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Newspaper Page TextSPOUTING GEYSERS. Making the Yellowstone Park Springs Boil. Soaping the Geysers Causes Their Extinction. Early one morning, a few years ago, a Chinese iaundryman pitched his tent • close beside one of the goysers in the Yellowstone National Park and supplied himself with hot water from the spring, thus saving himself the trouble of set ting up a boiler and building a fire. During the day he accidentally dropped a bar of soap into the steaming geyser, and in a few minutes there was a rum bling, a roar, an outburst of steam and water, and the tent and the Chinaman were literally “blown up.” Tno scald ed Celestial did not stop running until he reached tho hotel, and he was then too thoroughly frightened, for uttorance. Since then it has been almost impossi ble to induce a Chinaman to remain in the vicinity of tho geysers. But the accidental discovery that a geyser could J>e provoked into spouting out of its time has been turned to ac count by some of the guides and soldiers in tho park, and the result is that some of the wonderful springs havo become very irregular in their action, and there is a possibility that they will cease to spout altogether. There aro 17 largo geysers in the up per basin, and some of them at regular interval! send up streams of water from 10 to 30 feet in circumference to a height of 150 and 200 feet. As tour ists rarely remain at this spot more than 24 hourt, they, of course, want to see one of tho large geysers play. Unless they arrive on the opportune days, the only goyser they are likely to see is “Old Faithful," which spouts every 05 minutes. But to sec the other geysers spout is tho event of the trip, and in this matter the assistance of the soldier who is placed on guard to prevent tour ists from despoiling public property is requested. At every point of interest tho tourist finds a soldier' Watching his footsteps. This espionage is to prevent vandals and “cranks” from scrawling their names on the rocks, and to stop tho relic fiends from defacing tho beautiful rock formations that surround the gey sers. But those fellows have learned about tho accident which befell tho Chinaman and his field laundry, and many of them will undertake to make a geyser spout, evon if it be not its ex hibit ion day. The initiated tourist hands to one of these guardians a fivo-dollar noto. The soldier slices a bar of soap into thin pieces, wraps tho mass in a sheet of paper, and while walking around the geyser to see. that no one defaces tho rocks, throws tho paper of chipped soap into the steaming spring. Then he re tires, and he and > the tourist await developments. In from half an hour to an hour tho spring begins to spout, its action being forced by the chemicals in the soap. Soaping tho goysers makes them ir regular, and finally they become extinct. The Bee Iliyo ceased playing on account of the soaping process. It was a very fine geyser and the irruptions wero grand. The sonp was again tried the other day with success. Just as the spouting began two tourist and a soldier emerged from behind some trees a short distance away and run to a point as near tho geysor as they dared go. This spouting was a surprise to all save the initiated, especially as there is a littlo “indicator” geyser nearby that spouts as a warning that the larger one is about to play. As tho visitors did not also treat the little geyser to soap it did not play. Tho forcing of the water to tho sur face by chemical moans befora the periods fixod by nature destroys the regular flow. The volume of water thrown out bccomos smaller, and the grandeur of tho spcctaclo is di minishing. Finally the natural forces which create the spectacle become dis organized, and tho geysor ccaso3 to bo a geyser. Thus one of the groat ost at tractions of tho Yellowstone Park is in danger of extinction.—Neu> York Star'. About the only time tho small >oy thinks of (raveling for tho benefit of his health is when lie Is in a farmer's apple-orchard and sees tho owner and a cross dog approaching. Then ho travels, lie would find it very un healthy if he didn't. A Mean Man Punished. A well-dressed man, of about forty, was trying to make his dog bathe in the Seine at Paris, but tho animal appearod to have littlo ta!to for aquatic exercises. When, after much hesitation, it refused to enter the water, he seized it by the neck and threw it into the rivpr. Tho dog quickly .swam to tho shore, but a3 tho bank was at that place bounded by a steep wall, all ita efforts to get over it were in vain, and his master, in reaching over to help him, lost his balance and fell into tho water. Two watermen hastened up, held out a pole to him, and succeeded in drawing out both master and dog safe and sound. No sooner on land, insto id of manifesting his joy at being rescued Irom death, he showed marks of groat despair. On being asked the reason, ho replied that when lie was leaning over the wall to help his dog up his purse had fallen out of hi? coat pocket, and disappeared under the water. A boy offered to go in and find it. “Go!’’ said the gentleman; “yofi shall be well rewarded. ” The boy took a header, dived several limes, and at last, after having roused tho anxiety of the bystanders by his long disappearance, he showed himself, dripping with water, holding in triumph the lost article, which lie brnu jht to its owner; but before giving it to him, ho stopped and held out the other hand. The gentleman had confided to those present that this purso contained 850 francs. A murmur of indignation, therefore, aroso when they saw him take one franc from his pocket and oiler it to the lad. He might, perhaps, hnvc ncceptcd it, had not a bystander called out: “He offers you a franc, I will give you two if you will throw it back into the water again 1'' The owner of tho purse darted for ward, but before he could seize it, tho boy had thrown the purse back into tho Seine. “How much will you give now to have it picked up again?" the gentle man who owned it was asked. “Five francs I” “That is not enough. Give fifty!’’ After some disputing the bargain was concluded. Tho boy dived down again ,and brought back tho purso amid the shouts of laug.iter and cheers of all present. The miser, much vexed, had then to perforin his part of the bargain, but not without many grimaces and much grumbling. — Yankee Blade. Clnb Life for Young Mon. Youug men of moderate moan3, yet able to live above tho boarding-housos, find the smaller clubs of this town, says a New York correspondent of the Pitts burg Post, cheap and agreeable places of residence. A man who would rent two rooms in a lodgiug-houso does very well with ono in a club, sinco ho has the use of parlors and library. Com fortable cluh lodgings may bo had al from $15 to $40 a month, and club res taurants are as cheap as anytning above tho degree of the boarding-homo or the poorer table d’hotos. An economical man can live in a respectable club at $45 a month, and for $75 a month may have a spacious room and many table luxuries. Rooms at tho Fellow Craft Club aro occupied almost the year round, and the Authors Club usually Las a few lodgers. Tho same is true of several of the Greek letter clubs. Out of about fifty fully-equipped clubs in this city, less than a dozoa can bo re garded as expensive by reason of initia tion fees, dues, restaurant charges, or general standard of living. Among tho other forty almost any prescntablo young mail may find at least one suited to his purso, pursuits and tastes. Tho smaller clubs admirably illustrate Mr. Depew’s observation, that a club is an institution to which a thousand men pay duos that a hundred may havo cheap dinners. As a matter of fact, tho proportion of dinners to membership is usually even smaller than this. Uo Could Spell. During tho Fran co-Prussian War, a corporal came to tho doctor with ono of las men who was unfit for tho saddle. TluJ doctor examined him, and found him suffering from rheumatism. Tho corporal proceeded to fill up tho requis ite form for tho man’s admission to tho nearest military hospital. “Can you spell rheumatism, corporal?” said tho doctor. “I think l ean, doctor, thank you," replied ho, saluting. Tho cor poral was Louis Cootloyon, ono of th« load ng journalists of Paris. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Magnesium is one-third lighter than aluminium, at the same time more dense, harder and tougher. The recent visit of tho American en gineers to England has had interesting and beneficial rosults beyond its more scientific and inlustriul advantn'OL Dr. George M. Sternberg of tho United btates army has been studying yellow fever in Cuba, and says that he has discovered a euro for that disease. A Dresden manufacturer has produced thread from common nettle so fine that sixty miles of it weigh only two and one-half pounds. Observations into the habits of a sea trout, made in Wimereux estuary and neighboring water!, ten! to show that many.sm Its and grilses pass a much longer time in sea than is generally sup posed by ichthyologists. Olzewski, the Russian physicist, has succeeded m liquefying sufficient ozone to determine the boiling point, which is 159 degrees!. The liquid is dark blue in color, and is near.y opaqua in a layer a tenih of an inch tliicc- Tlie fires used in blowing Venetian glass are made of wood, coal being use less on account of its generating too much smoko and gas, whicii prevent tho delecnte ornaments used in decorating the various objec;s from adhering. A French physician rep u-ts cases in which tho usual incubation period of measles—twelve to fourteen days— seems to havo been considerably exceed ed. In two cases the disease appeared at least twenty days after exposure, and in tho third case in nineteen days. The tensile strength of a wet rope is found to be only oue-tliird that of the said rope when dry, and a rope satur ated with grease or soap is weaker st ll, as the lubricant permits the floors to slip with grea or facility. A dry ropo 25 feet long will shorten to 24 on being wet. The largest animal known is tho ror qual, which is about 100 feet in length. The smallest is tho twil ght monad, whose dimensions are 12,0Jl)ti of an inch. It is evident that tho middle term is one-third of an inch, about tho length of tho coinmou house fly, which may, therefore, bo considered as an ani mal of medium size in tho creation. At tho Hotel Bernina, in Samodan, Switzerland, a successful attempt has been made to cook beefsteaks by elec tricity. Tho powerful electric currents, which serve for lighting tho building, were focussed in a framework of spiral wires which immcd.atcly became incan descent. A beefsteae cooked on this new fashioned principle was pronounced excellent. It is said that tho secret of tho pro duction of cheap aluminum has been lost by tho sudden death of tho proprie tor of tne works, Mr. Seymour. He i used somo unknown chemical at a cer- I tain moment of the action of fusing and | separation. All tho employes were ex- I eluded from tho room when ho went | through tho mysterious process, and anxiety is expressed lest tho secret died with him. Counterfeiting Railroad Tickets. “Aro rui.road tickets easily counter feited?” was asked an old conductor. “Yes; but, strange to say, thoy are not imitated to any great extent. Seme of the tickets sold are worth $30 and sometimes $50, and there’s no difficulty whatever in printing them. Tho cardboard can bo secured of any dealer, and tho worst engraver imaginable is able to make a fac-similo of our cut. The figures on the margin of tho ticket puzzlo many personi. They aro but indicators for the conductors of corresponding numbers to cancel. Of course tho counterfeit will be dctecicd sooner or later in the sorting-out de partment, whero each ticket has its numbor and consequent position in the pack. Should two tickets bo numbored alike they would soon be discovered. Ono reason why more bogus tickets are not printed is tho fact that alm#st sure discovery would rosult should any attempt bo made to sell them. The counterfeit of a return ticket might bo discovered baforo tho holder had time to use tho coupon, and in con sequence such a person would be sure ly trapped. The samo rulo holds good in regard to a long distance ticket. Beforo tho journey's end is reached the fraud might bo telogrnpaod on tho lino of routo and result in tho arrest of tho wo«'.d-bc deadhead.” Oriental Beggars. Beggary thriving profession. There are guilds of beggars, besides the numerous commu nities of dervishes, who are semi-religious mendicants. Many families have been bsggars for generations, and are mendicants. from choice, dome of these professional beggars are actually wealthy. Four-nnd-twcnty yeais ago the writer well remcmbeis a case. The Chief Beg gar (the title was not conferred in deri sion) gave his daughter in marriage to u a. bs.bUtial farmer. The girl’s dowry consisted of two freehold houses, the rooms of which were entirely fi.lcd with dry pieces of bread, and the sale of these begged crusts subsequently realiz'd a considerable sum, being disposed of us food for cattle. In the east, there is no organized chanty, but Mussulman are exceedingly charitable, many giving away a til it and eveu a third of their in come. Tho Wife of Columbus. While at Lisbon, Columbus was accus tomed to attend service,siiys Washington Irvinsr, at the chapel of the convent of All Saints. There he became acquainted with a lady of rank, named Don* Fcl pi, who resided at the convent. She was the daughter of Bariollommeo Monis de Pallestrello, or Perestrello, an Italian cavalier, lately deceased, who had been one of the most di.-tinguished navigators under Prince Humy of Portugal, nnd had colonized and governed the Is'n/id ol Poito S.mto. The acquaintance toon ripemd into attachment nnd ended ii maniage. It appears, adds living, to have lieen a match of mere affection as the lady had little or no fortune. According to the New York Commer cial Advertiser, since 1800 more than 00,- 0U0 bodies have been liuried in the Pot ter’s Field on Hurt’s Island. There are no single interments. The bodies un placed in trenches, dug in regular roes, toriy-five feet long, fourteen feet wide, and ten feet deep. Each of these pits will hold one hundred and liftv bodies. Slight influences exerted on the youthful mind may affect its coun-e for ever. A bi 7 may become tainted with insincerity by the influence of parental example, though his parents are entirely unaware of the influence ihey are exert ing. lie sees that they profess with re gard to some persons an interest which they do not feel. A New Kind of Inaiirnnce lias been put in operation by the manufac turers of Dr. Pierce’s medicines. 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