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ASBESTOS.

The Journal Of Chemistry says of this
curious mineral "Asbestos is one of the
most curious and interesting OF minerals ;
or, we might rather say, classes OF miner
ais, the name being applied in quite a
number of varieties of tremollte, actlno-
lite, etc, which are themselves varieties OF
emphibole, or hornblende, as it is more
commonly called. Chemically viewed,
these are compounds of silica, magnesla,
lime and oxide of iron. They differ from
other varieties of hornblende chiefly in
containing little or no alumina, and are
remarkable for assuming fibrous charac-
ter, the fibers being sometimes very long,
fine and flexible, and having much the ap-
pearance of fax. They form compact
masses, but can often be easily separated
by the fingers. They vary in color from
white to green and light brown. The name
asbestos is from the Greek, and means
incombustible. 1t is nothing strange that
a mineral should be incombustible, but
that delicate threads, looking like fax,
should not be destroyed by fire, but should
come forth from the ordeal only the
winter, like ordinary thread when washed
in water, naturally seemed remarkable
phenomenon to the ancients who gave
them the name. The finest variety is
called amianthus, which, in the Greek,
means unpollutible all the stains that it
receives being removed by fire. The re-
semblance of these mineral threads to flax
at once suggested that they might be
woven into an incombustible fabric and
this was done by the ancients, the cloth
being mainly used for wrapping corpses
for the funeral pile, in order to preserve
the ashes of the body from being mixed
with those of the materials used IN burn
ing it. In our day, some experiments
have been made with fabrics of asbestos,
especially as a material for tiremen's
dresses, but we are not aware that these
have led to its permanent use for that pur-
pose. Some years ago, it was tested IN
Paris, where fremen, wearing hoods OF
helmets of the incombustible cloth, and
garments of it put on over other clothing,
rendered fireproof by chemical prepare
tions, remained for some minutes without
injury in the midst of blazing piles Of
wood and straw. Asbestos has also been
used for lining safes, for making incom.
bustible wicks for lamps, and for chemical
filters, but its industrial application is still
very limited. The mineral is found IN
many localities, but the chief deposits OF
it are in Savoy and Corsica and on Staten
Island, in New York harbor."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21

A WONDERFUL SwALLowER George
Wilson, more Familiarity known as the
''frog man." died in Strafford few days
ago. Last July he caught a frog and swal-
lowed it alive. This was in the forenoon,
and in the afternoon he complained OF a
severe pain in his stomach. He was sick
several weeks under the care of physician
and got better. The first of last month he
came back to Strafford, but had worked
but few days when he was taken sick
with Inflammation of the stomach and
bowels. There is no doubt but what his
death resulted from the swallowing OF that
frog. Wilson seemed to have mania for
swallowing living things. On one occasion
he caught green snake more than a foot
long, and swallowed it alive. At another
time he caught black snake about tive
feet long, cut it open, took out its heart
and swallowed it while pulsatIng. At
the time he swallowed the frog, the first
time he swallowed it his frogship, not
liking his quarters, turned round and
came back. It was not till the second or
third time he swallowed it that he sue
ceeded in imprisoning HIM in his stomach.
lDover Democrat.
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HOW THE DUKE ESCAPED.

The escape of the Duke of Albany, i'm
prisoned in Edinburgh castle by his brother,
James Ill, is one of the most dramatic
episodes of Scottish history. Albany and
his brother, the Earl of Mar, were as great
favorites with the people as James was nos.
The King caused Mar to be bled to death.
Albany was menaced by the same fate,
when his friends resolved to rescue him.
A little sloop sailed into Keith Roads with
a cargo of Gascony wines, of which two
small casks were sent as present to the
captive prince. When the Duke came to
dip into them he found in one ball OF
wax containing letter urging him to es-
cape and make his way to the water side,
where he would find the little vessel wait
ing for him. In the other cask there was
coil of rope, which would enable him to
drop from the walls of his prison to
the rock on which the castle stands.
His faithful chamberlain, who shared
his captivity, promised to aid him
in the enterprise. The main point was
to make sure of the captain OF the guard.
Albany invited this officer to sup with him
under the pretext of having his judgment
on the wine; and the Captain, having
posted his men with due circumspection,
led three of them into the Dukes room
with him, and took his place at table, The
meal over, the Duke proposed game of
trictrac, and took care while it was going
on to ply his guest freely with the wine,
while the chamberlain was no less atten-
tive to the three soldiers. The drink and
the heat of great fire, near which they
had artfully placed him, soon made the
officer very drowsy and the men, TOO, be-
gan to nod their heads. Then the Duke,
who was strong man, jumped up, and
with one blow of poinard laid the Captain
dead at his feet. In another moment he
had dispatched two OF the soldiers, while
the chamberlain with his own dagger
finished the third. Their work was easier
to do. as the drink and the fire together
had almost stupefied the poor wretches
before a blow was struck. They threw the
bodies on the fire, and making their way
to an out of-the-way corner of the walls,
began their perilous descent. The cham
berlain went down first to try the cord,
but it was too short, and he fell and broke
his leg. He uttered no cry of pain, but
simply told his master the cause OF the
disaster. The duke went back to fetch his
bed. clothes, and finally made the descent
in safety. His first care was to provide
for the injured man, and he did not be-
stow thought on himself till he had car
ried his faithful dependent to hut where
he might remain in perfect security until
his recovery. This done, he flew to the
seashore, and boat answering to the sig
nal agreed on, he boarded the sloop, which
instantly set sail for France. In the
morning the grand round found nothing of
their prisoner but room full Of sutfocat-
ing smoke and four bodies roasted to Goals
in the ashes of the fire.
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CONNECTION OF DUST WITH Foes AND
CLoUDs.-An important investigation has
been begun by John Aiken as to the init
mate connection of dust with fogs and
clouds, In air containing no dust-tiltered
air-no condensation of vapor occurred
when steam was let into it, while in air not
deprived of its dust steam soon produced
coudiness. Without describing the vari.
GUS experiments he made to test the fog
producing properties of ordinary atmos-
pheric air and gases from various sources,
the general conclusions may be given: |.
Whenever water-vapor condenses in the
atmosphere it always does so on some solid
nucleus. 2. Dust particles in the air form
the nuclei on which the vapor condenses.
g. If there was no dust there would be no
fogs, no clouds, no mists and probably no
rains, and the supersaturated air would
convert every object on the surface of the
earth into condenser, on which it would
deposit 4. Our breath, when it becomes
visible on cold morning and every puff OF
steam as it escapes into the air, show the
impure and dusty condition of our atmos-
phere Mr. Aiken states that these con-
illusions are those derived only from labora-
tory tests, and warns his readers that in
the grand arena where nature works there
may intervene other agencies of which he
took no notice and for which he made no
allowance. However, he makes it plain
enough that meteorologists can not any
longer disregard the amount of dust in the
air as a very potent factor in determining
the kind of weather that may prevail in a
given locality.
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sUWARRow's JEWELS.

Hard cash that had to be deposited out
of sight in the pockets-which could not
be hung about the person, and flashed and
Haunted in the eyes of the world-had no
charm for Suwarrow. But Catherine
knew how to reach and play upon the saw
age nature deep-seated IN the man. She
operated on him chiefly through his weak
ness for gaudy trinkets, weakness which,
in common with all savages, he shared.
Each new conner that arrived at her court
with tidings of victory conceded with
the dispatch of messenger bearing be-
ieweled gift and letter of thanks writ
ten by the Czarina's own hand. He never
touched one of these gifts on which Gather
ines hand had rested nay, his glance never
casually alighted on one of them but, as in
the presence of something holy, ne made
the sign of the cross, and, falling
on his knees, reverently kissed
it, and with greater solemnity
than ever devout pilgrim kissed Papal toe
or Caabah Stone. Again and again he re-
fused Her Majesty's gifts. On one occa-
sion when the Empress was granting IA
vors to everybody, and when everybody
was pressing round her with eyes that said,
"What am | to get ," she ordered the
mob to stand back till figure in the back
ground came into the full view of the
court. 1t was Suwarrow. Addressing
him she said "Aud you, General, do
you want nothing" 'Only that you
would order my lodgings to be paid,
madam" The rent of his lodgings was
three roubles month Suwarrow could
never find it in his heart to refuse gold
10 xr-aol+H
capitulated at once when the seductive
light of a precious stone bewildered and
blinded his eyes. How often did he vex
the ears of his officers with the oft-repeated
history of each trinket? Again and again he
assembled them to admire and eulogize the
loneliness of his collection, till the faculty
of admiration in them was exhausted, and
the language of eulogy had ceased to be
fresh. He would stop his army while on
the march, that he might open his chest
and gloat over his treasures. At dinner he
would, in rapid succession of shots, fire
the following questions at his neighbors {:
Have you seen my jewels? Do you envy
me them? What do you think they are
worth? Why did our Mamma give them
to me ?" A failure to answer these ques-
tions as promptly as the report follows the
explosion, and the General lost his temper,
and louder explosion followed, in which,
amid the confusion of gutturals and growls,
the only articulate words that could be
made out were, You blockhead, 6 You
fool, while the poor victim, too ignorant
to answer rightly, or too honest to lie, or
too prosaic to invent fictitious history of
the jewels on the spot, sat blushing and
trembling.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21

ROYAL ADoRNMENTs. -Adornments for
African potentates are an item of some lit
tie Importance in the Birmingham jewelry
trade, which embraces both real and sham
iewelry. A firm of what are known as
floral jewellers has just completed a
crown for King Ego of Greek Town, Africa
1t is copy of that of William the Con-
queror The cap is of blue velvet, the
binding of ermine, and the circles and
spikes of semi-dead gold decorated with
thirty-two real stones, consisting of anne
thyst, topaz, crystal and emerald. Two
scepters have also been supplied-one of
gold and the other of silyer-for Duke
Ephraim Eyamba TX of Duke Town, Old
Calabar. These ensigns of royalty are five
feet six inches long, one being surmounted
by Maltese cross and theother by a dove.
They are both made to unscrew at the end,
for the insertion of peacocks feather,
which is used in some portion of the state
ceremonies of Old Calabar.
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BADGERISG A WITNESS. lawyer en-
joys badgering witness, but it is not 80
agreeable when the witness gives his an
swers in kind. Hunting bears is good
sport, but when the bear hunts the hunter
it looks like carrying the joke too far. An
old witness was asked in an insulting tone
by an attorney if his memory was good.
Yes, was the reply " on some points it
is extremely accurate, but on others | must
confess that it Is defective. Won't you
give the Court an illustration ?" said the
lawyer. "Well, drawled the aged wit
ness, 1 clearly remember that ten years
ago you came and borrowed 800, but for
the life of me can't remember that you
ever paid me.
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SHE MEANT THE PAssAMAQUoDDY.-
advent of Mrs. Malaprop brings to mind a
lady of Buffalo's first society of many years
ago. Governor De Witt Clinton was a
guest at the family mansion, and this &C.
Cured at the dinner table The great Gov
ernor spoke of the delightful climate of our
then village. Yes, said the hostess,
"we generally have fine weather, except
when the sun crosses the Penobscot. !"
90 Why, my DEAR" demonstrated her hus-
band, the General, "you don't mean the
Penobscot so dear no." she ex-
claimed, :" of course don't mean that
mean the Passamaquoddy. Buffalo Ex-
press.
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EMPEROR NICHOLAS AND THE HORSE
TH1EF.-The late Emperor Nicholas hap
pened one day to be engaged in inspecting
a State Penitentiary IN one of the pro-
vincial seats of government, and took it
into his head to question some of the con-
victs respecting the nature of the offenses
for which they were suffering punishment.
What are you here for? he asked of
one sc am innocent, Imperial Majesty, "
replied the prisoner, falling on his knees ;
60 "a victim of false witness A church was
robbed-a beadle knocked on the head
the peasants caught hold of me, and l
knew nothing about it" Similar replies
were given by other prisoners. The En-
peror, obviously bored by these successive
protestations of guiltlessness, cast glance
along the line of prisoners until his eye
fell upon ragged, wretched- looking gypsy,
whom he beckoned forward with the
words, "Of course you, too, are here on a
false charge? ?" mot bit of it, your
Majesty" replied the Tsigan; cit is all
fair and square as far as l am concerned.
stole pony from tradesman. ''Stoie a
pony, did you - said the Gar, with a
laugh; and then, addressing the Governor
of the prison with we'll sternness,
Turn that good-for nothing rascal in
stantly out of doors. | cannot allow
him to remain minute longer in such
honorable and virtuous company, lest he
pervert all these good, innocent people "
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21

MAKING TERMS WITH BISMARCK. Herr
Windthorst, the leader of the Vaticanist
Centre in the German Parliament, has
made known the new terms upon which
Prince Bismarck may command the uncon-
ditional support of the Roman Catholic
party for all his schemes of new taxes and
customs duties. No provision of the Falk
Laws is to be Immediately withdrawn, but
the Prussian Government is to give leave
to Roman Catholic clergymen without a
fixed stipend or settled parish to admins
ter the sacraments, and the permission is
to come into force on the lst of July, 1881.
The demands of the Falk Law for a State
approval of the educational capacity of
the clergy apply only to settled and paid
priests and pastors. Under Herr Wind
thorst's scheme, the land would be imme-
diately inundated with food OF Roman
Catholic priests, over whose capacity and
trustwerthiness, moral or intellectual, the
State would have had, and would have, no
guarantee. The bishops would become the
virtual pastors of every parish, and would
administer them by circulating priesthood,
directly answerable to none but themselves.
Bismarck is informed that if he will thus
neutralize the Falk Laws he will not be
asked to abrogate them-at present. If
he will consent, moreover, he will find
that the Roman Catholics will be the most
answering of his followers in all those
projects of his which do not affect the
sacred rights of the church. The bill was
rejected by vote of 254 to lis.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21

A new method of obtaining grain in
photo engraving has been introduced by
Major Warehouse. He presses sand or
glass paper into gelatine reliefs, and as the
shadows contain thicker layer of the
gelatine, and as, therefore, the sand or
glass is more strongly forced in, very
perceptible grain is produced.
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GSACRAMENTO BOILER AND IRON WORKS,
g I street between Front and Second, Sacra-
mento Manufacturer of Steam Boilers, Sheet lion
Work etc Also, all kinds of Repairing. Chang ng
Portable Boilers from Wood TO Straw Burners
s,ac;,1+- fe3-4Dtf
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1t seems that the application of tuning
fork to the web of garden-spider will not
ouly entice the insect toward it, but even
cause the spider to act toward fly
drowned in repulsive substance, though
the fly were alive and without SO disagree.
able a sauce.
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,IUEEGs sTRUTz,

CtUCCESsoR TO FOX STRUTZ, IMPORTER
aud Wholesale Dealer in Wines and LIQUORS,
etc No. 40 street, between Fourth and Filth,
Sacramento All orders pr mptly attended to.
fel4-4DIm
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CAPITAL ALE VAULTS,
ar. WAELACE A. BRIGGS

MO. sO2 ], AND 1905 THIRD STREETS
~ Hot Lunch daily from II A. N. to o'clock
P. NJ. The Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
fel3-4plm BOWERS & LONG ABAUGH.
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a SSAYER AND CHEMIST, NO. 81 J STREET,
~ Sacramento, Cal. All Assays and Chemical
ANALYSIS accurately carried out at short notice and
moderate rates. Mining Property Sold and Gold
Purchased. Instructions given in Bowpipe Assay
ing bv which gold and silver be discovered in
few minutes in an ore aloY. (SEND FOR CiRcULAR)
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n. III. McMILLIAMs.

"oPE IRON WORKS, FRONT STREET, Be
tween and j. Machinery of all kinds made
to order and repaired Sole manufacturer of Car
isles Patent Derricks. Lawn Mowers Repaired.
For sale, 25-horse stationary engine and boiler,
cor,,Ia+a feI4-4ptf
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ABOUT TEACHERS School Com
missioner Burns of OHIO makes formal
statement of fact, allusion to which by
outsiders has aroused much pedagogical
wrath. Mr.. Burns plainly says that there
are thousands of persons engaged in teach.
ing in Ohio who are not in possession of
even moderate degree of fitness for. the
responsible positions they hold. And he
adds that this is not a reckless or unkind
remark. The grievous thing is that each
of these incompetents possesses a certificate
from some equally incompetent board of
examiners. For the teacher of real capa-
city Mr.. Burns has encouraging recon-
mendations. He declares that lifelong
teachers of the common branches should
have reader way than now of escaping
the drudgery of periodical examinations,
and becoming in the eye of the law profess
sional teachers for life If, in addition to
the fact that one is recognized as a profess
sional teacher, his tenure of place could be
made more secure, success the only condi-
ton of it's continuance, he would stand
upon a higher plane, and could justly be
held responsible for yet better work. The
shifting sand of annual elections, with a
steady minority in the board wishing for
change, is not an eligible foundation.
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s. cARLE.
r. J. cRoLY.
CAHLF Il CROLY,

C7oNTRACToRS AND BUILDERS, ARE PRE-
Z pared to 90 all kinds Of work in their inc, In
CITY or country PRINCIPAL place OF business, Sacra-
ulento Shop, II14 Second street, between and L.
pnst office Boz an Sacramento. fel6 4ptf
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BUSINESS CARDS,
w. Y. KNIEHTs.

S~1oRNER OF FRONT AND I STREETS
z Highest price for Hides, Sheep Pelts and
Tailow. Supplies Butchers with Salt, Paper latest
improved Sausage Machines, Suffers, Lard Presses
Etc Prompt cash returns made for al eonsign-
,,ants fele-Antf
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G. NJ. KREHs q a..

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN PAINTS OILS,
3 Glass, Varnishes Brushes Wall Paper, Wax
Flower Goods and Picture M9ldings, Painters and
ARTISTS Materials. Sole Agents for Averilis Mixed
Paints Building Paper. No. 626 street, Sacra-
mento Cal fe1-4ptf
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HAMMERS GLYCERoLE OF TAR has been
before the public for the past six years, and
its constantly increasing demand is the best
testimonial Of its success.
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W. EILERY HRIGGs. Nj. D.

OCULIsT, AURIsT AND PHYSICIAN FOR
{ } Diseases of the Thu oat. Office 1891 street,
corner OF Fifth, over Sacramento Bank, Sacramento,
Cal Hours-9:30 to u \. NJ; to P. NJ Sundays
$50 to II A. NJ: to ?. M. fel-n
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q. NJ. DIyON, Nj. H..

StURCEoN AND HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
- Office and residence, on Eighth street, between
d and |. Office hou SIS to 9 a. NJ, and Il to and
toSPM. Diseases of the Eye and Ear speciality.
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n o McEARLANEa.

UAs REMOVED HIS OFFICE AND RESI-
denee TO Dr. G. L. Simmons Building,
street, between Second and Third. Office hours:
IN q a NJ II A. NJ to 2 P M and to p. NJ fell -tf
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l. A. CUNNINGHAM.

A TToRNEY AT LAw-OFFICE, SOUTHWEST
2 corner Of J and Fourth streets Residence
Z street. between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. 4p'
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CREEn HAYNIRNn.
Holm ETTEL,

a TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law,
"A Office in Quinn's new building, corner Of
FoIIr.h and streets llp stairsl Sacramento fe84p