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The bee., 1884-05-03
ArchItectural IdIosInerasies.
Few men can plan house witho,

Few men can plan a house withous
making a mistake somewhere.
The poor man who has but a cabin to
build, cannot make so great display of
architectural lunacy as his rich neighbor
who "erects" a mansion; but he can put
the windows and doors in the wrong
place; and build a smoky chimney, and
he generally exercises that liberty. II
the house consists of two rooms, he puts
the kitchen door on the north side, so
that the wind in winter rushes in upon
the ''gude wife every time the door is
opened, while she prepares the food for
the family. The door of the front room
is put on the west side, so that the after
noon sun, In summer, can shine in and
make the room as uncomfortable as pos
sible. And similar incOnveniences are
experienced in more pretentious struc-
lures, also.
Man, whosoever thou art, that intenC,
building house, think, oh think, before
thou beginnest it. Remodel and rc-remod
ell thy diagram. Weary not Of STUDYING
and improving it. Consider every con.
venience which would attend a window
here or a door there. When at last thou
hast formed what seems to thee a perfect
plan, study it over once more, carefully,
then put it in the fire, go call thy wife,
and, with her assistance, form another
and better one. Study ard discuss this
with her, until she has talked thee over
to her opinion regarding every particular
then build with care and precision, build
st Louis Hagazine
The bee., 1884-05-03
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A recent calculation shows that q man
weighing 140 pounds, and running a
mile in six minutes, performs work about
EQUAL to that of half horse engine;
while walker sustaining five miles an
hour for long day does work equal to
that of quarter horse engine, and con-
sumes only one. twentieth of the weight
of food or fuel
English and French epicures have long
esteemed oysters with green gills more
highly than Others, but in America the
ccloF has been quite generally attributed
to copper and believed to be poisonous.
Recent investigations, however, have
proven that the green color is due to a
perfectly harmless vegetable coloring
matter absorbed from the substances on
which the oysters feed. A quantity OF
copper sufficient to produce the green
color would necessarily be fatal to the
oysters themselves.
1t is now reliably demonstrated by
Professor William Thompson-based on
M. Pouillet's Investigations of the suns
radiant cnergy-that the solar surface
gives out that energy at the rate OF fifty
horse power per square inch. Thus, a
Swan incandescent lamp, when incan-
desced at twenty candles, is calculated
to give out three-fourths Of horse powel
per square inch, the activity of the suns
radiation is to be estimated at about
sixty-seven times that of such lamp pei
equal area, when incandesced to $40 can
dies per horse power-that is, one of the
lamps, at twenty. candles requires one
..,zlfth of horse power.
The bee., 1884-05-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

PATTI, the singer, plays billiards alno t as
tell as she warbles.
The late duke of Buccleuch owned the
greater part of three Scotch counties.
UNITED STATES SENATOR LoGAN's father
was an Irish doctor, and came to Am arica In
iSs3.
GENERAL GORDON is said 10 be the only
Christian who is prayed loria the mosquCs at
Mecca
MRS. FRANCES HoDGsoS BURNETT, the
novelist. is a tenant in Washington OF Gener-
nj Grant
EDWARD EGGLEsToN's daughter, Allegra,
is claimed to be the best woman wcoi carver
in America.
THE empress Of Austria ses typ, with the
grace and skill which characterize an intelli-
gent compost or.
Dom PEDRO, having asoended thu throne
of BraZ at the are OF six, EaS nov rei2ned
longer than any other living so.e 'eign.
President JEwETT, of the Erie road, is a
cons ant sufferer from Theu natl IN. AMI MS
I iction i, said lie telling on his otherwise
rugged constitution.
THE Earl of AyIesford, who hls yaid SIS,
coo for a ranch in Texas and HIS bought a
hotel at Big Sprin s III that State, Is her to
an estate of SaS,OO0000.
ERD1, the composer, is an nnpIe IeSSlVe-
look nc old man, W th snow waite hair and
nus ache. Hi. spirit and health have been
failing ever since the death of Wagner.
NEITHER of the two living daughters OF
Gen ral Robert +. Lee married. Tn " both
live with tn ir brother, VINO succeeded his
father as president OF Washington university
EX-SENATOR DAVID DAVIS wears his mar
riage well, and is said b. his friends to be
jovial, social anl even spri ,htly-more ike
a boy Of twenty than man Of 315 or there
aboIts.
CONGRESSMAN O'HARA. the cplared mem
ber from North Carolina, is a eradlate OF
Harvard and a lawyer by pr; .a;Sion He
liv S in goDd style and has wlie tutor for
his 1our children.
President ARTHUR favors bu liing new
mansion on Lafayette sluare, opposite the
VI hite House. for the strictly pr ate homa
OF the chief magistrate, and etllnilg the old
White Hous for the executive Off es and for
ho ding oHcial and public receptions, din
neTs, etc.
THE oct Whittier has attempted little lit
erary work OF late. At long intervals he
STAYS for day or two in Boston, but spenis
most of his time quie ly in Danvers. he has
long been far from rong. and unless he
gains new strength during the summer he
win cease writing altogeth r.
The bee., 1884-05-03
Game Laws for Boys.

The following conversation from Maui
rice Thomson's new serial, ''Maryin and
his Boy Hunters, y in the May st. Nicholas,
gives lucid explanation of the necessity
for laws for the protection OF game:
''Why is it against the law to shoot
larks and robinsT" said Hugh; II don't
see why it's any worse to kill them than
it is to'kill quails."
ssWhy is it worse to kill horse than
it is to kill pigg' inquired Uncle
Charley.
Because pigs good to cat and a
| horse isn't, quickly answered Hugh. .
'Isn't there better reason| said
Uncle Charley; isn't horse more useful
to us as servant than it is for food, even
if it's flesh were delicious2"
Certainly" said Hugh.
sTWell meadow lark is a very useful
bird to the farmer. 1t eats great mum
bers OF insects, eggs and Larvae that
would work great harm to wheat. corn
and orchards; then it's flesh is not very
good; while quail eats grain, and its
flesh is excellent food. Do you see the
difference?"
''That does seem reasonable" said
Hugh; 81 hadn't thought of it IN that
way. A meadow lark is like horse
it helps the farmer make his crop by de
stroying bugs and things; and the quail
is like pig,-it eats corn and wheat and
gets fat, to be killed and eaten"
Uncle Charley laughed.
II see you apply theory in very
practical sort of way" he remarked.
''But the law protects all kinds Of harm
less birds, the flesh of which is not prof,
table for food" he continued, "out OF
fear of the influence that the mere wanton
slaughter of birds would have upon the
morals of the people. If boy is allowed
70 be cruel as he grows up, he is likely
to develope into dangerous man.
think there is great difference between
n moderate indulgence in feld-sports,
md the abandonment of ones self to the
brutal and indiscriminate slaughter oi
| birds and animals"
The bee., 1884-05-03
South and West.

DURING fit of insanity William Austin, Of
Allen county, KY, threw two of his little
children into the fire and stood bY while they
burned TO death. His wife seized their third
child from its cradle and fed to the woods.
THE election in Louisiana has resulted in a
victory for the Democratic ticket. headed by
McEnery for governor, 10y about 10000 ma
jority.
SENATOR MAHONE was at the lp al of af
fairs in the Virginia Coalition convention,
held at Richmond The pa form adopted
declared emphatically for Ar hur and pro-
lection, and announced that tie name OF the
party hereafter would be the Republican
party, and that it would act in the 1uture
with the Republican party in national poll
tics
Ar the Iowa Democratic State convention
in Burlington the four dele ates at large
chosen for the national convention were un>
instructed, but are understood to be ior Til
Cen. The platform adopted opp, se5 prohi-
bition.
A FIRE in Cincinnati DESTROYED all but a
small portion of the American OAK Le8the-
tannefy buildings the largest establishment
of its kind in the woipu. lnere were 5000
hides in the factory. -Four hundred persons
are thrown out of employment and the Pc
cuniary loss is about S40J,0
TIE Dakota Republican Territorial con-
vention ele tel Blaine delegates 10 Chicago,
and adopted a resolution instr, citing them b
vote for Blaine and Lincoln as long as there
was p1sSb lity OF their nomination.
AT the Michigan r, pu' lican convention
held in Grand Rapids, DELEGATES Tor all tne
districts in the State were ee t d for the Chi
uago convention. All hut -four OF the tS enty-
eight delegates are for Blaine.
THE Ohio Republican convention at Cleve-
del
al large to the Chicago convention, and
presidential electors. The delegateS at large
are divided between Sherman and BIalna
The alternates chosen were all colCred men.
The platform adopted is outspoken for protec-
ton. J. S. Robinson for secretary of state
heads the State ticket nominated
J. c. BURROWS, of Michigan, who was re-
Gently nominated and con rmed as solicit )r
of the tr, asuI-y, has written 10 tie President
formally de lining the Office.
LATER returns put the vote in Louisiana
about as fellows: Democratic State ticket,
81. .IO1: Republican State ticket, 42,33l. The
legislature will stand 112 Democrats TO thirty
all Others.
MISS IDA DAVIS, young lady OF high So
cial standing. while out riding on ho setback In
Polivar county, Miss, was attack d by John
Hender on. a colore1 man. draggei from her
hcrse and assaulted with probab fatal re-
suit. Henderson was caught by nelghoors,
slowly strangled and when nearly dead was
liddled with Shot and torn limb from limb.
w. j. BUCHANAN has been nominated for
governor by the Tonne SEE Greenl a kars.
MANY psrsons were klel, Gbo 1t leo in
iurei, ana a immense mount o. damage 20
property was done b. q tornado IN the n
ity of DAYTON, Ohio. The town Of jaime,
toRn Nas entne,y dsstioyel.
The bee., 1884-05-03
a DARING Achievement.

Mr. Lammot Dupont, who was killed
By an explosion at Thonpsons Point, n.
j., is said to have been worth $13, 000,
600. He had a controlling interest il
the manufacture of nearly all the high
explosives that were made in the United
States and Canada east of the Rocky
mountains Ten million pounds of these
materials were consumed in tbe country
in 1882, the Repauno c0mpany's works at
Thompson's Point producing one-third
of this amount. lie is credited Wi b
having organized combination of all
the makers of high explosives. When
negotiating with the Panama Canal com
pany for the powder to be used in that
work he guaranteed to supply twelve
tons of Atlas powder daily if that amount
were needed
One OF the most daring achievements
recorded in the history of the present
century is one of when he was the cen
tral figure. During the Crirnean war the
Russian government ran short Of pow
der, and the explosive was required to
continue the defense Of Scbastorol. /,
cargo was purchased from the Duponts
in this country, and was placed in a
steamship lying off Baltimore. The Brit
ish had frigates posted in waiting outside
the Cheapeake. After seven feints the
watchers were Guided and chase begar
across the Atlantic, through Gibraltar,
and up the Mediterranean sea. With re
markably good fortune the vessel tas'ed
through the Bosporqs and into the Black
Sea unchecked; but when nearing the
place of contention the English Wal
ships hailed the stranger Young Du-
pont was at the helm himself, and insisted
that the vessel proceed, not needing the
signals from the war ships. Two broad
sides were fired into the vessel, but she
was able to steam ahead and steer through
the rocks, and was beached inside the
Russian lines. This daring adventure
saved the cargo, for which the Russian
government paid the sum of $ii3 900, 600.
PHILADELPHIA Record
The bee., 1884-05-03
Effect of Trades. UnIonism on Wages.

The struggle for greater share OF
these profits is, of course, one of the
main objects of the unions, and brings
them into direct antagonism with en-
ployers; but it is satisfactory at any rate,
to note that much of the old blindness and
bitterness has disappeared. The volun-
tary courts of arbitration and Cancellation
NAV be credited with this result. In
them the union representatives get real
knowledge of the difficulties and fiuctu,
ations of trade, and come into personal
relations with employers, by which both
sides learn to make allowances. DIS
putes as to the rate of wages can never
cease until the development of association
has made the interest of employer and
employed identical. When that time
comes, trades-union will disappear.
Meantime, they have done this signal
service, that the conflict is now, on the
workman's side, maintained by an organ
lied force and not by bands Of guerillas
--May Century.
The bee., 1884-05-03
Foreign.

The British government has adopted a
waiting policy in the So-dal, and Will Prob
ably not attempt to rescue General Gordon
at Khartoum until the autumn.
SEVERAL persons We're killed ana twenty
injured by an accid mt through which a l.
way Il ain was thrown from a bridge in o the
river near Cuid d Real, Spain.
By the upse ting OF va ht at Midland,
Ontario, three men were drowned.
FIRE in London burned out William White
ley, a large dealer in goods Of every descrip-
ton, causing loss Of 81 100000.
MANY persons are dying continually of
Fellow fever on the Isthmus OF Panama
THE king and queen of Ita'y opened the
international exposition at Tu in.
A FIRE at Panama destroyed two blocks
Of houses, causing losses which aggregat
$500 600 During its progress large mob
Of armsd II mdeIers were fired upon by own
Frs Of buildings and Sc e-al killed.
THE ministerial party has been successful
in the elections in Spain.
THIRTY cony lets were injured bv the sud-
den fall of part of the new barr ks in rro-
pess of erection at Portsmouth, England
A GREATER loss of life than was at first re-
ported resulted from the tumbling Of train
Of cars through a bridge near Cuidad-Real,
Spa n. thirty ght coTpses having been taa Ken
from the wreck. Fifty soldiers were reported
missing.
The bee., 1884-05-03
A DrugGi rs Stcry.

M. Isaac c. Chapman, druggist, Newburg,
n. Y, writes US: "Ihave for the past ten
years sold several gross of DR.. VIM. Halls
Balsam for the Lungs. l can say of it what
cannot say of any other medicine. have
never heard a customer speak of it but to
praise its virtues in the highest manner.
have recommended it in "a great many cases
of whooping cough, with the happiest effects.
have used it in my own family for many
years; IN fact, always have bottle in the
medicine closet.n
The bee., 1884-05-03
NEWSY GLEANINGs

THOUSANDS of mummies have been dis.
covered between ASSioot AMI Thebes.
SIX families were po.s1nei by arsenic in
cake sold them by confectioner in Louis
vile, KY.
PITTsBURG is to have a novelty this sea-
son in the shape of horse races at night by
electric light.
A MAJORITY of the cities Of Wisconsin
have adopted high license fees, from $500 to
81 900 for saloons
A NATIONAL rose show is to be held at
Salisbury, in England, this year, in the ex-
tensive and charming grounds of the bishops
palace
. 1t is expected that 100000 head of cattle
VIII be driven from Teas into Colorado this
year, and that $4,000 more viii come from
other Western States.
The bee., 1884-05-03

DCDI EY FRANCIS, OF Mcssvils. H.. and
two of his children were d.owned by the u ,
setting of a rowboat
MOSES FRALEY, an ext nsive ST Louis
spectator in grain, has ai'ed for about 81,
o 0,000. BY sudden riss in wheat he lost
$250,0J0 in e $ than an hozr.
THOMAS L. THOMPSON and Daniel Jones
white, Jack Womaukiller Cherokee, John
Davis {Choc;awl and Fanny Echols tnegreSs>,
convicted in the United States Court of mur-
der in the Indian TerTit ry, and Mat Music
negro, convicted of criminal assault In the
Indian Territory, haze been sentenced to be
hanged oa Friday, July IL.
The bee., 1884-05-03

--------The secret of the large and con-
slant sales of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound probably lies IN the fact that
whereas there are many "Bitters" and
'.Tonics" of equal value, be it more or less,
the Vegetable Compound is so completely
superior to all other preparations specially
recommended for the needs of women that
1t has practically no rivals.
The bee., 1884-05-03

FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION. depression of spir-
its and general debility in their various forms
also as preventive against fever and ague and
other Intermittent fevers, tbs "Ferro-Phosphor-
tied Elixir o; Calisaya," made by CasweI,
9szard Co., NeT York, s!nd sold by all Drug
tists, is the best tonic and FOR patients recover
ng from fever or other sickness it has no equal
The bee., 1884-05-03

Leading physicians, eminent diyines, every
one who tries it, endorses Samaritan Ne1Uine
DR.. L. NJ. G. .McPheeton, Bloomington. Ind,
writes: Samaritan Neruine cures fts."
The bee., 1884-05-03

The Indian of falcon glance and lion bear
ing, the theme of the touching ballad is gone;
but the petroleum they discovered, now made
into Carboline, the Natural Hair Restorer,
will live forever
The bee., 1884-05-03

A medical exchange, in reviewing a
treatise on Bright's disease of the kid
news, remarks that this disease seems to
be gaining ground in this country proba-
bly, because of the use Of so much adul-
terated liquors. That is where folks
make mistake. Years ago We heard
Prof. Chandler remark that he had exam
amined ''rot gut, from fifty of the lowest
dens of New York, and the worst thing
he found in them simply was-alcohol
itself; not that there is no adulteration,
but that alcohol itself is worse than the
adulterants.- Fo0ts Adgaztne.
The bee., 1884-05-03

There are 200 known varieties Of
cherries, sixty of apricots, 239 of peach
es,-1 087 of pears and 297 of nliuas
The bee., 1884-05-03

Weakness, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual
Debility, Cured by Wells Health Reviewers 81
The bee., 1884-05-03

An uncomfortable railway--.The fence
railway, with tar and feather accompaui-
ment.
The bee., 1884-05-03

The man who thought he could live on
the milk of human kindness" died In
the poor house, of dyspepsia.
The bee., 1884-05-03

Love is like chocolate. Once cooled no
amount of nursing will bring back the orig
inal flavor.
The bee., 1884-05-03

In London the tricycle. is fitted up fol
tltilk men and pewsbovs
The bee., 1884-05-03

The short, hacking cough. which leads to
consumption, is cured by Piso's Cure.
The bee., 1884-05-03
Camphor Milk cures aches aud pains. 25e
"Rough on Couahs.o

Ask for "Rough on Coughs" for Coughs
Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches, ,15c
The bee., 1884-05-03

The brain of genius differs from the
brain in fools.
The bee., 1884-05-03

A sweet "bread d-winner"-The girl who
takes the cake.
The bee., 1884-05-03

iother swans Worm Syrup.
Infalhble, tasteless, harmless, cathartic for
feVerlshness, restlessnesS, constipation. 2jc.
The bee., 1884-05-03
DPclinR nf Mnn.

Phoenix PectoraI cures cold and cough. 25e
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-06-07
The Origin of Scandal.

Said Mrs. A.
To Mrs. j.,
In quite q confidential way,
at seems to me
That Mrs. B.
Takes too understanding in her tea."
And Mrs. J.
To Mrs. X.
That night was overheard to say,
She grieved to touch
Upon it much,
But Mrs. B. took-such and such %
Then Mrs. G.
Went straight away
And told friend, the self-same day,
"Twas sad to think
Here came a wink
"That Mrs. B. was fond Of drink"
The friends disgust
Was such she must
Inform lady (which she mussed."
"That Mrs. B.
At half-past 8,
Was that far gone she couldn't see."
This lady we
Have mentioned, she
Gave needle-work to Mrs. B.,
And at such news
Could scarcely choose
But further needle-work refuse.
-pisv-- 2k---- n
AS you'll agree
Quite properly-she said, said she,
That she would track
The scandal back
To those who made her look so black.
Through Mrs. X.
And Mrs. J.
She got at last to Mrs. A.,
And asked her why,
With cruel lie,
She painted her so deep dye?
Said Mrs. A.,
In some dismay,
~ no such thing could ever say;
I said that you
Much stouter grew
On too much sugar-which you do!'
-Argonam.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-06-07
Extravaganza in New York.

The N. Y. correspondents of the Phil
adelphia Record writes: l have heard
persons who have dined with princes
say that they never in Europe saw such
luxury at dinner tables as they have seen
in New York. Crowned heads may
have had more old plate and candelabra
of more elaborate and expensive patterns
on their tables, but they do not have
other things in proportion. 1t used to
be considered, even amongthe wealth.
est people of New York, that one set OF
dishes was enough for a dinner, but it
is an old fashioned notion that has long
since passed away. Now among those
who pride themselves upon their fine
dinners different service is brought on
with each course. For instance, one
course will be with Dresden china, an
other with Wedgwood, another with
ROYAL Worcester, another with Sevres,
and so on through the list; and in the
matter of flowers the expense is enough
to make our ancestors turn over In their
graves. A fashionable florist told me
not long ago that there were certain
people in New York who thought moth
ing of spending $1,000 for the flowers
at dinner party, and from that up
till the figure reaches on some occasion
to as much as $40, 900. This is all very
we'll for people who have the money to
live in this style. The trouble is that
those who have none try to follow 1t,
and go to all sorts of excesses and ex-
pedients to live as well as their neigh
borS.
MONEY CAN Do IT.-There is some
things that money can't buy. 1t can
get you big house, and acarriage, and
costly silks and furs, and jewels. 1t can
bring you power, and power is sweet.
But it cannot buy you love; it cannot
buy you happy home; it cannot buy
content nor sunshine in the heart; it
cannot buy peace with God; it cannot
save your soul, nor that of your child.
Without these, what is your money
worth? With these, what great differ
ence does it make whether you have
money or not? The regeneration of a
single child in your household is worth
more than all the money you have got,
be is ever so much.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-06-07
The Metric System in Commerce.

A writer in the New York Z116une
says: The apathy which prevails
among many of our manufacturers in
regard to the use of the metric system is
suicidal. Upwards of three-foufths of
our imports now come to US invoiced in
metric denominations and if our peo
pie are to compete with those of Conti-
mental Europe in the markets of the
world, it is time they should begin to
appreciate in practical way the ad-
vantages of a decimal system in the
measurement and estimation of all
quantities. The reasons for beginning
at once to put small wares of all kinds
in tens, scores, and hundreds, and
gradually to introduce the decimal
method into practical use, are suficI-
emily obvious. 1t should be enough
for any Yankee to know that our inch,
foot, pound, gallon, bushel, etc.. were
never in use on the Continent of Europe
or in Mexico, or in South America,
and as we are not using the buShel or
gallon of England, the argument for
idl lHOuJ HlSu tLldl COuHIly ID nun oSHs
Moreover, England is introducing the
metric system into India and her colo
nies; and this means that she intends
to adopt it at home as soon as possible.
The metric system has been taught in
all we'll organized schoolsin the country
for the past eight years; it is found in
all good treatises on arithmetic, and
the average pupil of twelve years of age
and upwards knows more of the metric
system to-day than does the average
Congressman. If, then, it was expedi-
ent hundred years ago to exchange
the English currency for decimal sYs-
more expedient now to exchange our
heterogeneous weights and measures
for a decimal system, and also the
only system at all common to the civi
lized world?