The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, February 02, 1887, Image 2
" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspiro our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our DeathB Glorious in thy Just Defonos."
NO.8.
I Iltldeii.
Nay, do not cull ino light and falso, doar
fi loud.
Ami turn away from ino with cold disdain,
Uecauso tho chords you touched with Idlo
limul
Gave forth no unsworlng strain ;
Nor call mo iioUlo whllo I sinllo and jest.
Ami look toward tho world with happy
oyes ;
Why should L swell life's sorrowing Udo
With unavailing sighs.
Covan 1 1 will lift tho dowers abovomy heart,
And show you tho dark gravo ?'vo bid
don deep
You did not know? Nay, do not uriovo for
ino
Tim Hmo is past to weep.
Aro there not tears onough lu llfo's full cup '.'
ls not oneil wind that blows a dlrco of
woo?
.fbeii let mo lau?h and sing with caroloss
mirth,
And hide ruy sorrow low.
"OUR UNCLE JOE."
..I am not a rich man, Mrs. Ken
nington," said Mark Plhilinimon; and
I don't pretend to be. I'm only a back
country farmer, and my profession
that of law-briuga mo but a slender
income out there. But I bavo a noblo
farm, and a view of tho White Moun
tains that no artist can paint. Ano I
love your niece, and she has given me
reasons to hope that iu timo I eau win
her affection; and if you will glvo her
to mo 1 will do my boat to make her
happy."
"Dear me," said Mrs. Kennington;
"all this is vor y sudden."
Mrs, Kennington, who was tho sister
of a rich New Yorker, had an abiding
idea that lier nioco Madoliuo ought to
marry a rich man.
"She's very handsomo," mentally
reasoned Mrs. Kennington, "and sho
ls accomplished; and she made quite a
sensation in society this winter when
she was introduced; and if such a girl
as this isn't to marry well, then I don't
know who is. And tho idea of this
farmer fellow coming boro to put in his
pretensions, when there are so many
eligible young men in socioty."
. "Yes," said Mark, quietly. "I sup
pose it seems sudden to you. All those
things do seem sudden at the last."
"I'm sure I don't know what Mr.
Vassar, her pa, will say," said Mrs.
Kennington, putting her hoad feebly on
one sido.
"Suppose wo ask him," said valiant
Mark.
"Oh, you can't" fluttered Mrs. Ken
nington. "Ho isn't at home. Ho is in
Colorado."
"Then wo will write,"
"But I don't know lils exact post
oflico address since ho left Denver,"
said Mrs. Kennington,
".In that caso," said Mark, "wo
must wait."
"Yes," said Mrs. Kennington, unde
cidedly- 4 'yes, I think you had hotter
wait."
So Mark Plinlimmon went back to
Purple Peak farm with a lock ot rod
gold hail o^'SO to his heart, and Made
line Vassar roturnod "into society"
with a plain gold band on her first
finger of her left band, and a dowey
tenderness in her hazel-eyes which had
never glittered there before
Whon Mr. Vassar returned Madeline
told him her heart secrot at once, for
tho bond ot affection between this
father and daughter had always beon
very tender and closo.
"So you love him, dear?" oald Rufus
Vassar.
"Oh. yep, papal"
44Enough to give up all tho tllpporles
of fashion for his sake?"
41 Yes, papal" uttered tho girl with
emphasis.
"And become a farmor's wife in tho
White Mountains?"
"Oh, yes," cried Miuloline, earnest
ly. "Papa, may I writo to him to
come?"
"Not just yet, child," said Mr. Vas
sar. "I've got a Uttlo moro business
to transact up in Albany bofore I can
cor sider myself fairly settled at homo.
But at the end of a couplo wooks or
so-"
"Papa, you are a darling," cried
Madoliuo.
"Stop, stop, Miss Proclpitancyl"
cried Mr. Vassar, "I bavo not promised
anything yet, either ono way or tho
other."
"But you'ro going to, papa-I know
you'ro going toi" cried Madelluo, danc
ing joyfully about.
"We'll seo," cried Mr. Vassar.
Tho great wood fires blazed up tho
cbminoysof Purple Peak farm, casting
a red reflection through tho twilight on
tho mountaint road outsido, when a
stout, elderly man walkod up to tho
door, and knocked resolutely on its
panela.
"Cnn yon keep mo here all night,
young man?" he said. "Mr. lllft, of
Portcaater, sont mo hore to have a I
powor of attorney drawn out, and I
haven't passod any hotels-"
"No, I should think not," said Mark
Plinltmmon, with a cherry laugh. "Wo
don't deal much in hotels along this
road. But you aro kindly wolcomo to
stay hero as long as you Uko, Mr.- "
"Middleworth," said tho stranger,
"Rtifus Middloworlh."
And he sat down his valise and
looked around at tho dark oiled wain
scoting, tho ceilings travorsod by mon
ter beams, tho lattlcod casoments, tho
old oak sottios on each sido of tho
blazing logs.
"You seem to havo a Ano farm hore,
Mr. Plinlimmon," said ho, "and finely
kept"
"It's not bad," said Mark, carelessly
"And overything in roal old English
stylo."
"Yes," said Mark, "lt belonged to
an old Lincolnshire family who took a
fancy to settle out hore. They got to
dabbling in railroad shares, and failed.
Tho daughters went back to their
friends in England, such as they had.
The father blow his brains out in New
York. Tho estato was sold a fore
closure. I bought it. There's tho his
tory of Purple Peak farm.
Madeline Vassar's father sat down
on tho old oaken settle, and looked keen
ly at tho tall young farmer. How glad
ho would have beon if only he could
seo into his heart! Por no father will
ingly gives tho applo of Ids oyo to a
stranger.
"His face and mien aro good," he
told himself. "I wonder if his nature
matches lt. I wonder how I can lind
out."
One by one tho different members of
tho family dropped iii as ho sat talking
with Mark Plinlimmon. Old Mrs.
Plinlimmon was first-a mild, white
haired matron, with soft, wistful-eyes',
then a rosy-cheeked braco of nephews.
"Their father and mother aro dead,"
observed Mark, "so I adopted them, and
lino fellows they aro."
"Not a bad symptom," said Middle
worth "Vassar to himself. But of
course most people aro good to their
own kith and kin."
, And then entered a most majestic
old man, with long, white hair hang
ing over his shoulders, leaning on a
cane.
"And this," said Mark, is our "Uncle
Joe," hastening as ho spoke to sot an
easy chair for tho ancient patriarch.
"Unelo Joe, this is Mr. Middloworlh,
who has como from Porteas ter. I have
invited him to stay all night-if you do
not object."
Uncle Joo wavod his baud like an
old prince.
"He is wolcomo," ho said; "very
welcome, Mark, In fact any friend of
yours is welcome io Purple Peak
farm."
And then ho bogan to warm himself
at the blaze and fell into a sort of a
reverie,
Uncle Joo, whoever ho might bo, was
evidently tho person of most considera
tion in tho little household. Ho sat at tho
head of the littlo table, and said grace
before moat; and had tho warmest
corner, tho easiest chair, tho most ten
dor consideration; and Anally, when ho
trudged upstairs to bed, Mark dutiful
ly bold tho door opon for him to pass
through, and Mr. Midd ie worth asked
with some Interest:
"Who is that old gentleman? Ho
has a very Ano faco. Of course I know
that ho ls your uncle-"
"No," said Mark Plinlimmon, smil
ing; "ho ls not my undo at all. He Is
t?o rolatlon in tho world to mo.''
"Then who does he bolong to?"
"Ho belongs to nobody. Ho ls a sort
of a cousin to Mr. Pendexter? the
Englishman who built tho house. He
went with tho young women to Lin
colnshire, but bo was not welcome
thero. Ho was old, you seo, and pen
niless, and past work. Ho ho came
back hore, and they put him in the
work-houso. But I think tho shook and
all touched his mind; and ono day we
found him hero on tho stops. .! have
como home,' he said. Tho work-house
authorities sont for bim, but I wouldn't
lot him go back. Ho ls vory old, you
seo, and very feoble; and perhaps thoy
wouldn't bo quite so considerate of bim
ns thoy ought. So hore ho remains,
fancying that ho is tho raastor of Pur?
plo Peak farm, and that we aro his
friends and visitors. He Isn't tho loast
bit of trouble, bless his kind old soul,'1
Mark added apologetically; "and if it
was my father or yours, alone in thc
world, don't you see-"
"Mr. Plinlimmon, you are right,'
shouted Mr. Middloworlh, astonishing
tho young man by jumping up, and
wringing his hand vohcmontly. "I'm
quito satisfied now. I know now."
"I beg your pardon," said Mark, ir
somo surprise.
. About-about the relationship,'
said Mr. Mlddleworth. "I confess it
puzzled mo a little at first."
lie started to return to Now York
tho next day; still he did not divulgo
his personality.
A month subsequently, when Mark
carno to the city In rospouso to a joyful
lotter from Madeline-, ho was con
ducted Into the library, where an older
ly gentleman sat.
"Hero Is papa, Mark," said Made
lino.
"How do you do Mr. Mlddloworth?"
said tho amazed son-in-law elect.
"Mlddloworth Vassar, If you pleaso,"
saul the old gentleman, with a chuckle,
"Aha! My little girl boro, who
thinks she knows everything, doesn't
know that I wont up to Purple Peak
farm to satisfy myself that she had
fallen In love with a good and true
man. And I did satisfy myself."
"JJut you asked no questions, slr,"
said Mark, still more amazed. "You
requested no references."
"No," said Mr. Vassar. "But 'Old
Uncle doe' settled tho question."
Andthon.he explained it all,
H always liked Old Uncle Joe,"
said Mark, pressing Madeline's band.
"But now 1 begin to believe he is my
rwn/l ornnino >>
Aud so lt was tho master of Purple
Peak farm won tho Now York heiress.
"Madolino has money enough," said
her father. "And h or husband has, a
heart of ?old. 1 know that when I
heard the story of Old Unelo Joo."
ST. ST10P1I ION'S SPIKE.
How ti Tull Tower Wits Itcpalrod.
The tower of tho ancient church of
St, Stephen's, Vienna, which is suppos
ed to havo been founded in 1144, was
greatly injured by an earthquake in
1510, and it was necessary to restore it.
In course of time it deviated out of tho
perpendicular to a considerable extent,
An iron bar was carried through lt as an
axis for tho support of tho spiro, willoh,
having a considerable tendency to vi
brato, might bo considered as an ele
ment of destruction rallier than of
strength. Consequently, tho thin wall
of tho lower portion of the spire was
reduced almost to a ruin and at length
was In such a dangerous condition as
toTcqulro rebuilding. Tho rem?val ol.
tho old spiro was commenced in Au-/
c;ust, 1839, and in tho following spring
all tho condemned parts had been re
moved. Tho modo of construction
adopted tn tho restoration was novel
and ingenious, tba slight masonry or
tho spire hoing supported by means of a
framing of vertical Iron ribs, fastened
at their lower extremities to a cast iron
plato or baso and united to each other
at intervals by horizontal rings of rolled
iron. These rings aro mado to project
from the inner surface, so as to admit
of a person ascending with the aid of
ladders, to tho top of tho spire. All
tho wrought and rolled Iron employed
in the construction of this iron skol
eton, the weight of which was only 123
hundred weight, was manufactured In
tho government works at Nouborg, in
Styrla. Tho cast iron plates or rings
were furnished from tho govornmont
iron works at Mariezoll. In the autumn
of 1842, whon the whole of tho masonry
ol' tho spiro had beon completed, tho
upper portion consisting entirely of iron
work, was Axed. This also was attach
ed to a strong cast iron circular plate,
similar In construction to that below.
This portion oe the framing, with tho
other iron work employed in tho spiro,1
woighed about oighty hundred weight,
so that tho entire weight of iron wa8
between two and three hundred woight.
Tho now portion of tho spire was con
nected to tho old by moans of an ar
rangement of iron anchor fastenings.
Tho portion of tho spiro restored, viz.
(from tho gallery of tho tower to tho
top of tho cross), is about 182 feet high,
the cost navlng bcon about 130,000
guidon ($65,000), of which sum 15,000
gulden wero expended in taking down
tho old spiro and in construction of tho
necessary scaffolding.
More Spectacle Wearers Than Ever.
Tlie increase in tho number of per
sons using glassos is fully 33} per cont,
ovor previous periods. 1 speak says a St.
Louis dealor to a roportor, from an ox- I
porlonco of over thirty years. I attri- !
bute this increase partly to tho prac- i
tiso peoplo havo of buying spectacles
from dealers who aro unskilled in fit
ting them properly to tho oyos of thoso
who buy them, and partly to tho falso
economy omploycd by many in using
spectacles whoso only recommendation
is their cheapness. Hore In St. Louis
fifteen years ago thoro wero only threo
men engaged lu the business of making
and soiling optical instruments, and
thoso barely mado a living out of it.
Now thoro are fifteen in that lino, and
ten of them have all thoy can do.
A grocor advertised in tho following
terso manner, "Hains and cigara, amok?
ed and unsinoked."
MAKING OP UHAKCOA?i.
Origin mu? UH cs of tho Produot,
Charcoal is a compound of tho Uus
sftih and Anglo-Saxon tongues. "Char"
is to burn, or reduco to coal or carbon,
and "coal1' is a term roforablo to all
black substances. Charcoal moans, lit
erally, wood reduced to impuro carbon
by expelling tho volatilo mattor. In
tho early history of tho n on trade it was
an ingredient of tho ?lrsfc importance.
Our present name for fossil coal is bor
rowed from this material. AVhen made
from beech wood it was called "beech
coal."
Carbonizing wood is very ancient, as
it was described in detail in tho works
of a G rock author who wrote 300 years
ll. C. Pliny reports that at this Mino
to make charcoal tho wood was stacked
up in pyramids and covered with clay
or plaster, which was pierced in various
places to allow the smoko lo escapo.
'1*110 ancients evidently knew how lo
?rMkb charcoal, and wore familiar with
properties and uses. Tho Chinese,
\o have singularly porfected many
liianchcs of industry, carbonize wood in
a subterranean furnace provided with
two openings, ono to servo as a chim
ney and tho other for ventilation.
When tho subterranean furnace is Ulled
with wood piled up vertically, it is cov
ered with twigs and branches of treen,
and lastly earth. It is then ignited at
tho openings, and as soon as tho smoke
.comes off in sufUeient abundance the
valves aro closed so Tar as to leave on
ly a very small opening. F Ivo days af
ter tho Uro has boon ignited tho smoko
commences to clear up, and finally to
Docomo perfectly transparent, in proof
that the combustion of all tho volatile
ingredients of Use wood is complete,
When this point is reached every out
let is hermetically sealed, and in the
course of six days more the contents of
tho furnace will bo found to bo suffi
ciently cool to admit of tho removal of
tho charge
Tho Chinese method is ono of extremo
Simplicity, and furnishes thirty to thir
^'-HYC per cont, of hard, resonant char
(oal, and is a great improvement on tho
recesses followed in this country and
?Mrop'\ In tho Eastern States for
inoro than ono hundred years the for
ests oh tho hillside havo boon despoiled
of their trees, and great quantities of
charcoal havo boon niado for uso in tho
manufacturo of charcoal iron. So much
Injury has boon dono to the country by
tho ruthless manner in which this work
has boen done that it ii a question
Whether allot the iron manufactured
can compensate for the damage. IC the
person who first invented ohnrcoal had
dag down into tho bowels of tho earth
and brought to light tho coal buried
there and had never discovered how to
carbonize the wood, it would have been
an untold blessing lo the beauty of our
forests, irrigation of our soil, and to tho
many stories that havo been wovon
around tho charcoal camp-of monarchs
in disguise, seoking to escapo pursuit;
of outlaws tlcoing from tho myrmidons
of tho law; of lost huntsmen, abducted
children; of gnomes and wood spirits
and kobbolde; of hermits and saintey
men-affording a confusion of history,
superstition and religion, which lends
to the depths of the forests a charm pe
cnliarly its own.
Cha:coal-bu r nora, asa rule, aro a rudo
sol everywhere, living, as they do, apatr
from tho d W?llings of men, often in
hoi ves not niado with hands, out of tho
reach of schools.
In "olden times" charcoal-burners
wero called colliers, an occupation
which furnished tho family namo of
Collior, Collyer and Colyoar. Some
years ago it was discovered that wood
charcoal removes oftonsivo smells from
animal substances, and counteracts
their putrefaction. This property has
boen largoly used in dwellings, hospit
als, sowers and manufactories. Some
gases aro absorbed to a largo oxtont;
for example, ono volume of fresh char
coal will absorb ninety volumes of am
monia, llfty-fivo volumes of sulphuret
ed hydrogen, thirty-llyo volumes of car
bonic acid, and 1.75 volumes of hydro
gen. Charcoal also absorbs a consider
able quantity of wator from tho atmos
phere.
Charcoal is ono of tho most indestruc
tible substances in nature which has
been known from tho earliest times.
Tho Homans charrod tho stako3 which
wero used for tho construction of bridg
es, and after a lapse of nearly 2,000
years, tho romains of tho woodwork In
tho foundation of tho famous brldgo
built by Cao3ar over tho Rhino havo
boon found to havo beeil perfectly well
preserved. Most of tho houses In Von
ico stand on pilos of wood which havo
all boon previously charred for thoir
preservation.
Charcoal hoing porfectly non-volatllo
and possessing no nfllnlty for any othor
olomont at ordinary tomporaturos, forms
the most lasting ink posslblo, and na
pyrl penned with carbon ink aro as log-.1
iblo and perfect as on tho first day thoy
were written. Charcoal is ?Iso a con
ductor of electricity, and is thence used
to surround tho oarth-tormlnals of light
ning conductors. For making char
coal crayons tho willow is tho hast
wood that can bo omployod, ns it is uni
form in its Oexturo and degrees of hard
ness and sof tnoss.
AV hen charcoal is required for medi
cal or chemical purposes it is recalcinod
in a close vossol, washed with acids and
\valer, and carefully dried and ground.
For making gunpowder-charcoal the
lighter woods, lice of resin, such as ibo
willow, dogwood and alder, answer
best, and in their carbonization caro ls
taken to let all of the vapors escape
Of the different kind of wood, lignum
vitae yields the largest quantity of
charcoal, Ibo Norway pine tho smallest
quantity.
Old Shoos Remade.
it may bo a surpriso to somo people
to learn that tho old shoos cast into tho
ash barrel aro liablo to reappear in the
boudoir and parlor. A New York re
porter who saw a couple of rag pinkers
quarrelling overa lot of worn-out and
seemingly worthless footgear inter
viewed ono of tho chlffonniors, and
found that they sold thom to tho manu
facturers of wall paper. Ho followed
up the clew, and on questioning tho
foreman, of ono of these establishments,
elieited tho following bits of infor
mation.
"Wobuy," said tho foronim; "all
tho boots and shoos tho scavengers
eau bring us. Wo pay different prices
for different qualities of loather. A
pair ol'lino calfskin boots will bring as
high a * ? couts. "We don't buy cowhido
boots. Tho boots and shoes aro
first soaked in several waters to get tho
dirt off them. Thon the nails and
threads are remoYod, tho loather ground
up into line pulp, and is ready for uso.
"Tho embossed leather paperings
which havo como into fashion latoly,
and stamped leather fire screens, aro
really nothing but thick paper covered
with a layer of this prossed leather pulp.
Tho finer tho leather tho bettor it takos
tho bronze and old gold and other ex
pensive colors in t ho designs painted on
them. Fashionable people think they
aro going away back to tho medheval
times when they havo tho walls of their
libraries and dining rooms covered with
this embossed loather ; they don't know
that tho shoes and boots which thou*
neighbors threw into thc ash barrel a
month before form thc beautiful materi
al on their walls and on tho screens
which protect their oyos from tho fire.
"Wo could buy tli?9 crld shoos cheaper
if it wero not for the competition from
carriage houses and book binders and
picture frame makers. I don't know
how many other trades uso old shoos
and hoots, but the tops of carnagos aro
largely made of them, ground up and
pressed into shoots. Bookbinders uso
them in making tho choaper forms of
leather binding, and tho now stylo of
leather frames with leather mats in them
aro ontirely made of thc castoff covering
of our feet.
NejsroShii? IOSSIIO-H At Binni fort.
A few years ago tho writor had occa
sion to pass tho- summer in Beaufort,
All around could bo seen houses which
gave ev idenco of tho rclhiomont of for
mer days. Their former owners, how
over, were geno, and in their place Afri
ca had established itself. Woods, over
ran tho Hewer yards, windows anti
doors wero either broken or unhinged,
tho walls wero blackonod, lumber par
titions wore torn away for firewood, am
ruin exlstsd. In ovory room could ht
found a whole family of nogroos. Thc
visitor would bo at ti I033 to know upor
what thoso people subsisted. The)
workod bu!; littlo, and nothing was in
store. An evening on tho beach ox
plained tho problem. At about 5 o'clocl^
tho black mass bogan to assemble
From houses, from among tho forcsl
inland, along tho roads-in fact, fron
tho whole landward view negroos ol
all sorts and sizes could bo soon flocking
to tho water's edgo, whore thoy gatheroil
up tho shollflsh, &e, such as wero ii
season, This scono, day in and day out
could bo wltnessod, tho only chango bo
lng from ono kind of fish to another,
or from tho wator's edgo to tho wooda
or Holds, according as fish or borrlos 01
other products of nature woro most easi
ly obtained. The absoluto rebaneo upon
naturoand failure to work for a living
was tho first indication o? a r Japso in?
to barbarism, ltocontovonts show that
but littlo improvements had boon made,
Thoy huddle togother, and aro never
moro united thou when .shielding some
criminal from arrest.
If the way to heaven bo narrow, i\
is not long; nnd if the gate bo straight
it opons into endless Ufo.
ON SHOUT NOTICIO.
A : :.-ft
An Kvory-Dny Incident Given a Oood
Wlfo to tv Genoi'ous Unsound.
Soven out of ton pcoplo Nvould turn
around and look at lum, while not ene
in twenty would have given hor a sec
ond glance. Ho was a great big fel
low, moro titan six feet, with massivo
shoulders; a woll-set head,' dud eyes that
took in every thing at a glance. His
dress alone betrayed his rusticity. Tho
flannel shirt, soft hat and heavy boots
all bespoke tho country. . It could bo
seen at a glance til ii I sue : was a poor
shop girl or a seamstress. Her faded
dross and colorless shawl, tho slow,
tired stop, tho weary, worn-out look in
her great, dark eyes, all bespoke hope
less poverty, and as sho walk?d along
among tho crowd .of elegantly dressed
women there scorned to follow her an
atmosphere of want and misery.
Tho man stood at tho cqrnerjof Stato
and "Washington streets, Chicago, and
was busy watching a big team of gray
horses that woro pulling a massive ex
press wagon. As tlio team passed down
Stato street ho leaned listlessly against
tho lamp-post and gave his attention to
the big policeman who slopped teams
and cars and condescendingly escorted
pretty women across tho street. Stand
ing there and partly lost in thought ho
heard a loud warning cry and turned to
see a girl stumbling frantically on tho
freshly-watered street in her effort to
cross closo in front of an approaching
carriage. It did not take him live sec
onds to grasp the bits of tlio excited
horses, and having forced thom back,
to raise tlio half-fanthig girl. Tender
ly, courteously and willi tho gentleness
of tho strong man ho half led, half car
ried her to tho sido walk. There ho
was seen lo bend over her, and tito
words sho spoko brought a bright flush
to his faco and an incredulous look in
his eyes. Then "they disappeared down
the steps of a basement, and an hour
later wero still there talking earnestly.
Hut her faco had lighted up and sho
would scarcely havo boen recognized as
tho pale, wan woman of two honre be
fore. His face evinced only sincero ap
preciation, with now and then a shadow
of regret. In about an hour thoy em
orged from tho restaurant and slowly
walked down Stato street. AV hat had
they found to talk about all that time?
"What would bo tho result of an ac
quaintance so strangely begun? Tho
answer was given a few hours later.
At tho Union dopot stood the couple
talking calmly and contentedly. The
neat newsachel; tlio little trunk some
what worse for wear, but stoutly cord
ed; t}Ue bright appearance of tho girl;
tho n??nTs ?ir of proud possession, all
told the story that inquiry confirmed.
Thoy wero married. Tho courtship
had been brief, but singlo lifo had littlo
attraction for either; and, after all,
why should they not caro for each other?
It was a dainty losson in love, despito
the poverty of surroundings.
How Avago Measured tho PoWer of
Steam.
TIic experiments which wore entered
upon for tho purpose of measuring tho
force of tho vapor of water wore very
Important and vory dangerous; import
ant because tho safo working of steam
engines was dependent upon correct
measurements of tho force, and {localise
all tho properties of heat had to be pass
' cd in roviovt ; and dangerous because
they "imposed tho task of confronting
tho unknown caprices of a formidable
force. Thero wore but two mon to ac
cept it anti conduct it to success :
I Arago, who never shrank from a duty,
and Dulong, already maimed by an ex
\ plosion, whoso previous studies had ad
i miritbly propared him for the new
j work." A rudo manomotor was ex
j temporized, and a boiler, far less
? staunch than tho steam-boilers ol' to?
, day, was set up, in which water was
heated till tho pressure was twonty
"" seven atmospheres. "They could not
. go further. At this ox tremo point lt
leaked at all tho joints, and tho steam
? escaped through the Assures with a his
. sing that was of bad omen. But tho
i observers, though awaro of tho danger,
, silent and resigned, finished without ac
! cldent tho measurements willoh thoy
j had begun." Tolling M. Jamiri tho
story, which was written but as abovo
] from his dictation, Anigo ta?d: "Only
ono being of our company preserved his
j serenity aud slopt; it was Dttlong's dog;
. thoy called him Omicron."
O rout Sourooa ol' Wealth.,
\ Tho silver mines of Mexico ox tend from
tho Siorra Madre in Sonora, near tho
northorn border, to tho gold doposlts in
Oaxaca, in tho oxtromo South. A con
tintions voln travorsos nd less than soven
, tcon states and sinco the day of its dls
' co very has yieldod moro than 51,000,
000,000. Yet thoso gr?at ' som'cos of
; wealth aro estimated;to,bo not moro
\ than ono por cont of tho undeveloped
and undiscovered whole.
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