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ABOUT HIGH JUMPING.
The Secret or Champion K. Ilyrd Iagea
Wonderful Sucre.
High-jumping, like every thing-else
in the way of athletics, is, to u ce.-tain
extent, a science, and must be practiced
regularly, while at the same time the
tnindTs at work to bring. the body into
.such a position as to attain the best re
sults. E. Byrd Page, the young Ameri
can who became the world's champion
'-high-juniper when he cleared six feet
lour inches at Philadelphia on October
'7, 1887, talks knowingly on the subject
when he says that every man has his
-own peculiar method, but that there arc
certain points which all jumpers ob
serve. Only a few years "ago a standing
jump of live feet seven inches was con
sidered marvelous, andbutfewathlotes
iu the United States could attain even
that. Xow there are several men in
almost every city of importance in the
country who are able to accomplish it.
There are many ways of approaching
the bar practiced by good athletes, but
thoe who stand near the top of the
list, including Mr. Page, run toward it
d i rectly at right augles. When the bar
is reached the body should be crouched
as low as possible, as only by that
means are all the muscles of the body
brought into play. The leverage of
the back is also important in assisting
"the jumper, and by constant practice
the cartilages which connect the spine
may be brought to a high state of
elasticity.
The method practiced by Mr. Pago
is to approach the bar with three un
equal long bounds and two short ones,
-after which the crouching position is
assumed. When making the final
spring he twists the right foot vio
lently outward, after which both arms
and legs are jerked suddenly upward
to give additional impetus to the jump.
The knees are brought into contact
-with the chest, thereby causing the
body to occupy the smallest possible
.space when crossing the bar. The sud
den twisting of the right foot outward
imparts a similar motion to the body,
thereby causing it to turn half way
round from left to right. When the
toody is near the top of the bar the
right arm is jerked toward the shoulder,
and a similar motion with the left
should follow. At the instant the arms
are jerked the legs should be shot out
from their doubled-up position, thus
carrying the body still further upward.
Mr. Page is the only one who has ever
accomplished successfully this shooting
-motion of the legs, and it took him five
years to perfect it. Other things being
equal, the taller the man the better
jumper he is. Mr. Page's method is
practiced in a modified form by J. 1).
Webster, of the University of Penn
sylvania, but the Philadelphian has
never attained the champion's ease and
grace. In his early career as an athlete,
Mr. Page gave no exceptional promise,
.and his present success is largely the
result of that indispensable attribute of
successful athletics indomitable pcr--severance.
Baltimore Herald.
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
Soma of the Thing Which Had Better be
Left Undone.
Never smack the lips of the children
when eating.
Never pick your teeth or a quarrel
at table. Both should be picked in the
"buck yard.
Never fasten your napkin around
your neck. It is now customary to
wear a collar there.
Never make a pun at table (or any
where else.)
Never drum with your fingers on the
table. You can make more moise by
beating a tattoo on your plate with
your knife.
Never smoke cigars while eating
.soup.
Never remark "I see Hash Wednes
day is here again,' when the croquettes
are being served.
Never put your knife in your mouth.
If there is not room on the table for it.
Ibalance it on the shoulder of the person
next to you.
Never put your elbow on the table.
If at a loss where to keep it, put it is
your pocket.
Never carry fruit or bonbons away
from the table. If you want something
substantial for a late lunch, sequester
a turkey drum-stick in your inside
rocket.
Never scrape your plate or tilt it to
obtain the last drop of any thing it con
tains. The dishwasher is paid to do
that.
Never stretch your feet under the
table so as to touch those of your vis-a-vis.
He may have corns which object
to familiarity. Wm. H. SiviUr, in Idea.
Railways and Civilization.
Railways have so cheapened the cost
of transportation that, while a load of
-wheat loses all its value by being
hauled one hundred miles on a com
mon road, meat and flour enough to
supply one man a year can, according
to Mr. Edward Atkinson, be hauled
1,500 miles from the West to the East
lor one day's wages ef that man, if he
be a skilled mechanic. If freight
charges are diminished in the future
as in the past, this can soon be done
for one day's wages of a common
laborer. The number of persons em
ployed in constructing, equipping and
operating our railways is about two
millions. The combined armies and
navies of the world, while on peace
footing, will draw from gainful occu
pations 3,455,000 men. Those create
wealth these destroy it. Is it any
wonder that America is the richest
.country in the world. Thomas Curtis
Clark in Soriano's.
Ah Gee, the only native-born
Chinaman in New York, boasts that he
Jus been arrested ninety-eight times.
TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS.
Same Sensible Ailvioe About the I7ae of All
Kind or Medicines.
In his recent addresses before tho
graduating class of the National Col
lege of Pharmacy Dr. E. M. Schaeffer
gave the following ad vice about the use
of medicines:
Medicines, like guns, are very good
when they go off at the right time and
hit the proper mark, but very bad
when they are misdirected.
The danger apt to arise from edged
tools in the hands of children is
proverbial, but if a child is seen play
ing with a razor to snatch the instru
ment from its hands -is the natural im
pulse of whoever sees it with the dan
gerous plaything.
So let me, in imitation jf Mr. Punch's
lecture "to those contemplating matri
mony," give you few domestic "don'ts'
that may may be of effect to prevent
harm some day.
Don't get up in the night and take
yourself or give another a dose of medi
cine without first turning up the light
to see the bottle or powder plainly.
Don't pour out the contents of a bot
tle of medicine and refill with another
fluid without at once erasing the old
label and writing a new one.
Don't give a new medicine without
first smolling and tasting. A good
plan is for the attendant to take a full
dose before giving a very young child
a dose of the new medicine (i. e.,
tho first out of a .bottle of a new pre
scription or an old one renewed). A
mistake which would only make an
adult sick might prove fatal to an in
fant. Don't repeat a dose oftener than
written directions indicate, and, if
verbal, write them down for reference.
Don't mind a little delay in order to
consult the druggist or doctor if the
slightest uncertainty exists as to the
dose or mode of administration. Every
doctor and druggist can relate amus
ing instances within his personal ex
perience of mistakes about taking
medicines often harmless, but too
frequently serious in their conse
quence, s
A safe rule, which I have long prac
ticed, is to read the label every time you
take a dose of medicine or give to any
one else, even if you have just set the
bottle down. This may seem trivial
and even a childish precaution, but a
habit of this kind once formed is an ab
solute protection againstdanger. There
are persons now living who would give
worlds if they had always acted on this
rule, but, not doing so, there came one
little moment, and it was forever too
late.
The sportsman who cultivates from
the atari that habit of never pointing a
gun toward himself or any one else ho
does not desire to shoot, even if he has
just discharged the piece or has sounded
it with a ramrod and known it to bo
unloaded, is a safe man to go hunting
with. All others are apt to prove like
the Pickwickian who let off his gun in
such a manner that the entire charge
passed over the small boy's head in tho
exact spot where the tall gamekeeper's
brains would have been had that func
tionary occupied that position he was
in but a moment before!
In like manner a few simple precau
tions such as have been referred to
would, if acted upon, greatly diminish
if not entirely do away with so-called
"accidents" caused by mistakes in tho
use of drugs. Doctors and druggists,
being human, are of course fallible, and
may make mistakes themselves, but
all the mistakes of all the doctors and
druggists in the country in a period of
ten years combined would not do tho
damage. I believe, that is caused by
the domestic mistakes of a single
month. Chicago Timet.
Facts About Razors.
The finest grades of razors are so
delicate that even the famous Da
mascus blades can not equal them in
texture." says an English exchange.
"It is not generally known that the
grain of a Swedish razor is so sensi
tive that its general direction is
changed after a short service. When
you buy a fine razor the grain runs
from the upper end of the outer point
in a diagonal direction towards the
handle. Constant stropping will twist
the steel until the grain appears to set
straight up and down. Subsequent
use will drag the grain outward from
the edge, so that after steady use for
several months the fiber of the steel
occupies a position exactly the reverse
of that which appeared on the day of
the purchase. The process also affects
the temper of the blade, and when the
grain sets from the lower outer end
towards the back you have a tool
which can not be kept in condition by
the most conscientious barber. But
here's another freak of nature. Leave
the razor alone for a month, and when
you take it up you will find the grain
has resumed its first position. This op
eration can be repeated until the steel
is worn through to the back."
A Strange French Mirror.
Tne old city of Rouen, in France, has
a pretty sight that is worth describing
to your crowd of young folk. The lit
tle men and maids are fond of looking
glasses, I know; but I doubt if they all
have heard of the queer one of which I
shall now tell them. Near the west
door of the church of St Ouen. in this
city of Rouen, is a marble basin filled
with water. It is so placed that the
water acts as a mirror, and in the face
of it one sees all the inside of the
church. Look down into the water,
and you see pillars, and the ceiling,
and pictures and statuary, and nearly
all the interior ornamentation of tho
building. The stately basin seems to
take pride in holding its beautiful pict- j
ure of the church. I wish you and all
your hcarerscould see it St. Nicholas
I THE WORDS WE USE.
Iaterestlnr Studle on the snojeet -tiaae
by a Reliable Writer.
At an educational meeting held in
this State a few years ago the conduct
or, a noted professor, made the follow
ing statement: The best educated
! person in this room will not use more
than 600 or 700 words." He also as
signed a small number to persons of
limited education, stating that an ig
norant man would not use more than
200 or 800 words. I had before seen
statements of similar import in public
print, and to test their correctness I
began an investigation of the matter.
Tho subject was brought anew to my
mind by observing an article in which
Prof. Bancroft remarked: "It has been
estimated that an English farm hand
has a vocabulary limited to 300 words.
An American workingman who reads
the newspapers may command from
700 to 1,000 words. Five thousand is
a large number, even for an educated
reader or speaker." This assertion is
much nearer the truth than that of the
institute conductor mentioned. For
the benefit of those who may be inter
ested, I offer the results of my study
on the subject. An intelligent person
can make the same examination, and
will arrive at substantially the same
results.
I took Webster's high-school diction
ary, edition 1878. containing 434 pages
of vocabulary, and examined each
word in the book. I made a note of
those words which I supposed I had
used at some time either iu speaking
or writing. I counted the primitive
words and those derivatives whose
meaning is most at variance with the
primitive. Thus, I count fright and
fruit, but not frighten, frightful fright
fully nor fruitage, fruiterer, fruitful,
fruitfulness, fruition and fruit-tree. I
omitted most of tho compound words,
especially when the component parts
directly indicated the meaning, as
milk-pail, meeting-house, rag-man,
but counted those whse significance
was not directly indicated, as crowbar,
quicksand, tinfoil. As the result of
this examination, I had 7,928 words,
which, I think, I myself have used.
There were 419 in A, 528 in B. 766
In C, 455 in D. 235 in E. 869 in F, 279
in G, 286 in H. 830 in I. 81 in J, 49 in
K. 290 in L. 476 in M, 144 in N, 217 in
O. 715 in P. 55 in Q. 397 in R. 954 in
S. 454 in T, 47 in U. 148 in V, 202 in W.
23 in X and Y and 10 in Z.
Had I counted the various deriva
tives in common use, it is probable the
number would be nearly double.
To make a further test of words at
my command, I spent about two hours
in writing from memory words in A.
I was able to note down 537 words that
1 could use if occasion required. This
is thirty-five per cent, more than I had
counted from the dictionary. Should
the same proportion hold good in all
the letters, it would follow that I can
recall from memory 10,700 words, all
of which are familiar.
I made another count and came to
the conclusion that I could give a fair
definition of at least 25.000 words in
that book, and would understand their
signification in a printed article or
spoken address.
The above estimates are based upon
my own experience and knowledge be
cause it was convenient to make the
experiment with myself. Every well
informed man will be as competent, or
more so. Either professor mentioned
will have a more extended vocabulary
than I have.
I then took at random, in the same
dictionary, a page in each letter, and
counted the words in very common use.
On twenty-four pages there were 254
such words. This would give 3,300
words in use by persons of the most
ordinary intelligence. None of these
lists include any proper names.
At the time of making this study, one
of my children was three years and two
months of age. I noted down (and still
have the lists) 213 words used by her
in one day. They were wonls that any
intelligent child would use, chiefly
names of household articles and com
mon things, with the most ordinary
verbs and partciples. I did not hear
all she said during the day, nor do I
think she used all the words she knew.
I estimated her vocabulary at 400
words, and she did not know enough
to carry on any except childish con
versation. From all of the foregoing observa
tions I drew the following conclusions:
Every well read man of fair ability
will be able to define or understand
20,000 or 25,000 primitives and princi
pal derivative words.
The same man in his conversation
and writings will use not less than
6,000 or 7,000 words. If he be a liter
ary man he will command 2,000 or 3,000
more.
Common people use from 2,000 to
4,000 words, according to their general
intelligence and conversational power.
An "illiterate man" (one who can
not read) will use from 1.500 to 2.500
words.
A person who has not at command at
least 1,000 words is an ignoramus and
will find difficulty in expressing his
thoughts, if, indeed, he have any to
express. George Fleming, in Litera
ture. Young woman (to dealer) "1
want to buy a cane for a young gentle
man, but I hardly know what kind of a
head to select." Dealer "Yes. miss;
what size hat does he wear?" Young
woman "Charlie er the young gen
tleman wears a number five, I think."
Dealer "Then you had better select
one without any varnish on it." X. K
Sun.
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The Prince of Wales has seventeen
brothers-in-law, sixteen uncles, fifty
seven cousins, and fifty-eight nephewf
aodaieces.
YUCATECAN ETIQUETTE.
Some of the Commendable Traits of On
SpanUh-Ameriraa Neighbor.
Yucatan gentlemen higher in the so
cial scale than John the Baptist are less
extravagant in their expressions of gal
lantry, in saluting ladies they still
observe the Spanish form a los pic dc
listed, "at your feet:' to which figure
of speech the correct response is Beso a
ustcd la mano, "I kiss the hand to
you." In closing an ordinary letter of
business or friendship every body in
this part of the world always adds B. S.
M., meaning beso sus manos. "I kiss
your hands." The Spanish-American,
like his Latin brethren across the sea.
talks quite as much with hands and
eyes as with his tongue, and shrugs his
shoulders as frequently as a French
man. One of the prettiest of the many
gestures in general use here is called
the beso sopfado throwing kisses by
gathering the fingers of the right hand
into a close group, touching the lips,
then throwing them out like a fan, at
the same time blowing on tho hand jis
it is outstretched toward the person for
whom the demonstration is intended,
thus signifyingthut five kisses are given
at once.
Gentlemen manifest their apprecia
tion of female beauty by gazing intently
into tho faces of the ladies, whether in
the street, in the church or at the
opera. This custom, which elsewhere
would be resented as an impertinence.
is here accepted, as it is meant, merely
as a flattering tribute to the fair one's
charms. Between acts of the opera
men rise to their feet, and with lev
eled glasses, pay admiring homage to
those dark-eyed senoritas whose beauty
has attracted them. Then the pretty
language of the fan comes into play,
and the well-pleased maidens carry
away blissful memories of gallant
knights and "eyes that spake again."
In ascending a stairway the lady
takes the gentleman's arm, as at the
North; but In descending he always
goes a step or two ahead, holding her
firmly by the hand, to avoid accidents.
with as much solicitude as if she were
an invalid or a cripple. The same
careful attention is offered to the veriest
stranger, as naturally, and with far
more regularity and promptitude than
our own countrymen show in relin
quishing a seat in a crowded car to one
of the weaker sex. On leaving the
house after having made a friendly call,
the salutation with the hand the oft
repeated bow and the "fl los pics da
tfcerf," are continued just as long as
one is in sight, and instead of finding
any thing tedious and wearisome in
this long-drawn-out civility, one feels
as if he had been transported back to
the days of chivalry.
One highly commendable trait of Yu
catecan character is that they will
never say any thing disagreeable to
you, either on their own account or in
repeating the gossip to others. For in
stance, in alluding to one's age. the
greatest delicacy is always exercised.
If one is considerably advanced in
years he is spoken of as viejito "a lit
tle old." A girl may remain unwedded
thirty years or more before she is con
sidered a soltcra, or, in plain English.
an old maid; and after that nothing
more offensive is ever said than that
she is "very fastidiosa,'" "very difficult
to please." and they sometimes add
that she is "good to dress the saints,"
meaning that, having no family of her
own to make garments for. she may
devote her time to the holy work of
making vestments for the sacred im
ages. Fannie B. Ward, in Troy (X.
Y.) Times.
OUR COAL PRODUCTION.
An Increasing- Oatput Indicated by Of.
ftcial Flgares.
The following statistics of coal pro
duction in tho United States are fur
nished from the department at Wash
ington: The total production of all kinds of
commercial coal in 18S7 was 123,965,
255 short tons (increase over 1886, 16,-
283.046 tons), valued at the mines at
$173,530,996 (increase, $26,418,241).
This may be divided into Pennsylvania
anthracite. 39.506,255 short tons (in
crease. 2,809,780 short tons), or 35,273,
442 long tons (increase, 2,508,732 long
tons), valued at $79,365,244 (increase,
$7,807,118); all other coals, including
bituminous, brown coal, lignite, small
lots of anthracite produced in Colorado
and Arkansas, and 6,000 tons ol
graphitic coal mined in Rhode Island,
amounting in the aggregate to 84.459,
000 short tons (increase. 13,473,266
tons), valued at $94,165,752 (increase,
$18,611,123).
The colliery consumption at the in
dividual mines varies from nothing tc
8 per cent, of the total output of the
mines, being greatest at special Penn
sylvania anthracite mines and lowest at
those bituminous mines where the coal
bed lies nearly horizontal and where
no steam-power or ventilating furnaces
are used. The averages for the differ
ent States vary from 2 1-10 to 6 1-7 per
cent.
The total output of the mines, in
cluding colliery consumption, was:
Pennsylvania anthracite, 37,578,747
long tons (increase over 1886, 2,725,
670 long tons), or 42,088,197 short tons
(increase. 3,052,751 short tons); all
other coals, 87,837,360 short tons
(increase, 14.129,403 tons), making
the total output of all coals from
mines in the United States, ex
clusive of slack coal thrown on
the dumps, 129.95,557 short tons
(increase, 17,182,154 tons), valued as
follows: Anthracite, $84,552,181 (in
crease. $8,433,061); bituminous. $97,
939,656 (increase, $19,458,600); total
value, $182,491,837 (increase, $27,891,
661). The above figures show a roota
ble increase in 1887 over 1885 la th
aggregate output and value of both
anthracite and tetnraiaous coaL (M
sago Tribunt.
FARM ANDJ?IRESIDE.
Be careful not to put too much Paris
green on the potato viues. A tea
spoonful in fifty quarts of water, ap
plied twice during tho seasou, good
authorities chum is sufficient.
It is the verdict of many who havo
had experience that it is throwing
away money to doctor hogs already J-f-flicted
with swine plague. The ouneo
of prevention is better than the pound
of cure. Western Sicinehrrd.
Graham Pudding: One cupful of
molasses, two cupfuls of graham flour,
one toispoonf ul of soda, one cupful of
sweet milk, one cupul of raisins, seeded
and chopped,
Steam for three hours
Kentucky sauce. Hood
and eat with
Housekeeping.
Cherry Pudding:
One teacup of
cream, one of sweet milk, one vgg. ono
teaspoonful of soda, one teacup of
seeded cherries and flour to make a
batter, add the fruit last. Bake in a
buttered dish, and servo with sugar
and cream.
Many a good crop is almost ruined
by neglecting to harvest it at tho
proper time. Corn fodder becomes dry
and weather-eaten if allowed to re
main too long in the field. Oats, buck
wheat, rye and other grain crops waste
very ripe if allowed to stand after they
are ripe.
Timothy is a good grass, yet it
stools but little, thus showing plainly
that to keep it well in the ground and
to protect it from upheavel by frost, it
should be grown with such other
grasses as will come on well to the hay
harvest and also form a good sod.
Farmers should consider that corn
is not a proper food for young stock.
It will fatten them, but does not en
courage growth. A young animal
should be made to secure bone and
heavy frame, not fat. It can be fat
tened after maturity. It is simply
wasteful to feed corn to young stock.
The clover should not be over
looked. For pasture the white clover
may be advantageously used. For a
grass crop to be mowed, and the ground
used for corn after the sod is turned
under, red clover has no equal. On
light soils it may be seeded in the falL
and on heavy soils in tho spring, on
gram land.
Mutton should be as plentiful as
pork. There are hundreds of farm
that could be devoted to sheep, but
which are now unprofitable. It re
quires less labor for sheep than for
hogs, while the prices for choice niut
ton and lamb are at times very high,
though the markets at such times may
be well supplied with inferior grades
of carcasses.
For grape butter, stew the grapes
and squeeze out each pulp from tho
skin, removing the seeds; keep tho
skins in a small, thin bag; to each
pound of pulp allow one pound of su
gar, half pint of cider vinegar, tea
spoonful of cloves, one of cinnamon
and one of nutmeg; boil this slowly,
putting in the bag of skins, tied secure
ly; when it jellies by dropping in cold
water it is done. Put away in jars.
For an ornamental dish it can be heated
over and put into molds to jelly.
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SERVICEABLE FENCING.
Description of a New Maa of BaUdlag- aa
Old Stjrle rear.
As every farmer is more or less inter
ested in fencing, I will describe a new
kind of fence, or rather a new plan of
building an old style of fence, that a
number of our farmers are building.
In order that no one will think he
might get himself into trouble by build
ing sueh a fence. I will add that a man
in the neighborhood applied to the
department for a patent nearly a year
ago, but his claim was rejected on tho
lack of novelty. It is in reality an old
style of fence, the only change being
that barbed wire staples are used In
the place of nails as in the old plan.
There are two advantages connected
with it. One of these is. all kinds of
rails can be used, and that without any
extra work of trimming or getting
them ready. It takes up but littlo
room and is easily built. The posts
should be set in lino, the distance apart
being determined by tho length of tho
rails, eight for eight-foot rails and far
ther if longer rails are used. A sup
ply of No. 12 wire and also of barbed
wire staples should be secured.
After the posts are set, two are neces
sary to put up the fence to any thing
like good advantage. Commence at
the bottom of the post and staple the
end of the wire as close as you want the
first rail to the ground. Lay in tho
rail between the wire and the post,
then pull the wire on the outside of tho
rail, and staple to the post again. Then
put in another rail and then staple the
wire to the post again, and so on until
the desired height is reached. A panel
should be laid up at the time. Somo
put the end of ono rail on the outsido
of one post and on the inside of tho
other, while others put all of one panel
on the outside, and all of the next on
the inside. The latter plan is the best,
for the reason that if any of the rails
should happen to be a little longer than
the others, the ends will stick out too
far. The old style of building this
plan of fence was to use nails instead of
staples, driving them into the posts not
quite up to the head, and then giving
the wire a twist around the head. The
staples are better and easier to use, and
do good work. Where there is a supply
of old rails that it is desired to utilize,
a very good fence can be put up in this
way, and one that will not occupy much
room, and at the same time be effective.
The claim is made that it Is an easy
fence to repair. If any of the rails rot
or get broken, being in a place by itself
it can be taken out and a new one sub
stituted. Less wire is required thai
with the old style of rail fence, and in
many cases by purchasing wire, staples
and posts, a good fence can be made
out of an old one. Cor. Farm, Field
mndStodtma.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
One pound of mercury converted
into fulminate is sufficient to charge
50,000 percussion caps.
The sugar mite is estimated to
number 100.000 per pound in mot un
refined sugars, it causes the "grocers' "
itch of tho-e handling the raw sugar.
The system of delivering milk in
glass jars is now in use in almost every
city in the United States, and is the
only clean and healthy way to handle
milk.
A Nevada ranchman shot, trapped
and poisoned 4.200 rabbits in four
t months, and then figured up that about
5.000 new ones had come- to fill their
places.
More than 1.000.000 tons of flax
straw are burned or left to rot every
year in the Western States. If manu
factured into linen cloth it would be
worth $26,000,000.
Electric rifles are the latest. In
stead of the ordinary percussion tiring
device, a dry chloride of silver battery
and a primary coil will, so it was lately
stated before the American Institute.
fire the rifle 35.000 times without re
charging. An oddly-patterned door has just
been made for a Bar Harbor. Me., cot
tage. It consists of 317 separate pieces
of best pine and cedar wood. The main
portion of one side is ornamentally
shingled, and other parts have carved,
raised panels.
Dr. Worms, of the Paris Academy
of Medicine, has ascertained that bees.
ants and wasps show a marked dislike
to the new saccharine. To the human
palate there is no difference in the
taste between it and sugar. It has
been shown, however, that its use dis
turbs digestion.
Professor Schmidt, of Gatz Uni
versity, has hit upon the plan of cut
ting off pieces of living sponges and
planting them in a suitable place in the
sea, as if they were willow twigs. In
this way he has succeeded at the end
of three years in producing four thou
sand sponges at a cost of forty-five
dollars.
Asbestos is being used as a cover
ing for locomotive boilers and domes.
It is claimed that it is not necessary to
remove it when the boiler requires re
pairs, as the leak easily shows through
it, and a piece can be cut out. the leak
repaired and replastered. It is better
than wood and also fire-proof.
Physicians in Germany and Sweden
have sought to cure cases of cancer
that had got beyond the known rem
edies, by inoculating the patient with
the virus of erysipelas. In several in
stances the person thus inoculated was JT
attacked by erysipelas, which seemed
to overcome the cancer for a time, but -so
reduced the patient's vital powers
that in every case the experiment ended
in death.
A German company has patented a
process for producing surface colora
tions upon articles made of copper. '
zinc or brass. Oa the first-named metal
it is possible to develop all the colors of
the rainbow; and upon zinc the coating
is formed of such thickness as to per
mit of chasing the surface. The most
important application of this invention
seems to be in the imitation of antique j
bronze, the results in this direction be- j
ing very satisfactory, both in the mat- (
ter of durability and resemblance.
Although glass pipes of largo
diameter have not aa yet been success
fully produced, the opinion has been
expressed by those engaged in the
manufacture of glass on a large scale
that the time is not far distant when
some method of casting such pipes
satisfactorily and cheaply will be de
vised; and it is believed that, made in
similar form to the present cast-iron
pipes, with some suitable mechanism
for a joint, and of malleable glass, a
water pipe would thus be formed to
which there could scarcely be an ob
jection. Strong, tough, smooth and
indestructible, and made of a material
that is found almost anywhere, it is
thought not improbable that, in time.
whenever a large quantity of pipe is
required in any one locality, a furnace
will be erected and the pipes be there
made.
HE WAS DANGEROUS.
Haw Two Detroit Toper Obtained a Sap
ply of Boos Free of Charge
A big man and a little man entered
a saloon on Michigan avenue near Third
street the other day and called for
drinks. While the little man lingered
over his the big man called the bar
keeper aside and asked:
"Ever see him before?'
"No."
"That's Texas Dick. He is the man
who grabbed a grizzly bear by the ear f
sad broke its neck. Don't rile him.
for he is on a tear and very dan
gerous." When the little man received
change for a quarter he looked at it in
surprise and said:
"I gave you two dollars."
"No, sir."
"What! Call me a liar! I want tho
change for my two-dollar bill."
The big man winked vigorously at
thebarkeepernot to engage m a dispute
with the dangerous man. and as a con
sequence change was made on the new
basis and the pair went out to tacklo
another place. They found it not far
away, and it was in charge of a consumptive-looking
young man. Every
thing went smoothly until Texas Dick
claimed to have laid down a two-dollar
bill. Then the young man fished
up a club and went for the two. and
they got out doors so fast thai they
unhinged the fly-screen. The other
salooaist saw them as they went down
the street neck and neck, fleeing from
the wrath of a ninety-pound man. and
he kicked himself, muttering:
"Tweaty years of experience and
still a fool! It was a out-up ic oa
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