Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Eooey uel. AAsingular and bloody shooting aff~r occurred recently between Ger- I don Ellis and Pat Shea at Bennett's ranch, Lincoln county, Nevada. A shtert time before the fight Ellis sold some borax locations to the Colen-an Borax company, receiving $5,000 therefor. On the day before his last he got into a dispute with a Mexican with whom he was gambling. He no tified the Meifed6Uhat he should then and there shoot him, but only through the leg, as a warning of what would happen if he (the Mexican) did not conduct himself in a proper manner. Thereupon he did shoot the Mexican thiough the leg, and things went on smoothly until the following day. Ellis then had some difficulty with Shea, with whom he was gambling. and told Shea that he meant to shoot him through the leg, as he had the Mexican the preceding day, if Shea did not mend his ways. Shea dared him to shoot an unarmed man, as he then was. Ellis blazed away at Shea's leg, sending a ball through it below the knee. Shea be gan abusing Ellis, whereupon, after due notice, Ellis perforated Shea's other leg.- During the shooting some men present had started to their camp, a short distance away, to get their Henry rifles, whether to merely. pro tect their own legs, or with a view of interfering in behalf of thelwounded man, can only be surmised. While re turning with their riues they met llis, and with drawn guns compelled him to go back. Coming uprto where Shea was, the latter, applying a foul epithet to one of the men with the rifles, added: "You coward, you want to shoot an unarmed man, too, do you?" At this the man adciressed replied: "If you think rm a coward, come out 6eiej' concluding the remark by throw irrg his gai down on the ground near Shea aid brandishing his fists. Shea, thoingh with ai pistol shot through each leg, advanced in a threatening manner toward the marl, but'got no further than the rifle, which he immediately snatched up. Up to this point Ellis had remained sitting on his horse, ap parently a disinterested spectator; but when he saw Shea pick up the gun he instantly slid off his horse, on the -side furthest from Shea. The latter then cried to Ellis: KNow, if you want to shoot at my Legd anf more, step out from behind that horse abnf blaze away." Ellis held his position behind the horse. Shea told ~;him that he did not want fo shoot the horse, but if he did not come out at once, and " come a shootin'," he would drop the horse so that he could shoot dhe man. ~iu sathee as no hrpforit, and, dodging under -his horse's head, came "a shootin'," sure enough, his frst shot striking Shea, already twice *oed~ il the groin and ranging up *ard.- Shea, however, 'remained stand ing long enough to fire two shots at Ellis, the first with trifling effect, but the second knocking him in death throes to the ground, Shea falling at the samne instant.' Recovering, Shea rose toa sitting posture, and called to the men who had in the meantime Ftfshedin to -"stand out of the way till I give'idm another shot." ThIe dyinigrdrrj bearing the remark, whispezed;' "Don't let him shoot; I've got enough." Shea 'as assured their was no need of another shot and lay down to die. Ellis almost immedi ately breathed his last. A Great B. Idge. It is not generally known that in the vicinity of Washington is the largest stone arch in the world, with a span of 220 feet, the second being that >f the Grosvenor bridge, with a span of 200 feet, which crosses the river Dee. The structure in question is named Cabin John bridge, from the stream it spans, "Cabin John ran," which in turn was named after a. -' hermit fisherman and trapper of the Solden time, who lived in a hut near the miouth of the creek, and was only known as Cabin John. The arch is the support of the conduit, an ellipti ::al brick structure for the pass age of the water which supplies the :: ity of Washington, and comes from the Potomac at a point several miles up the river. Cabin John bridge spans the chasm at a height of 101 feet. It is twenty feet wide, its ext-reme length S being 420feet. The cost was $2:37,000. The spectator is at once impressed with the gracie and strength of the struct aire,_its airy lightness ting away all ide cftheimmnsepressure upon it. SCut in the granite tablet of the west~ Ebutment is an inscription that is worthyjof note. The bridge was built under the direction of the secretary of war, who, at the time, was Jefferson Nove1 Firo Escapes. The last inventton for the protec tion of theatre audiences is a "pene adae safety wag" wich a js ben jtented >y an engineer at kotts ~% us, Gdrmanyb The plan is to make S"ie interior wall in all' part of the ~~reapier mache, made after ~4-~akLmethod. Such a wall wHi - the appearance of massive stone, ~pessure upon certain parts - oords are tobe painted in - !'Tobe braken open the atei FOR THE FAB[ AND HOME. Corn Fodder. Mr. Ansel W. Putnam says that whatever theorists may argue his cows prove to him by the milk .that, corn fodder is at its best before the stalk hardening begins, and as soon as all the leaves of the heavy part of the stems are fully grown. The second growth as he calls it-of topstocks and husks-he thinks as good milk making material as the first, but not any bet ter. His policy is to plant very thickly and cut when the first growth is fully developed, which is in six to seven weeks after planting, in good growing weather; and in this way he can raise two crops in one season. Thick plant ing is adverse to the second or top growth, unless with varieties of sweet corn.-South and West. Saving Cabbages. We know of no better way to pre serve cabbages through the winter than to plant or set them up in rows, as they grow-that is, with. the roots down-fill in with soil pretty freely, then make a covering by planting two posts where there is a fence to rest on, or four where there is not, allbwing for a pitch to carry off the water ; lay bean poles opposite the way of the pitch and -cover with corn fodder or boards. In using through the winter avoid as much as possible the sun side and close up again. We have not found that setting the cabbage upside down in the rows, as many do, of any advantage, as we have kept ours for more than twenty years in the way we mention in a sound, pegfect condition, through the winter into the spring, and could even up to the first of May if desirable. We see other methods recommended, and they may answer just as well, but as to our own we speak from a long experience.-Ger mant'own Telegraph. Saving Vegetable Seed. If there are many varieties of the same vegetable in a garden it is im possible to save the seeds of some in an unmixed state. Sweet corn and all of the squash family are quite sure to "mix." On the other hand, peas and beans rarely cross. If one saves seeds of any vegetable let it be of the best. Instead of leaving the last peas on the vines for seed set apart a portion of a row for seed, and let none be picked from it. By propeP care the quality of a vegetable may be im~proved. In saving Jima beans we have for several years selected only those with four beans in the pod; as a conseguence, the greater number of pods in the whole crop now have four beans. The selection of the first ripened -and 1est formed tomatoes for seed will have a marked effect upon future crops,~ and this is the case with all other vegetables. If one has a choice melon he would preserve in its purity, the surest method is to fertilize a few female flowers. Take a male flower of the same kind that is shedding its pollen, remove the corollo, to expose the stamens. Select a female flower that is just ready to open, but has not been v'isited by insects; open it and apply the stamens to the pistil of that flower. Cover the flowers thus oper ated upon by a bit of muslin until the fruit begins to grow. LEMON~ PREImtYE-Cut the rind of the lemons as thick as you can without cutting the pulp; put the fruit in cold water, and boil it in three different waters until quite soft. Make a syrup of refined sugar, and put three-quar ters of a pound of sugar to -each lemon. Boil the syrup, and then put the lemens into it, an" ~ oil them some time. Put them aT basin, and turn them every day I -r or five days. Then boil th~ - E .igain, and put the lemons into ; .ate pots, with enough syrup to cover them. SuccoTAs.-Shave off your corn two or three times so that it will be cut up in small pieces. Put corn and ima beans on and stew them well to gether, adding a little water and a slice of bacon. When done add a little milk, a small lump of butter, one ta blespoon of flour and salt and pepper to the taste. FmEDELLU.- Take any bits of cold meat, chop fine with a little fresh meat (if convenient), salt, pepper, dry bread soaked and squeezed, and a little meat broth or gravy should be added to moisten the mixture; form with the hands into balls and fry quickly in hot butter. SE CAKE.-One pound of butter beaten to a cream, one pound of sifted lump sugar, one pound of flour well dried, eight eggs (yolks and whites beaten separately), and caraway seeds to taste. Mix the ingredients and beat an well together for an hour. Put the batter into a tin shape lined with paper and buttered. Bake in a mod erte oven. BEEF'EAK AED ONIONs.--Choose large white onions and peal and slice a dozen while the steak is cookig. A round, sirloin or porter-house steak, with very little bone should be used in weight about two pounds. Put a large frying-pan over the fire and let it get so hot that a bit of blitter dropped intoit win hiss as soon as it-touchies the pan; then put the steak into the pan and quickly brown the under side;. 4 &rD it over, season i with sadit and the pan a dish or a cover that just fiL it. Let *he steak and onions coot until thv -* e brown and then serv( them hot, Doth on the same dish. A Prize Essay Scheme. Among the curiosities of prize essa3 schemes may be put the bequest of ar Aberdeen citizen, Mr. Burnett. Thi! worthy founder of the biggest prize es say fund ever known was afflicted wit a painful illness for many years; bu1 "his sufferings did not shake his faitl in the loving kindness of the Suprem( Being, and he desired that after hi death the faith of others under similai circumstances should be sustained an< strengthened as his had." With thi view he left a sum of money to thi University of Aberdeen to be given a prizes for the best essays on the exist ence of an all-powerful, wise and goot Deity. The conditions of the beques were that the competition was to taki 'place at intervals of forty years so as tt allow the fund to accumulate a sur of not less than ?1,100 for the first priz and 2400 for the second. The first con test took place in 1814, and such bi, prizes naturally attracted some bij competitors. * The- first prize wa awarded to Dr. William Brown, princi pal of Aberdeen university; the sec ond Ato Dr. Summer, after*ard arch bishop of Canterbury. The seconc contest 'took place in 1854, when thl Rev. R. A. Thompson was awarde< the first prize amounting to ?1,800 at:< the second of ?600 to Principal Tul loch. The third contest should tak place in 1894, when the sum availabli or distribution is expected to amoun to about ?6,000 ; but a question ha arisen in . the minds of the trustee whether the money cannot be applie< to more pratical purposes. Accord ing to the terms of the will, the offe: had to be advertised, for. seven year out of every forty, in the literary paper of all English-speaking countries at , cost estimated at .700 ; and the suc cessful essayist had to send 30( copies of his essay to the trustees, wh were compelled to advertise exten sively that these copies are for gratui tous distribution. When the questiot came up before the house of lord' last year, .Lord Rosebery considere< the prospect gloomy if the religiou feeling of the country depended upox these essays, for he found that. mor< than 200 of the last 300 still remaine< in the trustees' hands! Could th< piovs fouinder have foreseen a tim< when his well-meant scheme wouk yield such barren results, he migh possibly have devoted his wealth to nobler object. The trustees have ap plied under the endowment institutioi act for an order to vary the condition: of the truest, and to substitute for thi essay prizes at forty years' interval ai actual lectureship at Aberdeen uni versity, and their request has beer complied with.-All the Year Round Dangerous Staging. Here is an anecdote of staging ox the old Placerville road, told by a vet eran San Francisco newspaper editor The only outside passenger on the night run was riding sleepily beside the driver when a lurch in the coaci: aroused him, and to his horror lhi found that the driver was missing The big headlight and- the two side, lights showed -that the road was down-grade, with a rocky wall on on4 side and a precipice on the other. Th< team was going down at a fast trot The passenger reached down to see i he could find the reins, but soon real. ized that his search was hopeless, foi the reins had gone overboard with th< driver. What was to be done ? The inside passengers were all asleep. Ir a few minutes the coach without guid ance would be sure to go over the preci pice. Before he could think twice h< heard a hoarse voice, which seemed tc come from the ground, call out: " Jan: your foot on the brake and hollex whoa!" The passenger obeyed, the team slowed down, the people insidi woke up and thrust out .their heads Then the volte was heard again, say ing: "You fellers git out and tak4 them leaders by the head, and I'll sei if I kin crawl out of this." It was thE .river, who had clung to the rein! when he fell, and, rolling himself .intc a bal, had been dragged along the road between the front and hind wheels, holding on in spite of bruises, becausi e knew it was death to his passengere if he let go. How He Slew the Bear. On Tuesday evening last when Mr. George Trevors, who had been work ing in the steamship Coban, then lying at Mr. Sergent's mill wharf, Nelson, was done his day's work, he had occa sion togo upto the store of Mr. Dan iel Baldwin to purchase a few articles It was then dark, and when he started for his home in the Douglasfield hE took the- short cut across the woods He ad- gone about amile and ahali when he was attacked by a very larg bear. Being unarm~ed, and having ni other weapon than a bottle of paraffin oil, he struck the bear anid broke' thi bottle of oil over him. The bear ther sprang on him and commenced hug ging-hiw, when George had -the pres ence of mind to light a match and sei fire to him. In an instant old bruir was all in a blaze and let go of him and in less than five minutes she wa: all consumed but the head and should ers. George then commenced to carr water in his hattb5querichthefie t .. atont.U~ so as toget the bouty LADIES' DEPART-ENT. A Rage for Flowers. A new flower rage has broken out in New York. The Telegram says: Never before have flowers occapied such a prominent place in society events as at present. They form no inconsiderable share in the decorations of the prominent houses uptown. Many drawing-rooms have one or more jardinieres containing a growing plant, placed in some convenient cor ner. The plant is changed four or five times during the. year. Sometimes it is a brilliant scarlet geranium which rears its bright blossoms above the L bric-a-brac and gilding-the one thing of nature among the many articles of the manufacturer; again a snowy calla or ascension lily, or perhaps a fuchsia, its drooping buds of purple L and scarlet harmonizing with its rich surroundings. Autumn leaves will be used extensively this fall for decora: tive purposes. A bride this month is to have the drawing-rooms and church on her wedding day entirely decorated witi autumn leaves and golden rod. r This will give color and background to the bridal party in white,'and be a relief from the pretty but monotonous and tiresome smilax and white roses. Necklaces, composed of natural moss rosebuds, small violets and similar flowers, will again be fashionable this season. News and Notes for Women. Eight ladies have clerkships in the Oregon legislature. Mrs. Loretta Brownlow, of East Paw Paw, Ill., has patented a simple and convenient means of crushing and straining fruit in makiag jellies, etc. There is piblished in Calcutta a small monthly magazine called the Kristiya Mohati, or (ristian Woman. The writers are all native converted Christian women. Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M. D., of London, has accepted the rice-presi dency of the South Lambeth Tricycle club. Women can now be seen in all parts of England riding tricycles. The agricultural college at Hanover. N. H., will admit women pupils at iti next term, who will be given a special course of study, incIuding butter and cheese making and dairying in all its branches. Miss Sanders, a lady sent South by Sthe American board of missions, has Sestablished a home f or destitute colored Sgirls in New Orleans, and has organized a flourishing Chinese Sunday-school in - the same place. Mrs. Charles Tu:-ner, a widow of LLiverpool, has given $-200,000 for the erection of a home for incurables in -that city, and will mIake ample arrange ~men~ts in the shape o dowmnent for Sthe maintenance of flie mstitution. If the newspaper stories are true there is an invalid widow in Tennessee who deserves something more than honorable mention. She has not been able to stand or walk for twenty years, but some years ago she-begtan to make shoes with a set of tools her husband left her at his death. She has perse vered so- that now, while sitting in bed with her tools .beside her, she plies her trade su~ccessfully and has very nearly paid off the mortgage on her little farm. Fashion Notes. Velvet ornaments for dresses and cloaks are in vogue. The sale of plain black velvet this autumn is greater than it has been for several years. Flowers are scarcely seen on the street, but are still used upon opera bonnets and hats. White wool combined with velvets. and plushes in the new high art col ors will for m many handsome evening dresses this fall and winter. It is predicted that black or colored spencers will be worn by young girls, with puffed white muslin skirts Of course this cannot be a street cos tume. India shawls are being utilized for wraps. They are made up of rich fur borders,! velvet sleeves, plush linings and carved wood heads of animals for fastenings. One of the most striking novelties is dressed plush-a fabric in which the long pile is pressed by machinery into flowers, owls' heads, leaves, arabesques and other popular figures. Handsome black costumes have a long redingote of terry velvet with heavy reps, and a plain velvet skirt trimmed with two narrow flounces of Spanish lace. When the redingote is designed to hang open from the waist the skirt front is covered with nar rower flounces of lace. Fan-plaited ornaments form the neck finish in front of some of the new Paris-made dresses, while a high collar rolls over in the back. The fans ill the side of the neck in a manner that is very becoming to slender, long necked women ; but such a style must be worn with grace and elegance or it becomes a caricature. Dr. .Tohn Rae does not hold the com mon opinion that the Esquimaux are a diminutive race. -He is inclined to think that they are fully as tall as the average native of London, and much heavier. .The women, when young, he says, are very pleasant-looking, almost pretty, extremely solid and compact, with small feet~ad hands, and well formed limbs As to strength, he found that thzes~quimaux could- lift 4OtOO~ nounds withease. CxI.PLVGS FOR :E CUROnUS. A mountain sheep weighing two hundred pounds was recently killed in Arizena. A strange and curious animal was recently killed by a hunter in the State! of Morelos, Mexico. It was about the: size of an ordinary donkey, of a grayish color, had very thick hair, and its up por lip was some four inches longer than the lower one. The honor of kissing the toe of the* sultan of Turkey is reserved .for the vizier, ministers and certain privileged pashas. This homage is performed with the utmost solemnity, and is marked by every sign of respect worthy of so important an occasion. The oldest deed in America is in possession of Major Leland, of New York. It is dated 1510, eighteen years after the discovery by Columbus, and conveys Fisher's Island, in Long Island Sound, from certain Indian chiefs, to John Cabot, whose signature it bears. The early Greeks and Persians used marine signals, making them not by flags but by the position of their sails and by holding shields in various posi tions. A code of flag signals was made in 1420 by a Venetian captain, and the first.English signal was intro duced by James II., Duke of York. In the fifteenth and sixteenth cen turies the counts of Kaerfenburg kept in their castle a beaker holding two quarts, and challenged, guests to drain it at a draught ; but since 1586 very few have been able to perform the feat, and since Prussia became a king dom it has not been performed at all. Oswaldus Norhingerus, who was famous for his minute contrivances, is said to have . made 1,600 dishes. of turned ivory, all perfect and complete in every part, yet so small, thin and slender that all of them were included in a cup turned out of a peppercorn of the common size. They were almost invisible to the eye. Where do the red and speckled ears of corn come from when white corn alone is planted, asks an exchange. Why don't we ever find an eai with an odd number of rows? You can. find a four-leaf clover, but never the odd row on an ear of born. They always have fourteen, sixteen, twenty or some other even number. What objections has nature to odd numbers ? The Story of a- Word. Some words are great travelers and the story of their wanderings is worth perusal. One of these is the word dauphin. What possible connec. tion can exist between the title of the prince it perial of France and that not highly eteemned fish, the dol phin ?-the fish which the French themselves now call oie cle mer-goose of the sea. Going back a long way we find that ~imong the ancients this fish was held in much greater repute than it now is. In fact, it was the aristocrat of the finny tribe. The Greeks considered it as. sufficiently sacred to be Apollo's emblem, and they told many stories of its miraculous interference in human affairs, such, for instance, as the story of Arion and the dolphins. -The dolphin's connection with the god caused its figure to be used as a crest, and one was borne by the "wily Ulysses" on his shield. The Romans aopted the practice from the Greeks, the Gauls from the Rlomans, and the distorted image of a dolphin is fre quently seen on ancient coats-of-arms. At the dissolution of the Roman empire this crest had given a name to one of the fairest districts of Southern France-the province of Dauphine. Its beauty made it a bone of conten tion. In the fourteenth century Hum bert, its count, dying childless, be queathed it to the crown of France on condition that the heir-apparent should always bear the title of dauphin and rule in Dauphine. Special privileges were granted the little land, but one by one these were withdrawn until the district was re duced to an equality with the other provinces. The title, however, sur vived till political revolutions made it a dead word which, unlike dead men, has a tale to tell. Care of the Eyes. Continual reading is apt to injure the sight. Such reading as confines the eyes without interruption to the page is more injurious to the eyes than such as requires occasional pauses in order to keep up with the scope of the thought-novel reading is harder on the eyes than history or philosophy. A broad page taxes tlhe eyes more than a narrow page, unless it is divided into two or three columns. Writing is easier for the eyes than copying, as in the latter work one must read as well as write, and compare the copy with the original. Reading on the cars, or when in motion, is injurious to the eyes, as they are strained in trying to overcome the shifting of the page. Reading in an uncertain, changing or fickeing light is trying to the eyes, and should be avoided. Joseph Perkins Beach, a son of th founder of the New York Bun, is en gagedin preparing a genealogical re-' cord of the Beach family. He has the names of 2,573 Beaches, descendants1 of two brothers who came to Americ in 1630. Present evils always seem greater than thosethaf-never come. THE WASAHVaGTON MONUmENT. The Progrems of the Work on It--istOry of the Monument. Discussing about the Washington monument, a correspondent at the national capital says: The monu ment has now reached a height of 300 feet, and it is expected that about forty feet more will be added before the season ends. The height of the structure has been about doubled since the work was resumed, a couple of years ago, after so long a delay, and is now a little over one-half what it is to be when completed, the highest structure in the world. Its height. when completed, is to be 550 feet. The monument board, after the work was resumed, two years ago, determined to make it the highest structure in the world. They studied up on monu ments, churches, towers and articles of this sort, and found it to be perfectly safe and they will push it up to 550 feet in height. It is hoped that the work may be completed within two or, at furthest, three years after the present season ends. Few people are aware that the site of this- monument is one proposed by Washington himself for a shaft of this nature, yet such is said to be the fact. It is said that General Wash ington suggested to Major L'Entant, the originator -of the plans for the city. of Washington, that at the point now occupied by the mon ument there might with propriety be erected a monument in honor of the war of the Revolution. This was never done, but when the site for Washington's monument was sought this was hit upon as most suitable, and thus the wisdom of the father of the country again honored. The date of completion of the monu ment is of course a matter of uncer tainty as yet, but it is probable that nearly a hundred years will have elapsed between the date of the first agitation of the subject and the com pletion of the monument. In 1783 the Congress of the United States ordered a bronze statue of Washing ton to be erected where the residence of Congress - should be permanently fixed, and directed the minister at the French court to employ an artist to perform this work, but by some means it never was done. A few years after the project took different shape, and in 1799 resolutions for the erection of a marble monument to Washington were passed by Congress, and the family requested to permit his remains to be buried under it. The permission was granted, but the work was never begun. A number of other attempts were made in the same line, but with out success, arrd- nunsy- tr sss a -few' men, disgusted with the slowness of Congress, undertook the task them selves, and atter obtaining about $100, 000 in $1 subscriptions, began the work in 1848, the corner-stone being laid July 4 of that year. In the next six years 156 feet were laid and then the funds gave out. In 1854, during the Know-Nothing excitement, a band of masked men visited the monument, gagged the watchman and taking the slab of African marble sent by the Roman government, broke it in pieces and threw in the Potomac. In 1855 a number of members of the "Ameri can Party " forcibly took possession of the monument, ousting the old board. In '59, however, the'old board again took charge, by the direction of Con gress, and as a first act re moved several courses of stone laid by others when they were in con trol. It was not until 1876 that Congress persuadied itself to as sume the -work, and then it was found necessary to strengthen the founda tion, so that work was not begun until 1880, since which time it has been pushed until the present summer, when, owing to the slowness of the contractors in furnishing the stone, work was suspended. It will now be pushed forward again until cold weather stops its further progress. The monument is fifty-five feet square at the base, and when completed will be 550 feet, and it is said the highest structure in the world. It is of white marble, each course of marble being two feet in thickness. Its top is tobe reached by stairway and ele vator. On the interior face, observ able from the stairway, are stones fur nished by the United States, some of them bearing inscriptions. Michigan sends a block of copper ore, Nevada one of silver, with the words " All for our country." "iRearaen" .Beg ale. Buffaloes are the oxen of Burmah. But the creatures have a strange antipathy to white people. A whole herd will gaze quietly upon a white man for a time, but the moment he goes to the windward of them, their heads are thrown up, they sniffthe air, show signs of alarm and anger, and then break intoma run. This antipathy makes it difficult for white persons to ride on a buffalo cart, unless it is drawn by buffaloes accustomed to see them. The missionaries, who are obliged to go in idarts through the jungles, are sometimes reassured by the natives saying, "You have nothing to fear; these are Christian buffaloes." At other times the caution will be, "Take care these are heathen buffaloes." The waiters'ought to succeed in a -nrke for they usnanly carry anl before SCIENTIFW SCBAM6 The persistence of the magnetic property observed in certain trees is attributed by M. Larroque to the transportation by lightning of smal particles of iron held in suspension. with other matter, which ma-es UP what is known as the dust of th-. English ants do not, as tiose of warmer climates, lay up food for the winter, but, as Sir John Lubbock re marks, "they do more, for they keep during six months the eggs which will enable them to procure food during the following summer, a case of prn dence unexampled in the animal king dom." When a glass stopper sticks in thy bottle pass a strip of woolen cloth round the neck of the vessel, and see saw 'it backwird and forward. "This friction heats and causes the neck to expand, so th- the stopper becomes loose. On this principle of expansio1 by heat a tight screw may be with drawn from a metal socket by sur rounding the latter with a cloth dipped in boiling water. These are the conclusions of Professor E. Woolny on the physical properties of the soil in a dense an d loose state. When it is desired to increase the pro portion of water ina soil density is to be aimed at, but a loose condition. should be maintained when the. con trary state is found needful. The Pore densely the particles of the soil are packed together the more- such soil will vary in temperature. There is a substance called cotton velvet made in China. It is very soft and durable. Generally it is dyed a dark blue color in a solution of one part of indigo to thirteen parts of water, having a small admixture of wine and lime. After the velvet has been allowed to soak in this solutioi for about half an hour, it is wrung ou and dried in the sun. This prodessis repeated eleven times, and finally the texture is dampened carefully with a spray of slightly acidulated water. iHE FAH1LV DOCOM. As cure for hiccough Dr. Foote's ffealtfl0ont advises the sufferer to take either a lump of sugar soaked in vinegar, or five swallows of water Persons who suppose themselves suf fering from heart disease because they have pain in thejegion of their heart or palpitation, seldom have any disease of that organ. In nine cases out of ten they are sufferers from .dyspepi- -, nothing more. Congestion of the lungs is most frequently caused by a sudden changefrom the heat-of an ill ventilated room, Or - railroad car; or ~horse car, to the cold air outside, with- -- out being jrotected by sufficient c16th ing; ;hence mafesnrtu dpdead in the streets. - Hot drinks are specially hurtful to the stomach. They cause irritation of the~ nerves of the stomach, and conse quent mild -inflammation of that or ga', so that after a Imot drink the stomach is red and congested; in time a debilitated condition is set up; . temperature of 100 degrees also, de stroys the active ferment of the gas tric juice-pepsin-and so leads to indigestion. If the stomach is -at all disordered, hot drinks give rise to much griping pain, and in many cases to vomiting. In cases of diarrhea, too, hot drinks only increase it; while cold ones tend to lessen it. A Luay's Caeoeaa Nassi.f. A very curious story is told by Dr Hammond in his article, "Eccentricity and Idiosyncrasy," inthe current num ber of the New York Hedicallotstal: A lady had since her childhood shown a singularity of conduct as re garded her table furniture, which she would have of no other material thaa copper. People laughed at her, and tried to reason her out of her whim, but in vain. In no other respect was there any evidence of mental aberra-' tion. She was intelligent, by no means excitable, and in the enjoyment of ex cellent health. She had, moreover, a decided talent for music, and had written several passably good stories for a young ladies' magazine. An uncle had, however, died insane. A cir train of thought, and excited sm~i tions which she could not control She read in a morning paper thata2 a Mr. Koppermann had arrived at one of4 the hotels, and she announced her de- - termination to call upon him, in > order, as she said, to ascetain the origin .of his name. . Her friends endeavored to dissuade, her, but without. avail. She irenftto the hotel, and was told that he had jttst left for Chicago. Without -returning ~ to her home* she bought a -railway ticket for~Chicago, and actually started - on the next train for that[ city. The telegraph,' however, overtook her, and - she was brought back from Rochester raving of her love for a man'she bad never seen and whose nmale-aeai. eenassociated lin her mind -with' her 4 fancy for copper tabler furnitue. -She died of acute mania within a inont There are now over 2,200 ovet~ ' belonging to the: Texaspnteia 187 of whom are confined within h wals ; theednainder SIOin a .aB aiay2 %7$$d Sate