Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-03-21

Bricks irnpregnated vt a. highItatn-
perature with asphalt are being success-
fully used in Berlin for street pavement.
BY driving out the water with heat.
bricks will take up from 10 10 - per
cent. of bitumen. and the porous, brittle
material becomes durable and elastic
under pressure. The bricks are then
put endwavs on beton bed and set
with hot tar. 1t is said that the rough
usage which the pavement made OF
these bricks will stand is astonishing.
Mr.. Kingsley. Secretary Chambers
brother-in-law, is the survivor Of II once
large family, in which sudden death
has been the rule. Out OF nine who
have died not one was i'll an entire
week preceding death. One OF the
parents was killed by an accident, and
the other dropped dead with heart dis
ease without n moments warning
Four of the children died within few
days of scarlet fever, two others were
burned to death on the steamer Henry
Clay, and another was thrown from 4
carriage.
Mount Hood. in Oregon, was recently
assembled by large party. They reach
ed an elevation of 1860 feet, where
they spent several hours. When above
the snow line the men constructed Il
sleigh and treated the women to y July
sleigh ride. The crater was penetrated
distance of 100 feet. There was Il
ceaseless drip of water from the roof of
the encased entrance. caused by warm
air current coming from the slumDering
fires far below. from whence u loud hiss
ing noise arose. A rock hurled down
produced a deafening reverberation.
Dr. Prime has found IN odd monu-
ment in Northern New York. A good
man had lived happily with an excellent
wife until they had lived well on in
years, when she died. He bethought
him of some fitting memorial to place on
her grave, and the happy thong ht struck
him that the square stove, by which
they had been comfortable through
manv long winters, would be just what
she would like to have if she had voice
in the matter. He had the stove taken
to the churchyard and placed over the
remains of his companion, who sleeps
quietly underneath it.
4 little more than decade ago a new
disease began TO despoil' the potato near
Stavanger, Norway, and it has been
steadily increasing in virulence year al
ter wear. Fungoid growths infest the
stem, reducing its interior in the first
place to sort of pulp, and at last So
prey upon the plant that the stems are
mere hollow reeds which readily fall to
the ground. The ripe germs of the fun
gus are about the size of q small bean,
and when they remain in the earth all
winter they are found when the warm
season commences sending ont minute
spores, which attack the plant before it
shows itself on the surface. The raw
ages of this pest are most marked about
the end of July and the beginning OF
August.
The Tabernacle, the Rev. Mr.. Spur
geon's church, in London, will easily
accommodate 5000 persons. Although
it is out of London proper, in 4 part
called Newington, and must be reached
by train or q long horse-car journey, il
is almost impossible to gain admittance
unless one goes at least an hour before
the service; and even then an envelope
must be obtained from one of the dGa
cons in attendance, and pledge giveL
to contribute 4 small donation, before
seat can be secured Few strangers
visit London from our shores without
going to hear this celebrated divine.
but in England it is the fashion to do SO.
The next most prominent dissenting
place of worship is the City Temple, On
the Holborn viaduct, presided over by
the Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker. The
buildings and the forms Of worship are
extremely plain and ordinary. but to
DR.. Parker there is attached not a little
interest, particularly by Americans, for
whom during the spring and early sum-
mer months there is special service
everr ThurSl"u