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an inisii bono.
O, my dark Itosnlecn, '
Do not slgb, do not weep!
The priests nro on.tho ocean greca,
They march along tho deep.
There's wlno from tho royal Pope,
Upon tho ocenu green;
And Spanish nlo shall glvo you Lope,
Shall glvo you health, and help, and
hope,
My dark llosulccni
All day long In unrr st
To and fro, do I move,
Tho very bouI within my hrcast
Is wnsted for you, love!
The heart in my lwBom faints
To think of you :ny queen,
My life of life, my saint of Bnlnts,
My "dark Itosalccn!
Over dews, over winds,
Will 1 fly for you e weal;
Your holy, delicate, whlto hands
Shall girdle mo with steel.
At home In your emerald bowers,
From morning's dawn till o'en,
You'll pray for mo, my Hower of flow
ers, My dark Ilosnlcon!
I could scale the Mile nlr,
I could plow tho high hills,
Oh, I could kneel nil night in prayer
To Jieal your many Ills;
And ono hen no smllo from you
Would float liko light bct.veon
My toils, and mo, my own, my true,
My dark ItoKulccn
7V7yyyy
WHERE SAVAGES WALK OX GOLD
My first visit to South Africa was
made ouc lovely summer afternoon in
tho City of New Orleans. My guide
on that occasion was tho well-known
Phil Orozler, brother of tho famous
Arctic explorer.
Wo wcro Bitting in ono of those de
lightfully cool arbors back of an old
battened windowed creolo liouso on
Ursullno M.rcer, grouped around a ta
blo whereon stood those pillars of
Southern comfort a big box of regal
las and a hugo pitcher of Julep. Tho
company was rather u distinguished
ono, and I remember how magnificent
ly Col. William P. Curtis, of tho Gov
ernor's stuff, who had Just coino from
eoino arduous duty, shone among us
civilians In his raro aud radiant unl
form. "One of the oddest things I ever
saw In my life," remarked Crozler
with a luxurious drawl of reminis
cence, "and I havo seen more odd
sights than most mon, happened ono
day Avhen I was out hunting lions In
tho South African bush. I always
took my dead case about it, and that
was probably tho reason why I bag
ged so many in South Africa, where
lions aro easy enough to find, but dif
ficult to get a good quiet iop at.
"I traveled through that country
with two Kolllr guides, proper tall fel
lows without a stitch on them, shin
ing In the sun llko great bronze liz
ards. I ulso had u Kafilr boy about 12
n clever llttlo chap, but, llko most of
his kind, wofuily given not merely to
prevarication, but to deliberate ty
ing. .
"On this particular day had struck
tho bad luck of laming my horse, and
my two KhHIih had rltldcu ahead of
my ox team which was roofed over,
and in which wo slept at night, to see
If they could find a native doctor.
"I may remark in passing that tho
South African grass, llko tho Western
wheat of this count rj', grows very
high. Wo wcro within sight of that
mouutalu peak called Crow's Nest,
which may bo considered as marking
the, line of division between Mashona-
land and Portuguese Gazulund.
"It was tho dry season, and tho sun
always hot lu South Africa, seemed
simply trying to broil everything In
sight that afternoon.
"Though I had In tho wagon n good
supply of wet goods wo had run short
of water and I would have given a
cool hundred. I think, for one cool
drink of Adam's ale, of which, how
ever, my guldo told mo there was no
prosnoct till we reached the next
camp.
"I was very much amused to see n
huge, black-topped Bllvor-slded cloud
in tho shape of a funnel, with a spir
al twist, traveling along very rapid! v
high in tho air, toward Mt. Crow's
Nest, tho peak of which may havo
been some ten miles from where wo
were trekking along In middle vfllloj-.
"The cause for my amazement vou
will readily understand when I "tell
you that during tho dry season South
Africa, though noted for its frequent
bracing breezes, Is also noted for Its
absolutely cloudless skies.
"As it ueored Crow's Nest, with ex
traordlnary velocity, It seemed almost
ns vast ns tho mountain itself, though
much broader nt top than at bottom.
Suddenly as I razed there came a col
llsiou colossal, and tho next mouiit
my summer cloud cf wonder had van
Ished llko n vision,
"It was tho most sudden disappear
ance conceivable. It was seen and
not seen, llko tho smile of the light
ing, and I stood thereunder tho broil
ing sun, bathed in perspiration, rub
blug my eyes In amazement and temp
ted to fancy that t must havo had a
symptom or somo Impending disease
of tho optic nerve.
"I was climbing back Into tho ox
cart and we had trekked along two
miles further, as my thirst was be
coming a simple liifeiunl tortt-
when my ears always pretematurally
ncute. heard over fn tho bush toward
the right, near tho mountain, a sort
or slashing, dashing sound, quite
faint at first, to bo sure, but sugges
tive of falling water.
" 'Thank heaven!' I cried: 'that must
be a mountain brook, Tom, and I kick
h my Kallir bo who was a llttlo in
front driving the oxen, 'take the buck
et, you lazy rascal, and run Into tho
bush over 'we, and don't come back
till you t : u fetch mo some water.
I'm sure 1 heard a brook.'
"He grumbled something about a
Hou'8 gelling him, and I replied for
I spoke the Kallir language almost as
Hueutly as I do English that I
would ho sorry for the Hon; such a
boy 'would give him an awful storu-
avh ache.
"Sulkily lie went !ut the thicket
S32ZIiS7SyEZi2a
with his pall and I stopped tho oxen
and waited his return. In about ten
minutes lie ennio down from tho hill
side, saying with a queer look, that
ho had found a little mountain cata
ract, yet that ho couldn't get any wa
ter because it was nothing but a cata
ract of big fish.
"Well aware what big liars theso
Kallir are, and, generally spcakhu,
tho smaller tho Kafilr tho bigger tho
liar, I Instantly laid my oxwhlp over
his legs and back. Ho dropped tho
bucket and ran howling to the thicket.
"I picked It up, and taking also my
rifle on the chauco of meeting a Hon,
I trudged through the bush up along
tho sldo of tho mountain in tho di
rection of tho hidden b'rook. 1 soon
sighted the probablo course of it by a
zigzag streak of herbage deeper In
green than the surrounding grass;
but when I reached tho edge of this
fringo of emerald velvet. I dropped
bucket and gun In sheer amazement.
"My Kafilr boy had told tho truth.
"Down tho steep bed of a narrow
mountain stream was flashing, splash
ing, daslilng, tumbling madly over
each other, as lu a game of leapfrog,
a living cataract of fish, each on an
average as long hb my arm.
"So many were there that tempor
arily they seemed to havo crowded
out all the water, sploshed it, I sup
pose, as they passed, over tho sur
rounding herbage. For nt least ton
minutes tills extraordinary piscator
ial procession passed before mo down
Into n largo pool In tho pit of tho val
ley, which, I afterwards discovered
was full of crocodiles.
"I havo seen shoals of fish at sea,
I havo seen a whole harbor brilliant
with blucfish, hut I never beheld so
many fish, as It were on one string.
"I am not exaggerating, but surely
understating tho fact, when I say that
fully 100 fish every second of those
ten minutes must have cascaded past
me; 00,000 fish at least, and heaven
only knows how many had descended
beforo I got there. I think 2O.UO0O
would bo n reasonable guess.
"Same of them wcro thrown to one
sldo as tho mass went headlong, and
imagine my fresh surprise when 1
recognized them as bouttos, not n
frcsli-water fish but Inhabitants of tho
deep sea.
"That fact It waa, which gave mo
at onco a clew to tho scientific cause
to this unparalleled phenomenon. Tho
huge cloud which I had seen colliding
a short while beforo with tho peak or
Crow's Nest was not a cloud, but a
gigantic waterspout, blown Inland
from tho ocean fiOO miles awnv."
Tho cataract of air. Crozler's speecli
stopped with dramatic abruptness,
and Col. Curtis, lifting his glass of
Julep almost reverently remarked
in awe struck whisper:
"Crozler 3-011 ore certainly the most
picturesque, mngnlllcent, circumstan
tial and statistical-traveler that I
over mot! I drink to your health, sir.
May you travel for many years to
como!" Illustrated American.
ONI2 MILLION DI2MMOIINS.
Tlint Ih the Annual CoiiNumiiiliut,
mill MoHt of tin llluKVMt Arofor
Wntcr.
DomUohns ore mostly bottle-shaped
and flask-shaped. Tho bottlc-slmpcd
demijohns como in seven sizes, rang
ing from ono pint to 'five gallons. Tho
fiask-shaped are made only lu tho
larger nnd smaller sizes, aud pint,
quart and ilvo gallons are virtually Its
standard sizes.
A great many demijohns, both flask
aud bottle-shaped, aro used for tho
distribution of pure water, spring and
sterilized. In this country more largo
demijohns aro used for water than
for wines and liquors, and the num
ber so used Is steadily Increasing.
Next in numbers to tho luriro demi
johns, used for water are those used
for wines and liquors. Cuenilsts and
druggists uso many largo demijohns,
grocers uso them for vinegar and oils,
and many arc used for the distribu
tion of fruit extracts to bakers, con
fcctloners and dealers In soda water.
Tho smallest sized flask Is used as a
safety package, as a pocket flask for
liquor, and quite extensively for per
fumery. When used for perfumery
nnd cologne the small llasks nro cover
ed with u finer class of reeds nnd wil
lows. Within a year some liquors
havo been put on sale In pint and
quart-sized bottle-shaped demijohns.
With flio growing use of demijohns
for waters there has been a growing
demand for a covering through which
tho water could bo seen. Various dem
ijohns of this kind havo been made.
In one tho bottle is placed in a wood
en crate with a hinged cover; in an
other tho bottle Is hooped with wood;
lu a third It Is held In a frame of
reeds.
Gradually the shipping demijohn has
been developed. The ordinary manner
of packing demijohns shipped in boxes
was ' pack them lu hay or straw.
Demijohns nre now packed In boxes
specially designed for the purpose.
The demijohn Is protected 03- spring
cushions of steel or rubber. Th-ro aro
both flask and bottle-sluined shlimlue
demljohus, lu various styles, and -with
n variety of cushions and fastenings.
There are thirty or more patcuts on
shipping demijohns.
Tho annual consumption of demi
johns lu this country Is estimated nt
1,000,000. Much tho greater number
of these nro made lu this country; the
Imported ones come from Germany.
The American demljohus nre mostly
covered with rattan; tho majority of
those that como from Germany nro
covered with willow, which Is cheaper
there.
Demljohus aro niado in this country
lu Now York, New Jersey, Pennsylva
nia and n few lu Maryland. Demijohn
coverers work In places whero the
manufacture of glass Is carried on.
Tho materials used aro prepared by
muchineiy, but the actual work of cov
ering the bottles Is douo by baud.
Some glass manufacturers have of late
tnken up tho making of demljohus on
their own account, at that season of
tho year when the lottlo manufacture
slacks off.
In the East demljohus have largely
taken the place of Jugs. In the fur
West jugs aro still used, but deml
johus are gradually ousting them In
the South. New York Sun.
.Knnimer Heart Uenil.
Ho How many hearts are j'ou go
ing to break this summer?
She Hearts don't break in tho sum
mer; It's too warm. They merely
bend. Harper's Bazar.
Tlome-Miide Furniture.
A lever woman was short of closet
room, and had no sideboard with spa
clous drawers into which she could pack
her table linen, so evolved from some
wooden boxes several unlquo ottomans.
Ono for tho dining-room Is 20 Inches
long, 12 inches wldo and 14 Inches high,
and Is covered with pretty French cre
tonne. The top Is padded so It makes
a comfortablo scat. The cover which
forms tho seat is fastened on by means
of small hinges. It is lined Inside with
cambric. This holds a number of ta
ble cloths, napkins, tray cloths and doll
ies, and serves for a double purpose.
A similar one for the bath-room holds
towels and wash cloths, whllo ono In
tho kitchen contains newspapers, neat
ly folded paper bags and brown wrap
ping paper, besides a ball of twine.
Tho library boasts a more pretentious
one, although similarly constructed,
Tho cover is of brown linen embroid
ered in brown eyed Susans doae In Ro
man fioss. The effect is very good.
This ottoman holds tho latest magazines
nnd newspapers, so there Is no need of
hunting nil over for them when In a
hurry. Still another of these novel
and useful articles 1p found In tho up
per hall, and upon opening It Is seen a
quantity of Bheets, pillow caecs and
bed spreads.
The sftmo'hotisc contains a number of
stools or hassocks which aro of homo
manufacture. Small boxes aro used
for thd foundation. These are covered
with varlotiB materials suitable to tho
rooms In which they aro to be used.
Ono is 161,6 inches loug, 13 inches wide
and 6 inches high. Tho top is padded.
Wine-colored canton flannel is used for
the covering, and It Is finished around
tho top with a narrow furniture gimp
and brass-headed tacks. Another, more
attractive, Is covered with handsomo
tan-colored canvas, and on it are em
broidered white marguerites In Boston
art silk.
A handsomo divan recently Been had
for Its foundation an old canvas-covered
cot. On top of this was fitted a
hair mattreaq, which was considerably
cut down from Its original Blze. A
strong cover of unbleached muslin was
neatly fitted over this, and next camo
the handsome spread of bluo denim,
with a flounce of the samo embroidered
In white Roman floss. At either end
aro two largo squaro pillows covered
with tho denim and embroidered in
white. They havo doublo rufllcs nil
around them. Threo other pillows at
tho back havo a puff all around and
aro covered with blue pongee embroid
ered In whlto Asiatic silk floss. The
puff Is of white linen. Northwest
Horticulturist.
Origin of Spooning.
Apropos tho recent disturbance In re
ligious circles over tho definition of
"spooning" tho Tennessee version of it
is given, sayB tho St. Louis Republic.
"Spooning" parties are popular In
somo quarters. They take their name
from a good old English word, which
was intended to ridicule tho alleged
fantastic actions of n young man or a
young woman who Is In love. For
some reason, which no ono over could
explain, everybody pokes fun at the
lover. In fact, that unhappy character
Is never heroic In real llfo, no matter
whut great gobs of heroism are piled
about him on tho stage, and In all the
romnntlc story books. The girl In love,
and tho boy In love, aro said to be
"spooning."
When a "spooning" party is given
tho committee In charge of tho event
receives a spoon from each person who
attends, or else presents each guest
with a spoon. These spoons are fanci
fully dressed In male and femalo at
tire, and aro mated either by the sim
ilarity of costume or by a distinguish
ing ribbon. Tho glrlB and boyB whoso
spoons aro mates are expected to take
caro of each other during the contin
uance of the social gathering
Of course, tho distribution of the
spoons is mado with tho greatest possi
ble carefulness, the aim being to bo
place them as to properly fit tho case of
tho young people to whom they are
presented. Tho parties are usually
given by the young people of somo
neighborhood, whero the personal pref
erences of each spooney is well known,
and they ore tho source of no end of
fun. It Is possible, also, that they
servo as aldB to matrimony as well,
and aro thereforo commendable, since
an avowal is rendered more easy to a
diffluent swain nfter he feels that his
passion la not n secret, but that his
weakness for a spooney maiden Is
known to his friends and enemies on
tho committee which dispenses the
spoons. It may he mentioned that
after tho spoons have been distributed
among tho guests, each couple retires
for consultation regarding the reasons
which caused tho award of mated
spoons In their case. This consulta
tion is known by the name of "spoon
ing." Figure for Women.
New York has 27 female barbers.
Great Britain has 8.7C6.000 women.
Belgium has 1,340,000 women aboye
15.
Roumanla has 1,200,000 women over
18.
Switzerland has (390,000 women above
18.
Norway has 4G5.000 women more
than 16.
Italy has 6,850,000 women of mar
riageable age.
Spain has 4,130,000 women over the
age of 16.
Sweden has 1,170,000 women over 18
years of age.
Greece has 490,000 women over 20
years of age.
One New England factory employs
12,000 women.
There aro 8,586,000 grown women in
France.
Austria has 9,680,000 women above
tho ngo'of 18.
The little kingdom of Denmark has
490,000 women.
Tho United States has 30,554,370 fe
male population.
Portugal has 1,080,000 women moro
than 17 years old.
In Great Britain there are 1,047 wom
en to 1,000 men.
In North America there are 970 wom
en to 1,000 men.
The German empire has 10,930,000
women over the age of 16.
Holland, though small in size, haa
1,070,000 women, j'oung and old.
Some hands should march and not
play.
After victory strap the helmet tighter.
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
URKFl'I, IK FORMATION CONCBRH
1NO THIS INDUSTHIAL ARTS.
"WU Science Lengthen Life Tele
arrnphltiK Without AVIre FUhtn
by Electric I.litlit Pncklns Ten by
Machinery A Germnn InTentlon.
Mr. Balfour, the Englishman states
man, has been discussing the question
of the effect of Increased scientific
knowledge on the lengthening of hu
man life. Medical practitioners nre n
necessity In a modern community, but
the most valuable part of their work
is that which gives a profounder In
sight Into the nature aud Into the
cause of disease, and thus Increases
the sum of human knowledge of the
healing art. Mr. Balfour believes the
time will soon come when the nblest
physicians and surgeons will be able,
through government endowment, to
consecrate themselves on medical and
surgical Investigations, Instead of
wasting the greater part of their en
ergies in tho struggle to live. One of
the foremost of living physicians, with
whom ho hod been speaking 6f these
happy prospects of scientific medicine,
had told him he did not see any vital
or sufficient reason why, when medi
cine was In tho immediate future bet
ter understood, and when those tein
porato habits which medicine might
counsel, but which medicine could not
enforce, obtained a deeper and larger
hold on tho great masses of the civil
ized world, as undoubtedly they would,
ho did not see any reason why when
that time camo the span of human llfo
should not be extended to the patri
archal term of 120 years. He did not
know whether that forecast waB over
sangulnc, but Is suggested to his mind,
nt all events, the reflection, which had
frequently occurred to him before,
that, after all, death was not the en
emy which the medical profession had
to fight. It was rather tho pain and
the disease which rendered us Inef
fectual for practical work. Cases are
constantly heard of In which by the
extraordinary skill of some great prac
titioner, and by the appliances of all
the most recent medical discoveries, It
had been found possible to prolong for
some days or weeks the doomed life.
When this command of the most sci
entific medical resources becomes the
rule Instead of the exception, and peo
ple learn to regulate their mode of liv
ing according to the laws of common
sense, there can be no doubt that tho
period of useful existence of tho hu
man race will be appreciably length
ened. Electric Cur IlrnUe.
To make an electric car brake that
will do the work required without
burning out, permitting of perfect reg
ulation, using no more than 5-7 am
peres of current, or about equivalent
to the power necessary to feed the
lights In a large car, safe, reliable,
economical and of a comparatively
small cost to make such a brake has
been the endeavor and nmbitlon of
many electricians up to this time, but j
without success. Still a brake for i
which all of this is claimed is In ex-
istence now, and hns been operated
for the past three weeks without '
trouble on Car No. 18 of the Suburban ,
railroad of this city. All that Is vlsl-
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mi- liuiu lliu lill in u nuiuii nwui'ii itui-
dle on each platform, placed lu conve
nleut position for the inotorman, and a
single movement or the hand will stop
the big 40-root car gradually and easy,
or, In case or necessltj, suddenly
enough to upset everything In the car.
The possibility or such a sudden stop
is u great feature of a brake lu case
of an accident, and one that will bring
a fast-moving car to nn immediate
standstill, will discount all life guards.
A street car moving at the rate of
from eight to twelve miles per hour
covers per second from 12 to 18 reet.
Considering that It requires at least
two seconds tor the inotorman to wind
up the slack In his hand brake before
its effect Is felt In the speed of the car,
one can cnslli' see the advantage or 11
brake where this one second, probably
tho momentous one, Is put to immedi
ate use, as a movement of the hand
Is sufficient to set the brakes Instantly,
and no time Is lost In the winding up
of the chain. The release Is also In
stantaneous with tho relensc of the
switch. The brake Itself is nn ex- to the Hue joining the two poles, &o
tremely simple affair, and does not re- that the discharge must take place dl
qulre continuous looking after. It may rcctly against the smoked biirface,
be operated singly on each car or in
.trains of cars, whero all or them would
be controlled by the inotorman on the
rront plotrorm or the first car.
FiiihtnK by Kiectrio Light.
Eastern anglers are taking a leaf
out of the book of the fisherman of the
or the Pacific coast. It will Ik remem
bered that an enterprising Cullfornhin
was the first in this country to utilize
the idea or attracting flsh by electric
light. Ho had the nets ror his coast
fishing studded with incandescent
lamps, which were connected to bnt-
kbti." sysKs..
soon as the nets were sunk the cur
rent was turned on, and the Incandes
cent filament drew the fish from far
and near, far surpassing In its effects
on the haul the most Irresistible of
halts. An Albany mnu has devised an
"electrical net," which works very
much after the same fashion, except
that the electric light used Is fixed
above the water Instead of below its
mi-face. When the light Is plneed in
position the nets nro het either to sea
ward of it or around It, fiat upon the
bottom. When the fish are drawn to
the lamp, a rubber tube, which runs
along tlio top of the net, Is lutlnted by
a pump in the boat, the upper edge of board, where electrical connection Is
the net will rise to the surface tho made. As the current is turned on In
lower edge being held down by sluk- ' any of tho cables the plate to which
ors and the fish aro caught. A New It Is attached Is raised to the required
Yorker has made a modification of the ' heat, which la maintained undeviat
Callfornlan plan of using submerged . iugly until tho process of finishing is
lights. Ho Blmply puts a threo candle- completed. The Invention comes from
power lamp In a quart preserving Jar, j Germans', but it is such a manifest
lowers it into the wnter, and runs it and radical Improvement on old meth
wih & i-iwlni? machlnp batterv. He ' ods thnt It is certrlu to bo applied
recommends those who wish to follow
his example not to spend ?20 on a bat
tery, but buy an electric hand-book,
and with three goblets securely fast
ened In a plain wooden box make for
themselves for about $2.D0 a battery
which will work Just as well. He says
that night flahlng becomes a very live
ly sport If the light Is placed anywhere
In the neighborhood of fish. They
swim oroiind and spend couslderable
time investigating, but as soon as
their curiosity is satined they ret
down to business and discuss the bait
ed hook, which Is dangling near by.
1 Telegraphing "Without Wire.
The continued success which has at
tended experiments in sending tele
graphic messages through space prom
ises to lead to remnrkable develop
ments. An English electrician says It
Is difficult to forecast the future of
this new telegraphy. So far, signaling
has been carried on by this means In
one direction only, but there Is no rea
son why messages should not be du
plicated nnd eveirquadrupllcated. Fur
ther details are now at hand of the es
tablishment of communication be
tween the island of Mull and the main
land, nenr Oban, a few weeks ago,
when the connection cable broke
down. It will be remembered that an
shore of the Island and messagescui
Insulated wire was laid along the shore
of the island and messages through It
wero sent to the mainland across two
miles of Intervening space. Tho offi
cial report states: "An ordinary Morse
circuit could not have given better re
sults. Tho chief difficulty was the In
cessant screaming of tho wild fowl."
W. II. rrccce, In commenting on tho
achievement, finds a very different ex
planation of this supposed "screaming
of the sea fowl." lie says that
strange, weird and mysterious sounds
arc frequently heard on long lines of
telegraph In the calm stillness of the
night, but whether they nre due to tcr
rcstcrlal or to cosmic cuuses remains
to be discovered. Tho sun's photos
phcro when disturbed by spots may be
subject to violent electrical storms,
and the vast Jets of Incandescent hy
drogen that flame up with terrible ve
locity may excite electrical oscillations
through ethereal space of such fre
quency as to influence our terrestrial
circuits. It may thus become possible
for us to hear on earth the electric
storms of the sun.
Packing Tea by Machinery.
The usual method of packing Ceylon
tea is shovel It into a tea chest and al
low a breech-clouted and turbnncd
coolie to trnmp it in with his feet. No
matter how skillfully this was done,
It was liable to bruise and crush the
leaf, and there was always a greater
or less proportion of dust or waste in
every chest. A mechanical tea packer
has been Invented which Is said to
greatly Improve the standard of tea
shipped. It consists of a table or plat
form, on which tho chest Is to be pack
ed, secured by means of self-centering
right and left hand screws or clamps,
nnd connected to the motive power.
The machine Is set in operation nnd a
very rapid vibratory or trembling mo
tion Is Imparted to the table, which in
stantly causes each scoopful of tea
thrown Into the chest to settle down
compacts within It. The rate or vi
bration is high. The tables move to
and fro 2,000 times in n minute. Ow
ing to the peculiar nature of tills vi
bration, neither the flno leaf nor the
dust separates from the coarse, and
consequently, If the tea has been bulk
ed before packing, It remains of a per
fectly oven grade throughout the chest
after being packed with the machine.
It is stated that a full-Blzed chest can
readily be packed by tho apparatus in
about two minutes, nnd that from G to
8 per cent more tea can bo put into n
chest in this was without the slightest
breakage than can he packed without
injury to the leaf by any system of
hand or foot packing
AntoBi-nph of the Klccrlo SnurU.
Intense Interest has been added to
1 the study of various kinds of electric
current by the discovery of mnthnds
of securing a graphic record of the
passing Impulse. Many of these 10c
ords are exqulsltel.v beautiful, aud of
great value to the advanced electrician
as well as to the student. A simple
way of fixing the trace of an electric
spitik Is to use a smoked-glass plate,
on which the layer of smok" adheres
so firmly that the struggling spark can
onby leave a trace lu Its own track
without disturbing the smoky layer In
Its other pait. This may bo done by
' fastening the soot to the glass by
moistening with alcohol or by pre
vlously rubbing tho glass with fine oil.
The last Is the surest plan. The smok
ing ma j' be done with a lamp or can
dle flame. When the glass is brought
between the poles or u Btrong second
uiy batter;, or. st'll better, a powerful
induction coll, exactly at right angles
, tho spoiK, using tne soot ns 11 conuuc
tor, will strike over the edge of the
glass plate nnd split into a complex,
branched ligure, nnd a permanent rec
ord will be left In the smoked surface
i of the zigzagging and twisting path of
the current.
A Germnn Invention.
An electrical Journal gives a new
method of finishing cloth and paper
by electrlcltj-. In the finishing of cer
tain kinds of woven fnbrlcs, and ob
taining moire and figured effects, It
has been the practice to uso hj'tlraullc
rs.,jjrss.ars,"sa&
are heated In furnaces nnd subjected,
after the fabrics or paper have been
placed between them, to hydraulic
pressure. The difficulty with this sys
tem is that during the operation the
plates cool and tho action Is not regu
lar. The adoption of a form of electric
heatiug gives exactly tho required
regularity nnd constancy of tempera
ture and makes tho process perfect.
The plates are mado hollow, and tho
heating wire is wound within it In the
shape of n spiral, Imbedded in sulli
clent resistance to produce the neccs
Barv heating effect. A flexible cable
passes from each plate to a switch'
largely by American manufacturers of
woven fabrics and paper.
Had Too Mock of Htm.
Subscriber What is going to be the
policy of the new magazine?
Mr. Blucllues (tho editor) Wo nre
going to adopt the Wellington policy,
Subscriber Tho Wellington policy?
What Is iiiat?
Mr. Bluellnes Tho annihilation of
Napoleonic rule.
duller and CIicfro In Kfttt Atnw
Reports of the United States consuls
In Asia reveal Bomo interesting fea
tures. Wo republish tlrtjse from China,
Japan and India:
Hong Kong (China) Nearly all
of the butter consumed at
this port comes from Europe,
a small percentage from Aus
tralia. As for cheese, the United
States compares very favorably with
the European supply, but it would com
mand a better placo In this market if it
were put up In smaller Blzes.
Tien-Tsln (China) Butter, cheese,
etc., form no "part of a Northern China
man's bill of fare, nnd I see no proB
pect of any cbango In tho dietary hab
its of the conservative Chinaman. The
small market which exists among the
foreign residents Is supplied in part
from Europe and In part from Califor
nia. Tho total value of the dairy prod
ucts which could be consumed by the
foreigners resident within the consular
district of Tien-Tain would be so small
that any details or suggestions which I
might give would bo valueless to
American exporters.
Bombay (India) From all that I have
been able to learn, there Is no butter
or cheese imported from the United
States. To Increase the trade in theso
articles, arrangements should be made
with somo well-established firm to look
after the Interest of the American deal-
GTS
Calcutta (India) About $40,000
worth of cheese Is imported, practically
all coming from the United Kingdom.
Somo of this could, of course, be sup
plied from the dairies of the United
States, but the size of the market would
perhaps not justify the labor and ex
pense which would be necessary to edu
cate It to taking American cheese, es
pecially considering the advantage the
English manufacturers have in contin
uous connection by Bteam vessels, and
tho further fact that most of the cheese
Is consumed by Englishmen, who want
the article they havo always been ac
customed to.
Padang (Sumatra) The butter and
cheeso consumed In my district are im
ported exclusively from Holland, and
milk generally from Switzerland.
Trials, however, have been made with
American milk (Eagle brand and evap
orated cream). The quality fully satis
fied the consumers, but prices are too
high In comparison with those of Swiss
produce to allow a regular importation
of American milk. The number of
milch cowb in my district is very small,
and all the fresh milk gained from
them Is used for tho military hospitals
and other medical purposes.
Kanagwa (Japan) The market for
dairy products and fruits in Japan is
very limited, since the demand for
them, except apples, is confined to the
foreign residents at the open ports and
a few natives of the higher class who
have come Into direct contact with
foreigners. The consumption of but
ter and cheese is confined almost en
tirely to the foreign communities.
Condensed milk is more generally
used, and the lending American brands
are very popular, but the lack of Inter
national copyright and patent protec
tion has encouraged the manufacture
of spurious condensed milk, which is
placed on "the market packed in cans
and with labels which aro more or less
exact copies of ours. This business Ib
carried on to such nn extent as to ma
terially affect the Import trade.
Hlago (Japan) The Japanese have
never acquired a taste for butter and
cheese; consequently, the consumption
of these articles in this consular dis
trict is very small, being restricted tn
the foreign residents, who scarcely
number, altogether, 1,000 persons. The
customs reports for 1S93 show the im
ports of butter to have been less than
20,000 pounds, and of cheese, less th?n
8,000 pounds. Butter is imported in tin
cans, principally from France and Hol
land, and In tubs from California. As
the latter Is known to be pure butter,
there would be a larger demand for It
if packed and cured so as always to
retain Its sweetness and flavor. The
consumption of condensed milk is con
stantly Increasing among the natives,
the returns showing that the imports
for 1893 amounted in value to 50,000
yen ($31,600), more than four-fifths of
which comes from the United States.
Syrian Mutter nnd Cheenp.
There is an Immense consumption of
dairy produce of all kinds In this coun
try, hut the United States has no share
in It. Indeed, It would seem very
much like "carrying coals to New
castle" to send butter and cheese to a
land whose flocks feed on a thousand
hills. Native butter, or "semen,"
churned in calfskins after the ancient
style, is a great Industry among the
Arabs, and this butter is used by near
ly all Syrians. It Is made from goat's
milk, which Is abundant, and some or
It is quite palatable, although most of
It is coarse and decidedly unsavory.
Foreigners and many residents of cit
ies obtain here good butter from cow's
milk, nnd Imported butter Is little used
or known. Some cheese for hotels and
the use of foreign and native residents
is imported from Holland and other
European countries, but this product of
th dairy Is made In very largo quanti
ties in Syria, whero the rich milk of
the goats of the mountains and desert
Is ured for the purpose, and it goes
to make up one of the principal In
dustries of the people. A coarse and
cheap goat's milk cheese Is also Im
ported In considerable quantities from
Greece and the Grecian islands, hut
the high price for transportation would
cat up the profits on American butter
and cheese under present shipping con
litlona. United States Consul.
An Ivory Mot. Many people have
never heard of such a thing, and It Is
not to be wondered at, for these mats
arq exceedingly rare, and it Is said by
those who know that only three of
theso beautiful curiosities exist in the
whole world. Tho one we now write
about, and which will be soon on view
at tho Earl's Court exhibition, Is the
largest one made. It measures eight
feet by four feet, and though made In
a small hill state In the north of In
dia, has an almost Greek design for its
border.
It was only used on state occasions,
when the Rajah sat on It to sign Im
portant documents. The original cost
of the mat Is fabulous, for 6,400 pounds
of Ivory were used In Its manufacture.
The finest strips of Ivory must havo
been taken off the tusks, as the mat is
as flexible as a woven stuff, and beauti
fully fine. It will be a luxury that only
the rich cap buy, for tho prlco, I heard
a llttlo bird whisper, was a lone one.
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