The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 26, 1891, Image 4
, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL- 1
Leather railway brakes are coining. 19
Laundry iron* are heated by electricity.
Cannon projectiles bare been photo- y
graphed.. _ . , t
San Francisco has 3000 miles of telephono
wires that are to be replaoed by
Cnhtaain underground conduits. ,
ei'SHis nas Deen in-1
K^^^BOuar a minute is the charge for
new London-Paris telephono
Jine. "This is about .double the rate
charged for a similar distance, in thia
country. ? .
^ ? A Limoges (France) firm of porcelain
makers have substituted petroleum for
rood in tiring their wares, and not only
find that it produces better results but
cheapen* the cost.
The Mexican Government has been experimenting
witli a faachiue ami process
for drumming and cleaning ramio llhre,
tho, capacity of tho machine being 1}
ton's of fibre per day, at a cost of about
4 7-10 cents per pound.
The harbor authorities of Houthampton,
Kngland,'the grent mail port, havo
decided to adopt clastic cranes for tho
unloading of vessels, on uccount of the
greater-rapidity with which they will ensWo
vfltVi to \w\ performed.
, A n*\v appliance wcighiug only n few
pounds enables cloth dealers and others
to measure fabrics while rolling or blocking
them. 'J'he cloth passes over and
under a set of four rollers, tho last of
which actuates a counter, which tells the
number of yards paid out.
It has been concluded thnt for any
constant vohimo tho specific heat,
whether at constant volume or at con
stant pressure, decreases to a limiting
vnluo with rise of temperature and sub
sequently increases, and that the snmllci
tho volume the morn rapid tho change oi
temporal uic.
Ah eight inch well, which in Jieing
BUiik near Wheeling, W. Va., in a search
for oil or gas, has reached, after several
months of horin^, a depth of 1100 feet.
Both oil ami gas have been struck
throughout in paying qnantitiej. Veins
of gold and layers of good quartz, iron
tad ttupi'Toiis other minerals have been
pMBdli through,
v IWntiOfasr Yloumi ot t\\e V'rosiuar.
Difcfrhai voted ^40,1)00 for the. cutuhlish'
roent of the liocli Institute. I'rofessoi
Virehow opposed the grant. He strongly
denounced the treatment of consumptive"
with Kuril's lymph. Ho declared it had
proved a failure. Ifo warned the doctors
that they ran great, risk in persisting to
treat patients with Doctor Ivoch'i
lymph.
The consumption of sawdust and
shavings in sawmills effects a great, economy
in fuel. While sawdust, is easily
handled, the larger chips fro.n plan us
are not so readily dispose I of, n'.id lire
often so bulky that if manipulated in tlio
ordinary way much labor is entailed.
An ingenious mode of overcoming this
difficulty has been introduced, consisting
of a system of ventilation nud boilerfiring
that removes nil tlio-rhijis,niul dusfc^
m*%.?! tlio imuiliiiiiiu Irnurt.iH f ftff\ ?
npcciiil liiiil?lius? nti<l lorries J
V
' The number of -rnrfipil T?r
nil the .iiulrou'ls iu ,V*o woiUl averages
0,600,000 a .lay. ,
c - ?
A Good Appetite
,yr^: . ' tii j]
TIiopp lo linlhltit; for irhlcll wo itronimotul lliwl'i
f-nrnapni Ilia wllli KiMlcr ooriMennn' Ihnti for Ion ol !
appetite, Inillp'tilloii, sick hi'/tlnchn amf nlhorlnm
bios of dyspeptic nature. In the moot natural wny
this medtolnn gmtly l?nM Iho stomach, and maker
one feel 'Teal hungry."
I.iidles In Hellenic Health. or rorjr dainty
and particular at meals, af tor taking Hood's wane*.
pnrllln n few days, find themselves longing for ani
rating the plainest food with unexpected rHIsh a?4
ml Infliction. Try II. ,
Hood's Sarsaparilla
n'mcj on urniKlSM. fl; six for ?V 1'repnrod only
bye. 1. HOOD At CO., I a) well. Mass.
IOO Doses One Doiiar
v".i;
- ^ DONALD KENNEDY
Of Roxburv. Mass.. saws
- - M J ?I W%"J ?
Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, DeepSeated
Ulcers of 40 years' I
landing, inward Tumors, and
every disease.of the skin^; except
^ Thurfdet J-Iitfnor, ^and
Cancer that lias taken root.
Price, $1.50. Sold- by every
Druggist in the United States
and Canada.
"August
Flower"
This is the query per*
What la petually on your little
boy's lips. And he is
It For? no worse than the biK* !
ger, older, balder-bead- j
ed boys. Life, js an interrogation ]
point 'l What'is it lor?" we con? |
tinually cry from the cradle to the !
grave. So with this little introduc* |
tory sermon we turn and ask: "What j
is August 1;i.o\vhr for ?" As easily
answered as asked : ft' is1 Tor Dys- I
pepsia. , It is a.special remedy for J
the StPtnach ' atid Liv^r. Nothing
Ttioie' Uittiv \\>nv .inamfui. i
We- welfevF ArtgU'nt'' Vr Wires i
Dyspepsia. We know it will. We 1
have reasonVfftr knowinglt. Twenty 1
years ago it started in a small country ;
town. To-day it lias an honored
place in every city and country store,
possesses one of the largest manu- ]
facturing plants in the country and
sells everywhere. Why is this ? The
reason is as simple as a child's
thought. It is honest, does ono t
thing, and does it right along?it ,
cures Dyspepsia. t? ,
p. G. GREEN, Sole Mao'fr, Woodbury,NJ,
BLOSSOM TIMS. 1 *><
..
ipring cam* with tiny lanoea thrmtiaCi 11
And earth wa? clad In peeping grew; 8,
n ramet bark, tbe twigs encrusting,
Ttadareit bio?om poiaU were eeea;
i robin courier proclaimed good oh?r: w
lummtr wiJI soorf arrtr* for I am her*. ^
Ind now from cherry bough* In flow? tl
The languid brews* arousing shak? C
Of feather mow in drifting flake*; f
ArtfHTaflwlfli snioVy, amethystine light. I
Ah, little aoul, on thy first Spring.
Unclosing merry, puxxledey?, '
Would that a father's thought could bring
Prophetic ?*>unsel morn than wise
Toguido I h'-vnt- a father's lovowoi^ld yearn,
Th '?u hastWi trtneh to suffer and to learn I
I cannot live thy life for tboo, |
My precept* would he dull aud trlt*%
Barron oh last year's love to mo .
Beneath the apple blossom* white;
But in thy new horizon's vaster range (
Our hearts ol<?s?? knit shall feel no chilling
ehnngc. . , ^
? II'. Larremorr, in Srw fcnijlanrt Monthly. [
A GOOD NIGHTS WORK. J
While in comrnuuil of h small scouting I
party in Arizoiiin L went into camp one '
bright iliiy on the liio I'liereo, very near '
the New Mexican line. The tents hail
been pitche<l and the animals sent out to
vyji/.e under ii strong uiniel unil I was
walking before my tent, impatiently
waiting a summons to dinner, which I
knew by the strong odor wafted from an
ad jtiecnt eolb e pot would not lie much
longer delayed
We were about ninety miles from tho
nearest fort ami hundreds from any settlement;
There was no ranches wliatsoI'ver
in this part, only sonic i alt lit and
sheep belolieill/' to Me\ieaiM, which wero
herded through the Ti rritory. These
H i re III charge of tile Mexicans, who lived
milch tin same kind of life as did their
stoi k. Their blankets were their only
hotisi', and when night eati.e on they
would lie down wherevei u might overtake
them. for miles aroiuid the land
was as level as the bed o| a billiard
aide. JWoilntaiiiH were seen in the distance,
which were inhabited by liuliins.
Itut my little command and a lew rattle- I
snake and tarantulas were the only living
tliings near.
"Dinner is ready, Lieutenant," was
the welcome summons with which my i
cook "rented me, and \ was soon doing [
I?imi <-?* in u lieni niiinrr ?>i itean soup unit <
' slapjacks."
! was in Sin- inuis! of this savory repast
wliru I noticed a stranger approaching
nie. lie was a wcIMmiiII, powerfullooking
man, ahoul foily years ol a^o;
Ins face was intellect mil ami extremely
handsome; lie wore a lull heard ami
mom-tactic, hot h of which were iron-nroy.
Me was coarsely clad, anil carried no
weapon. The latter cireinnslaiico was
the most reinarkahle Ihiiio of all, for in
those days in Ari/ona one scarcely
moved without his arms.
Nearino me, lie asked, in a pleasant,
pin t niiiniier, if I w ere I he commanding
tlicei.."
I replied that I was.
"I*I ?;nnie 1o see it you could lend me
a '"V1 curhimi for a few days," lie
said.
'"'Touj&lou't mean to tell iiiu that you
''Ves; 1 Ttnvc iiothino oi^ilje kind," he
. |.s|dmvi'' lieen iiiuioyial for the
past three months h\ those internal ('alt
loiniir-hAiis, ;tiid if I had a shoofinjj iron
I nyjolit kilhTSine of thtiu."
, ",'\rr you eumpiii" near here?" J
I askeii.
"I live jusi niuiiil I lit: hend of t lie
fi/l'i . -xt I'll' you walk ijmvti w i 111 me.'"
tileilly astonished, I asked it lie liveil
tilery,i|inte alone.
1 '"'Hi, in,." he replied, "my ivil'e am
mother live \\ ill, me."
l.illle dreamim; I xx t; so iie.u a resalnu
> , I accepted his in vital ion, ami
tilling tin 1111m in I li iviii; (In* Merijeant
.111 i liai*-I- i*1 i am11, I started forth with
in\ m xx .,i 11i.-i1111.-Iin i- As wi- inaih- tin'
linn in the liver I -:nv a liroe shelving
t !)?,? )? ? # ) If. Tf
\xa- uyl imnv than, .! * \.>i I^ Irom the
liver'- hank, ami xx is real I \ |, i i t?- impost- 1
mo in its dimension*. It struck me as
so peculiar- so entirely mit of nlvec that
I e\|.-ies.M-i| my snrjirise toiuy companion.
" Ves,'" he ansxvered. " I fancy it is
a meteorite. I am unilet jjreat ohligu i
tion to it, \vhate\ei it is, ami howevei it i
. atju- here, lor it lias |iroti-ctei| im- for |
months III at rock is my house." I
M\ this time xxe Irnl reached the nat
hial Iwclliite \t xx hat inii;ht he termcil i
Its opeiiilio. tin- I oek xxa> ten feet ol |
more from the ^tmiml, ami it sheltered
a space about twenty teet in breadth.
er/nheillx- stopj;;^ ;vu n<i ami down- t
ward. As I stepped tm lei (la- protect
me' roof I s.-nv in., i,........
- . ? miiiii'4 :n
My host present e-1 nit' In I? innthet
i li< I wife tespeel ivtl y. ami ! s:i\V at :t j
i;klliee that they were Mexicans; not of
I In- elass, however, known as "ronu'H, ^
Inil representatives >1 i much higher j
uraile. Like tno>t Mcxit ins, (hey wetc j
Ii<in? Inn <1 to iciivcm' in any lanitniujo
Init theii own, hut whet: th'\ h-iirneil ,
it.ul my Unrt?\i'<lnc ot their ton n? wn- \
too slijflit to enable tnc to muter taml '
tin in they overcame their relit? fitncc, ''
i n< 1 we ?-]i:i 11 ?* 1 <111111- pleasant I v.
I learned tliat they hail been liviti" ^
there for three month*. They vault (
with the intention of I.nmino, ami latci '
proposed erect ill*; a suitahle dwelling.
Tlio Indians had not molested them, \
Init they were worried in the lions, f
which came by twos ami threes niehtjy a
to the opetiino of their habitation, ami t
there howle-l till daylight, when they j
returned to the mountain. n
They tohl inc it wjis neeessurv for one It
of them to he up ill. nieht to keep the n
lire Inn nine, which wa> their only pro- c
teetioii from these monsters. h
('onseipientl\ they had taken turns sit- n
line up niohts tor the last three months, ti
Having listened' t a a j;i aploi itleserip- tl
lion of their far-from pleasant neighbors, n
I t. Ill then. i l i- ' ' ?- 1 --
. ?.i .i n i ii iM a pis- |
lol or onrhino of my own I would will- 11
inj*ly lend or nivi* Oirm ouo, l>ut nil tlie ^
weapons in the eomtnand, even iho-jo on '
my person, belonged to the < iovernment, '
ami that the orders n -pri iin;; ilioni wore s
so stringent. tlini I w.i- utt? 11v unahle to '
accommodate tliom. v
"I had a pistol wliou I ranm lioro," said v
inv host, '-hut I lost ii i ro-siiio the '
rivo: Sim o then you an the lirsi per- '
Son th.tt ha? hecn I his \\ iv."
I h it really .-??ir\ foi him, and nl?n
'fit thai they mi^ht think I had "ivon ...
orv ice 'V lol 1ft U-it1?4 the loiltl m
hey asked. fr
That three human heinjjs should beaa* u<
' */ f
oyed night after night by wild be?U,
id a company of cavalry unable tc give
win protection seemed Incredible, yet.
udi .was the case.
At length a happy thought atrucli nae.
"I tell you what I will do," I said. "I
ill send the company in charge of the
ergcant about five roilea further defarri
lie river to encamp; then I will bring
'urley with me. and w? b"C
o-night with you. Curley |i an old
rontiersman, and ia acting guide for me.
? ? (^wv?4 *? ?/ , a IIM ft 111 enjoy too 1
iport.
My proposal was joyfully accepted,
md I returned to camp to give the necisnry
directions. About an hour later
he company moved out an 1 Curley and
I were alone.
"What sort of an outfit ia that down
here?" said my companion, pointing to
he stono mansion I had recently left.
"I cannot tell you," I answered. "The
icople say they are worried by the lions,
ind I have told thcin you and I will stay
vith them to-night and sample a few"
"Some escaped jailbird, I suppose,"
mid Curley. "The country's full of
liein.
"Yes," I answered, "tho country is
ull of them, hut I am sure this man is
10 criminal. Ilia manner ami his appearance,
barring his clothes, are those i
>f a gentleman, ami his wife seems more
than ordinarily rcllued."
"Well," said Curley, "if they will
trot out the lions we don't care what
they nre "
With that "we started toward the rock.
The California lion may have a legitimate
iiRine, hut this is tho only one 1 have
ever heard applied to him. He belongs
to (lie panther and wildcat families, being,
I bklitcve, a cross between the two.
They (jifvc us codec, bread ami fried
bacon for Jiuppcr, and our host surprised
and delighted us by producing from his
trunk some cigars. Not a lamp nor :
candle of any description did they'have.
When darkness came on tliey went, to
bed 01 on watch, as the case might he.
We fold them all to retire whenever
tliey felt'disposed, and they wanted not
a second bidding. We saw that oui
rifles were in good order ami that our
auiiiiuuitioii was handy; then wo permitted
the lire to die out.
Not long did we wait; we had nQt
been on guard more than half an hour
a lien Curley whispered to inc.* .."Did
you see that thing sneaking up hero?"
I had already seen it, but it was only
a coyote, so I said; "It is nothing hut n
coyote. We must not shoot; it will
frighten the lions."
"I believe you are rightsaid Curley.
"Hut bow about this Senator that is approaching.'"
Sure enough, here caino a large linn,
walking proudly along, scarcely thirty
yards from us.
"Do not lire," said Curley. "Wait
until we gel more of them.*'
A few minutes fitter four Inrgo lions
were in our immediate front. Tho mac
had certainly told the truth thus far,
whatever his intention as to farming
might be.
"You lake (he one on (ho loft ami I'll
take the one on the right," said Curley.
"Are you ready?" '
"Heady," I replied.
"Hire!"
The report of our rillos and the screaim
of the startled sleepers were almost
TWWf.u" 1 -n\WcH?Fft<igc"iii1H
my rille ami tired at air escaping -lion,
but I doubt if J injured him. Wc re
mini me urn ana uruggeci two tine spect
mens of the brutes wliero its light would
allow us to inspect them, t bed shot on?
through tin- heart and Curly had sent t
hullet through the brain of tlie other.
"I think we had bettor leave them
out side," said (atirfoy ; ''the others wil'
scent .the hlood and cpn*f bneki--' ..
Whether they Scented the blood oj
not, I am not prepared to say, but h*c.k
they certainly catoc. We waited until ?
fiood opportunity ollfrod, aitd then, at n
given signal, tired again; two inyrft large
lions fell, and Otirley succeeded in load
ing and shootin? Otie 11\:?t was ethltavor
ing to escape. uThis., iiwije five that wi
IujiI Uillisl A Hm- umhitiiu^i uuothcr hna
without any result, wo made up;the;lire
ind sh-pt until sunrise. The little family
were mcrjoyed at ?hehoUlii?g our n?ght!i |
work, and succeeded in < onvincing us ol
their sincere gratitude.
Alter bieaklaStithtrlcy shinned the five
inimals and gaUautly presented the pelts
to the young wife. Ajb wo hade good-bj
to tin- roeU family lie said, "if vou rub >
fit tie strychnine over these carcasses,and
stake them at little distance from tout
im li vou will not be troubled inucl'
longer by lions."
Then, with a cordial farewell wi
I,,! down ttie river to overtaki
lie command. ?/>riiW* Mn-jivzine.
.... .
A A'HIO Kill III IIIS bungs.
Tin- erase of Di\ Kotliwcll, who died
kith a cork in his lungs, has been paralleled
by an Oakland (C'al.) man, who
urvived the very operation which proved
atal to the* Brooklyn preacher. Charles
'inkham is a ear driver, who, when a
id of eleven years, in Tuolomne County,
wallowed a big pine nut It was a
s.-w YovW dinner, and, in trying to
rush the nut, it. slipped down his throat
aid into his wind-pipe. It went into
he right lung, where it stuek. It was a
ivrv large nut, as big as the front joint
>f the little linger, l'inkham, whoso
?nly traee of the accident is a very husky
mice, in talking of his ease to-day said:
"l&ycry scheme to dislodge the nut
vnt tried by five doctors present. For
Ive daja^nothing was done to help me,
nd growing weaker. Sometimes
he not would work up into my windtipe
arid stop my breath. it took two
iien to hold me, and they used to stand
ne on my feet and slap me on the back
titiI it would slip back into the lung. I
ould breathe with my left lung. At
ist the doctors saw I could not live
inch longer, and Dr. Walker determined
r> try an operation somewhat similar to
hat tried on Dr. llothwell. He cut into
iv windpipe, down to my breastbone,
t took two days to do it. The tlrstday
silver tube was set in my throat, and I
'Tcnltnnl throiigb that. Thn next day
>r. Walker cut the breastbone, and then
... i i.io i:..- ?i - > --J I
.. ii i m- rtuuuu ;i 11< 1
ilckfld tin* nut out. I recovered, but
or seven yeirs [ did not s| cak above a
v!iis|)or. 1 carry the son yet, and my
'nice is a little hoarse, but that is all I
invc to remember my escape by. The
ict that the nut didn't swell is all that
lived my life." ? (IM J)rm">'r-it.
1* reneh parents possessing seven or I
ore children have certain exemptions
out taxation. In France there are 1.10,. )
)0 fuuiilios sy exempted.
m *
i r - v
J SELBCT llftlWJI.
Teeth in poUti *>7 aJsctridty. (D
ABetgiea coatKto^ ?eep. of
Oat^to, flindU, bn M Eticultwal qt
text-botok in b?r ?* !* ,nfcinl> *
Tliai bflu' MllltoM b A* United fltltM
?ssr?<>^?*y'th-#so?ooo?-"
AMI ^ ^
Aooordfng to th,?r! di
were txioty litijlf'1''1l1 merried w
women w di
imile of railroad in tip fnlt?& States i?* w
the preeent time igdbwEJt30,000. ci
A Baltimore matf- W earache oontln- 8
ually for eloTen jeart.^f iaally ho reoor- ei
ered end delight drovei Ira insane. I 01
A cut of tea made frk, the roots of
froehly dug daedelioni ?i work won- ?
rlera for the nerves. Tak&hree time# a a<
day. 41
A grain of Que sand will\ver one of {J
the minute scales of tholhumakBtcin, jet .
each one of these scales covcrrfrom 800
to 500 pores. \ 1
A bill sticking machine, whlh sticks ?
without ladder or paste pot, hwemado its a
appearance in tun street* 01 i'*is, ana f,
does its work well. \ ^
The roots of timothy grass hale been *
traced to a depth of 2} feet, anrfelover a
:$ 1-16 feet, inn hard clay soil sutable b
for making bricks. t
In the text t\t the "Encyclopedia Brit- <
mica," there arB^j^^^^rdg which
avonevw bCCiTforflW^entmTff aini"<ie-~ 1
incd in any diatioDa&'j. 1
The people of Starlight, Grundy Coun- j
ty, Mo., complala.that the man who carries
the mail to that town puts young ,
pigs, etc., in the pouch along with the f
love letters, etc.
A magistrate in Georgia recently re- j
ccived four silver dimes as a marriage ,
fee. The groom, a boy of eighteen, said t
it was all he could afford. The bride ,
was a widow oft forty. ^
A tramp stoleia razor and opened up a r
.shop in a box?car near the fire-brick t
works,at Mexico,tMo. He shaved twenty- i
five men in half a day, pocketed $2.50 i
and again took tovthc road. f
Heindcer flesh, which ii said to be t
tender, delicious, and nutritious), is regu- '
larly exported from tho arctic rones to <
Hamburg, where it meets eager demand 1
at about thirteen cents a pound.
Two years ago thouxMuains of William '
Inncs wore buried at Coruuna, Ind.
Whon exhumed the other day, they were
found petrified, and had increased in
weight from 175 to over 500 pounds.
A benevolent Atchison (Kan.) woman
keeps a bar of soap oh a board near a
creek that runs through tho towtn, for the
i?e of tramps, Hiid a number/of them
nay he seen nt that place everyiday wasting
themselves.
It pays to feed crops bountifully. The
extra yield from the exlrn supply of
plant food is largely clear profit. A considerable
part of this extra supply of
plant food can bo obtained by frequent
and thorough cultivation. H
Baron ilirsch, iu an interview, said,
not Uruguay, but the Argentine llcpubI
" J *- - ?! -!?. -r >L.
lie WOUIU lie lliu Blia U1 tuu j;iu ivaou i
Hebrew colony. The baron intends to
buy 6,000,000 ncfes for this purpose.
Karon Uirsch may aftgyard buy laud in
WISE WORDS.
\
Motherhood is woman's throne.
No woman is rcAlly beautiful until sh?
is old.
Most won en are ambitious; they want
to be men.
Sweethearts aud wives nre entirely
dilTerent women.'
Anger is :iko rain, it brenks itfclt upoi
that on which it falls.
A woman is seldom prosaic until she
Is some man's mother-in-law.
To keep youi own secret is wisdom
to expect others to keep it is folly.
If only women fought battles there
would be only wars of extermination.
Modesty is to merit as shades to figures
in a picture,giving it strength and beauty
lie that calls ".OU't ungrateful, aoru*
up all the evil that, a man can be guilty
of.
Borne womeu are born fools; som?
noliinvn it ?in*l enmo Iiqva it flirnat
them.
Fruitless is sorrow for having don?
amiss if it issues not iu a resolution to
do so uo more.
Families ?ue a good deal like clocks?
too much legulntiou may easily mak<
themgo wrong.
There is a difference between happiness
and wisdom, that he that think: ,
himself the happiest man is really so,
hut he that thinks himself the wisest is
generally the greatest fool.
It may he remarked for the comfort o'
honest poverty, that avarice reigns mosi
in those who have hut few good quali
ties to recommend them. This is a weeo *
that will grow <?u)y in harron noil. M
There are pccuUux $yays in men, which ^
| discover what they are through the most c
| subtle feints and clever disguises. A ^
block head cannot conic in, nor go away,
nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man <
of sense. 1
Know that flatterers are the worse kind J r
of traitors; for they will strengthen the i .
imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, c
correct thee in nothing, hut so shadow j
and paint all thy vices and follies as thou
shall never, by thine will, discern good
from evil, or vice from virtue.
The Trade In Mammoths' Tasks. j
The ahundancc of the remains of the ,
mammoth is almost incredible. Midden- \
don icckoncd that at least 100 pairs of ,
then tusks had been put on the market i
yearly during the past two conturicg( ,
and from personal observation Noldcnsk/ (
ji>M h inclined to regard the 09timMo ai i
too small. It thus appears that in the |
recent modem tr??-l? tho tusks(of more j
thai. 20,000 of thestv, jmimals of ; past ,
Hue- have been comTCtcd.?'JSt. Louis R? . \
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Length of Soldier's Steps. '
Among the Continental armies the
German soldiers have the longest legs,
judging by the length of step, which it ]
nighty centimeter.",. The step of tho (
French, Austrian, llclgiura and Swedish \
soldiery averages seventy-five centime- t
ters, whilo that of the Russian soldiers a
rarely exceeds sixty-ninoV?St. Louis /fo. t
public, j s
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Sailing In Bollln * Water.
It teems somewhat of an anomaly to
umerate earthquakes among the perils
the sec, nevertheless,submarine earth
lakes are quite often a source of coasidabte
danger to navigators. Instances
re the catastrophe in the bunda Straits
id the seas surrounding the Island of
,TZ. ... vvuiuiua, out In some parts
the ocean earthquakes and volcanic
sturbancea are of quite common occurnce,
although not often the cause ol
aaster. The Atlantic, from St. Paul
ocks to the Windward Islands, and the
aters around these islands, are es|>e
ally subject to these disturbances. The
wedish bark Eleanors had an expert
ice with an earthquake in that vicinity
a a recent voyage. Captain Petersen
iys that ono evening between 7 and t'clock,
while the ship was sailing along
I a three-knot rate, with a light wind
ad a calm sea, a noise was heard on the
ort aide like a heavy surf, and almost
nmediately the water began to boil aud
ubble like water in a huge kettle, break
ig violently and reaching as high as the
oop-deck. No distinct shock was felt,
ut the shipcontined to tremble as long
- it-- Jl-l-l I 4-.I It
iuo umuruauto iiuicj. n wunu.^
or about an hour, and after the same insrval
the bubbling and foaming of the
rater began again. It was then dark,
nd the sound could be plainly heard,
>ut it was not possible to observe
rhether the water was muddy. Next
Lay the sea was calm and weather fine.
Last fall a number of violeut shock}
(vera repoftcd from this region. One
vas felt at Barbados sod in various
daces throughout the region bctweob
Demerara, on tho mainland of South
Vtncrica and tho island of Martinique.
Tho American bark P. J. C'arlcton, Capsin
Crosbie, reported feeling a severe
ihock. The sea became like a boiling
oot, greatly confused and tumbling
ibout in a seething mass, and a grating
icusation was experienced, as though the
ressel wcro going over a reef. Other
re3sels reported similar experiences at
ibout tho same time. A particularly vi>lent
submarine volcanic disturbance
vould have such disastrous elfeets that
10 reports would ever reach any port
rom vessels uufortuunto euougli to be in
he locality. And how far such disturlances
may be responsible for thomelun:holy
list of ships "missing" is mutter
or conjecture.?New York Recorder.
Tho Census In New York and in Philadelphia.
The'census of New York City at tin
best constitutes a most dillicult problem,
says General Francis A. Walker in tin
Forum. In comparison with such i
task, a census of Philadelphia is child'!
play. There we have a city opcnlj
built, with ninety houses to every huti
dred families. Tenement houses ar
rare. Few of the people sleep in stables
in cellars, or in lofls. The houses ar
set squarely on the streets. Four-fifth
of the inhabitants arc native born, un?
all but a trifling percentage arc of Kng
lish speech. Merely to state these fact
is, to one who knows anything of Ne\
York, enough to show the difficulties o
enumeration in that city, which in 1SS'
had for 243,157 families but 73,08
dwellings, of which perhaps 2(1,00
were teuemcnt houses within the mean
ing of tho sanitary acts. New York i
a city with crowded and crooked courl
lbOl?Vuua l>l iuuuVjw, kuUnV, n.M AllWl
ited sites in the upper parts, and its po|
ulation is almost equally divided be twee
natives and foreigners, no small propoi
tiou of tho latter element using lai
guages other than English?uot mercl
the more or less familiar German .an
French, but Slavic and even non-Aryai
tongues.
Whoro (lie Curfew is Sfill itung.
For many a century there has beei
rung in the ancient city of Sandwich
the old Cinque Port of Kent, tlicCurfcv
bell, which marked at one period so dis
tinctive a feature of English life. Th
Church of St. Peter has maintained thi
custom up to the present day, but ad
verse fortune now threatens to extiuguisl
this honored relic of past ages. A Sand
wich paper says that relations are some
what strained between the rector and tin
sexton of St. Peter's, and as the fum
from which the latter was paid 5? nov
claimed by the church wardens the sextoi
is consequently in the dilemma of bavin:
a time-honored office without any salary
At the Easter vestry his re-election wa
mooted, itnd he thought it very hard
and naturally too, that he should hav
to work for nothing. Ho Inquired if ii
the event of his giving up the office th
rector-would hnvo power to p.cvcui 1111
irom carrying out his duties as ringer 1
the Curfew bell, but no one could infori
him. We trust, says the 1'ull .1 ft
Biulget, the rector will not allow this in
terestang custom to fall into desuetude
anu perhaps, if he be anything of a
antiquarian, he will see to its observant
himself.
Cntlinlte.
Catlinitc. the sacred red pipestone ol
he various'tribes of Indians, is found ic
uantity only in Pipestone County, Min
icsota, the county seat of the county
Iso being named Pipestone. The Indians
lainr that Mnnitou, the Or oat .Spirit,
aught thein the use of the stone and coin
nnuded them to always gather at the
|iiarry in peace. For miles around the
[uarry in every directions may he seen
olica of camps, now nearly buried froui
ighi, except where the prairie hns ro^
cntlv been swept away.?at. Louu
tepublio.
Blue Cranes Nest in the Willow.
Along the sloughs near Ibicn a Vistn
Lnkc there are, just at this time, tnulti
liules of l?lue cranes Hitting 011 nests ol
sggs. The eggs are about equal in si/,t
to those of a turkey, of blucisli tint an<l
spotted. The crar.e invariably selects n
willow tree, the lower part of which h
indcr.water ? and there are abundance
sf such at tlius time of the year- as it' it<
nstinet taught it to guard against preda
lory land animals. In the topmost liint
it builds of sticks a loosely woven nest,
ibout eighteen inches in diameter, am
in that it composes its long legs ami
furious body to the patient duty of hatch
ing out the twin Cggs. Docs anyein
Snow how long it takes for crane chickto
appear Cy\n-ty (CV.) JJitcr
1>rise.
A few yours ago a gentleman bought
00 acre several miles below Macon
la., on the Mast Tennessee Road, foi
vhich lie paid J? 10 an acre. 11< iinprovci
he property at a cost of only *7 an acre,
n<1 within four years from the date o
ho purchase cleared $^7,000 from tin
ah* of fruit grown on this land.
Th? Fmlter tmlryau.
Our frontier cavalryman is the bean
ideal of an irregular. The irregular
horseman of all ages was recruited from
among roving, unintelligent clateee. and
had, except in his own peculiar province,
aa plentiful a lack of good as he had a
ui>erabtiml<?"~" ~f i.iwitiw Oui |
trooper is intelligent, and trained in the
hardest of schools. Few civilians, who
find it so easy to criticise the operations
of the army in the West, would make
much of a success in hunting a band of a
few hundred Indiana in a pathless wilderness
or a waterless desert bigger than
New York and New England combined.
And yet, thus handicapped, what splendid
work our cavalry has done! While
ne civil department of the Government
baa for ycara been busy sowing the seeds
of strife and furnishing the red man
arms of precision, the best of catridges
and plenty of them, bow ably our handful
of bluecoats, under orders of another,
have mauapedto quell the Indian uprisings!
A force of fifty thousand men
constantly on foot would have been none
too great to do justice to our Indian
problem since the war; the actual force
has been less than a third of this number.
Let whoso i9 tempted to criticise
the army make himself familiar with
some of the deeds of heroism of the past
twenty years by our soldiers on the
Plains. Criticism blenches before their
recital. But the soldier is no boaster.
You must se"k his story from other lips
tliau his.?Harper's Magazine.
A Famous t'akcmnkcr.
Mrs. Myra Miller, a colored woman
who has just died in Atlauta, Ga., at the
age of eighty was the most celebrated
cakcmnker in the city. She was born in
Virginia, and 111 her childhood belonged
; to the Haudo phs, Hamptons and Johnsons.
For the last twenty years she has
; lived in Atlanta. She was so proficient
in her trade and so much liked that her
illness was a source of public concern.
Telegrams inquiring after her health
aire in from different parts of the State,
and at the funeral many ladies sent floral
tributes.?Host on Tram?? / ipf.
i A Inzy appetite bothers the rich man r
groat deal more than an aclivo one does tin
poor man.
Ladies needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should tako Brown's Iron
Bitters. It 1h pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion.Biliousness and Liver Complaints
makes the Blood rich and pure.
An Omaha man, seven Icet seven inono
high, has just married a six footer*
F1T0 stopped free br Dr. Klink's Gr*A
Nkrve Restorer. No fitB after first day s ubj
Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottl
i free. Dr. Kline. ?U Ar? li Si., i'hiia.. I'a.
Live leisurely unions you sre anxious t
f die in a hurry.
Manv persons are broken down from over
< work or household cares. Brown's Iron Biv
* ...K.ill/I.. *!.? O ni.la dii/oatbin fA
veto icuunua h?j njoicui, '
moves excess of bile, and cares mftlarla. .
i splendid tonio for women and children.
To change the name and not ths letter I
' 'hnnge for morne and not for bqftor.
IIow to Make Money.
> 1 read what Mr. Jones said about maklni
M7 per month. I can beat that. 1 uont *5 to 11
K. Helno ?fc Co., of Colutnbus. O., and receive!
f a lino plating machine. It plates on all kind
, of metal with gold.-eilvoror nickel. J made ?
the first day plating tableware and jewolr>
1 |1?J tho first week. My Bchool-inate makes J
, to$15 a day selling platers. Any ono can getcii
ctilars by writing above llrm. A Reader.
Re fasts enough whose wife scoids at dli
iter time.
? Er??T?2l? oi vast mat
j rial progress that a remedy be pleasing to tl
t> taste and to tho eye, easily taken, acceptab
to tho stomach and healthy in its nature ar
l effocts. Possessing theso qualities. Syrup <
V 1* Igs Is the one perfect laxntlve and most gei
tic diuretic known.
George Bancroft's cstuU is now valui
at $1>06,0U0.
8100 Howard. 8IOO.
The readers of this paper will be pleased t
1 learn that there is at least one dreaded diseat
t that science has been able to cure in all it
stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarr
' Cure is the only positive cure now known t
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a cor
etitutional disease, requires a constitution*
L treatment. Hall's e'atarrIt Cure is taken ir
s temally, acting directly upon the blood an
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby dt
etrnyiug the foundation oi the disease, an
i giving the patient strength by building up th
constitution and assist ing the nature in <l.?ti<
its work. The proprietors havo bo much fail
lu its curative powers that they oiler On
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fills t
euro. .Send for list of testimonials. Add res
I F. J. Ciiknk.v .V- t'o.. Toledo, O.
V*T Held i>> DrtiKKiats, ojc.
I 8 N U?2f?
Ti mKmmm*?*
; You (JiivJi
I, o
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II llio coi.tinucil use of mercury mlxtui
L r::t! luuiiiii.ttisni. aim ran a s tlio be
forces iid|>itri o> Ironi the b!oo I.
ami bulMs tip the whole butnaii Irai
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I Good Advice.
>
, j Three years I w a* oanpelled to throe
(up my place one < ( Mind poison. I lot
Springs' physicians and menury did tno tit
1 good. Through I lie >il\ another I he.
gan taking S. S S . mil I" day I am well ami
at. work n^iin \\ hat more can I eav foi
tho medicine, except "go and do likewise."
J asi i a So iii, l.iherly, Tcnn.
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) The Swift
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lovell ni A|
I /fii , /fly, //hi1! 7>V"I? ' 'iwiMmI Dn
1 f U. a"^"'"''' mity
3 I STRICTLY BtCW
* \ 'ay ^ '*** 7 Send III e?ab k
Bicycle Catalogue Hi EE Guns'
1 ,T <)T "V_ V*-*v
mrm pis??-s i;i'..mki>* mm* r
, KHg 1 Cheapest. Keltef is imn
BJg Colli in llio Head it lias no egm
It i< an Ointment, of which
H nostril*. l'rico,Wc. Sold by i
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In the train
of diseases that follow a torpid
liver and impure blood,
nothing can take the place
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Nothing will,
after you have seen what it
does. It prevents and cures
1 n
Dy removing mc v-auac. It
invigorates the liver, purifies
and enriches the blood, sharpens
the appetite, improves digestion,
and builds up both
strength and flesh, when reduced
below the standard
of health. For Dyspepsia,
" Liver Complaint," Scrofula,
or any blood-taint it's a positive
remedy. It acts as no
other medicine does. For that
reason, it's sold as no other
medicine is. It's guaranteed
to benefit or cure, or the .
i money is refunded. m
Pini# W*ae, Krtrom, Vuroni mortal* get
^ I la K well uid .keep welL Ilrattk
OIUI% tall* bow. 80 cur. a year. Sample ooprOr.
J. U. DYK. Bailor, Buffalo. N. Y. ,
, - ??
PHNHIOIVS l>llr- nil KOI.DIEBSt
11 disabled, lie for increase. Ji years ex|ierieix
i- Write lor l.aw s. A.W.McCormicK
Bonn, Wnmi i so r,is , li. A ('intinnati, O.
IAI | AHOIJT Rial Tennnare't FINI
Mil CMMATK and (Irkat KnotrmoM or
ILL KNOXV1LLE SENTINEL; dally 1 mo.,
m m jOc.; weekly 1 year,.91; sample* So.
. TR1NITV COLLEGE It* new buildings,
1 September I, 1891.
1 A College of riillonophy and Arts; A College of
Commerce: A College of the Science*; A Divinity
School; A Scho-I (if Technology; A Law School; A
Sonool of I'ollllcal aulvnee; A Medical School.
8eni> yon into oiiva to
JOHN 1'. chow RI.L, A. 11., President,
Trimly College 1. O., N. O.
Trinity High School (Preparatory) in Kandolpk
county, open August t. ,
.? ?^SMrTHDEALg wrtSJJfr^-nu-e.
&/praoticai, ^ Krtbs&JsrcE
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. COLLEGE. Rkhmood, V*. u, rui. n ma. r ?
I WANTED:- Agent* on the fni-ICNl selling books In the
innrkt't. l(onn> rtiblishlitK Co.. Knox vine. renn.
ill l?C2 X. C. ll< llapanlaa *
U I 1 j IjnCurp ali forms or nud Catarrh At*
0 * siTrd'on* of Km Ui.Ai?ar.H. No k dllng of .linen, IJJfJ*
> .Mr.dme.l. filve Instant relief. s >1.1 l?y
or "cut post paid for r-i rent > S com Mamps.jken.
Address, Kastkiin MkdicinkCo., Heading,ra.
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{ $60 BINGHAMTON]
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I, HEADACIIK. Send 1 iiceutainStamps for A SAMlr
PLK, If your dealer does uol KKKI' IT. TA V I.Oil
k-f 1IHOJA., MaNUFAOTI'ILKILS, WillN.OIl, N.
of || AID DRTdUVAIi'B BDPBBVLVOVI
a. n?lll HAIR DESTROYER
DM TMF Approved by hiimkst i-btriclaxr.
I ml A h'HKvc|t preparation t/uaranteM)
xrl I IDC hai mltii ' r rrti ;t <-> no^
" LIlVi sonotts duic.-, . i I.. ,.immcU; uevuf
fails to permanently icmuvu tbe btiit
CAPE PUf up In I'laln puck eta In tbeformofa
iHuCi sealed letter, Trice.*51.OOperpacket.
{ old hn Druftttifts. no will need It by
n AD UC mall on receipt of price. Til It EUK.&16
fUlHIOa It A < O .. 1'. c. IuaM, N. Y. City.
PAI NIX. I
requires Addition of. AMI
' DIIDIa l-fni'A.L P.".nTOFOIL4.J As
jjP-jU llbjMA^O C03T^r<i>ll-^X
lAfiviUTiaLD IN7348PAPERS
Wh ere wo burn no Agent will arrange
_ wltb any active .Mereboot ??. * N. Y.
t To Know
es. pnlaojja the r.y .mciii, IM'lDgS 0u mercu
I.CA to decay. 'l'lie tiso of S. o. S.,
pices a go;>d appetite and digestion,
ne.
f
his Son Cured.
1 Mr. W. II, lllnman, of Mount Vernon,
t III., writes as follow*: One bottle of Swift's
> S|>ecif1o (8. S. S.,) cured mi\ son permanently
of a stubborn ease of Mood poison that tie
I noil tlio host moilii iil ii. itiiioiit available. 1
have recommended S. S. S.. to others tor
' the lilooil troubles ami ilisoa-es of the skin
and have never known It to fail to cure in
any case."
SENSES r tEE.
Specific Co , Atlanta. Ga.
FOR DIARRHOEA,
DYSENTERY,
And all CRAMPS
Stomach Troubles.
IT IS A SURE CURE.
TIIK IlKsT 1 III NO FOR
TEETHING CHILDREN.
Ask your Druggist or Merchant fo
it, and tako no substitute
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SHADE IN EVERY PARTICULAR. >
ktfMpttor 0?r 100-page Illustrated Catalogue ol 1
Wltnn, Sporting Goods ol Ail Kinds, etc. \
n oo. - bohton, mass.)
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a i a kiwi.?nt'si. ivwiriv louse.
leiiinte. A euro is certulo. For Bn
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wnv^wnbi
332E*i
a small particle is applied to tlio
IrugKlsts or sent liy mail.
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