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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-12-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Col. THOMAS DowLISG, a prominent
citizen of Indiana, member Of the Demo-
svAtie Nstiousl 0ommittcs and. founder Of
the Terrs Hauts Express, died IN that city
on the 9th. 81 h $& Sw&cn
Mrs. IRENE HOUSE, who was recently
acquitted at Trenton, N. j., Of the murder
Of her husband, has been placed In the New
Jersey State Lunatic Asylum.
The bust Of the late Horace Greeley,
resented to the friends-of the deceased
by American printers and Journalistic, was
unveiled nj Greenwood Cemetery I'D Brook
Ign, on the 4th. Bayard Taylor delivered
Nm o~ratksn, q. T. Steadmau read q poem,
aad Thuflow Weed unveiled the statue.
The Legislature Of Colorado, by q
nearly unanimous vote, adopted q joint
resolution protesting against the action Of
the lower House Of Congress In declining 70
qualify Mr.. Bedford, the Representative
elect from that State.
r. The Oregon Republicans were re
ported as greatly Indignant over the course
of Gov. Grover in commissioning the Dem
bocra ATTIC Elector in that state, and passet
resolutions as skiing the United States Senat,
: to prevent him from taking his seat, on tn
ground that he had willfully violated hi
oath. mann IR,F.. gFN.
A NEW YORK dispatch says that Johl
: Morrissey has declared of all pools sold b,
9 his house on thstiifcct result OF the Presi
DENTAL election. .-- 49,
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Morgue to identify missing relatives and
friends, and their lamentations are tru-
" pitiful. It required a force Of police
to keep them from crowding over each
other.
The Morgue is completely filed, and
bodies are now carried to the old mar.
ket building in Adams Street. They
can not be recognized.
HoRRoR UP0N HORROR
accumulated as the day advanced.
Corpse after corpse charred and black
ened was passed out and still the pile
| OF bodies in the cellar did not seem to
diminish. As the number mounted up
to $50 and 100, the belief that the num-
Der would reach over 200 grew into a
certainty, and finally at half past four
the two hundredth body was removed.
Some were found with limbs and hands
burned of, and nothing left but a ghast-
ly, blackened trunk. At B O'Clock the
number had reached 220-20 bodies be-
ing taken out in half an hour. A look
into the pit at this time still showed a
considerable pile of corpses lying cross
wise like sticks of wood, and there were
apparently still so or GO corpses re-
naming. This vas in the cellar under
the inner vestibule from where all the
boo es taken out to-day were removed
They lay in a pile apparently where
they had been pitched into the cellar
when the floor and stairway gave way
EXTENT OF THE DISASTER.
At a late hour tonight 2s5 bodies hat
Fbssn recovered
The Times says Fire Marshal Ready
who has made an exhaustive examina
ton of the circumstances attending thu
fire, is of the opinion that at least 30,
persons persisted in the flames.
PUBLIC CONSIDERATION.
The courts adjourned this morning
without t%ransacting any business. Their
is intense excitement in the city an
business partially suspended.
The Park Theater has been closed fo
the week. A meeting of the Theatres
profession has been calledfo Thursda
to concert measures for relief.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

q, The Senate, on the 9TH, after considera-
bio discussisn. adopted by A strIct parsy vote the
-ess,.,Ia. - ~. a.. Es.n. 49,.
fcsoiuaon oheleu ny mr. ru"'unus iora oom'
mittee TO investigate the elections in south Car
DINA, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Louisi-
ana. A substitute. offered by Mr.. whytc, for
tne investigason Of mo acs,Gn Oh ne re-
u "f ,pcs Is raS reIee.ca win oou. uin,s'V !.
eeiaSS,m.,,natIy u aIesidenuai niecsots' was s,s9
,ne I'M Spsahsn y ~ =. /, ne san,h Tnsa
Ina Mcssrs sayieI Hhsa,i ,och,ane ESsD
yoncs lhy i'prhihPs MO ; banns' naIe anu
iaw.ehSe: IN ouisianaI Mess.s. McntisSa'
Tonse. Pheins' Sew nH Ross ToWnsen.d fPS' &
Bsnieta, Huli6;ut yIi..,. crape snd Joyce; On
rLor,ua- Sessss; hnoWPson. Deboitt wataee'
asn,ss ~as snat IN = III hci,sa. f'ei
ueh'H me's"se was W "oaScs'
In. TIM ssc,,n nm .b. 9Th a resolution
Wy ,oh".o, oh t"o o'"," ieso,u''oh
o"stea oy Mr.. winners, requesting Inc Presi'
with public interest under what authority troops
=, ,ha un,,.a s,.,as o.,n,,ai a. .t,, =, pa,ar.
ohtno veu o,aes oocupieu 'ne cry o. refers
ofthe general election. was the cause Of quite q
sseposine% u ami Mr LIMIT Thnrna np pnd o aha L G,SnrIos
Ia adortion. The resolution, somewhat mod
ned In form, was Adopted without division
t, y az P,s. aa o y n. ~ sens.e q msssase
Inc Inc ronort ~ Senator sScru,n and otnsr
\ members Of the Republican Committee wSich
I visited New Orleans. together with ,ir acsorn .
panying testimony in rerari 70 the recent elec.
lion In louisiana, Ard mpeed Tint Il he printed
and lie on The table, MIR. Thurman obiected 10
printing all the matter ACCOMMODATING Inc mes.
sage. though he had no ohiection Sis n,fno tha
message and communication o. the
committee, long and animated
discussion followed, In which Mir. shermr: ey.
pressed his conviction. based upon the result al
HE personal inycstigation Tint the Returninp
Bnard of Iouisiana weIe fnilv iustiGad iT
throwing out the votes Of the so.caiicd HIuli.
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WIT N WISDOM.

THE clear, crisp, star.lit winter
nights are near at hand, when the love-
smitten country swain bitches his horses
to the sleigh and drives IL miles to get
his nose frozen, and discovers that his
girl has gone off to q party with some
other fellow.
HERE is another Ease Of r%etributive
justice. A clergyman in a neighboring
town married a runaway couple, and
the same night he was overtaken by a
donation party, and had nothing in the
house to eat next day save beans and
potatoes. - orriStoWn Herald.
PARLIAMENT at its last session cut
down Queen Victoria's allowance to
sS,270 per day, and now the poor old
girl spends hours sitting with n fashion
magazine in her lap, and holding an
old dress in each hand, wondering how
she can contrive to make one new n
out of the two. Heaven help the poor.
-Hawk-eye.
A LOCOMOTIVE engineer who had just
been discharged for some cause gave
vent to his spite, c~mincntiy character
istic Of American humor. He said 1t
was about time he left tho company,
anyhow, for the sake of his life, fol-
"there was nothing left of the old
track but two streaks Of rust and the
right Of way"
The custom among elderly gentle
men Of making q common carrier O
their plug hats has become SO common
that the spectacle of a respectable eide
in church with a red silk handkerchief
two letters, a postal card, and a corne
of plug tobacco on his head no longe
! raises the ghost of a smile in the con
} gregation Washington Nation.
TIE logic Of childhood is sometimes
irresistible. A promising youth OF on
: ly seven summers, who had been nc
. cused Of not always telling the truth
: cross.examined his father. "Fathcl
, did you use to lie when you were
boz ?" "No, my son." said the pa
G %tcrnal, who evidently did not recall tn
I past with any ~distinctness. "No
. mother, eithcrP" persisted the ycun
4 lawyer. emo; but whyP" "Oh, b'
d cause l don't see how two people VIII
never told a lie could have q boy thi
: tells as many as 1 do" The problel
has never been solved. There is a mi
take somewhere, and the chances al
that it was not made By the boy.
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The Democratic members OF the South
Carolina Senate withdrew on the 9th. The
returns OF the State election were canvassed
by the Republican Legislature, and Cham.
berlain declared elected by 1904 majority.
The entire vots q the counties Of Edgefeld
and Lsurens was Thrown out.
The rival Houses Of the South Carolina
Legislature continued In session on the 9th,
the Republican body at the Capitol, and the
Democratic at Carolina hall. The Demo-
cratic House had been reinforced by a
number Of deserters from the Republican
body, and now claimed .63 members
bearing the certificates of the
Board Of Canvassers--a constitutional
quorum, as claimed, and so recognized by
the Supreme Court. Wade Hampton made
n public speech, In which he said that he
had been fairly and legally elected Governor
Of the State, and in conclusion declared
"The ballot-box has announced the verdict
I Of the people, aud l shall be their Governor
or they shall have a military Government. y
Gov. Chamberlain was iHaugurated and
sworn In by Probate Judge Boon, In the
presence Of the Republican Legislature, or
the It'll, and delivered q short Inaugural
address, In which he said that no consider
alton but duty impelled him to accept th'
position to which he had been chosen. TIT
democratic House appointed a committee
to inform the Senate aud General Ruge'
that 1t was the legal. Horse under the de
cisionsofthe Supreme Court, and requested
the latter to withdraw the troops from thu
State-house. r
The Democratic House, on the Sth, de
cided 70 employ counsel and proceed sgains
ID. II. Chamberlain for treason in usurpin
the Government Of the State. The su
preme Court granted q temporary In
junction, restraining the banks wher
the State funds are deposited from payin
out such funds upon the orders OF Cardoso
the Republican Treasurer. The Congress
ional Investigating Committee arrived an
Immediately organised for business.
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II nveoklyn Thsatsr was burned
- eG4eftheeoA ~. ms lrs orig
iua1s -. q Aflsso. p. n.
40 onPany Wa about half
threGSk Wllf ~ Mt sot Of The Two
oFfhp"as9esAFssprsed WIN light
nias ~ jpAnie md. CON
1aioa kas ssfrlbfs. Tho smoke soon
hsoans sufzocasing, and-wcnsn fcii,
faiaslng. IN NE aislcs, and were tram
plsd cvsr. Numbers jumped out oft the
win30ws aud were severely injured, and
sons lives wore undoubtedly lost.
Further Investigation into the loss
Of life by the burning Of the Brooklyn
Thss&sr developed tho horrible fact tina,
ovsf RrssS lsaRred9 ives sers. bst by
he I FriblsSt sanys Ufao &c nigh,
n ~ It'll ~ bodies had been removed
from the ruins, and the ghastly wori
was SIN progressing. Most of thu
bodies were unacceptable.
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II MARKETS.
ST. LOUIS, Decemper 3, 1910.

81. LOUIS, Decempet " to'o'
sEEvns Choice. si.;55t:Wi dooa @IraaS "a
ei.3ih. "a CO., Cows ana Heiiere' s7'o'hs'
Corn led Texans. S2.6OE4.So
Hods-Packins sh.65s6 %. .os
sHEEP-Lommon 70 Fancy. e2aoo 80.
~FLoUR--Choice Country, s5,5oS6s AAA.
wIsirgRea. No. ?. sl.SssI.s!''; No. s.
sG5ssISo.s Mixed. lsIs.stc
OATs-No. 2. 82sat3s.
RYE-No. 9, 7sg72ic.
TIMOTHY s=EEpnrG!%s, s si'.1nl 80, 20; M.
BUrTER--Choice Dairy g5s2oc.
PosS-sasnaard Ness, sI0 O.HO
LARD-Prime Steam, 100 lO4c.
washed, ChV'os. 80 . 'o'i In
washed Comblns, 2is.G4.
CorToS-MiddIlns, nho..
new iUkK.
BEsvEs-Eatye steers. $7.oOslo 81; Colorado
a1 snElp"t onaoa 10 Choice. ti,tO.e.:oi
Lambs, s6,3Isa7. %.
lIoGs-Liye, s5.5is7 100. ...n
to Chelos, $1,000. Il,
CoRN-western Mixed. Old, oSsSS'i'
OATB-Weetern Mixed "A y ise.
PoRK-Mess, tl6.6!h GlB.7o.
CorToN-Middlins. go;
EEyla-Cumn 10 ChoIoe, az olSn ~.
HO0s-Common 10 Choice, S5'oOaO w.
sHEEP-s3.75si.a5 20, .oy,-os h,ica
FLoUR-Choiee WINTER s621oISi NnIce
sprIng Extra, t6.00cG.lo. ,-. ~.
WHEAT Spring. No.. y tl'l|- f"'H'
sprlnS, No. y, $l,tD5i'lo'
CORa--Eo. q, lbg46i.
pAps-No. 2. 80 Ss3Ao,
RYE-Ao. IN 3
rcaK-Mess, sl0.5ve 10 ~
LARD--Per ost go lJsl1 l2h
N AAksAo NI-
Bxsvss-Nauye steers, ~s2.7bs..aai Naive
I9ss. 81. 50s 3 co..
Hods-s4 30 %
sHEEP-Comniou 70 ExtYs. sl.15aS y.
hhhfnlb.
kIouR-AhoIee 81. 5OGD7.U.
~IoRH-Mixed, bs DC
UATs-ln store, 4,s Doe.
CoTIoH-kiddIJIa M
New O..4.EAHS.
E~LoUR-gnoioe Family, S7.0os7.73.
GUhE-Wnise, 61e 10
uAIs--St. i4olls, ~ ,lhc.
bAl-Prime. Sla.Ojyls 90.
~PoRk-sew Mess, OF 10 1880.
bAVuH-7kS Hsc.
| CUTIoN-aiuuAas, llSo'
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FRICAssEEp CHICKEN.-Divide your
fowls; wash well and lay in a ilat'bot'
toned vessel with the bone side down
cover evenly with part boiling water
and milk; let simmer until tender
skim Off the fat that ome to the top
season with salt and white pepper
pile the chicken nicely on the dash put
in the gravy a bunch of parsley, ! large
minced boiled onion, l blade OF mace
Il gill of cream, the yelks of 2 eggs, and
a tablespoonful of butter, rubbed to q
cream in 2 tablespoonfuls Of -four; LEI
all boil q few minutes; take out TN
parsley and mace and turn oyer you
chicken, which you must have kept o
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r~ELEGRAPHIC T

A Rio Grande dispatch says Gen.
Dlaz has occupied the City of Mexico, and
that I.erdo and his Ministers have fed west
ward.
The National Association Of Short-horn
Breeders met at st. Louis on the 9th, near.
ly one hundred being present. The con-
vcntion adjourned TO meet at Lexington,
KY, on the Gath Of October, 1877.
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RECOVERING TnE BODIES.
At 2 O'Clock 1i5 bodies had been re-

At O'Clock 1i5 bodies had been re-
covered, and there are probably as
many more within the ruins. Some
persons assert that none in the upper
gallery of the theater escaped. The
last maa that left the stairs before they
fell says that behind him vas a helpless,
half-suffocated crowd.
On Washington Street a line Of horses
and wagons were ready to remove the
bodies. Great crowds of persons were
gathered in the neighborhood of tn.
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.......aa.a...:,.. COZ .ass q

WHEN a woman can feel a mouse
crawling along her spinal column, and
yet stop to think whsther she has On
striped stockings, before keeling over
In a ft, she is at least qualified to enjoy
the elective franchise, -Brooklsa Ar
gus.
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Internal Revenue Receipts.

W~AsHINGT0N, d. ~, Nov. 24.-The
forthcoming Report OF the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue will contain the following
r~ecapitulation Of Internal Revenue receipts
for the several States and Territories during
tho last fs,..l paar.I
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Our Coast Defenses and Hnrbors.
ANNUAL REPORT OF GEN. HUMPHREYS
CuIEE OF ENGINEERS.

ANNthL NEfohl VT oENs
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-1he annual re-
port Of General A. A. Humphreys, Chief
OF Engineers, presents a detailed statement
of the various operations Of the Engineers
Department during the fiscal year ending
June 20, 1878, sketches those which are
new In progress, ard makes numerous rec
Lamentations for the future. The num-
bsr OF officers holding commissions in the
Corps of Engineers Of the United States
army at the end Of the fiscal year was l0T
on the active list and five on the retired list.
The latter, however, under the law of Jan.
81, 1870, are not available for duty. In du-
ties devOlying upon the corps by law,
the employment OF a number OF scientists
and assistant engineers has been
necessary. Among the estimates for appro-
priations which General Humphreys ear
ntstly recommends are the following: For
completing the defensive works at Fort
Jackson, Mississippi River, S25 600; Fort
Philip, Mississippi River, S25, 600. On the
subject Of river and harbor appropriations
for the current fiscal year, General Hum
| phreys says: ''Of the amounts appropriated
Tor public works on rivers and harbors by
the act approved August IA, 1876, certain
allotments have been made In compliance
with the instructions OF the Secretary OF
War OF September 4, limiting the eXpendi-
lures under the act to -, 0O0, 600, and di-
recting that no rev work Of improvement
should be begun. The following statement
exhibits these
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ESTIMATES:


In trats uniting these statements OI The
am UNITS when his subor tnate officers say
can be p'oftsb y expended during the mex,
fiscal year, the Chief OF Engineers makes
no recommendation Of his own concerning
them.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-12-14

THE Rutland (vt.) Globe is response
BILE for the assertion that there are 9o,'
1922 white men in the State who can
neither read nor write, and 6,S67 more
who do both so badly as to be called
illiterate,
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In determining the amounts To be allotted
to each work named reference has been had
to the balances on hand OF previous appro-
priations for the works specified. All these
improvements, for the continuance of which
parts of appropriations have been allotted,
are, in my judgment, clearly national allot-
ments to improvements Of lesser magnitude,
and, in consequence, are indispensaDly nee
cessary to protect what has already been
done. Officers In charge OF the improve.
ments were notified of the amounts allotted,
and the works are now being conducted on
this basis The report also epitomizes the
detailed accounts given by the officers OF
river and harbor improvements, etc. now
In progress under their respective manage
ments, together with a statement Of the
mounts III these officers estimate can be
probably expended during the next fiscal
year. Among these are the following
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The SECRETARY OF the YFe0Sury has
subtkn "a Is the House, cf Representa-
tiysS the estimates Of appropriations re.
cuirsd for the public service for the fis-
cal year ens.ng with juno, 1878. These
are: for Congress-, s5, 1888, $50; Execu-
tive proper e7s,AOO; Department. OF
State, si,449,650 Treasury Depart
mont, el65. 2ks.3s9: War Department,
.01S5kAAN xyy Department, s22,-
sol, 1858; Interior Department, $Ss, sO6,-
722; Postofice Department, 1885,
SAT; Departmsnt ol- Justice, -e4;A22,-
$50; Deuartneuk az Agriculture, 8227,-
$50; total, s29s, gil, 66s. These est.
mates are el5, O0O, 900 less than those for
1s77.n ~ ~ .r.owf (
IA .A :
The Presidential Electors Of the va.
rious States met at their respective
State Capitols, on the 9Th, In accord.
snceJfkhthsiprosisions OF the Consti'
tuition. apd cast their votes for Presi'
dent vice-President. The only
States IN which there was any serious
conflict as to the choice Of Electors,
were Florida, Louisiana, South Caroline
and Oregon. In the first three o.
these States the Republican Electors
holding commissions duly signed
by thptt G~overnors, met and cas-,
their Sotss for Hayes and Wheel
er, while the Democratic Electors
also met and cast their votes for Tilder
and Hssdricks. In Florida the Demo
cratic Electors held certificates of cleo
ton signed by Attorney General Cooke
one sgf the Board Of Canvsssers; IL
Louisiaqa, John McEnery, as Governor
signed tie certificates Of the Democrat
10 Electors ; and in South Carolina til,
Democrafic Electors based their oficia
action on the decisions Of the State Su
preme Court. In Oregon the contes
turned ppon the assumed ~ineligibilit
of J!W.W Watts, formerly Postmaster
one Of the Hayes Electors. His electioI
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late AeFon dc Palm took place at the
crematqry ofDf, lie Moyne, at Wash
ingtoh,' Pa, on the 9Th. The incinera-
ton was completed in two hours and
forty emlnutes, and was a success in
everyiparsicular. The process was wit
messed by a large number Of scientists
from various parts of the country, and
subsequently a meeting was held at
which tfiesubject Of cremation was full
ly discussed.
-OT" ~sb q
The principal changes in the men,
bership' Of the Senate committees are
those caused by the resignation of SEN
ator Ag1M apd tho death Of Senator
Caperton. Window becomes Chair.
man Of the Committee on Appropria-
lions gics Secretary Morrill,, and Blaine
is made q member Of this committee,
and also OF the Committee on Naval
Affairs,isfUwAich Secretary Morrill, was
n member. Dawes is assigned to the
place vacated by Morrill, on the Indian
Committee. Boutwell, retires from the
Comuitee Y ION r. Commerce and
from ,fthel special committee to
examine Che several branches of the
civil saeViees Dawes taking his place on
the fosYss) snd Harvey succeeding him
as Chairman Of the latter. Mitchell Of
Oregon Is made Chairman Of the Com,
mit,ee on Transportation Routes to tn.
Seaboard, ytce Window, who resigns
but retains a place on the Committee
Senator Price is assigned to Caperton',
posiierTo on Chains, Railroads, and O
Revisioh Of Laws Committees. Mr.
Chaffee is placed on the Territories
Patents, and Mints, and Mines an,
Mining and Teller on Claims and Pen
s'on ell ,aLL
THDR resident, on the 9Th, TRANSMIT,
ted 10 ooxgress tho report OF the com
mittee Of Northern Republicans VIII,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the purpose Q
witnessing the canvass Of the vote 4
that State for, Presidential E~lectors. ]
Is signed BY senator Sherman of Ohio
Representatives. Eugene Hale Of Mains
J. A. Garielc Of Ohio, aadW. d. KeI
ley Of dRsRpsJHsnis, and Messrs. 4
w. Stoqghtca apd j. n. Van Allen .
New Yofk. g, Parker Of New Jerse,
and saiAeyI' Clark land : eJ.a I
wilsoa a KApsas, The report 10 (
considerable length, giving full partic,
lars ssvS No 6onsposition Of the r,
turning Board and the law under whic
It acts. snd the manner In which n
Assl csovaSs % the votes whs conduc
Cd, The Evidence OF intimidation an
vtolspcs II fsysrsl parishes and poll
- p~reseated 70 the Board. and upo
which evidence the votes u such pa
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TIKI A t


Tho Louisiana Returning Board, on the
9Th, declared tho election Of the entire Re-
publican ticket, National and State, togeth-
Or With four Of the elk Congressmen. The
nsiorfties declared for the Republics Elec.
tors range from $500 10 1900, and for Gov
ernor, S,s3o. The votes Of Grant and East
Feliciana parishes, as well ss Of % or 90
polling places in other parishes, were
thrswn out, on the ground Of intimidation
and illegality. -
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OF the IpSaia irene haiiWay' iouhu tHat,
out of 2G6 persons examined, eighteen
were color-blind, and SO utterly untitled
for the railway service.
A NEW Prison Chaplain was recently
appointed in n certain town. He was
a man who greatly magnified his office,
and, entering one of the cells on his
first round of inspection, he with much
pomposity thus addressed the prisoner
who occupied it: swell, sir; do you
know who | ami" "No; nor l dinna
care" was the nonchalant reply.
"Well, I'm your new Chaplain" so,
We arep Weel, I hae heard o. ye be-
fore". Sand what did you hearP" re-
turned the Chaplain, his curiosity get
ting the better of his dignity. "Wcel,
| heard that the last twa kinks ye were
in We preached them bath empty; but
III he hanged if We find it such an easy
matter to do the same with this ane!'
A CURIOUS little scientific toy ha'
made its appearance in the opticians
windows. 1t consists of q tiny wind
mill enclosed in a glass bulb of abou
three inches diameter, which ~re5olve
without any apparent motive power
The secret of the mystery is that tn
four vanes of the mill are blackened o.
one side, and coated with bright foil OF
the other. The bright side reflects tn
radiant heat Of surrounding objects
and the dark side absorbs it. The en-
closing bulb being partially exhauste'
of air, the difference of temperatur
creates "a sufficient current to u tn
vanes to move. The continuance !
called Crookes's Radiometer, from n
|, erroneous idea which its inventor ha'
that its motion was due to the force q
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