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“last m Marte Hight to It as Tea.”
. Major William Warner, ni«ml>»r of
fr. m Missouri, had a little bit
of uniqus experience at the aurrcnder of
Vicksburg.
He wa« then Adjutant of the Thirty
third Wisconsin, and on the morning of
the Foarth of July, while the detail. of
the surrender were lieing completed, bia
regiment was “In rest’’ on the
works, hut a few rods from the relic)
works, which were similsriy filled with
the lounging garrison.
It occurred to Adjutant Warner that
it would boa fine thing to celebrate th'*
day in the old-faahioi.ed way by readin ;
the Declara'ion of Independence.
He had. and still has, a magnificent
round, full voice, and every word of the
grand old document roll»d out plainly
and distinctly on the still July air, and
wax attentively listened to by both frs nd
and foe.
At the conclusion the Union men gave
a ringing cheer, an 1 the other aide re
sponded with a shrill "rebel yell.”
“W bat are you yelling for?” shouted
our bo,' « ; "that’s none of your funeral,”
"We’ve jini. ax much right to it as you
have,” .he Johnnies yelled back.
A botcher of Virginia City, Nevada,
killed a steer whose teeth were complete
ly incrusted with gold and silver bullion.
The animal came from a ranch on Car
son river. It is supposed that the prec
ious metal on its teeth was collected while
drinking lhe water in the river.
Mjh« Russei l, full sister to Maud 8.
has just arrived at Senator Stanford’s
Palo Alto Ranch to be bred to Election
eer. She was sent by the managers of
the Alexander Stock Farm, of Keniucky,
.me of the most prominent breeding es
tablishments in the United States.
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Ti.e great trotter St. Denis, with a
record of 2.231, died in Boston, of lung
fever, Sunday. He waa worth SIO,OOO.
St. Denis was a bay horse by Blue Bull,
dam by Shawhan’s Tom Hal. He was
foaled in 1878 and obtained his record
at Chicago, July 12, 1884.
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Boston hook makers offer the follow
ing odds against the different Base-Ball
League Club* getting first or second
place : New York and Chicago, 7to 5 ;
Boston, Philadelphia, and Detroit, 7 to
1 ; Washington, 25 to 1 ; and Kansas
City, 50 to 1.
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Beautv of the soul never dies, its Immor
tality Is nourished in heaven.
How Io Shorten Life.
The receipt la simple. You have only to take
a violent <mld, ami neglect it. Abernethy, the
groat English surgeon, asked a Indy who told
lilm she only had a cough : “What would
yon have? The plague?” Beware of “only
doughs.” The worst cases can, however, be
cured by Dh \Vm. Hai.i.'h H*w*x fob the
Liiniih. In Whooping Cough and Croup it
iminediatelyallays irritation, and is sure to
prevent a fatal termination of the disease
Hold by druggists.
There is no love so near the genuine quill as
self-love.
A Bonk Like a Tree.
Why is a book liken tree? It is full of leaves.
Dr. Biggers' Huckleberry Cordial leaves the
bowels in their natural condition, and doos
not after checking them, constipate, as many
medicines do.
Mf-nsman's PaiTONiCTm nzse tonic, the only
preparation of beef containing Its entire nutrl-
Uous yirnprsttM. It contains blood-making
force,generating and life-sustaining properties;
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of genera! debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. < 'aawell,Hazard
Co., Proprietors. Now York. Sold by druggists
Lua’s SpitiMis, East Ti nnessec, r < a-on
able and first-class (tumtner resort. See ad’vt.
Bronchitis is o'red by frequent small doses
of Ptao's Cure for Consumption.
DYSPEPSIA
Is a dangwroi** am well an distressing complaint If
Mwler&d M tends. by impairing nutrition, and de
pressing the v»nc <rf the ayakuu. to prepare the way
tor Rapid Decline. —■
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• Quickly and orennletely (nre* IlyMM'prln tn all
ite forma. llrnriaarH, Hrlrhhtg. TaMhg the
etc. Il enrich— and purifleethe him*! rrinni
lale* the appetite, and aide the aaatmilatam of fund.
Mr W.t Wyatt, a well-known builder. M'«t
gvmery. Ala., Mja "I have ban a sufferer with Dye
pepei* for eight year*. I hare tried various rvroe
dw» without much rebel Brown's Iron Ritters has
entire!) cured me I cheerfully recommend it.’*
Mh J M KtNnKKOF.K. c»r I’hdip and Magarin
Ru . New Orleans, la, says ” For some time i was
a martyr to Dyspepsia and tried various remedies
will>o*ll relief. I used Brown a Iron Bitters, and 1 am
now enjoying e» owl lent health and do recommend it,"
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taste* than any «in can pick.
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ages, head gtama fw mM rarUet. lars. AAaraei,
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home bathing, boating, driving, etc. Send f<«r iilus
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EXTENSIVE CIGAR lAKUFACTURS ABOL
ISH lENEMINT HOUSE WORK.
“ Three cheers for Kerb* A Spf«s« 1”
"homed an enthusiastic cigar-maker at the
meetirg of the delegates of the five C gar-
Makers’ In'ernational Unions in this < ity,
■at No. 64 East Fourth s'reet, last night.
Three times three were given with a vn bi
the 200 delegates One of the officers
made the following statement, which
will, it is believed, make the cig-u
--; makers also want to shout- About twr
..eecks ago Mew, KERBS <j‘ SPIESS
; who conduct one of the iarrjest cigar Man
ufactories in this city, end are one of the
oldest firms in the business, notified our
| cr.mmittre that they wanted to see us. On
toiuv to tie fuC’ory, at the corner of Seer nd
avenue and Fifty-fourth street, we had a
talk with the members of the firm. Mr.
Kerbs told us he was tired of dirty compe
tition which only meant taking advantage
of the workingmen for the benefit of mid'
dkmen, and was an injury to the trade.
Asa business man he saw it was to his in
terest to be a friend of organized labor, and
he wanted to learn how he could become so
We of course replied thal it was an easy
matter. All he won'd have to do was to
make his factory a Union shop and procure
the International Union Label. We held
several meetings, the result of which was
that he went over the bdl of prices paid oy
tho firm, and amended it to conform with the
union scale. It was originally the highest
in the city fnr domestic work, but to bring
it up to the Union’s standard, it was in”
creased from 20 to 60 cents a thousand.
This the firm agreed to. Another condi
tion necessary was that they should abolish
tenement house work, and this, too, the firm
conceded 1 should mention that the five
houses belonging to the firm are among the
finest in the city, well kept and ventilated,
and the occupants arc the most intelligent
tenement-house workers to be found, being
mostly Germans. The prices paid are in
advance of those of any other tenement
house factory. By giving up the tenement
homes it will decrease the present capacity
of the output by the 6rm at least one-third,
and will give employment to a much preater
number of men ar good wages. KERBS#
SPI ESS also agreed to reduce tho hours
of labor, as provided lor by new constitu
tion, to nine a day, until May 1, and after
that to eight a day. When new brands ol
of cigars aie introduced, the price is to be
agreed upon by the Arbitration Committee
of the Union. Only members of the Inter
national Union are, to be employed That
is in accordance with our constitution,
when a manufacturer desires to use our
label. In consideration of the firm's atml
i«hing the tenement-houses, we agreed to
it’s opening a floor for the manufacture of
cheaper brands of cigars, the number of
employees in which are *o be restrict ,
and a proportionate reduction will be made
in their number when any discharges are
made, because of the depression of trade in
tne, other departments. In this department,
on the lower grades, prices have been ad
vanced from $1.30 to $1.60 a thousand over
those paid tithe tenement-house workers
—higher, in fact, than the prices off red by
the Manufacturers’ Association for some of
their brands."
‘ The firm,” continued the spea' er, “were
members of lhe Association, and worked
actively to bring about a uniform scale of
prices in the city, but they wanted the scale
raised to their standard, and when the as
sociation resolved on a sweeping reduction,
they‘bolted,’. Kerbsand Sptess will em
ploy between 500 and 600 hands. Their
action will show the public that good wages
can be paid the workingmen and the man
ufacturers will still make money.”
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KERBS & SPIESS’
CELEBRATED
PREMIUM CIGARS,
The best sc. Cigar in the World
For ta’e wholesale by
A . CJ. Howard <fc Co.
Sole Agents, Atlanta, Georgia,
An<l by all Responsible Retail Dealers.
Workingmen, ask'’our friends to Imy the
celebrated K. & S.’s PREMIUM CIGAR.
Messrs. Henry P. Scales & Co.,
Kimball Home, Atlanta, Georgia, are sole
Agents for the following celebrated brands
made by us .
Georgia Bonds, Slawsou’s Success, Para
disc. Cignrroa, Scales’ No. 9, R d Strings
La Magdalena, Advertiser First Pick. Bju
qnet de Key West, Squire. Critic, Sweet
Home, end numerous other brands.
W. R. Shropshire,
43 Broad street, is sole agent for the follow
ing brands: True Live, Trinidad. No. 43,
Old Sinner, Arctic, Parisanna, Royal
Flavor.
Benjamin Bros. & Co.
Correr Broad ard Marietta streets, are sole
agents for the iiliowing brand.?: Purity,
Snap. Chips. Laßelle Flora, Liver Regula
tor, Royal Pansy and Minerva.
A. F. Fleming,
No. 30 Wall street, is sole agent for lhe
following brands: Crack Shot, High Toned,
Monuments, Hayle’s Pet.
J. Steinheimer & Co.,
52 Wbit< hall st., solo agents for the famous
SPRI NG GARDEN cigar, the best five cent
cigsr in the market.
The following brands manufactured by us
are kept constantly in stock by
Messrs. A. G. Howard & Co.
Corner Broad and Alabama ata., Atla its’;
Master Stroke, Strictly Business, Mirabifo
Pitana, Town Gossip, 4—11—44, Howard ,
Paola, Marchali Neil, Jones’ Ratt’er, I-a
Flor de Seville, and many others.
J. J. Hall,
14 N. Broad street, is sole agent for the
celebrated ‘ Jack Pot” five cent cigar.
P. & G. T. Dodd,
are sole agents for Our Boys, Arcade and
South cigars.
TOLBERT. HOYT A 00. are sole agents
for Fenn s Best five cent cigar.
Ask yo ur dialer for Kerbs & Spiees’ Ci
gar. They employ only UNION LABOR-
KERBS & SPIESS,
‘ 1014, 1016, 1018, and 1020 2d ata.
NEW YORK.
PRECIOUS STONES.
Th* Search for Them in the
United States.
Extent of the Discovery of Diamonds and
Other Gem Stones.
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It is a remarkable circumstance that,
»1 though this country is so rich in miner
al resources, and the world draws from
us a great part of its supply of the prec
ious metals, we have, so far, discovered
here only an insignificant quantity of
precious stones. The total value of the
gems proper mined in the United States
I in 1884 was less than thirty thousand
dollars, and yet we imported during the
i same year more than nine million dollars’
I worth of diamonds an<’ other precious
stones.
The subject is elaborately treated by
Mr. George F. Kunz in a recent volume
on “The Mineral Resources of the Uni
ted States,” published by the Govern
ment, and his paper iontains an array of
facts of very great and peculiar interest.
Diamonds, it seems, have been found in
various parts of the country, but chiefly
■ in California anti North Carolina, though
the largest diamond yet discovered here
i was dug up by a laborer, thirty or more
years ago, in Manchester, Virginia. This
■ stone not at first recognized, weighed
i originally 23 3-4 carats, and when reduced
by cutting, 11 11-16 carats, and it was
i deemed so valuable that at one time
$6,000 was loaned on it, though now,
| because of its undesirable color and cer
tain imperfections, it is not worth more
i than a twentieth part of that sum.
The California diamonds found in fif
teen or twenty different places, the most
i prolific being Cherokee Flats, Butte
: county, arc of all the colors known in the
stone, white, yellow, straw, and rose,
| but they are generally very small, rang
ing in value from ten to fifty dollars each.
The largest, discovered at French Corral,
weighed 71-4 carats, and many are unearth
ed whose value in the rough is not less
than one hundred dollars. Diamonds
are also found in North Carolina in asso
ciation with the flexible sandstone, called
I itacolumite, which is peculiar to that
State, where, too, sapphires of notable
brilliancy have appeared. A sapphire
found at Jenks Mine, in Franklin county,
B one of the finest known specimens of
tho emerald green variety, and because
of its great rarity is probably worth one
thousand dollars.
Fine specimens of chrysoberyl, a stone
which sometimes is almost equal in ap
pearance to the yellow diamond, and is
principally obtained in Brazil and Ceylon,
have been found in different parts of New
England, New York, and the Southern
States, and the spinel, a beautiful gem,
which is often sold for Oriental rubjg is
distributed in the same way. The best,
crystals of topaz come from the Platte
Mountains in Colorado, one of these,
weighing 125 carats, being an extraordi
narily fine gem. Only insignificant quan
tities of emeralds and beryls have been
found within our boundaries, but garnets,
which, although smaller, are equal to the
best of Africa and Ceylon, are discovered
on the Colorado River platoau. The
amethyst is quite common in New Eng
land, and appears in several places in the
Southern States. One specimen, found
near Cheshire, in Connecticut, rivals in
color the best amethysts of Siberia, but the
most remarkable native amethyst is that
lately deposited in the National Museum
by Dr. Lucas. It is a turtle-shaped pre
historic cutting 2 3-4 inches in length, 2
inches in width, and 11-2 inches in thick-/
ness, is transparent and flawless.
Os all the gem stones, however, the
greatest revenue, in 1884 ten thousand
dollars, comes from smoky quartz, the
finest specimens of which are found at
Bear Creek, in Colorado. There are also
many beautiful examples of the less val
uable stones which are in demand for
cabinet collections, such as the green
feldspar, or Amazon stone, found at
Pike’s Peak.
j But, so far, comparatively little atten
tion has been paid to the search for prec
ious stones in the United States, tb*tf, i
their use is much more general among
our people than among those of other
countries. Very likely if the hunt was
pursued methodically and persistently we
should not be sending millions abroad
annually to buy diamonds, sapphires, ru
bies, emeralds, and other brilliant and
I beautiful stones for the adornment of our
women, and to lend additional glory to
the Aiderman, the ward politician, the
hotel clerk, and the barkeeper. Yet,
however great the results obtained from
from such a search, the actual profit de
rived from the industry would probably
fail to justify and properly reward the
labor expended upon it.—JV<w York Sun.
Hancock’s Humor.
The late General Hancock was not
much given to humorous declarations,
but he said one exceedingly good thing
in that line at Gettysburg. At a certain
1 stage of that great battle it happened that
some subordinate officer, acting upon his
own responsibility, disregarded ordinary
military rules and caused a decided ad
vantage to be gained where, according to
West Point philosophy, a disaster should
have ensued. Hancock was both pro
voked and delighted. “If I knew the
fool who ordered that movement," he ax
claimed, “I would have him brevetted 1”
ML 2>vs4» <?We-jDeww>craL
A Fifty-Tea Hammer.
There is a nirious personality In ham
mers and •workmen like to give them
names. There are 82 steam hammers in
the Krupp works, of from 400 pounds
weight to 50 tons. The largest is * ‘Fritz,"
whose 50 tons fall on an anvil and anvil
block weighing together 1.250 tons,these
resting on a foundation 100 feet deep.
The next in size is named “Max.” It
would require a poet like him who sang
the “Song of the Bell’’ rightly to descrilie
the action of “Fritz,” and I do not won
der that the Emperor, on his visit here,
presented the worker of this hammer
with a watch. I observed “Fritz” for
some time at work upon the steel stem of
an Austrian iron clad, the Ferdinand
Max. The metal was from one casting,
without seam or weld, 45 feet long and
of 25 tons weight. Four men with long
clamps managed the red hot mass, swung
over the anvil by a crane. They turned
it readily this way and that, the foreman
at each pause uttering a signal which
“Fritz” understood, answering with a
soft tap, or a gentle pressure, or with an
earthquake. I was curious to see the an
vil block which supplemented? the ability
of the earth to sustain such shocks
through a length of time, and was pres
ently shown one which, after twenty-one
years of thumping, had cracked straight
through from top to bottom—possibly
beneath some gentle stroke which was
the last feather to break its huge back.
Krupp does not make plates for iron
clads, but only such parts as might be
needed for ordinary ships.
Having lit our cigars on the Austrian
iron clad, we proceed to observe the op
erations of “Max” and other hammers.
One of these I saw giving 300 tremend
ous strokes a minute. “Max” was en
gaged in welding “hard” iron (though
this is more ductile than the other). To
nice distinctions between iron and iron
“Max” is indifferent; his big bow legs
arch above a tower of pieces built on his
anvil, and with crushing blows of his
mighty fist he makes a hundred plates
one. However, though they seem one
and act together, in the end it will be
proved that they are not one; no con
ceivable force can weld into one differ
ent organizations of atoms. To be thor
oughly united they must be filtered and
refined in the crucible. The central part
of railway wheels is made by welding,
but the tires are made without welding.
The nave of the wheel is of wrought
iron, which is placed beneath a hammer
of suitable shape, and at the third blow
the wheel is shaped. The tire is cut
from a long round mass of steel—6 or 8
from one casting—when it is called a
“cheese;” it is flattened, punched in the
centre with an eight inch die, strung on
a horse anvil and there beaten until it
becomes a tire, and ready for the fluting
’process which adapts it to the rail.
Harper's Magazine.
A Fatal Worm in a Woman’s Lnng.
During the year 1857 or 1858, one of my
neighbors had a negro woman taken sick.
As he was a man who read, observed and
thought, he rarely ever called in a physi
cian to treat an ordinary disease in his
family. But this case baffled his skill
and I was called in to advise with him
The woman had been sick about a week,
all the time suffering the most excruciat
ing pain and. referring to her hip joint,
and for several days her cries had been
almost incessant. Blisters had been ap
plied and the usual constitutional treat
ment for acute diseases of the hip joint,
but to no purpose. I will never forget
tiie unspeakable agony expressed in her
countenance. Her breathing was hurried.
Her cries feeble, yet heart rending. An
examination revealed no soreness or swell
ing about the hip, and it was evident
that she had mislocated the pain. Aus
cultation and percussion showed that
there was an occlusion of the air cells
throughout the right lung. She died
that night. An autopsy revealed next
day no trace of disease in the hip, but
exhibited a worm one and three-quarter
inches long iu her lung. It was white,
flat, with a black head, resembling close
ly the common wood sawyer. Such
wtrms I have seen in the inud of springs
and branches. I suppose she swallowed
drinking. I traced tho track
of the intruder through the coats of her
stomach into her liver, thence back
through her diaphragm into her lung.
What will appear most strange to the
physician, she neither coughed or expec
torated. I refor the incredulous to Col
onel W. H. Mattox, his father, and Uncle
John W. Mattox, who witnessed the
autopsy, saw the worm and his path of
destruction.
Mr. W. C. Smith, a few days ago, sug
gested the publication of the above. He
handed his daughter Ethel some water in
a mug. After she had drank he discov
ered a worm, such as described, in the
bottom of the mug. How thankful
should we all feel that she did not swal
low it, and how careful we should be
when drinking.— Elberton (Ga.) Leader.
Wanted to Hear Him Talk.
Enfant Terrible (jumping into visitor’s
lap): You’re Mr. Noodleby, ain’t you?
Noodleby: Yes, dear, that’s my name.
E. T.: Well, I want to hear you
talk.
Noodleby: And why, my prettydearl
E. T.: ’Cause pa says you talk like a
jackass, and I never heard one.— Ramb
ler.
FXKAKILR
Os the Kalrhte of Leber at North A®trice
To tkt Cftblic t
Tb” alarming development end ajrcn*-
ti'er.cKs of jtrat cgpitaluu and corpora
tions. unless chw ked. will inevitably lead to
tho pauperization and hopeless degradation
of the toiling masses.
It is imperative, if wo desire to enjov tne
full blessings of life, that a check be placed
upon unjust accumulation and the power
for evil of aggregated wealth.
This much-desired object <an be accom
plished only by the united efforts of those
who obey the divine injunction, “In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
Therefore we have formed, the Order of
Knights of Labor, for the purpose of organ
izing and directing the power of the indus
trial masses, not as a political party, for it is
more—in.it are crystalized sentiments and
measures for the benefit of the whole peop’e
but it should be borne in mind, when oxer- i
eising the right of suffrage, the most of the
objects herein set forth can only be obtained ,
through legislation, and that it is the duty !
of all to assist in nominating and support- :
ing with their votes only such candidates as -
will pledge their support to those measures ;
regardless of party. But no one shall, how ;
ever, be compelled to vote with the ma- '
jority, and calling upon all who believe in '
securing “the greatest good to the greatest ■
number,” to join and assist us, we declare j
to the world that our aims are:
To make industrial aud moral worth, not
wealth, she true standard of individual and
National greatness.
To secure to workers the full enjoyment
of the wealth they create, sufficient leisure
in which to develop their intellectual, moral
and social faculties; all of the benefits, re
creation and pleasures of association; in a
word, to enable them to share in the gains
and honors of advancing civilization.
• In order to secure these results, wo de
mand at the bands of the State:
The establishment of Bureaus of Labor
Statistics, that we may arrive at a correct
knowledge of the educational, moral and
financial condition of the laboring masses.
That the public lands, the heritage of the
people, be reserved for actual settlers; not
another acre for railroads or speculators,
and that all lands now held for speculative
purposes be taxed to their full value.
The abrogation of all laws that do not
bear equally upon capital and labor, and
the removal of unjust technicalities, delays
and discriminations in the administration of
justice.
The adoption of measures providing for
the health and safety of those engaged in
mining, manufacturing and building indus
tries, and for indemnification to those en
gaged therein for injuries received through
lack of necessary safeguards.
The recognition, by incorporation, of
trades’ unions, orders and such other associa
tions as may be organized by the working
masses to improve their condition and pro
tect their rights.
The enactment of laws to compel corpor
ations to pay thfiir employees weekly, in
lawful money, for the labor of the preceding
week, and giving mechanics and laborers a
first lien upon the product of their labor to
the extent of their full wages.
The abolition of the contract system on i
National, State and Municipal works.
The enactment of laws providing for ar
bitration between employers and employed,
and to enforce the decision of the arbi
trators.
The prohibition by law of the employ
ment of children under 15 years of age in
workshops mines and factories.
To prohibit the hiring out of convict
labor.
That a graduated income tax be levied.
And we demand at the hands of Con
gress :
The establishment of a National mone
tary system, in which a circulating medium
at necessary quantity shall issue direct to
the people, without the intervention of
banks; that all tho National issue shall be
fulf legal tender in payment of all debts,
public and private; and that the govern
ment shall not guarantee or recognize any
private banks, or create any banking cor
porations.
That interest-bearing bonds, bills of credit
or notes shall never be issued by the Gov
ernment, but that, when need arises, the
mergency shall be met by issue of legale
tender, non-interest-bearing mdney.
That the importation of foreign labor
under contrast be prohibited.
That, in connection «ith the post-office,
the government shall organize financial ex
changes, safe deposits and facilities for de
posit of the savings of the people in small
sums.j
That the Government shall obtain pos
session, by purchase, under the right of emi
net domain, of all telegraphs, telephones
and railroads, and that hereafter no charter
or license be issued to any corporation for
construction or operation of any menus of
trnnsporting intelligence, passengers or
freight
And while making the foregoing de
mands upon the State and National Gov
ernment, we wifi endeavor to associate our
own labors.
To establish co-operative institutions such '
as will tend to supercede the wage system,
by the introduction of a co operative indus
trial system.
To secure for both sexes equal pay for
equal work.
To shorten the hours of labor by a gen
eral refusal to work for more than eight
hours.
To persuade employers to agree to arbi
trate all differences which may arise 1/:-
tween them and their employees, in order
that the bonds of sympathy between them
may be strengthened and that strikes may
be made unnecessary.
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Hr a Japanrec procre* *r* wred is made
into paper ho transparent that it tnay Im
milwtituted for window-glass. When col
or d it makes an excellent imitation of
stained glass.
A repeating rifle invented by a French
officer, can be loaded with its seven cart
ridges in ten second* and completely dis
charged in four, and it does not require
to be removed from the shoulder until
the magazine is exhausted.
Signor Bombicca supposes the deto
nation of meteors to be that of an ex
plosive gas formed during the surface
heating of the mass in the atmosphere,
and accumulating chiefly in the various
space left behind the mass 4 \n its very
swift flight.
A French journal calls attention to the
rich oil contained in the grains of the
tong-yeou, a tree which grows in China.
This oil is easily extracted by pressure,
has a density of 0.9863, and possesses a
variety of curious properties. It dries
more rapidly than any other known oil.
It has also the power of solidifying under
the action of light and out of contact
with the air.
Accounts show that the saltpetre beds
of Nevada are far better situated for their
development than the nitre region of
South America, which is an arid desert.
Water for all purposes is condensed from
the ocean water and carried to the nitre
fields, fifel being procured from the
mountains in South Chili. In Nevada,
the saltpetre deposits are in the vicinity
of a rich farming country, with an
abundant supply of water and wood
at hand.
In a communication to the Meteorolog
ical society, of Austria, M. G. Ligner has
described the remarkable discovery that
the moon has an influence on a magne
tized needle. The phenomenon is said
to be more prominent when the moon is
nearest to the earth, and to be very
marked when she is passing from the
full to her first or second quarter. The
disturbance reaches a maximum when
the moon is in tho plane of the equator,
and is greater during the southern than
northern declination.
At a recent meeting of the Academy
of Sciences, of Paris, M. Duclaux de
tailed the results of some experiments
which he had made to determine the ef
fect. of sunlight upon the vitality of mi
crobes. He found that a few hours at
exposure to the direct rays of the sun
were sufficient to weaken, and finally to
destroy, the pathogenic micrococci used
in the experiments. He argued, there
fore, that the sun is the best disinfectant
which we possess, the most universal, the
most economical and the most active.
The advancement of geographical
knowledge is now encouraged by ninety
four geographical societies, with nearly
50.000 members, and a total income of
more than a quarter of a million dollars
annually. Os these societies France has
twenty-six,with a membership of 18,000;
Germany, twenty-four, with 9,000. mem
bers; Italy and Switzerland, six, tyich
with 3,000 members; Great Britain and
her colonies, five, with 5,000 members;
the United States, two, with 1,500 mem
bers. There are 126 periodicals devoted
to geography, of which forty-two are
published in French, thirty-eight in Ger
man, eight in Russian, seven in Italian,
six each -
guese, and one each in Danish, Hun
garian, Swedish, Roumanian i»nd Japa
nese.
Profits of Playwrights.
George A. Mortimer, a well-knowi
theatrical agent, said to a Philadelphia
Times reporter: “.Oneof the most suc
cessful playrights in the country is Fred
Marsden, a Philadelphian. He was once
a stock actor at Wood’s museum, Ninth
and Arch streets, at fifteen dollars a
week. He was a failure as an actor.
Then he studied law here. Joe Murphy,
the actor, paid him $10,003 for ‘Kerry
Gow'and ‘Shaun Rhue.’ Murphy luff
made over $150,000 out of these twe
plays. Lotta gave Marsden $5,000 for
the new play of ‘Bob.’ The first week
she played it her share of the receipts
was $7,000. Lotta always buys plays
outright, as a great many wealthy q<ft<jrs
do. Others who have not so much money,
pay royalties to the playwright. Roland
Reed has paid Marsden SII,OOO in
royalties during the last three seasons.
Charles H. Hoyt’s comedies pay well.
They are bright. All have a funny com
'edian, three pretty girls and an old
woman. These are the three essen
tials.”
“Are the dime museums hurting the
regular companies throughout the coun
try ?” was asked.
“Immensely. Not in the large cities,
however, but in cities like Albany, Troy,
and Syracuse, for instance, where three
night stands are made. Some of the
managers are boycotting the actors who
play in dime museums. Dave Bidwell,
one of the richest managers in the coun
try, expressly stipulates in his contracts
that if actors appear at dime museums it
makes void the contract. Maud Gran-* j
ger had a contract with Colonel Sitin're
cently, which he annulled when he
learned that she had been playing in
museums. Miss Granger announced that
she would enter suit against him, but
Sinn paid her $2,000 and stopped pro
ceedings.”
Punishing Children.
“The Punishment of Children” was
the subject of Professor Felix Adler’s re
cent lecture before the society of ethical
culture in Philadelphia. Professor Adfer
said:
“Prolonged study, the experience o' a
lifetime—much less a brief discussba
during a morning hons are hardly teffi
cient tor the complete ma-tery of the de
tails of this most important subject. But
I trust I may lead to an independent in
vestigation of the delicate, manifold
questions involved. Never punish adiild
in anger. Let the anger burning within
| you subside. An angry person in always
. liable to overshoot the mark—can aever
te perfectly just. Whether corporal pun-
I ishment is ever admissible is an open
, question. There are reasons outside of
sentiment against it. Corporal punish
ment tends to brutalize a child; it tands
’ to make children cowards and it blunts
the sense of shame. For our conservs
tiye friends, who are so fond of msis
i taining old institutions because they are
i old, there is one excellence in corporal
punishment; it the ripply o£
. Uu criminal classes.” _