OCTOBER.
October comes across the bill
Like some light ghost , sjlc js so
Though her sweet chucks are rosy ;
And through the floating thistle-down
Her trailing , brier-tangled gown
Gleams like a crimson posy.
The crickets In the stubble chime ;
Lartnrns flash out at milking time ;
The daisy's lost her ruflles ;
The wasps the honeyed pippins try ;
A film Is over the blue sky ,
A spell the river muffles.
rhe golden-rod fades In the sun ;
The spider's gauzy veil is spun
Athwart th'e drooping sedges ;
The nuts drop softly from their burrs ;
Ho bird-song'the dim silence stirs ,
A blight is on the hedges.
But filled with fair content Is she ,
As if no frost could ever be ,
To dim her brown eyes' luster ;
And much she knows'of fairy folk
That dance beneath the spreading oak
With tinkling mirth and bluster.
She listens when the dusky eves
Btep softly on the fallen leaves ,
As if for message cheering ;
And it must be that she can hear ,
Beyond November grim and drear ,
The feet of Christmas nearing.
Stisan Hartley , in St. J
ON THE CHIMNEY.
'Twas when 1 was courting Kate that
llie accident I am going to tell you
bout happened. But for that same ac-
tident I don't think Katie an' I would
> e man and wife this day , for you see
ny father was set agin' the match , Ka-
Se being only a laborer's daughter ,
rhile he himself was foreman in the
nills , getting good wages and thought
t deal of by his employers. An' if it
rasn't for Katie I don't think I'd be
icre now to tell you about it , for 'twas
ihe that saved my life through hitting
ipon a plan that never once came into
ihe iieads of me or my comrades ay ,
ir of those that you'd have thought
roulcl know better than any of us.
I was brought up to my father's trade ,
having been taken , when young , by a
brother of my mother's , a master brick-
iiiycr living in the town. When my un
tie di'-d 1 came to Lisgarvan for a bit ,
Wt to see my father , and , finding that
fcuy were at work on the new buildings
11 the mills , I looked for employment
Jhere , an' got it at once. Lisgarvan
uill is a flour mill , and a pretty place it
i as in those days , with the river running
ust by the old red brick buildings , an'
, he big water wheel always going round
m * round. The river falls into a lar-
; er one a little down , an'the tide conies
ap as far as the mill , so 'tis in boats that
* uost of the corn is brought in an' car-
red away. 'Tisn't half so pretty a place
ow ; there are big whitewashed build-
ngs alongside of the old brick ones , the
i g wheel is stopped , an' you hear the
vhirlof the engine instead of the sound
of the water. But they makes a power
> f money there , an' gives a deal of em-
> loyment
As I was saying , I got taken on as a
M'icklayer , Katie's father was work-
ng there , too , an' I used to see her
( ringing his dinner , and , after a bit , I
icgan to think I'd like to have her
ring me mine , too. She was as pret-
} a girl then as you'd see anywhere
rce's good looking to this day an' I
loon became that fond of her that I'd
lave done anything a'most to get her.
5he herself was willing enough ; 'twas
uy father that made the difficulty. He
ras a proud man , as proud in his way
is any gentleman , an' he was right
lown mad at the notion of my marrying
i laborer's daughter. To be sure , i
vas earning good wages , an' might
lave married without asking any-one's
eave if I'd been so minded , but 1 didn't
jke to go agin the old man that had
ilways been good to me. Besides ,
iatie was just as proud as himself , and
roulcl have nothing to sa3 to me unless
e was satisfied , 1 got the master to
jpeak to him , but sure 'twasn't a bit of
ase. "How would you like , sir , ' : he
iays to the master , "If I had a daugh-
< or to have Master Philip take up with
icr , and would that be the same thing ? "
I believe that the master didn't think
t would be all the same thing , but my
nther wouldn't hear to reason from
jjm any more than from me ; so Katie
ind I had just nothing for it but to
irait in the hope of his coining 'round ,
ind very little hope we had of that
- ame.
As we were putting up a steam en
gine in tke mill , we had , of course , to
lave a big chimney , an' we got a man
iroin town to build it one of them
: haps that builds chimneys an' nothin'
ilse , an' thinks nobody knows anything
ibout it but theirselves. I was work-
ng along with him , and. indeed , 'twas
I that built the most of it , : m' a right
ood job it was. 'Twos finished by
Uiristrnas ten years ago this Christ-
lias coming on all but the lightning
icnductor , and that was not put up
iwiug to the master's wanting to make
nquirics when he'd go to London , an'
ce for himself what would be the best
cind to use. The master was a
tcientific sort of a gentleman , an' had
Ideas of his own sometimes they'd be
setter than other people's , sometimes
nay be not so good. At any rate there
yas a delay about the conductor , an" in
'he ' meantime the engineers were at
iork , an' the big chimney was smoking
i way like blazes. Mr. Brown , the
itrnnge workman , had gone away ,
Hving very condescending like that he
ivas sure Jim Forde ( that was me )
pould be able to fasten the rod to the
%
: himney as well as lie could do it him-
iclf. He vtook all his scaffolding with
aim , but before he went away he fixed
i beam with a pulley to it to the top of
She chimney an' left a long rope hang-
g through it , so that a man could be
> oisted up at any time ; an' there the
: pue hung dangling , week after week ,
intil the master come , bringing the
rod along with him.
Once it had come there was no good
.osin01 any more time in fixing it , so one
Saturday'afternoon in January up I
jont on a plank , slung securely at the
nd of the rope , my tools along with
we , an' settled myself astride on the
itone coping. "Twas rather late in the
lav , but the morning had been rather
* 'et an' stormy to work , an' the master
rao as impatient to get the job done as
4 it hadn't been himself that was hin-
L > ,
dcring it all the t'nie. I \\t\ > : is tu r
at home : ito | > of th I'li'miiey .MS ) v. : i >
on the ground , un' I worked on without
once looking down , until my job u i-
.finished an' I was putting up iuy tool- .
Then , all of a sudden , I hoard : i rat-
tling noise , an' look ng over I see : h'
plank going down very fast. 1 cat led
out : "iJullo. there ! send that up again ,
willou ? " but the only answer I got
was a loud laugh , forall the world like
silly Jerry , the natural's , and sure
enough there he was , standing by ths :
windlass , jumping an1 clapping his
hands. I looked about for the man
whose business it was to manage the
windlass , but not a sign of him wire
there , an' in a minute f heard the rat
tle of the pulley again , and saw thai
the rope was running through it in the
wrong direction. I made a grab for it.
but 'twas jerked out of my hand , an1
before I could catch it again the oiul
had sl.pped through , and there I was
more than a hundred feet from the
ground , not knowing how in the world
I was to get down , an' Jerry dancing
and capering below , calling out :
"Conic down and thrash me now , Mr.
Forde , won't you ? " Then I remem
bered that I few days before I had
found this boy annoying Katie , an' had
given him a cut with a switch I had in
my hand. He had slunk away without
a word at the time , but it seems he had
remembered the blow and took this way
of being revenged.
Well , at first I was scarcely frighten
ed , expecting somehow that , once the
people below knew the fix I was in ,
they'd find some way or other
of getting me out of it. But when 1
come to think of it , duece a way cou'd
1 hit on myself , an' sure I knew more
about chimneys than anyone else in the
place. 'Twas getting late , too ; there
wouldn't be much more than another
half-hour of daylight , an' the wind was
rising 1 could hear it whistling through
the trees. By this time the people
knew what had happened and a crowd
was collecting ; I could see them coming
from all parts , for of course I had a
view all about. I saw a boy go up to
the door of the counting house , an'
presently Master Phillip came out , run
ning as if for life. When he came up
he took the command like , an' began
giving directions ; an' the people who
had only stared at first , now ran here
an' there as he sent them. First they
brought out a long ladder an' fixed it
on the roof below the chimney. I
could have told them that 'twas too
short , knowing as I did the length of
every ladder in the place ; but somehow ,
though I heard their shouts plainly , I
could not make them hear mine ; it
seemed as if the voices went up , like
smoke. Then there was a great delay ,
while they went for a longer ladder ;
and this , too , didn't reach half way. A
man climbed up , however , and called
out to know had I a bit of string in my
pocket that I could let down. Not a
bit could I find. I had a big ball only
the day before , but 1 had taken it out
of my pocket an' put it on the shelf at
home. I took off my braces an' fasten
ed them an' my handkerchief together ,
but they didn't near reach the top of
the ladder , so that plan had to be given
up.
up.At
At this time the wind was rising , an'
I was getting numb with the cold an'
stiff an1 cramped from being so long in
the one position. There was a big
clock right over the gateway just oppo
site , an * I saw that it only wanted
twenty minutes to five ; it would be
nearly dark at 5 , an' once the darkness
set in what little hope I had would be
gone.
gone.Master
Master Philip seemed to have gone
away by this time , but there was my
father among the crowd ; an' who
should I see standing next to him and
holding on by his arm but Katie ! They
had forgotten every thing but the fright
about me , an' he seemed to be talkin' to
her an' comforting her. After a bit I
saw Master Philip again ; he had a
big thing in his hand looking like
pocket handkerchiefs stretched over a
frame , an' I saw that it was a kite , an'
that they meant to send a string up to
me in that way. But you never in all
Four life saw such an unmanageble kite.
First 'twas too heavy and then 'twas too
light , and then the time they seemed to
lose making a tail to stead } ' it. I heard
ifter that part of that same tail was
made of bank notes Master Philip took
jut of his pocket when he could get
nothing else quick enough. He got
them back later , for not a man , woman
3r child in the place would have touch-
id one of them when they saw him
asing them in that way.
When the kite did go up at last the
svind was so high that they could not
nanage it properly. It came very
icar me once , an' I made a snatch at
; he string , nearly overreaching my
self in doing so , but I missed it , and
lust then there came a terrible gust of
, vind , the string broke , an' the kite
ivas carried away , an' stuck fast in
ihe branches of a big tree behind the
naster's house. I looked over at the
jlock to see how much time was left
ue an' I found I could not see the
tands any longer ; the darkness had
: ome on in the last few minutes.
Then I gave up all hope , for I knew I
lever could hold on till morning. I
; ried to think of death and to make
nyself ready for it , but I couldn't
not a prayer nor a good word could I
; all to mind , only going over an' over
igain in my head the way it would
ill happen how the people would go
iway , one by one , how I'd be left
ilone in the darkness an' the howling
ivind , an' how at last I'd not be able
: o hold on any longer , an' fall , and be
'ound in the morning all crushed out
if shape. The people below seemed
: o have given up all thought of help-
ng now , an' were standing quite
juiet. 'Twas so dark by this time
; hat I could not distinguish the
! aces of all ; I could just make out
Master Philip in his dark suit among
; he mill men , and poor Katie. She
ivas crouching down on the ground
aow , and her apron over her head. All
sf a sudden I saw her leap up with a
reat cry an' clap her hands an' call
jut something. Then there was a cou-
'tised sort of shout , as K every one in
: he crowd was saying the same thing
it the'same time , an' then Master
Philip , making a sign to silence them ,
put his two hands up to his mouth an'
sang out in a voice that came to mo
ibove the noise of the wind :
"Take off your stocking and ravel it ;
ihe thread will reach the ground. "
At first I didn't understand him , be
ng dazed like , but then the meaning
came on ma lik < 5 a message from heav
en. I got off one of my socks wit )
some trouble nice , new ones the ;
were too , of Katie's own knitting , tha
she had given me for a Christmas bo :
.in with the help of my teeth I loos
cned one end of the thread. It gavi
readily enough after that , an' when . '
had a good piece of it ripped I tied mj
knife to make it heavy , an' let it drop
ripping more an' more of the sock as i
went down. Then 1 felt it stop , am
presently there came a shout tellin *
me to wind it up again. Very slowli
and carefully I did it , fearing the string
would break , an' when the last bit of i
came up there was a piece of strong
twine tied to the end of it. The twiiu
in its turn brought the rope I had gone
up by , an' then I felt that I was safe ,
1 managed somehow to put it througl
the pulley , an' as soon as they hai
fastened the other end to thevindlas -
below they gave ine the word to coim
down. I was so numb an' slift that J
could not fix myself on the plank , bin
I managed somehow to cling to tlu
rope with with 1113' hands. Down , dowr
I came , every turn of the windlass
making the voices below seem nearei
and nearer , and when I was within :
few feet of the ground there were r
dozen pairs of amis ready to catch me ,
an' a hundred voices to'welcome me.
An' there was my father waiting foi
me , an' Master Philip saying : "Bui
for the girl , he'd have been up there
still. Not one of the rest of us would
have thought of the stocking : 'twas the
brightest idea I've conic across thif
many a day. She has saved his life ,
Fordo , and 3-011 can't refuse your con
sent any longer. " But when I looked
round for Kate , she was nowhere to be
seen. She must have slipped off as
soon as she saw I was safe.
Master Philip hurried my father an1
me away , I didn't quite know where , J
was so dazed , but in a minute or two ]
found myself in a warm , lighted din
ing-room at the master's house , an'
Master Philip pouring out a glass oi
brandy for me an' shaking hands with
my father. I was glael to get the bran
dy , for I was worn out with fright and
cold ; but as soon as I could I made my
escape , and went down to Katie's cot
tage. I hadn't been there live minutes
when there was a knock at the door
and in walks my father. He went
straight up to Katie , holding out his
hand.
"Katie , my girl , " he said , Ive "come
to ask your pardon for anything I've
ever saiel or done against you , an' if
you an' Jim are still of the "same mind
I won't hinder 3-011 from marrying. 'Tis
you who have the best right to him , for
you've saved his life. "
"An' 'tis proud an' glad I am that I
was able to do that same , Mr. Forde , "
said Kate.
"And you'll many him , won't you ,
my dear ? "
' If you're satisfied , sir. "
"I am , my dear , quite satisfied , " and
with that he kissed her , and from that
day to this he and Katie have been the
best of friends. He lived with us for
the last year or so. for he was getting
past his work , and the master pensioned
him off. He is vciy happy with us an'
he is never tired of telling the children
the stoiy of the way their mother's
cleverness saved my life.
Fiddles for Firewood.
When Ole Bull , the renoAvned violin
ist , was staying in Paris in 1840 he re
turned home late one evening from a
concert , anel as the night was cold he or
dered his man to make a fire in his
room. The latter dragged toward the
fireplace a huge box , on which the word
"Firewood" was painted in large let
ters. In answer to Ole Bull's astonish
ed inquiry the servant told him that
the box had been delivered that day at
noon by his master's orders , as he
thought. On being broken open the
box was found to contain twenty-two
violins and the following letter : "Great
Master : The undersigned , being mem
bers of various amateur philharmonic
societies , hereby declare that they will
henceforth cease to perform on the ac-
companying instruments. The same
wood from which Ole Bull can draw-
life , love , sorrow , passion , and melody ,
is onlyto be regarded as fuel for the
( lames in the hands of the undersigned ,
who therefore request the maestro to
make an auto-da-fe of the iuclosurcs , and
to look upon the ascending smoke as in
cense offered to his genius by penitent
dabblers in the noble art. " This curi
ous epiafle bore the signatures of twen
ty-two young men. Three days after
ward Ole Bull gave a dinner , to which
lie invited all the senders of the valua
ble "firewood. " Each guest had 1ing be
fore him on the table one of the violins
referred to , anil by its side a gold ring
with the inscription "Solitude and Per
severance , " a piece of reasonable ad-
rice to the faint-hearted dilettante , and
i symbolic indication of the means by
which the virtuoso himself had attained
to fame. Taglichc Rundschau.
Theatrical Note.
Judge Duffy. "It is useless for you
io say that 3Tou arc innocent. You were
: aught in the act of pulling a silk hand
kerchief out of the pocket of the gen-
.lenian in front of 3-011. "
Prisoner. "But , your honor , the
piece that was being played on the
stage was so sad that I was obliged to
take the handkerchief to staunch my
.ears. I had no intention of stealing
; he handkerchief. I intended to re-
; urn it as soon as the play was over. "
Judge. "Wns the piece a comedy ? "
Prisoner. "It was , 3'our honor. "
Judge. "An American comedy ? "
Prisoner. "It was , 30111honor. . "
Judge. "No wonder 3-ou needed a
landkerchief. You are discharged. "
Texas Siftings.
The Political Game.
"Here , boys , slop that fighting ! "
"We ain't fighting , mister , we're
playing politics. "
"What do 3'ou mean , then , by
scratching each othnr and pulling hair
ind kicking each other's shins ? "
"Oh , you see , him and me are on
) ne side and we're lettin' the other
303-3 see how much harmony there is
n the party. " Chicago News.
"PREPARER OF SKELETONS. "
A Curious Industry in tlio Capital ol
Franco.
A Paris correspondent of The lioslon
Journal writes : Paris has been sur
rounded for the last two 3'ears with a
ring of vilely smelling glucose and
cider factories , whore all sorts of abom
inations are maele up into drinks which
the poor classes find very palatable , but
which probably do them great harm
morally and physically. One of those
enterprising people who is always peer
ing into out-of-the-way places has just
given his contribution to the subject of
these odors , and it is not entirely invit
ing , although it is curious enough. He
save that during long walks through
the plain of St. Dun is he came one day
upon a mysterious-looking range of
buildings , carcfull } * protected from out
side observation , and from this estab
lishment issued odors which ought to
have driven him away , but which piequ-
ed his curiosity that he set about find-
ins : a means of entrance. It chanced
that he was in the habit not only ol
walking in the plain of St. Denis , but
of promenading the wards of hospitals
in his quality of mod cal student ; and.
being present one day at the dismissal
of a patient who had had what the doc
tors call an "interesting d sease. " he
iaid to this patient : "What are 3-011 go-
Jng to turn your attention to now that
you are quite well ? " "I am go.ng
back to my old bus ness , " said the wo
man , for it was a woman , with a little
hesitation in her speech. "And what
is your business ? " "I am a prepurer
of skeletons. " This declaration of such
an unusual profession led to a long in
terview , in tlm cour.se of which our ex
plorer discovered that the woman was
one of a numerous band of employes
who worked night and day in the mys
terious range of buildings in the plain
of St. Denis , and transformed the bodies
brought from the hosp.tals and prisons ,
not only of France , but of foreign
countries , into skeletons for the students
of anatomy and for the cabinets or .sur
geons. By juclic ous bribery this curi
ously-minded person obtained entrance
into the establishment of St. Donis ,
where he saw tilings which he has de
scribed at much length , and which are
sufficiently startling.
In one of the buildings is an im
mense row of caldrons , in which are
boiled the bodies not only of men and
women , but of the various animals
whose bodies are needed for the purpose
of stud3' . Thither in gashly proces
sion come at night carts from the pr.s-
ons and hospitals , and the mthful as
sassin fresh from the sc . . 'old and tha
overworked old drudge , \ \ u has found
his final resting-place in a hospital
ward , are placed in thcca : Iron to have
all the flesh boiled off the r bones. It
is well known that the bur'al of mur
derers is only a polite fiction , as the
bodies are almostiiumuduitjtyremoved
from the cemetery of the condemned
and taken either to the diss cting-rooms
of a hospital or to $ iis j jculiar place
which 1 am now describi.ic : . Our ex
plorer was informed by tho person who
introduced him to this lugubrious place
that large number of boct.es have been
brought for the past fev.vars from
V ? 1
Austria ; and the supposition. h > that they
are disenterred from th s battle-fields
which have been so numerous since
1877 in southeastern L irope. The
view of this caldron ro-mi at night ,
with the quiet and respectable looking
men anel women preparing the bodies
for the caldrons is a subject wortlry of
the pen of Theophiic Gaut cr. or of
Baudelaire in his maddest moments.
In other buildings connected with th s
boiling room are the laboratories where
the bones , when once ail the flesh and
tendons have b-ien detached from them ,
are set up as skeletons. This work is
very well paid , and amonj : the people
who engage in it are all k.iuL of what
the French call unchissed persons
whose knowledge has not been sulli-
sient to keep them out of serious diili-
2tilties in life , and wh have finally
gravitated toward this si range pursuit.
The preparation of th ; skeletons of
inimals is a very large industry , Eve
ry creature from frogs and .serpents to
tigers and lions , is hero boiled. The
3ones are then whitened and thejare
> et up anel wired togetli b3' the skill-
! ul operatives. No doubt the odors
'rom ili'.s place oci-assionally sweep
lowu across the splendid expanse of
? aris , from Montmartre to Montrougc.
Oysters that Grow on Trees-
The boat soon reachd the man-
p'oves , and , pushing in as far as pos-
iibk , we found ourselves surrounded
> y the life of the tropics. As the tide
vas out we could reach up from the
> oat and gather over our ! Kids the oy-
lers which were growing in great
shifters on the roots and branches of
he trees. The clear water waa filled
vith fishes of strange forms anel bril-
iant colors , and thc3r were perfectly
earless , so that they could be exnmiii-
: d without din"icult3" , as they chased
iiiel captured their fooel am mg the sub-
ucrged roots. The bottom was thickly
iovcred with beautiful sci anemones ,
.nel everywhere , on the boiiom , on the
oots and branches of the trees , and on
he rocks at the water's edjre. we found
. wealth of inollusks and Crustacea ,
I'hich soon taught us to regard the
nangrove thickets as rich collecting
grounds. We were , however , unable
o penetrate through it to the land nu-
il we discovered a little cove , where
he bushes had been cut down. Push-
tig the boat into this , we reached an
pen , grass3 * landing place , shaded b\-
wo or three coacoanut trees , and sur-
oundeel 03 * a dense forest except at
ne point , where a narrow path led up
ho hill to the house. Popular Science
\lonihly \ for October.
A Waste of Material.
St. Paul man. "Awful thing , that
lilwaukee woman killing off all those
abies , wasn't it ? "
"Yes , indeed , terrible. "
"And she got only S300 apiece for it ,
t that. "
"But that is a pretty good price. "
"Good price ? Why , man , we would
ave bought those babies up in our
own at $1,000 a head. "
"What for ? "
"Why. to put in our directory , of
ourse. " Chicago News.
GAS WELLS IN OHIO.
Flic Towns nnd Cities All Over tli
State Uorlinr for Cheap Puel
Opinions of an Eminent
Geologist.
Prof. Edward Orion , the state gcolo
2 st of Ohio , recently gave a New Ton
Mail and Express reporter some inter
ssting facts about inflammable gas
ivhicli has been discovered in the Buck
jye state. Ex-Gov. Foster has a larg <
ihare in gas wells and thinks it will b <
the cheap fuel of the future. The stat <
is as much worked up over the larg <
jas fields supposed to be in many dif
Cerent sections as it usuall3 * is abou ;
politics.
The Professor said : "When natura
; as was used on a large scale in Pitts-
Mirgh three years ago it createel a pro-
/jund impression upon competing man-
ifacturing centers , especially upon the
: owns and cities of eastern Ohio. The
sew fuel was discovered to be mucli
hcaper than the other , ami the manu-
factoring towns that were fortunate
snough To have it convenient to utilize
made competition almost impossible to
hose without it. The fact caused n
icarch for natural gas to begin in east-
. rn Ohio. The result has been that it
was discovered in the western
part of the state anel other sections.
High-pressure gas was d scovcred in
iSSi , in Findla3 % Hancock countv , at
depth of 1,100 feet. The surface
> f gas was very obvious anel abundant
here , but the source has not been dis-
: overed nor even conjectured. It was a
omplete geological surprise to find the
I'renton limestone , one of the most
viclespread and important strata of
ower Silurian age in North America ,
> ut which nowhere arises to the surface
in Ohio , a source of gas , and later of
nl. This well ntFindlay is the pioneer
me in that section , and from the first
Oiot up a flame that indicated what a
powerful source of light anel heat had
been diseovereel. Petroleum oil and
latural gas have a common histoiy.
I'hey are produced by the same agen
cies. "
"Who discovered the Findlay gas
.veils ? "
"Dr. Charles Oesterlin , a highly - re-
pecleel citizen of Findlay. Inflamma
ble gas has been constantly found in
findlay during the past fifty years in
digging wells , cisterns , and sewers ; in
springs and rock crevices. It is a well-
known fact that Mr. Jacob Carr had
cor a number of years lightd his house
sn Main street with gas collected from
veils on his premises. Daniel Foster
: i 1838 introduced the gas into Mr.
'Jarr's house and it has been running
: ver since. The fact that explosions
Irequcntly occurred in wells from natu
ral gas made nian\r afraiel of it. But
[ ir. Oesterlin saw clearly that it could
: -c made a source of light anel heat ,
ile desired to start a company many
j-ears ago and elrill for gas. The Finel-
iiy : Gas company ( artificial gas ) saw
hat its occupation was gone unless it
tuiik a well anel secured natural gas.
It diel so anel turned on the natural gas
aito the citj" mains. Machine-shops
ind manufactories elrilleel wells anel us-
? el the gas to run their machinery.
The third well sunk yielded about
sighty thousand cubic feet of gas per
day. The first and second yielded
nearl3 * three times as much as the third.
The fourth well panned out much better
than the rest , and the anemometer
measurement showed that 1,296,000 cu
bic feet was escaping each ela3" . There
ire now seventeen wells or more in use
n and around Yindlay. Two of the
seventeen wells were failures. The
jthers were productive , eleven yieleling
iry gas anel four 3-icleliug gas anel oil.
Df the last number one is an oil well
( xclusively , but there is gas enough in
t to raise the oil once in twcnt3--four
lours , the flow averaging thirt3-iive
jtirrels per day. ( V the eleven wells
riclding gas alone one stands out veiy
irominently. The Karg well is proba-
) ly the largest in the state. It was
> pened in January last. The measured
ielel of this well is twelve million cubic
eet per da3' . Four of the principal
veils 3'ielel per da3 as follows :
Cubic feet.
[ arc welll 12,030.000
; arv yS13 ,
irigns 2 5G5 000
ones 1,159,200
"The composition of this gas is as
ollows :
larsb jas ( lisilit carburcttctl hydrogen.92.01
Defiant tjas.1 O.0
hdroircu 2.18
ritrogeii 3.01
isyijen 0.34
'afbonjc ' acid 0.50
Carbonic oxide O.iO
ulpburetted hydrogen 0.21
"In 100 cubic feet there are 125.S
rains of sulphur. Its specific gravity
> 57. Hence 1 cubic foot weighs
18.08 grains. "
"How much does this gas cost ? "
"Well , one thousand feet of natural
as will be equal to 8 cents in coal ,
'he town of Findlay is run entirely by
atural gas , from the teakettle "and
treet-lamp to the mill , the glass-house ,
lie machine-shop , anel the factory
'he gas conipan3has established the
allowing rates :
or cookinsr stoves , per month § 1.00
or sitting-room , per month 1.50
or grates 2.00@2.50
or house lights K & 'M
or patent lime-kilns , per year 1.00
or boilers , from § 150 upward per
year
"The proposition to bond the town
> r § 40,000 to lay pipes and drill wells ,
necessary , to supply gas at cost , has
een carried 03an overwhelming
mjority. A great deal of gas was
'asteel eluring the last 3-ear. It was
wing to the peculiar co'nelition of de-
elopments going forward. In the
jring of 188G there was for months
daily waste of at least 16,000,000
ibie feet of gas.
"At ths rate of value previously
iven , 8 cents to 1,000 cubic feet , thfs
oulel aggregate a daily loss of § 1,280.
he other towns of northern Ohio were
nick to draw when Findlay 'struck
as. ' Their expectations that being
sverally under laid by upper Silurian
mestone as Findlay is their chances
> obtain the new fuel were as gooel
roveel to be unfounded. The occur-
mce of gas anel o 1 in Findlay is asso-
ateel with an anomalous and most sur-
rising departure from the regularity
lat in general characterizes the rocks
: the state , anel the whole question is a
jological one after all. Bowl , ng Green ,
ic count3' seat of Wood county , twen-
j tv-four miles due north of Fimlljiy , was
the next to drill wells. It was fortu
nate that no gas was found within the
corporate lim ts of the town if so
every citizen would have drilled a well
upon their lot. The wells are one mile
from town. The company that has
piped the town has a monopoly , which ,
in such a case , tends to the general
good. Gas is furnished at rates about
one-third less than the cost of wood or
coal to do the same work , not counting
the saving of trouble and expense at
tending the use of the new fueL Some
of the charges are as follows : r/
House light 20 to SO cents per month ( ,
Cooking stoves S3 per month in winter I'
Heating stoves ? 3 per month In winter | ,
Lime burning 1 cent per bushel
"A successful well has been recently
sunk at Bloomdalc , seven miles from
Fostina , where Gov. Foster resides.
The Bloomdalc has proven to be a great
well ; its clailv yield does not vary much
from 3,000,000"cubic feet. The gas will
be piped to Fostoria. which is a very
ambitious and enterprising town. Gov.
Foster has a big interest in the Bloom- t\ \
dale well , and has organized a company
to pipe the gas some thirty or forty
miles. It is always best to discover gas
some little distance from a town. If it
were found in town , accessible to all
land-owners , the capital invested by a
company would come to naught.
There are fift3' other towns in the west
ern haif of Ohio industriously boring
for gas , inspired by the success of
Findlay. Some of these wells are ab
' ' and to
solutely 'diy' arc acknowledged
be unsuccessful ventures. The pro
ductive territory lies in spots. The gas
wells of Findlay find their supply where
the limestone lies between 3JG ( and 350
feet below sea level. The great gas
wells of the field are thus far included
in the interval between 330 and 340 feet
below sea level. Natural gas , when en-
richeel by passing through a uaptha
bath , is made available for household
light as well as heat. "
London's Great Horse-iTarkct.
I vis.ted TattersalFs noted horse
sale , writes a London correspondent to
The Cleveland Leader , anel saw several
hundred horses knocked elown to the
highest bidder. Tattersall's has for
one hundred years been the great
horse-market of London. Here every
week some of the best horses of the
nobility and others are brought for
sale , anel the sous and grandsons of the
great Tatters : ; ! ! of the past still man
age the business. The stables are with
in a stone's throw.of Hyde park , and
not far away from Piccadilly. They
are in the center of fashionable Lon-
elon , anel when I entereel them yester- i |
day I found the sale going briskly on. jj
"
Imagine a great square court with a
dirt floor , around which is a high wall
of stables , and over which , perhaps
sixty feet above 3-011 , is a vaulted roof
of glass. This wall of stables which
surrounels the court is of brick , and
midway between the floor and roof a
gallery lilleel with carriages of every
description runs around it. This gal
lery looks elown upon the court through
many columns and leaning upon its
railing to-day were a number of ladies v
who were present looking elown upon JL
the sale going on below. In the square > * (
court perhaps two hundred men were
standing. Tlfey were of all classes of
horse fanciers , from the wea/ed-faccd ,
wrinkled jockeand the gentleman's
groom in livery to young lords dresseei
in the latest London fashion , and old
fellows who looked as though they
nvght stand for pictures of Sam Wei-
ler's father. They moved about anel j
talked horse , went into the stable and '
examined the horses for sale,1and
when they thought of making a pur
chase they poked the horse with a t\ \
cane to make him jump about and i J
show whether he was sound. Each of
these men had a catalogue of the sale ,
which described each horse by number
and stated whether it was sound , quiet
or otherwise , and whether it would
travel in harness. One of these cata
logues lies before me , anel it states that
if the horses are not found as elescribed
in the catalogue the\r may be returned ,
and if Tattersall finds on trial they are
not as described there shall be no sale.
Three days shall be given lor trial , anel
if the complaint against the horses is
not made within that time it will not
be considered.
Ile Didn't Like the Idea.
Bank President. Xow , it is under
stood , is it. that you are to act as cash-
er ; are to have § 2,590 as your yearly
salary , and neither of us can terminate
he arrangement without giving the
) theratlast a month's notice of such
lesire.
Cashier Exuse me , but such an
tgreement would not be at all agree-
ible to me.
President Is not the salary large
inough to suit 3-011 ? Because , if it is
lot , we will try and make that satisfac-
ory. '
Cashier Oh. the salary is about right. |
President What is the trouble ? i
Cashier I don't like the idea of giv-
ng3'oua month's notice of 1113' intend-
el departure. I might want to go at a
noments notice-in fact , without notice ,
.nel I do not want to binel myself to ac-
iiiaint you witlrthefacta month before ,
iand. St. Paul Globe.
Can't Succeed.
"How is Doctor Bickle getting . ,
long ? " a gentleman asked , address- [ |
jg an eminent pln'sician. \ "
"Sot very well. " I ,
"Sorry to hear it. " p
"I was grieved to see it He has lost , *
aste among physicians , the result of
nprofcss onal conduct. He hael a pa- t \
cut , a prominent man , who had fever. j
fe all took great interest in the man * '
nd took pleasure in giving advice to
iickle , but he disregarded it. " * *
"And the patent died , eh ? "
Oh. no , he got well , but Bickle gave
ini butterwilk when we all know that
veet milk would have been better ,
i'e jrave Johnson sweet milk. "
"Yes , but Johnson is dead. "
"Dead , w'y , of course he's dead , but
e got sweet milk , and got it profes-
oually. too. Oh , no , Bickle csn never
icceed. " Arkunsaic Traveler.