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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-04
FOREIGN NEWS

PRINCE BISMARCK SICK
BERLIN, Feb. 81 Prince Bismarck IL
suffering from an attack of sciatica and
is unable TO receive callers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
A Dying Congressman.
Carp, in Cleveland =! eader.


The dying congressman Rankin though he
knows he cannot live more than month or two
at the furthest, keeps up his spirits very we'll
indeed During the choice of the seats he was
one of the unlucky ones. and got one near the
back of the chamber. AS he took it he turned
to his nextdoor neighbor and said, mot very
good seat its true but it will not create so much
attention back here when it is draped after my
burial" Not long ago the doctors told him he
was safe as long as his feet did not begin to
swell, but when that change took place he might
know that his death was approaching. Said he,
"Of late my feet have been swelling
considerable. / can stand it we'll
enough as long as the daylight
shines, and do not have to face death, but, if
awake in the night with that sensational swell
ing in my feet, the thought of passing away
makes me nervous, and 1 wish the doctor had
not told me-" Wisconsin men speak very highly
of Joe Rankin. He was brave soldier during
the war, and has been very efficient public
servant. He is one of the oldest men in Wiscon-
sin in point of State legislative service, and he
was, I think, eleven years in the Wisconsin
Legislature. He has done considerable work as
a railroad lawyer. He has lost some money and
made some He was a member of the Forty
eighth Congress, and, as sueh had many friends.
His wife is with him here at the Ebbitt House,
and he comes down occasionally from his room
in the lobby, and sits and chats with his brother
congressman, and it is hard for him to move
about. tbs doubtful whether ne will come out
to the House again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
ORIGIN OF NATURAL GAS.
Petroleum and Kindred Products Perhaps
Formed by Volcanic Action.
Oil City Special.

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Oil City Special.
New theories as to the origin of petroleum
and natural gas constantly arising, but no
theorist can ignore the almost invariable pres
ence of salt water in gas and oil wells.
NJ Berthelot. the French chemist, actually
manufactured crude petroleum, and in the
process noted the facts which have been OBJ
served in connection with the development of
petroleum in nature. These were, principally,
that salt water in the form of superheated
steam, when in contact with carbonized iron,
would decompose into its elements, or rather the
oxygen contained in it, pursuing the laws of
chemical affinity, would unite with the iron,
while the carbon of the white hot iron passed
off and united with the hydrogen of the water
forming oxide of iron on one hand and hydro
carbon gas on the other.
Monsieur BerthelotS experiments constitute
the origin of natural gas and petroleum. til cory
allowing for the difference in his Paris labora
tory and the great laboratory of nature. Volcanic
action is attributed to steam generated from the
percolation of water through the seams and
assures of the earth's crust to the heated in
terror. Now, as the interior of the earth is be-
lieved to contain much carbon, either in a state
of purity or in alloy with metals, such as iron,
salt water percolating through the crust from
the ocean beds, and coming in contact with the
very hot mass, must, of course become super
heated steam, and the interchange of elements
between it and the carbonized metals becomes
easy. When the pressure Of the vapor is sufi-
GENTLY great it must find an avenue Of escape.
In the case of oil and gas deposits this is pre-
sumed to be effected through small assures tenn
porarily forced open, the cooling in the upper
rocks relieving the pressure. That some more
aqueous vapor should discharge itself along with
the carburetted hydrogen is to be expected and
the condensation of this would account for the
salt water deposits. Recognizing a similarity to
volcanic action in the production of gas aud oil,
some rational estimates On their distribution
and the probable durability of the supply may he
for 1nd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03

war. And whom the war il over. the soldier Is
penniless, and may not be able to work his pas
sage home for years.
1t is well known that France has her eve on
Syria, and fully expects that It is only aues-
ton Of time which stands in the way Of her am-
bition She has driven the Jesuits from her
home territories, but she finds them useful in
pushing her claims in Syria. General Gordon.
in bis scheme of the division of the Turkish
empire, assigned Syria to France. In the event
Of war between Russia and Austria on the
Balkan peninsula, which seems inevitable there
is a doubt as to where France will stand Should
Russia succeed in her ambition of Selling Asia
Minor, France would be tempted to help her
the spoilS. On the other hand there would come
the most positive opposition from England.
whose decisive action once before sent the French
soldiers out Of Syria.
The population of Syria is Of a very mixed
character. The large body of Maronites are
OF Greeks are favorable to Russia, while the
Druzes are firm friends of the English. 1t is
claimed that in months time the English
could collect an army of 10000 Druzes, who
make the best Of soldiers The number of peo-
pie who are earnestly in sympathy with the
Turkish government are comparatively few,
and il these heterogeneous elements could be
brought together and made to feel their COM
mon strength, the Sultan would be utterly
helpless to keep them in subsection. But the
past records have shown that there can be no
expectation of any concerted action among peo-
pie so diverse in religions.
In view of the facts have given land they
could be multiplied indefinitely it is obious that
under present circumstances the Moslems are to
be pitied even moro than the Christians. Their
religion is costing them untold suffering In
spite of it all the more intelligent are aware that
the church of the faithful is constantly declin-
ing in power, and even severe prosecutions do
not keep the wretched Moslems from secret and
at times open neglect of the precepts of Is
lam. Christian churches go up, and mosques
tumble into decay. AS long as the Turkish au-
thorites could play off one Christian sect against
another they looked upon the struggle with ap-
proval; but now that Moslems are being reached
by the earnest work of American and English
missionaries, the government is frightened and
is beginning the work Of a wholesale persecu-
ton. Itappears to them to be question of life
and death. WOODWARD.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
The Coed Ola Democratic Days.


John Brown, Of Kirklin, Ind. this county, and
William Brown, of Peru, Ind, met in this
city, Christmas day. After short conversation
about the State of old Virginia and their friends
and relatives they soon found out that their
mothers name was just the same, and that their
brothers name was just the same. John said,
II used to live at Suffolk" and his brother then
said, II had brother who used to live in Suf-
folk-belonged to widow woman. have not
seen him since" John here interrupted the
speaker by asking ''The widow Leef" YES"
replied William, springing to his feet, ut Is no
use talking any longer; you my own broth
err" Taking his arm from around his neck, gay
ing, "How have you beenl Where have
you been. that L have not seen you for so long2n
Tears of joy ran down their cheeks. They talked
over the past. of their travels from their boy
hood days to the present-talked all night long
They were separated. in the dark days of slavery
upon the auction block, twenty six years ago the
first day of January, when men. and women,
and children, because their skin was black, were
denied the commonest rights and sold as goods
and chattels. When the grand Union army en-
tered Virginia they fed for their liberty, both
not knowing each other. One reached the Thir-
teenth Indiana and the other the Seventeenth
Indiana Volunteers by which they made their
way to Indiana. William has, ever since the
close of the war, resided near Peru, and John
about Thorntown, Lebanon and Kirklin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
AN UNUSUAL GATHERING.
A Reunion OF Chinese Masons in q Balti-
more Skating Rink.

Reunion OF Chinese Masons in a Balti-
more Skating Rink.
Washington Special
The Baltimore papers give full accounts of an
safe to say that every Chnaman in the city was
in the Gay-street skating rink. There were
probably more than hundred present. 1t
seemed to be meeting Of peculiar interest. So
far as could be learned, it appears that one Yong
Wah. said to be high dignitary in the Chinese
Order of Freemasonry, was on his first visit to
his brethren in Baltimore, for the purpose Of
holding reunion and giving them some instruc-
tons about the progress of the world over in the
Orient, and also to enjoin to hold fast to their
faith in the mysteries of the order and obey the
injunctions of the most holy law. The meeting
was in the center of the rink. Stretched across
the room in a sort of an irregular ellipse. were
wires little over head-high, and on these were
large red white and yellow sheets of paper of
different Sizes fissd with Chinese hieroglyphics
On some were figures of head, presumably
that OF some sacred being similar sheets were
hung on the wall. All around on the inside Of
this elipse stood the natives of the East, in the
costumes of their native land good many
were smoking tobacco from old Virginia clay
pipes with long stems Several candles were
lighted and put on the floor. Two men stood
near the open space and talked in their native
tongue both at the same time. They appeared
to be delivering sort of sermons to two groups
and the tones were of most doleful sing song
see saw kind
into the order. The chief went through certain
formalities which appeared to have a religious
significance. He bowed before table
on which was a common water-bucket
filed with long strips of twisted paper, with
candle burning in the center. Around the
bucket was row of what appeared to be red
handkerchiefs hung by the corner from circu-
lar frame He burned brown paper, knelt On q
piece of mating on the floor, where were scat
tered tin cup, small saw and other curious
implements, reciting all the time in monoton-
Gus voice, strange words. Seated all about the
room were other Celestials, smoking pipes, cigars
and cigarettes. A few wore American clothes
Rice and other eatabes were prepared and
banquet followed in the small hours of the morn
ing Later il the night there was music The
chief and some of the other notables objected to
the presence of spectators, saying that their
ceremonies we're as secret as those of the L O.
0. F.. not seeming to be aware that no one
knew the meaning of word that was spoken, or
could understand the significance of anything
that was done.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
Glycerine in the Oil Regions.

Warren lPa.J Special.
More than one hundred tons of nitro glycerine
we're exploded in wells in the Pennsylvania oil
fields during November. In the flush days,
when the patent was exclusively controlled by
the Roberts monopoly, the deadly explosive was
measured by the quart. and commanded most
exorbitant prices. 1t then cost poor man near
ly months production to have his well shot.
Now the smallest producer in the region can af-
ford to dump barrel or so of the stuff into his
we'll There are perhaps twenty firms in the
country that are piling up fortunes making
glycerine The glycerine used during October
and November was valued at about $500. 900.
Not torpedo-shooter has been blown to pieces,
although several have had interesting escapes
from instant humiliation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03

The mysterious impulse which makes people.
presumably sane, chip monuments and carry of
as relics anything belonging to fame or infamy,
has peculiar development in Phoenix Park.
Dublin. The spot where James Csrey's confed-
crates murdered Cavendish and Burke has been
scooped out until it presents the appearance Of
an excavation, and a detail of military now keep
guard TO prevent the further carrying away Of
the earth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
THE TABERNACLE SERMONS.
Rev. DR.. Talmage's Closing Service Of
the Year at His Brooklyn Church.
The Journey of Life, with It's Obstacles and
Neutrality-suspicious. of Better
Things for the New Year.

The 9th Of December being the last Sabbath
night of the year, the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
d. D., preached at the Tabernacle, in Brooklyn,
a sermon appropriate to the occasion. The
hymn sung was:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
Brooklyn Union.

remark made by Washington on the first
New Years day of his presidency is published in
Mrs. Lambs History of New York, in which
he expressed the wish in his stately way that
the pretty custom of making New Years calls,
which was then observed only in New York,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
A Cure for Insomnia.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Repeat the following lines slowly ten times.
A T. 0 u.
In kicking the light of the frefys hue,
The devil was turned from red to blue,
Which caught at his toe in chemical view
Till the flames reached his queue, burning him
through.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
The way She wilI Go.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
The big-footed girl at the museum is TO be
married. 1t is supposed she will so off quite en-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-02
HOME AND FARM.

French Cake: Two cups sugar, half
cup butter, one cup milk, three eggs,
four cups -four, one teaspoonful soda,
two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, with
or without spice.-Ioledo Blade.
Pigs suffer greatly with the cold,
and should have dry, well-littered nests,
always. Litter them with straw or
swamp hay, enough so that they can
cover themselves out Of sight in it
Western Rardl.
Manure is one Of the things of which
farmer can never have too much. The
more he uses the better his crops will
be, and the broader becomes the founda.
ton which he lays for permanent pros
perity.-N. E.. Farmer.
Sausage to Keep: Grind fine, use
whatever seasoning you like-we use
salt, pepper, ginger, little mustard
and allspice. / find the meat much
healthier than with sage. Put up in
sacks about two inches in diameter.
immense in boiling water one-half min
ute; meat will scar and sack become air.
tight; hang up, let dry and smoke in
Spring.-Western Rural.
All a cow requires over twelve or
fifteen pounds of hay should be made up
in grain food. Twelve pounds of hay
and eight pounds of middlings per day
will winter one thousand-pound cow
much better than thirty pounds of hay
per day. But the ground feed should
be mixed with cut hay. moistened, SO
the ground feed will adhere to it, and
must be eaten with the hay and raised
and Reconstructed. Fine feed fed alone
is not raised and Reconstructed, but goes
on to the fourth stomach without further
Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
DO not allow the swine to make
their beds on the manure heap. The
heat which develops there by the pro-
cess of fermentation is not wholesome
for them, nor conducive to the making
of good wholesome pork. For the sows
which are with pigs this excessive heat
is very injurious, and often the cause of
loss OF the whole litter of pigs. They
may be allowed to root in the manure
heap during the day, and even encour-
aged to do so by the scattering of lit
tie grain among the manure, but they
should have their bed of dry straw
Toronto Globe.
-Mending Leather: A cement which
is recommended for leather betting, but
which is probably equally serviceable in
covering worn-out places, etc., is given
as follows. Take common glue and
American isinglass. equal parts; place
them in boiler and add water just suf-
ficient to cover the whole Let it soak
ten hours, then bring the whole to
boiling heat. and add pure tannin until
the mixture becomes ropy, or appears
like the white of eggs. Apply it warm.
Buff the grain off the leather where it is
to be cemented, rub the joint sufaces
soiidly together, let it dry for few
hours, and it is ready for practical use.
and if properly put together it will not
need riveting. Harper Bazaar.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-02
eIrn AND POINT.

ahe first woman complained OF hav.
= nothing to wear. andsher daughters
- kent the same old story going from
~ day to this.-CAscsgo Ledger.
~ can give you . cold bite" said
,voman. "Why not warm it up?"
"a a. tramp. There amt any
~ saved THAT SO? Well, give It
~ cod. IN T. sam.
In TO the time of going to press
- Haven possesses the champion
srn man. He looks through amagni-
ESs;nr elass at cent to see that nobody
~ stolen q feather out of the indiana
80 .-NeU Haven Nescs
"A certain judge was not remarkable
1sr apacity on the bench. At an Off
"A hsIl he criticized the waltzing of q
e;av member of the bar. "Ah! my
Ind. YOU are bad waltzer." "Ah!
n yea are bad judge" was the re-
Suin1er.-Pr1irie Farmer.
Sliding down hill and shinny-stick
- III the rage under the more elegant
Sppellstions Of tobogganing and polo.
81 eomebody will only invent a high
[Ssunding name for them, we shall not
2npair OF peg-top, marbles and hop
suoich one day becoming exceedingly
hlhionsble among the elite.-BOston
1sssscript.
saLook here" remarked De Wigs
8 the corner grocer, ''this pavement
Ne is awful slippery. Why don't You
throw some sand on it?" Cant get a
"a, 2 replied the grocer. "Well, throw
sone sugar over it; the pavement won't
k1nou the difference. chestnut"
ysIlsd the grocer. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
s(1p in the choir the tenor was max
~ love to the soprano in muffied voice
|2file the preacher was waxing eloquent
En de pulpit below. you're a dear"
~ young man whispered. "A doe,
[f,1her,n the soprano smiled, back. "Ah,
~, replied the tenor; you're the do
hi. She killed him with look
0iosgo Tribune.
Some folks say I'm conceited," re-
MARKED young Popinjay the other dav,
Sbut I'm not. don't believe in hiding
|0hat I've got under a bushel, that s all. y
That's where you're right, young
~, exclaimed a bystander, approv-
neiy; II wouldn't waste bushel ON it
q 4 were you. A small-sized pint meas
- would be amply sufficient Sooner
III Journal.
Young artist think my picture is
Suing TO be accepted by the academy.
ffiend- You don't say SO! Good. am
flad to hear it. Young artist-Jenkins
lid me to-day that while he was before
- hanging committed my work was
Eought up for discussion. jenkins said
Ut Che chairman, who has great deal
= ~ about these things, exclaimed very
renouncedly: @, hang that picture
: books very encouraging, doesn't ita"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-02
HORDE AGAINST Doc.
The Fierce Battle Between . Spirited
Steed and an Enraged Canine.

Vue Fierce Battle Between . Sp1f1eo0
Steed and an Enraged Canine.
Bonneville IN. J.) Special
Yesterday afternoon a fierce bulldog
and a vicious young mare, belonging K
George Runyon, farmer Of Stanley, N
J.. engaged in q curious fight. The dog
and the horse were stable companions, but
the latter had a strong dislike for thu
former. The mare broke her halter yester.
day and seized the dog in her teeth. The dog
retaliated by biting the horses nose. The
two now thoroughly Infatuated brutes then
fought desperately. The dog would spring
at its foe, only to be sent flying clean
across the barn. The wild neighs and
kicking and banks attracted number OF
people to the scene, but none dare inter.
fere with the frenzied combatants. This
dog secured firm grip on the mares
neck. and was tossed and knocked against
the sides of the building in the attempts
made by the horse to dislodge him. The
mare finally lowered her head, and, placing
her fore foot on the dogs body, literally
tore it of. In one of its mad rushes the dog
was seized by the mare and thrown nearly
to the top of the barn, but it returned to
the fight Immediately.
At last the dog sank its fangs into the
fore-leg of the mare, and in attempting
TO reach the dogs head the horse fell
directly on its foe and crushed its life out.
The victorious animal gave shrill neigh,
and turning. kicked the body of the dog
until it was crushed into a shapeless mass
When Mr.. Runyou returned he entered
the stable and found the mare trotting
about the place, weak from loss of blood.
Her legs and neck were horribly lacerated
and the sinews laid bare, while her nose
was almost gone. As the animal could not
live, it was shot
The mare was a valuable one, but sc
high tempered that none but her owner
could approach her safely. The dog was
priced very highly on account of Its cour
age and usefulness as watch dog.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-02
a HORSE TRADE.

- ~ Professionals Of Texas ManaR
d Questionable Transactions.
6. W. Bulger is one of the best horse
Ealrs IN Western Texas. Not long
- be offered for sale q large bay
- to Colonel Witherspoon, who
lnn be knows all that is to be known
oat > horse. Colonel Witherspocn
ht the horse at very low price.
coly, who happened to be present
- ~ trade was made, took the pur-
- aside and said to him:
cblonel Witherspoon, how did you
- % let yourself be taken in on that
1DelGe Don't you see that he is lame in
u hind Lego"
onsl Witherspoon winked and
erod to Gilhooly.
- not fooled q blame bit in that
1 know he is lame, but his lame
eomes from nail in his hook I'll
Anso that nail pulled out, and then
o win not limp and win be worth
Nhaf I gave for him. It's 9 big
- md don't you give it away"
hooly whistled and remarked:
0u are shrewd one after all.
Nin Be cold day when I get left
1o!se trade, . replied Witherspoon,
~ % his limping purchase.
d1y Gilhooly met G. w. Bulger.
geF, you are not as smart at .
elle = | thought you were. You
espoon have that horse for half
- worth
yoa sire Of that?''
nimly I an. That lameness
IN : nail in his hoof. Wither-
pun the nail out, cure up the
and the horse win be worth
- g paid Jon. y
think 80. " replied BulgeR. I
~ ebout that nail ii tho hors1's
move i in myself. -
Ion 80 WANTED people to 10
q 4 Was the nail that made him
= Ms l0sse before. He WI
ing lame after that nail Is out
V win Be lame. Do you see
- ! think do. Tn glad
-. When I want 70 buy !
Low Who not to buy from." ~