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* PADGETT LEADS ALL OTHERS!
WALNUT BEDROOM SUITES, 10 PIECES, $41-50.
A NICE BEDROOM SUITE $18.00
I3T EYK^Y KIND AND EVERY VARIETY OF FURNITURE.
COOKING STOVES AT ALL PRICES.
PADGETT'S FVRJtTTUME AND STOVE HOUSE.
1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET _ _ _ _ AUGUSTA, GA.
B* liefer you to the Editor of this paper.
BE FORGOT.
Importer of and Wholesale and Retail Dealer Id Fina Cigars, Smoking and
Chewing Tobacco, Wines, Brandies, Whiskies, Gin, Ale, Porter, Ac.
GS7 and G39 BROAD STREET - _ - AUGUBTA, GEORGIA.
Country orders accompanied with the cash promptly attended to.
in lay Tall Aiat fonT
FINE CLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS’ FURNISH
ING GOODS, BUT
I. L. ST AN,SELL,
74ti BROAD STREET, I’NDEIi (JLOBK HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Can get away with them all in the way of FINE CLOTHING, HATS AND
CENTS’ FURNISHING GOOI>8 for this Fall and Winter in the rery Latest
Styles and at Ibices that astonish everybody that looks at’thcm.
He means to outsell them all. Give him a trial and you will go home the
best pleased man In the State. B Don’t forget the place.
x. J-j. re nyA. xt szell,
4c 1111 ()A1) STKF.LT, UNDER CLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
I’i.EA^URL AND FROFUTtO aTZL.
WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING AND FULL LINE OF GOODS.
uozEiisr zhz. fzbjlry,
Dealer in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, 729 Broad Street
Opposite Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga.
GRANDYS & ZORN,
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER.
Contractors and Builders, Manufacturers and Dealer* in all kind* of Lum-
l>cr and Building Material. We arc * - —*—- 1 - -- ■'
BARNWELL S. C., THURgDAVjJ^TUAKY 15. 1885.
V . “ : Nct
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. . , 'n msm * m
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Pwwnt ml Wtatwr.
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e prepared to take contract* or giv
Our Saw and Planing Mills
e e»ti-
are at
r> * —
inateK on all kinds of buildings.
“Grandys," S. C., |K)stotfice Windsor, S. C.
We also keep in stock at our yard on corner of Watkins and Twiggs St*.,
Augusta, Ga., ad kinds of material a* above slated. All order* sent to either
place will be promptly attended to. We are, respectfully,
GRANDYS A ZORN.
Jass W. Turley’s
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS TO SENSIBLE PEOPLE.
o
ZDKsY Q-OOZDS.
Knowing full well that onr people in general are economizing, yet dniring
First Class Dry Gooda, and aeeiug ther know bow to appreciate them, I have
determined to give them the fall benefit of my extraordinary purchases, and
dispose of my Stock of Good* at the smallest profits.
GRAND DISPLAY OF FALL AND WINTER IMPOBTATIONS
OF DRESS GOODS!!
Embracing the verv Latest Novelties in Fabric Colors, and intermixtures
of colorings of the most pronounced and
RELIABLE STYLES AT POPULAR PRICES,
In Plaids, Brocades, and Solid Colors, from 10 cents per yard up to the finest.
B-TUE NEWEST SHADES IN SILKS AND SATINS.
A handsome line of Velvets and Velveteen*, comprising all the new * and
pretty shades from 50 cents to the finest Silk Velvet.
An elegant line of Black and Colored Gros Grain Silks from 50 cent* per
yard up to the finest quality; also a complete stock of Black aud UotoM
R. D. Cashmeres, a celebrated make. *■
~-~~<£L -ZT’
Jackets, Ulsterettes, Peliees, New Markets, Circulars, Jerseys.
Handsome Jackets from #2.25 up to #10.00.
Shoulder Shawls, 25c, S6c, 50o, 75c. Large Shawls, 2 yards square, #1 and
$1.50 each. Largo Wool Shawls, black and colored, #2, $3. #3.50.
Ladles’ Cloth and flannel Skirts, 50c. to #2 each.
Blaqkets, #IA0, #2.00, #8.00, #4.00 to #10.00 per pair.
Woolen Department can be found one of the mrgen as well
rtmeiUs of Keatusky Jeans, Kerseys, Cashmeres, KepellaaU,
aa the
Water
r<
extra good
mb In all
d 1
W^ite
In onr Woolen
best assortments
Proofs, Diagonals, Broadcloths, Ac., all at
Plain Red and White Flannels froih 10e.
quality in Red Twilled at 25c, 35c, 40c. m<f #0*. i
shules; also Basket Flannels, in the ViebOlOf*. Tbrk, Clray at)
Gray Skirt Flannels. Bleached and Uobbached potion Flannels fit
lowest price* up to the very bear feet fttMlfy.f
Thousands of dozens Ladies’, )AM«P«lftrcttMf%n’e Fancy Rose at 10c. ap
to the finest, andfresh stock.
Tl*e South Ca*cfiina^t«#lge| Hosiery, in Men’s Half Hose, New Fall Mix-
tifrcs; also LftdM’, Msse^&iicl Childw’s, in Fall color*.
Bine
the
With oac strode fast npon th« prone, dumb
land.
Bowl nr the snowflakes out kts great, rowfh
hand,
lo«d-woiecd. In lempesta poured bcDonth Ike
aky
la whlrttat ^tnrw gnets. 4oik he stastd and
err:
“Uo, 1 as* eonoe—King Wlnlor!*’
Frenen ItcoomBi th«
shallow
TtMlaYJf crane ►hlvcr* In the frosty i>«dsni
The little Kparrows UM pith Sn-mtilins win**
Over she (lank roods, and fon ulovor slaarr:
“Ah, ho Is ootnc—Xing Winter!'’
The frowsy pine-words on the nary marsh
Stand troaen. battling ‘gainst the cold winds
harsh;
W) homeless snowflakea, sinking, yet un-
dnmb,
Down dropping In the blnek-podls, sigh: “Wo
coma,
The ensign* of XMg Winter."
th% hsnkes be nsnth the whelming
The timid rabbit through ths
Hoes;
Wet-winged the roWn pipes
At mournful twtMght nnmn
“Wight—night f hate
t Winter r
Still mute
*
Mil fall the flakes down fi
skies
In swarms thro 1
thing.
and prostrate the grim landscape
the pttileaa
the wtdo dusk, on every-
Sown from the Northland by the Plant-King.
HuW-r of Elvers, winter.
Ruddy the laums wRhiapoa eottage glow.
And chfldhoodb rolee cornea wafted tome
low.
In merry laughter and Incessant mirth.
When the thawed roof-os
earth
Under the steps of Winter.
slips Into the
hast
ny Ho
thou.
and Loro to house
still shall our nights ho
Heart-warm tb
thee In;
Let the snows fall;
mirth.
Quiet, with laughter by the treetdo hearth:
Pour down Uiy snows, O Whiter I
81111, when without I hear the pMaoos call
Of His lost robtas In the gray nightfall.
I wish, while so reams the wind with bitter
eohi,
things of
foM:
His btrdst—have merer, Winter.
AU
HU W>nsed .warm within HU
1 BIS
the noonday
Where are HU
HU social crick eta
sheares?
Hath Earth no answer?
on gray
CaJJfhg, aeross the moor's edge far away,
"Cold are thy feet, O Winter.
—Charles J. O'Halley, In Tha Currant.
it
A MYSTEKIOU* 8TOJKY.
taimus js tnuTn “Muxst
riH I.otjiij;
UT WE LEAD
FUFlIKITUXllS?
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OUR MOTTO, nkc W.Js “Rdfonn”-01il Hi K h Prices mu* mt oat of the
to HfoHfiw Lew Price*. We buy fbrCa*h,he£» are able to
get the BoUom^ ** omt Price* will prove.
WAS
SOLID WALNUT MARB
UT
tu.i.«uto*ksua. u.uhsishasmSfi-BBiff«
fitting np two Hotel*, Who boaght ** chwip r
UttbehMiwr. We defy
i! and ah*
the
B* AH good* packed
J. L.
nuHNi
are eow
turn o* as they ooa Id bay fron
_ . , . _ '' Z' Z— Cali aad see a*,
•hipped free of charge.
J & CO.,
When the fever peculiar to Brazil
seize* upon a new comer,said the friend
who told me this story, it deals hardly
with him. 8o it was with me. I was
{ u*t conscious that I was not likely to
ive. yet not strong enough to think of
any of tha many preparation* I should
have made if my hours were ■ um
bered.
I had sunk into a heavy feverish half
sleep, through which I heard some one
say, "He will go off like that,” and was
beginning to dream without being en
tirely unconscious of my surrounolnga,
when the door of our long, low, wfcite-
waehed room opened and a lady en
tered.
She was a woman with dark eyes,
and golden hair, with a bit of blue
about it somewhere. She carried a
bowl in her hand.
The bowl was of thin transparent
china rarely seen, painted with loaves
and bods of brilliant colors, and here
and there a gorgeous sort of butterfly.
It was full of water, the purest and
clearest I ever saw.
"Are you tbir*tjr?” she asked, aa
•imply aa a mother might ask her
child.
"Yes, m&dame,” I answered, "and
the doctor will not let me drink.”
“But I will,” she said.
She put the bowl to my lips; ore she
withdrew it it was empty.
“Good-night and pleasant dreams,”
she said, anu smiled and left me.
I slept then sweetly, dreamlessly, for
I knew not how many hoars. -When I
awoke the lever was gone, and I rapid
ly recovered strength. One morning I
•aid:
"I should like to thank that lady, for
she cured me with her petty boin of
water.” V
My companions
"There’s bee a no topmaa
months,” ctM of ttMfp ajfiL
was a dream. Oneofyohr Iff*dreams;
quinine did tB* business lo^yon.”
It was hard to convince me, but at
last they proved to me Oiat at least
they had seen no wdQban; that no one
K ve me anything to drink, to their
owledge; and 1 began to believe in
ministering aognls. H was *• -certain
to me that I had seen this fair, tall,
dark-ered lady, with her blue-veined
iiands nolding that carious china bewi,
as it was certain that I had been ilk
However, many other mattare! en
grossed my thoughts. I ceased at last
te tell the story, since the regular
answer was that In a fever one lawrim
everything; nod too yearn fltooa that
time 1 was in Virginia.
I had been driving with a friend, and
we were hdUMfw&at a ftm irH m—Ina.
a bcmttifnl gnrdc*, Vhe* a lady
•lowly down the path, and
to pick arose.
Her figure was tall; her hair golden;
her eves dark. Her motion* were
graceful.
With a Uttleexclatnatioa of astonish
ment, I recognised the lady of my
dream, if dream it were. She looked a
Httle older—nay, a good ten years older
—bat otherwise woe nnaltered, ’
I know not in what weeds I com
municated this fact to my friend, hot I
hire for
‘That
we w«*v
know I boded bysnfte
' “I mtuf apeak toner.
M
She will re-
My friend uttered an imperative
ative.
“She would think you a
he said. “Coaae on. Ton may
yourself shot far staring at am
who she H If yoa like.
I assented eagerly. We rede on.
"Talk to me to modi m yoa like,”
he said, “bat never expose yourself to
■mmgerfl. til*>ae*lble th& lady wm
In Braail to Hi—.andbrought yoa somo-
tking to drink when yoa were left
afeae. In that ease n doubt that
troubles yon will be satisfied. Ton
can. With aU propriety, call ea her and
thank her.”
Bnt, though he spoke in this way, I
knew he did not hatiarine kooold be so.
That evening we maWred oar cigars in
Oelewal L’s company, and my friend
dipioemttoafly introdoeed the sqtyeot.
‘That tomtits! house with (he large
Ssplaoe. Who owns
A lonely woman, widow of Mr.
he eoloaeL
he eeid. "is qnite
s’ltP”
•aTd the
her girlho
shetooee.
V ”
‘She wae a belle In
She might still he one if
Perhaps we saw her in the garden."
n min ate do
lt was no one else,” said
said my friend, beginning
tentHioii.
the colonel.
My friend paused a mordent, and
then said:
“She reminds B. of some one he met
in Braail. In fact he ahnoet believed
her the same person.”
“No, no.” said the coleanl. “Mrs.
V. has never left Virginia. We hare
known the family ever since Ac was
two yean old.
that we
ed that
I felt a pang of disappointment, bat
found ooursge to say:
“I should greatly like to he intro
duced to her. *
The old ookmel instantly offered to
introduce me. ,
“But remember,” said my friend as
we parted, “never tell her of your fan
cy. It would spoil your chance with
her, and I sec it is a case of love at first
It
n old. ft Is only the Other day
•poke of that, and ihs Ismenl-
she had not travels#morn”
X
was right, amUwto very fortunate
—very happy. I won this beautiful
Woman's heart.
Her fort one 1 did not want, hut it was
I had suAcient means, and
d not be suspected of mercenary
motives.
We were married after a long and
srdent wooing so my part.
She loved me, hot a eeeond marriage
seemed wrony to her. and It was not
eetil she realized that she had irretriev
ably given me her heart that She would
give toe her hand.
Neither of as had ever viaftfid Europe^
We decided to cross the qetoa daring
ear honeymoon. Before we went toe
showed dm her
aU her peeeeato
was a store of old «*«»»»
Suddenly she turned to the shelves of
her cabinet and took down a china
bowl—transparent, covered with flow
er* and butterfiiaeof quaiat convention
al form.
As she held it towards me, I - saw
again the long, low-hung, whitewashed
Brazilian room—the crowd of men
playing cards at an Improvised table—
the figure of the woman advancing to
wards me. It was her ntllltoto that my
wife had assumed. 1 uttered a cry.
“Are yon * ‘
“It is true theuP’ I cried. “Ton are
the woman who saved my life when I
thirsty P” the
> then!” I ctm
who saved n .
lay perishing of fever ia Brasil U
She began to tremble. Setting the
bowl aside, she threw herself into my
anna
“Loi
ago—I
rfaetber I was mod. In the
night I thoogto a ueiee
: 71ave the man wkhm
ng ago,” she panted—“tew years
L thought I held that bowl in my
and asked you that It was
night I do not know whether I
dreamt, or whether I was
dead of the
called to dm
destiny has set apart for you!’ Then I
arose and asked: ‘HowU
“There is on onr plantation a spring,
the water of which U magical in its
power to cure fevers. I dreamt or
thought that some unseen thing led me
to this spring. I carried this bowl
in my hand. I filled it. Then
In a strange
and
room
I stood
long, low, white;
and yon—yon—yon lay oa a pallet, hot
wKh fever. And I said: ‘Are yon
thinty, and gave you to drink.
‘The next morning I could have
thought that it was w a dream, hot
that the bowl, still wet, stood at my
bedside. Now I have told you this, do
J on think me mad or superztitknuf I
are longed so often to toll yea. hwt I
dared not”
But I also had nay tain to tali—the
one I base told yon.
We ask eaoh ether often: “What
was itP What did kt meawf How Is it
to he explained?* But me answer
comes to as.
Whatever it may have been, it
brought « together, and I bines ft
foam toy soul, Mr we are happy as few
lovers are, my darling wife and L And
whatever ft wm, ft eanm from Heaven.
M OtolIegee“ to Ohio.
It is a fact perhaps not generally
known, that Ohio has more so-called
colleges than any other State in the
Union. While Xubioia and New York
have 28 each, and Pennsylvania M, no
other State having more than It, Ohio
has 36. Bnt ft is eoly la the somber
of these institutions toot the State can
boast Their aggregate income from
productive fends is bat ##0f,610, and
from tuition foes bnt #136,382, while
the value of nO grounds and buildings
is but #8,193,840, and ths number of
vedemes in theft- libraries but Nl,a02.
The number of atndents, however, in
the preparatory departments compares
favorably with the older States, Hew
Ibrk only surpassing Ohio. How
•each better endowed the aotteges of
Mtoeaekoeatta are than thoseof Ohio,
may be wen at a glance, with bat
seven eeUegne they Jmve an tocone
from productive foods of #331,811, and
reoetotaftam tuition at MASS, tod
303,126 volumes in their libraries, but
AAMB llgUrMvitWitMHI OUgftS
hr mnltiptisri, give rise tatJ
mat many of onr collages
little better than aeademl
FARM TOPICS.
tha Moat ProUtoMo Anitas!* tor VUr-
ssss to Bsl««i Qolck Hr tom* sad
Fair rroSU. S
Es»Hs«* to thm HrltUh Isle*—Hsw to De-
‘—* '“* gn~f-- Vrisn—jls tin
Us* of Wood.
the vakm of bnildings and grounds. Is
only $1,810000. The oollegee ofNew
York and Pennsylvania are also much
better endowed than those of Ohio, and
are vastly richer in libraries and ap
paratus. Michigan, with only one
college, shows np better than Ohio in
the provision made for their
Thane fignrea, v wMeh might he
the
are, ii fact,
ilea, and are
colleges only ia name, and this suspi
cion ft rather confirmed by the dispro
portionate number of scholars in the
preparatory deportments * and in the
regular cottage coarse.—Ctnctanaft
Csm m erriaU LktsriU. _
The Mcdicmi Frttt states that the
Commhetoq appointed by the Govern
ment fit India to examine into the chol
era question has reported that Dr.
Koch's microbe ft not the canoe of the
dftease/ Dr. Klein, dftnstar of the
Commission, ft well known ae a ther
eof find exact investigator in micro
scopy, and so convinced was he of the
karaleeeaess of (he com me-bacillus
that ho swallowed a number of
They
him.
THE STOCK Von POOR FARMERS.
In the great majority of coses hogs
are the most profitable animals for
farmer* of small means to raise. They
can get returns from them quicker than
from bone*, cattle, and sheep, and this
is a most important consideration.
Pig* dropped early in the spring can be
made to weigh two honored pounds
each by midwinter, when pork is in the
greatest demand. Horse* can not bo
sold to persons who desire them for
work till they ora about 4 years old.
Few farmers of small mean* con wait
that length of time for pay for their la
bor and farm products. Calves of the
beet breeds that have excellent skelter,
paatures of tame gross and clover, and
plenty of groin, may be put in good
condition for the butcher when they
ora 3d month* old. Farmer* of small
moans, however, and especially those
who live in a section of the country
that is newly settled, have not the fa
cilities for fitting cattle for the market
at so early an age. They generally have
poor shelters for their stock or none at
all. They have nothing but wild grass
to furnish pasturage or hay. They can
not easily obtain animals ef improved
breeds to keep. They may keep sheep
to better advantage, as they can obtain
money for the sales of meir fleeces
when the lambs are 1 year old. They
ean also sell some early lamb* in the
fall, ft requires considerable capital,
however, to get a rood start with sheep.
The purchase of fifty ewes and one
bock calls for more money than a poor
man who Is paying for his place and
supporting a family ean raise. He ean,
however, obtain half a dozen sows with
pigs, and from them raise sufficient
pork to meet his financial wants. Pig*
multiply so quickly that the expense of
mtting a large number is slight Ths
breed can be improved in a short time
and at a small cost
It costs less to provide suitable ftel-
ter for hogs than for any other animals
kept on farms. Daring the seesot of
quite sold weather they require to be
kept dry and warm, but shelters nay
be built for them of very cheap mster-
ial*. It Is not necessary to emytoy
mechanics tom* up building* to Pro
tect hogs. The walls may be built of
logs, stone, or very cheap lumber. The
roof may be covered with straw laiion
poles. If the drainage is good no fbor
4s needed. A larger number of firm
products may be utilized by feedng
them to hogs than to other aninal*.
They will gain daring the summei if
they have plenty of clover or tenler
gras*. They will eat and derive bme-
It from all kinds of grain, vegetatlcs,
fruit and milk from which no use ]an
be made. They will eat nuts and uild
fflafita, End win devour vermin, nee
labor is required to harvest aad pT*]pre
food for hogs than for other aztimjl*.
They will aig artichokes as they re
quire them for food. They will slell
corn from the cob and cat the head* of
all the small grains. They are its*
particular than other animals about be
way their food is prepared. The htg is
not a dainty animal.
Not very expensive machinery Is re
quired on a farm that Is chiefly'devqud
to the raising of hogs. There ft no
occasion for spending money for thrqh-
Ing. In section* where corn dees ftril
ft will be likely to be the leading
raised for fattening bogs. Gulya
aad cultivator are required for
this crop. It can be harvested
use of hand tool* and fed
lag shelled. The sanM tools
that are required for raft lag
or potatoes. The toealal
qufred on a farm chiefly devotodto the
production of wheat will cost;more
than all the tools needed on a fain of
the seme size that ft devoted • the
raising of hogs, and the “"T— 1 - aoee-
aary to stock it.
There is little trouble about mfket-
tng hogs in any port of the west, ‘here
are buyers in almost every towfi that
has a railway station or a steaifcoat
landing. A farmer can change logs
into money quicker than ho can oolZ
Hogs can be slaughtered, packed, and
held for a rise in the market mch
easier than beef or mutton. Boefand
mutton bring the highest price fben
they are in the fresh *tate, but prk
brings more after it is cured. Nerly
every tamer who desires and has the
meena to do so can sell his *»ff re
dact* at home directly to oonsomrs
some time during the rear. The jao-
tic# of selling nearly all the hogs i a
neighborhood alive as soon to they ire
fattened and of taking them to sme
large city to be slaughtered and pik
ed, has become so common that tire
ft rarely pork enough left In a ta-
raftiug district to supply the tnhii-
tants. Every spring and summer U^b
quantities not only of lard, hams, ad
bacon, but pickled pork are sent fan
toft city to the districts from which to
hogs tost produced them came. May
farmers who have the mesas to wt
six months will in many cates be laie
gainers by slaughtering their ho^
curing the meat, nd trying ont ft
lard and keeping them to supply te
local demand, which will be brisk in ft
course of a few months after the tie
hogs are ordinarily sold.—Cki&o
Time*. 5
INCRXAXK OF SILO*.
Silos, says to* North British Agric-
ftsrM, are mow to be found in aim*
every part of the British islands. Hr
are not only more numerous thaai
any former year, but generally htrtr
In shift most If the old experiment*
j extended the
The result* of the preset
tall b* awaited with interest, ai
will go a long way In determining t»
extant to which fanners may earn*
benefit from to* *0o. Upon —
leak m a medium toroos
dapandraoies upon got
setocai wBi be laastaad, their expen
curtailed, and their profits increase
Ito saceesa will effect a saving both I
labor aad expense, by ffiarinftMnr t)
extent of land devoted to the enltivi
tloa of turnips, while it would ampom
*r farmers to torn to good
much of their eereal crops which
oftsa to some extern
um MUMMtig, milling, or .
posse, by unseasonable weather
harvest Late seasons, too, wt# be
less hurtful to fanners. Cereal trops
that ore not likely to mature oan ha
tamed into silo, wet or dry. and thus
tad preserved in a green sad nutritive
state for feeding purpose* daring the
following winter and. spring); It has
already been abundantly provud that
fodder ensiled in a saturated condition
is equally as good when taken out as
that filled in a dry state. The fodder
toiefly used in Scotland this year is
torte, meadow and other grass, and the
pressure supplied mainly by dead
weights, in England some extensi
tests ore being made in tHe preserva
tion of maize. Mr. Wood, of Merton,
Who has taken an active part In enift
logo pursuits, has tried maize two soo^
ocssive yean with satisfactory results;
the first year the maize when put into
the silo was wet and cold, and the sec
ond year hot and dry.
DETECTION or OLEOMARGARINE.
Dr. Thomas Taylor reports to the de
partment of agriculture that he has
mode a series of experiments with oleo
margarine of different fats, using a va
riety of acids to ascertain what per
manent change of color would take
place by oxidation, etc. Of the various
acids employed, sulphuric acid gave
the most satisfactory results. The test
is a very simple oue. If a few drops of
lulphurio acids be combined with a
small (juantity of pure butter, the but
ter will assume, first, an opaque whit
ish-yellow oolor, and, after the lapse of
about ten minutes, it will change to a
brick red. Oleomargarine made of
beef fat, when treated In the same man
ner, changes at first to Hear amber,
and, after the lapse of about tuontjr
olnutes, to a deep crimson. That the
changes in color do not arise from the
action of the sulphuric acid on the ar
tificial coloring matter (annatto) is cer
tain, as I find that when annatto is
combined with sulphuric acid a dark
dnish-grecn color is produced, entirely
unlike any of tha changes mentioned.
Owing to the active properties of the
sulphuric add,la making these tests,
a glass rod 4||ftld be used in eorabin-
ing these subitollces. %
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been
6,800 feet.
KCONOWr IN THE CBE OF WOOD.
A correspondent of the Now York
WorkL, describing how every
ig
soil is utilized in France,
foot of
mentions tha
method pursued to supply the country
th of ’
with fueF b
by the growth of Lombardy'
poplar, liie carresjmndent says: “In
going from Parte to Geneva, via Dijon,
we pass through the heft portion of
France. For hundreds of miles every
inch of land Is Cultivated. The abrupt
side hills art) in<g«f)cvines, 4K the flat
landfti grata, tow* we see ttb phen
omenon of douBe crops—a crop of
grain aa* vfeotablesgrowiqg under a
crop of trope The Normandy poplar
trees are fMarin inch to three feet in
diameter. They are planted thickly, but
gifu op shade. Tft|ftft|re trimmed
withnusix feet of th* tdPBTb* boughs,
which are cut off ever^ year, make
fagots enough to warm France. W*
often foe men andvromen cradling
wheat br hoeing beetata tM# midst of a
wood giving notooddf When you look
across the country the tall, boughless
trunk* look like black streak* painted
against the sky. They make the view
very picturesque. Wood is sold in
France for j cents apound. it ft worth
as much is corn in Kansas by the
pound. 8o when the Kansas max
burn* corn, he is no more profligate
than the Frenchman who burn*fagots.”
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DRILLING AND BORING WOOD.
Tho band-drill or breast-drill, origW
nelly intended for the hand-drilling
•rtalft has taken ft* place amevf vraod*
working tool*. In many taataMM it
ha* displaced the bit-brace, or at I*Mt
ha* fillod a requirement left
torily supplied hr the tdt-braee. Tb*
breast-drill may be used for drill, gim
let, or bit, and it* speed on the tort
forms—may be changed at will without
a change of speed or the hand. It has
Us advantage, also, in the more natural
motion of the haad—thu vertical crank
movement instead of the koriaootal
crank motion. A drilled hole in wood,
for whatever purpose, ft better than a
bored hole. The drill cuts a clean hole;
not merely finding Us way between the
fibers by displacing them, but removing
the material entire as it advances. The
gimlet form of wood-borer is crude at
best; a thread at the end is supposed to
enter the solid wood, and by spiral fric
tion pull the cutting portion alter It.
This cutting portion is a twUt like a
twist-drill or anger, supposed to deliver
the ships, which It never does deliver.
The pressure of the hand ft neoeseary
to force the gimlet into the wood, and
the pull of the hand ft required to re
lease it and empty the chips. The drill
cut* a oleen bole, and has none of the
objections of the gimlet Unlike the
gimlet it may be resharpened so long
Its speed in the breast-dim
os it lasts.
1s very much greater than that of the
gimlet in the btt-braoe.
The Knropean* War
There is hardly a more formidable
variety of the armed man than the Eu
ropean wtf correspondent in hi*com
plete war-paint He ft girt with de
structive weapons, like a Montenegrin
patriot or a pirate of the Bowery melo
drama. A derringer hangs on hi* left
hip, a four-barreled ‘ 'bulldog’! balances
U on hi* right a Winchester repeatiag-
rifle crosses hi* back, the ftrap.odit
supporting a supplementary cortridge-
pouoh, a traveling inkstand, sad a
housewife containing needles, thread,
and other conveniences advisable ia a
campaign where staff officers, wifi hare
to repair their own clothe*. Add to
the paraphernalia a bowie-knife, a ease-
knife, a hunting-knife, and a sword,
field-glass, a water-bottle, and i
add a haversack by the side
knapsack for the back; odd a ease for
pen* and pencils, also a Rttle iheAetnc-
cbest and you hare to* more salient
items of the outfit R Field-Maiuhal
in all his glory ft lees suggestive
havoc and the dogs of war than asi
thus terribly
ibaraiarte
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nQlfi.
tag some at the microl
result followed.
sr**
stance to wfueft ^
owes the color of itolqiftg%J|
of two cotortaf-mattafft $
yellow; (he rnativu trap
100 at the former to om *1*
Both hare been lately
crystalline state.
Some of the dwarf nee
ported by several travetam
In enuatorial Africa art
Royal Aquarians, London,
thropologisto are invited' '
this remarkabtopeoplft
only four 1
the dwarfs ft
ini
height, and be prafiptatai
among his own people.
A Frenchman has drvftftd Irl
of giving to fhlt •
plumbago or metal, kjfc-l
pcarance of burnished |
bronze or silver may Mil
product ft Hkaly to ptovr tariff:
when applied to stag* ■
besides being inexpensive^
materially kioreato the'!
olo* treated with it . ,
TbeWr ol
the age of fifteen _
of Hamburg, ft reported !*
alterations of eowr oak*
periodical changes lathe,
tal and physical
epileptic fits, ft WM ftfttieed
experienced while in to* agr)
regular alternation* Of exuK*
calmness, each of abort fi.
tion; and that tit* cola* ftf
red during each period
while it became hln *
tervaft, a eoraplrt*
ing place In two or
Mr. F. E. Boddard at
worms two feet In l*i
found in the British Ma
species as large or largi
exist in South America,
ca, Australia and New
tiT* Vi
aaeriba
“Gath” say* toe women of New York
enjoy themselves heat when flltttag with
their feet ia another ehair, hot toft MM*
toiigutreoW^Nlto eoaftn* thqiaMl
largest species known* L,
its Sooth Africa. Yortar
specimen was described
ured six feel tw* taehee ift
it seems to
on til the
overture of the
Art taag aadhuEfift 1*
Was sent to the Loudon
den* from Cape Colony.
Ob* of the meet
trice! Mttdfe*feltal__ _ _ _ i
globular or ball fightatara w
rare that physidatoh*to%ftd
portufifty of etudytaf It fif
•hraonteuon, however* has _
. tnoed ta the laboratory oa «’
scale. H ha* trio* —
oa uari
piece ef
the dftcl
known Fruaeh
w m mm
im
iy been obtataed.
.Vg?
Jtwp:
ptaaed i „
aent globule,
moving stow]
erratic path.
ta a
wu ebonite a
that of a toothed wheel
•gfttart a pftw* of <
■m
rie*
©totaftc
Chesapeaka air
te pSotoM riS*
_ dr
ifo tm •"
towta was __
•ink the picra. 4
haring ft* ef
of dimeters/
the work aad honor fo
not till the year 1884 that
power aeriooslffto boi'"
tion*. pad he vm theft
difficulty growing out of th*
the work.lbe rMMeted
oouvpauy, aad the atur
be enoaaatored. TMqp
over the Potomac river i
and convey* the wafer
peaks aad Ohloeaaal ial
dria canal It cousftt* of
menu and eight ntatofto rto
the dfttance of one hnnrtiud
supporting a weufien traak,
peiuteooturo. aalhifi *
rock rt fte bottom iff ?
^rdertaf n*
tor warn tai
*4 to reach
tag (he roc
an** oud keeutafi U
IgghMt ttiSHtalf I
gregtMiffi lafhedifip.
ptae* fttefllMfi’tttifi ;
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