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About The North Platte tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1890-1894 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1894)
A DETROITBUUDER. PORTRAIT OF A LADY J f1; ! SCIENTIFIC MASTERS. Tin , herself in a heavy armchair a few ftot I ' TELLS STORY A OF REMARKABLE HIS LIFE. CAME TO DETKOIT ABOUT FORTY YEA US AGO. Levi Elsej's Experience Worthy Serious Attention. From the Detroit Evcnlnz New Away out Gratiot Avenue, far from the dm and Uirmoil of the business cen- u l, uicre are man- attractive homes. Ihe interseetin? streets are wide, clean and shaded by large leaf-covered trees, and the people you meet are typical of industry, economy and honest toil. I here are many pretty residences, but none more inviting- in its neatness and home-like comfort than that of Mr. Lex-i Elsey, the well-known builder and contractor, at 74 Moran street just off GratioL 3Ir. Elbey is an old resi dent of Detroit, having moved here about forty years ago. He has erected hundreds of houses in different parts of the city, and points with pride 10 such ..o .uceu uerrv K Alc.Uullau znu Campaw block's in'which he dis p.ayed his ability as a suDerint.ndPnt ;I have seen Detroit row from a village to a city," he observed yester day m conversation with the writer. ouuxuuu l mime mereare s mnnv tnwns in America to-day equal to it in point of umui.. l unow almost evervbodv in the city, and an incident which" re cently happened in mv life has inter ested all my friends. "It is now about eightyears ago since I was stricken down witii my first case of illness. One cold, blustering day I was down town and through my nat ural carelessness at that time I per mitted myself to get chilled right through. When I arrived home that evening 1 felt a serious pain in my left leg. 1 bathed it that night, but by morning I found it had grown worse. In fact it was so serious tiiat 1 sent for my family physician, and he informed me that i was suffering from varicose veins. 3!y leg swelled up to double its .natural size and the pain increased in volume. The agony was simply awfuL 1 was laid up and never left my bed for eight weeks. At times I felt as though 1 would grow frantic with pain. -My leg was bandaged and was propped up in the bed at an angle of 30 degrees in order to keep the blood from flowing to my extremeties. I had several doctors attending me, but I believe my own jndgment helped me better than theirs. After a seige of two months I could move around, still 1 was on the sick list and had to doctor myself for years. 1 was never really cured and suffered any amount of an guish. "About two years ago I noticed an nrticle in the Evening News about my friend, Mr. Northrup. the Woodward Avenue merchant. In an interview with him he stated that he had used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple and that they cured him. I knew him very well, having built his house ont Woodward Ave., and I thought I would follow his suggestion. 1 must confess I did so with marvelous success. From the time I began to take the Pink Pills I felt myself growing to be a new man. They acted on me like a magical stimulant The pain departed and I soon was as strong and healthy as ever. Before trying the Pink Pills I had used any amount of other medi cine witkoHt any noticeable "benefit. Bat the Pills cared, at and I was my elf again. t 4Vhea a person finds himself re lieved aad a joying- health he is apt to, expose himself again to another attack of illness. Some three months ago I stopped taking the Pink Pills, and from the day I did so, I noticed a change in my condition. A short time since I renewed my habit of taking them with the same beneficial results which met me formerly. I am again nearly as strong as ever, although I am a'man about )0 years of age. 1 tell you, sir, the Pink Pills are a most wonderful medicine and if they do as well in other cases as they did in mine they are the best in the world. I freely recommend them to any sufferer." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements nec essary to give nwc life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head ache, the after effect of la grippe, pal pitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, (50 cents a box, or six boxes for S2. SO they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by ad dressing Dr. Williamsr Medicine Co., Schenectady. 2. Y. Some little things of value : If your coal fire is low. throw in a table-spoonful of salt, and it will help it very much. A little ginger put into sausage meat improves the flavor. In icing cakes dip the knife into cold water. In boiling meat for soup, nse cold water to extract the juices. Jf the meat is wanted for itself alone, plunge it into the boiling water at once. You can get a bottle or barrel of oil off any carpet or woolen stuff by applying buckwheat plentiful ly. Never put water to such a grease spot, nor liquid of any kind. Broil steak without salting. Salt draws the juices in cooking; it is desirable to keep these if possible. Cook over a hot fire, turning frequently, searing both sides; place on a platter, salt and pepper to taste. Beef having a tenden-1 cy to oe tougn can oe maae very palat able by stewing gently for two hours with salt and pepper, taking about a pint of the liquor when half done,, and letting the rest boil into the meat. Brown the meat in the pot. After tak ing up, make a gravy of the pint of liquor saved. A small piece of char coal in the pot with boiling cabbage re moves the smell. Glean oilclothes with milk and water; a brush and soap will ruin them. Tumblers that have milk in them should never be put in hot water. A spoonful of stewed toma toes in ihe gravy of either roasted or fried meats is an improvement. The skin of a boiled egg is the most effica cious remedy that can be applied to a boil.' Peel it carefully, wet and apply co the part affected. It will draw out ihe matter and relieve the soreness in a few hours. AfTraid of the Women. Captain Joe Waters says in a letter declining to engage in a debate -with the Populist Women's club of Topeka: "No power on earth is .strong enough to compel me to dispute with a woman. If any of them desire to fight me, I at once display a flag of truce and uncon ditionally surrender. As a lawyer I carry this further. Under no stress, no compulsion, no apparently mag nificent opportunity for me to air my art, will I ever cross examine a woman who is a witness against me, and in this I think I have a wisdom beyond 2Jr. Butterworth." Chicago Herald. In the summer of '8S I wns employ ed to look after sonic legal business at Boone Court House, W. Ya. Leav ing the railroad at Brownstown and taking directions and a horse from my landlord at that point, I set out through the mountains early in the afternoon, expecting to reach Baciue in time for supper. As the afternoon, waned, however, I noticed that the road became constant ly rougher and apparently more unfre quented, until it was .little more than a deserted pathway that crossed and recrossed the gravelly bed of a dry creek, in a mad effort to remain in the narrow valley that wound cireuitously among the mountains, whose black tim bered summits seemed to stretch high er and higher above rac in the gather ing twilight. It being a cloudy day I was completely mystified as to the points of the compass, and it now be came evident to me that 1 had in some manner missed my way. I had al ready gone too far to retrace my steps before nightfall, so that unless 1 speed ily found shelter I would be obliged to pass the night in the open air. Being in no wise pleased with this prospect I concluded to press on a lit tle farther before abandoning the quest and had barely formed this resolution when a bend in the pathway brought me into full view of what appeared to be a large, square Southern mansion surrounded by trees and situated a lit tle way tip the slope of a remarkably lofty mountain that rose precipitously behind it. A nearer approach revealed an out ward appearance of overgrowth and di lapidation. The fcjicc had fallen down in several places; the open gate was barely supported by its rusty hinges; the yard was a mass of weeds. The condition of the house I could not de termine in the dim light made dimmer by the heavy shadows of the trees. Between the tall weeds and briars there was a wide stone walk leading from the gate to the front door. The prospect was not an inviting one, but as my situation had become somewhat desperate I determined if possible to obtain accommodations for the night. .uy repeated kiiocks ciicteu no re sponse beyond a hallow echo, and con cluding the place to be deserted. I tried the door. Somewhat to my surprise it yielded, the rusty hinges creaking terribly as I pushed it wide open. As I entered I was greeted by that mustv. lifeless odor common to places long closed and uninhabited. I had matches with me, and striking one I looked about me. x was in a wiue nan. $erorc me a dark staircase, whitened with dust, led to rooms above. To the left and right were closed doors, and attached to the white casement of the latter was a lit tie DracKet canueiaDra containing a cluster of six half-consumed wax can dles. Lighting two of these. I took one of them from the holder and opening the door at my right entered Toe room in which I found myself was apparently the parlor of the de serted mansion. The dust-covered haircloth furniture, which had evi dently been for many years undisturb ed, was of a style massive and once much in vogue. A number of paint ings and engravings were upon the walls in tarnished gilt frames. A large chandelier suspended in the center of the rooom was of elaborate workman ship. The floor was covered with a heavy .matting the exact nature of which I could hardly determine, owing t the thick covering of dust. Passing a to an adjoining room. I was not diMppoiBted-iB-tnding It to fee a large feedreeM with aM the 'appointments peculiar to an old-time Soutltern home of wealth. I aprpached the tall cano pied bed in the opposite corner and drew back the curtains; it was ready for the guests for which it had so long waited. The bedding was yellow with age, but the canopy had protected it from the dust. It had not been occu pied for years. I confess I was possessed with a sense of awe amid these surroundings, but not being of a timid nature I de termined to pass the night beneath this roof in preference to enduring the heavy fog that always gathers at night in these mountains. Leaving my can dle lighted, I now returned to my horse and arranged his bridle-rein so that he could eat the grass for a con siderable space about him; then re moving the saddle I returned with it to my strange quarters. Prying open one of the croaking win dows and its heavy shutters to let fresh air into the musty apartment, I fastened back the draperies of the tall bed and drew back the long unused bedding, the odor of which reminded me of cerements. To relieve this some what I covered the pillow with my coat, and removing my outer garments I lay down, for I was greatly fatigued witfi riding, an exercise to which I was totally unaccustomed. My candle I had, with a few drops of melted wax, affixed to a small table near the center of the room, and hav ing no desire to remain in darkness in this lonely place. I left it burning. As I lay there wondering at ray strange surroundings and not altogeth er free from a sense of fear at the si lence and shadows of the deserted place. I now noticed for the first time that beyond my candle and a little to the left there hung against the parti tion wall separating the two rooms, a full-length portrait of a lady. The picture was an oil painting and the execution admirable. It was fully life size, and the -frame that inclosed it wide and elaborate, although now tar nished and dusty. But it was the figure itself that most attracted me. The face was that of a woman not beyond 20 years of age, and beautiful in the extreme. Her hair was a wealth of glistening gold; her dress that of a bride. The picture appeared tot have suffered but little from age, arid the light as it fell upon it made the view from my position remarkably good. As I lay there in si lent contemplation of this beautiful portrait, I forgot any inci pient fears that had hover ed about me, and fell to specula ting upon the history of this deserted house, and the story of that fair bride. I was too tired to muse long; my eye lids grew heavier and I caught myself mingling fact and fancy without being able to distinguish them. Then I fell asleep. I do not know what time it was when I woke, but it -must have been very late, for I noticed that the candle had burned low and was flaring widely as ironi a uraugnt. at tnat moment aj fear came upon me such as I had never known. An iceness seemed creeping over my body, beginning at ray feet and extending rapidly upwards. I was trmbling as with an ague. A slight rustling sound from the next room attracted me, and turning my eyes involuntarily in that .direction, I almost expired from fear, for into the chamber, her head bowed, and wring ing her hands in evident distress of mind, there entered the lady of the por trait The counterpart was exact; the dress, the pattern of the lace, even the rings upon her slender white fingers. That it was a spirit I never for a mo ment doubted. away, still moaning and wringing her beautiful hands, liaising her eyes at last she seemed to become conscious of my presence, and spoke. "Oh, pray for me."' she moaned, "pray for my soul. Oh, pray for me, pray for me!" I know not what power possessed me at that moment, but suddenly;- in spite of my abject terror. I found myself upright upon my knees jn the bed, pouring forth a prayer for the beautiful distressed spirit before me. As the Words fell from my lips words which sepmed to be uttered through rather than by me I noticed, too, and with the utmost terror, that the candle had burned down to the wood and that in another moment we would be in dark ness. Still the earnest words poured from my lips, and the face before me seemed to grow misty in the fliekeriug light of the expiring candle. Suddenly the figure rose from the chair and tak ing one step toward me stretched forth her exquisite arms above mine and vanished. As she; did so I distiuctly fclt something hot like wax from a dripping candle fall upbn the back of my right hand. At that instant, too, the candle gave one final flare and wen out. When consciousness returned I was lying across the bed and "the sun was streaming in at the open window. For a moment I was a little dazed at my surroundings, then it all came back to me. Seized with a wild panic such panic as possesses stampeding cattle I caught up my clothes and my horse's saddle and fled. As I passed the por trait its 03'es seemed to follow me. and added to my terrors. Through the dusty rooms, out of the weed-grown yartl, I tore as one distraught to where my horse was quietly waitiug. A mo ment later I was urging him down the unfrequented path. Not until I was far awav did I pntis? in my frantic flight. Then, suddenly remembering. T glanced at the back of my rijjht hand, and there round, rod and dry, like a crimson wafer was a drop of blood. Albert Bigelow Tayne in Detroit Free Press. SEV IMPROVEMENTS IX THE USE FUL ARTS. Real nnd Imaginary Pipe E!eetr lyatN Shortening the Time for-Correct Sonndlns SBpcttiIlB : the Silkworm. - FATHER OF THIRTY-NINE- A Georgia Xesro of J)S, Whose Oili est Child Is 77. In a little dilapidated old cabin, situ ated in a back alley which cuts off from Hiiydcn street, lives one of the most remarkable characters In Georgia, says the Atlanta Constitution. An old negro he is who, for ninety eight years, has seen season follow season and generation succeed genera tion. His wife, too. is aged, and num bers her 3-cars high above the four score notch. 'Dan'el "Winfieid, sah.. Dan'el "Win field, dafs ray name. B'louged to the Travises endurin' of slavery time. Dat's me, boss. ' This is the usual salutation of Uncle Dan. and he does it with all grace. Uncle Dan has an interesting history, and he delights to recount with multi tudinous detail the incidents of his ex tended career. He was born in Fay ette county in 179G, and has seen every decade of the nineteenth centuiy. In ante-bellum days Daniel was the prop erty of Miss Phoebe Wiufield. She was the spinster sister of a prosperous cotton planter, and it was uiKr his supervision that Daniel toiled. In early life he acted in the honored ca pacity of coachman and presided in his exalted position until his promotion to the foreman's place. Frequently he made long trips through the country to Augusta, having,, tuider his charge a' fraiii of wagons loaded with cotton ready for market. After "the war he settled in an ad joining county, where he continued at farm work, until his .removal to At lanta, about ten years ago. In domes tic life Uncle Dan has been lucky. Ho has been married twice, during which time he became the father of thirty-nine children. By his first wife twelve children were born, all of whom are yet alive and flourishing. The old est of this brood is 77. Three years after the death of his first wife he took unto himself a second wife, an:l twenty- seven children were the result. As ,to the grandchildren, greatgraadchildreu and great-great-greatgra idchildren, they are scattered in every part of Georgia, an innumerable progeny. Ex cept for an accident which befell the old man several years ago he would now be steadily at work. "While at work on the top of the Metropolitan hotel he stepped through, the skylight. striking the floor four stories below The result of this fall has to some extent interfered with the locomotive powers of Uncle Dan, but in all other respects he is remarkably naie. The question to the injury to. the un derground metal pipes, caused, by the leakage from the return current of the trolley lines, is of great importance to the public, and the subject engaged the attention of the Franklin Institute at its- last meeting. Mr. J. H. Vail, said that frequent tests have proved that the conductivity of the earth is over estimated, and if no better path is of fered the current will take iron and lead pipes. The electric current will always take the path of the least re sistance. The trouble about the exist ing methods of utilizing railway tracks for conducting large quantities of cur rent in that they are faulty in at least three particulars: There is not proper conductivity at the joints, because the rails are 'nsufficiehtly bonded; the track is not properly utilized as a con ducting medium: and no'eomplete me tallic return of low resistance for the current is provided. In considering re medial measures. Mr. Vail stated that for electrical purposes the rail plates and bolts are not of any permanent value. The rail sections in many sys tems can conduct all the current need ed, provided they are perfectly bonded and suitably connected with the dyna mos. The supplementary wire, which in the opinion of many would meet the difficulty, is of doubtful value, and the real remedy lies in the perfect bonding of rail joints, and the applica-. tion of track feeders in such a manner as to fully utilize the conductivity of the track. The best system of feeding is unquestionably by underground feeders, which are more permanent and less likely to get out of repair. This problem of the electrolytic action of stray electric currents has been brought down to a perfectly definite basis; its limitations are within engin eeering capabilities, and there is no reason to fear that there is any insu perable difficulty in the railroad com panies operating the electric lines, and the municipalities or private corpora tions maintaining their water and gas service at the same time. While seri ous damage has unquestionably been done to underground pipes by electro lysis, it is pointed out that in many cases the evil has been greatly exagger ated. A case m point is reported from England. A Bine of pipes, forming part of private service mains in the neighborhood of the Strand, London, was recently taken up. The line con sisted of two separate 4-inch mains in a feet lengths, running side by side, and placed at a depth of 3 feet below the level of the ground. The pipes were corroded in an exactly similar way to those affect ed by wandering electric cur rents. The mains had been laid twelve years. They were chiefly sur rounded by gravel and clay; but ths portions at which the corrosive actions took place conclusively were embedded in cinders. The defective portions were discovered owing to the pipes having in some cases become so much reduced in thickness as to be unable to withstand the pressure within them. The wasting or pitting was most ex traordinary, and many of the, holes al most appear to have been gouged out. It was ascertained that there vere no electric mains in the neighborhood of the pipes, so" that - the phenomenon could, not have been prddttcebynshort circuiting or earthing, in other' words, by escaped electricity. The crown plates of steam boilers, upon which ashes have been employed as a non conducting material, have been known to exhibit similar features where mois ture has been allowed to collect. Nu merous instances of this might be ad duced, and not unfrequently the af- fected parts have been partially con verted into plumbago, and it. is qtiite possible that some of the effects now ascribed to electrolytic action maj be due to similar causes. strands composing the thread of yarn meet, and the thread is then carried over whstr nearly resembles an, ordinary spinning frame., to the flyer and bobbin. Commencing in a liquid state," the cheaicaily digested material is thus turned out a thread of even diameter and of unbroken and unlimited length. A most noticeable feature is the ;re markable gloss obtained when, the cellulose-has been thus transformed, and it is said that some of the woven arti cles exhibited with their weft of arti ficial and the warp of real silk are not to "be distinguished -ither in touch' or appearance from genrine silk goods. In tassel? and trimmings for upholstery j purposes the artificial silk appears to great advantage, and it is probably in ! tills direction that the new material will find most favor. According to the .report of an Euglish government offi cial, the relative strength of the art:-":', ficial compared with Italian silk of the . same counts 1.4.010 yards 'to the ounce, is as 158 to 100. and the stretching quality before breaking as 73 to 100. He further says that the gloss and lus tre is equal to that of the best silk, aud that, in its denitrated state it is perfectly safe for storing in quantity. Electric Alarm Cak Drawer. A new and ingenious application of the electric alarm system has ' been niade for increasing the safety of cash drawers. In the electric cash drawer the fullest provision seems to have been made against any system of tam pering by outsiders.- aud the neart of the wayside thief may well be heavy within him. With an ordinary cash drawer, instead of the usual mechanical bell alarm, an electrical alarm device is used, consisting of a dry battery, a bell, au electric lock, and the com bination of five contact keys, connected In multiple with the circuit The com bination is easily changed, and the keys set are externally iudistip.gaisha ble from those not set. If the proper keys are touched the circuit is broken and the drawer may be opened with out any noise. If, howevjr. any but the right keys are depressed, the boll will ring, and the drawer will lock if any one tries to open it. The drawer will also lock itself if it is accidentally left half open, and the alarm bell will ring until it is closed. In addition to. the local alarm connection can be made with a bell in any part of the building, or even at the nearest police station, so that instant warning can be given either by night or by day of the manipulation of the cash drawer by any unqualified person. saw IF -ML ..great THERE arc any house keepers not using- ROYAL BAKING POWDER, its qualities warrant them in making a trial of it. ThcRdYAL BAKING POWDER lakes the place cf soda and cream of tartar, "is niorc convenient, more eco nomical, and makes the biscuit, cake, pudding and dumpling lighter, sweeter, more delicious and wholesome. - Those who take pride in making the finest food say that it is quite indispen sable therefor. ROYAL CAKING POVDEn CO., ICS WALL ST., NEW-YORK. THEY ARE EASY HOAXED. Story of n Cliicnso Race Track Cred ited by Onr Eni;liMli CotiMliiK. It seems to be an easy matter to hoax our English cousins, for just now they are accepting in good faith this yarn about a race alleged to have been run at Chicago: There had been a false start, owing to a mistake made by the man with the advance flag, and in spite of the growlings of those who had backed a black horse that was esteemed a "good thing." and, unlike so many good things of which we have had constant exneri- ence, won in a canter by any number of lengths, the horses returned to the post. The starter, .much put out, of course, at the catastrophe, took his place and prepared for business. "While he was standing there," the story goes on to relate "a black boy, who was so handicapped by lack of height that it was impossible for him to see the race, spied a place of van tage between the widespread legs of the starter. He crept up and soon was snugly fixed in his place. The starter happened to glance down and saw the black face; peering into space. " 'Begone, you imp!" he cried, and at the same time hit at the woolly pate with is flag stick. The advance flag man was keen and watchful. He did not see the negro, but he was conscious that the starter's flag had dipped. Down went his own again and once more the field swept away. Once more all was confusion and once again the black horse walked home first. "Things were getting serious now. Hands stealthily sought hip pockets, aud when they emerged they had well loaded six shooters firmly grasped with in them. It did not make any differ ence to the crowd whether the starter's flag had fallen or not: the black horse had won the race twice, and if there was to be any more running they would attend to the starting them selves. In this .emergency the starters were sent to the paddock for a twenty minutes' rest; and while they were there the race was declared off." What's in n Xnnic? ."This is a beautiful moonlight sevne you have here, isn't it?" Miss. Brushes I will see in just a mo ment, when I find the little book that I keep the names in. Chicago Inter- ocean. Shortening: the TJme for Correct. Sonndingr. A method has been proposed by F. M. P. Cazin for the shortening of the time required for ascertaining the soundings of a vessel. Mr. Cazin points out that when sounding is necessary, the ship's safety may depend on the shortness of time in which it - can be accomplished. If it were possible to correctly ascertain the -depth oC water below the ship at the instant the lead strikes, and without having recourse to the indications on the sounding line as it is hauled in; in other words, if the requirements of observation and ac tion could be reduced to two signals, the one by the captain and the other by the man handling the line the one bein a command to let the lead, held at the water's surfacV, drop, and the other announcing that the lead has struck bottom the iuterval between the two observed on the captain's time piece telling at once the sounding depth, precious moments might be saved on which the fate of the vessel' might hang. Mr. Cazin says that this can be done, and the new method is not only more convenient, but more reliable than the old: it is more simple, involves fewer possibilities of error, and has the great advantage of depending on the personal observation of the cap tain. The only apparatus required consists of a lead for shallow and normal depths, each of known density relative to the water of navigation ..and of precisely known length, and a pocket table with figures for reference, the standards of leads being so selected that these figures can easily be memor ized. Provided with such leads for sounding by time, the captain, with his timepiece in hand, gives the command to drop" to the man holding the lead near the surface of the water, and the man signals the instant the lead strikes bottom. The interval of time between the two signals, as observed on the timepiece by the captain, will at once tell the depth of water below the sur face as indicated on the pocket tablet Superseding; the Silkworm. One of the most ingenious of recent inventions in the direction of utilizing" what had hitherto been regarded as Useless and cast away as so much rab- birfh is that of Dr. Lehner of Zurich, who, by chemical and mechanical means, practically supersedes the silk worm and snins from such raw ma- ferial as cotton waste, jute waste, or wood pulp, a thread .of which even the expert eye can hardly distinguish from that obtained off the natural cocoon. The machinery is extremely simple, the method adopted by the silkworm being followed as closely as possible. An emulsion is made and nil. into the tubes, at the end of which are fitted what are termed "artificial silkworms." The liquid drops in a continuous stream through a very fine hole and passes through water, which cools and con verts it into a strand. This i& caught up and passed over a guide where the Pnper Telegraph Poles. One of the latest uses to which paper has been turned is the making of tele graph poles. The paper pulp employ ed is saturated with a mixture of borax tallow, and other substances. The mass is cast in a mold, with a cone in the center, forming a hollow rod of any desired length, the cross pieces be ing held by wooden keys driven in on either side of "the pole. The paper poles are said to be lighter and strong er than those of wood, and to be un affected by the many weather influ ences which shorten the life of a wood en pole. It is doubtful, however, whether the paper poles will come to be anything like a rival to the iron pole, which is now high in favor for the car rying of all kinds of wire lines. The value of iron telegraph poles has been well tested under the most trying con ditions on the line between Europe and India, and again across arid stretches of country in Australia.- Insects that eat out of the core of everything in the shape of wood, leaving the shell only, and bird borers that drill holes in the toughest cf trees, let, -the iron pole pass and even wanderinir tribes can not chop it up for fire wood, although down in Australia they have not yet quite gotten over the trick of making arrow- heads of the insulators that it carries. Courtesy to the Public. " No admittance" is the curt style in which we warn away visitors from our factories and foundries. Sometimes the fear lest a possible customer may be barred out leads to this modifying annex, " Except on business." The inscription is an illustration of the American habit of doing everything in the quickest and shortest way. The habit saves time and words, but it leaves no margin for salutation by the way, and but little for courtesy. We may learn from a contrast that the iron hand, cased in a velvet glove, is as efficient in preventing intrusion as an uplifted sledge-hammer. The iron and cannon-foundry of Herr . Krupp is located at Essen. It. is the largest foundry m the world. As Herr Krupp has secrets which he is not in clined to share with prying founders, he has surrounded his vast establishment with a veritable great wall of China. On it are placards' with this uncription re peated in three languages : "The public are informed that, in asking to view the establishment, they expose themselves to a refusaL" Herr Krupp hiindles the pen as skill fully as he forges cannon. His inscrip tion is courteous. It adorns a refusal with pleasant words. It is, as becomes the words of a co-laborer with Bismarck, evasively diplomatic. An exposure to a refusal is not the refusal itself. Con trast this inscription with the American " No admittance," and learn a lesson in courtesy to the public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional cure. Price, 73. . Big Fees. Erskine, the leader of the English ba? 'xi his time, and one of the most brilliant lawyers Great Britain ever produced, never received a greater yearly income than $60,000 and more than 5,000 in any one case. Sir James Scarlet, after wards Lord Abinger, a very successful lawyer, had an income certainly not to exceed Erskine's. The same is true of Garrows, another great English lawyer. Ballantyne received from the British Government a very large fee for going to Cul mtta to try a murder case, but a large part of it was consumed in ex penses. America takes the lead in big lawyer fees, and it is only a dozen years or so that our lawyers have been so lucky. Pinckney, Webster, Choate or any of our great lawyers in times past never dreamed of such extravagant bills. The first great fee ever known in this conn try was received by Clarkson N. Potter, in the foreclosure of the Canandiagua railroad, not many years ago. It is stated that he received $100,000 in tbat case. It is reported that Charles O'Con or received $75,000 in the Jumel will ease and$100,000 in the Fairish will case. Trou Fress. Mothers, Pave Vonr Chlldrea: Stcketee's Pin Worm Destroyer is the only sure euro known that effectually de stnws the pin worm, the most troublesome worm known. It also destrovs all other kinds of worms. There is no remedy that can expel the worms from the stomach or kectcm as does Stcketee's Pin AVorra De- btroyer. For tale by all druffglts; feat by mail on receipt of Sfic, U. S. pota;e. AdditMi GEO. O. STEKETEE. Crcnd Kapids. Mich. A Mammoth Hen's Esc. Seldon Spencer of Essex, Conn., has a hen which lately astonished him uy laying an egg tiiat weighs twenty ounces and measures eight and a half inches in circumference. Killing: Rntx by Electricity. A Philadelphia electrician has "gene one better" on Edison's familiar cockroach-killing device. The proprietor' of a down-town restaurant in the Quak er City was constant' pestered by a host of rats, which swarmed at all hours into his yard, in search of the toothsome offal temporarily store;l there. The favorite route of the ro dents was ascwer inlet at the back of the yard, which terminated in a hole alongside a grated covering. The elec trician one day caught sight of the in truders, and forthwith set to work to try an interesting experiment. Laying coils of cepper wire about the hole, he made an attachment to the electric light wires within the building, and fixed in a convenient place a key for turning on the current. When every thing was in readiness, a watch was kept on the hole, and as soon as a doz- enrats were playing about the mclo- sure. the key was turned. As the rats returned one by one to the hole, they were nnmistakably electrocuted. The plau worked to a charm, and the story goes that in this way nearly 100 rats have been killed off in a little over a week. Stornsre Bnttcry Railwny in An itrnlln. The cloud which has so long hung' over the storage battery in traction work is being steadily dissipated, and the establishment of the commercial feasibility of the accumulator for rail way traffic in this country and Europe is now supplemented by the account of a new storage battery road in Aus tralia. The motors used are of the American type, and are practically noiseless, the gear being protected by closed boxes containing oil. Electric lamps are fitted in the smoking and non-smoking compartments, and elec tric 'headlights are used. The power brake is exceptionally effective. It Is worked by- electricity. It distributes the brake pressure over all the eight wheels equall-. and'ean be graduated with the greatest nicety. The driver controls and reverses the car with his left hand, and puts on the electric brake with his right. In the experi mental trip a speed of thirty miles :m hour was easily attained., and the ruu ning of the car gave great satisfaction. Catching: Cold Brought Up to Dte. A late theory of catching cold is that when one enters a cold room after be ing heated the bacteria in the room flock to the warm body ami eater it through the open pores of the akin. "Ilanann Platpic Corn lv." Warranted lo vine or inom-y rcf juiUnJ. Asic your druggist fur it. l'nvi' 15 rent . No rart of Greece is forty mi!e. from the sea nor ten miles from hills. Telegraphing: by I ml net ion. Only recently the public has learned much, through the experiments of Vv. H. Precce, of Avhat can be done in tiie way of telephoning to distant points by induction alone: that is. by dispen sing with intermediate wires; This principle of electric induction has now been aplied by J. Wimshurst to solve the problem of establishing telegraphic communication between a lightship and the shore. The difficulty of maintain ing a cable between the shores and a swinging and tossing lightship is well known,' and i Mr. Wimhurst makes no attempt, to secure his communication by this means. Instead, he employs two coils near each other on the swivel pin of the- moorings, one coil connected by wire to the shore,, the other to the instruments on board, and the sigaals pass between them'by induction, leavr ing the moorings to twist about as they may. Effect of Lord DafTerin's Speech. Lord Dufferin's speech on the peace of Europe, in Paris, has had a. remark ably good effect throughout Europe. r ir it. J 1 1 received in excellent spirit, and public '. Thsratniooiipurin'rjrUefrhnes.ani'iarB t..t;mt l,e tnl-nn wiuB(.oaiiiexiouanucunwiiouiiuiin. aijuc... from the vulgar insults to the British embassador which, by a few days, pre ceded the address. The French gov ernment's bold declaration of a policy of religious, toleration also has been jre ceived as a distinct mark of progress. Even some of the French radicals show signs of having made the discovery that denunciation of all religion is not an evidence of time democracy. Paris Letter. Money In IV inter Wheat lOO lSashels. That's; the way 'farmers who sowed Sal zer's new World's Fair wheat "report. It yielded all the way from 40 to 70 bushels per acre, and a good many arc so enthusias tic over this wheat that they claim 100 bushels can he grown per. acre. The mons ster winter rye yields 70 bushels per acre, which pays tremendous piolits. The John A. Salzcr Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., send their fall catalogue and samples of wheat aud rye for 4 cents postage. w Wept Her Word. Two young ladies were, walking in the woods one day, when they were ac costed by an old and much shriveled gypsy; who politely offered to show them their husband's faces in a brook which ran near by for a slight remu neration. So, paying the sum tiiey followed' the hag lo the brook, as they were very curious to see how she could do so wonderful a tiling and also anx ious to see their future husbands. But instead of beholding the faces of the men they so fondly lioped for they saw their own. imW e can see nothing but our own faces," said one. "Very true, mem," replied the sagacious fortune teller, '-but these will be your hus band's faces when yon are married." A co!onyof American 'armers maybe established in Mashona and. The production of gold in the United btatcs averages 53,000,000 a year. 1 Billiard Table, second-hand. I'or ?a'e cheap. Apply to or address, H. C. Axis, 511 S. iL'th St.. Unman, 5ey. The largest rock crushing plan; in the country is operated at Jlerideu. Conn. 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