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THE ADVANCE OF ELECTRICITY
Some of the Achlovomonta of tbo
Wonderful Fluid.
USE IN THE REDUCTION OF ORE.
Frightening the KhiR of Ilcnsts
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Fuel niul Food by Electricity.
Ainoricnn Architect : Dr. Werner
Siemens , one of the most distinguished
men of science now living , stirred up a
few days ngo , a rather lively contro
versy in the fccionco world by a sugges
tion tlmt it might bo posaiblo after the
world's supply of coal and wood hnd
been exhausted to warm the chilled
bodies of the unfortunate men of that
period by means of some application of
electricity as yet undiscovered , with
which ho coupled alpo , the idea that it
was at least conceivable that similar
means might bo employed for nourish
ing the human race after all vestiges
of plant life had disappeared from the
earth.
"Science believes , " said Dr. Siemens ,
in the interesting address which wo
Hnd quoted in the Schweizeribcho Bau-
zcitung , "that all substances have con
nected with them a certain portion of
energy , which , like the elements with
which it is associated is indestructible ;
modifying often its form and
relations , but always traceable and
constant throughout its changes.
When a substance combines chem
ically with another , it often hap
pens that the compound substance
formed by the combination , by some
quality of its constitution which wo
know nothing of , associates itself with a
smaller relative proportion of energy
than that proper to the substance ol
which it is composed , and in the act ol
combination this surplus of energy ,
which no longer finds a place in the
new substance , and manifests it
self as heat or light. The burning of
coal is a familiar example of this , The
carbon of a given quantity of coal , and
the oxygen with which that quantity ol
coal will unite , possesses moro energy
than the carbonic acid formed by the
union of the two elementary substances ;
and in that union the excess of energy
is disengaged as heat. The same thing
takes place when wood or any other sub
stance is burned. Now it is remarkable
that , although wo can obtain this mani
festation of Hiirplus energy to warm our
hands with , by the combination ofrfimny
of the substances now existing around
us , the separation of the compound , so
tlmt wo can combine their elements
again when we want more heat , is a
very different matter ; and when all the
coal and wood arc gone we shall find it
very hard to get them btieic again out of
the carbonic acid into which wo have
resolved them. In fact , there are only
two common agencies by which the bond
between chemical compounds can bo di
rectly dissolved. One of these is light ,
the decomposing clieet of which is as
yet not well understoodand the other is
electricity , which is now constantly
used to client chemical decomposition in
the arts. " It is certainly not unreason
able to suppose that we shall some time
use it more effectively for this purpose
than wo now do , and * although the de
composition of carbonic acid , or of wa
ter , which is perfectly practicable ,
would yield rather unmanageable gases ,
it is. as Dr. Siemens says , quite within
the bounds of possibility that the me
chanical force derived from wind , or
falling water , or waves converted into
electricity by revolving magnets or
otherwise , may hereafter be used for
producing , by decompositionpotassium ,
or magnesium , or some other solid ,
portable , and tolerably effective fuel.
While wo could reconcile ourselves , if
necessary , to the idea of sitting around
a potassium fire winter evenings , there
would bo btill a considerable stop to betaken
taken before reaching the production of
food by electricity , and hero Dr. Sie
mens only ventures to indicate rather
vaguely the way which ho thinks it pos
sible that science might follow. So far
as wo know , the most essential element
of food is nitrogen , which wo consume
in combination with a great variety of
other substances. Now these combina
tions of nitrogen with other substances
are effected in nature mainly by the
obscure processes of vegetable life , ni
trogen in its natural state having no
disposition to combine with other ele
ments , even when aided by boat. By
indirect chemical action it is possible to
force nitrogen into combine with other
elements , oven when aided by heat.
By indirect chemical action it is possi
ble to force nitrogen into combination
with oxygen , to form nitric acid , niul
with hydrogen , to form ammonia ; but
neither of these substance is edi
ble , and after all vegetable life had dis
appeared from the world wo should cer
tainly starve if wo had nothing better
than such things to depend upon. Hero ,
however , electricity comes to our aid in
a new way. Although one form of elec
tric current , that of low tension , forms
the most powerful decomposing agent wo
know , a current of high tension may bo
made , either directly or by induction ,
to exert a powerful combining force.
By passing the sparks of an induced
current of high tension through airthe
condition of atmospheric oxygen is
changed. It becomes ozoiiuuml in that
form boixort upon the nitrogen with
which it was before only mixed and
combines with it , forming a vapor of
nitric acid , which shows itself to our
senses by the "sulphuric smell" which
follows the sparks of a fractional elec
trical machine , or a Ruhmkoff coil , or a
Hash of lightning. Whether nitrogen
may by similar means be made to unite
with carbon , hydrogen and the other
elements of organic substances it is for
the electrical chemistry of the future to
decide ; but it cannot be said that it is
scientifically impossible.
Writing by Electricity.
Pall Mall Gazette. One of the most
beautiful of modern inventions it re
mains to bo scon whether it is as useful
as it is beautiful the instrument devised
by Mr. John Robertson for the trans
mission of writing by electricity , may
now bo seen at the American exhibition.
Out of the top of a box , which Is about
the size of an ordinary dispatch box ,
protrudes what has the appearance of a
stylographic pen. This , however , is
not a pen but the handle of the "trans
mitter , " and its lower end is fixed to a
light brass perpendicular bar. Any mo
tion given by the hand you hold it just
like a pen to the handle of the trans
mitter is communicated by this bar to
two series of carbon disks contained
within the box , and , after various ad
ventures among magnetsotc. , is carried
again to the top of the box , where it is
reproduced exactly by a small ink-hold
ing pen , who o point rests on a white
paper tapo. A clockork apparatus
pulls this tape along at a gentle pace ;
and after a little pr.ictico you find that
it is quite easy to move the handle of the
transmitter so that the pen shall write
legibly ou the moving tape. Nowwhut-
over is written on the tape before you is
written simultancoUMly a. mile off , or it
nay bo fifty miles off , on similar tape ,
jy a similar instrument at the other end
of the wire. The instrument is verv
compact , and apparently clncicnt , and ,
as it is quite silent , there seems no rea
son why a reporter sitting in the house
of commons should not straightway
write off Ills report of a debnto to bo in
stantaneously read off in Printing IIouso
square or Northumberland street. A
naino will be wanted for his machine.
Perhaps the "wire writer" will do.
Uses of Stored Electricity.
San Francisco Chronicle : So far , the
using of stored electricity rw a motive
power only lias been discussed. Its uso-
fulncss docs not end there by any means.
It can bo called upon tolurnisu light ,
and in this capacity it will recommend
itself most strongly to men and women
of every day life. Supposing in a fac
tory or building whore machinery is
employed a belt bo attached to a dyna
mo , and if it in turn connected with ono
of these batteries , a sultlcient amount of
electricity will be so crated and can bo
stored during the working hours to
light the whole structure all night if
required when the machinery is still.
In the country , also , whore wind and
water is available , a dynamo fixed as
above would churn away independent of
any ono and manufacture latent light ,
which could bo stored and used when
needed and which would last for days.
Another and somewhat novel use in
which this stored power can bo em
ployed is for the purpose of illumination.
All that would bo necessary would bo to
send for a battery of the required
strength and have the hall illum
inated by electricity. Thus at
a ball recently given by ono of
the leading ladies of society in Londun ,
the house was lighted in this way by
twenty-four incandescent lamps of
twenty-candle power. The battery ,
containing twenty-four one-horse power
cells , was brought from Millwall on the
afternoon of the entertainment and re
turned the next morning , the lights
burning for six and one-half hours.
Under the present circumstances a
person using electricity is at the mercy
of the company supplying it. lie is
put on a circuit , on and off which the
light is turned at certain fixed times. If
ho wishes to have it for a little longer
ono day or a little less another ho is un
able to. With a storage battery ho has
nobody to consult but himself. He still
pay.s his money for the light , but in
stead of having the current turned on
at night ho has it all during the clay
and night too. The battery receives
the charge and stores it automatically ,
cutting it off when full. It is then , like
gas in a gasometer , ready for use , and
only needing the turning of a button to
give its light. Electric light companies
will in this way be benefited as well as
the rest of the world , by being able to
run their machinery during the day in
stead of oniy at night , us is now the
case.
NolllU'H 15ill 8.
Herr Elsnss ( in the Am. Phys. ct
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Chem. ) expresses the opinion in 'oppo
sition to Voigt , that Nolfill's rings are
mainly due to currents 'whitih traverse
the clectroly/.ed liquid nearly parallel
to the metal plate. The colors are ob
tained are not in all cases colors of thin
plates ; but the rings arti-sometimes de
posits of different chemical > aind physi
cal constitution. In fact ; electrochemical
ical decomposition tnkes.phioo not only
at the surfaces of the electrodes , but at
every point throughout thoUiquid tra
versed by the current. This is proved
as follows : Plaster of Paris moistened
with copper sulphate solution is poured
on a metal plute , and a copper wire
plunged into the still soil muss with its
end very close to the plato. * The plas
ter is allowed to set firmly , and a cur
rent is passed from wire to plate. On
removing the cake , four or live colored
rings are seen on its surface , corresponding
pending rings being found on the pinto.
The plaster also adheres to the metal
more or less firmly in different zones ,
and is also distorted.
Knllway Slennlti mid Electricity.
Electrical World : We have recently
had occasion to draw attention to whn't
appeared to be well-authenticated facts
in regard to the curious ellects of light
ning storms upon electric light circuits.
Our attention is called to the fact that
the same agent is found to bo a disturb
ing cause in the operation of railway
signals. The latter , as a rule , are oper
ated on the closed circuit system , and
any break in the line would cause the
signal to be f-et at danger. It can bo
readily understood , however , that in
certain situations a ground might still
preserve the continuity of the circuit ,
nd prevent the setting of the signal at
danger. This is especially liable to
occur where underground circuits are
employed , in which lightning is liable
to perforate the insulation , admitting
moisture. Detection of such faults maybe
bo delayed until an accident caused
thereby emphasi/es their presence. In
other eithus lightning passing over
a wire is liable to sot a signal not in
tended , and thus cause delay and an
noyance , to say the least. Hence , it is
suggested that electric railway signals
should be so arranged that the effects oi
lightning can be eliminated.
Electricity by Windmills.
Experiments are being made at Cap
do la Hovenear the mouth of the Seine ,
on the production of electricity for
lighthouse purposes , by means of the
force obtained by windmills. The sug
gestion to do so was made by the Due
do feltro , and it is a system propos-cdby
him that is to bo tested. The wintl
works a dynamo electric machine em
ployed in charging accumulators ol
suitable capacity. The electricity so
produced and stored is to bo used at
will to make a focus of light. The sys
tem , if successful , will have the advant
age of costing only the putting up of the
machinery. The whole question to bo
ascertained is whether asulllcient quan
tity of electricity can bo stored to pro
vide for the requirements of any par
ticular station when there is no wind to
move the sails of the mill. M. do
I'Anglo-Bcnumanoir , a civil engineer
at Paris , has been authorized by the
Minister of Public works to make , at the
expense of that department , the trial of
this system of electric lighting at the
La Hove lighthouse.
llcdnelni ; Ore liy Electricity.
Electrical World : Dr. J. II. Rae has
applied electricity to the treatment of
ores at the Douglass mill , Dayton , Nov.
The method was at first tried on tail
ings with a view of recovering the mer
cury which had been lost. But it 1ms
been found oven moro elllciont in work
ing ores by preventing loss of mercury
and amalgam. A dynamo is run in the
ordinary way by the millonginoand the
wires are led to the wooden pan in which
the ere is worked. Ono electrical cir
cuit is applied through the ring anodes ,
and the other is applied at the bottom.
The solution thus completes the circuit
of the electric current. The ring at the
bottom is a perforated gas pipe , through
which passes a sufficient current of
'water to clean and wash off the lighter
particles. Any quicksilver or silver
which may float over is caught in the
channel or trough encircling the pan an
it overflows. In drawing off the settlers ,
only clean material has to bo dealt
with.
lilana Frightened by Eloctrlo HIiockH.
ParU Letter : A t'onsntion in which
ladies delight is furuiahcd by a lion
tamer drawing a hypnotized girl Into '
don of lions. The lions ( but tno'spccta-
tors don't know this ) arc moro afraid of
the young lady than she would bo of
them if awnke. They assoclato her
with olectrlo shocks which , when under
training for spectacles of this sort , they
had had in the mouth , The damsel was
separated from the tcrrlblo felines with
fine wires connected with electric bat
teries. When they advanced toward
her they enmo to grief , but through
what agency they could notseo , and retreated -
treated howling. A lion which has had
a few shocks will for the rest of his life
keep at a civil distance from no matter
what young lady. Could not something
of this sort bo arranged to guard the
young Indies of London who complain of
' 'prowlers ? "
The Advance of Electricity.
Correspondence St. Louis Republican :
Electricity as a servant of man is prac
tically the newest of the trained forces.
It is nearly fifty years since Morse ren
dered telegraphy possible , but the telephone -
phone only came before the wibhc the
other day , as it seems , in the Centen
nial exposition in 1870. The electric
light practically had its birth at the
sumo time , but was not an established
illuminator until 1879 or I860. What
strides the study of this mysterious
force has taken ono sees at the exhibi
tion in the shnpo of a myriad arc lights
and incandescent lights , motors for
light work in driving sowing machines ,
working fans , pumping and nil the rest ,
and for such work as driving railroad
cars on the ground or by the telpher
system , in pulling cars on cables or
bands overherd ; in the shape of electric
steering-gear , electric clocks , door-
openers , insulated pliers for handling
charged wires , turn tables for store
windows , surgical and dental lamps , an
nunciators of a do/.en sorts and an al
most endless list of machines , dynamos ,
tools , batteries , engines , alarms , and I
don't know what all.
So frrout is the popular reliance on the
moro important of these diviccs that wo
are told there arc 160,000 arc lights in
use in this countOy and about a million
of those milder , softer illuminators , the
incandescents. The capital enlisted in
electric lighting alone , including the
value of patents , real estate , nmehines
and all else that Is connected with the
business , is to-day , by careful expert
estimate , $ ir > 0,750. < HK ) . In spite of the
competition between rival companies ,
which is quite intense in the centers of
population , the profits are handsome.
The arc-lighting companies arc paying
almost 10 percent on the capital en
listed. Sixty million dollars are in
vested in telephone companies , and
every share of telephone stock is above
par to-day.
Has anyone grown rich in these few
years ? Who ? How rich ? Edison's
nainu occurs to everyone first of all. In
the public mind he is regarded as most
wonderful , not merely because ho has
taken out 8oO patents on his own inven
tions , or because he first made the in
candescent light as a practical illumino-
tor , but because ho is bolScven to bo the
most notable of all modern inventors
who have proven exceptions to the old-
time rule that an inventor must always
remain poor while others enrich them
selves on the product ; , of his skill and
patience. Mr. Edison's case is not the
most remarkable , for James Graham
Bell has grown richer than he as an in
ventor.
An Electric Shampoo.
[ Philadelphia North American. ]
"Will you have an electric shampoo.
siiV , " said an uptown barber to a cus
tomer whoso hair he had juMi trimmed.
"What kind of a shampoo is that ? "
asked the man.
"Well , it's one of the latest inventions
of the tonsorinl artists of Paris , and I
am the only man in town that has it.
All right , sir , it will be ready in a
minute. "
The shampoo consisted of first wetting
the bead with bay rum , and then gently
rubbing a peculiarly shaped cake of
soap over it. The sensation was delight
ful. At first the prickings were rather
sharp , but as the scalp was slowly cov
ered with lather a delicious drowsiness
stole over the patient. All the pleasure
of an opium smoke without the after ef-
fecss were experienced. The customer
awoke as the barber briskly dried his
hair.
"Well , how do you like it ? "
"Like it ? Why , it's the best thing
out. Who did you say invented it ? ' '
"You see , " said the barber , "inside
this cake of soap there are area number
of line wires , which I charge with
electricity. Then , the hair being wet ,
it generally shocks the nerves and puts
anybody to sleep. When you awake
it's as if you had inhaled oxygen gas. "
"Yes , it's a boss shing. Good day ,
sir. "
Ijlnk Kelt Ing For Driving Dynamos.
Electrical World : While link belt-
Ing has been used fof the driving of
machinery to a considerable extent
abroad , its use in this country has , until
recently , been qulto limited on account
of the Mnngod pulley required. This
wad necessary on account of the fact
that the link ns formerly inndo had its
links nil strung on a single rod passing
through them. The result was that
when crowning pulleys were u ed but a
small portion of the bolt came in con
tact with the pulley , and slipping occur
red. Uonco where this form of link
belting was desired , a straight pulley
with llanged edges was necessary. But
the friction of the bolt against the
flange introduced nn objectionable
factor , and that has militated against
the introduction of the bolt in Amer
ica. In order to obviate those ditllcul-
tles and objections , there has recently
been introduced by Mr. Ch. L. Ircson ,
of Boston , a form of link belt which
pcoms especially applicable to driving
fast-moving machinery with small pul
leys. The device by which the result is
accomplished is exceedingly simple ,
and consists in making the bolting in
two or moro longitudinal sections which
are hinged together by their edges. If
made in two sections , the hinge rides
over the c.iown of an ordinary cone
crowned pulley. If. however , n round-
faced pulley bo used r or the belt is1 of
great width , it is usually bettor tomako
the belting in moro than two sections
and give it moro than ono sot'of longi
tudinal hinges. By thus furnishing the
bolting with a series of longitudinal
hinges , the bolt adapts itself to the
crown of the pulley just exactly as an
ordinary belt does.
Electrical llrcvltloH.
A resident of Hartford , Conn. , is the
inventor of a novel apparatus for timing
horses. A clock with three hands
minute , second and quarter second is
started by the official timer. When the
winning horse touches the wire the
clock is stopped by electricity. At the
tame instant the current opens a cam
era which photographs the horsu and
the clock face.
An electrical organ is building for
the Burg theater at Vienna , Austria.
The organ will bo supplied with a cable
upwards of 100 yards in length , running
all around the stage and orchestra. It
has several operators' stations at each
of which the organ can bo worked. The
chief station is located in the orchestra ,
the others in different parts of the stage ,
The same theatre is already supplied
with electric light to avoid the danger
of fire.
The electric raifroad in Lykens Vnl-
loy. Pa. , collieries was built for the
purpose of hauling the coal mined in
the upper part of the workings out of
the mine. It is the first and only elec
tric mine railroad built in America , and
exceeds Europe.
A new material that has recently
found its way into electrical work and
appliances is indurated fibre. This sub
stance is a wood pulp prepared in about
the same way as for paper making. Its
absolute non-absorbent quality is ono of
its chief points of excellence in some of
the countless articles into which it is
made.
John Buckley , of Meriden , Conn. ,
caught a snapping turtle and took it to
the central telephone otllco. where ho
proposed killing it with electricity. He
let the turtle snap at ono cud of a wire ,
put another wire beneath its shell , and
turned on the full strength of the cur
rent. He avers that he "heard the cur
rent go through it , making a noise like
a smiill planing mackinc , " and ho left
the turtle for dead. The next morning
ho found the turtle walking around and
( mapping at wires , as though he wanted
another taste of the current.
The Electrical car company , of Lon
don. England , which is about to intro
duce its system of uutatic populsion on
one of the metropolitan tram lines , is
also to build a largo electrical loenmo-
tivc for drawing trains on the under
ground railway. Under Ibis system the
vehicle coninins the batteries , which
are charged at night and worked in the
day. The cars can carry iivo tons at
over twenty miles an hour.
The Russian minister of ways of com
munion has appointed a special commis
sion to select the best system of electric
lighting for railway carriages. This is
the result of a decision recently arrived
at to render the adoption of the electric
light compulsor.y upon the principal
railway companies for nil passenger
trains.
A mile of Patterson cables has been
put down in West Madison street in
Chicago , made up of 150 wire cable and
cables of from 25 to 1L'5 conductors , con
taining in all about UM ( ) miles of wiro.
Number 18 American gauge \sas used
and the insulation and capacity testa are
very satisfactory.
While the manager of an electric
.ighting station was showing some visi-
loi-a about the station a new man
passed on the other eidft of ft dynamo '
with a dust pan full of sweepings. Sud
denly , with a dexterous turn ol the
wrist , ho threw the contents over the
party , and ns the honest Gorman la
borer throw up his hands in astonish
ment , the magnetic attraction com
pleted its work , drawing the dust pan
coaplotely out of his hands , and it be
came transfixed to the field magnets.
Mr. G. A. Rowoll of Orford , England ,
lias just published a pnmpleton atmos
pheric electricity and the causes of the
changes in the inclination of the mag
netic needle. The author attempts to
demonstrate that the magnetic poles of
Europe and America coincide with the
centres of the greatest cold upon the
two continents. Ho attributes the
shifting of the magnetic poles to tho'
Kiimo series of astronomical and geological
logical phenomena that produces the
secular changes in climato. This theory ,
ho adds , leads us to the not very nggroo-
able conclusion that our winters.wlll bo
prolonged and will increase in severity ,
since the magnetic inclination keeps oa
diminishing.
A cirl In Wisconsin has herm on her for * .
head , which she covers with her liulr.
A Gcorpla turkey hntchiMl BOVIMI turko'vn ,
f6ur chlukciiR , ami twenty-four pillion uhicUs.
A Chusterilcld , Mich. , man 1ms ft hog
twenty-live months old that is the mothOr ot
fifty-nine pigs.
A strange nnlmnl , with the licml of a dog
and with an alligator's tall , Is rcportuil ta
have boon cupturvd in Vermont.
At Moor's Hill , 1ml , , a quarrelsome Jcrsejf
cow ami u I'oliuitl-Chlim IIOR lm 1 a light , In
which the IIOK struck the cow In the abdomen'
with his tusks and killed tier.
A Inrtfo salmoa In nttouiphiK to cllm the
cataract fulls at Ulildeforil , Mo. , killed him
self. 11. M. Kelly , of Suco , witnessed the nc-
eldent , anil captured the llsh. It weighed six
teen pounds.
A lady in Stannton , Va. , 1ms plven birth td
n child that weighs only ono pound , hut is
well formed ami healthy. The parents nrd
Inrg-e , well proportioned ) > oople , and their
other children were of normal size at birth.
A duchess pear scion was grafted On nn ap
ple tree belonging to Thomas Webb , of Mllrf
ville , Cal. , two years OKO. Now pears anal
apples prow on the same twig , but In thd
main body of the tree apples are boruo ufteaT
its kind.
Shrill cries of "Oh , mamma ! Oh , miuiiinii1 ! * ,
brought New Lisbon , Pa , , people to a crccM
to Hnd , instead of a drowning child , MM
Henrietta Arter's pot crow eomplaeentrjl
practicing Ills favorite phrase picked up fronj
the neighboring children.
Three cats of Capo Ann clubbed their kit *
tens together , and placed them In ono nest in
Georgu H. Shepherd's stable. There wcrq
thirteen of them. Some days two cats would }
remain at homo with the family while anothoa
went for food , and at other times but one ro *
umincd.
An | Itnlan ! correspondent , writing front
Home to the Frankfurter Zcitnug , states thitfi
at Castro Giovanni , In the province of Cnl
tanlsetta , In Sicily , a hike has become red Id
color , and quantities of dead llsh have roinq
to the surface. The Inhabitants nttrlbuta
this to the influence of lightning that struck }
the lake.
George Goodwin , while riding along in thfl
mountains , near Wctmorc , Col. , herding
stock and playing on u French horn , sn\v
coming towaid him a coyote. Ho imlckly
dismounted , still playing the horn , and prot
cured a club. The wolf seemed unconscloui '
of danger , and allowed him to como so clone
that ho killed It with the club.
The fish In the sea of Galileo ( have Intclj
been classified , and prove to belong to th (
species peculiar to the African lakes , not ti
the Meditcrrranenn kinds , as hitherto bd
lieved. It Is therefore suggested that the
Jordan valley in long past ages must liav <
been filled by a Inko joining the lied Sen
which was then a fresh water lake , one
which In its turn may have directly communl
cated with the great hike system of Centra
Africa.
Hev 1 W. Waddcll , of Georgia , owned I
hen that in the course of events hatched (
brood of interesting chicks. Soon after ac
complhhlng this laudable undertaking slid
died , and the chicks were left forlorn. Thtuf
seemed likely to die for want of proper care *
when a big rooster who hud hitherto led if
life of lordly laziness went to their rescue *
gathered them under his wings , led them lit
search of food , defended them against ene *
mies , and is even now all that u inotlicn
could bo to them , and moro. t1
Nathaniel M. Jackman recently discovered
that u colony of bees had settled in the sid4
of iiis house in Salem , Mass. They scemcJ
to have been there ser several years , and o
cupied a space a foot in width and several
feet deep. Carpenters trying to repair tha
roof were driven off several times , and iln *
ally an offer was made of all the honey ttf
any ono who would drive away the bccs |
Charles Hopes took the contract and suet
cccded in getting a wash-tub nearly twlcd
filled with honey from the inside of the wuuY
The bees , however , refused to go , and all aM
tempts to drive them away by sulphur tmiokc (
and other smudges failed.
Coughs and colds como uninvited , bui
you can quickly got rid of these with rtf
few do'-es of Dr. J. II. McLean's Tatf
Wine Lung Balm. _ _ _
MlssEstella Webb , of Wawassctt , Pn. *
has waited twenty years for John Martin tq
marry her. Her patience has at last given
out and nho sues him for breach of promise
placing damages at $ . ' 0,000. *
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