Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-14

DilhlHE nun has DtfH lntfENleRel bg "a
| correspondent of the Chicago TrtJuHe,
who says of him; There is something
remarkable in his face II j. rather broad
and flesly, but the determined line
around the mouth destroys tho impres-
sion Of ilabbiness. His eyes are wide.
and black, and piercing. The upper lids
/ are heavy, and the outer corncr-h ang
over the eyes n If the brain had escaped
into them. His shoulders and chest are
broad and strong and the arms muscu-
lar, and the hands awfully dirty. He
WAS dressed in blue lcgeings, beaded
moccnsins, n shirt made Of the same ma
tcriai. figured ike the patterns Of brochc
shawls. and his blanket wns bound
! lightly around his waist. for the after
noon was intolcrably hot
| That MIR. Edison is working at his
! electric light problem without stinting
the expense is evident. IL .ays il has
cost him about thirteen thousand dollars
to perfect his generator He has spent
about eight thousand dollars in expert
mcnts on his lamp. II cost about three
thousnEd dollars to discover a new
/ method Of insulating hi- wires The
! meter experiments ate up fully two
| thousand dollars. and the dynamomctnr
/ three thousand dollars more. He esti-
/ mates the total cos, of his experiments
4 thus far at forty-iiyc thousand dollars.
| Such devotion 10 AN idea Is one Of his
/ characteristics. and. fortunately. lac j. in
/ a position oi pcruniary independence,
and has at his command all tho money
/ that seems to bc necessary
Under the head Of Good Adv for
/ the Dog Days" the New York y, ha.
/ an article making these suggestions:
/ There are two provisions which should
/ be- made ia all large cities. in this eli
| mat". 10 protect tho public from expo
/ sure 10 and consequent prosiration from
/ sunsirukc. In the FIRST place every we'll
I regulated city should bc supplied with
! sufficient number Of shade trees of specify
/ growth and abundant foliage as a source
I Of protection for pedestrians during the
/ prevalence Of the greatest solar heat: and
/ In the second place there should be AN
entire cessation oi outdoor .abur from
eleven 10 four O'Clock on the hottest
days. \ suitable regulation should be
coneurrcd in for that end by both en-
ploycrs and employed.
The trade in glass in the United States
within the last few years has reached
enormous proportions. Pittsburgh, Pa.
j. the great glass center of the country.
More than half of all the glass produced
u made there. The productions aggre-
gate over g. .oOO. 600 annually, employing
a capital. which includes buildings. ma
chin"rv and grounds. Of nearly. If not
quite, .. .50o. 900. There are seventy
three factories. containing in NIL $50 pots
Each year 5000. coo j. paid In wages tn
the hands employed. who number some
5,2is. One can form some little idea of
the magnitude Of the business by asccr-
tanning the amount of material consum-
cd annually. Last year there were CON
sumed 2,a25 tons of German clay SEQ
tons of lead. $50 tons Of pearl ash, =. 2.7G0
barrels If salt 6.055 tons Of straw. 4.N25
cords of wood. 4. SIS. 760 bushels Of coal.
7pJ. 500 bushels Of coke. l,2Is tons of
nitrate Of soda, r.. $40 tons Of sand and
10000 fire brick.
OF the successful pedestrian, f. Z.
Weston. the Rev. !. G.. Fletcher. Of
indianapolis. says that when child
Weston was the clcancSt. sweetest little
blonde boy he ever knew. lie always
had his Sunday-school lesson perfectly.
and was we'll trained at home. in Pruvi-
dcnce. by his small slender mother
But" added Mr.. Fletcher. "E. T.
Weston was the most uneasy bright boy
| ever saw. There was no Keeping him
III. Ills father was a man restless In 4.
his brain. and finally died insane The /
mother Of +. +. w. was a woman of 1
intellectual parts. and at her husbands /
death, in order to support her family. 4
she wrote number of interesting books 4
for children. These were printed and
then, instead of being published. were 4
lawked about Providence and elsewhere /
in the State Of Rhode Island by Edward /
Payson. WHO walked from house 10 /
house all over the State. and thus early 4
acquired the habit of walkingn
Sergeant John 7. Finley has inycsti- /
gated the cyclones that swept over Kan
sas in May. lie Travelled in wagon
and rode altogether five hundred miles.
visiting thir,y-iive towns and villages.
started out in making observations
hy first finding the center of the track of
the storm. and then making correspond
ing observation on both sides TO ascertain
the effect of the wind on each. found
after great deal of questioning that
these tornadocs were always heralded by
the appearance of hailstones and rain.
which only ended when the funnel dis
appeared. The funnel. which resembles
water spout was generally seen ap-
preaching from the northwest and south
west, and lIas the embodiment of the air
currents coming from both the direc-
tions. The northwest clouds always re-
semblcd heavy rein-clouds. while those
In the southwest were light. fcecy
color. indicating wind. After their ap-
pcarance the inhabitants would notice
between the two, near the apex. n terri.
Bile commotion. and in few moments
this would be followed by the funnel ex-
tending gradually from the clouds. II
was this funnel-cloud that always did /
the damage. Tho majority Of these
storms travel about thirty miles an
hour. and while they are on the ground
their force is great enough to destroy
everything within their reach"
While Il Il true that our means Of
making heat tolcrable are infinitely less
than those Of india, 1t Il equally certain