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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you suffer from any
womanly ius.
The Prescrip
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such condition. It builds up your general
health, too, better than any ordiimrv tonic
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St. Matthcux, Orangeburgh G.. S. C.
Dr. R. V. Pierce: Dear Sir For four
months my wife tried your "Favorite Trc
Bcription." and I am able to say that it hits
done all that it claims to do. She can always
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Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy. Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to. its presenting
Jn the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the retreshmg and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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