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ST' r - ' ' Time and I. . We are two travellers, Time and I, Through gay or gloomy weather? And since he hailed me at my birth, We've always be.?n together. Be led mp through the land of youth, He journeys onward ever, And helped my toiling footsteps climb The hills of right endeavor. . We are two travellers, Time and I, Through harsh or happy weather . . Unsolved'the secrets of his soul, Though we have walkod together! fc ' He guards the mysteries of the world, Life, Death, Disoace and Sorrow; He knows so much, so little I, And we must part to-morrow. ?Win. H. Haynr in Youth's Comvanion. m ' ?IS SECOND WOOING. fe Although Farmer Tucker had Ion? dreamed of a visit to Cbautauqun, wliei he actually found himself at that Mecca o devout excursionists, early last Augut, the brawny man was tempted to doubi bis own identity. The holiday surround, ings were wholly unlike anything tc which he was accustomed in his prosj New England home; the rich, crowded programme offered was in striking contrast to the dull monotony of farm life. "When this son of toil first entered the Auditorium, and saw that rustic amphitheatre crowded with thousands of people listening breathlessly to the full, sweet tones of the grani organ, his cramped, selfish heart was strangely touched and expanded. For an instant the wish crept in that ho had asked June if she would ' like to come too. But there was not much time for his own thoughts, for - - as tbe music ceased a white-haired x tpeaker arose and was introducsd to the audience as Mr. John B. Gough. At this announcement Samuel Tucker's satisfaction was too great to be kept to himself, and he said half aloud to hi8 next neighbor: "Well, now, I am beat to think that I'm going to hear the man I've wanted to see for more'n twenty years." The young lady gave an amused little laugh, but it fell unheeded upon the unsophisticated speaker, whose attention was already caught by the orator. Mr. Gough commenced his brief lecture with one of his inimitable descripS* tions. The story was of a man who applied for a divorce and was advised by his eminent lawyer to trv the effort of making love to liis wife as he had done before marrying her, instead of resorting to the measure he had proposed. It included also an account of a later visit when the happy husband withdrew his application, and, fairly dancing with glee, assured the lawyer that his experiment had worked like a charm, that 44 Sally had become as amiable and affectionate a wife as a man could ask to have." Mr. Gough's representation of the scene drew forth prolonged applause; but Samuel Tucker's interest was of too serious a nature to permit his joiuing in the laughter. As if unconscious for the moment, of-the multitude about him, he *aid in an undertone: 4<l'd be willing to take my oath that wouldn't work with Jane. All I have to say is, that man's wife was different from mine; I'd as soon think of feeding serrup to a munnny as to begin sparking again with her." . It would seem that this course of reasoning did not wholly dismis3 from the farmer's mind a train of thoughts and possibilities suggested by the lecturer's tory. In every treat of the following days?at sacred service or popular lecture, in the museum or by the model of the Holy Land, when listening to a concert or gazing with throngs upon the illuminated fleet, the far-away husband was relentlessly followed by a * vision of hard-worked Jane, look. Ing upon him with reproachful eyes. At length * he quieted his conscience with the determination to prove that his estimate of his -wif? w?? correct. "When I go back," he said to himself, "I'll just show the woman some little attentions, and I'll see they won't have no moro effect on her than they would on the old bay mare. Jane's bound to be sullen and obstinate, and I suppose I may as well make up my mind S, to it." On reaching home the resolution was not easily carried out. When Mr. Tucker planned some gallantry towards his wife, the very thought made him feel to unnatural and foolish that postpone> ment resulted; but the Sabbath offered an opportunity so convenient that he improved it. The farm was nearly a mile from the church, yet Samuel Tucker had for years ueen in the habit or driving back ^ alone after tho forenoon scrvice, leaving w : hia wife to attend the Sabbath school, and than walk home as best she could through mud or duit. Great was Mrs. Tucker's astonishment, therefore, on the Sabbath after her husband's return, to nd him waiting for her at the close of % the Bible service. The faintrst suspiffctf cion that he had driven b ck to the jjf I ' church for her did not cross t ?e good woman's mind; she supposed he had business with some of the brethren, and ?VV was hesitating whether to walk on as usual or to suggest waiting for him? when the farmer called out, "It's just as cheap to ride a? to walk." Silently the wife/took her seat in the buggy, and silently they drove home, much to the. %.- ' V . husband's satisfaction, for it seemed to him a proof of the woman's dull, unap* preciative nature. "She didn't act . pleased, but was only dazel like, as 1 knew she would be,'" he muttered as he went about his mid-day "chores." At the snm i time Mr. Tucker was conscious o! luiv ng performed a most praiseworthy act. and felt so comfortable that hereso'.ved to repeat the experiment. So on the following Sabbath, Jane again found her husband 111 waiting, and as she mounted the high bugj:y, ventured , to utter a half-audible "thank you," and to ask Samuel if he had been waiting | long. To which Mr. Tucker replied that lie had just reached the church, | and didn't know but he might find she | had started on foot. This reply seemed I to Jane a positive assurance that her ? husband had really returned for the sole 1 purpose of taking her home, and her * chilled heart glowed with a warmth un> known for years. She longed to tell her t husband how much she appreciated his * trouble, but imagined it would sound > "so foolish" that she kept her pleasure r to herself. I The third Sabbath was rainy, and as she washed the break fast dishes, Mrs^ Tucker kept thinking: "I wonder if, * Samuel means to come for me this noon; | if. W fill 1/1 l\o cunK ft ~ "* ? .? ,f vuixa mv ouvu n uuip hi tuu rum j x*m half a' mind to ask him I" This resolui tion was soon stifled, however, with tho reasoning which had silenced many sim ilar resolves in the past ten years. "No, I won't ask no favors. If he don't think enough of me to come, why he needn't." Although proudly unwilling to seek any attentions, Jane longed for some demonstration of her husband's love and care. She had walked home in the rain too often greatly to dread such exposure; but a week before, the wife had tasted the joy of being considered, and longed for some new and further proof of her companion's affection. Mrs. Tucker's heart leaped for joy, when, at noon, she saw the old mnre's head from tho lecture-room window. Indeed, her hungering heart suddenly became quite unmanageable, and, entering the carriage, poor, melted Jane sobbed out: "I'm sure it's very good of you, Samuel, to come back for me j this rainy day!" and then the tears flowed so fast that further words were impossible. Completely taken by surprise, Mr. Tucker exclaimed: " I declare! I hadn't 1 no idee you'd care so much about it 1" I "I wouldn't mind the walk," responded the wife, 4' but?Samuel?I'm ' so happy to have you?care enough about 1 me to come I" | The strong man was brushing away a | tear from his own cheek uow; his tend| erer, better nature was mastering the ln.rcl, selfish spirit which had long possessed him, and with some coughing and choking he said: 41 Jane, I see I've made an awful botch of our married life; if you're a mind to forgive me, I'll see if I can't treat you from to-day as a woman ought to be treated." This confession was all too much for the weeping wife, and she answered quickly: "You're not a bit more to blame than I am; I've been proud and obstinate; but I'll tell you what it is, we'll be ! gin all over again." | The ice was now thoroughly broken, J nnd that afternoon Farmer Tucker and his wife had a long talk over the past and the future. And in the even- ( ing when they were about to start for the prayer meeting to be held in a , neighboring school house, the renewed ^ husband stooped and kissed his wife, snying: "Jane, I've been a-thinking that married life ain't so very different , from fanning or any other occupation. ] 1 Now, I ain't such a fool as to think a 4 -in i - ' " - - - - - - nu.vx >yhi Kcup a yielding it i only enrich it onco und plant it once; I have to go over the same ground every season ; and here I supposed you was a-going to always do as you did when we were acourting, without my doing my part at all." "If I hadn't changed any, maybe you would always have been as tender as you used to be," pleaded the happy wife. "Perhaps so and perhaps not; but I don't mean to leave you to try no such plan. I tell you whnt it is Jane, I feel as if we hadn't never been really married till to-day. It most seems as if wo ought to take a wedding tower."?Con.grtgationaliat. No Chauee for the Small Boy. j A new Western invention is a dog -11 ? 1? A "" 1 muuu uiniius trocs. mere is a point I 1 beyond which even inventors ought not 1 to go, and it seems to us this wretch of 1 an inventor has crossed that border. I What show does it leave the small boy 1 in a watermelon patch? What chance ot < refuge is left the 4fir;?d-out" lover as he finds himself fleeing from tho house of 1 his fair one, if even tho tree tops afford i him no protection from the mouthful of organized ivory that pursues him? Yes, ( 1 the canine climber must go.?DantvilU j Breeze. Regardless of Cost. Clerk (to employer)?What shall I i mark that new lot of black silk at? i Employer?Mark the selling price $8 a yard. . ? Clerk?But it only cost $1 a yard. { Employer?I don't care what it cost, t I am selling off regardless of cost.?Ne%$ i York Sun. - c -jr.; As * ' # ' ' i| ...V.. . - \ o NATURAL GAS. How It is Utilized in Many Ways at Pittsburg. Bringing tlio Ghs Thron^h Pipes from Wells Twent/ Miles Away. j The greatest curiosity about Pittsburg, I says a letter to the Chicago Herald, is i the working of the natural gas aiul the j varied uses to which it is put. In the I vfuijr imjiiniij^, nt inu iram spccus mong , the left bank of the Alleghany, the hunI dre.ls of flaming lights which adorn the I hillsides airor.1 a curiou* spectacle. Pipes stick up from the ground perhaps twenty j feet or morc.and from them shoot up into the heavens greut tongues of flame?a hundred times greater in volume than the electric light and ten times as brilliant. These pipes are the air vents of the main conduits, which carry the gas to its point of utilization. These vents are necessary, otherwise the conduits would burst from the tremendous pressure of gas from the wells. On most of the gas pipe lines the vent pipes are left burning night and day, and the effect at night is most brilliant. Few people realize the extent to which the natural gas is now used about Pittsburg. It has taken the place of fuel at all the glass works, in all the blast furnaces and steel works and is rapidly being introduced into the private houses, hotels, etc., for heating, cooking, and lighting. There are several companies that have the right to pipe the streets, and the old gas companies have about yielded up the ghost. For purposes of illumination the ne\fr gas is not yet perfected, but for heating and cooking the mysterious vapor is all that could be asked. The gas burns with an intense heat and hence is especially valuable at blast furnaces, and for all other uses where high temperature is required. So hot is the flame from a three-inch pipe that a man cannot approach it. No man can light a five-inch exhaust pipe, for it would burn him up before he could get away. All such pipes are lighted by firing a skyrocket through the escaping gas, when the suddenly ignited vapor shoots hundreds of feet into the heavens. Most of the natural gas in use about Pittsburg comes from the gas wells of Wushington County, from eighteen to twenty-two miles away. The gas is conveyed in twenty-inch mains of cast-iron, made two inches thick, to stand the enormous pressure of the vapor from nature's mysterious reservoir. It mav seem incredible, but I was told that the pressure upon these mains at the point the gas comes up from mother earth is from eight huudred to ofoe thousand pound8 to the square inch. At the first vent-pipe, which may be a mile away from the weli, the gas shoots up like steam from a safety valve, and with almost as much of a hissing noise. Light it and the flame is carried a hundred feet in the air. It would be impracticable to use the gas at all under such a pressure. So, when it gets to the city, recourse is had to a division of tho force by means of pipes within pipes. A series of pipes, one within the other, arc laid within the larger main, and these take up the gas and dirtribute it, each division lowering tho pressure according to the size of the pipe which holds it. Thus a half-inch pipe will carry gas enough and with force enough to run a blast furnace, and a pipe no bigger than the stem of a clay pipe will carry enough to light, warm and provide cookipg fuel for a house of twelve to fifteen rooms. 'the supply of gns seems inexhaustible. Wherever petroleum is found, there by jinking a few hundred feet below the oil belt will be found the gas in its rock ribbed reservoir. They usuilly get oil at about 1000 feet, but for gas they must sink at leasb 1,500. So far the sinking has been jasy enough, for the gas men have only io hunt up the abandoned oil wells, and continue them on down until the curious rapor is struck. That is all there is to je done, except to imprison the escaping aroduct and confine it to tlio mninn Nature does all the rest. There seems ;o be no diminution of the flow or preslure, even from those wells that have jeen longest in use, and hence capital vhich when the discovery was first mado was chary of investing in pipes and nains, has now quite recovered confllence. The idea that the time may ;ome when the gas will be piped and carried away to other cities is already jeing talked up in Pittsburg, and the prospect of lighting and heatiug Cincinnati and perhaps Cleveland with natural ;as is not so remote as one might imiginc. If the Standard Oil Company :an pipe oil four hundred mites to New fork, why cannot natural gas be carried in equal distance 1 y the same agency ? Diploma!lc Peddling. Colonel Bowser met Jenks the other lay and asked him what he was doing 'or a livtncr. __ ? ?0. "Selling a deodorizing power." "Last time I saw you you were selling til insect-killer, to be sprinkled ou the loors." "I know; now I'm going around to the lame houses selling this disinfectant to p:t the smell of the insect powder out of he house. Next week I'll loom up with i mixture to drive away the smell of the Ueinfectant.''?St. Lju'u Whio. . . r' ^ ' '' ' VI ;v , ?> ' I >* ..* ; > < '. * . 'x .'V - :' Prob .ble Canso or Eartliqaakot. We must remember that we are dwelling upon the surface of a little extinguished sun, which ages upon ages ago became covered with a ro^ky crust through the grudual loss of temperature, but which retains in its interior a rein- 1 nant of the prcstine heat that is slowly leaking out. Every schoolboy understands that when a heated body cools it shrinks in size. The earth does the same, and as the interior mass thus ' slowly contracts the hardened crust set-j ties upon it. But the crust cannot settle j without thus breaking. Far back in geo- | logical time, when the cooling process was ] much more rapid than it is now, the settling of the crust broke and contorted it with tremendous power, and the edges and sides of the cracked strata of rock were thrust up into mountain chains. Now, when the cooling is very slow and the consequent contraction comparatively slight, mountains are no longer created by the stress upon the settling crust, but sow, almost imperceptible, changes of level in different parts of the earth's surface result from it. So slowly, in fact, does the interior of the earth contract at present, that the settling of the crust is accom? plished for the most part without the knowledge of its inhabitants. Yet it does contract, and the careful observations o? earth tremors which have been conducted of late years show that if a complete record of the motions of the earth's crust could be obtained, it would be shown to be slightly trembling in some part of its extent most of the time. There are certain regions where the earth's crust yields to this internal strain more readily than elsewhere. These regions ore usually in the neighborhood of ancient cracks or faults in the rocky shell of the planet. The Atlantic edge of our continent has never, in historic times at least, been the scene of great and disastrous earthquakes; and vet the irfcolofT f O o ical structure i* such that disturbances of this kind could hardly fail to visit it. The fact is that many earthquakes do occur in this country, but they are usually so slight that little or no notice is taken of them.?Neio York Sun. ??? Bildnes*. A writer in the St. Louis Qlobe-Dcmocrat says of baldness: There are several varieties of baldness, due to disturbances within the nervous system. Thus there are cases recorded of total loss of hair, affecting the entire body, following severe injuries of the brain. In one case a man was struck by lightning, and the very next day not only all his hair, but the toe-nails fell off. In some other instances the liair of one side of the head only fell off following concussion of the brain; in other cases the loss lias been limited to the region supplied by a single nerve, the trunk of which had been injured. In the melancholy form of insanity a general loss of hair has been frequently noticed, not always amounting to baldness, and in certain cases baldness in patches of varying extent has been observed. In the exceedingly rarediseaso called "progressive facial atrophy," in which the skin, muscles, fat and even tho bones of one-half of the face bccomc smaller and waste away, the hair has usually suffered in its growth on the corresponding side of the head, and partial or entire one-sided bald| ncs* has been the result. If the hair does ! not fall it becomes gray in slripes or over the whole of the affected surface, and I the loss of hair, like the whitening, may occur in stripes. Ordinary "sick headache" and other forms of neuralgia affecting the side of the face or head may be followed by whitening or loss of hair. These cases differ from the "bald5? ti f ? ' * - * - - ~ ut-aa in puiuiiua in ino iact tiiat the bald patches when they occur are not distinctly separated from those still covered, and the baldness is generally not absolute, some soft, downy hairs remaining. The treatment depends entirely upon the nature of the disease causing the baldness. A O tkola Banker. 4'Dakota banks have a queer wny of doing business," said a well-known member of a wholesale firm the other day. 'Bome time ago I drew upon a man' in that territory for $110 and exchange. A check was returned to me, but the exchange had not been collected, and the amount was stated to be seventy-five cents. I paid the exchange, but immediately wrote the cashier of the bank about it. I knew the exchange should not exceed twenty-five cents, and so informed * tho bank official, at the same time demanding the return of the remainder. The reply wa9 rather remarkable. The' letter said: 'Dakota is a delightful country, but we're not hero for our health. The fifty cents ii to pay for the trouble of writing this Utter.'"?Minneapolis Prat, A Falling Out. Augustus was manipulating the lawn J? tU. ' 2 1 -* utunrci in una cyuuiujj, uy way oi exorcise, and his wife sat on the piazza watching him. Why is Augustus like orte that is < deceased?" she asked her kister, who could not toll. B'.'causa he is no mower," nnd now there is grief in the household.?Free 1 Press. - - ' :TT "" ' .. I . . C 1 ' Profcsslnul WrICors of Olden Times.' Ia the days of King John, people had so little idea of tlio possibility of the printing press that they were almost equally ignorant of sueh a material as paper for literary purpose?. Yet it is o huge mistake, which has not been exploded as it ought to be, that reading and writing were rare accomplishments in the 13 h century. Knowledge of a certain ! l.!~ J "? i muu was uisseiniuated far more cllecI tively and far more universally than is j generally believed. The country parson ; was expected to be the schoolmaster of | the parish, and generally was so; and ' there was hardly a village in England 1 during the reign of Ilenry III. in which there were not one or more persons who I could write a clerkly hand, draw up accounts in Latin, and keep the records of the various petty courts and gatherings that wore continually being held, ' sometimes to the annoyance and grievous vexation of the rural population.' The professional writers were so numerous and their training so severe, that they had got for themselves privileges of a very exceptional kind; the clerk took rank { with the clergyman, and the writer of a <toook was almost as much esteemed as it? author. The scriptorium of a great J monastery was at once the printing press and the publishing office. It was the ' place wherq books were written and whence they issued to the world. With J the traditional exclusiveness of the oldei mnnnofnrino <*>? ? ' J " *voj iuuic Wii" ICfiS Ul'SirCj 110 j doubt, to diffuse and disperse than to accumulate books, but the composing and multiplication of books was always goihg on. The scriptorium was a great writing school, too, and the rules of the art of writing which were laid down there were so rigidly and severely adhered to that to this day it is not difficult J to decide at a glance whether a book was written in St. Alban's or St. Edmund's abbey. Sometimes as many as 20 writers were employed an once and . besides these there were occasionally I supernumeraries who were professional . scribes, and who were paid for their services; but nothing short of perfect penmanship, such trained skiy, for instance, as would now bo required of an engraver, would qualify a copyist to tnke part in the finished work which the copying of important books required.? Quarterly JRevieic. An Otter llunttiisr a Mail. A hunter ought to understand his business and be ready for any danger; but 801tie nif?n Iohp t.hoir uroonnp^ a( mind ? |'?V-7\.U\/W v/4 U11UVI UUU courage, and arc hunted by their game. The following story is told by the Gallatin (Mo.) Democrat: Mr. William Prewitt, while out hunting rabbits in Daviess county, found several ltu<;e otter.*, one of \?tiich he shot. o 1 I Thinking the animal was dea l, he approached very near, when, to his surprise, it made a furious attack. Mr. P. immediately flid,closely pursued by the infuriated animal. A very low rail fence was close at hand, and our friend sprang nimbly over; but equally nimble was the otter, which, as Mr. P. went over the . fence, went throucrh. Our now verv ?_? - - _ _ J ^ much frightened frieud, seeing his foe on the same side of the fence, sprang ; nimbly bnok. This game was kept up for some time, until, completely exhausted, Mr. P. mnde several frantic leaps, 1 and finding the animal just passing ( through the fence, he, in desperation, ( grasped it by the tail, and catching its leg through another crack, sank ex- . hausted to the ground. The shrieks and cries of Mr. Prcwitt for help, mingled with the enraged snarls and lighting of the animal, were heard at the fatm, near- _ ly a mile distant, and he was soon re- ( licved from his awkward situation, but ' i so exhausted and enfeebled by the fright . that it was some time before he could walk sufficiently to get to ths house. ^ Artificial Quinine. Dr. Cresswell Hewett, of Lincoln's 1 innfields, has discovered the synethical * or urtificial mode of making quinine, by which the price of that drug will bo re- ' duccd to s< mething like 3J. per ounce. The importance of this discovery, which 1 was made two or three weeks ago : 1 through the accidental breaking of a 1 medicine bottle, is rendered greater by ' the fact that while hitherto we have been depending for our quinine on the cultivation of the cinchona tree, from whose bark only about two per cent, of good quinine can be extracted, 98 per cent, being valueless, tho * drug can now bo manufactured without limit by a very simple process from an article which can always be got i:i abundance in any p^rt of the world. A few days ago Dr. Hew<tt subini'.t 'd a sample of his preparation to Mossr*. Howard &Sjns, quinine manufacturers Stratford,who have expressed surprise at the result of their analysis, tho sample being equal to the best quinine in the market. The discoverer is about to communicate with tho government, who annually spend in India alone about ?00,000 in the cultivation of the cinchoua tree.?London Pott. ft 1 Submnrino Navigation. "This is a wonderful age. Just think of that submarine boat going under the [r water and staying under for half an c hour," t That's nothing. The Oregon went n under the water months ago, and she t Is there yet."?Sifting*. t ' V > . ! s*\ ' ,'/l ** ' / * * '* The .Woods. Alone the forest depth* I roam, In ancient, mythic mood, and find Some animating soul enshrined Beneath each leafy, sylvan dome. Yet thought returns, and soon revolves Again with analytic skill, And marks how inborn fancies fill The eurih with schemes that time dissolved. So mine is past or present life Along the vordant avenues, As faucy mystic dreams pursue*, Or fact with solid themes is rife. But t bus evoked by leaf and tree, My contemplations still iuquire? Do I the forest scone inspire, Or do the woods breath into me i ?C. C. Lord in lioston Journal. HUMOKOUS. A man of metal?Tue stove dealer. There is usually a cold snap when an icicle falls. Is a tramp idle when he labors undei an impression? A black eye is a sign of beauty in on? sex, of a collision in the other. Speaking of farming, nobody evei heard of a hen complaining of a poo crop. "There's very little change in raen't trousers this fall," remarked a tailor a? he failed to collect a bill. 4 Those who use our goods are very much attaclicd to them," is what a porous plaster company advertises. An article is going the rounds of the press, headed "How to Manage a Wife." Of couse tho writer was a single man. A Los Angeles (Cal.) lady, 40 years of age, is selling vegetables to educate herself in music. She is determined not to be beet. oiiiuiviiis aim xii3 young wife had just completed their first quarrel. "I wish ] was dead," she sobbed. "I wish I was too," he blubbered. "Then I don't wish I was," and the war continued. A farm journal gives instructions for "Shoeing a Kicking Mule." A better and safer way is to hand the mule ovei to a blacksmith and then climb a-tree and stny there until the job is finished. An old pariah clerk was courteously thanking a church dignitary for kindly taking on emergency a village service; "A poorer preacher would have done us, s'r," he said, "if we only^knew where to find him." How Screws are Made. Screws were little known or used before 1880, being rudely made by hand with imperfect tcols. The head was forged or swedged up by a blacksmith,, and the thread and nick were formed by the USA of linnfl-Hioa nnrl T? QO" ?U4JIA U4ViO? JLLi 1OOU American ingenuity was directed to the subject, and the old tools were worked in machines which gave them their proper motion. The swedge hammer became the heading machine, receiving the end of a coil of wire and regularly cutting the required length for a blank, which then, by a blow, had one end of the wire, "set up'' to form the head, the operation continuing automatically till the entire wire was cut up into blanks. These blanks were thus handled individually, and passed to machines, the first for shaving the head, the second for nicking, and the last for cutting the thread. In 1840 a further revolution was sffected in this mnniif<iotnr? k _ _ . ^.^..U.tvvvutw ?.JJ 1UU U3C 3f machines that were entirely automatic. By this system the blanks were supplied in mass by the operator, the machine separating and handling each blank respectively, as the nature of the operation demanded. The heads wore turned and nicked by automatic mechanism, and thea dropped into a machine, which turned und cut the threads on the shanks, passing out the complete screws with wonder, ful rapidity. The first inventor of this machinery was general Thomas W. Harvey of Vermont. Later inventors added improvements, increasing the perfection, 3f the operation and its product. Among these was the gimlet point, the invention. >f Thomas J. Sloan. This s ight improvement so increased the usefulness of screws that their manufacture immediately became a profitable and important industry. Many modifications of the iommon screw have been invented.. id ap ting it to a wide raugo of uses in ;he various manufactures of machines, irticles of use and ornament, etc. The laily production of tho various screws in use in tho world is estimated to retire the consumption of 500 tons of ron.?Inter- Ocean. L:fling- Extraordinary. One of the first things that attract theittention of visitors to Foster's crane,, lear Pairchild, Wis., is the famous 'steam skiddcr," the only one in the Jtate. It is a great sight to witness two>r three huge logs being dragged, from i distance of thirty-five rods, over brush, alien trees, stumps, etc., a3 if they werertofiolra an/1 An A w**vnw| VU VV>J# VI II iuge pile alongside of the traok. And o do ull this requires only one man to nanipulate the levers on the steam engine and one way off where the logs lie o put the chain around them. The noment the chain is put around them. >ff they go, tho forward end somewhat ilevated. and the rear end dragging over my oosirucuon in tne way. bomotimeshe whole load makq3 a leap of several ods without touching the ground. i - ....