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The Covington Star.
j, W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor.
Knitting.
An old-time kitchen, an open door,
6un«hine lying across the floor,
A little maid, feet bare and brown,
Cheeks like roses, a cotton gown,
Rippling masses of shining hair,
And a childish forehead, smooth and fair.
i The child is knittiDg. The open door
i Wooes her, tempts her more and more,
, The sky is cloudless, the air is sweet,
And sadly restless the bare brown feet,
j Still, as she wishes her task were done,
j She counts the rounds off, one by one.
Higher yet mounts the sun of June;
! But one round more—a childish tune
Ripples out from the childish lips,
, While swift and swifter the finger-tip*
Play out and in, till I hear her say:
| “Twwenty rounds! I’m going to play I”
Up to the hedge where the sweet-brier blow3,
Dow.i to the bank where the brook’et flows,
Chasing the butterflies, watching the bees,
. Wading in clover up to her knees,
! Mocking the bobolinks; oh, what fun
l It is to be free when the task is done!
Years and years have glided away.
The child is a woman, an! threads of gray
One by one crept into her hair,
And I see the print: of the feet of care.
Yet I like to watch her. Tonight she sits
By her household fire, and as then she knits.
Swiftly the needles glance, and the thread
Glides through her fingers, white and red,
’Tisa baby's stocking. To and fro
And in and out the needles go,
She sings as she sang that day in June,
But the low, sott strain is a nursery tun*.
Close beside her the baby lies,
Slowly closing his sleepy eyes.
Forward, backward, the cradle swings,
Touched by her foot as she softly sings,
And now in silence her watch she keeps;
The song is hushed, for the baby sleeps.
Up from the green, through the twilight
gray,
Come the shouts of a troop at play.
Blue eyes, black eyes, golden curls—
Theso are all hers—her boys and girls.
Then wonder not at the prints of care,
Or the silver threads in her braided hair.
Does she ever pine for the meadow brook,
The sweet-brier hedge, the clover nook!
When sweet winds woo, when smiles thisnn,
Does she ever wish that her task was done?
Would you know* Then watch her where
she sits,
Smiling dreamily, while she knits.
—[Ellen F. Allerton.
THE LOT OF TWO GIBLS,
COMPANION PICT CR CIS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
IN NEW YORK.
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At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon a
daintily attired woman stepped from her
coupe to the south curb of Fourteenth
.street not far from where that thronged
thoroughfare pours its Saturday pleas
ure -seekers into sixth avonuj’s stream
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FURNITURE
We advise all those wanting furniture
of any kind to go to
John Neal & Co
Nos 7 and 9 South Bioad St •>
ATLANTA, GA.
As they keep a full line, which they
are selling at LOWER PRICES than
can be had elsewhere. Sets from $22.50
up, etc. Don’t forget their address.
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Ami for softness of endurance to the
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without fatigue. Ia
fact, they are
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Testimonials from the leading physicians
in the United States, governors, sena¬
tors, legislators, slock men, men of
note in all professions and in differ¬
ent branches of trade, bankers,
mechanics, etc., can be given
who have had their
sight improved by
their use.
ALL :-EYES-:-FITTED,
And tho Fit Guaranteed by Dr. J. A.
Wright, Covington, Ga.
These glasses are not supplied to
peddlers at any price.
A. K. HAWKES,
mejulyia Atlanta, Ga
franklin B. Wright,
COY1NGTON, GA.
Resident Physician & Surgeon.
children, Gynecology, Obstetrics, diseases of women Chronic and
diseases and all
of a private nature, a special
■ J have a horse at my command,
1,1 phi' tae ll will surrounding enable me to attend we) calls Iv
city country, as
my practice.
FRANKLIN B. WRIGHT, M. D.
of humanity. A pretty little girl of
seven or eight years sprang lightly out
after h*r, put hsr mittened hand in her
mother’s well-gloved fingers and walked
jauntily off. They were good to look
at, these two, in their fashionable
drapery, becoming head-gear and
polished boots, They mixed readily in
the current of promenaders, for they
had money to spend while the coupe
waited and delicate tastes to gratify.
They turned into a shop door not far off
and took places in a row of other well
dressed women and children waiting
‘ their turn to be supplied with tickets
oyabusy little brown- haired cashier.
Tho shop was filled with the rustle of
female skirts and bright with a kaleido
■copie mass of brilliant bonnets, big
plumed hats and pretty ribbons.
Tho short counters on either hand
stopped at a row of cabiaets, each just
big enough for three chairs and a mir
Some of the hardwood doors of
ror. outside
tho cabinets were open, and
thorn all customer* waited for a chance
at the crimping-irons, tho shears, the
clipper and tho cologne bottle, over
which the big-oyed, white-aproned gir
within resided with grace and alert¬
p perfume in tho air,
ness. There was
and everywhere a suggestion of flutter¬
ing laces, crisp bank notes and jingling
portemonnaies. Ethel's turn came she climbed
When oi the
into the big arm-chair in front
mirror. Her mother sat down by her,
and Hebe of tho shears removed the
! little one’s broad-brimmed hat and
wrapped her to the collar in soft white
■ crash. cut again, .
“So you want your bangs curled,
and Madame will have hers
id the attendant; "why, how-fast
do to bs sure, an sne
they grow, locks from the
raised tho thick sunny forehead and
child’s smooth, white
weighed them on her nimble fingers,
“Yes, said Ethel, mama let me hsve
the chair first, and while w Fm wilting
for her Tin to havo some chocolates,
mama? and if it iso ^ t too late
ain’t I, the way
we’ll stop for ice-cream on
homel’ nice," f laughed the
“That will be you’ll
girl-barber, “aure enough, And
fet mo polish your nails, too, the before time I you «
RO, won’t you? And by
through with you you shal o
Teetest child in all New Tork.
Ml laughed. There
Then all three and she
nothing too good for Ethel,
knew it as well as they.
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1888.
didn’t come ia coupes and had some
trouble to keep from being run down
by the drays, the street-cars and the
express wagons which rushed aloDg by
the Diet Kitchen. They had to take
some risks, they thought, to he sure
and get there before closing hour.
They wero bare-headed, mostly, and
their shoes were cracked and rusty
looking. Calico skirts and clean hut
ragged shawls kop out the chilly
freshness of the air. There wa3 in
their eyes an eager look, as if some
thing vital might be missed by tardi¬
ness or accident. A Sunday without
food is not a pleasant thing to look for¬
ward to, even by people who nro not
unused to i(.
Inside the narrow doorway, which was
cleanly swept and scrubbed, a plain lit¬
tle wooden desk, three yellow wooden
chairs and a big, low table, covered
with white oilcloth, met the eye. A
bright-faced woman in black sat be¬
hind the table and received, as fast as
they were handed hor by the thin-fin
gered girls and red-handed, but white
freed women, slips of white paper, on
which this was printed:
Centennial Diet Kitchen, No. 137 Centre st.
New York Dispensary District.
New York 188
For No, st.
age----years... .month... .of.....parentage.
Please issue to bearer...................
....................Physician.
Kitchen opened from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Take clean vessel with you to the kitchen.
Tho bright-faced woman in black had
a smile for some and a cheery word for
all.
She had been sitting there almost
every day for seven years, and many of
the haggard faces that brightened up
at her kind words were those of old
friend*.
“Why didn’t you come yesterday,
Maggie? ’
“I couldn’t, Mrs. O’Donnell; I was
washing. ”
Maggie is a twelve-year-old girl,
barefoot, in a thin skirt and a shawl.
Mrs. O’Donnell gavo her a pair of shoes
some time ago, but Maggie likes to save
them for Sunday when it isn’t too cold.
She takes her noggin of fresh milk and
her little can of snowy boiled rice and
limps away. Maggie is dying of con¬
sumption.
A tall, fine-looking old woman, with
very whito hair and very wrinkled
cheeks, come3 next- A puny, quiet lit
tie baby, scarcely as big as a doll, lay
listlessly across her left shoulder, Its
fees was as palo as its grandnmthcr’s.
To her right hand clung a sickly little
boy, barely able to reach up to her,
emaciated by want and sickness until
his little clothes fell in folds about him.
There was a wistful look on his face as he
peered around tho corner of the table at
the big, spotless tins of milk and the
steaming boiler of rice. He looked as
if a little of tho beef tea in the shiny
crock at Mrs. O'Donnell’s right hand
would do him no harm.
i * Shall I give you an extra portion to¬
day?” asked the matron, kindly. As
she poured the rich-looking milk into
tho old woman’s bucket the puny babe
raised its head and crowed with feeble
delight.
it Poor baby, slio said, “poor baby,
how he loves the milk f’
“Thank you, ma’ain,” said the grand¬
mother, “but if you give mo any more
this littlo fellow won’t be able to carry
it across the street, The white-faced
boy could barely lift the can with its
one day’s portion I
“Next came eight-year-old Jennie.
She had been a lovely child once. The
roses hadn’t all gone yet out of her
cheeks, and the glad light of childhood
might yet be restored to her eyes, Her
feet were notably small, evidently much
smaller than tho ragged shoes she wore.
She was scrupulously clean, Small
blue veins—a very unusual thing in
childhood—stood out on her wrists and
temples. school yesterday, Jen
“Were you at
me?"
“No, ma’am, I haven’t beon this
week. The doctor says mother is dy
mg. And if it were not for this milk I
think she’d died long ago. Thank you,
ever, ever so muchl" There was a re¬
ing sob in the soft, gentle voice.
“Has your grandfather got work
yet?
“No ma’am.
“Well, you come down again in an
hour or two, Jennie, dear, and I have
some clean sheets for your mother's
bed.’
Five diet kitchens are maintained by
private enterprise. The New York
Diet Kitchen association keeps them up
by subscription and by an occasional
but rare donation from non-members.
There haven’t been more than two or
three bequests in tho history of the as
soeiation. Oae of them was for $5000.
Its members are women, many of them
women of wealth and social position.
The Vanderbilts hive contributed lib
erally more than once, Charades, mu-i
calcs and entertainments of that sort
are given at private houses every winter
for Hie benefit of the Diet Kitchens.
A matron is ia charge of each. She is
paid ju*t $35 p ■t month.
The Flower Mission sends them fliw
era. F annels and sheets are received
from various source 3. Money and
rlotbi'g. iverything indeed thnt ach
I iD * bo lie* aad sad hearts need dud
their way to the deserving poor through
these channels. Tickets good for a
week are given out by tho district aid
visiting physicians to such of their pa¬
tients as seem to them deserving. When
necessary these tickets aro renewed,
and as often as necessary. More than a
hundred sufferew have their needs su
plied sometimes in a single d iy
single kitchen. In a single year 117,-
214 pints of milk and 16,362 pints of
beef tea were distributed. Tho diet
kitchens aro good places to go to, for
people who feel like doing real good in
a quiet way. Rich people ought to
take their children there occasionally
to learn something of human life and |
human suffering.-[New York World, j
The English Church Army.
On Wednesday the Bishop of Marl¬
borough presided at the seventh annual
meeting of this association at the Prince's
Hall, Piccadilly. The association,
which was initiated in 1881 by the pres¬
ent honorary secretary, the Rev. W.
Carlile, aims at drawing the masses into
the communion of the Church of Eng¬
land. Its officers and nurse*, some 200
in number, are distributed throughout
tho country, working in connection with
the various churchos to which they are
attached. Tho society numbers among
its patrons tho Archbishops of Canter¬
bury and York, the Bishops of Carlisle,
Chester, Durham, Ely, Exeter, London,
Llandaff, Liverpool, Manchester, New¬
castle, Oxford, Rochester, Ripon,
Southwell, Sodor and Man, Truro,
Wakefield, and Winchester.
The Rev. G. G. Chambers, the secre¬
tary, read tho report, which showed
that during tho year the army he'd 40,
000 outdoor and 50,000 indoor meet¬
ings, which wero attended by over
7,000,000 of persons, and resulted in a
large number of conversions. There
were confirmed during the same period
5000 persons. The army has 10,000
communicant members, 100 clficer
evangelists, and 10 mission nurses, who
paid 400,000 visits with Bible and
prayer book during the year, and sold
more than 1,000,000 religious papers.
The chairman remarked th't the army
was doing a great and noblo work.
Many of the clergy who at first treated
them with coolness, now locked upon
their officors and nurses s important
'’•factors ii tho parochial A-ncMuery of
the church. Their missionaries want
into dons of vice and misery where tho
clergyman could not go, and they thus
rescued many persons from vice and
misery. He believed that a glorious
future was before the army, whoso
work he hoped would be still further
expanded. Having alluded to the dif
Acuity experience 1 in getting a sufficient
number of properly trained nurses, who
were in great demand, he said a great
deal moro work was before the army,
and they mast press steadily onward
with the conflict.—[London Times.
Forks are Quite Modern.
It is difficult to realize what a modern
invention tho tablo fork is. Queon
Elizabeth never heard of one. She hnd,
it is true, a few dainty forks, perchance
with crystal handles, for eating pre¬
served fruit at dessert. But long after
her time dinner forks wero unknown in
England. The very earliest now to be
found belong to tho same nobleman
whoso liour-gla3s salt has been already
spoken of, and these are not older than
the middle of the reign of Charles II.
Tho few early forks of the reign of
George I. are throe-pronged, and but
few of our neighbors can show us four
pronged foTks much before the reign
of George III., from which time their
fashion has remained unaltered to the
present day, except for their handles,
which have followed the fashions of
spoons, finishing up with the familiar
fiddle-pattern’’ of nineteenth-century
use. Before tho days of forks the ewer
and basin, which have now generally
disappeared, were much in request alter
every course; whereas now the basin
alone, with a little rose-water, makes its
appearance at civic feastt after dinnor,
asa matter of fashion rather than neces
sity. Four out ot fiva fine old basins
have no doubt been melted up to supply
the very forks whose invention ren¬
dered the washing or the fingers super¬
fluous.—[Murray's Magazine.
Death Struggie of the Moose.
Last November Mr. B. F. Colburn
was in the vicinity Chamberlain L ike,
when he came across two bull moose
engaged in a fierce struggle, the cause
being a demure looking cow moose
which stood hard by. Tho combatants
were huge fellows, weighing about ono
and a half tons each and their struggles
for the supremacy wero awful.
fight in a peculiar manner,
like the stallions of tho great
separating themselves a few yards they
charge on each other, rearing
striking with their forefeet.
warfare is continued until one or
other is defeated, when he escapes if
can, but the combat often ends in
death of the wea ver, Theso
fou-ht until one of them was so lacor
ated as to be helpless on the ground,
and the hunters who shot him did
a good turn, A party pursued
shot the other lu 1, but the cow
caped. Mr. Colburn has had the
mounted which are valued at $100
CHARCOAL BURNING.'
Facts About What Was Once a
Productive Industry.
Wasteful Processes By Which
Forests Were Denuded.
Not many years ago tho queer
shaped charcoal wagons wero familiar
features ot metropolitan streets, and
the grimy, blackened individuals who
drove them wero viewed by children
with a sort of awe akin to the apprehen
sjon of th0 .. Boogy man .» They came
in over the Jmcy ferrics chicfly> but a
few survived in tho pineries of Suffolk
county, L. I. Now the sight of one of
them is a rare experience. The broed of
them seems to have departed evon from
tho pine barrens of New Jersey, where
they formerly flourished. Indeed, char¬
coal burning was until recently the
most productive industry of tho vast
sandy, stunted pine-clad tracts of
Southern New Jersey. Proprietorship
of such barren territory was an evi¬
dence of poverty. The small profits ob¬
tainable by turning the pine scrubs into
charcoal were about all tho territory
afforded, and even that was about
played out. It is rather good for the
state than otherwise that such is the
fact, for conducted as it was there it
was certainly a most wasteful fjfosts industry.
Carbonizing tho pine of New
Jersey began about a century and a half
ago. The first to practice it was old
Cornelius Biard, who startod an iron
forgo at Little Falls in 1730 and kept
its fursace glowing with the charcoal
into which he turned tho neighboring
forest*. Passaic county was dotted
with several forges which laid like
contribution upon tho pineries.
At tho period iron smelting was
done with charcoal, invariably, and as
the iron industry grew in volume and
imporlanco heavier drafts wero mado
on the forests for charcoal. In the
heyday of iron manufacture the hills
were bared of trees of second growth.
Tho adaptation of bituminous coal to
smelting superseded charcoal, but an¬
other market was found in the grow¬
ing cities. Before the appliances for
burning anlhracite coal for household
purposes wero perfected many thou¬
sands of barrels of charcoal were used
in tho families, and the hills of the
northern counties, as well as the bar¬
ren, sandy knolls of southern New Jer¬
sey, were denuded twice or in some
cases of the third growth. Latterly its
use in the household ha3 decreased al¬
most to zero, but the jewelers and tin¬
smiths still need considerable quantities
for their braziers. It is a great heat
producer, but is not an economical fuel,
and the rude way it is made makes it a
very expensive product ia more ways
than one.
Tho rustic charcoal burner is a waste¬
ful workman. He digs out a pit in
which ho stacks on end logs enough to
make a pilo eight feet high and ten or
twelve feet in diameter. This is cov¬
ered with turf if it is procurable or
earth until the wood is wholly con¬
cealed. He then sets fire to it, and
during its smouldering period must be
watched without ceasing. All his work
would go for naught if sufficient air
gets inside the sods to bring the smoul¬
dering wood to a blaze. The burner
mu t, be vigilant, closing up every spot
where the smoke comes through with
fresh sod. A few bushels of charcoal
are all he gets for several weekB of se¬
vere labor.
More scientific methods have been in¬
troduced in some large pineries by
which moro valuable results are ob¬
tained. The wood is carbonized in air
tight retorts, in which the temperature
is kept at 600 degrees or upward by
means of fire underneath. A copper
worm, like a whiskey still, collects the
volatilized gases and fluid products of
combustion and condenses them again
when the worm runs through a bath of
cold water. The products of this vola¬
tilization and condensation are wood
naphtha, pyroligneous acid, wood creo¬
sote, some tar and charcoal. Nine cords
of Georgia pine thus treated result in
168 barrels of charcoal, 14 barrels of
creosote oil, 10 barrels of pyroligneous
acid and a few gallons of naphtha and
tar. Tho pyroligneous acid alone is
worth enough to more than pay for tho
Expenses of labor, and the wood creo¬
sote will leave a margin of profit after
paying for tho wood and fueL The
other products are clear profit. In view
of theso results it is not a wonder that
the attacks of the old-fashioned char¬
coal burner on tho pineries are becoming
so unpopular that in a few years he will
probably go into some other business in
this vicinity at least.—[New York
Graphic.
A Wonderful Orange Tree.
A. J. Gill, residing near Dada City,
Fla., is the owner of an orange tree 58
years old, which is 2 1-2 feet in diame¬
ter and 35 feet high. This tree has
yielded 10,000 oranges ia a single sea¬
son, and it is believed if no mishap
supervenes the product will reach 12,
000 this year. It is one of a group
of eighteen, each but little iaferjor ia
*»<■,-.[Atlanta Constitution,
Among the Zuni Indians.
The stories that are told of Cushing,
is now in New Mexico making a
of Zuni traditions, are quite ro*
tic. I met last night a gentleman j
has just returned from a visit to
lie says: “You know when
went down to New Mexico
he attempted to make a study of
Zunis, but found out that he cou.d
no progress with them unless he
turned an Indian, Cushing ad- j i
himself to this task with his us- I
zeal, and after a short , lime . the ,
’ was complete, tie
me that the Zunis have a hut in
they keep tho scalps of their cnc
and as long as this hut has a cer¬
number of scalps the Zunis say that
god of war is satisfied, and that ho
not want war. But unfortunately
tho peace of the Zunis tho hut, which
built on the banks of the river, was
away by a sudden flood. Tho
were desperate. There wero no
and tho god of war demanded at
two to avert an outbreak. Cushing
a chance to prevent this war. Ho
for two scalps, which ho
to be in Washington, and which
in duo time. Tho Zunis were
in great agitation when the two
arrived. Cushing lormaily pro- ;
them to tho chief priest, and
war was averted, When tho chiot
and tho other priests had
fro n their surprise
began to think that Cush
was a man who could accomplish any
They looked upon him as a
and nothiag being too good for
they immediately admitted him
tho priesthood, and he is now ono
their head priests. This securing of
scalps turned out moro foriunate for
than ono would at first sup
For it saved him from matri
So pleased were the Z inis with
that they had determined to
for him a wife. A stout Zuni
was found for him, and Cu h
was told to prepare for his mar¬
Needless to say that Cushing
not relish this proposition, and ho
against tho coming of the evil
He would have surely beeu mar¬
had it not been for tho opportuno
of these scalps, and his being
made a priest excluded him from mai
riago. Cushing has not as yet mado
public any of his researches, and it will
probably be some time before he docs.
The money that has been given him
for this important work has been sub¬
scribed by a very enthusiastic lady,
who has set no limit upon his time.
Cushing was lately on a visit to this
city, and he said that he traced a re¬
lationship between the Chinese signs
and the Zuni signs; and in fact, ho said
that tho only part of San Francisco
which interested him wa3 Cninatown,
and ho spent most of his time there.—
[San Francisco Post.
How to Detect Poison in Candy.
Several samples of suspicious-looking !
taffy, sold in the public markets, wero J
lately collected and submitted to two
chemists for analysis. Their report
states that four of the five samples ex- j j
amined were colored with chrome yel¬
low to a very dangerous degreo.
The chrome yellow poisoned |
stuff may easily be detected,
It has the bright yellow shade i
lemoD, somowhat approach¬ 1
of a fresh
ing that of clear sulphur. It is usually
flavored with lemon essence and sold as
lemon taffy. If thero be any doubt as
to a sample it should be dissolved in hot
water. To do this put a cent’s worth in
a tumbler, and pour over it hot water
to nearly fill the tumbler, Stir
with a spoon until dissolved, Allow it
to settle from fifteen to twenty minutes.
If any yellowish sediment covors the
bottom of tho tumbler it is almost cer¬
tain it is the poisonous chrome yellow,
Indeed, if any sediment at all be found, ’
the taffy should not be eaten. Good
taffy or candy is always completely di
solved when treated in this way withhot
W8 ter.—[Baltimore American.
Boar-Hunting in Morocco. I
Ia of , the , . beats . a , hunter . named . j
one
fihebaa. veteran past a 70. fvrv v had ,4 lust • 4 . shot * a
Bneoaa, a » veiera l • J ,
a boar, when the dogs came in full cry
after another, and he had just time to |
pour in the powder carried loose in Ins
leather pouch, and to put the long iron
ramrod down the barrel, when another
tusker came to the front, Shebaa fired
and sent the ramrod like a skewer
through the body of the boar, who
charged back and knocked him over,
Shebaa fell flat on his face, neither
moving arm nor leg, while the boar
stood over him cutting into ribbons his
hooded “jelab" of wool. He shouted
for help, exclaiming: “Fire! fire! ' I
ran up to within a few feet. “I fear to
hit you,” I said. “Fire! ’ha cried. “I
would rather be shot than be killed by
a ‘halo!, i a I stooped low, and raising
the muzzle of my gun shot the boar
through the heart, The huge carcass
fell upon Bhebaa who, when release i
from the weight, got up and shook me
by the band heartily, saying: “Praise
be to God the raerci ul, and thanks to
you, I have escaped death.” I with
drew the ramrod, which had paa ed
right through the body of the animal.—
[Murray’s
VOL. XIV. NO, 40.
SCIENTIFIC SCUAP&
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A constant and disagreeable sweet
h as been reported ia one case as
rcsu [t of the substitution of saccharin
sugar.
Among curious vegetable products
a kind of butter from a tree of West
and milk from a tree of Vene
Both aro nutritious food.
Two French physicists, Violle and
have established beyond doubt
tho velocity of sound diminishes
iat(mgit but is uaa ffectod by
pitch.
Dr. G. M. Smith points out that great
are losing one of nature’s best
in the wasted sunbeams which fall
unused roofs, He would convert
roofs into pleasure and health parks,
puro air and sunshine might be
Thero aro only four localities whore
or quicksilver is found ia
abu i dance. These aro California, Aus
Almaden, in Spain, and Peru. Cin.
the soft and reddish rock c.
mercury forms a part, when
very fine, serves as a beautiful
paint.
la drilling glass stick a piece of stiff
clay or putty on tho part where you
wish to make tho hole. Make a hole in
putty the size you want tho hole,
to tho glass, of course, Into
hole pour a little molten lead,
when, unless it is very thick glass, the
will immediately drop out.
Tho red hematite ore of tho Vermill¬
ion range, Minnesota, is not only valued
its great purity but for the high
“lay’’of the vein, which makes it per¬
fectly easy to work—as easy as to break
rock from (ho sides of a bluff. The vein
Tower has already been traood for
contiauoui miles, and it is said to
be, on the whole, the most vaiuablo de¬
of iron ore yet uncovered in this
In the month of April last two Ger¬
travelers, Lenk and Topf, under¬
tho ascent of tho volcano of Iztac
the neighbor of Popocatepetl,
Mexico, whose summit reaches an
of about 17,000 feet. They
to reach ths very top, hut the
expedition fully rewarded their efforts,
as they report the existence of a glacier,
ft has net been supposed hitherto that
there were any glaciers in this part of
the American continent.
“Railway-brain," is a term applied
by Dr. Thomsen to a neurosis or gene¬
ral derangomont of tho nerve produced
by a shook received by the head on a
railway-car. In tho particular case de¬
scribed, no wound was received and
consciousness was preserved at the time
of tho injury, Afterward the patient
became melancholic, and complained of
insomnia, headache, spinal pain, weari¬
ness and failure of appetite. Ahygiea
ic and palliative treatment was given.
Dr. William Noyes, contributes to
the Journal of Social Science a con¬
venient summary of the modern view of
tho criminal type. Taking Lombroso
as his guide, he shows in how very
many respects the criminal . presents . ab- ,
normal differences, both physical ana
psychic, from his fellow-men. These
differences are, to a largo extent, iadi
reversal to primitive, .
eative of a a more
savage type. It is hopeful to add that
many of tho peculiarities can be de¬
tected in children, and that the evil
results which thoy forebode can be, to
a large extent, prevented by a properly
directed education.
Whilo it appears from the records of
English health officers that soma dis
eases have special seasons in which they
aro most likely to prevail, it is not
shown that occasional v: riations in tem
perature have much influence in the
matter. Scarlet fever is at its miai
mum from January to May, at its
miximum ia October and November,
Diphtheria is more evenly distributed
through the year, and is most danger
ous a little later than scarlet fever.
Measles and whooping-cough seemed to
be somewhat ggravated by cold
weather, but are most fatal in May and
j Jl,ne un e “ Hot weather is adverse to small
-
favorable disorders oi , ino
nox. i ,u *» and a to
bowels, particularly . _ , in . children. t ,
Mysterious Bottomless Pit
Upwards of 180 tons of stone hava
been dumped into a six by seven feet
hole in a road at Waterbury, Conn.,
without having any perceptible effect
towards filling it On the contrary the
stone seems to have deepened the mys
! terious hole, and now the “corduroy’
process is to be tried. As an initial
move to the latter they are thru=ting
d ad trees into the opening, which in
t urn are to be covered by a layer of
dirt, then more trees added, followed
again by dirt, by which time it is ex
pectei the surface will have been
reached and a good foundation secured,
j --[New York Graphic.
;
Firing Into Vacancy.
Enraged husband—Maria, I can en
t dure this existence no longer. I am
j going to blow my brains out. attempt it,
, Wife (calmly)—Don’t
j Joh >, you have never tars[®t had r*'*[^^*? any success S[®
In firing at small s a
Tribaan,