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W. B. MINCEY, Editor.
VOL. II.
France will take prompt and ener¬
getic measures to stop the use of her flag
knd of papers in her name by native ves- j
sels engaged in the slave trade between
Pemba and Madagascar.
Since oyster-planting and the leasing i
of oyster beds has been regulated by the ,
Government, the industry has growr ,
rapidly in importance, until now in New j
York State about 7000 men and $0,000,-
000 capital are employed in it. I
The British Governor of tho Gold i
Coast, in Africa, made a visiting torn |
among the native chiefs in his district tc j
learn their desires of the Government. | !
The King of Pram Pram wanted to re j
vive old customs, of which part require!
the exhumation of the dead; tho peopll { I
of . Quetta ~ ^ wanted ^ , tax , on spirits ... reduced Addab . j
from a shilling to sixpence;
wanted a reduction of the rum tax, s
road to the beach, a school, a bell tc
mark the time and a free ferry acrost
the Yalta River, and increased salaries
to tho chiefs; the Kings of Odumassie
and Akropong each begged for a pair- of
handcuffs and a lamp'. There arc signs
of civilization on the Gold Coast.
The new British East Africa Compani
ch.«cr, it I. „
take possession of the concession secured
by William Mackenniou a year ago from
the Sultan of Zanzibar. This includes
the control of and the right to trade and
develop a territory of about 50,000 squart
miles. The Sultan’s portion is a strip
bordering on the coast, 150 miles long
and ten miles wide. The re,t of the
territory, which extends back to the
Victoria Nyanza, is conceded by a num¬
ber of chiefs. Mr. Mackennion, is presi¬
dent of the new company and Lord
Brassey is vice-president. Tuo nominal
capital is $5,000,000, and the first issue
of shares to one quarter of that amount
has been taken up. There are a couple
of millions of natives on this big tract
of land and they are warlike and ugly,
and the new company will have some¬
thing of a job to reduce them to submis¬
sion. The concession is to continue foi
fifty years, and after that the public
works iu the territory will revert to the
Sultan. In the meantime he will get a
tenth of the profits of the company. 1 _j
-
The purchase of Alasks from Russis
for the sum of $7,200,000 was at one
time, says the Mail and Express, called
“Seward’s folly,” but the lapse of a
little more than two decades has proved
that it was an act of far-seeing states¬
manship. The Alaska Commercial Com¬
pany pays to thc Government $300,000
a year for a monopoly of the seal fisheries
of the Territory, which is about four pet
cent on the orio-inal ® ^ mirchase monev
lhe value of the salmon and cod
fisheries per annum is estimated at
$3,000,000, the fur trade at $2’,500,000,
go.d wold anfl and bullion bullion rtnsf dust $1 <tki ,o.j 0,000 nnii ana and
lumber and ivory $100,000, making thc
commerce of the Territory for the past
year, as shown by the Governor’s annual
» e ,»,000. The climate ia not
bo severe as is generally supposed,
owing, it is thought, to a warm current
from the Indian Ocean similar^to the
Gulf stream in the Atlantic. The Has-
smn Government appropriates $i0,000
annually to the support of the Grmco-
Russian Church and schools, while our
own Government only appropriates $25,-
nnn 000 annually for the support , of , public
schools in the Territories.
An Australian journal, the Melbourne
Arau\ reports an interesting discovery
made by the bark Queen’s Island, in a
recent voyage from ban Francisco . to
Newcastle, New South Wales. While
the vessel was passing, in south latitude
eighteen degrees fifty minutes, west
longitude one hundred and sixty-four
degrees thirteen minutes, the supposed
uninhabited Island of Palmerston, she
came up with a boat containing eight
persons. The boat was in charge of a
man who gave his name as William Mar-
Bton, and who declared that twenty-five
years ago'he had de erted the English
bark Barit Rifleman Ktneman, at at Tahiti latmi. He lie h hah id driftprl drifted
until he had reached Palmerston Island,
where there were a few natives, also
refugees. He settled down to planting
cocoanuts, and liked the employment so
«•«“*?; “ T"“ d " er
Marstou had married a native woman,
and has a family consisting of eleven
gons and four daughters. The captain
of , the , ^ Queen , s Island T . , found that the
total population of the island W3s thirty-
three persons. They all spoke -English,
and seemed to be living in peace and
p , en ,,. Although *».!. h„d
the island by, supposing it to be unin-
inhabited, the little community had
thriven by itself. At length, however,
Marston Ma ston had had made made un up his his mind m nd to to e* es-
tablish trading relations with the rest of
the world. The Queen’s Island supplied
Ihe Palmerstonians with some of the
satables fatables of ot civilization civilization, and and took took in in ex ex-
fchange a quantity of cocoanuts.
JASPER, GEORGIA, THURSDAY,, NOVEMBER 8, 1888.
THE FRIEND OF AGES AGO.
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot P'
—Yes, if you ’djust as lief as not.
John Paul.
There are several things that troublo one’s
age,
And work for a man much woe,
Such as gout—and doubt-debts that will
run,
And rhymethat wllI not flow .
Buc when al| hag been ^ do wo not most
dread,
Of tha many bores that we know,
That ubiquitous ban, the woman or man,
Who know one “ages ago ”?
In youth—you were young; and foolish per-
hsp
You fl rtid vith high and with low,
Had one u „ on tho hill, aud one down by
the mill—
Yet "ever were wicked, ah, no!
And this friend knew you m a far-away way.
In a way thftt was onIy so so _
Just enough to give hue to theory about you:
“Oh, 1 knew him ages ago!”
You are married now and quite circumspect,
Your pice, like your speech, is slow
You tell in a bank, keep silent in churct
Are one it is proper to know;
But this vigilant friend will never consent
That your virtues unchallenged shall go—
Though she never demurs, but only avers
That she knew you “ages ago.”
And sure I ain that if ever I win
i„ raiment as white as snow,
Before mo and busy among the blest—
Perhaps in the self-same row—
l shall find my ban, this woman or man,
Who knew me “ages ago.”
And shall hear the voice I so oft have heard—
Do you think it is sweet and low?
As it whispers still with accent shrill
Tho refrain that so well I know:
‘Oh, you need n’t be setting much store by
him,
This new angel’s not much of a show,
He may fool some saint who is n’t acquaint—
But I knew him “ages ago!”
—Charles Henry Webb, in Century.
A HOUSEHOLD EXPERIENCE
BY MRS. M. E. ROBINSON.
“I wish you would try and get time to
fix my pants this morning,” said Mr.
Jeremiah Jones, to his better half, as he
stood before the glass, leisurely drawing
a razor across his well-lathered face.
“What?” asked the lady, somewhat
impatiently,
I meiely observe, my dear, that you
would oblige me by mending my inex¬
pressibles to-day,” resumed Mr. Jones,
placent stroking air. his smooth chin with a com-
“Three buttons have been
believe missing for as many days, and I really
there’s a hole in one of the
pockets, change for I haven’t been able to keep
any in it for a long time,” he
added, glancing significantly toward his
wife.
“Mr. Jones, are you aware what day
the week it is:” asked the latter, with
an ,° 1 m ^ nous WC an expression '“distinct of remembrance countenance. of
attending .. i- church yesterday,and, accord-
ing to the law of rotation, it must be
Monday. Am I right,-my love:”
r, ght, Mr. Jones, and I hope
? ou wlil conduct yourself accordingly,
Don’t , trouble me with buttons, strings
and pockets out of order, for it is wash-
dn y> and I’ ve something else to
att ,^ d t0 '”, ,
.&S^*Z** Well, .
then, I don’t see wily you
can’t do anything yon please."
“it isn’t to he expected that you can;
^htednesaind^oRh^ Bignteaness in domestic matters, ^ ^ and I m
afraid never will be; but that don’t pre-
vent me from knowing that she will not
do jffhorougly unless I am near by.”
musingly. “IK" AVhy not ° b8e dismiss . rve ! 1 Mr. her Jones and
get one who will?"
“J he remedy is worse than the disease. 1
Jt would only keep one unsettled all the
time, for they arc quite alike in that re-
B P ec V’ replied he lady. “In fact, it
wouldn t be much more work to do the
wash ng myself than to be obliged to
overlook her every minute.”
“Why not try it, then; it’s quite
, know,
expense now, you an
fo^”* ^ ^ ^ ^ hgllt be '
“What obtuseness!” exclaimed Mrs.
Jones. “At any rate, I have the
or aaa can ( 0 as ^ like, I sup-
,,
*
Of course, , love, of , , but it
that my course;
seems to me if you would ’
loant- itisn t possible, interrupted
tbc ., 1/1(1 imperatively. “Come, let
7< us
-if- 0 i breakfast ,, fF they 1 went, . Air. Jones
sitting and dubiously down to the smoked
thick coffee, and eggs boiled to the
hardness of brickbats But not a inur-
mur escaped him; tor he had been so re-
ffid
reconciled to what once had almost been
^durable. Washing, ^aki?^ he 1 had ml>or been ^ r ' t
consideration, and if Abby chanced , i to
forget the eggs and failed to ‘‘settle the
coflee, was she to be blame?
Time renders many unpleasant things
« hearable, and Mr. Jones hoped he had be-
sincere that and Monday heartfelt occurred feeling of but thankful- in |
bbss wife though usually once |
> a j
good-tempered * woman, was the sure to he
out of sorts” on that day, children
unusually noisy and mde, and his home I
anything but attractive. Mrs. Jones,
?? a8 a ldcted with another peculiar no- |
u^n, and this was the imperative neces-
|ity f “deansmg linen” on one pa,tie-
ular day, and no other. Rain or shine,
“WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HONE8T LABOR.”
cold or hot,sick or well, this duty must
be attended to beforo another. To use
her own words, “when washing the was
omitted on Monday, one day in week
was entirely lost, and everything be¬
hindhand.”
The fore oof this argument Mr. Jones
< ould never be brought to admit. Upon
the very day on which the above conver¬
sation occurred he consulted the 'flier
mometer, and found the mercury two
degrees below zero. He mentioned the
fact, and mildly suggested that it might
be for the benefit of the family to change the
the programme of operations for
day. The hint wns not very graciously
received, and with a crestfallen counte¬
nance he left the house, lamentiug that
washing-day and its accompanying .lis
comforts could not forever bo abolished.
When the hour for dinner arri'T \
with a heavy heart and many ioi h id¬
ings, he left his place of business apd
started for home. Un ortunately, some¬
thing attracted his attention as he com¬
menced ascending the steps in front of
his dwelling, and prevented him from
observing that they had been recently
washed, and were now covered with a
smooth sheet of ice; but a heavy fall and
a sprained ankle made him immediatly
aware of the fact.
llut this was not the extent of his mis¬
fortunes. incoherent As he arose with (which a groan,and
an sentence must
have the implied which considerable, judging uttered from and
tone in it was ,
began to make his way down the dark
passage, he had the ill luck to overturn
Abby, who was cautiously ascending
with a full pail of soap and water in her
hands. Of ' ourse, the latter was pre¬
cipitated, screaming with terror, to the
bottom, while the water which she
carried was very unceremoniously dashed
over the person of the unfortunate Mr.
•Iones as well as entirely drenching
herself.
After ascertaining that the and girl was
more frightened than hurt, that no
serious damage had been done, he began
to look about him for dinner. No signs
of any were apparent; but upon raising
a window for the smoke and steam to
clear away a little, he discovered his
wife, the with flushed cheeks, in front of
cooking stove. Jones?”
“How do you prosper, Mrs.
he asked, at the same time wringing the
water from his saturated pants with a
desperate air.
“How do I prosper, indeed 1 If you
knew how I’ve been tormented all this
morning you wouldn’t a3k the question,”
retorted the lady.
“Then you haven’t enjoyed yourself
very well?” pursued her husband, indus¬
triously working sway on the wet
articles. * *
“i left the room a fetV moments to help
Abby, and when I returned that abomin¬
able coal fire had every spark gone out.
I’ve kindled it twice, and shan’t touch it
again. There’s no dinner, and you'd
better go out and get something at an
eating saloon,”
And Mrs. Jones, who really looked
very much fatigued, would sank into a trying. chair,
and declared she give up
“Isn’t the washing almost done:”
asked Mr. Jones, glancing round the dis¬
ordered kitchen.
“Abby would have finished long ago
if Charley—a four—had chubby, poured mischievious basin of blue- boy
of not a
ing water over a large basket of clothes
which were all ready to hang out, and
consequently she had them to rinse over
again. Not content with this feat, he | ,
watched his opportunity, and starch sca that tered
a handful of ashes into the I
had spent half an hour or more in mak-
in g- K was spoiled, of course, and more
%
washing day I Everything goes everybody wrong,
and it really seems as though
takes comfort in vexing me. Somebody
“ SU [f t0 Cll]l j han J. not P rR P ar '' d
see them, and as likely as any wav a
country cousin pops in to eat a little
luncheon.”
Mr. Jones sighed, but made no reply.
“I don’t see as it need to affect you
any,” pursued his wife. “You are away
a nd I have all the trouble and vexation
to bear alone. It is useless to expect
sympathy the importance (rom a man, of for the he subject, cannot and re-
alize
I verily believe imagines housework
nothing but child’s play. I don’t think
it would require more than a month’s
work at she business to dispel the iilu-
sioon.”
“Possibly not,” returned the husband,
smilin S faintly at the prophetical re¬
^‘ng JhaftLUstate it assuredly o^'ctlngsTe^not does, and in
affect me, for
any but an agreeable manner. It is not
so very pleasant to enter a cold dining-
room, in the winter season, and find the
children half-dressed and crying with
cold, while the mother, en dishahil’e, is
sc( ,! d ing and endeavoring to quiet them,
When this is partially accomplished,
w i, b lengthened faces we sit down to a
badlv-laid table with a cold ’ nnnalata-
b!e breakfast spread upon it. This nat-
ura n v creates diasatisfaction, and we
all lea e the room, mutually out of tem-
pCr ' Dinner ’ « we succeed in grtting
s« p T»xrwJh b rck”s d i
f
desert occasionally intersnorsod 7arL with
a fall, a thorough wetting have recounted. and the
ous misfortunes you I
do not sav this is wholly vour fault hut
it is in part. You have never accustomed
your domestics to practice self-reliance,
0 r to depend upon their own judgment
; n the least. This, however much help
Kaisxgr neither of which is desirable;
treines,
but there is a certain medium point,
-which, if adhered to, would make
even Monday less dreaded. Abby
i. s an honest, cabable girl, and I
do not think it best to d smiss her
f 01 - this fault alone: but, you would
do well to tell your wishes, and see that
carries them out. without the neces-
sity 0 f your standing by point her elbow I all
while But upon one am re-
solved,” determined continued Mr. Jeremiah Jones,
in a manner, “and that is,
from this day to patronize a laundry
until we can have washing done in e
quiet, which systematic does way, and in a mannei
not require us all to become
the uncompanionable day. The homo and i.l-tompered fot
and the additional I shall thereby gain,
comforts, will more
than repay me for the extra expense 1
may incur.”
Mrs. Jones saw by her husband’s man¬
ner that he was in earnest, aud did not
attempt to oppose him in this resolution,
but slyly remarked that ho would “soon
get tired of it.”
Hut it was not so. The bills for wash
ing tion, were and promptly Mr. paid seemed upon highly presenta¬ satis¬
Jones
fied with bis experiment. He no longei
day, spent. and Sunday length in dreading ventured the following
at to take a
friend home to dine with him on Mon¬
day, without encountering a frowning
face ami other evidences of disapproba¬
tion ot his temerity. Dinner was well
served at the usual hour, and his wife,
with a smiling countenance with and accustomed dressed
neatly, presided her
grace, occasionally taking while part, in the
animated conversation ; Mr. Jonei
wns heard more than once to assert, that
nothing could induce him to again ex¬
perience the misfortunes and vexation!
of a washing day.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Tho tiniest screws go in watches.
The regulation army bight is live foei
five inches or over.
“ Bronze John ” is a new Florida tern
for tho “Yellow Jack.”
Hay and straw were used for tho first
time to make paper iu 1828.
No nation has so many varieties oJ
sweetmeats as the Chinese.
The first American-made printing press
was made by George Clymer, in 181 7.
A chicken with hair instead of feathers
is a curiosity now to be seen at Perry,
Ga.
There are no direct deseendents oi
George Washington’s name or family
living.
Thomas Lynch was the youngest of tho
Signers of the Declaration of Inde¬
pendence.
“Irish stew, a la Parnell," is on the
bill of fare of an inexpensive New York
restaurant.
Some of the most active business men
in New l T ork eat only a bowl of bread
and milk for lunch.
A neckia e of human knucklebones
t-lie received by a missionary
from a chief.
both Ella deaf Dillingham and Thomas F. Cald¬ Fox,
mutes, were married at
well, N. J., the other day.
The Mexican policeman puts in twelve
hours of hard work every day for the
average wages of six dollars a month.
Wild flowers will keep fresh for
several days or perhaps two weeks in
vases filled with cleau sand and water.
In Northern Wisconsin Indians use
birch hark to make canoes,chairs,tables,
umbrellas, torches, bonfires and letter-
paper.
A Highland custom is that of ushering
in the morning by the music of the bag
pipe; the piper plays under the windows
of the castle and thus aroir.es the inmates.
An eyeless chicken was hatched near
CrawlordviHc, r , Ga., and , bade . , fair , . to live
and £ row w hen somebody accidentally
8 ' e PP ed 011 . aud ended a first-class
freilk -
What is claimed to be the largest chain
ever made is in the Imperial Arsenal at
Vienna. It has t-000 links, and was
used by the Turks to obstruct the pass¬
age of the Danube in 15
A Philadelphia that barber make bald 0 the state¬ heads
ment there are fewer
among the people of wealth and fashion
in Philadelphia other than among the same
class of any American city.
There is said to be an expert archery
player in England who is absolutely
blind. A boy behind the tnrgpt rings
the bell, and tiis sense of hearing is so
accurate that he knows just where to
aim his shaft.
riM Alaino^nTs > U 6 ,
of of the the Alamo mas-acre acre - . Vine '.me. Caridelara Catidelara,
111 whose arms Colonel Howie was slam;
Mrs. bazavo, who resides at San Ante-
nio, and a woman, name unknown, who
lives in the country near that city. }
( , hicngo lias an old settler who remem-
bers well the days when the Postmaster
carried all the mail in his hat. The first
private letter-box was made out of a
boot, w-th a part of the leg cut off. In
those days, less than fifty years ago, it
cost twentv-tive cents to send a letter
from New i ork to Chicago.
Little girls who don’t like to go to
school should live in China; little boys
who don’t like to go should keep away
from, the Celestial Empire. There the
girls do not have to go at all, and the
boys begin when they are six years old.
School begins dark at daylight, read. and closes
when it is too to There are
no vacations, no half holidays and not
much fun of any sort. j
The Gorgeous Peacock Throne. | |
The Peacock Throne was the creation
of the renowned Shah Jehau, a monarch
distinguished even to this day for the
splendor of his buildings, and for the
wealth of their beauty. This throne is j
situated in the Hall of l rivate Audience,
in the; city of i elhi, in India. It is a
mass of solid gold, flanked on either side
by two peacocks with spread tails, the ; 1
taiD studded with sapphires and rubies,
emerals, pearls and diamonds. The
value of this wonder was estimated at
thirty millions of dollars in our coin,
Shah Jehau is the Emperor who reared
the exquisite and incomparable mau-;
solemn to the memory of his young wife
—the Taj Mahal. Lalla Hookh was
daughter of Auruugzebe, son of Jehau.
— Courier-Journal, i
$1.00 Per Annum, In Advance.
QUEER ELECTION WAGERS.
PECULIAR BETS ON THE RESULT
OF ELECTION CONTESTS.
Wheelbarrow Wagers-Hair and
Whiskey Beis-How a Bet Aided
the Wounded Burins the War.
In no countrv, -J.. in spite 1 of the fact that
disfranchtsenicnt j. e i • generally „ imposed . j as
is
? ng r upon the outcome of r political ’ T T‘ con- g ° r '
rZJoJ n f a* nCS ?
every Presidential i and municipal con-
lett^adruple. “ *
But some bettors not content with the
w"' r y C " < e8 ° f f0rt T’ rack the ' r
brrms to , , o discover some strange and , in-
usual methods of wagering, and the
consequence is that at the close of every
election a number of more or less ludi-
crous bets have to be settled, lie pay-
ment of which occasions not only much
pleasure to the winner, but also great
hdarity “wheelbarrow among the public bet” at large. of lie
The is one
time-honored election wagers, and has
been made, probably in every the city loser in
the country. By its terms
agrees to trundle the winner in a wheel¬
barrow for a certain distance over a
specified route. Several such wagers
have been made in St. Louis oue of the
most notorious being that made by
H. Clay Sexton in 18ni<, when he
wheeled his victorious adversary for sev-
eral blocks along Broadway, followed
by a largo and enthusiastic crowd.
Next to the wheelbarrow bet, an
agreement to carry some unusual burden
is probably the most common of these
uncommon” wagers. .Not many years
ago a hod-carrier, in fulfilment of a
wager, carried another up the inclines
from the ground to the top floor of a
five-story house. Men bearing sacks of
flour or bags of coffee through the streets
are sometimes seen at the close of an
election.
A New Haven (Conn.) soap manufac-
turer was once compelled to march
through the streets carrying a large sign
inscribed with praises of the goods followed of a
rival house, while his partner
in tho rear in the guise of a sandwich
advertisement, the boards between which
he was confined setting forth in florid
language the inferiority of the product
of hisowu factory.
Another set of queer bets are those re-
lating to hair. The instances are nu-
merous of those who have agreed not to
cut their hair until the election of a ccr-
tain candidate, and who are obliged locks to
carry about with them a wealth of
more conspicuous than
During the last Presidential campaign a
fZinT 8 lh " wHornlnt
l,
cans were almost unrecognizable by the
removal of much of the hair that deco-
rated their faces, and the barbers reaped
a rich harvest. One gentleman, the
possessor of a fine head of curly hair,
came home on the day after the election
exhibiting to his horrified wife a while poll as
bare as clippers could cut it, a
friend of Democratic proclivities handsome ap-
peared in a few days plaited wearing hair. a A still
watch chain of
more unfortunate individual electrified
the inhabitants of that suburb by walk-
ing down the street deprived of one of
his side whiskers, while the other flour-
islied in full luxuriance. He was com-
pellod by the terms of the wager tore-
main in this condition for a month,
■having the side of his face which had
been bereft of its decoration ever y Sat-
urda y.
The wager of this irregular kind which
attracted more attention than any other,
and which led to the greatest results,
SS.XA t Stfi °.f Ta
publican opponent. The terms of the
wager were that the defeated party
should carry a sack of flour on his
shoulder from 1 ower to Upper Austin.
Gridle y was beat( ' n . and on the day fol-
unviuj, i owin{ ; tbe lilt Cictiiut election set u out on his trip, '
accompanied by the newly elected Mayor,
•. bra8s band and alar « e crowd ' ar '
r ‘ V '?- g at thu ,.P ubbc ^ uare la G PP“
Austin a question arose as to what dispo- of
gjtion should be made of the sack
flour. “Sell it for the benefit of tho
Western Sanitary Commission,” said
BO me one in the crowd. The idea met
with universal approval, and Mr. Grid-
Jcy was installed as auctioneer on an im-
provised action block. Competion aud until lor
£ be fl our was very keen, not knocked
$210 had been bid was it
down.
“Where shall I deliver it,” said Grid-
ley. “Nowhere; sell it again,” shouted tho
purchaser. The idea took like widfire, the sack of
flour was again and again knocked
down, and when evening came it was
found that the astonishing sum of $8,000
had been collected. It was during the
“flush times” iu Nevada, and the rivalry
between the mining camps by was wire very to
keen. The news was sent
Virginia City,and before morning a tele-
gram was received, saying: “Send on
your sack.”
Gridley at once took the stage for Vir-
ginia City, and on the day of his arrival
sold it for over $5,000, and still retained
it in his possession. The next day he
proceeded to Gold Hill, but two miles
distant, the now famous sack being dep- ear-
ried on a wagon, and escorted by a
utation from Gold Hill and Dayton.
When first offered for sale, said: a gentleman
stepped to the front and
“The Yellow .Jack mine bids $1000,”
Others followed suit With various
amounts, and before night nearly $13,000
had been paid in for the sack.
NO. 3.
Citizens of Virginia City were, how,
ever, greatly nettled that such small
places as Gold Hill and Dayton had out,
done thorn in liberality, and a commit*
too was appointed to remedy that defect.
Just after sunset a line of torches was
seen approaching Gold Hill andUridley
f. ad 1,18 wagon were escorted to the pub-
“ 8 f l ua ™ % V,r «' nm C,l y 8e ' 0ral
thousmn £ tb ® clfc,7cn8 - TL f, 8, l"“ r0
wns packed and every one was there for
busiWb<m tll0 (lour was put „ p „
P^feet followed pandemonium broke out; bids
each other in rapid succession, could
and those in the throng who not
| reach the auctioneer threw gold wh piece, the by
bandfuls into the on
j -ctiou w M over and the money counted
t.-iUntcd Vnovo. tlmri to the funds
| of the Sanitary ^ Commission.
The 8Qck ftfterwanl so , d ln far-son
City, £ San Francisco aud broHghfc other Western ho
cit ’ aml afterward \ tot
great * sanU)irv fafr in st Lnn Here it
a9 exh ; l)itod( ’ alld aft(;rward lhs flour
w „ bakcd illt 0 s;nal , cako9 and sold at
a hi ft h { price< When a balance was
! flna y ' s ru ck it was found that Gridlev’s
bet h ( , , thc tf addblg of mt)re the
tha „ ^ 150 (;0() to the funds
Wcalern p arlil J commission.- St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL.
Extreraely tight lacing produces soften-
ing ®. of tho brain.
The determination of the figure of ... the
c *>111 is one of tho objects of pendulum
observations.
One pound of wheat bran conta'ns as
much plios horic acid as does five pounds
of corn meal.
An experimenter has made a lens of
iec with which he was able to light a
pipe by means of the sun's rays,
It is said that a $20 gold piece will
(;an -y bacteria from hand to hand, as
they nestle down between the milled
lines.
An tho ingenious speed Frenchman suddenly proposes by to
stop of vessels
throwing several parachutes over tha
steru.
manufacturing Philadelphia is the in largest the woolen United
town
States. In 1880 alone it manufactured
$39,000,000 worth of woolens,
Aluminium resembles silver in nppear-
arico, is stronger than steel, will not
■ tarnish and is superior to silver for all
purposes for which that metal is used,
Although man, during his evolution
f roni barbarism to civilization, has in-
creased in strength and stature and in
longevity, on the other hnxd, Jris power
of recovery from the effect < of bodily
hurt ha s materially deteriorated.
The Northern Pacific road has ordered
ZXJSttf 31 = 25 , SX
Analysis of natural gas shows the pro¬
portion of each constituent in 100 parts
fh® gas ho as follows: ( arbonic
acid and carbonic oxido, . l each: oxy-
gen, -8: olefiant gas, 1; ethylic, hydride,
5; marsh gas, 07; hydrogen, 22; nitro-
gen, 2.
Dr. Esquirol describes the “suicide-
mania” as a special form of hereditary
insanity, aud estimates that four out of
ten self-murderers act under the impulse of
of a moral predisposition, rather than
physical disorders, or tho haunting
mo i.ory of <-. severe bereavement,
Lightning (lashes, according to a tho re-
CCilt computation of Kohlrausch,
, Q erm . in electrician, have comparatively that the 0
]ittlo energy . ]i 0 cst imites
j energy 0 f f rom < eve n to thirty-five flashes
would be necessary to keep one incan-
j de8( 0Ilt ) nrn ., aligbt for a n hour,
Au jdea ha3 |jeen developed manufacture in Ger-
in thc shape of the
i ........;<7 *»'»««,
Berlin on this plan alone last year.
| An Englishman, who has made a
special study of deer, suys that the chief
\ use of their antlers is not so much for
fighting as for facilitating the progress
of the animal through the woods. By
fItpnwilHr throw., g im u » _t t bo -c he. ho ld d thprohv the.cby nlarirm placing
i al “ , ed g ° Vi’ward ■with^ W ‘ great ^ ra- “
pulitv.
A plant called the “laughing “Cannibafis plant,”
or. in scientific parlance, discovered, and it is
Sativa,” has been
alleged that when it is eaten in its green
state or taken as a tincture, made either
from the green or the dried loaf, as a
I powder of the dried leaf, or smoked as
tobacco, it is potent in producing ex-
altation, laughter aud cheering ideas,
\ “traction increaser” is the name of
a powerful device now being tested Pennsyl- on
three freight engines of the
varda i; a ji roa d. It is a drawbar firmly
fixed between the locomotive aud tender,
a nd it automatically throws a part of the
j wo i £.i gb t of the tender on the driving
wb( s 0 f the engine in proportion to
tbe j oad t j ie latter has to pull. This
! nia ] £e <j the locomotive heavier when it
should be bo, and increases its pulling
power and speed.
Water Power in the United States.
The American statistical Association
publishes some interesting figures on the
amount of water-power employed in total the
United States. Iu 18 0 there was a
water-power equal to 1,225,379 horse¬
power used for manufacturing purposes, the total
this being 35.9 per cent, of
power thus employed in the States.
The annual value of the water-power
thus utilized is set down at $2-1,00 ‘,000.
The New England states alone use 34.5
per cent, of the whole water-power of
the country, and altogether the Atlantic
three-foarths ' of the
States use over
whole.