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Interesting Questions and Answers.

G. A.. H. asks for an explanation of
the cause of the rise and fall Of the
barometer, that is, the cause of changes
in the airs pressure. A. The course of
the barometer is generally in the oppo-
site direction to that Of the thermome-
ter; that is, that when the temperature
rises the barometer falls, and uice Uersa,
which indicates that the barometric
variations at any given place are pro-
duced by the expansion and contraction
of the air, and therefore by its changes
in density. If the temperature were
the same throughout the whole extent
of the atmosphere, no currents would be
produced, and at the same height atmos-
pheric pressure would be everywhere
the same. But when any portion of the
atmosphere becomes warmer tl:an the
neighboring parts, its specific gravity is
diminished, and it rises and passes away
through the upper regions of the atmos-
phere, whence it follows that the press
ure is diminished and barometer falls.
Ifany portion of the atmosphere retains
it's temperature while the neighbOring
parts become cooler, the same effect is
produced; for in this case, too, the den
sity of the first mentioned portion is less
than that of the others. Hence, also, it
usually happens that an extraordinary
fall of the barometer at one place is
counterbalanced by an extraordinary
rise ut another place. The daily yaria-
tions appear to result from the eXpan-
sions and contractions which are peri
odically produced in the atmosphere by
the heat of the sun during the rotation
of the earth.
j. A. H. asks: l. Is there any ad-
vantage in what lightning rod men call
"circuit rods.-that is, two ground rods
to one point? What do you think of
such rods put into the ground eight or
ten feet. ground tolerably dry? A. The
only advantage in such an arrangement
is that it affords a better ground surface.
If the ground connections terminate in
dry earth, the lightning rod will not
prove effective. 9. Are horse shoe mag
nets better than common points, or
should points be magnetized so rs to lift
small needles? A. There is no advant-
age in magnetic point. 3. What is
your opinion of tin roofs as Il protection
against lightning? How should they be
connected with the ground? A. Tin
roofs, if connected with the lightning
rod having good ground connections,
may prove an additional protection.
The ground end of the rod should be
forked and buried in earth that is con-
tinually moist. The effectiveness of the
rod may be increased by filling the hole
around the rod with pounded coke Or
charcoal. The ground end of the rod
should be bent away from the house. 4.
Is 1T safe to put rod into welle A.
Yes.-ScicntiGc american.
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AMERICAS FOREIGN TRADE.
The Immensity OF tho Commerce Of tho
United States.

UnlteQ StatcSs
The Springfield Republican says: The
commerce Of the United States during
the calendar year 1873 reaches the ex-
treme of divergence between the values
of the imports and exports. If the
"balance of trade were all that were
necessary to make the country proper
Gus, things would "b6om" " louder than
they did before the panic. Exports
have reached the highest point and i'm
ports the lowest that they are likely to
attain for some time; for two or three
months the tide has been setting in the
opposite direction. How great has been
the drift is shown by the decrease Of i'm
ports from 1926, 900, 900 in 1873 to S46l.-
0OO, 900 last year, and the growth of ex-
ports in the same time from S679, 900, 600
to the enormous proportions of last
years S749, ,OO0, 900. The entire volume
of trade, reckoned in dollars, is less than
it was six years ago, but the balance "
has grown from an excess Of $3.50, 900, 900
of imports in 1872 to an excess of $751;
600, 600 of exports in 1877, and S2oS, 600,
900 of exports in 1878.
No other word than immense will
characterize the volume of our exports
last year of breadstuffs and provisions.
The figures are beyond comprehension.
The shipments of wheat rose from 49,
OOO, 600 of bushels in 1877 to 100000
in 1878, of Indian corn from 5000, 900 to
IS, ,OOO, 900, of other grains from 1000, 900
to IA, 1000, and Of wheat flour from
3,OOO,OO to 200, 900 of barrels. We sent
out in 1877 436, ,OOO, 900 pounds of bacon
and hams, last year 696, ,0O0, 900, in 1877
l13, 100000 pounds Of cheese, last year;
l39,OOO,OOO; in 1877 237 ,OOO, 900 pounds OF
lard, last year $4,000, 900; in 1877 66,-
OOO, 900 pounds of pork, last year "a ,OOo,-
600 pounds. The following table shows
the money value of some of these ex-
ports for the two years:
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The Armies of Europe.

A French officer has drawn up an in
teresting calculation of the present
effective of the land and sea
forces of the different countries of
Europe in 1879. France would have
l,76O,OOO men; Germany, 1871, 1000;
Russia, 1905, 900. and Austria, 2,05l, 600,
The other nations would not have
more than one million of soldiers. In
time of peace Russia keeps in active ser
vice the strongest army in Europe. This
power has always under arms $1,000
soldiers. France has only about 100000,
Prussia O.O0O. and Austria 100000. In
naval armies England comes first with
426 ships, of which sixty-one are IRON
clads. Russia has 223 slips. and France
l66 with thirty-tivr ironclads. Spain
reckons l35, Turkey lle, Holland eighty.
six, 1taly sixty'sevcn, npd Prussia fifty
Ava;
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Gone to Grass.

Peter Harrison left his home at Erie,
Pa, to become q bank cashier in Detroit.
Some one in Erie told him that thirteen
cashiers were wanted here at once, and
he came on as fast as conductors on
freight trains would permit him. Dis
appointment is the lot of man, or Of lots
Of men, and Peter reached Detroit to find
all the best positions taken. One bank
offered to permit him to cashier in ten
bushels of coke, but Mr.. Harrison didn't
come to this town to drudge. He was
trying to obtain few hours sleep on
the grass in the public park previous to
second struggle with the mad world,
when an officer suggested the propriety
IF q walk to the station.
"You see," began Peter, when walked
before the court, "T struck this town
with nothing but an empty tobacco box
in my pocket, but I am determined to
work up. John Jacob Astor worked up.
Horace Greeley worked up, and all /
want is little time. You see, haven't
had anything to eat except grass since |
crossed Detroit river, and you can't ex.
pect me to whoop up riches in two days" "
"Yes, l think you will work up,"
quietly observed his honor, as he looked
down on the prisoner. II think you
will work up to the House of Correction
in about half an hour"
"That's mean, judge. What would
George Washington have amounted to if
he had been sent up justas he was trying
to get start in life?"
"This court has nothing to do with
George Washington, sir. If he had been
broug ght before this bar with his shirt
band torn off, his nose the color of car
mine and his breath smelling of whisky,
he would have been sent up for sixty
days in the very best style. Don't you
let his case bother you any"
"Well, I'll 60 up rather than have any
fuss over it; but I shall stick to it that
it is not fair deal. IF 1 am ever made
judge I'll give the boys chance, and
don't you forget it,"
His honor put thirty days extra on the
prisoners sentence in order that neither
should forget it. and then Peter went into
the corridor and sat down on the handle
of the coal-scuttle.
Men may come and men may 60,
The winds may sigh and the winds may blow,
but Peter will put in his time in the chair
business just the same.-DetroI Free
Press. n
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The Mormon Creed.

The Mormons. it seems to me, have
no religion. They, however, have a
creed and believe in it: They, have a
system Of theology, too, but such con-
clomerate affair is it that it defies de-
scription. 1t is worthy of mention only
as q curiosity. 1t teaches primarily
that there are many gods, and that emil
nent saints become gods in heaven.
They rise one above another in power
and glory to infnity. Joseph Smiths
now the god of this generation. Above
him is Jesus of Nazareth, whose su-
perior god is Adam. Above Adam is
Jehovah, and above Jehovah is Elohiml;
These all have many wives and they all
rule over their descendants, who are
constantly increasing in number and
dominion. The glory of a saint when
he becomes a god depends in some de-
gree upon the number of wives and
Children which he has. Hence it is that
polygamy'is taught and enforced as a
duty. Wives are sealed to saints here
on earth to increase their dominion in
heaven. The gods are in the form of
men. and are the fathers of the souls Of
men in this world. The ten command
ments are the rule of lite. together with
a revelation given to Joseph Smith in
1868. This revelation is called " A
Word of Wisdom" and is regarded
simply as counsel not as law. Accord
ing to the Mormon creed infant sprink.
ling is condemned. At eight years of
are children are immersed. Baptism for
tie dead is practiced, 4 living person be-
inc baptized for one or more dead per-
sons. Some of the great men Of the
nation and of the world are by proxy
members of the church of Lattcr-Day
Saints, rs Washington. Franklin, etc:
There have been many dispensations of
religious truth, but the greatest of all is
that made through the Prophet Joseph.
This dispensation will culminate in the
settlement of the saints in Jackson
county, Missouri, whence they were eX-
pelled. Here will all the saints be
gathered in due time. and all others be
cut off. All preaching, SO far as doc
trine is concerned, is ringing change
on these points. The people know their
articles of faith by heart and are not al
lowed to forget them. Neither can n
Gentle, though fool. fail to learn what
the saints believe. 1t is an eclectic the
ology that they hold, made up of contri-
buttons from every creed. 1t is COM
pound of Christianity, philosophy and
mythology in about equal parts. The
form of church government is that of the
Methodist Church, although the leaders
were originally Congregationalists in the
matter Of church order and Baptists by
profession.
This conglpmerate theology is diamet-
rically opposed to the doctrines of the
Bible, Q) in being purely materialistic,
(2) in teaching the eternity of matter, (3)
in declaring the pre-existence and trans
mission Of souls, (4) in preaching 81 plu-
rality of gods, and (5) in advocating the
doctrine Of plurality Of wives or celes.
tial marrisge'-Sanday Afternoon
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Bananas.

Few people who see bananas hanging
in fruit dealers shops think of them as
more than tropical luxury. In fact,
they are the staple article of food in some
parts of the world, and, according to
Humboldt, an acre Of bananas will pro-
duce as much food for a man as twenty
five acres of wheat. 1t is the ease with
which bananas are grown that is the
great obstacle to civilization in some
tropical countries. 1t is so easy to get a
living without work that no effort will
be made, and the men become lazy and
intolerably shiftless. All that is needed
is to stick a cutting into the ground. 1t
will ripen its fruit in twelve or thirteen
months without further care, each plant
having from seventy-five to 1875 bananas
and when that dies down, after fruiting,
new shoots spring up to take its place.
In regions where frosts never reach,
bananas are found in all stages of growth,
ripening their fruit every day and every
month in the year.
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The Album.

Ny Photograph album? Certainly,
You can look, if you wish, my dear;
To me it is just like graveyard,
Though go through it once a elr.
ANY new faces? No, indeed. No
Istopped collecting some years,,,
And yet, Jeanette, look well at the book:
1t is fun of histories strange;
The faces are just an index, dear,
To stories OF pitiful change
Drama and poem and tragedy,
Which I alone have the power to see.
All! I thought you would pause at that face
She was fair as poets lay,
The sweetest rose Of her English home,
Yet she perished tnr, far away:
In the black massacre at Cawnpore'
She suffered and died-we know no more.
And that? All, yes, 'tis a noble head!
Soul sits on the clear, lofty brow;
She was my friend in the days gone by,
And she is my enemy now.
Mistake, and wrong, and sorrow-alas!
One OF lies tragedies-let it pass.
This tace? He was my lover, Jeanette;
And perchance he remembers to-day
The passionate wrong that wrecked us both
When he sailed in his anger away.
Heart-sick and hopeless through weary years
\. length forgot him-despite these tears.
That handsome fellow? He loved ME too;
And he vowed he would die, my dear,
When told him No"-'tis long ago:
He married the very next year.
That one liked little, but he
Cared much for my gold, nothing for me.
Brides and bridegrooms together, dear,
And most OF them parted to-day;
Some famous men that are quite forgot,
Some beauties faded and gray.
Close the book, for it's inst as l said
Full of pale ghosts from lie that's dead.
IYooLf,,
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In regard to live animals it should be
noticed that the great increase in value
was owing to the heavy shipments of
horned cattle, the number of these ami
mails rising from 10000 to 5000 in a
single year, though the number of sheep
fell off from $50, 900 to l91 900. The ex-
portation of oils of all kinds fell off from
1863, 900, 900 gallons to 355, 100000; that
of leaf tobacco rose from 266, 600, 900
pounds to 367, 100000.
When we come to manufactured artl-
cles, however, we find that they were
taken less freely in the foreign markets
than in 1877. the falling off in amount
being attended also by a reduction in
prices. In 1877 the United States sold
abroad S1O,OOO,0OO worth Of cotton
goods, and last year. only $4,000, 900; in
1877, owing largely to the tariff, only the
pitiful amount Of S406, 900 worth of
manufactures of wool, which was re-
duced by $1,000 last year. The exports
of iron and steel shrunk in the year from
Sic, ZOO, 600 to $13, ,26O, 900, of boots and
shoes from S47O,OOO to S434,0OO. On the
other hand, the exports of leather rose
from S5, ,9OO, 900 to Sc, ,2OO, 900; of paper
and stationery. from $685., 900 to 81 1885,
600. Our exports of wool last year
amounted to $4,000, 900, our imports to
S5, 600, 900; our exports of woolen goods
to 1898, 900, our imports to 1924 900, 600.
The shrinkage in imports took placed
both in the staple and minor articles.
The consumption of coffee fell from $780,
OOO, 900 pounds, worth S61, 100000, to
BAL ,OOO, 900 pounds, worth $4,000, 900.
In the other principal article on the free
list, tea, there was gain from IS, 900, 900
to $4,000, 900 pounds, but u decline in
value from $16,673 900 to Sl5,236, 600.
The value of cotton goods imported fell
from 500, ,27O,000 to Sl3,S59, 900, Of iron
and steel and their manufactures from
SO, 1876, 900 to SO, ,943, 600, of leather of all
kinds from S4,754,0OO to S3,39l, 900, of
sugar and syrup from S89, 100000 $685.
600 gallons) to 10000, 900 (l,656, 900 gal
lons), of molasses from S8,000,000 to ST.
GOO, 900, of wool from $4,000, 900 (5l ,000.-
600 pounds) to S5,0OO,000 (36,000.0OO
pounds), and of wool.ns from S26, 1885,
600 to S23, 3,666,000
The movement of coin and bullion was
peculiar throughout the year, on account
ofthe preparations for resumption, show
ing for seven months Of the twelve an
excess of imports over exports, though
the United States is the largest producer
of the precious metals of any country on
the globe. The total excess of exports
of coin and bullion in 1877 was 1926 5.0O0,-
900, of imports last year $4,000, 900.
The exports in 1877 reached S49, 900, 600,
in 1878 1921, ,OOO,O 600; the imports in 1877
were S24, 900, in 1878, S29,OOO,0Oo.
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my lord" began a pompous young
barrister. "it is written in the book of
nature" "On wh& page, siren
what pagep" interrupted the judge,
with pen IN hand.
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Occasionally the newspapers contain
accounts of the exhumation. of bodies
that give what is called unmistakable
evidence of having been buried alive.
Speaking of this matter, a city paper op-
poses the belief which prevails in the
minds of many that persons are fire.
quently buried while the spark oflife has
not yet left the body. 1t says that
"while such things have happened,
add may still happen, they are of the
rarest occurrence. Winslow, the cele-
brated anatomist, is said to have had
two marrow escapes from burial alive,
and to have published in consequence,
treatise on the signs of death. Bou-
chut, Michel Levy and other physicians
have also expressed their views on the
subject; but all testimony procurable
establishes the fact that burial alive
hardly ever takes place in these times.
In corroboration of this, many German
cities have in their cemeteries mortuary
houses, in which the dead are kept some
days before final interment. the bell-pull
being so arranged that the slightest mo-
ton Of the body would sound an alarm.
So far these precautions have been super
huous. In more than forty years not one
supposed corpse has proved to be any
thing slSe,"
The daily gazette., 1879-05-01

New ENGLAND and BY the followers Of
Greeley, WoodSord, Fenton, and Evarts
In New York, and other like prominent
men in,each 6fate, and BY the Boston
7ronseript, Sprin field Repubiican, Of
Massachusetts Tribune, Natfon, and
Hdypesss Weekly, Of New York, and
equslly - ihduential journals In all Of
the Nogthern States. ~, : ii ~
SPEAKER Kendall says the Democrats
can present no other issue ~ strong as
that Of being cheated out OF the Presi-
dency, and thas Mr.. Tilden 10 the strong
est man that can be nominated on that
issue therefore, II the Democrats nomi-
nate Nr. Tiiden-as ID not likely-the
Republicans will meet them upon that
issue with all tha courage characteristic
Of them, by nominating Mr.. Hayes, and
submitting the question to the highest
tribunal In the land. This continual
yell OF the Democrats Of chsating one
man ont Of, and the other into, the Pres
idency, is . penonal insult to every Re-
publican in the nation, and they will not
be slow In accepting such an opportunity
to resent It.
II the Democrats nominate Thurman
-as seems prObaAle-- With q Do La
Matyr platform, TIE Issue will be . finan-
cial one, aud the Republicans, IN that
event, will nominate tall John Sherman,
who looms up high above all others as
the representative Of Republicans upon
this question:. SSs~f - y - g.
If the campaign d 70 be bloody shirt
one, either Blaine Or C'onkling will be
nominated. w. j. r.
The daily gazette., 1879-05-01

after the Davenport invention was adopt
ed. Here isthe section from the Revised
Statutes: XXI. M ~
!, !. asec, a,o2p. The supervisors of cleo
tions appointed for any county or parish
in any Congressional district, at the in
stance OF ten citizens, shall have no au-
thority to make arrests, or to perform
other duties than to be In the immediate
presence Of the Officers holding the cleo
ton, and to witness al their proceedings,
including the counting Of the votes and
the making of q return thereof" y.
In other words, the supervisors and
their associates may arrest, without pro-
cess, without complaint, and without
limit, in thisD Democratic city, before or af-
ter registration or election, Is they see fit /;
but when the Republican rural districts
are reached they ''shall have no authori-
ty to make arrests or to do anything
else but s'to witness the proceeding" /"
Does anybody believe this great
distinction in the two acts was
made without political motive2 The
thing speaks for itself too plainly to be
misunderstood. --.- ear .ss.u %
The Legislative bill, as it passed the
House Of Representatives, takes away
the unconstitutional power given to SUI
pervisors and marshals to deprive q citi-
zen Of his liberty without process, and
equalizes the system by making the SUI
pervisors for the cities, like the supervis-
ors for the counties, what they ought to
be, If preserved at all--official witnesses,
and nothing more. In brief, the Repub-
licans demand that this partisan machi-
merry shall be retained at o large cost to
the taxpayer, and the Democrats demand
its repeal. Herein is the whole issue.
The daily gazette., 1879-05-01

WARE WESTERN RAILROAD
Sanoe of hours. On and after Feb.
q a. Trans will run a. fol- owss
Wilmington, 7.ib q. M, l0.sO .. m.
p 4 rc voudale, s.5s .. M, u % noon.
y Pomeroy, . 30 a M b p M
|rIns leave Porneroy 1910 .. m.
blne. leave Avondale, ~ IA noon,
M, Wilmington, 8 10 q. m !, 2l5 p.
n, n m d. CONNELL,
w superintendent.
The daily gazette., 1879-05-01

Mr.. Lobdsjl - ~ - ssl1 eppor-
tunity be Wgul1 tuvo - 1xIesH ON
record 4ep,e e g = = e = Y! asss@ sss.,:a. :..
settled one w 168 :. q
The motion * ~ Uos!D toVoetpohs
sSsn Sn,ll &C., sss s,sss isk ~ ~ voss "'s
sssi;s Hsi;'sr: ,Mersexs 4lsess nsssr'''
DsS NAVE iesuse Duird, Ds.tseHs1hs
=. r: Grnbb, Kests Suth'
lrSE,sIn TSs ImnosasA sfsles.i laa6sb 70
adopt the sepeet No. 49, enEen - and
disSus;sd S9 Ha,s'ls 4 so%2 =, $3 z ~ and
said !; he ~ W. rssSy = 5nspe lSssSSots.
MI. LobdeJl, Yha y 8 H e.4st g the.
the report, )desIss6 % u6 El1ks6k on
record aeal9ae sA4 g!e2sEls. ~ eeslthss s !
purpose read ; J0no vdfc94 eRPe9A, The
main feature- ~ 6ke'1p - the
effect, to mete ~ esaeqe Mhtoe he
t6spsas s6ss g =. xss SsssS x 3 seSse
LIST next, S001 -, o,asuhih e. fspaass the
ss ss ihas sinSs @eald cess 16s x ~ %. %.
Thsrefors 70 nnko the f1knn3e on Sep
temb Der .1st p gie re, AaEIers'
would O0 VZ15 ~. Inc 00OpUQ0 Oh =
new text book in the 6u6oob hh4 always
been failurex He, I'D ut mink the
Text Book Committee fopE ofthe MEM
bers whose tsrm * pifes, sHouln ~ the
expense Of the change 81 tbe Doagd
Mr.. SpeakmAn y4s oppoeed r. the
change Of books, The BoaEd 49, altays
the loser. i9i ~ 1T ~ iiit,sS'i1 g
MT. Grimsbsw - ePpessato thelook
agents bothexing the 4oqrd - mlch..
The gentlem&n7 ~. He19loff b16 said
nothing In HE xnn.aSts ~ thvoreE the
ssSoSrspSy: ssSySru ~: As ~ E4p4 AZ HI S e sr., snSw
began, or whsro IL NO 66vetaileG
then defSsted " 10 7SlIoT TiSS xoss:
Ayes-Mf. H11s1eSc21. 3tsss~'7i ili's
elinsss.1 MassEM & 6:;s 6sssss dHasssssSg.. dHsssSg.
Kent, Iaily, Lob9s1l, Palmer, 8uth,
sPeakmAn, Bmitbs Rpo3ee-1A y rsei
variops repsim Ysrs eFAerqd 70 be
Patrick =. U4hill' go Gisnfsd pssnis-
SION to tap the drain bplopeipg - the
Board, leading ftozh No. 10 school, BY
payment of go. q 3s'le'4 h1fif
DR.. Grimshaw gave notice that he
would offer nm Amendments to Law 10 By
striking out the word blehnial1y In the
second line, and insert tht word annu-
ally. The amendment7 refers to the
election Of 6uperintendent Of Public
Schools 4e:-{ t.s tabcsd ,1aaIh
At 1920 O'Clock the Board adjourned.
The daily gazette., 1879-05-01
See Local Maissr = Third Paps.
ToRelHmnr.l

The coming Spring, 10000 pieces Of
wall paper and 1000 pairs of win
dow shades, all from the reliable
Wall Paper House OF J. Il. Holt, 223
Market street. Mr.. Holt is selling 15c.
paper for l2ac:s Nc: for 10c. l0c. for
&c., and Sc. for &c. per piece. These
goods are of the very best make, and
guaranteed at full length. Mr. Holt
will sell you enough paper and border
TO paper q room u ft. by IL n. for the
small sum of 75 cents. So, you, zee, pa
pering is cheaper than whitewsshine.-
The spring designs are stylish and beau
titnl. Good oil shading 1Sc. per yaid.
window shades and axtures, hung COM
Dado work 80 per cent, lower than ever,
Give us call and be convened that the
above is no humbuggiug advertisement.
bnt facts. JoHH 3. HoLr, 223 Market
street' ile 5ii1 1HEu5 1893 fab17fdtf.