The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-01

evening came the enemy, after IeaStliS
and drinking, lay in the sleep of intoxl-
cation. Philotis then lighted torch as
a signal to the Romans, who rushed
upon the enemy and slew them with
great slaughter. The senate rewarded
the female slaves by permitting them
henceforth to wear the dress of Roman
matrOns.
NJ. Mouchot, in experiments for util-
izing the heat of the sun, has lately
shown to the Academy of Sciences
small still, in which the suns heat was
applied TO the process of distillation.-
With this still, the mirror of which was
twenty inches in diameter, the inventor
succeeded in distilling a quart of wine
in half an hour. With mirror five
times as large, the inventor believes he
will be able to distil twenty quarts in
the same space of time. The seasons
make little difference in the working Of
the solar still, provided the suns rays
be not intercepted; and NJ. Mouchot has
brought water to the boiling point in
January, in boiler standing in the
open air and covered with ice and snow.
Nothing is more easy than to grow
rich. 1t is to trust nobody, to befriend
none, to get everything and save all
you get, to stint ourselves and every
body belonging to US, to be the friend
of no man and to have no man for our
friend, to heap interest upon interest,
| to be mean, miserable and despised, for
some twenty or thirty years, and riches
will come as surely az disease or dis
appointment. And, when pretty near
enough wealth is collected by disre-
gard of the human heart, and at the
expense of nearly every enjoyment,
save that of indulging in miserable
meanness, death comes to finish the
work, and the body is buried in hole, |
the heirs rejoice over it, and the spirit |
goeS-whither2
A Clergyman was annoyed by people |
talking and giggling. He paused,
looked at the disturbers, and said: II |
am always afraid to reprove those who |
misbehave, for this reason. Some |
years since, as was preaching, a young |
man who sat before me was constantly |
laughing, talking and making uncouth
grimaces. Ipaused, and administered |
severe rebuke. After the close of |
the service a gentleman said to me,
Sir, you have made a great mistake;
that young man WAS an IDIOT Since
then l have always been afraid to re-
prove those who misbehave themselves
in chapel, lest 1 should repeat that
mistake and reprOve another idiot.n
During the rest of the service there /
was good order.
A French editor has invented a new
kind of barometer. 1t is General in
gingerbread, which he buys every year
at certain fair. On returning home,
he nails his acquisition t. the WALL
Everybody knows the influence Of the
temperature on gingerbread; the least
dampness softens it. Dry weather, on
the contrary, dries it up and hardens
it. All this gentleman has to do every
morning is to ask his servant what the
general says. The faithful domestic
goes and puts his thumb on the figure
and answers either, 'The General is
soft to-day; you will please take your
embrella;" or, 1.-THE military man is
firm; you can put on your new hat"
In the Russian Caucasus is the tower
of BakOn, the point of pilgrimage Of the
fire worshippers from period far be-
yond the era of Mohammedanism. The
pilgrims are now few in numbers. The
residents of the tower are earnest advo-
Gates of the faith, together with sundry
disciples of Zoroaster. Their worship,
costumes and ceremonies, are precisely
as in ancient times. The tower has no
windows. The interior is reached only
by Subterranean passages. 1t is an inn
mense building, and is surrounded by
high wall. Within this wall and encir-
cling the tower are high columns of
lame, which spring from the earth and
are made with the naptha that is found
in large quantities in the surrounding
soil of the mountains. These fires are
kept perpetually burning.
Boys and young men sometimes start
out in life with the idea that ones sue
cess depends on his sharpness and
chicanery. They imagine if man is
able to ''get the best of bargain" no
matter by what deceit and meaness he
carries his point, that his prosperity
cannot be founded on cunning and dis
honesty. The tricky and deceitful man
is sure to fall victim sooner or later, to
the influences which are forever work
ing against him. His house is built ]
upon the sand, and its foundation will
be certain to give way" Young people
give these truths too much
weight. The future of that young man
is safe who eschews every phase of 7
double dealing and dishonesty, lays the
foundation of his career in the enduring
principles of everlasting truth.
The cocoanut is product of one of
the palms, and grows abundantly in all I
tropical regions. The kernel, in its
fresh state, is very nutritive, and when
grated makes excellent cakes or fritters.
The milk of the cocoanut forms a deli
cious beverage in its native country; a
large nut when fresh will give half i
pint of milk. When it is very young
the pulp is so soft that it may be eaten
with spoon, and the shell is so thin
and transparent that it may be used as
4 lantern. The oil obtained by pressure T
from the kernel is used for burning in 7
lamps and for making fine soap. There T
is no part of the tree but is employed
For some useful purpose, though with
respect to fruit the cocoaput is one of
the least productive of the palm tribe.
One tree in good soil produces about 100 I
cocoanuts annually.
mo more business for me,n said a
the other evening, who
has been In the habit of employing
lbout sixty men and over thirty women 3
md children. mo more business for d
ne! Four years ago supposed myself
worth 500, 600. have kept my work.
'hops open at loss during the whole Of
hat time. This summer there seemed
% be nice little chance for fresh start L
n the fall, and l kept my men on ma
ling goods which I might have thrown
n the street for all the hope of getting
my money for them. And, by George,
When the strike came they struck, know 3 3
ng all the time that the wages they =
we're paid every Saturday night were
lot earned by profitable work, but taken
'odlly out of the savings of thirty wears.