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, 1888-12-04

Consul Williams, of Rouen, reports
that NJ. j. De Turck, of Lille, a man
ager of spinning mills, has brought to
light a textile plant of Chinese origin
WHICH he has called ''exotic fax" tits
only about half the price of ordinary
flax, and the finestlace orthe strongest
cord car be made from it, as we'll as a
great variety of intermediate fabrics
such as tablecloths, napkins, etc.
The material can be spun without
combing, and worked by the ordinary
flax machinery. The refuse fiber re-
sembles cotton, and can be worked in
the same The exotic flax
plant is the "dolichos catgang" of
Cochin China, called "daun in Ton
quin, and bears the dolique or Tonquin
bean. 1t is cultivated oa lands near
the rivers or the ea.-Cassell's Maya
zine.
, 1888-12-04
Tho orrnn Bow Must Go.

For some years the office, preroga-
tives and perquisites of the boy who
blows the organ have been invaded by
water power. But that industrious
youth has nov a new and p"uissant
rival in electricity. Experiments have
recently been made which show that
this accommodating energy has no OBJ
lection TO working on Sundays, and
that it will undertake not to drop off
in n nap in the dullest sermon or to
surrender from exhaustion when oil
the stops are pulled out for "Old Hun
dred." We are sincerely sorry for the
small boy who blows the organ, but
we fear he will have to go. Science
is too strong and subtle for him, and
he will now have to carr his circus
money out of church.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
, 1888-12-04

Philadelphia became so overcrowded
with lawyers that the Judges recently
raised the required course of study be-
fore admission as practicing attorney
from two years to three. There is need
of the same requirements everywhere
to reduce the crop of incipient lawyers
who never get beyond pettifogging
and bungling. The drift is also toward
an extension of the time required be-
fore students of medicine can begin to
practice or experiment ON the public
health and the private purse. Now,
let us have done with infantile prodi-
gies in the pulpit, and our professions
will be so manned as to retain the re-
spect o. the people and be worthy of
-Democrnt
, 1888-12-04
What pyspeptics should Remember.

One thing which all dyspeptics
should bear in mind is this: without
strong, healthy, wholesome blood in
their veins they cannot be either well
or happy, and tits from the food we eat
that blood is made. About the most
that medicine can do for you is to reg
ulate the bowels and secretions, in
crease the appetite, and supply any
constituent hat may be absent from
the blood, such as iron, etc. Over
eating is the most fruitful source of
the dreadful mischief of indigestion.
Young growing people need sub
stantial diet to build up their frames;
hard out door workers require good
and abundant food; middle aged
people who do not work should eat
most sparingly, and of a diet not too
much mixed; the old need still less to
sustain the system.-Cassell's Family
Magazine.
, 1888-12-04
Imitation Chlnese uall yases.

1t is said that Chinese hall vases and
kindred bric-a-brac arc now made in
this country, and answer decorative
purposes just as well as the imported
article, One with an eye for such
things would need to see these native
limitations, and have their nativity
vouched for before quite accepting
the report that they were as good in
effect as the imported. But if they
can pass muster at all it may, perhaps,
explain the p~rodigious number of such
things now in the market. The stores
r filled, every auction room is
crowded; in short, they meet the eye
with the frequency almost of the fruit
stands at street corners. But the rugsi
These Oriental poems in needlework
are almost as frequent, and yet we
fancy no one has ever attempted to
duplicate them with success.-Boston
Advertiser.
, 1888-12-04
Photographs of Cannon Balls.

The we'll known photographer, An.
schuetz, of LISA, has for some years
been experimenting with photographs
OF the fight of cannon balls from the
moment of their projection to their
striking the target or object aimed at.
Last month, on tho trying grounds OF
the Gruson works, near Buckau. he
has demonstrated the perfection of his
studies. He succeeded in obtaining
remarkable and highly interesting re,
suits. His plates were submitted to
the expert, Professor DR.. Koenig, of
the Berlin university, who was per,
fectly able to make therefrom the de-
sired practical calculations. He estab-
lished the fact that the projectile thus
photographed had n velocity of 400
meters a second, and that the duration
Of the light thrown on the photo
graphic plato did not exceed the ten
thousandth part Of a second. Paris
American Register.
, 1888-12-04

Unter den Linden Strasse in Berlin
is talked of all over the world, but il
is by no means the handsomcst 81 most
attractive street in the world. In the
first place, it is far too wide, For that
reason. and because rows of trees are
planted in the middle of the street, the
view in certain parts is confined to one
side. Nor are the buildings uniform
in size and style. They include
palaces, small shops, large and small
private dwellings and third rate hotels,
as well as hotels of the first class. Be
tween the sidewalks there are a couple
of driveways for vehicles, an eques-
trian road and n footpath-many feat
ures but none distinctive.
Then the street is not kept clean nor
in good condition. Fallen leaves are
allowed TO lie and rot in the middle of
the street Inter den Linden might
be made attractive for "A park thor
ughfare, but for a principal avenue in
the center of n city it can scarcely be
considered fit or beautiful. Avenue
de lOpera i'll Paris, and Regent street,
London, are both moro attractive in
almost every respect. And so is the
~deservedly famous Ring Strasse in
Vienna. Indeed Broadway, New
York, and Boulevard Anspach, in
Brussels, although both much mar
rover, are both 10 be preferred to the
highly praised Inter den Linden
M. p" in Home Journal.
, 1888-12-04

Fishing in Alaska is good if a Cana.
dian gentlemen recently visiting there
tells the truth. He says that at Ton
gass Narrows he saw a creek SO
crowded with salmon that the surface
was actually blackened with their
backs and dorsal fins. In some places
they were crowded so Closely that they
could hardly move and could be
picked out of the water by hand. AT
a canning establishment he saw 5000
fish just taken, waiting treatment,
and in one case one draught of a seine
brought to shore $500 salmon. New
York Sun.
, 1888-12-04
Sorting colored Woods nlindfolded.

Your reviewer considers that the
experiments of Professor Fontan. in
which an hypnotic subject sorted col
ored woods with his fingers when his
eyes were completely covered, are
simply incredible. 1t is true that they
are so hard to believe in, that a single
instance can produce scarcely n eff
feet at all but they cannot be- con
sidered as absolutely incredible, in
view of the fact that Professor Vitus
GRADER has shown that so thick skin
ned rs animal as the cockroach reacts
to colors when his antennn have been
removed and his head has been Gov
cred with a thick coating of black seal
ing wax.-Cor. Science,
, 1888-12-04

e. 7. Roc kept Catawba, Isabella,
Diana and Iona by picking on a clear
day, using grape scissors SO as not TO
handle much, removing all imperfect
berries and placing in clean, dry
earthen jars, in layers a bunch deep,
and filling the Jar in this way: Place
a double sheet of paper over the top
layer and put on the lid. Strong un-
blcaehed muslin is pasted entirely over
the lid or cover of the jar; when the
covering has fully dried and hardened
the jars arc buried on a dry knoll be-
yound the action of the frost, a stake
being placed over each jar TO locate it
accurately. Charles A. Green says
II have kept Concords up to January
by packing in dry sawdust in market
or bushel baskets. Asimple method is
TO place grape leaves between layers of
grapes as you pick them, or sheets of
paper. Handsome clusters are pre-
served by cutting a piece of vine win
them and placing one end of the vine
IN a bottle of water, also by covering
n stem of the cluster at the point where
cut with wax. Grapes should be kept
as near the freezing point as possible
and yet not freeze. New York
Graphic.
, 1888-12-04
A German Anti-ripplng Society

The question of tips is at length to
be seriously grapPled with. A Ger
man psychologist has taken it in hand,
and has constructed an elaborate plan
for its solution. Tipping, in the view
of this acute person, is a human weak
ness, a deficiency of moral courage
very similar to tippling, and should be
dealt with in the same way. Accord
ingly he has projected an association
Of anti-tippers, a kind of union of total
abstainers from tipping, the members
of which will be required to sign a
pledge promising to give no more tips
to walters, servants and other persons
of this class. The headquarters of the
association are at. Chemnitz, and al
though its constitution is not yet
finally settled, a badge for its members
has been resolved on. This is not to
be worn, like the temperance badge,
where it can be readily seen, but is to
be produced from the pocket whenever
walters show a tendency to linger.-
Boston True Flag.
, 1888-12-04

The Duke C~onfucius, lineal descend
ant of China's greatest sage, is one of
the greatest personages in Picking. He
is about 90 and Of singularly aristo-
cratic and prepossessing appearance.
His nose is OF a kind uncommon
amongst the Chinese, being of the type
known as the Roman, but small and
finely chiseled. He has a bright and
intelligent expression. He rides in a
large green chair. His suite are well
dressed and well mounted. Any OBJ
struction to his progress in the streets
is quickly cleared at the cry, 1.-THE son
of Confucius comes. Chicago Tri.
bune.
, 1888-12-04

Education has been carried to such
an extent in Germany that the gov,
eminent has felt ITSELF forced to ster
in and compel a Zig ing of the
weight of school booSs carried by the
books in a knapsack. The police are
now ordered to stop children weighted
too heavily, get their address and bring
their fathers to court to be fined for
overloading.-New York Sun.
, 1888-12-04
How to Master a Book.

In reading a book SO as to retain q
knowledge of its contents, we should
first reduce the memory problem to its
lowest terms-we should minimize as
much as possible the work to be done,
by discarding all that is familiar, all
that we already know. To this end we
should makea careful abstract of what
is new to us in each chapter as we pro-
coed, using as few words as possible,
and those chosen from the text. Max
ing q clear abstract of a book does
more good than half a dozen ordinary
perusals, as it quickens the intellec-
tual energies by arousing and holding
the attention. In reviewing the sub
ject, refer to your abstract, not to the
book. When you become expert in
making abstracts, you may gradually
dispense with written ones, as you
find your memory growing stronger.
As to the method of memorizing
these abstracts, the best way to proceed
is a follows: You first associate or
connect the title of the book with the
title of the first chapter; then the title
of the chapters to each other; and then
in each chapter the leading idea or
proposition to the chapter; the second
leading idea to the first; facts and illus
trations to the principles to which they
belong; and SO on, to the end of the
book The number of ideas that should
be selected from each chapter will de-
pend on the nature Of the subject, the
degree of sequence or relationship be-
tween the parts, and the completeness
with which it Is desired to be remem-
bered. When you have finished the
whole book, and wish to test your
knowledge of its contents, turn to the
index and see whether you can give a
clear account Of all the subjects or
facts referred to therein.-J. @. Moffett
in The Writer.
, 1888-12-04

Professor Blyth, of Glasgow, has
been experimenting with wind power
to generate electricity for domestic
purposes; and it now looks as though
there would bono difficulty in the way
OF an electric light for our houses,
however remote from cities and from
steam power, or from water power.
He used an old fashioned four armed
wind mill-a good deal less efficient
than the mills that our western farm
ers use for drawing water. The dy-
namo YVES belted directly to the fy
wheel of the mill, and charged twelve
cells of a storage battery. Tho cleo
tric current produced was used for
both mechanical and lighting pur-
poses, For light, ten eight candle
power lamps were supplied. With a
good breeze for half a day, electricity
enough could be stored for twelve
hours use, or say for two nights.
These experiments are invaluable in
the way Of helping on tho economic
and simple application of electricity to
domestic purposes.-Globe Democrat.
, 1888-12-04

The word roorbach originated in
1874, when a fictitious story was pub
llshed for purposes of political in
trigue, and which purported to be an
extract from the travels of Baron
Roorbach. The baron's name has
thus become a synonym for a cam
paign lie, although he himself was in
nocent of any such guile. He was
sinncd against rather than a sinner
Boston Herald.
, 1888-12-04

Maj. Mills is now stationed at Fort
Grant, A. T., and his engineering skill
has changed hal post from a desert
to a garden. He has put in a system
of water works there, piping the wa
ter several miles with entire uccess
Seven fountains and a small lake adorn
the grounds and a luxuriant growth
of grass covers the sand. One benefit
derived from the water works system
is a noticeable lowering of the tenn
pcrature.-El Paso CTex.) Times.
, 1888-12-04
FORTY A AGO.

Comes a dream OF quaint old town,
OFT my waking eyes to Ill;
Through Its dear streets up and down,
In fancy wander still
All, the merry times nat ! had
That / never again shall know
When ! was n careless lad,
Just forty years ago.
remember the seat by the beach.
And the castle washed by the tide;
And | list to the prattling speech
Of a dear one at my side
For a young face made me glad,
and set my heart In a glow;
When ! was n lAd-n lad,
Just forty years aEo.
But ut length came a weary day.
When the farewell words were said,
And | snatched, Gro | sailed away,
4 kiss from the lips so red;
When the fair young face grew sad,
And Its roses forgot 70 blow,
For love OF n sailor lad,
Just forty years ago.
And the dreams OF bliss, Alacki
That wns never to take Us flight
They are here, for they will come back,
In the silent hours Of the night;
And ~tears-wcll. we'll am ! mad,
That l babble Of tr.hcs sol
All, me for the lass and the lad,
Just forty years ago.
Matthias Barr In Cassell's Magazine,
, 1888-12-04

The prayer of the Moslem does not
depend for its value on its length.
Better" said Ibn Abbas, ''are two
reka'hs with fixed attention than q
whole nights standing with a wan
dering heart Nor is the worshiper
confined to the use of certain pre-.
scribed forms, but he may at a certain
point offer up any prayer in his own
words, which he does, holding his
hands before him like a book; and
many examples might be given OF
original prayer of this knd.-Good
Words.
, 1888-12-04

A method of giving a brilliant me-
tallic surface to wood has been brought
out in Germany. The wood is first
treated in a bath of caustic alkali, then
in u bath of hyposulphite of calcium
to which sulphur has been added, and
finally in a bath of acetate of lead. In
each of these baths the wood remains
for several hours. 1t is then dried and
may be given a very high polish
ArkansaW Traveller,
, 1888-12-04
IN DARKNESS.


| VIII be still:
The terror drawing nigh
Shall startle from my lips no coward cry,
Esy. though the night my deahllest dread fniHU
will be still
For Oh | know.
Though suffering hours delay,
Yet to Eternity they pass away,
Carrying something onward az Il ey flow
Outlasting woet
Yes, something won.
The harvest OF our tears
Something unfading. plucked from fading years
Something to blossom on beyond the sun.
From Sorrow won
The agony.
So hopeless now o. balm.
shall sleep at last, In light as pur1 ana cain
As that whercwith the stars look down on thee
Gethsemane.
Florence Earle Coates in Harper's Magazine
, 1888-12-04

King Humbert's gift to Emperor
William was a series of models of the
remains of the men, women, children
and animals in the famous Pompeiian
museum.
, 1888-12-04

That the Union Pacific, ''the Overland
Route. and the Chicago & Alton railroads,
commencing Sunday, Nov. 4, will run
Pullman palace sleepers through from
Salt Lake City, via Denver, to Kansas
City and Chicago, with only one change
of cars from Portland, San Francisco or
Los Angeles. Take this line from Port
land, San Francisco. Helena. Butte, Salt
Lake City and Ogden to Chicago.
, 1888-12-04

The lady who is reputed to be the
most beautiful woman in San Fran
cisco is the mother of two children,
and although 80 looks like girl of 10.
She INDUCES in n sponge bath every
morning and takes n brisk four mile
walk after lunch.-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-12-04

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores. letter. chapped hands, chilblains,
corn' and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. II is
guaranteed to rive perfect satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Dr.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1888-12-04

Marriage must be a failure among
the Russian peasantry. Upon q con-
Wet ship conveying women only to
Sagalien, 75 per cent. of the prisoners
had been convicted of killing their
husbands. New York Sun.
, 1888-12-04
Oldest Poplar in Franco.

The citizens of Dion boast that they
have the oldest poplar in Franco, but
just how old it is no ono knows. 1t is
122 feet high, forty-five feet in circum.
ference at the base, and twenty-three
feet in circumference fifteen feet from
the ase.-Foreign Letter.
, 1888-12-04
Grocery Store Sold.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 22.-I have
this day disposed OF my entire stock oil
groceries, provisions, grain, fruit, etc, tc
Il. S. Johnston, In thanking the public
for their liberal patronage in the past
besneak a continuation of the same on be
half OF Mr.. Johnston.
G. W. STANLEY.
, 1888-12-04

"Riches take unto.themselves wings
and fly away" said the teacher.
"What kind of riches is meantp And
the smart boy at the foot of the class
said he ''reckoned they must be ost-
riches. American Poultry Yard.
, 1888-12-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, allavs
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrbea. Twenty-Five cents
n bottle,
, 1888-12-04

At Central City, Colo, the other day,
a retort containing $40, 600 in gold was
placed in n bank for safe keeping. The
gold was all produced in a single day
BY one mine. The amount is the
greatest ever taken from any mine in
the same length of time. = Chicago
Haro1J
, 1888-12-04

According TO Professor Potter rs
phalt, the article of prominent com
mercial Importance of the present
day, was used in the building of the
tower of Babel and other ancient
structures.
, 1888-12-04

Know all Men by these Presents I;
That the Union Pacific, ''the Overland
Route" and the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Ry., commencing Sunday, Oct
%, will run Pullman Palace Sleep
ers through daily from Denver to Chi
cago via Omaha and Council Bluffs.
, 1888-12-04

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Post Percheron Horse association
will DO held at the Office of the a~ssocia-
ton, 10 the CITY of Cheyenne, on Monday
the 3rd OF December, 1883, Mt . o'clock
p. n. WIN. II. FORCE,
Secretary.
, 1888-12-04

The latest statistics from London
show a marked increase in the mum,
Der OF wcmcn employed in the differ
emit tradNs
, 1888-12-04

Some one says that an electric cur-
rent will show whether or not u horse
is suffering from his shoes.
, 1888-12-04

Tle largest stock of fine brandies. old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and superipe
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-12-04

A large assortment of Chinese and jap
snese goods, also some fine Chinese lilies
at Lok Don's, 1917 Capitol avenue.
, 1888-12-04

y walking stick, the crutch handle
Of which is an a trumpet, is the
latest convenience for deaf men.
, 1888-12-04

1t is of as much Importance and O
tequcnce, in these days, to know how
to cat as what to eat
, 1888-12-04

Ladies, call and see how cheap we will
sell you a boys overcoat. b Hellman.
, 1888-12-04

Fresh oysters deceived daily at Saddle
Rock.
, 1888-12-04

New York city has 427 miles Of
street sewers.
, 1888-12-04

ovsrooat. from s4.oo up at Hsllmau's.
The gale., 1888-03-31


Friday to attend the fan sral cs ex
Governor Dorsaoimer.
To-Day was tAo'oights and ,ast dey Of
intentional Coanel of women. 1t has
| been greet success in every respect.
The funeral of the late chief justice
Wait IN the Hall of the Hopsr ct Repre-
sentatlves, 'ea Wednesday last. was
largely attended.
The bills pansioning sll1. Gen. C
gan and Gen. Blair hate passed the
House. Thsv get $4,000 year,
The naval. board of eosl hefonoses
organised last year, are to be called
upon to investigate the matter Of de-
fenses. There is an appropriation of
81 600, 900 aYailaoie for THIS work, and
Secretary Whitney is anxious that it
should be jndiriously used.
Gen, Terry has applied to the Secre'
tary OF war to be examined for retire
meht. Bad healthi is the reason.
Itis extrsamely doubtful whether the
present House win eyer vote to repeal
the limitation clause, limiting tho time
to July /, 1880 IS the latesl date for
filing claims under ths arrears OF pen
sion act ST 1879. There are several bills
OF this nature before the House COM
mittee on pensions. 4 Sub committee
has Been appointed to con slider them,
and report to the full committee. Con.
Black comm ssonsr OF Pensions esti.
mates that it will require botween 5000,
100000 and $500 100000 20 pay all the
claims for afiears of pensions should
the limitation clause be repealed.
The Republicans Of the State are in
badly demon ah4sG condition. They
held caucus Thursday, in order to en-
deavor to bring about party harmony,
but it was q very bad failure. The eau
Gus was callee to act ON the bill authei'
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to
purchase u S. bonds, which hes passed d
the House, and is now before the Sen.
ate. Senator Stanfore and sever;l
others announced that they would not
be bonad by caucus achon OH tais or
any other fnaucisl measure. The eau,
Gus after appointing q committe Of ell
even to arrange to order of business,
and report the same to another caucus
to be held this week adjourned.
Public printer Benedict is now strictly
enforcing the eight hour law in every
department Of the Government Printing
office. The force is divided into two
sections, one BEGINNING work at s m,
and continuing until 5 Q NJ, with an
hour for dinner the other beginning at
p m@and working until ! 70.
The gale., 1888-03-31
BABY BUNTING AGAIN.

.,ne OF the greatest literary hifs OF Inc
season is the story OF s.Paby Buntlhg; OF
ma Alphabet Of Loye," by Laura Jsah
l.:bbey, which Is at present osins M pug-
iisncn in the columns OF ihe Nc" ~"
Family tory Paper. The paper consslr' ,''s',.
'ing the opening chapters Of tnls "o,',ya. tha
laIly popular romance appeale.. ,,p,',a- ~ "a.
MI II, ! ! /, y,sh for that nnmbersby the yoanS
s.,,l;es az the town shoWs clearly that llie
's,,f,i;nhers have struck a bonanza. ~
s,mn,ilv 1',',,ilg Story Paper i Tor sale by ~
..sys 49,, dealers. or will be sens y any nn-
.s,ess four months, postage FREQ. iuf !, oi.s
.3oilar. Norman +. hlunro, puoi.snS,l' a'.,l
Vi and &c Yaudewater street, New ao1A'