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Some statistician has estimated that
426 , 088,080 railroad ties now rest un¬
der the 161,397 miles of track laid in
the United-States at the present time.
No road uses less than 2640 tiesamile,
and some lines over whichtho traffic i
heavy lay 3816 or more. The average
life of the tie is about live years, so
that the yearly consumption of tics is
about 85,217,616.
Saye the San Francisco Chronicle:
‘The free zone is a standing nuisance
which will perhaps remain unabated
until Mexico becomes part of the
United Stales. The latter event may
not happen soon, but the manifest
destinarians are all firm believers that
the people of North America will one
day find it to their interest to live
under one flag, and something is
bound to come from the belief.”
The Bell telephone patent monopoly
in England has expired, announces the
Scientific American. The patent
there was granted for fourteen years.
Cheap telephones will now prevail in
England the same as in Germany,
where Bell failed to obtain a patent.
In this country the Bell patent will ex¬
pire March 7, 1893, having been origi¬
nally granted March 7, 1876, for a
term of seventeen years.
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A pathetic interest attaches to th«
discovery of the new work by Aristotle
at the British Museum in London,
England. A month ago Moiisieui
Jules BarthelmySt. -Hilaire completed,
as he thought, the translation of Aris¬
totle, which has occupied him for the
last fifty-nine years. If the discovery
is authentic, and of that there seems to
be no doubt, then there lies before the
great French scholar a task which
would be truly herculean for a man
of eighty-five to attempt. His transla
jjxv-fewer, tion, as it stands now, is vdfPF.es. published in
than thirty^fiye 4
The opium traffic is troubling the
people of California. Within eleven
years $8,000,000 worth of the drug
have been imported and seven-eighths
of that was prepared. The legislature
will adopt a resolution calling on Con¬
gress to prohibit ’to importation of
prepared opium and limit the importa
tion of the crude article. The smok¬
ers use the prepared exclusively.
Collector Phelps’ idea is to bar out the
drug altogether and then destroy all
that is seized. “This- will probably
prove a very practical means of bar¬
ring out the Chinese,” observes the
Atlanta Constitution.
The interesting fact that asplialtum
is being made out of crude Ohio pe¬
troleum at the rate of 7600 barrels per
day is of great importance to street
contractors and others. The refiners
of Lima and other grades of petroleum
have discovered that although there is
but from twenty-eight to thirty-six
per cent, of pure white illuminant and
ten per cent, of naphtha and benzine in
the oil there is sixty per cent, of as
phaltum residuum. k Tho Standard Oil
Company refine about 8000 barrels of
crude petroleum daily and the outside
refiners about 4000, making 12,000
ijaily. The output in asplialtum is
profitable enough to i;efiiio for that
product alone.
The dearth of intellectuality among
German army officers,- amounting to
an almost complete suppression of
literary ... aspirations . ,. on ...... their part, . has .
. becn made , the subject , . . of , . .
acrimonious
-
discussion. . It T to , , be
newspaper seems
fact , .„ that German officers
a army con
tribute , ., . far . ... less to military ... literature .
•ihan their English, French and even
Russian colleagues. As a reason is
given the’ -extreme discipline, which
not al6n6 claims nearly all the time of
officers for physical exercises, but also
subjects all their literary efforts, be
fore they can be published, to their
superior officer’s approval. There
was a time, muses the Chicago News,
when the German schoolmaster was
looked upon as the best friend of the
German army, but since the school¬
masters have become liberals the
powers that be may not look as favor¬
ably upon intellectual freedom, and,
least of all, in the army.
LABOR IN CHILI.
Native Laborers are Muscular,
Strong and Hardy.
Chilian Methods of Working are
Primitive, But Practical.
From Theodore Childs’ articlo in
Harper’s describing a coasting voyage
in southern latitudes, we make this
interesting extract about tho native
workmen of Chili:
The next day wo were anchored in
the bay of Coronel. The Osiris was
surrounded by lightors laden with
coal, which was being rapidly shov¬
elled into the bunks by dark-skinned
natives. The white mist that hung
over us made the water look like dull
silver; in the foreground were ships
at anchor and small lighters provided
with winches and nets for dredging
up the bits of coal that fall into the
water while the steamers are loading;
in the background were the wind¬
ing wheels of tho coal pits; the
moles surmounted by trains of coal
trucks; the sickly sulphurous smoke
streams of the inevitable smelting
works; the small town of Coronel
clustered along the sandy black beach;
and behind, the green hills diapered
with mule paths and patches of red
or yellow earth. The meals of the coal
heavers on the foredeck interested
us. Great bowls of beans, lumps of
salt beef and fat, piles of biscuit, and
gallons of coffe# were served out to
them. Each man took what he needed
of the solids, chose his corner on the
rail, over the hatches, or simply on
the bare deck, and ate with no more
comfort than a dog. Then each man
produced a large violet mussel shell,
which he used in lieu of a spoon to
scoop up the beans and drink the
coffee, Let it be remarked
that these coal-heavers earn high
wages; as much as five Chilian dollars,
or say ten shillings gold, a day, and
their food gratis; and yet they remain
little better than good-natured brutes,
taking no strong drinks while they
are at work, but ready for any quan
titv of dissipation after sunset, im¬
provident in the extreme, and willing
to work, and to work well, only when
they have no money left to spend.
While watching those strong muscular
fellows, I had some conversation with
the Russian timber merchant about his
experience of men and things in Chili,
the subject having been led up
to by my remarking tho frequent evi¬
dences of primitiveness in Chilian
methods of working. Speaking of
the great strength and hardiness of the
Chilian native laborer, Herr C. said
that this was still more noticeable in
tho more southern forest dis¬
tricts. At Puerto Montt, for
instance, which is one of the
most important timber ports, the
work is done entirely by hand. The
ti - ees are felled with axes, sawn into
planks on the spot by hand, and the
planks carried to the port from a dis¬
tance of ten or twelve miles balanced
on the shoulder of a man, who goes
along under his burden at a run. None
but native Chilians could do such
work, and, given the absence of roads,
and above all the nature of the work¬
men, all attempts to modernize the
methods of getting out the timber
have failed. Experiments havo been
made in introducing North American
machinery, but without success. The
innovators have invariably lost their
money, and the natives, accustomed to
do everything with their hands,
have in the end wilfully broken the
machinery, in order to have done
with it. 1 mentioned the fact that
the l , Chilian government, as I had been
’
informed, . „ , meditated , the essay of Nor
wegian ° . and , Swedish _ ,. , colonists . in these
■ southern forest regions. Herr TT C. „ was
Of , . . that this scheme utter
opinion was
ly improbable, . _ ,, for the simple
reason
that Scandinavian colonists would re
fuse to live like pigs, as the Chilians
live. The present primitive methods
are tho cheapest and the most practi
ca i.
Sir David Brewster, an eminent
Scotch writer and natural' philospher,
invented the philosophical toy called
^' e kaleidoscope, in 1816. The name
comes from the Greek and meaus “I
see beautiful images.” This optical
instrument is not only a pleasing toy,
but it is of great use to patt ern de¬
signors and others to whom it supplies
an endless variety of figures.
The Best Way to Ventilate.
Eight persons out of ten will en¬
deavor to rid a room of its noxious
gases by making an outlet for the air
near the top of the inclosed space. Tho
result is that tho room is cooled, but
the impurities remain practically where
they wore. The reason is this: As tho
air of a room is heated it rises, but tlie
impure gases, being generally heavier
than ordinary air, settlo to the bottom
of tho room. A great amount of harm
lias been done, in schoolrooms particu¬
larly, by lowering the upper sashes in
windows, thus causing cold drafts
upon the overheated heads of the pu¬
pils. A room is best ventilated when
the heavy and impure air is drawn
gradually away from the lower part
of the room through an opening into
a chimney, the heated walls of which
cause an upward current. An open
fireplace is thus one of tho best venti¬
lators known. When this is not con¬
venient, an opening covered by a grate
should he made in the chimney near
the floor. Low rooms frequently
become so overheated as to re¬
quire an outlet near the top, but
this should be used simply to cool
the room, not to ventilate it. In close
buildings occupied by animals, venti¬
lation can be secured by a close shaft
six or more inches square, according
to the size of the room, extending
from within about twelve inches of
the floor up through the roof of the
building. The wind blowing across
the top of this will cause an upward
current, which will draw off the im¬
pure air.
Interesting experiments can be
made by testing the effectiveness of
various kinds of ventilation. Let the
doors of a room be closed to keep out
drafts; then with delicate tissue paper
cut in long strips and held by one end,
or with a lighted candle, note the out¬
ward current of air through an open¬
ing near the floor into a heated
chimney, or from the room. into an
open fire. Note also the outward cur¬
rent of the upper air when a window
is lowered, and at the same time the
downward rush of cold air to the floor
near the window. If a sleeping room
has been closed all night, as too many
sleeping rooms areygo out into the
pure air for fifteen minutes; then go
back into tho closed room, and note
the unpleasant change. The first
seed of disease are too often sown in
mi ventilated bedrooms.— [ American
Agriculturist.
How Danny Lost a Coat.
He walked down to the end of the
pier where the stevedores were work¬
ing, and looked sadly at the water.
“How deep is it here?” he asked one
of the men.
“I dunno.”
“Do you think it’s deep enough to
drown a man ?”
“I guess.”
“Well, anyplace is good enough for
me,” he said, despairingly, as he began
to strip off his coat and vest.*
“Are yez goin’ ter jump?” asked one
of the stevedores.
“Yes, I’m tired of life.”’
“Thot coat an’ wescott will fit my
Danny.” 1
“It will, hey? Well,' your Danny
can have it if some one doesn’t come
along and jerk me out of the water.”
“Jerk ye out, is it? Shure, an’
there’s no danger of .that. The Iastfel
ley that went over there wuz a gnrrul,
and she tv.uz bit in two paces with wan
bite ov a big shark so quick that she
never let a squeak'outhf her.”
The young man who wanted to die
walked to the edge of the dock and
looked earnestly at the water. Then
he put on his coat and vest and walked
away.
“Ef I had kept me mouth sliut I’d
had a foine coat an' wescott fur
Danny. It’s me mouth that’s always
gettin’ me into (hrubble. Giv us ! a
hand wid de bale, Moike.”—[New
York Sun.
A Personal Reflection.
“When I look at our honored
guest,” exclaimed the orator of the
evening, “and remember how lie rose
from a humble position to be the pres¬
ident of this vast corporation I realize
forcibly the truth of. the saying that
thei e is-always room at tho top.”
The president of the vast corpora¬
tion, a gentleman with a large bald
spot on the top of his head, made a
memorandum in a little notebook,and
the wages of that young orator have
never been raised.—[Chicago Tribune.
THE GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN
NERVINE TONIC
AND
Stomaeh^Liver Cure
The Most Astonishing Medical Discovery, ot
the Last One Hundred Years.
It Is Pleasant to'the Taste as the Sweetest Nectar.'
It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk.
This wonderful Nervine Tonic Las onlv recently been introduced Into
this country by the Great South American Medicine Company, and yet it*
great value as a curative agent has long been known by the native inhab¬
itants of South America, who rely almost wholly upon its great medicinal
powers to cure every form o f disease by which they are overtaken.
This new and valuabl a> South American medicine possesses powers and
qualities hitherto unknown to the medical profession. This medicine ha*
completely solved the problem of the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaint, and diseases of the general Nervous System. It also cures all
for ms of failing health from whatever cause. It performs this by the Great
Nervine Tonic qualities which it possesses and by its great curative power*
upon the digestive organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy and
compares with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder
6trengthener of the life forces of the human body and as a great renewer of
a broken down constitution. It is also of more real permanent value in the
treatment and cure of diseases of the Lungs than any ten consumption for rem¬
edies ever used on this continent. It is a marvelous cure nervousnes*
of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching the critical period known
as change in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonic almost
constantly for the space of two or three years. It will carry them inestimably safely
over the danger. This great strengthener and curative is of
value to the aged and infirm, because its great energizing properties will
give them a new hold on life. It will add ten or fifteen years to the lives of
ma ny of those who will use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year.
CURES
Nervousness and Broken Constitution,
Nervous Prostration, Debility of Old Dyspepsia, Age, ^
Nervous Headache and Indigestion and
Sick Headache, Heartburn and Sour Stomach,
Female Weakness, Weight and Tenderness in Stomach,
All Diseases of Women, Loss of Appetite,
Nervous Chills, Dizziness Frightful and Dreams, Ringing _ in the Ear*,
Paralysis, Nervous Paroxysms and Weakness of Extremities and
Nervous Choking Fainting, Impure and Impoverish d Bloea.
Hot Flashes, Boils and Carbuncles, o -
Palpitation of the Heart, Scrofula,
Mental Sleeplessness, Despondency, Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers,
St. Vitus’s Dance, Consumption of the Lungs,
Nervousness of Females, Catarrh of the Lungs, Chronic Cough,
of Old Age, Bronchitis and ‘
Nervousness Liver Complaint,
Neuralgia, Heart, Chronic Diarrhoea,
Pains in the Delicate and Scrofulous Children,
Pains in the Back, . Summer Complaint of Infants.
Failing Health. this wonderful Nervine .ionic.
All these and many other complaints cured by
NERVOUS DISEASES.
As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able
to compare with the Nervine Tonic, which is very pleasant and harmless m
all its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most delicate individ¬
ual. Nine-tenths ©f all the ailments to which the human family is heir, are
dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired digestion. When there is an,
insufficient supply of nerve food in the blood, a general state of debility of
the brain, spinal marrow and nerves is the result. Starved nerves, lika
starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied, As and the
a thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear as the nerves recover.
nervous system must supply the all first tho power suffer by for which want the of vital perfect forces nutrition. of .the
body are Carried on, it is to
Ordinary food does not contain a sufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment
n pessary to repair the wear our present mode ot living and labor impose*
upon the nerves. For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food he
supplied. This recent production of the South A merican Continent has been
found, by analysis, to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue
is formed. This accounts for its magic power to cure all forms of nervous
Crawfordsyille, Ind., Aug. 20,’St'
To the Great South American Medicine Co.:
De. r Gents I desire to say to you that I
have suffered for many years, with a ven-seri¬
ous disease of the stomach and nerves. I tried
every medicine I could hear of until but I nothing ad
done me any appreciable South good American Nervine waB
vised to try vour Great and
Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, since
using several bottles of It I must say that I am
surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the
stomach and general nervous system. If every¬
one knew the value of this remedy as I do, you
would not be able to supply the demand.
J. A. Hardee,
Montgomery Co.
SWORN CURE FOR ST. VITUS’S DANCE OR CHOREA.
Crawfordsville, Ind., May had 19, 1886. af¬
My daughter, twelve months years with old, Chorea been St.
flicted for several or
Vitus’s Dance. She was reduced to a skeleton,
could not walk, could not talk, had could handle not swal¬ her
low anything but milk. I to
like an infant. Doctor and neighbors gave her
up. I commenced giving her the South Ameri¬
can Nervine Tonic; the effects were very sur¬
prising. In three days she was rid of the ner¬
vousness. and completely. rapidly improved. I think Four the bottles South
cured her grandest remedy
American Nervine the recommend ever
discovered, and would it to every¬
one. Mrs. W. a L'nsjungkb.
fit u Montgomery te of Indiana, County, \... f ’
, Subscribed and to before me ..... this May
sworn Fublio.
19 Chas. M. Travis,
INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA.
The Great South American Nervine Tonic
Which wo now offer you, Indigestion, is the only Dyspepsia, absolutely and unfailing the remedy ever discov¬
ered for the cure of vast train of symptom*
and horrors which are the result of disease and debility of the human stom¬
ach. No person can afford to pass by this jewel of incalculable value who »
affected by disease of the Stomach, because the experience and testimony of
thousands go to prove that this is tho One and only one great cure in th*
world for this universal destroyer. There is no case of unmalignant diseas#
of the stomach which can resist the wonderful curative powers of the South
American Nervine Tonic.
Every Bottle Warranted.
Price, Large 18 Ounce Bottles, $!.25.Trial Site, 15 cents.
1STEILL Sc ALMOND,
Sole Wholesale and Retail Agents
FOR HARALSON COUNTY. CA.
Mr. Solomon Bond, a member of the Society
of Friends, of Darlington, Ind., says: “I havo
used twelve bottle* of The Great South Ameri¬
can Nervine Tonic and Stomach bottle and did Liver for Cure,
and I consider dollars that every me I hava one
hundred worth of good, for because
not had a good irritation, night’s sleep pain, horrible twenty dreams, year*
on account of which
and general nervous prostration, and dys¬ ha£
been pepsia caused the by stomach chronic and indigestion by broken down
of a
condition of my nervous system. But now lean
lie down I feel and like sleep all night as sweetly 1 as a baby, think
and a sound man. do not
there has ever been a medicine introduced into
this country which will at all compare with
this Tonic a* a cure for the
Crawfordsville, Ind., June 22,1887.
My daughter, eleven years old, was severely
afflicted with St. Vitus’s Dance or Chorea. We
gave her three and one-half bottles of South
American Nervine and she is completely re¬
stored. I believe It will cure every case of Si.
Vitus’s Dance. I have kept it’in my family for
two years, and am sura it is tho greatest rem¬
edy in the world for Indigestion and Dyspep- Failing
sia. all forms of Nervous Disorders and
Health from whatever cause.
John t. Man.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this June
22, 1887. Chas. W. Wright,
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