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, 1888-05-26

AT a recent meeting of the Liverpool
section Of the Society of Chemical In
dustry, Mr.. Thomas Fletcher, F. C. s.
gas engineer, of Warrington, gave a
demonstration OF the application OF some
new gas heating appliances, devised by
himself for workshop emergencies, one
OF the feats OF the evening being the
fusion of a large hole In a plate of ono
quarter inch thick wrought iron, in a
few seconds, without preparation, and
with apparatus which could be carried
~ a man up II ladder and used in any
position.
The secretary, In the discussion which
toIowed the experiments, raised a very
serious point Thai with such apparatus as
Mr.. Fletcher had exhibited and used, a
burglar proof safe no longer existed, as
IL was simply n question of minutes to
fuse a hole large enough for a man to
enter In any wrought iron or steel door
In existence. Chilled iron or steel WINS
powerless to resist the small blowpipe Mr..
Fletcher used, which would penetrate
thick Iron and steel plates as readily as
ordinary carpenters tools would Q
trate wooden doors. The apparatus WINS
devised by Mr.. Fletcher for works repairs,
and was noisy In action; but, as he ex-
planned, the apparatus could be made
silent and small enough to carry in a
and bag. This Is a very serious matter
for bankers and others who have valu-
able property, and me which will have
to be taken up at once by the safe and
strong makers. Warrington Guar
dian.
, 1888-05-26

It is an interesting fact, especially in
view of certain comparisons nearer home
that it suggests, that in Australia the
subject of school hygiene has received
special attention for some years in the
state or public schools. The teachers are
particularly instructed to be careful
about the spread of infectious diseases,
and the public health law is sufficiently
stringent to secure the exclusion Of
scholars and teachers from houses in
which communicable diseases exist.
In the state schools of Victoria, now
for a number of years, q system of OBJ
ject lessons has been given, with a view
to imparting elementary instruction bear
ing upon the health of the people; these
lessons generally include such subjects as
food, clothing, ventilation, cleanliness
and the prevention of infectious diseases.
They have also been given at stated
times lessons for the treatment of snake
bite, for the resuscitation of the drowned
and for the first aid to the injured. The
department of education requires also
some elementary knowledge on the part
of teachers upon the subjects of santa
ton and physiology.-New York Trib-
una-
, 1888-05-26

On a recent cruise of the United States
man of wal Michigan a sailor, who Is q
Chicago man, attempted to throw an ex-
hnusted quid of tobacco over the rail into
the water. His aim was bad, and the
quid fell on the deck. An officer OBJ
served it. He would not allow the sailor
TO touch 1t, but ordered tho entire crew
to rig up a gun tackle. The gun tackle
is a hawser three and q half inches thick
and weighs 1900 pounds. Being seldom
if ever used, it was slowed away;in the
hold and covered up. To get it on deck
and rig it up is a long, hard task. But
the gun tackle was rugged up, and the
commanding officer attached to it a silk
thread, lassoed the quid of tobacco, made
1t fast, ell hands gave q long pull and a
strong pull, and the quid of tobacco was
hoisted overheard. Then the gun tackle
wa taken down and slowed away in the
hold. 1t required eleven hours of hard
work TO get the tobacco overheard, and
1t Is the opinion of the commanding Off
Ger that no more guilds OF tobacco VIII be
thrown on the deck of the Michigan for
some time TO come.-Milwaukee Wiscon-
sin.
, 1888-05-26
An Actor In Honolulu.

Booth told a very amusing story when
he was here last of r. trip he took TO
Honolulu. when he was younger and
knocking about California. Some actor
came up from Australia who had stopped
at the Sandwich Islands. He inlamed
Booth on the subject of that dramatic Ell
Dorado. He scraped together all the
money he could and went to Honolulu.
He had fifty dollars when he arrived.
With that money he hired the theatre for
five weeks at ten dollars a week. He
found two or three people and made ar
rangement to give a show 1t was to be
Richard Ill" The two or three people
played all the parts. One man played
four, and one woman two, and SO IN.
The question of billing the town arose.
He managed to get some posters, but he
had nothing to stick them up with. He
bought a bucket of poi" and some starch
or stuff that would help 1t, mixed his
paste md sent a small KanalJa out to put
up the bills. He didn't see any when he
went out, and investigation disclosed that
the small Kanaka had eaten up all the
paste and thrown the posters away. He
begged some of his company to stick
them up, but they were all too high toned,
and Booth had to 60 off himself in the
middle of the night and paste his bills up.
He said he came back with fifty dollars,
just as he started. and they had lived on
bananas principally San Francisco
, 1888-05-26

In addition 10 being, from its potency
and other advantages, the best of Sur
gical antiseptics, 1t is possible hat there
lies In oil of peppermint a power for good
and a field of therapeutic utility vaster
In extent and Importance than any yet
known Dr. suspected. Some cases of
phthisis, in which ! have employed it as
an inhalation, lead me to hope,that we
may find in it a remedy against the
scourge to which we pay annually a
tribute of 10, 900 lives.
In ~diphtheria, the greatest Of oil de-
siderata has always been such an anti
septic as this-one which may be fear
lessly applied In the greatest quantity
and the greatest frequency; which Is in
%nocuous, whether Il be swallowed during
its application, or be respired into tho
air passages, and which, by its absorb
ton into the blood and its ready vola-
tility, Ia enabled to penetrate to every re-
cess, and be carried through ALI the It's
sues. Two cases of typical diphtheria In
male adults, part of a small epidemic,
some among the victims of which died
with its worst features, have been treated
by applications of oil of peppermint.
These cases afford ground for believing.
therefore, hat this drug may DO also d
potent weapon In diphtheria. Recover
ing so completely and 30 speedily as they
did, their progress resembles neither that
of Ordinary liberated p~haryngitis,
treated or not by the usual means, nor of
diphtheria as it has progressed in cases I
have seen treated by the inefficient local
nntiseptics in vogue.-London Lancet.
, 1888-05-26

There is nothing that gladdens the eyes
Of the telegraph editor quite as much as
the magical 80" The compositor at the
case likes to see it, too. for he knows 1t Is
the end of telegraph copy for the night.
The telegraph operator has a fancy for
go also, as, indeed, has every one who has
anything to do with a telegraph or a news
paper Office. This 80" means literally
'the end" and is the signal that the tele-
graph report is complete for the night,
but just why it should be so or how this
came about no n can probably tell with
any accuracy, but it is q part of a code of
signals adopted by telegraph operators
long ago. They hit upon 1t at random.
doubtless. and 1t serves its purpose salts
factorily. BY the same token the figure
Il" is used ms the signal. wait a min
ute;" '2." and sometimes 49," means
Il understand" '1s" means ''trouble;"
"25" is 'busy on another wire"
These are tho signals most commonly
used by operators engaged on ordinary
business or dispatches intended for the
newspapers. but signals and ciphers are
used in a Thousand occupations. The
train dispatcher has his code, and tho
signals therein save him a world Of work
and pounding of the key For instance,
"'7' may mean "train orders" and 30" be
the signal used by the president of the
road When So flashes along everything
on the wire gets out of the way. just as
everything is sidetracked when the presi-
dents car m whizzing down the rails.
1t can be readily understood how these
signals save time and labor, on the
principle that stenography is better
adapted to the condensation of phrases
and sentences than longhand; in a single
figure n world of meaning can be ex-
pressed. but to tho overwoked telegraph
editor. who has been shaving all night
with his head close to a gas lamp. and
whose brain is b~uzzing and sizzling. the
signal 80" is the sweetest and the dear
est of them all.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1888-05-26

/ was repeatedly poisoned by ivy when
q boy, and found no relief till an uncle
told my mother to give me a tablespoon
full of thoroughwort tea each morning
before eating during the month of May,
and l never would be poisoned again.
She followed his directions, and the re-
suit was l never have been poisoned
since, although I was exposed to it moro
or less each summer for a number Of
years afterward. The above may not DO
n sure cure in all cases, but it Is worth
trying, as it can do no harm If it does no
good.-Albert s. Trask in Scientific
American.
, 1888-05-26

On MAY Delegate Carey introduced
a bill into congress granting to the Wyo
ming Midland Railroad company the
right of way through the Shoshone Indian
reservation. The right OF way is 100 feet
IN width on either side of the center line
of the railroad, in addition to which the
company is given the privilege of building
not more than one station to every ten
miles Of road besides the necessary side
tracks, etc. The compensation to be paid
the Indians must be fixed by the secretary
Of the interior and plats OF the road from
actual survey filed with the same officer
before any actual work is done. All
rights granted will be forfeited in the
event that the railroad is not constructed
and in running order within five years.
The bill is now in the hands of the com
mittee on Indian affairs.
, 1888-05-26

There is something worth thinking
about in the remarks OF n BufTalonian re.
turned from California: Americans ma
tive born nave no idea of the Importance
of owning land. They nave let foreigners
come here and buy hundreds of thousands
of acres Of land. and just because it was
cheap the American citizen wouldn't have
It. The result is that when the values
rise, Us in rlany cases out west, tn.
foreigner was the one to priit by it. In
San Francisco you will find n great many
very wealthy Cinnamon who own valua.
BILE blocks of stores and flats, and who are
powerful competitors of tho American
merchants. The rich Chinamnn can
knock out the rich American when it
comes to buying goods In China for export
to this country, and 80 1t goes. Every
young native born American. of whatever
parentage. should acquire at least some
real property II he expects to keep up
with the band wagon in tho future -
Chicago Herald.
, 1888-05-26
outlook for Juvenile Literature.

When there are no moro red Indians, or
when those who continue to exist are uni.
versally respectable. law abiding, hum
drum ~persOuages. what will the boy of the
future do for exciting literature2 Pirates,
1t need hardly be pointed out, are becom-
ing in these latter days ridiculously scarce;
even In their former happy hunting
grounds off the coasts of Sumatra, Borneo
and other East Indian islands traders
rarely meet with any of the gentlemen
m~mortalized by Marryat, Low and Louis
Stevenson, and a score of other marine
novelists. When we come across O good
pirate story in q boys book, we nearly
always find 1t written in the past tense.
The same Is becoming true of adven
lures with redskins; but still there are
parts of the American continent where the
Comanche or Apache in his war paint
may even now be encountered. This is as
1t should be. The misery which will be
inflicted on s~choolboys when all the desert
islands of the world arc inhabited, when
a pirate will be as extinct as a plesiosau.
rus and the few remaining red Indians
become walters in New York restaurants,
has never been taken seriously or system.
a~tically into account. 1t is an outrage on
boyhood to deprive 1t of the chief field for
the expansion of its imaginative faculty.
London Telegraph.
, 1888-05-26

Gluttony tends to cynicism. Coarse
ness and extravaganza Of speech and
manner go hand In hand with.dietetic
excuses, as, for cognate reasons, the re-
~pulsiveness of voracious animals is gen.
orally aggravated by a want of cleanli-
ness. Among the natives of the Arctic
regions, where climatic causes make
gluttony a pandemic vice, perso~nnlclean-
illness is an almost unknown virtue, and
Kane's anecdotes of polar household hab-
its depict n degree of s1ualor that would
appall a gorilla. Habitunl abstemious-
ness, on the other hand, is the concomi-
ant Of modesty, thrift, self control and
ennes of temper, and is compatible
with heroic perseverance,, though hardly
with great energy of vital vigor. The
dietetic self denials of Luigi Cornaro, q
Venetian nobleman of the Sixteenth CEN
tury, enabled him to outlive the third
generation Of his epicurean relatives.
During the latter decades of his long life
he boasts of having enjoyed a peace of
mind unattainable by other means.
There are intellectual voluptuaries
whose enjoyment of mental triumphs in
controversy or cogitation seem, for the
time being, actually to deaden their crav-
ing for material food. Isaac Newton, on
the track of q cosmic secret, would send
back plate after plate of untasted meals.
Percy Shelley, in the words of his
sprightly b~iographer, indignantly re-
fused to alloy the nectar of poetieinspira-
ton with boarding house SOUP and In
his creative moods rarely answered a
dinner call without a sigh Of regret.
Benedict Spinoza, amid the parchment
piles of his bachelor den, would fast for
days In the ecstasy Of his "Gott trunk
enen"-"God Observation-Disclosures.
DIR. Felix L. Oswald in Open Court.
, 1888-05-26
DEVELOPMENT IN WYOMING.

We find the following very appreciative
article on the general subject Of Wyo-
ming's in the editorial columns
of the Omaha Herald. AS an indication
not only of the kindness of feeling en-
tertained for us by our neighbors, but of
the growing and well founded conviction
that the territory is one Of natures vast
~storehouses it will be read with interest
and appreciation Some ofthe references
to the cattle business are premature but
Just the same VIC reproduce the article in
full as follows:
THE division of Central Wyoming into
two ~new>counties has been formally con-
summated by the designation of county
seats and the election of officers. There
Is no greater field in all the wide west for
capital and home builders than Nebraska's
western neighbor. In variety of mineral
wealth Wyoming is without a peer. Gold
and silver, copper and iron abound in
paying quantities. Crude oil flows un-
checked from thousands of wells. Noun
tains of coal tower above the surface, and
underneath vast fields of fuel remain I'M
touched. Lakes of pure commercial soda
abound, aud glass sand in unlimited guam
titles is being manufactured at Laramie
and the product placed upon the markets
of the world.
This great natural wealth is in the
infancy of development. Lack of railroad
facilities and the widespread belief that
the territory was only a grazing field for
stock, combined to keep it in the rear,
and partially yelled its riches from the
world. These barriers are rapidly passing
away. The Elkhorn Valley road has
penetrated the heart of the territory sew
eral hundred miles, and will reach the
Sweetwater country by fall. The Chey.
enne x Northern extension of the Union
Pacific is approaching Douglas from the
South. The Burlington has already
secured a footing in Cheyenne, and the
Broken Bow line will doubtless cross the
border this year, These powerful . rpor.
ations appreciate the future of the ,srri-
tory, and are bending their energies to
open up and settle the country.
The vast grazing fields, the famous
Laramie plains, which created more mil
~lionaires than the gold and silver mines of
the country, have had their dav. Their
glory is on the wane. The cattle barons,
with their countless herds and ranches,
larger than the average county, are flying
before the homesteader, who is content
with a moderate herd, sheltered from the
winters fierce winds. The rich, wild
buffalo grass has been routed by the tame
article. Irrigation has brought large
areas under cultivation, and the steady
Western march Of the rain belt is chang.
ing the face OF the country, making it
an inviting and profitable field for farm.
ers. Viewed in any light, Wyoming pos
sesses unequalled attractions for capital
and energy, and thousands of people are
pouring in to take advantage of her natu.
raj wealth. She is the uncut diamond in
the'crown of the states, but in less than O
decade she will outshine many of her Older
sisters in population, as she does now il
resources"
, 1888-05-26
Slck Folks in Florida

Some of the sick ones who went to
Florida last winter have returned, and
are commenting upon tho avalanche of
cures that were recommended for their
consideration. ASthe old timers at St.
Augustine had books full of prescriptions
that were warranted to cure anything,
from a heartache to patching a pair of
goloshes ''MyI" said one of the returned
patients. III | hnd taken Z hundredth
part of tho nostrums thrust upon me, /
would have been in Cypress Hills months
z o."-New York Sun.
, 1888-05-26

THERE is again some hope that CON
gress will reach a thorough consideration
of the Pacific railway bills before the ad-
journment This will mainly depend on
how the tariff discussion turns out, but it
is encouraging to know that even at this
stage the measure is not altogether lost
sight Of
, 1888-05-26
VINO Does Not Like Hash is a Liar.

An Arizona hotel keeper saw his guests
at breakfast refusing to eat the principal
dish set before them. He stood at the
head Of the table, and laying a long pistol
down with a flourish, said: Amy man
who does not like hash is a liar" His
sauce created an appetite Immediately,
and all ate heartily.
, 1888-05-26
VIE v0OSOVS
why Acker's
Rlnod EIixir

IS warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, purifes the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, We guarantee it.
DR.. w. N. Hunt
, 1888-05-26
That Tired Feeling.


Syracuse Herald.l
Young ladies who feel tired after a ball
have good reason therefor. The writer Of
a book on dancing estimates that eighteen
w~altzes are equal to about fourteen miles
of straight work.
, 1888-05-26

minneapolis Tribune.l

Don't bet until you see which side Ben
Butler takes this summer, and then put
your copper on quick.
, 1888-05-26

THE Glenrock Graph,c announces itself
as a square. toed Democratic sheet. The
LEADER welcomes it to the fold and
hopes its career may be long and pros
porous.
, 1888-05-26
A Big "W Byio

Courier JOurnnl.l
Why doesn't each state through which
the Mississippi runs dig a big lake to hold
the surplus of that raging stream?
, 1888-05-26
PITH IN
Progressive Dinners.
[Atchison Globe.l

Progressive cards have given place to
progresside dinners. Cards required too
much head, while dinners require only
stomach.
, 1888-05-26
Ecerythtng ia season,
ana sCrced in the best style
at The BON Ton RestGHr-
ami, 80 SeCenteeath street
N Wou

w WO\> would enjoy your dinner
So and arc prevented by Dys-
Peepsla, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
ihey are a positive cure for Dyspepsia, In
We guarantee them. 20 and 60 cents.
DR.. W. N. Hunt.
, 1888-05-26

Boils, pimples, hives, ringworm, tet-
ter, and all other manifestations of i'm
pure blood are cured by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-09
BOYS ON THE FARM.
The ACCESSIBILITY of Providing Them WIN
Set of Tools.

Let me give few hints to farmers
about providing tools for the boys;
mean carpenter tools, such as goou
hand-saws, that can be bought for sl'oo
to 81 in the hardware stores, hatcheC'
square, chisels, brace and bits two OF
three planes and bench to use them
on. nails and spikes of different xmas
and sizes. Then set the boys at using
them. Let them begin on something
that needs repairing in or about the
house, barn or yard fence, which an
inexperienced hand can do. A ooy
will take to working with tools anu
tinkcring as readily as duck will take
to water. Provide them with plenty Oh
nails; they will break and waste some
at first, no doubt, but if they do, the
loss is not very great, for nails are
cheap. Do not expect them to be per-
feet in the art Of driving nails, for it
takes an expert to hit nail square on
the head every time. Any boy can hit
a nail, but it very often happens to be
q fnger-nail. They also want a good
Ratchet. but no old thing with the
face Clipped off. Give a boy chance
and he will soon learn how to handle
tools, and will save quite a snug little
sum every year that would be paid 90
to carpenters for repairing gates, doors
windows, etc. 1t will pay larger
dividend than to allow them to sit
around the house and torment the or
gan or an old fiddle! l know men,
midde-aged men, that did not have the
use of such tools when they were
boys, who can not build decent
looking chicken coop, or pig-pen. And
l have seen other men that could not
saw off board and saw it off straight
when marked by a square. And have
actually seen farmers trying to do some
kinds Of carpenter work with the mat
took and spade, and the work was done
accordingly! Take my advice, brother
farmers, and see the boys enjoy them
selves and be yourselves happy. John
". Klinqler, in Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-09
VALUE OF DRAINAGE.
Why 1t Pays to Drain Dry Land Under All
Circumstances.


Circumstances.
The past two years of drought, and
the pretense of some unwise writers
that the drought was caused by the
tile drainage, has greatly demoralized
the business. 1t will take some time to
recover. But it will again resume its
place in good farm Improvements. 1t
is benefit to the farm in any kind of
a season, too wet. too dry, or medium.
1t prepares the soil to stand better the
extremes of the seasons. Plants mostly
get their moisture from the ground,
and it is better brought up by capillary
attraction when the soil is rendered
loose and porous by underground tile
drainage. And underdrains are ten
times better than open bitches to take
the surplus water off. When the water
passes through the soil to the drain.
there is no loss of fertilizing material
by washing, and the ground will be
found ready for tillage in few hours
after the heaviest rains. In case of
tile drainage the soil will catch up and
retain for plant food all that the fall of
snow or rain always brings to the
earth. The tile drain three feet deep
and twenty feet apart, with a fall of
two inches to the one hundred feet, will
work wonders in nearly all classes of
land. This is not necessarily confined to
land too wet for cultivation. 1t pays to
drain dry land, so that the water will
pass through and enrich the soil in
stead of taking off by surface water the
fertilizing gases brought down by rain
from the atmosphere, as we'll as the
artificial fertilizers applied by the
provident farmer. Let no variety of
reasons stop the grand work of drain
age, and never listen to the foolish
man who charges drought to such work.
--Des MoiaeS (Io.) Register.