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The bee., 1883-01-20
Whore Music Boxes Abound.

The river Rhone flows into Lake Ge-
neva at its cast end and then flows out
again on the west, writes a correspond
ent. j learned that in the geography,
hut had to cross the Atlantic ocean
to fix the fact in my mind. Geneva is
situated on both S.dnS of the rushing
RhOne, at the point where it flows out
of the lake on the west. 1t is a brisk,
bright, pretty city of nearly fifty thou
sand inhabitants. Many English and
Americans are always to be found
there. Geneva is known to fame on
account of jcwclry, music boxes, John
Calvin and Jean Jacques Rousseau.
But the Geneva music boxes of to-
day viii interest the modern tourist
far more than the bones of John Calvin
viii. Thn most Won lerful small clock
in the world is shown here at watch
makers. an exquisite little affair in
silyer-clock aal iewel-boN in one.
When tn hour strikes, q tiny, ieweled
bird opens its throat and sings till a
mite of cat makes dash ut it, then
it suddenly disappears. The music
boxes are Of all sizes, from one which
you can slip into Your pocket to an
other as large rs piano.
When some of these large ones
are set going, they give the effect of
a whole orchestra playing. The
sound Of drum, horn, vio.in, harp and
cymbal is quite as distinct as if they
were 50 many separate instruments.
These music boxes arc, in fact, called
''Orchestrions." tt is not uncommon
to have them in the Swiss hotel dining
rooms, TO play during meals.
There seems a sort of magic in these
strange music boxes. They arc of all
imaginable shapes. YOU enter Il shop
and ask TO look at them. A monkey
begins TO sing to you like a mocking-
bird. You are politely asked to sit
down while ynu wait. Suddenly You
start As if YOU had been shot The
very chair is singing, rs though the
demon WAS in it. "a weird melody as
sweet rs the song of the Lorelei. In
point of fact the enchanted chair is
music box. Sitting down in the thing
sets it going.
The bee., 1883-01-20
Dining With the Japs.

Charles Wood describes, in "a Day
in Toxic" in Lippineott, a japanese
dinner, as follows:
Mrs. Sannomya, the charming Eng
lish wife of our Japanese friend, was
the only lady present; and after we
had paid our respects to her we were
introduced to those members of the
club whom we had not before met.
Then we were invited to be seated
Much as the ordinary Occidental dis
likes to take off his shoes in public, he
has even still greater disinclination
to sitting down in large company
when there is nothing to sit on. We
looked furtively around the pretty
room, and saw at glance how per-
fectly all the soft colors blended; but
the light fell, to our horror, upon no
chair, or couch, or divan. The Japan
ese were alrt ady placing themselves
in circle on the mating, like tailorS,
and there was nothing for us to do but
to follow their example. The moment
we were seated, young girls brought in
little lacquered trays, on which there
were all sorts of pretty china dishes,
and placed one before eacii of us. /
examined mine with some interest, and
found on it, of things l recognized at
once, a pair of chopsticks, bowl con-
tanning soup, and saucer with some
kind of confectionery in the form of
maple-leaves. The maple-leaf is the
coat of arms of this club, and was
stamped, as we soon discovered, on
the fans and dishes, and even on the
dresses of the mattresses. Out of the
corners of our eyes we watched our
japanese friends, to see what we were
TO do, and found that they were
watching us, rs thCif etiquette never
allows them to cat until their guests
have begun. Fortunately, Mrs. San
nomya had already passed through
similar experiences. and, initiating her,
we raised the bowls to our lips. drank
the soup, apd then, with the chop
sticks, ate the pieces of meat that had
escaped the first process. After this
course, other trays, with other little
dishes on them, were brought in and
us this was repeated many times dur
ing the evening. and is nothing was
removed. the halt-inoon of mating in
front of us was soon covered with
enough pretty trays and dishes to
have satisfied the aesthetic lcngings of
the most enthusiastic devotce Of Jric-
a-brac. This is the Japanese idea of
feast. When the room is absolutely
full, the dinner is an undeniable sue
cess. OF tn" almost numbcrless
courses that followed each other, there
were only two concerning which we
were able TO guess even approxi-
mately as to what they were. The
first of these was raw fish-not
smoked or salt, d or modified in any
degree by its passage through the
kitchen of the Mobiles club from the
condition in which it had been taken
few hours before from the bay of
Toxic. The second. we thought, was
roasted horse chestnuts with icing on
them.
The bee., 1883-01-20
Ill lIO ScllSI,ucSS.

Don't you 60 there" he said, rs he
turned around on the passenger who
announced that he was going through
to Idaho. "They are the most selfish
people you ever saw
"How?"
"Well take my case. l ran Wild
cat under schoo!-house and discovered
a rich mine, and yet they wouldn't let
me do any blasting under there during
school hours for fear of disturbing the
children. had to work at nights al
together, and they even charged me
thirty cents for breaking the win
dows."
"Indeed."
"And in another case. where l
staked out a claim and three men
jumped it, the governor refused to
issue ammunition or let the sheriff
move; and do you know what l had to
do? l had to dig a canal from the
river, three miles away, and let the
water in to drive the jumpers out, and
even the coroner who sat on the bodies
made me pay for the coffins and
charged me $12 for a funeral sermon
only seven minutes long. Don't 60
beyond Colorado if you want to be
used we'll"
The bee., 1883-01-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Two hundred and forty-four Garth
quakes, it is stated. are known to have
occurred during 1881, of which eighty
six were in winter, siyty-one in au-
tumn, fifty-six in spring, and forty-one
in summer.
The record of thunder-storms kept
at the Pic du Midi observatory was re-
Gently examined, when it was found
that of the 1S4 thunder-storms OBJ
served from 1873 to 1882, only twenty
three were produced at height above
200 feet.
The startling discovery has been
made by NJ. PaSteur that the saliva of
a person fasting is venomous, as it
contains PARISHES which will inoculate.
Breaking the fast deprives the saliva
of its poisonous quality. as the pari-
sites are then taken into the stomach
with the food. The eminent biologist
gives for the present only the fact, and
makes no attempt at explanation.
In Eschershausen, in Germany, a
farm. the soil of which is rich in al
kalies, has for twenty years been ma
nured only with artifcials. The
crops have always been good, and only
a falling off in straw has been no
ticed when "silica" plants were grown
for four or five years in succession,
but the original yield has been OBJ
tanned when a lime" plant had been
introduced into the rotation.
In the course of comparison of the
size OF the planetsta somewhat imagi.
native astronomer remarks: "Apply
the principle that attraction is in pro-
portion to the mass. and man who
weighs $50 pounds on the earth
weighs 396 on Jupiter, and only fifty
eight on Mars, while on the Asteroids
he could play with boulders for mar
bles, hurl hills like Millions angels,
leap into the fifth-story windows
with ease, tumble over precipices
without harm, and go around the lit
tie worlds at seven Jumps
A curious observation regarding
hailstorms has lately been brought be-
fore the Swiss Geographical society at
Geneva by Herr Riniker, the chief
forester of Canton Aargau. He main-
tains that hailstorms do not occur
where there are forests, and instances
the case of q small chain of noun
tains in the south of Aargau known
as the Lndenberge which are enormally
completely covered with trees. About
twenty years ago the forest was di-
vided into two places by wide gaps,
and Immediately afterward the val
leys were visited by frequent hail
storms. Fourteen years ago the larger
of these two open spaces were
planted with frs, since which time the
hailstorms have entirely leased. Herr
Rlniker is inclined to attribute the
phenomenon to electric action, sug-
gesting that the hail and trees being
charged with opposite kinds of elec-
tricity, their union gives rise to suf-
ficient heat to prevent congelation of
watery particles.
The bee., 1883-01-20
Remarkable Surgical 0ncrafion,

The London Lancet contains the
following remarkable account of an
operation The Choyd !Shim6un
tells an extraordinary story of skill
and courage on the part of Japanese
doctor. 1t runs TO the effect that one
morning ac a certain man named Ito
was cleaning his teeth, by some means
or other he let his toothbrush slip
down his throat. Medical assistance
was at once procured, and the un-
fortunate man. who was suffering the
acutest agony, drenched with purga-
tiyes. but AL to no avail. 1t was not
till the fifth day that certain DIR.
Hashimoto. principal of the highest
medical college in Toxic, was called
in. DIR. Hashimoto said there was
Just one chance TO save the man, and,
aS the case was desperate. it might as
well bc tried. for the patient would
certainly dic, and that almost i'm
me,liatelv. il nothing WAS done. The
friends conscnting. chloroform was
administered, and two deep incisions
were made croSSwise in the mans
body. The stomach being laid bare,
IL WAS discovered that the toothbrush
was deeply imbelded in il, and that
one edge of the handle being sharp,
il had worked its way half through.
The thing was speedily extracted, and
the two wounds, inner and outer,
deftly sewn up by the operator. The
Choya Shimlun adds that the man to
whom the accident occurred is now in
a fair way of recovery.
The bee., 1883-01-20
Sixty.Three Indian IT. ibes.

The following list of the aborigines
of North America is as complete as
any thai is at present available:
Apaches. Arrapahoes, Arricarees,
Blackfeet, Bloods, Brules, CamancheS,
Cayugas. Senecas, CheTokees, Chey-
ennes. Chic&asaws, Chippewas, Otta-
was, Pottawatomies, Choctaws, Mum
seS, Creeks, Crows. Delawares, Gros
Ventres. Iowas, Kaws, Kaskaskies,
Weas Peories, Weas Miamies, Plan
Kesllaws, Kickapoos. Kiaways, Man
dams, Menomonees, Miasmias, Missou-
ris, Ottoes, Mihnecongoux. Muhuache.
Utahs. Navajoes. Moquis. Omahas.
0nondagas. 0neidas, Stockbridge,
Oregon tribes, 0sages, Pawnees, Pri-
mos, Mescaleros. Poncas, Pueblos,
Quapaws, Saes, Foxes, Sans Ares,
Sioux, Tuscaroras, Two
Kettles, Uncopapas, Winnebagoes,
Wyandots and Yanctonnais.
The bee., 1883-01-20
Big Things in Agriculture.

A potato grown by Benjamin Myers,
near Lancaster, weighs fully four
pounds.
The largest cucumber on record was
raised at Jasper, Ga. 1t weighed thir-
ty-five pounds.
Fifteen acres of corn in Franklin
county, Mo-, averaged seyenty-fve
bushels to the acre.
An ear of corn raised by J. G. Scott,
Pike county, Mo-, had twenty-four
rows and 1920 grains.
In Elizabethtown, KY, a beet was
raised that weighed fifteen and a half
pounds and was two feet long.
A crop of apples grown by DR.. De
Wyl, of Jefferson City, weighed on an
average twenty-five ounces each.
A Texas farmer gathered 2,70O
pounds of cotton from one acre and
the field has to be picked over again.
Seventeen acres of land, belonging
to Samuel AmSden, in Brown county,
Dakota, produced $50 bushels of wheat.
A stalk of Sea Island cotton, at
Bronson, Fla, was nine feet in height,
and had forty-two branches and $50
bOllS.
An apple tree near Minneapolis
blossomed three times during the past
season and yielded two big crops Of
fruit.
In Webster, Nd, B. B. Denham
picked three crops of beans from the
same vines last season and they bios
somed for the fourth time.
Thirty-two watermelons from sim
gle vine were gathered by j. L. Smith,
of Greenville, Ga. Some of them
weighed thirty-fve pounds each.
The bee., 1883-01-20

hours, by sewing very industriouslr,
she can sometimes earn as much as a
dollar. She does not even sing the
"Song of the Shirt" she is long past
singing any song at all. Sheis
".Sewing at once with double thread
Ashroud well as shirt. |"
The three little children playing
about the room are all hers, and they
never grow hungry, because their
mother never stops sewing. There is
nothing at all remarkable in the scene.
1t is almost too commonplace to men,
ton. merely desired TO show you the
family, because this woman's husband,
who has deserted her, is a gentleman
of leisure and spends an income of a
800 a week. These botherSome tene-
ment houses always will creep in.
There are more pleasant places there
well worth looking at. In some of the
streets are still standing little two and
threc-story houses that years ago were
occupied 10y very respectable families.
Most of them are let ont in ''hats," but
some Of them are still occupied by their
owners, and in them may be seen rare
collections of oll-fashi0nel furniture
and platc--old hair-clota chairs, Ill
mahogany sidcl cards, old wooitn man
telpieces. There are just enough of
these places left to suggest what a
comfortable and jolly place to live in
New York must have been a century
ago, when merchant could have his
brick house within a block of his store,
and did not have to lunch every day in
a restaurant
The bee., 1883-01-20
The LARGEST Hands on Record.

There lives in Taylor county a Mr..
Gaultney, who is the greatest curiosity
in Georgia. There seems to be an ac-
cumulati' n of adipose matter about
every joint in lis body, and the nearer
the joints of course the greater amount
of this fatter matter. Consequently
his feetand ! ands are enormous, each
of his hands Weigh ng over sixteen
pounds AM being several times larger
than his h. ad. lie is twelty-three
years old and thirty-six inches in
height.-Sacoaaah Ca Ne,cs.
The bee., 1883-01-20
A NOTED But UNTITLED won,-

The above is a good likeness on Nr,
ham, Of Lynn, Moss, who above all IL. Fiht.
may be trrthfully called the Dear ri., man Oeihg'
as some OF her correspondents I1v, 80, ouan'
Is zealously devoted to her work, yy,fb -, H7' Sas
OK hfe-study, and Is OBLIGED In t,,. ''Ons
assistants to help her answerthe largo corr, Iady
winch daily pourS IN upon her, each bcaripot,.
burden OF suffering, or joy at release fr5r,
Vegetable Compound is a medicine for cool -, A'
evil purposes have personally invcsti,,,,s,. ~
am satisfied OF the truth Of this III
On account OF It's proven merits lt Is rec,-,.
and prescribed by the best physicians in I'm. lla
One says; "It works Ike charm and e,vs,-l'
pain. It win cure entirely the worst form nj, , '-'a
Of the uterus, Lcucorrhpa, irrcsuIlr and -
Menstruation, al Ovarian Troubles Tgg,rr,. ,'-l1
liberation, F1OOdngS. all Displaccmcn,s s,t '''
sequent spinal weakness, and Is espccal'-
the Change OF Life.'
It tpermeates every portion OF the sv7trr, ,D5 =
new life and vigor. 1t removes flntacs7 o.
destroys all craving for stimulants. and roll
ness Of the stomach. It cures BlolIiD.- IT.,
Nervous Prostration, General DEBILITY. Sle,l...--N'
Depression and Indigestion. That fecID.. ~ -
down, causing pain, weight and tackache /, 80
permanently cured By its use II Will at al ,.-,,, -
under all circumstances, act In harmony whp.t-
chat governs the female system.
It costs only g. per bottle or six FOR 8 Is.,,i
druggists. Any advice required as 10 special c.sc ~
the names OF many who have been restored tors,f-
health by the use Of the Vegetable Compound cam
obtained by addressing Mrs. p with stamp for ,r,,
at her home In Lynn, Mass.
For Kidney Complaint Of either sex this compoB-,,,
unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show.
"Mrs. Pinl;ham's Liver Pills, says me r7itcr a,.
the best IN the irOrld for The cure OF Constr7,,.
Biliousness and Torpidiiy OF the liver Her E,.,
Purifier weeks wonders in its special line and lids t
to equal the Compound in its popularity
All must respect her as Angel Of Mercy whose ,.
ambition is to do good to others
philadelphia. Pa 70 Mr&ANp
The bee., 1883-01-20

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION depression OF
spirits and general debility, in their various
forms; also as preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittent feyers, the
''Ferro-Ph sphorated Elixir of Calisaya," !"
made by Caswell, Hazard d Co., New York;
and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic,
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no equal.
The bee., 1883-01-20

A short time ago, while getting out
stone in his quarry, mile south of
kokomo, Ind, George W. Defenbourgh
split a massive slab and found embed
ded in the solid rock lizard of a light
color alive and active.
The bee., 1883-01-20
Fishing.

A man ordered two small mackerel
for his dinner at cheap New York
eating-house. When the check was
brought to him he reminded the pro-
prietor that he had not charged for all
he had been served with.
"Why, You had two mackerel, had
you not?'' sked the proprietor.
"Yes," replied the customer. 81
haC two mackerel and one smeltr"
The charge was not increased.
The bee., 1883-01-20

Mr. d. II. Barnaby. of o~eg". New York, says THAI
his daughter was taken with violent cold which ter
minated with pneumonia and all the best physicians
gave the case up ani said she could not live but few
hours at most She in This condition whom friend
recommended DR.. VIM. Halls dslIn for the Lungs
and advised her to try it, Shs accepted it last
resort and was surprised TO fn1 that il produced
marked ch1nge for the better aud by Vsrseysrns in s
usa n permanent cure was effected.
The bee., 1883-01-20

The only natural hair renewer is Carboline,
deodorized extract of petroleum, prepared
without distillation, containing no mineral or
other polsons, delightfully."- perfumed and as
clear and pure az spring water.
The bee., 1883-01-20
THAT HUSBAND OF NINE

Is three times the man he was before he began
using Wells Health Renewer. 81.
DoN'T DIEM THE HOUSE. "Rough on Rats"
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, bed-bugs. 15c.
The bee., 1883-01-20

Authors of the olden time used to
puff their own works by affixing
taking titles" to them: such as CA
right merrie and witie interlude, Verie
pleasant to reade, &C.; ga Delectable,
Pithie and Righte Profitable Works,
&C., &C."
The bee., 1883-01-20

Newmarket q. II girls and boy.
march in and out Of school TO the music
OF fife and drum.
The bee., 1883-01-20
The Frazer Axle Grease.

Is the best in the market. 1t is the most
economical and cheapest, one box lasting as
long MS two of any other. One greasing will
last two weeks. 1t received first premium at
the Centennial and Paris. Expositions, also
medals at various State Fairs. Buy no other.
The bee., 1883-01-20
A High Opinion.

Capt. John J. Dawson, late of the
British Army, residing on Love street,
between Manderville and Spain, this
city, says he used st. Jacobs Oil with
the greatest possible advantage when
afflicted with rheumatism.-Ne1 Or
leans Times Democrat.
The bee., 1883-01-20

Charles Jones, OF Elizabeth, Spencer county Ind.
says 81 have dealt in medicine number of years and
will say that Dr. Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup 10 the
most valuable medicine ever sold.
The bee., 1883-01-20

DIR. Hewson, of England, says that the
common sparrow may have smallpox, and
that it may communicate the disease.
The bee., 1883-01-20

L.DrEs'& children's boots & shoes cannot run
over if Lyons Patent Heel Stifrners are used.
The bee., 1883-01-20

To allow yirjIc Power to ebb slowly, impercep-
IDLY away is madness: check it with that failing
.emedy Aliens Brain Fopi. 81; 8 for Sat drug
The bee., 1883-01-20

Bridegroom's motto very free trans
lation): Venil vedi!l vice!ll I've been!
and gone!! and done it,!
The bee., 1883-01-20
HEALTH is WEALTH
BN U 3

DIR y. g. WEsTs' NERVE ASp BHNIH l- S..
a specific for Hysisua. Dizziness, t"1'.. ,t'-,.s-
ynUs Headache Mental Depression. L're .-
PREMATURE Old Age. caused BY gvef IN. H -r-
leads 10 misery decay and death. Ou- bog y ,,...
recent cases farb bor contains one month H.
ment. One dollar bon, or siK boxes iT ,.--5rfa4
sent ny naii pFppaid OH receipt ot prftr -s---g-f
slX boxes to cure any case. With ett- n. .,r1 u
By rs for SIX boxes. accompanied WITH W. ~. -etIs
will send the purchaser our written gl'tit 4. -r-s
the money IL the treatment does g.. ,b,rlss-
Guarantees issued only By G.. j. IL ~ -
ton. =. G.. Orders by mail promptly alt-lI ---
The bee., 1883-01-20

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-15
ROCHESTER, AND PITTsRURG

AT the annual meeting of the stockholders
oil the Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Company yes
teray the following directors elected by Of
$4,000 shares out OF total capital DISCO 900 O00Hcnry
Day, Andrew Peircs Frederick ID. Tappan, Wheeler IT,
PecSham, George W.Parsons, George d. Morgan Waston
IL. Brown, Augustus KOuntZc Amos L. Hopkins T. A.
Brown George F. Stone, Adrian Iselin, r and John H.
Hall. or these five are new members of the board
Mcssrs Parsons, Morgan Stone, Iselin and Hall Mr.
Morgan Is chairman OF the Executive Committee Of the:
Equitable Life Assurance Society," which has Il
large interest, it Il understood, in the cOmpany'5
securities. The directors did not organize hut the only
change which will be made viii be the substitution OF
George +. Stone for Amos H. Hopkins IA ycepresident
According 10 the report Of President Brown the earnings
above operating expenses last year 1921 COZ 3d.
against which there charges for interest bonds,
car trusts and for taxes amounting Sl72 099 10 The
deficit for the year SJOt9l 81 II was said by Pres-
dent Brown after the meeting that the company had 10
lOating debt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-15

Radical, sheet which has no doubt at all about tho
matter, and which halls with delight Lord Sails
burys accession to the ranks of those whom it
bluntly labels State Socialists In an article which
has something tho ring of Mr.. John Morley's de-
cslye and incisiye STYLE The Pail Mall Gazette well
comes Lord Salisbury as a recruit 1t has preached
Socialism in the desert and to deaf ears these two
years past. All at once the most lustriOus of its
antagonists avows himself a convert to the most
advanced doctrine of the school no was believed to
detest most bitterly. If this view be correct, that
journal may well proclaim this the beginning of a
new epoch in English politics, a new departure for
the Iollcs, and an event Of faT-TeaChing import
elsewhere than in England.
heard lately curious anecdOte of, or rather in
Tclatlon 10, Lord Salisbury. Two gentlemen, one a
Liberal, the other Conservative. were discussing
his leadership of the House of Lords. Said the Lib
elaI; can see but one explanation of Lord Sails
buTL course lie is resolved to bring the House Of
LORDS INTO such dlsrcpute to hasten the abolition
OF me legislative power, and so open a door for him.
sell INTO the House of Commons, winch he rightly
believes to be the centre of political power II
quite agree with yOu,o answered the Conservative
Ana the Conservative was a member of the House
OF Lords and Of the late Conservative Cabinet
W nat would he be likely to say in view of this
latest manifesto? G. W. s