The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-04-03
A Book-Axent vanquishea.

Yesterday evening Prof. Stewart went
into the DelmonicO restaurant, and asked
Andy, the irrepressible head steward, to
bring him some stuffed mutton and pars-
nips. No sooner had the Professor fairly
seated himself at one of the small tables
than a boOk-agent came in and took the
other side of the board. The two men
were strangers, but as a matter OF course
this book -pedler couldn't keep still, and
presently made some conversational ad-
vance to Stewart.
"Are not these meteorological disturb
ances somewhat peculiar for these lati-
tudesr'
The Professor paused moment as he
was MASKING a potato, and replied:
"Guess it's about the same thing every
year."
ain seasons of atmospheric depression
alternating with unexpected bOreal excite
mepts and rapid changes resultant on sud-
den accumulatiOns of moisture, such dis
positions of the storm-belt are not, in my
opinion, entirely uncalled for"
| Exactly" remarked the Professor, lift
ing fly out of his coffee.
| "But" continued the agent, delighted at
the style in which ne was crOwding the
Professor; 81 doubt not but that certain
energetic polarizations of the molecules in
| the mineral deposits have an attraction for
the electrically charged Clouds
At these points the Professor, who had
been knocked around the ring and crowded
to the ropes, so to speak, became fairly
reused to his position and slogged for the
others nose at once.
"Ah, exactly, my friend; in the ledge are
vast deposits of minerals. Found in vol
canic matrices and disintegrated bv the
upheaval Of plutonic rock and semifused
masses of silicious alumnia, mingled with
homogeneous debris of porphyry. the mol
ecules of kaolined feldites, with sligh
potash base, the decomposition of the field
spar is most affected along the line of th'
horizontal cleavage and necessarily thu
liberated oxide of manganese combining
with the percolation of the alkalis which
permeate the entire mass, causes
pronounced state of polarization, which
cannot fail to account for the peculiar at
traction in the vicinity. l might furthe
explain the intricate chemical propertie
of the belt by illustrating the"
By this time, however, the book agent
who during the round had been verbal,
pasted in the jaw, smashed in the nose
and biffed in the eye, rose from hi
seat, paid full price for his half-eaten meal
and shot out Of the place. Andy said h
examined the Professor, found his pulls
regular, no signs of perspiration, and hi
mind intact Virginia New Chronicle
A Curious Race.
Betel Tobago is an island in the Soutl
Seas which has lately been visited by
party of United States naval officers
They were surveying a rock east of tn
, South Cape of Formosa, and called at thi
! island. They found curious race of M
lay stock. These abOrignes did not know
! what money was good for. Nor had the.
ever used tobacco or rum. They gave tn
, officers goats and pigs for tin pots ant
brass buttons, and hung around the vesse
, all day in their canoes waiting for
chance to dive for something whicl
might be thrown overheard They wor
clouts only, ate taro and yams, and hat
axes, spears and knives made of common
iron. Their canoes were made withou
nails, and were ornamented with geomel
, rical lines. They wore the boards of goat
j and small shells as ornaments. Such
the account of these strange people give
! by DIR. Siegfried, in letter read at tn
last meeting Of the Philadelphia Academ.
of Natural Sciences.