SPOUTING 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. Ills ‘’Golden
Medical Discovery" and "Favorite Prescrip
tion” are sold bv druggists under the manu
facturers’ positive guarantee. Fit her benefit
or a completo cure is thus attained, ur money
raid for these medicines is returned. The
certificate of guarantee given in connection
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from whatever cause ari-ing, skin and seal
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