than they can bo bought for in
tho shops.
Yokes of lace, with deep berthas
attached, aro very smart little affairs
to wear over a high cut waist or to
cover thc neck and shoulders when a
low cut bodico is worn. They, too,
aro finished with a chiffon, satin or
velvet ribbon collar.
Long, full, straight vest pieces of
chiffou and laco insertion are ex
tremely becoming. Tho chiffon is full
and laid in flue plaits. Tho piece of
lace inserton goos between the folds of
thc chiffon, and the whole thing hangs
full over thc waist line.
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A sheet of pen drawings by Michael
Angelo was discovered recently in a
London auction room. The subjects
were sketches for holy families and
allegorical .groups. Theprize brought
$1000 at auction, ' '
LOOK OUT!!!
for these imitations and substi
tutes, they are poor stuff at the
best and increase your misery.
Take Simmons Liver Regulator
only. You will know it by the
large red Z on the face of every
package and by the ;elief it gives
when taken for Dyspepsia, Indi
gestion, Constipation, Biliousness
and Sick Headache.
??K?LREGSATOR 0 N L?
J. H. ZEILIN & Co., Philad'a, Pa
HAWKS AND RATS.
Tho Birds Cleared a Barn of Ro
dents.
One morning recently Farmer Re
solved R. Hallstead of Elkland town
ship, Penn., saw a large white
breastod hawk dart into a sashless
window near the peak of a wagon
barn that he had finished building a
few days before. It flew out in a
moment with a squealing rat in each
claw, and the interested farmer,
watched it till it met another hawk
in midair. The two circled and un
dulated side by side for a spell, when
the one with tho rats resumed its
flight toward the forest. The other
hawk immediately pointed for the
barn, shot through the window, flit
ted out a few seconds later with a
struggling rat in each talon, and
sailed off in the same direction. Mr.
Halstead started to tell his wife about
what he had seen, when the hawks or
a pair exactly like them, flew into
the barn window, and came out short
ly with their claws full of squealing
rats. Thero was ho grain or hay in
the new barn, and the farmer won
dered where all the rats came from.
He was also in a quandry as to how
the fierce forest birds knew where to
find rats under a roof.
On going into the upper part of the
barn Mr. Hallstead saw scores of
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partners. When the ball broke up
lots of the pop corn was left, and tho
rural merrymakers threw it at one
another till tho floor was covered.
The rats in the other barns soon got
scent of the fragrant pop corn, and'
swarmed into tho new building after
it; but how the hawks ascertained
that the rat3 were thero in large num
bers none of the smart local natural
ists were able to tell.
Mr. Hallstead's dog pitched into
the four-footed corneaters, and the
fierce rats pounced upon him, bit his
nose and ears till the blood ran, and
sent him yelping down the stairs.
The farmer went at the rats with a
shovol, and they ran up. his clothing"
and forced him to clear out. They
bit him on the neck and ears before
he could shake them off, and he de
cided to let them alone. At dusk
that night he saw two owls flit
through tho window and sail out with
four rats. Tho hawks continued to
dart into the barns several times a
day, and they always steered for the
woods with their claws full. When
the useful birds of prey ceased to
come not a rat was to be seen in the
barn, although a lot of popcorn still
remained on the floor.
Waterproof Leather.
All medical authorities agree as to
tho importance of keeping the feet
dry. But aside from the use of rub
ber and such materials, nothing has
I heretofore been invented that would
fully answer this demand. .A new
process of tanning, however, gives
assurance that this much desired
article has at last been made a possi
bility. Raw hidfs are saturated
with a week solution of bi-chromate
of potash, containing su^cient hy
drochloric acid to free the chromic
acid. Tho skins remain in this pre
paration until they are of a bright
yellow color all through. Tho moist
ure is then pressed or drained from
*hem, when they are immediately
put into a hyposulphite of soda bath,
containing a little acid, put in to
change the compound to' green
chrome oxide. The oxidization of
the sulphurous acids creates sul
phuric acid, resulting in a completo
reduction of chromic acid. At this
stage the loather must bo dyed any
desired color, as in its present con
dition it is of a dull green blue tint.
After the dyeing and drying it is
extremely tough and flexible and ab
solutely water and damp proof, so
much so that it will take on no
permanent color, as the surface is
thoroughly non absorbent. The
process is said to be very readily
learned' and easily understood. While
it sounds complicated and suggests a
great deal of knowledge of chemistry, '
it is as easily managed as the old
method of tan bark, and is, beside,
a disinfecting process as well as a.
destroyer of any disease germs thai
might by accident bo lodged in the
skins to be handled.
Flexible Glass.
What is called "flexible glass'* its
mado by dissolving from four to eight
parts of gun-cotton, one of alcohol
or ether, and then adding from two
to four parts of Canada balsam. The
mixturo is poured out and dried on
a glass plate.