The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, November 23, 1886, Image 6
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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!
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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.
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?IS SECOND WOOING.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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