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The Earth's Temperature.

At recent meeting of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, observations on
the temperature of the earth, as shown by
deep mines, were presented by Hamilton
Smith, Jr., and Edward b. Dorsey. Mr.
Smith said that the temperature of the
earth varies very greatly at different locali-
ties and in different geological formations.
There are decided exceptions to the general
law that the temperature increased with the
depth At the New Almaden quicksilver
mine in California, at a depth of about 800
feet, the temperature was very high-some
115o; but in the deepest part of the same
mine 800 feet below the surface and 500
feet below sea-level, the temperature is
very pleasant, probably less than S0o. AT
the Eureka mines in California, the air
200 feet below the surface appears nearly
as cool as 100 feet below the surface. The
normal temperature of the earth at depth
of 30 or 60 feet is probably near the mean
annual temperature of the air at the partic
ular place. At the ComstOck mines, some
years since the miners could remain but
few moments at time on account of the
heat. Ice-water was given them as an eX
pertinent; it produced no i'll effects, but
the men worked to much better advantage;
and since that time ice-water is furnished
in all these mines and drank with appa-
rently no bad results. f. b. Dorsey said
that the mines on the Comstock vein, Ne
vada, were exceptionally hot. At depths
of from, 500 10 1000 feet the thermom eter
placed in a freshly drilled hole will show
1902 Very large bodies of water have run
for years at 1862, and smaller bodies at
1902 The temperature Of the air is kept
down to HOO by forcing in fresh air cooled
over ice. Captain Wheeler, u. S. Engi-
neers, estimated the heat extracted annu-
ally from the Constock by means of the
water pumped out and cold air forced in
as equal to that generated by the combus-
ton of $3.50 tons of anthracite coal, or
81 700 cords of wood. Observations were
then given upon temperature at every 100
feet in the Forman shaft of the Oyerman
mine, running from $50 at depth OF 100
feet TO III 30 at depth of 300 feet. The
temperature increased-10Q to 1000 feet
deep, increase 10 in % feet; 100 10 800 feet
deep increase 10 in 30.5 feet 100 to 1900
feet deep, increase 10 in 1913 feet. A table
was presented giving the temperatures of a
large number of deep mines, tunnels and
artesian wells. The two coolest mines or
tunnels are in limestone, namely, Chanar-
clio mines and Mont Gents tunnel; and
the two hottest are in trachyte and the
" coal measures namely, the Com
stock mines in the trachyte and the
South Balgray in the coal measures"
Mr. Dorsey considered that experience
showed that limestone was the coolest for
nation Engineer and Mining Journal.
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ThentricaI Shows.

Speaking of the operations of the high
license in San Luis Obispo county, the
TaJisman SAYS No little criticism has been
passed upon the license ordinance now in
force The nightly tax levied upon theatri-
cal troupeS and other travelling shows is
rated as being too high. by far and calcu-
lated to discourage such entertainments.
If this is the tendency of high license il
IL well 10 have one in operation. If the
general run Of shows that have favored this
place with their presence within the past
few months is fair sample of what is TO
be expected in the future, it were best that
the high license Act be made a little more
binding. OF the many shows noticing San
Luis the past wear, but one or two were
worthy OF being patronized. The majority
of these affairs that 60 securing over the
country are characterleSS organizations at
the best They are made up from the low
dives and disreputable haunts Of the large
cities, and nothing that is moral, refining
or instructive follows in their wake. They
generally become poverty-struck IN some
attractive town in the interior and dlsband,
leaving the impecuniouS stars To follow the
bent of their vagrant inclinations. They
confer no earthly favor upon the precincts
directing their attention, and there can be
40 policy in holding out inducements to
them 20 come If the high license tax is
faulty in amy respect il is not so when APP
piled to these sayory frauds that give no
value for patronage received. To the first
class entertainment the high license ordi-
nance is more beneficial than otherwise.
it will fare better when not preceded by
host of catch-penny scavengers and the
support of the public be in better condition
20 be enlisted
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A CHINESE SUPERsrITroN.-As an illus
tration of the regardlessness of the Chinese
for their female offspring, child of tender
years was observed to fall from sampan
into the river on Saturday last, when no
attempt whatever was made to effect its
rescue The infant, however, fortunately
became entangled in broken spar, which,
whilst drifting down the river, was picked
up by the crew of another boat. and the
child restored to her parents, who, as is
customary, administered a sound hogging
to the scmi-drowned infant. The theory
held by the natives is. that by preserving a
fellow creature from a watery grave the
reScuer is answerable in the next world for
all the sins afterward committed by the
person rescued; which literally means that
wise dispenSation of Providence has
been frustrated.-[H Hong Kong (China)
Mail
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TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

"There are five murders and fifty fights
In that barrel said an Indian, pointing to
a cask of whisky; and his estimate was
none too high.
a never SHOULD have struck him if 1
had been SOBER" said a condemned muir
derer. in his remorse over his crime through
the contentious of drunken spree.
General Sam Carey is to travel over
Maine this summer and urge the adoption
of the constitutional amendment prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale of liquor
He will talk in a tent that viii seat 1000
people.
Rev. Phillips Brooks says that if to-day
we could sweep intemperance out of the
country we would wipe out almost all of
the poverty in the land. There would
hardly be enough left to give healthy eXer-
else to the charitable impulses.
Hon. J. B. Grinnell, for whom the town
of Grnnel, Ia, was named recently. said:
{" In Grinnell there are no saloons, and no
one has been sent to Jail, to the poor-house
or to the penitentiary for twenty years,
We can stand cyclone occasionally if you
will keep whisky away from US
Eli Perkins shows how even the very
best Temperance men are financial sufferers,
if nothing more, by the existence of
lQc uTluh udiliC. ne says pau
$425 taxes on my New York house
for? 1t was to govern a city where three
fourths of the arrests were made on ac-
count of drunkenness. | can govern
myself, but l have to pay $425 year to be
protected from the criminal classes, made
criminal through rum"
Professor Andre sends us the following
translation of a notice that appeared in a
Hungarian paper a short time ago: BY
desire of my wife publicly declare that |
will never again enter public house, wine
shop or any other place where Intoxicating
drinks are sold, and | hereby request that
none of my friends and acquaintance will
ever tempt me to enter such a place And
/ further give notice that should ever be
found in such house | will forfeit the sum
of fifty forms (f5) to the funds of the Ara
der Orphanage. Ernst Terney Arab, July
L, 1885. ~ Montreal Witness.
The drunkard-maker alwas hates his
Oldest and most reliable customers, and is
proud of cursing them and kicking them
out How we should be surprised to hear
the shoemaker slam the door against an
old customer, and say, You yillainous old
scamp | have made boots and shoes for
YOU and your family for twenty wears. and
you have paid for them, and here YOU are
for more shoes Get out, and don't let me
see your face again" Hew funny it would
look to see a tailor basting an old school
mate into gutter because, after getting
his clothes there for fifteen years, he
wants 70 buy an overcoat Or
minister assaulting an old standby
because he has been twenty-five years a
communicate and elder in his church, and
therefore must be unfit company for any
body. Isn't it time for drunkards to be
ashamed of drunkard- makers p 3roada, e.
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Enforcing Marital Rights.

The case of Mr.. and Mrs Weldon, of Eng
land, is attracting good deal of attention
throughout the civilized world The lady
has beautiful voice, and was an ornament
to society before she married; but she has
an unhappy temper, a shrewish tongue and
an inOrdinate delightin litigation. She has
plenty ofmoney, and can indulge in the lux
ury of going to law. Her husband found
living with her uncomfortable, so he left her
He offered her every inducement to live
alone. She was to have house and money
to live on comfortably; but that was not
enough. She insisted upon her rights to her
husband, and she went to law to make
him live with her. The Court sustained
her right. though admitting that the
law was absurd. The Court, however, sus-
pended any punishment on Mr.. Weldon,
pending an appeal to higher Court The
lady was so eager to get a decision in her
favor that she applied to the justices of APP
peal to take the case out of its regular order,
which they refused 10 do II seems, how
ever, that it really Is the law of England
that husband and wife can be punished
for not living with married partner who
is hateful to them AT last accounts law
had been proposed in Parliament to rectify
this state of things.-[Demorests Monthly
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Count Geza Itchy, the one-armed Hun
garian pianO-player and composer, says
the New York Post, has Just completed one
of his extensive concert tours, the proceeds
of which he invariably devotes to charita-
arm at the age of - by the discharge of
his gun while hunting. He has trained his
left so marvelously as to deceive by his
play the ear of the listener, who can scarcely
be persuaded that such brilliant effects may
be produced with one hand only. His com
positions have met with equal favor. They
are all intended for the left hand, and List
has declared that they are better in style,
more delicate in taste, and stronger in
effect than many compositions for two
and four hands. He finds them, however,
exceedingly difficult and only adapted
TO players of the authors skill and train
ing Count Itchy is also writer of great
ability collection of his poems and
tales, in his native Hungarian, was pub
lished last year, and well deserves transla-
ton into other languages. In humorous
poem entitled The oath of September"
the Count says that on the anniversary of
the accident which deprived him of his
arm he invariably goes hunting, and, moth
ing daunted, sounds the horn in honor of
St Hubertus If on that day his right arm
should suddenly grow again, he would
seize it with his left and put it in his
pocket; but first, he adds in a different
vein, he would lift both his hands in
prayer for his country. He only regrets
the loss Of his right arm from patriotic mo-
tj1-aS
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Rather and Sooner"

These two Saxon adjectives in the COM
parative deg. zee, commonly used as adverbs,
are synonymous. We have lost the posi-
tive degree of rather" but retain that of
d" sooner" Nevertheless old English
rathe means early or soon; curious
pathological fact to remember when we are
accused of being rather late " in keeping
an appointment. Fancy the rattle prim-
rose being rather late Rather and
sooner are indifferently applied either
term as an adverb denoting preference. /
must confess that the turn of phase in which
the application is made puzzles me exceed
ingly Can we say had hear?' To
this question there is only one IA
tional answer-a round, decided No"
But in Rasselas occurs the unauthOr-
lied phrase, " had rather hear the dis
pute,' and it is impossible that the mere
interpOsition of an adverb should make
sudden sense and grammar of ungrammat-
ical nonsense. Nor unauthorized ! say,
is Doctor Johnson's hid rather" How
often it may be found in Shakespeare l can
hardly tell, for Mrs. Cowden Clarkes
Concordance" does not stoop to such
triheS as rather bnt a schOOl-boys
memory viii supply three ready instances;
Two are in HOtSpurs humorous sOliloquy
with Owen Glendower, where the Percy
inveighs against ballad-mOngers and their
mincing poetry Curiously enough the
very words, had rather hear are iden-
teal in Shakespeare's historical play and
in the eighth chapter of Rasselas - but
though DR.. Johnson has been called over
the Goals for a supposed fault, Shakespeare,
who committed it many times before him,
has got off scot free. The school-boy' third
Shakespearean instance of " | had rather
shall be from Julius Caesar, in the quar-
rel between Brutus and CassiuS; but. in
deed, our young friend may proceed to
quote Othcllo, and know not how many
more of Shakespeares characters, to estab
Hsh bevOnd all manner of doubt the
position OF had rather" in English par
lance and English poetry. In some musty
old school grammar have seen, long long
ago, the infinite to have rather set forth
ia open form, as if it were quite regular
irregular verb, needing no explanation or
apology II is older by century than
Shakespeare's time, but it cannot, l think,
be traced as far as Chaucer, to whom the
adjective rathe' was well known, so that
he could not easily confuse it with " lief.
Do we not all remember the lean, thread
bare Clerk of OXenford, who was in a bad
way to get a benetce2
4" For him was leuer have at his beddes heed
Twenty BOXES, clothed in blak and reed,
OF Aristotil, and of his philosophie,
Then robus richie or fithul (fddle) or sawtric.'
- Lever I need hardly say, is but
varied spelling of " lifer,' which did not
go ont till long after rather had come
in Nor could rather have taken its
place even now if we had retained our
hold on the significance both of d" lief" and
of rathc." different in meaning as they
are. SHAKESPEARE has lief many times,
but he drops liefer' altogether in favor
of rather" though once he uses the
superlative lielest in its true old Saxon
sense of dearest "-LGodfrey Turner in
Enni WnrIS
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Chemicals from Smoke.

The old saying that nothing is wasted OF
lost in nature is true in regard to the
smoke from the furnace at Elk Rapids
In this furnace are manufactured fifty
tons of charcoal per day. There are
twenty-five charcoal pits, constructed OF
brick. Each pit is filled with one hundred
cords of hard wood and then fired. The
vast amount of smoke from these pits,
which was formerly lost in the air, is now
utilized Works have been erected to con-
vert the smoke into chemicals and acids.
These works are a curiosity. First, they
have a circular tube made of wood, with
pine slaves sixteen feet in length,
bound together with heavy iron hoops.
This tube is placed directly over the pits,
in horizontal position, with an opening
from each pit into the tube. At the end
nearest the building there is large drum
containing rotary fan propelled by ma
chinery, the power of which is gas
That acts as suction or draught for
the smoke, which is conveyed into
fire stills filled with copper pipe, two
and one-half inches in diameter. The
boxes in which the pipes are situated are
twenty feet square, and eight feet deep,
made of heavy pine, and filed with cold
water; these are all connected by copper
pipes they are connected with the main
still, 100 feet in length, ten feet wide, and
eight feet deep, filled with copper pipes,
two and one-half inches in diameter, in a
horizontal position, surrounded with cold
water; from this conveyed to a purifier,
from which runs what is called pyroligne-
Gus acid, which is as clear as amber with
an unpleasant odor. From the acid is pro-
duced: First acetate of lime; second, alco-
hol; third, tar; fourth, gas, which is con-
sumed under the boilers. Each cord of
wood contains $4,000 feet of smoke; $780,
600 feet of smoke handled every twenty
four hours. producing 10000 pounds of
acetate lime, 200 gallons of alcohol, and p
pounds of tar These articles have COM
mercial value in the manufacturing of
various articles. The smoke from 10000
cords of wood consumed per annum is thus
made source of much profit, as the works
are nearly automatic, and require no work
men to run them.-[St. Louis Grocer.
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ANOTHER CIGAR BORA submarine
boat which ought to be able to destroy the
navies of the world has been made at
Stockholm. 1t was tried on the Molar
Lake, and will shortly be brought over to
France The boat has the shape of a cigar,
is Ga feet long, feet wide, and has an en-
CINE of thirty horse power. 1t is said that
il can be nayigated under water, goes at
the speed of ten nautical miles to the hour,
and that four persons can without any
danger remain in it for six hours running.
The funnel-shsped cylinder is the only
part of the boat which is visible. A wind
ing stair leads to the boat, which is stored
from the top of the cylinder, where glass
roof enables the man at the wheel TO see
the surface of the water and direct the
course of this strange submarine engine of
destruction.-[Pa Pail Mall Gazette.
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Tho Value of Straw.

In every 100 pounds of straw there are
from four TO five pounds of ASH, the ash
containing potash, soda, magnesia, lime,
phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, silica,
chlorine and sulphur No nitrogen is
found, as it is driven off when reducing the
straw to ash, but when the straw decom-
poses in the compost heap, the traces of
nitrogen with proportion of carbon, are
absorbed and partially retained.
Of wheat straw the proportion of pot
ash is 10 per cent, while bean straw
contains of potash as large a quantity as
$50 per cent; but while the bean straw
is thus richer III potash that that of wheat,
the latter contains seven times as much
silica, which, though not really considered
valuable as fertilizer, as it always exists
plentifully, is in u condition to be more
readily appropriated by plants when re-
turned TO the soil in the straw.
Barley contains larger proportion of
potash than oats, but oats require a greater
quantity of soda, and yet these two miner
ais are very closely allied.
Corn fodder contains Les per cent of
potash, while peas contain 10y. This in
dicates that corn fodder requires more pot
ash than peas and less than beans, which
contains more than double the proportion
in peas. This is contrary to the general
supposition that beans and peas feed alike
on the same matter, as they are shown, in
noticing the proportions of lime required
by each, to be rather dissimilaf.
Bean straw, which excels in potash. is
considered lime crop also; but while the
crop of bean straw per 100 pounds contains
LBS per cent. of lime, the percentage of
lime IN pea straw is 1.s6, thus demonstrate
ing that one prefers potash and the other
lime. This difference between peas and
beans exists in the seeds also, as the beans
contain more potash than peas, though the
lime exists in each in nearly the same
quantity.
Oats are supposed to be exhausting to
the soil, but while the straw Is really richer
in potash than that of wheat, the grain OF
wheat exceeds the grain of oats largely in
nearly all the mineral elements, while the
grain of buckwheat is deficient in nearly
everything that composes the ash, as COM
pared with wheat Exchange.
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George ii. and His Ministers.

About the year 1867 a Mr. Roberts, who
had been Secretary of the Treasury-alSo
private Secretary OF Mr.. Pelham, the Pre-
mier-divulged some strange details of the
mode in which the House of Commons was
managed in his time, when number of
members received from him, at the end of
every session, stipend in bank notes, the
sum varying from $500 to $500 per annum.
Roberts, on the day of propagation. took
IBIS stand in the Court of Requests, and as
the gentlemen passed, in going to, or re
turning from the House he would convey
Che money to them by quiet squeeze of
the hand. The names of the recipients
WEE entered in book which was preserved
q it'll re most profound secrecy. it being
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ST. DAVID'S.

A FIRST-CLASS LODGING HOUSE, CON-
n tains 100 rooms; 7l5 Howard street, near
Third, San Francisco This house is especially
designed as comfortable home for ladies and
gentlemen visiting the city from the interior.
No dark rooms. Gas and running water in each
room. The floors are covered with body Brls-
sells carpet and all the furniture is made of solid
black walnut. Each bed has spring mattress,
with an additional hair top mattress making
them the most luxurious and healthy beds in
the world. Hot and cold baths a large parlor
and reading room, containing Grand Piano
all free to guests. Price, single rooms per night
50 cents; per week, from 81 upward. House
open all night r. HUGHES Proprietor
At Marketstreet Ferry, take Omnibus line of
street cars TO corner of Third and Howard.
jy2-TuThStf
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WONDER WHO THEY'RE FoRs

My mas been working very hard,
And also very sly,
And keeps her sewing out of sight
Whenever am nigh,
asked her once what made her stop
Her work when came in;
She said she only stopped to get
A needle, thread, or pin.
The bureau-drawer next TO mine
Is locked both night and day,
And when ma wants il open
She sends me OFF to play
stole peep one afternoon.
Although it was not right.
But, oh the little things saw
Were such pretty sight.
The cutest, incest little clothes
Just big enough for a. doll;
But then | know they re not for her
She needs them not at all
/ knew they re not for ma or pa,
Nor me nor brother Hor,'
For We can't wear such little clothes;
wonder who they're for?
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Advice to Mothers Mrs. WiRslow's
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once il produces natural, quiet sleep
by relieving the child from pain, and the little
cherub awakes " as bright as button. 1t Is
very pleasant 10 taste. 1t soothes the child, soft
ems the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind reg
ulates the. bowels, and is the best known remedy
for diarrhea, whether arising from teething or
other causes Twenty five cents a bottle.
dlJ-1yMWS
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Lundborg's Perfume, Edna.
Lundborg's Perfume, Marechal Mel Rose.
Lundborg's Perfume, Alpine Violet.
Lundborg's Perfume, Lily of the Valley.
mrS-ly
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To THE LADIEs.-Ladies desiring to be
perfect in their toilet should make it a
point to use no perfume excepting Elite
Bouquet. Its fragrance is sweet and last
ing. For sale everywhere.
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Which bonds will be paid in United States gold
coin on said 18th day of july a. d. 1881, upon
surrender of same with coupons attached, and
interest thereon will cease from and after that
date.
San Francisco, June H. 1854
c. NJ. KEENEY,
Secretary Pacific Rolling Mill Co.
Office No 3l2 Market street, San Francisco.
ieI3 tjyI6
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FoR Bronchial, Asthmatic and Pulmon-
airy Complaints, Browns Bronchial
Troches manifest remarkable curative
properties, Sold only in boxes,