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About The Wealth makers of the world. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1894-1896 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1894)
I Mav'24 THE WEALTH MAKERS. V it. AN 1NIML ARMY. President Augell Proposes That a Balf Million Men Be Enlisted TO WOBI FOB THE OOUITBT. We Can't Afford Not to Do It Why Not Bnlitt Men to Woik aa Well aa Fight? Productive Labor Better.and Safer Than Idleness. Great Public Worka Are Needed. We reprint below an open letter ad dressed to Congress by a man known the wide world over. His proposition is entirely reasonable and should re- t celve the immediate attention of Con gress which its wisdom and the destl ill tution, distress and increasing1 despera' tion of the unemployed seem to call for. Something must be done and done quickly. The plan of President Angel is better than any we have heard of, 'and this paper warmly endorses it. Kditor Wialth Makeus Thou, too, sail on, 0 Ship of Bta! Tali on, O Union, strong and great! Hura4flltj with all Its fears, With all the nope of future year, Is banging breathless oil thy fate! The following, which appeared in Beaton daily papers of April 10th, was itent in April to every member of Con' gress, and is sow tent to the editors of aouui, leu wuunuu uowivautn uu 1 magazines who receive "Our Dumb Y Animals" each month. ' To th Members of the Honorable Senate and Hume of Representatives of the Umttd Statei of America: COXEY'S ARMY. I have read with interest in our dally papers of tbe progress of this army and of tbe various bodies of men who pro pose to join it, either at, or before its arrival at Wat-hlcgton, also tbe opin Ions of General McCook of our United States arm;, and various others upon the subiect. This armv may not reach Washington with a sufllctont fore to endanger Con gress or tbe United States treasury, and these opinions of General Mc(.;ook and Others may be wrong. Hut there is no V doubt tbat there is in this country at the preaent time a very, large number fyf laboring men, willing to work, who cannot find employment, and another class who are anxious to stir up these men to anarchy and the destruction of property and life. un the otner nana mere can no no intn. t:uu u ud ukiuut riuu uidu hjuuv ' on public improvements of great value. IflO (Ct man ArniM Via nnf. a.f wrA!' An a ship canal from the Mississippi river to Chicago another 100. 000 on a ship canal from Lake Michigan, opposite Chicago, to D-troIt another 100,000 on enlarging the Erie to a ship canal from Buffalo to Albany, possibly by the uie of electricity, or otherwise, tht-ae canals might brt kept open a large part of tbe winter another 100,000 on a ship canal acrots upper Florida from tbe Gulf of .Mexico to tbe St. John's river another large force in strengthening tbe levees of the lower Mississippi and other southern rivers another in draining and irrigating vast tracts of wasteland, and so preparing them for settlement another in constructing fortifications and breakwaters for the protection of our harbors another in constructing and improving national and state road. and another in fighting the Russian thistle, and in various other ways too nuooeruu to mention. If I mistake not, a very considerable body of mtn might be profitably cm 'ployed in Washington itself, securing "better tewerage. the filling of the Poto- ' mac Hate, building proper brldgesacross I tbe river, and killing out tbe causes of I malaria. Now, I am not a Congressman, never held a political office la my life, and never want to; but I have In common with others an -merest in the welfare of our countiy and in promoting peace and good-will bet wet all classes of Us citizens. and with that view would inquire whether it is not entirely within the power of Congress to authorize the im mediate enlistmont of one, two, three or more hundred thousand men aa an 'Industrial Corps" of our regular army, to be employed only in usefullndustrlee . but to bo subject to as strict military discipline, court martial trials, etc , as the regular army; this "industrial Corps" to be placed under the control u'n,00r designated by Congress or Testae nt. ine enlistment to be Ui one, two or more yean, and the men (put at wot k as ion as pws.lble in some mr the wats above pciDod. state governments may follow tbe example of tbe L'nlud 8iate, and every unerapioyeu man in me country, will lug to work, have plenty to do. If the question be aaked, "Can we afford to give alt these unemployed men employmtuir" I anawer, "Can m tt'fora not 10." . . .. ...... t. . nut yniw, u aosoiuteiy necessary, we postpone, tor a jer er two the building of any more 11,000,000 warships and M,WQ cannon, evtrv dUcharg of one of which ousts from l.'too to loo, Suppose during th next year or two we waicn me outiy experiments of Kuropcao governmeaU, which are .nuctt more lively to tiy to keen their uw rwe euueo quiet or ellin 1W hm at U.ntiar each other, than to eqaie wjtn us u we t topvrly buhave .reiVV. If we should gtt to ar today could wo not ami, tuuln and uiiiri u0Mki men in in ncid a ta.uy a we did thirty jt ara ago At d would not lh whirls of Industry ustxiu a thjr did then? Ai d H it but 4 tokut ti tttttt rtB m turaiirM imi wm.iw men mm on girat lljrnat Improve vat f pub la valuo thin lobavaa !, uf have him tnd tii f . I. ANur:n, rf. Wnrf th tkW-i MIUIM r.lur MfihMt, Wm.u. ' TktaU.vr was alia Mat ta April l try tnKitilwr of the Mauhutitt 'tgUlatuM- lia rWUkMkrR line to Ihluairo. ! raw. Kait trains. Offlc IhS licit. TttK OKtOON bU VAIlUN. Repablloana Trying to Scare and are Tbemaelvea Scared. Poktlawd, Ore., May 7, 1894. Editor Wealth Makers: Read the following from the Oregon lan of tb.s city: If the legislature to be elected next montn be not Republican, it will be Populists. Do the people of Oregon realize what It would mean te have m Popollat legislature? No one would consider, investments secure. Capita would avoid the state. Those who have money la vested here would withdraw It as fast as possible. He would be a re markable fool who would Invest any thing or start any business in Oregon, with the menace of Populist legislation before him. The legislature may be Republican, it mav be Populist, but It win not do Democratic. Democrats, therefore, who are identified with busl ness and who understand tbe conditions on which business depends, should know what to do. A Populist Iegls'a ture would be the greatest calamity mat uregon nas yet sunerea. ' You see the Populists have soared the great moguls of tho Republican party in the state. Could anything be mora pitiful than this appeal to Democrats to save the g. o. p? This party In Oregon represents the autocrats of Wall Street and Europe. See tbe. plan they would put Into force to retain the gold and m"ke slaves of the ' people. God pity the people should these men have the power to roako the lawa to suit them We have one sure way, and only one, of replenishing the gold In tbe treasury and of keeping up the supply. That only way ia to clap revenue duties on articles of universal consumption- sugar, tea, coffee and other IndUpen alble things of foreign production and home consumption and make thesn duties payable in gold. Then every person in the United States will help to keep up tbe gold supply in the treasury and to maintain the true money stand ard. We shall come to this yet; tbat is, we shall be compelled to it. There is now no other way. Is not that tbe embodiment of wisdom? Think of the calamity of letting the Populists legislate with men having all this wonderful financial wisdom rele gated to the rear. Joe Simons and his gang are terribly frightened. They tent to attorneys to Clackamas county to organ! zeUepub llcan clubs in every school district. Tho farmers turned out, but when the attorneys harangued them they an swered by giving them a piece of chalk and invited them to solve a few fioan clal problems; such as, how- issuing bonds would lighten the burdens of the people; how protecting tbe great trusts who own all the manufactures of the country would make the people rich abd contented; how destroying half tbe money of the country would make money plentiful. These legal gents were not expert in this kind of mathe matics, and the'farmers declined to join their clubs. One of them told a friend tbat the 'old bayseeda were too well posted for them to do anything in tbat county. C. Subscribe at once for The Wealth Makers and secure a book free. See advertisement in another column. A Plan to D al With the Liquor Uaein ss. There should be an inspector appoint ed by the governor, whoae duty it should be to inspect all malt or spirituous liq uors sold in the state, and nothing bit the absolutely pure should be allowed to be sold. It should be his duty to see that iquors are bottled ar.d labelled true to name. The tenure of office ot the liquor agents should not be less than ten years. The agency should only have one door and that should op n on a publio street, and the front should be of clear glass There should be notbing to obi-truct the view of any passer-by from seeing any person in the room. The bar should stand across the room. and not'more than ten feet from the door. There should not be any furniture in front of the bar. Dehlnd the bar there should be only such furniture as would bs needed by the agent and his aaals tants. Nooneelae should bo allowed behind tbe bar at aay time. There should be no gambling or games or chance of any kind. There should ba no advertising nor obsoene or lewd pictures In the room or on the walls. There should be a card on the wall with names and price of each kind of drink for sale and another card with regulation, When anyone gives an order for a bottle tf any kind of drink he should pay th agent, lia credit. Na peraon noma be allowed to treat, or give tit any other peroit any kind of drink nor to give him th uuwMr will which to buy, the sama in eraHut th a agency. Hi puauhiin ni, in cum the liquor agent munlu any vt the Ma ru! to ha broken ur get InUuU-atod Mrr W. for the flrtttul iJ.ould by law for feit ton day tf hi warn; fur the end iTne he ahou'd forfv.it on ninl othl fur the third u IT tint hi shouM get a dUhnur!t.:e ain-hare aaJ W dUfrtm tU4 la thd tUto. Let ua Ukw the lead of all t an, b adopting thla prlncli-Ki Into Mr Mate platform. We lartueritfcitin. J, V, M, Mt huur. AGENTS tSSjSwjSa V, V V H 4. H , A U4 .. H Tho Reaping Time Ua Come. Howe. Neb., May 8, 18!U. Editor Wealth Makers: The good old bok often comes around. God is not mocked. As you sow so al so shall you reap. And whether the Coxey movement is right or wrong. It has demonstrated that we are now reaping the harvest of the seed sown in this country for the last ,10 years, and. oh, what a harvest it is! Millions of working men who have no way to get bread except by th'eir labor and no labor to ao, anayevmuis, mines ana factory standing still everywhere business paralyzed people. human beings starving: dark picture and growing darker every day. And the darkest thing about it is, that It is awfully true Ob, there ta tbat gathereth and yet scattereth, and this administration set, eternally set against anything that looks like a remedy, and our hoisting Republican friends who expect to get into power and give us a repetition of tbe same causes that has brought about the present condition of things. Aid while they seem to be happy and re jolclog at the prospect of triumph even this fall and in '1MJ. It Is a fact tbat there is not a prominent Republican in tbe United States bat what has and is now endorsing everything .Cleveland has said abd done on the money ques tion, which Is the all absorbing question of tbe day. Yes sir, they have just laid right down In bed with them, Why should the people put them back in power? Is it to our interest to do it? Protection, they say. together with an intrinsic balf bushel will cure present conditions, Well, for heaven's sake havn't we had tbat for 10 years aod alnt we almost dead? And will you give us more calomel and jalap? Don't you all think we need a tonic? In view of all these facts and many more for tbe half has not been told don't you think, Mr. Kditor, that it becomes and ir the interest of every man, without regard to political theo ries, to act together and send such men to coogrcas as will give us more money? Turn looae ilfty dollars per capita in this country of lawful United State money and you will see the railroads running on time, and the mines, mills, and factories all at work, aod, Coxey' army will go away like the fog before a hot suo, and no place will be found for them and nobody will bi starviug, and the rich and poor will all be happy and full of work and business. We may be fools, but we know wha we wan t. The ba by d jn'i k n o w much, ' but It knows what it 1 crying for and nothing can evr stop that cry hut it mother. It knows what it wants. H. J, Johnston. Parties Of No fee That Are Not Progressive. Babtlet, Neb., April 30, 1804. Sditor Wealth Makers: Parties are only organized to assist in tbe election of men to make and exe cute just laws; therefore, when a man or a party ceases to bo progressive, they are of no more use to a progressive peo ple. Parties are formed by men and should bo measured by the laws they mike and the way they execute them. If a people want a progressive party, they must wa'ch those in power, and as soon as a man ceases to be progreaalve, embrace the first opportunity to get a progressive man to fill his place; be cause a party will be like its representa tives; it makes no difference ab ut the platform, A progressive prty must be composed of progressive people, and a progressive people must read progres sive papers and bookt, or associate and counsel with those that have read them. That Implies that we must have progressive editors and writers; and be hind all these must be a desire to see the Golden Rule fulfilled in carrying out the purposes for whioh this govern ment was formed by our fort fathers But btforo we reaoh this we must a a through a political revolution which must be carried on by intelligent educa tion of the people, explaining the causes and pointing out tbe remedy by appeal ing to tbe better principles of nea in stead of appealing to their bater nature, a is done by old pitrty papers aad leaders. It i my d'l re to see the people of this nation free from debt, free from the bank, from uturr and monopolies of evert kind, from KngtU'i dictator ahtp I do not want futtun, unl we can fue with aomethlni'bnttrr, I d i not pairtmUa fulon paper, or men. I do not pnp i to feed a nu4 that U trying to down me and my n. lgnr, il 1 can help it. JutlN U.nu, We want C't thousand nw subcrl' rortiu 4 tin VVkaltii Mamk. IU t'cu m tif out nrt aeat nubicrllrr help ua by ffidli g two mm nMf i you r unttl'U Uigt yariy aurMutt tar, d them la f-r ibrm ttr u ujouiu fm out ih.vUI uiTor la another comma, Tourists hum annntsuis rWt. CoromrBt'lttg 1.! ulmr 5th, a TtmrUi car ivatv Mkusit ltt ry ThurnUt intimitis' an I run t ruii'o and Aitwrt J." M l tdu53tM Jtnn'Uiin. ar rlvtnf at 1 1 of ik in n thueo e.iiteL Ithmtrl. U i. . I. train Na. II which will tu.'U at ?ht point for ar rlM'f Uio U V. It A N. train crty li? vr, and U Knat:a arrlt at PiieM'i wend nui nil ( H'ifiU'tf Kw.u r iOth, ItHirUt ear will ).' Altart Ia rvory l'udA itHirnlng and run tla MltiRiMIU & tit 1 4H)U U Uiro.itf u Arts' us Ui U Motnsa. arrUInf at als-ht, and there uv v and h" uka on ' ll f Ufa" rrl day morning, aiul run vU vmaba lda coia 164 tV.UTU!4 Li piMihU Harvester History. For the benefit of the younger gener ation, we reprint below some interest ing figure's from the Peering Farm Journal showing the dates on which tbe Marsh Harvester, the Wire Binder and the Twine Binder were flm pat out by the leading harvester manufacturers. The older generation doei not need to be told. 1 1 remembers Huasey's Reaper in 1833 and the McCormlck some twelve yeara later, It remembers about read ing in 1868 of the suoceas of the Marsh Brothers In their new harvester. It remembers how. the Deerlng people held the field alone with this maehlne during most of the seventeen years' life of the patent. Then, when the patent did expire, the older generation re members that William Daerlng & Co, came out with the Wire Binder. Thia was In 1874, and the younger generation even, can remember the rapid strides that followed. How, after this pioneer in automatic binders had had the field for three years, McCormlck and the other manufacturers fell Into line; and how in 1878 the During people spoiled tbe whole wire binder business by com ing out with the Appleby Twine Binder. B Ak old and young must smile ai they now look back at the frantic attempts made by the late converts to wlro bind ers, to push tbat machine la the face of the wonderful twine binder; and bow t key finally were all ultimately com po'led to fall into line and manufacture the twine binder under the Appleby patents. The Farm Journal tells the story of tbe successive steps in manu facture by means ot a witty drama en titled "Crow and Quail," which is clinched by the following statement: "The following are the dates on which various manufacturers began building and putting on the market harvesters, wire binders and Twine Binders. The dates for During machines are exact. 1'hose fur competing firms are according to our beit knowledge. MAnSfl HARVX8TKB. DK BRING lHT.fi Wood ,,1871 Osborne , is75 , ' ...iv,a McCormlck 1875 Buckeye ,,. ,,,1877 Champion 1881 Piano...., ....,,.1882 Automatic Binders were first put up on machines and sold as follows DEERiSO 1874 Wood 1S74 McCormlck,, 1877 Buckeyo .1877 Oborne , , , ,1878 Champion....... 1881 Piano 1882 Tho Appleby Twine Binder was ap- plied to the Marsh Harvesters as fol low: DEERING ,....,..1878 Eiterly., ,.... .,1880 Eicelslor 1880 McCorm'ck 188 1 Buckeye 1882 Champ! m. . . , , 1882 Oibornti 1883 Wood..,.. ' 1802 A sharp Tongned judge. Homo of Mr Justico Matthews' obiter uiliu win oo long remomooreci, such aa tbe remark, -Tho truth will occasion- iiy 4i.uii out, even jn an unuiavic." Hero is one of tho latest: In a dispute an to what took ulaca before n into t chambers counsel, who, like his oppo- nent, wua not present there, remarked, Jixpenoncre shows it is very unnroflta- ble to refer to what took place there when neither counsel was present, "Often still moro so," said his lordship, " when both were. "Pall Mall Gazette. To the land of Red Apples via the Missouri Pacific route Feb. 1st, for one 'are for the round trip good 30 days. Call on Phil Daniels, C. P. & T. A. 1301 O street Lincoln, Neb, it you uosire aay or me Doom m ou t i m m . .a tat ot ret rm literature, study our Kpecial offer in another column which will tell you how to got them free, r The Chicago Limited (Dally) Gives to the North-Western lino un- surpassed speed service to Chicago and eastern cities. A. S. He'dlmr. City Ticket Agent 117 So. 10th street Lin. I 0oln,Neb. TO TRAVELERS FiteFi Prte Pree. If you are about to make a trip to ? T iim . DnMi, IngTu, p dnu l. tU'tw7 ItakoiaVln a, mux, iiunt aMiii or Duluth, or jfciloU west on lh I'moidu linea, to any point In Minnesota, Wioti(iai. North ern IHlool. and Iowa, dleeet to Cha the e.H and 4iuth. vou can i.holn nM of change at the nty ottltw, lOl O L or depot, t oruur m ami H streu, of I isor h ev rn lin, eomn'olK an liable luf..nimtlon f all .uneaUi. K. r.. eta. With mm mile. i,f lu own llm la the utr ua ued tl.ltor ta any of the ui ettn b it n-r" tUi Ir la u by I pairvMiiag w nocniin,!, A H llillllkii I Cltv Ticket Aim.. I UIO .tr. a W, M. HIIII'MAM, tivU, Aft KUH.r;, TheM'atd AHUium ha foe t It.difuu, at iwuU euh, IJ 40 per 4'a Mtuu!, attdcaia each, 13 esato wp d ii lUlpt IwHik foe Huh.AUttai and iWaly AltU'oi. 8Ae nU tinWr msia o MiH-Alliaaoe aad Cwlj AUUhi t vnW lUllotUg Marble M wldta and 10 hlik, 40 wau. AildeeM Ma. J T KL!.ia, llariwvll, NK TREES AND PLANTS. j un laut'M iret-s m iu worlct grow lu Australia. They are a Kpeeles of marsh yum ami aomo are mtid to ex ceed 300 foet in height. The resurrection plnnt, a native 01 South Africa, become dry and appar ently lifolefM during drouth, but opens it leave and assume all tho appear once of life when rain falls. The Victoria lily of (Julana ha a circular leaf from six to twelve feet in diameter. It is turned up at the edge like a tray and can aupport, ac cording to it ai.c, front 100 to 300 pound. There Is a wild flower, resembling an orchid, which grows in he vera) parts of Turk'ey. It i an exact floral Image, of a humming bird. The broHst U green, the wings arc a deep rose color, tho head and beak almost black. - There 1 a plant In Jamaica called the life plant, because it lsalinot im possible to kill it or any portion of it. When a leaf Is cut off and hung up by a string it sends out white thread like root's, gathers moisture from the air and begins to grow new leaves. The Owen Olcndower oak, near Shrewsbury, U forty-four feet In dU aineter ot tho ground. It owes its name to tho fact that in 1401 Owen Olendower, the Welsh leader, climbed Into Its topmost branches to reuon nolter an approaching English army, Tins banyan tre U a grovo of it self. Us branches send out strimrv filaments which finally reach the ground, take root and become trunk. One such tree in India lias 400 main trunks and over 8,000 smaller. An English army of 7,000 men lias been sheltered at one time under its branches. The baobab tree of Ncuegal are de nominated by Humboldt Uib "oldest organic monuments of our plunet." One he describes particularly as being over joo feet In illutneter, and calcu lates its age at the very least as 6,000 years. Its foliage forms a gigantic green setnl-e.irclo over JiW foet high and 4W) In diameter, The siigo of coiiiiiicrco is mnile from the. trunk of a palm tree. It is said to be a most extraordinary sight to swj the trunk of a largo tree cut down Hnd In o few hours wholly converted Into food, A single tree will provide food enough for u man for a whole year, and ten days' labor will convert It into a palatable and nourishing ar ticle of diet. Both the Dom'icratlo aod fVpubllca' parties have established bead-quarter and are t'dty tirmmrini niiMo'i o campaign documents to be sent out dur ing this campaign, It is the opinion of the shrewdest politicians at Washington, tbat if the People's Party takes advantage of the blunders and infamy of the present administration, there will be no trouble ,noleotIn Populist members enough to hold the balanoe of power In tho ooxt Congress, It is alio admitted by tho closest obwrvers among both the Democratic nd Rop ibllcan politician tnftt tho noxt election of president will 00 thrown Into tho House, which will lvo th0 Populists the power to dictate who shall bo tbe next president of the I United States? The election in the state of Oregon comes off In Junn. tA In Alabama in Ainrnst w i U0Bt absolutely sure to carry labama. rwi ...., ... ' 7h"" TV 7, woitnor Pr tbe old Partlo In Oregon. To help w carry Oreon and Alabama Is to help Put We and enthusiasm in our party in every state In the Union. The People's Party is composed of tho great common people of the country wno aro poor and honost. It has no millionaires, bank or railroad corpora tions upon which to call for campaign funds. Tbe National Committee has estab lished hoad-quarters at Washington whore it can procure an unlimited amount of campaign llteraturo at a small coat One thousand dollars used in eur party will do as much wort aa a hundred thousand dollars In olthor of tho old parties. After carefully considering the above facts and the bright prospeota for our party In the coming campaign, we foel It our Imperative duty to appeal to out' pooplo everywhere to come to the aid of tho national committed in doln thl. arreatwork. In the lost letlnn mm party polted more than a tnlllloa vcta for president We now earnestly appel to 1,000 of that number to give us 13 each. 10.000 w i" u It each, 20,000 M cent each, 25 C",lU -r I 'iu"a hj y;ir ua iu cen's I and 5 onu ea)h. We also earnestly la ILL Zl' T ! ' VT. unu "1 f8 r the caatm'ttoe, by taking up colU;etlun, giving nterU!nnioU re-lM un,.n,i. ...t. , . . ' . vm ww r w ua so, u our rl 'r tlln uco tck tua Wr f the partr in ut eon tribute ta that uh. ai4 onl with hi MLa bu To " msn. ne can .tre, ivpoid prwuiptly and llbirat! ma mwv4 that wUi bio the aUa far alt Urn ti em. All ettrlbaM-'n should be mb to M. C. Ii'ikltt, Terr lUato, Ind , who la rM.ir of tU Ntl ol 0amltw Vr Truly Yoar. J. II. I t H, Tai'anxacK, L4. Mu t et ut sf hi, a Umu. ttvur-ui'v, TrvMurer I'm North eUr M u rhlfun Uwrak. at Intlaa, Offic un OSk ILLS FLESH IS HEIR TO. Europe, hns 333,200 blind, 230,209 deaf mutes. ' Consumption is most common in Bel glum, Scotland and Canada. I a the United States forty persona In every 1,000 are color blind. One of every ten cases of sickness in England Is due to rheumatism. During the last Turco-Rnasian war the Russian army lost 40,000 men by measles. Deaths from alcoholism are most numerous la Russia, Denmark and Norway. It Is computed that there are in the United Htates 48,000 blind and 33,900 deaf mutes. In the United .States, In every 10,000 deaths there are 300 annually from typhoid fever. In most countries diphtheria hu nearly doublod the, number of its victims In twenty years. Apoplexy Is most common in France, there being 300 deaths Jn every 10,000 annually from this cause. Nearly one-fifth of the human racn die front consumption or some other form of pulmonary disease. During the civil wsr in this conntrf there were 2S4.700 cases of rheuma tism among the Union -'troops. In 1871 yellow fever carried off SU,. 000 persons at llueuot Ayres, or over ten per cent of the populktlon. Disease of the eyes is the curse of the (ierman people. In Germany there are at present 37,300 blind per sons. Cancer is most, common la Russia, Norway and Switzerland. In Geneva, of every 10,000 deaths, S30 aro duo to cancer. In the visitations of the cholera at 1'aris tin? epidemic has always been most fatal among persons living above the second story, The black death of 1346 carried off 24,000.000 persons In Europe, more than 30.000 towns and villages being totally depopulated. As lato as 1380 ships were found at sea with all tho crew dead on board, - 80 SCIENTISTS SAV. ' A fire ball, so brilliant that It wan ecn In midday, passed over tho Irish sea on May 9 lust. It Is believed that In tho future hay will be so prepared that it will bo fit for the food of man. The distance from ' the farthest point of polur discovery to the pole is said to be less than BOO miles, There are forty-eight distinct dis eases of tho eye. No other organ of the human body has somany. It is estimated that tbe terrible Zante earthquake of 18'JO traveled with an average velocity of three and one half miles per second. Lcroyal, tho French engineer, re ports the discovery of a tribe of good Indians in tJuerrero, Mexico, over 400 of them, petrified, in a natural cave extending fifteen mites under ground. An alloy that adheres so firmly to glass that it may bo used to solder pieces together Is made by a French chemist, A. V, Walter, from Mlnety fivo parts of tin and five parts of cop per. Tho alloy may be hardened or sofUmod, or made more or less fusible by adding from one-half to one per cent of lead or zinc, , A meteorite of 2U7 pounds, found by Professor A. Ileilprln in 1801, near (lodhaveo, Disco Islandhas been pro nounced tempered steel, its extraor dinary hardness having possibly re sulted from rapid cooling In snow, ice or water. It contains iron, nickel, sulphur, traces of carbon, chlorine, phosphorus and chromium. Dr. Uulsson of Paris, is the author of a pamphlet treating of a certain prevention and cure of hydrophobia by vapor baths. The author has tested his plans for years with, it is claimed, almost Invariable success, and Is so convinced of Its infallibility that he offers to submit himself to in occuJotlou with the virus of a rabid dog, HUMORS OF THE HOUR. 1 III !! 1 First Insurance Agent How do you find business? Kecond Ditto Why. I go out and look fur It of course. Johnny Is there any difference, pa, between common salt and chloride of sodium? Pa Yes, Indeed; about 85 a pound. Iloreley See old Knobson'a wi.f la Uox K putting on airs? Snorley I'm glad to hear that she has put ou something. "Uraele, I have brought you this beautiful orange, and now 1 want a kls" "You can have a Ms, jmpa, for that orange and six coupons." Nubserlher, to editor llow'a the liewkpuper btmltie now? Kditor Hplendid! Jiut got IM out of tltrt railroad for t-iittlug off my leg. 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