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PECULIARITIES OF SOUND.
The Kind of Note Bent Suited Pur
l.outt HimKe Signals.
Signals made by sounds of explosion
are not the most reliable. Their pene¬
tration is obviously often uncertain,
while, their duration being brief, they
may be mis .oil by momentary inatten¬
tion. The reed horn was the more effi¬
cient instrument as compared with
guncotton cartridges over London. The
siren wiuld probably have been yet
more efficient us also doubtless a horn
capable of producing two notes differ¬
ing, say, by the interval of a third or a
fifth, u conclusion arrived at many
years ago by experiments which have
been unhappily too much lost sight of.
Professor Pinzzl Smith found by trial
that a high note was generally more
penetrating as a signal, but advised
that such a note should not be used
alone, assigning as one reason that in¬
dividuals possess note deafness similar
to color blindness, so that no one note
could be trusted. Experiments went to
prove that a sound varying between a
high and a low note best arrested at¬
tention at long range.
And the same result has been arrived
at iu another way. The peculiar cry of
the Alpine guide, which is, iu fact, of
that nature which Professor Smith ad¬
vocates, has doubtless been taught by
the exigencies of his situation, where
his voice is required to carry across
broad and deep ravines. Nature has
taught the same lesson in the Austra¬
lian wilds, where the characteristic
"Cowl, cowl!” appears essentinl to pen¬
etrate the deep wooejs.
Nor Indeed need we look farther for
an example of the same kind than our
own village lanes. The high pitched
voices of children are very farreaching.
Their shouting can be heard farther
away lit the sky than that of man, and
In calling to their follows they always
employ a trick of the voice taught
doubtless by experience. The child
will summon her playmate from far
away with a well practiced “Sally,"
the first syllable, high pitched and pro¬
longed, giving place to the second syl¬
lable uttered abruptly in a yet higher
note. And this mode of calling is uni¬
versal.—Nineteenth Century.
THE TURQUOISE,
The turquoise, the birthstone for De¬
cember. signifies prosperity.
The turquoise was a familiar nnd fa
vorite gem among the ancient Mexi¬
cans and Indians of the west.
The turquoise fades when its owner
la 1)1, and dies when the wearer ts at¬
tacked by an Incurable malady—»o they
K»y
The Germans claim that by Its vary¬
ing shades tlie turquoise turns telltale
on the caprices and moods of Its
wearer.
Shakespeare gives these words to
Shyloek: “He would not have lost his
turquoise ring for a whole wilderness
of monkeys,"
The turquoise derives its name from
a word meaning Turkish and is so
called because the first turquoises were
found in Turkey.
If your birthday comes in December
and you wear a turquoise, you need
never be afraid of falling off a high
place. One of the powers of the azure
lined gem i» to preserve Its wearer
from this catastrophe.
It is also said that it has tbe power
of protecting its wearer against con¬
tagion. A turquoise would certainly
be an ornamental substitute for vacci¬
nation, Its efficiency would probably
depend upon the "faith" of tlm wearer.
Rfibblt* nt Play.
Babbits play in this way: Two of
them—I have not seen it played With
Riore— run quickly toward each other,
and when on the point of contact each
leaps into the air, blit one higher than
the other, clearing him completely,
They eoiue down with their tails to¬
ward each other, but instantly, with
an, as it were, “Excuse my tall!” both
turn and run and leap again, and this
they will do from two or three to half
a dozen times, always leaping tip at
the exact moment when they would
otherwise come into collision and one
always taking the higher leap—some¬
times an astonishingly high one—right
over ills companion. They never meet
In the air, uor can I see how this can
be avoided except by a plan or figure
being mutually followed by them, as
with ourselves in a game or dance. I
believe that eacli clears the other al¬
ternately, but I have not yet convinced
myself of this—Saturday Review.
The Quick G'rnre.
The quick craze is by no means new,
but seems just now to be more in¬
trusive than ever before. Here is a
young woman practicing fourteen
hours a day to cultivate her voice. Re¬
sult, lost voice. Nearly all the pugi¬
lists, active and retired, are writing
volumes on “How to Get htroua
Quick,” and the reuders are exercising
two or three hours a day, when ten
minutes are quite enough. Result, lost
health. The get rich quick fellows, in
Jail and out, are hiring able lawyers to
help them devise schemes that will
defy the law and enable them to fleece
lambs regardless of the code.—New
York Press.
Hla Ton eh of Hr.mor.
“Always,” says the astute news effp
lor to the new reporter, “always he on
fee lookout for any little touch of hu¬
mor that may brighten up our col¬
umns.”
That evening the new reporter hand¬
ed In an account of a burglary in a
butcher's shop which commenced. “Mr.
Jeremiah Cleaver, the well known
butcher, is losing flesh rapidly of late.”
—Exchange.
Conversational French.
“Can you speak French?"
“A little. That Is, j can shrug inj
shoulders.”—Loiilon Answers.
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Rollcotioiis of a Bachelor.
Men arc children at both ends
of their lives, women all through
theirs.
It is a wise woman that refuses
to know when her husband has
been taking a drink.
The best way to get a woman to
love you more than some other
man is to get her to love him less
than you.
When a man brings home candy
and (lowers to his wife and gives
her and extra allowance, it is a
sign he has some other news to
break to her which she will not
like so well.
What a woman likes to have
you say about her new dress the
first time you 9eo her in it is for
you to go right up and kiss her as
if you liked it so much you couldn’t
express it any other way.—New
York Press.
Big Fire in Dalian,
Dallas, Tex., July 9.—Fire on
the corner of Commerce und Mur¬
phy streets, starting shortly after
6 o’clock this morning, completely
destroyed the wholesale drug hous¬
es of Patton, Worsham Co., Texas
Drug company, J, W. GTowdus
Drug company, and H. W. Wil¬
liams ifc Co. The wholesale paper
house of Scarff & O’Connor was
badly wrecked and considerable
damage was done to tlie Santa Fe
depot adjoining.
The lire was not controlled until
8:15. One fireman, Paul Metcher,
was overcome by poisonous fumes
of burning drugs. He is seriously
hurt.
The loss will reach $225,000 to
$250,000; insurance about $175,
000 .
Columbian Rebels (five Cp.
Panama, Monday, July 7.—Gen.
.Salazar, the governed' of Panama,
lias received a dispatch from Bo¬
gota, the capital, announcing that
Guns. Pedroja, Benito, l.'lloa Leal
and Teopilq Gjtj'oin, and their
staffs, together with Gen. Marin,
most important Liberal leader of
the department of Tulima, have
laid down their arms on account
of the guarantees offered by tlie
Bogota government.
At Carmen, Gep, <}e Tli cap de¬
feated the Liberal forces under
Gen. Munoz, killing or wounding
over 200 men. This general also
won* a victory over the forces of
Gen. Garcia Ilovira, thus, it is
claimed, rendering it useless to
cause any more bloodshed.
201) Persons Dead.
Johnstown, Pa., July 10.—Johns¬
town has again been visited .by an
appalling disaster,
It is ouiy less frightful than the
awful calamity of May 31, 1889,
in cost of life, hut in its terrible
consequences it lias brought the
shadow of sorrow into hundreds of
homes made desolate by a mine
explosion, which took place in the
Cambria Steel company roiling
mill mine, tinder Westmont Hill,
at 12:20 o’clock this afternoon.
How many are dead will take sev¬
eral days to fully d<*t• nnino, but
that it is a long and shocking list,
is certain. It may reach 200 or
more.
London, July 9.—The Shangl ni
correspondent of the Daily Express
says that thirteen English and
American boys attending the in¬
land mission school nt Clio Foo
«»»-■«'
taking of chicken pie. Twelve of
the boys died, says the correspon¬
dent, supposedly from ptomaine
poisoning.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
The Perils of I.ivlntv Near the Mex¬
ican Boundary Line.
‘‘Some ■peculiar conditions prevail at
the twin cities of Nogales, Mexico,
And Nogales, Ariz.,” said the Detroiter,
who recently returned from a visit to
Mexico. "The international boundary
line is formed by a street that divides
tlie two towns, and the boundary
stakes are set out with a very nice
regard for technicalities. There Is a
saloon there which has more than u
local reputation, and tlie proprietor is
certainly an enterprising individual.
Ills saloon is located on tlie street di¬
viding the two counties and at a point
where the dividing line is not clearly
defined. The patron of this saloon
buys ills drink Iu America, and, step¬
ping across the hall, he buys his cigar
In Mexico. In this way the proprietor
avoids the duty on imported cigars
tfnd can provide his customers with
the best make at lower prices than
most of his competitors.
“They tell an amusing story about an
American who imbibed too much light¬
ing whisky at this saloon. When he
arrived at a certain stage, he allowed
ills prejudices to get the better of him,
nnd, standing near the boundary Hue
of Ids own country, he heaped anathe¬
mas and hurled defiances at tlie people
across the border. A couple of Mexi¬
can officers stood across the street al¬
most within resell of the pugnacious
American, hoping that he would stroll
across into Mexico. He did get over
there after awhile, although the trip
was wholly unpremeditated. During
a harangue against Mexican institu¬
tions in general and tlie police in par¬
ticular lie happened to lurch too far
over to starboard and fell Into Mexico.
The alert cops promptly grabbed him,
and, though he didn’t get n chance to
take in the sights, he paid quite an ex¬
tended visit to the country he had so
eloquently maligned."—Detroit Free
Press.
LONG RANGE BAPTISM.
Christening In Sootland Was Con¬
ducted Under Dltilcultles.
In wide and sparsely populated high¬
land districts of Scotland It not Infre¬
quently happens that a parent Is oblig¬
ed to walk a distance of five or six
miles with an iufant for baptism.
It Is related of a minister of the
north that he agreed to accommodate
a parishioner thus situated by meet¬
ing him at a stream midway between
the parents' house and the manse and
there baptizing the chiki at tlie run¬
ning water,
It so happened that by the time the
parties on mo to opposite sides of the
bourn heavy rains had swollen it into
a rapid torrent, so that neither party
could approach the other.
Unwilling to turn hack with the
“bairn" unbaptized, tlie farmer pro¬
posed thut the minister should splash
water across. Accordingly the minister
stepped down to tlie stream and en¬
deavored to throw handfuls of wuter
ou {he farmer’s baby.
“Ha’e ye got ony o’ that?" he cried
at each successive splash.
“De’il n spalrge,” was the reply,
At last a few of the splashes were
communicated to tlm infant’s face,
and the ceremony was then concluded
In the usual form.
Before retiring to their respective
homes the farmer produced a bottle of
whisky, crying across, "As I eaiina
offer ye a glass ovvre the hold o’ this,
here’s the bottle—kepp!” And he threw
It across the stream.
The bottle was caught, it is related,
with a precision that betokened on the
part of Ids reverence, if not considera¬
ble practice, ut least considerable dex¬
terity.-Stray Stories.
Cuuulit « Tartar.
Like so many of his learned brethren
In tlie Church of England, the Into
Canon Carter was the terror of com¬
positors. His was perhaps, after Dean
Stanley’s, the very worst handwriting
of the last century.
About 1880 the then bishop of Lich¬
field, Dr. Maclngan, surprised one of
his secretaries by saying: “I have
hardly ever received an anonymous
letter, but I got one this morning. It is
very badly written, and I cun hardly
make it out, but from the signature It
Is sure to be abusive. The man has
signed himself ‘A Tartar,’ See if you
can make It out,"
Tlie secretary, who knew the linnd
writing, rather startled his lordship by
rejoining: “It's nothing alarming. It’s
only a note from Canou Carter of
Clewer!"—London Tlt-Blts.
Lies of the White Kind.
The whole fabric of social inter¬
course is Interwoven with what would
be lies according to a strict code. Some
are pleasant fictions tlmt deceive no¬
body. Most of them have their genesis
tn a kindly, cheerful desire to avoid
giving pain. These polite untruths aro
the lubricant of society. They wear
away the rough edges, take away the
sting out of uncomfortable facts. They
aro the flower of courtesy, “the pine¬
apple perfume of politeness.’’—Wash¬
ington Times.
The nest Litter.
Hiram-'That boy of yours what went
to college could do some powerful lift¬
ing with the clubs nnd dumbbells.
Silas—Yes, but l always thought more
ot the other one's lifting powers.
lllram—Did he lift dumbbells and the
Ike?
Silas—No; he lifted the mortgage.—
Philadelphia Record.
With every exertion the best of meq
can do hut a moderate amount of good,
^ie mischief.-Washington Irving,
The man who gets up to make the
fire does not always get tils share of
the heat.—Saturday Evening Post.
.a 1st f
i
Miss Ida. M. Snyder,
Treasurer of die
Brooklyn East End Art flub.
“ If women would pay more attention to
their health we would have more happy
wives, mothers and daughters, and if they
would observe results they would find
that the doctors' prescriptions do not
perform the many cures they are given
credit for.
“ In consulting with my druggist he ad¬
vised McElree's Wine of Cardui and Thed
ford’s Black-Draught, and so I took it and
have every reason to thank him for a new
life opened up io me with restored health,
and it only took three months to cure me."
Wine of Cardui is a regulator of the
menstrual functions and is a most as¬
tonishing suppressed, tonic for women. It cures
scanty, ular and painful menstruation, too frequent, falling irreg¬
of the womb, whites and flooding, ft
is helpful when approaching wontan
hood, during pregnancy, after child¬
birth and in change of life. It fre¬
quently have brings a dear baby to homes
that been barren for years. All
druggists of Cardui. have $1,00 bottles of Wine
WINE^CARPUl
Agiiinnldo Coining to United
States.
New York, July 7.—According
to announcement made here, says
a Boston dispatch to The World,
Aguinaldo is coming to the Uni¬
ted States and his departure from
Manila for San Francisco is ex¬
pected, it is said, at any time. He
will come direct to Boston to join
his former secretary, Sixto Lopezf
and will then start on a tour, de¬
livering a series of lectures on the
conditions in the islands and mak¬
ing a plea for the independence o
his countrymen
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for
cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap¬
ped Hands, Chilblains, Cornu, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It
ts guaranteed to give perfect, satis¬
faction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by
Forbes & Coxo Drug Co.
Canton, 0., July 9.—George Fish
er, giving Pittsburg as his home,
made an unsuccessful attempt to
see Mrs. McKinley yesterday af¬
ternoon, claiming that be had im¬
portant disclosures to make to her
of the plot which led to the assas¬
sination of her husband.
He claims that the anarchists
have set a price of $(>0,000 upon
Ins head and that five attempts
have been made to assassinate him.
The township trustees bought
him a ticket to Pittsburg.
London, July 9.—Following is
the bulletin posted at Buckingham
Palace regarding King Edward’s
condition at 10 o'clock this morn
ac :
- The king’s progress is uninter¬
rupted. His majesty sleeps well
and is gaining strength, The
wound is slowly healing.”
Vienna, July 7.—The New; Freie
Presse publishes a dispatch from
Sulouica, European Turkey, say¬
ing that since last Saturday, .’it)
shocks of earthquake, 8 of which
were violent, have been experienc¬
ed there. The shock of Monday
morning destroyed one hundred
and fifty houses and killed one
child at Guvesne and two people
were killed at Salonika.
London, July 9.—Joseph Cham¬
berlain, the Colonial Secretary,
who was injured in a carriage ac¬
cident Monday, left Charing Cross
Hospital this morning, and re¬
turned to his home in Prints-ss
Gardens. ,, , He ... is progresitl g satis
factorilv.
Buenos Ayres, July i).
na und Chili have sigll»*d a
tion di-lining more precisely the
objects of their recent treaties pro.
viding for arbitration and the
limitation of armaments with the
view of averting the possibility of
future complications.
Offerman, Ga., July 8.—Three
white men and two negroes killed,
mie white man and one negro in¬
jured is the result of a severe thun¬
der and lightning storm here yes¬
terday.
The men were all employed in
the construction department of
the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company and were
stretching wire when struck by
lightning. The construction force
was working in two sections about
live miles apart. Three white men
were ki 1 led and one injured in one
section, two negroes killed undone
injured in the other.
One lightning bolt killed the
five and injured the two.
City of Mexico, July 9.—Advices
from Vera Cruz report yellow fe¬
ver as having been viru¬
lent this season. A number of
people long resident and deeming
themselves immune, have died.
The United States government
commission has been in Vera Cruz
studying conditions"and the local
treatment of the disease. Dr. Mil¬
ler, who had a specific for yellow
fever, has died in Vera Cruz of
congestion of the brain. He had
presented his system of cure to
the United States government.
Pittsburg, July 7.—Six deaths
and a score of prostrations is the
heat record for the past 24 hours.
At 8 o’clock this morning the
thermometer registered 85 degrees,
with the mercury still rising and
promising to pass the year’s rec¬
ord. Last night was the hottest
of the season. There was much
suffering among the mill workers
and many were forced to return to
their homes.
New Orleans, July 9.—Rains re¬
ported yesterday and last night at
Vicksburg, Meridian, Summitt und
Culling, Miss. All report, how¬
ever, that the rain came too late
to save the corn crop. Many far¬
mers about Summit are planting
Mexican June corn.
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a circulation of 1000,000 copies,
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To the columns of The Commoner Mr.
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NO. 21.
BUY THE
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SEWING MACHINE
Do not be deceived by those who ad¬
vertise a $60.00 Sewing Machine for
$20.00. This kind of a machine can
be bought from us or any of our
dealers from $15.00 to $18.00.
we MAKC A VARIETY.
THE NEW HOME IS THE BEST.
The Peed determines the strength or
weakness of Sewing Machines. The
Double Feed combined with other
strong best points Sewing makes Machine the Slew Home
the to buy.
Write firCIRCULARS showing ferent Sewing styles Machines the dif¬ of
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FOR SALE BY
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THE COMMUTER.
iw Ho Spcailo Hla Honrs of Dally
Railroad Travel lug.
The much abused suburbanites,
whom the cartoonists picture as com¬
ing to the city every morning from
“Louesomehurst*” "host Man’s I.ane,"
“Prunckurst-by-the-TrolIoy” and other
places with equally suggestive names,
are an Interesting class of individ¬
uals. The transient element of the
city’s population spends several bourn
every day whirling over the lull roads.
When the novelty of these daily bit*
of railroading has (Kissed Into the
monotony of years of travel through
the same country the commuter has
learned to make the best of the tint*
he spends on the train.
The “card fiend" Is n prominent fig¬
ure In this class. Ilotli morning and
evening four or live games of card*
are going on In every th-.mst&ds stnokiv; ear. and
It Is safe to say Hint of dol¬
lars change bunds hi this “innocent
amusement” while the players are hur¬
rying to or from business.
Next to the “aped sharp" is the man
who only enjoys his cigar und paper.
He is oblivious to all his surround¬
ings and only shows animation when
he is at his journey’s end.
Many of the policies and plane, of
sonic of tills city’s most successful
busluess men have been born or de¬
veloped on these truths. The short
respite between the hustle of the city
and the cares of home life Is to tills
type of man a season for meditation.
Another interesting commuter is the
Individual who Is ou good terms with
all his fellows. He travels up and
down through the ear exercising hla
repertory of latest jokes or sympa¬
thizing with some gloomy looking
friend who thinks that all the world
Is against him. lie sivtns to never
grow weary In tits well doing.
The train life of the commuter Is now
and then enlivened by wrecks. Though
tossed about and sometimes cut and
bruised, he generally escapes serious
injury. Such experiences as these he
considers the spice and coloring of hla
existence.—New York Mall and Im¬
press.
COLOR OF GOLD COINS.
Reasons Par Differences la Ttut of
Coin, or Preach AIlBttitle.
Some time ago a Frenchman placed
together a number of gold coius of
French mintage of the beginning, mid¬
dle and end of the last century. Ht*
was much surprised to sis.- that, they
differed In color, lie set about finding
out the reasons for this dlfferem-e. and
the results of Ills Investigations have
b(H.*n published In l.n Nature.
There is a paleness about the yellow
of the 10 and 2(1 franc pleees which
bear the effigies of Napoleon I and
Louis XVIII that ts not observed In
the goldpieees uf litter mintage. Oua
admirer of these coins speaks of their
color as a "beautiful paleness" und ex¬
presses regret that It Is tacking In later
coius. The explanation of It Is Very
simple. The alloy that entered into the
French gold coins of those days con¬
tained us much silver as copper, and tt
was the silver that gave I tie coins their
Interesting paleness.
The coins of the era of Napoleon III
were more golden In hue. The silver
had been takeiiout of the ullov
The gold coins of today have a still
warmer and deeper tinge of yellow.
This Is because the 1‘arls mint, as well
as that In London, melts the gold and
the copper alloy iu hermetically sealed
boxes, which prevents the copper from
being sotuewlmt bleached as It always
Is when It Is attacked by hot air. So
the present coins have the full vvann
ness of lint that u copper alloy can
give.
If the coius of today are not so Ifarnl
KOine In the opinion of amateur collect¬
ors ns those Issued by the first Napo¬
leon. they are superior to those of ei¬
ther of tin- Napoleons In the fact that
It costs less to make them. The double
operation of the oxidation of the copper
and cleaning It off the surface of the
eoiu with adds Is no longer employed,
and the large elimination of copper
from the surface of the coins, formerly
practiced, made them less resistant un¬
der wear ami tear thiiu ure the coin*
now In circulation.
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