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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

'''' - NV opcn 10 allow 81 the
li'NL WIN "s- ~ escape Of air. When
""hiNAhi rhi'-' Nv tie cylinder Is filled
with water. the supplyls shutofT uud tube
FROM a cas burner j. connected with the up
per valve and tive & > IL turned uu. Then
tHr water - allowed 10 escape from the cyl
Wder. thereby drawing iu the gas. when
the cy Under l. filed with gas, the valves
are closed aud tho lower one Is again CON
rc,icd with the hydrdni, WHALE the upper
one is connected with the piuhoie burner
The valves on the cylinder are again opened
aud water ~ admitted at the rae required
10 prudUro the desired gas pressure. Only
two precautions are necessary In this cN-
pertinent: one il to avoid mixture of ar
and gas in the cylinder by driving out all
the air, the other is TO avoid the straining of
the cylinder 10y water pressure
Another sensitive flame. which has
several advantages over the one described,
is shown IN Fig. =; It requires no extra gas
pressure, AMI IL is more readily cont rolled
than the tall jet. II was discovered by Mr.
Philip Barry. and the ciscovcrcr's letter TO
Mr.. Tyudal concerning IL il found in
Tyndalfs work on sound. In the piuduc-
tiun uf TINS taue a pipholc burner, like that
already described. is employed. Two inches
above the burner il supp ,rtcd piece OF ~
mesh Wre gaule, about u Inches square
tn" gas j. turned ON aud III above the wire
raule. IL burns IN y cOniral fame. which
j. yellow at the top ANA blue nj the base
When the gas pressure il strong. the flame
rnars continuously. When the gls il turned
IN, 50 as to stop the roaring altogether
the flame burns steadily aud exhibits no
more scusitivrness wan an ordinary flame
by turning on the gas slowly and steadily,
"A critical point Will be reached ut which al
most any noise will cause IL TO roar and he.
come non-lumnous Any degree OF sensi-
tiveness may be attained by careful adjust
ment of the gas supply A quiet room Is
rec Tired for this experiment. The rustic
Of clothes. the ticking of "A clock. whisper,
a snap Of the finger. the dropping of "a
pencil, or IN fact almost any noise, will
cause II 10 drop. become non-luminous and
roar 1t dances perfect time To tune
whisllcd sfaccdiO aud not too rapidly.
Tue fame at its hIse presents large
surface IN the air, 50 that any disturbance
of the air sets The flame In active vibration.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

"Donn Plat is dol0le nature" says
one of his old admirers In Washington
City. He has the faculty of sense, com
mon sense, clear reason. highly developed
Then, when he chooses 10 assume it, he is
as complete a specimen Of nonsense as ever
lived. He seems equally able to assume
either faculty aud permit II 10 dominate
him in all OF his writings and sayings. He
il nervous, excitable man, but that Is
owing 10 impaired health and his army ex-
peiience. But, after all. there is no warmer
heart, no trucr friend, anywhere on earth"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
Needless Caution.

A man well known m his native town a.
always being behindhand Ia lis affairs was
driving rapidly down the street and acci
dentaily ran oVe' coiored man. Enable
10 stop his horse afiec the accident, the
driver, true 10 nature, yelled out: III
there! get Oh, of the way" Upon which
the darhy. not beng very much hurt
picked himself up as quickly as possib,
and haloed back: "Fo' de Lo'd's sake, boss.
yn' ami com " back ag!n. is Won rl-Llfc.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
III. Author>l,ip ofIt

A correspondent wants to know IA,
authorship of the line:
He builded better than he knew"
The author was James Whitcomb Riley
He heard Bill Nye deliver his first lecture
and when asked how he succeeded Riley re-
Piled:
He BlL diJ better than he knew-Bill did
Texas Si.tings.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
The ltiil Wa. All Rirbt.

"Will yuu vote for my biili'' inquired IA.
lobbyist OF the legislator.
mo. sir, replied the latter: your bill is
swindie."
why, man. YOU mast have the wrong bill
in mind. Imean this iifty-dolar billr'
Wei. this appears 10 be "A good bill. q"
said the legislator, after examining II crit.
ically. III vote for it. OF course. Puck.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

"Don't that beat You. Smith has got re
ligioG."
Got religionf Why, hc stoie a horse ON
Monday
Never mind that He has got religion.
just the same
What makes YOU think So
Because he has quit shaving himself on
Sunday ''-Apoia Record
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

exhibits some vi the
curious effects %
sound. For lis pro-
duction IT. Is rcccs-
sary, writes George
VI. hopkins in the
Sticitiiir American,
That the gas p'tu4er
"a prr.suro 'QI.l 20
that uf q co.t.uu #
water siN or eight
iucaC9 high. The
common mt,nod ~
sccuriurthe rrcu.rsj
pressure IL 10 lasc
the Gas from % cVi.
Under ~ cuu0rCssCi
Illuminating Gas,
such - il used Tor
alci'im ligb,s An.
O.. r method is 20
take 80 gus nom a
wcigrfcu rss uac.
aud s;i.l G.vftt .s
TO lil o. slr,t'ltt..l
fuut F.fff rns tr..
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

Tho Eirel Tower reached its full height
eleven hundred and seyenty-eight feet.
VI rch 81. A newspaper correspondent
who went 10 the top says that the ascen,
by the staircase took forty minutes, and
by elevators it is To be- made in five min.
utes. IL is expected that the electric lighi
ON it's top will enable one To read news.
paper al q distance Of seven miles.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
AN INGENIOUS SETTee.
How q" Make a. aud where to Pat H-A
sood suggestion.

\ uantel- piece without fire place al
ways gives the appearance that something
il wanting. THIS arr 81 vacancy j. prac-
tically dispellcd in the construction of II
settec under the mauici- piecc.
For this purpose take an ordinary nine
box ABOUT four feet long, one aud one haif
feet high aud two feet wide. On the top
tack a cushion filed with excelsior parking
Along the wall, which serves as the back
frstcn a picceof an old cumforterur blanket.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

H ~ ~ , 80 -
mas an express wag-
ON paused in front
Of my humble palace
in Harlem. A mau
with large red ears,
all the tucks In which
seemed To have been
let out, extricated "a
box from his wagon
and proceeded To- de-
liver II AT my door.
As II was from Ar
kansaw 1 supposed IL
contained ripe per-
simmons, or som q
other tlihutp of re
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
A Ir,te Artist.

When Were you abroad, Mr. Pigment o.
Never. Whyf'
your paintings frequently have PARIS.
81 below your signature
"Ah, yes. That is nothing but AN artistic
touch, you know. Gives go 10 the pct-
urc. "-BaZar
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
Az Error.

Miss WaOash-How delightfully."- your
sister plays!
Miss Waldo-Why, my dear. that's the
man in the back parIor tuning the piano -
life
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

win you have piece Of my pie, Mr.
RObinsonl'
Did the doctor say l mustf' asked the
invalid, meekly. And the landlady refused
10 answer. Bazaar.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
Economical.

She Robert, have plan for saving
money.
He--Indeedt
She-Yes Coal is - cheap, you must sell
your sail-boat this spring aud buy steam
yacht Time.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

beyond this point VIII cause the name To
shorten aud ROAR. When the flame H. At tie
point Of nariug, Il il extremely sensitive Va
certain sounds. particularly those of high
pitch A shrill whistle ar hiss wal cause
u Ia flare. The rattle Of bunch - KEYS
will produce the sane result IL Will re
slpoud 10 every tick Of watch held near H.
1Andal SAYS thar when ia. Gas pressu ~
il Increased beyond certain lmit. vibra-
tiUue are set up In the gas ici by The
friction Of the gas In the orihcc Of the
burner. These vibrations cause the Name
10 Quiyer and shorten. When the fisme
burns steadily. any sound 10 which the Gas
jet will resp1nd will throw II into sympa-
ihctl" vibration. Experiment has demon
siratcd hat the scat ~ constituencies Of the
Fam" j. st the base Of the fame at the
orihre uf the bUrusr
The meihod Of producing the required 20.
pressure Illustrated la Fix. il available
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
Tho Winter Rrrad l,n.krt.

Customer lin New York bakery)-Let me
have a two-pound loaf, please.
Clerk - YOn'll have 90 come in after
awhile, sir. The boss has gone out aud he
took the combination Of the safe with him.
Time
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
N1utlg fn FL

Prof. Touch tin Chicago piano store)--
What long fnger-Doard that is ON that
piano and how Wide the keys are!
Dealer-Nes, those pianos are gotten out
expressly for the 81. Louis trade. Time.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

Also make two large. square pillows stuffed
with feathers or packing. Beginning close
undcr the mantel-piece. the whole is neatly
covered with IA knit afghan OF bright yarns,
or with IA y-patchwork quilt. The pill
lows are covered TO match. Each end OF
the box may he finished with a pun Of plush,
fastened in the center with cord and tassels
ANNA HINRICHs.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
POPULAR SCIENCE.
SENSITIVE FLAMES,

How They May B- Produced some In
tr-s,inc Experiments.
The sensitive flame observed by DR. lie
Contr and afterward developed by 1yndall
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
A CANDID CRITICISM.

Mr. sweet Receives y Picture Ills Discus
sion with % Prominent New York Artist
ON the Samoan Interesting Art Talk
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

when Ras bags or cyl
indcrs ~ compressed
gas are not to be- had.
Attn cylinder OF about
fifteen gallons Capac.
ity il provided at the
top and bottom with
valves. tn" lower
waive II couuectcd
with a hydrsnt, aud
The cylinder is filed
with water. while the
upper valve ~ left
......
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26

with pain. Ye, he fought sturdily against
the approach of death. To the silent at
PENDANTS at his bedside it seemed as if he
was trying to gather strength to say some
thing ere his lips should be scaled forever
he tried To speak. but the words were not
audible. Again he stroye and this time the
nurse, bcndng over the bed, heard him
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1889-04-26
THE END.

HE old doctor was
dying. There was
no doubt about that.
He himself knew
that his life was
surginy away with
the short, quick
gasps that seemed
10 rack his body
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24
SINGING by Proxy.

TT" said Mrs LangtTy in a recent inter
view, "has been eight years since went on
the stage; it was necessity that brought me
there; like bread and butter, and had not
the money to get it When Mrs Labouchere
came to me and suggested that l should make
my first venture in amateur theatricals for
the benefit Of a charity | was just making up
my mind to start market garden, for felt
sure | could succeed in that and had a
vague idea that cabbages and caulihower and
asparagus, having the stamp of my special
attention, might be given a short vogue in
Covent Garden market | went on the stage
determined to accept criticism from whoever
offered it, and do believe that the orchestra
and stage people are far the best critics. for
they see all sorts and conditions of acting
will tell you something funny that happened
to me at my first professional appearance,
which was in January, 1882 was to play
Blanche Hay, and, if you remember, she has
a song in the second act. do not sing, con
seQuently it was necessary to have some one
behind the screen to sing for me while
played the accompaniment and initiated all
the movements The first night it was a
great success, so much so that Clement Scott
insisted that l was doing all the singing, but
the second the singer had either gotten so in
toxicated with her own melody or had looked
too often upon the wine when it was red, for
long after the time for her to stop she kept
on singing, and, though she was conducted
from of the stage, the audience could still
hear her warbling away as she was taken out
the stage door. Chicago Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24

There are times in the careers Of most men
when patience not only ceases to be a virtue
but becomes positive fault, and John Over
ton who owns the Southern hotel news
stand, has reached this critical stage. He
has lost all patience with a certain class of
nuisances, yclept 1.-The information seekers, ~
and to one familiar with the situation Over
toms irritation will appear quite pardonable.
u don't object so much,n said he, Ito the
stamp and postal card people, although the
Lord knows they are enough to try the tenn
per of a saint. They crowd in on you at all
hours of the day and throw down penny
for postal card, or call for five stamps for
ten cents, as if they had a lingering idea that
you belonged to stamp and postal card
trust and were rapidly amassing fortune
from your unhOly profits.
They are bad enough, as l said before, be
cause they assume that your chief occupa-
ton in life is to sell stamps, but they are
ministering angels in comparison with the
people who want to know There are half
a dozen distinct Species and they keep me
busy regularly from 6 to s every evening
There's the man who wants to know the at
fractions at all the theatres, the man who
wants to know the name of the man who
wants to know when the Kankakee and
Eokomo special pulls out, the man who
wants to know where Fourth street is, ana
the man who wants to know whether St.
Louis is as large as Alton. Why, sir" con
tinued Mr.. Overton, ''when a man applies at
the key counter for the time they send him
over to me, and no less than six times during
the past two years men have written tele
grams on the railing of the Western Union
branch and then crossed the lobby to ask
me where the telegraph counter is. n-St.
Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24
THE RUSSIAN POLICE.
Their Black Shadow Falls Athwart the
HearthstOne of Every One.

Their Black Shadow Falls Athwart the
Hearthstone of Every One.
There is probably no country in the world
where the public power occupies a wider
field, plays a more important part, or touches
the private personal life of the citizen at
more points than it does in Russia. In a
country like England or the United States,
where the people are the governing power,
the functions of the police are simple and
clearly defined, and are limited, for the most
part, to the prevention or the detection Of
crime and the maintenance of order in public
places. In Russia, however, where the peo-
pie are not the governing power, but hold to
that power the relation of an infant ward to
a guardian, the police occupy a very different
and much more important position.
The theory upon which the government of
Russia proceeds is that the citizen not only is
incapable Of taking part in the management
of the affairs of his country, his province or
his district, but is incompetent to manage
even the affairs of his own household; and that,
from the time when he leaves his cradle and
begins the struggle of life down to the time
when his weary gray head is finally laid
under the sod, he must be guided, directed,
instructed, restrained, repressed, regulated.
fenced in, fenced out, braced up, kept down,
and made to do generally what somebody
else thinks is best for him. The natural out
come of this paternal theory of government
is the concentration of all administrative
authority in the hands of a few high officials,
and an enormous extension of the police
power.
Matters that in other countries are left to
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24

unchecked, but finally aroused the wrath or
John Bull, an act which has always been haz-
ardous in either an individual or a nation
He seized an English traveller one day, and
after due notice and proper waiting the stock
Of the bandit camp had not been increased by
as much as a single plaster on account of the
last adventure One of the prisoners ears was
then sliced off and forwarded to his friends
and this in turn was followed by its fellow
useful and ornamental appendage. But by
this time the British government had been
notified, and such a demand made on the
italian authorities that Esposito's gang was
quickly dispersed, and no was apprehended
and imprisoned Escaping, be fled to Amer
lea, and from New York went to New Or
leans In the latter city he shortly mani
tested his lofty contempt for honest pursuits
by becoming chief of society Of blackmail
ers, an occupation hardly as genteel as the
one he had followed in his native land, but
less dangerous
It was not adventurous enough, though,
and before long he got to be captain Of a
small coasting vessel, marrying in the mean
time pretty young girl of his own race. A
reward was out for him, though, by the
Italian government, and in 1880 Detective
Hennessey, now the chief Of police Of New Or
leans arrested him He was sent back to
italy, where he was tried, twice sentenced to
be hung and finally sent to prison for life.
The wife was left in New Orleans, with an
infant son Of Espositos Last week she ap-
piled to the mayor to have the boy, Joseph,
and a younger child placed in an orphan asy-
lum, as she could not support them, and it
was done Should the news penetrate to the
Sicilian dungeon Of Esposito, the reflection
that his child will at least be comfortably
cared for will tighten little his dark and re
vengeful heart-Louisville Courier-J Journal
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24

A simple method Of keeping correct time
where access to standard time is inconvenient
is thus explained: Select two fixed points for
range Of observation II a westerly wind
can be chosen which faces any building any
where more than twenty-five to thirty feet
distant, we have as good post Of observation
as we can desire. Drive a nail or stick "A pin
into the window jamb; or, if anything more
substantial is wanted, fix a thin piece Of
metal with very small hole in it to sight
through, in any convenient place, SO that you
can observe the time any star sets or sinks
below the roof of the adjacent building Or
whatever may be chosen as the more remote
sight. Then choose some well defined star,
the brighter the better, and with your time
piece set right Ito start with observe the
time it passes the range Of your sights. The
exact time, as well also as the date of the OBJ
servation, should be recorded, then, to find
out at any subsequent time how much your
watch has varied from correct time, observe
the same star, and recollect that it sets Just
8 minutes and s.. 0O944 seconds earlier on any
given night than it did the preceding night.
Thus, if for our first observation was taken
some night when the star set at hours, Is
minutes and % seconds, aud at our second
observation, taken just one week later, it set
at hours, A minutes and 50 seconds, we
would know that our watch had kept correct
time. If it had set at s hours, IS minutes and
81 seconds, we would know that our watch or
clock had lost two minutes during the week
And similarly for any other variation. If the
time at which it had set had been hours, -
minutes and 50 seconds, we should see that
our watch had gained two minutes, and so
on If the location of our sights admits of it
we should select a star 80 degs., as nearly as
possible, from the pole star, for its apparent
motion viii be greater than that of one near
the pole, and the liability of error will be
diminished If a suitable selection can be
made the error need not be more than three
or four seconds, and it will not be accumula-
tive-The Locomotive.
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24

There's a man away out on the West Side,
on quiet little street, who runs shop which
is supposed to be tailoring establishment,
but which is in reality no more than mend
ing bureau. If man were to walk into his
place and order a suit Of clothes the proprie-
tor would sustain such a shock that in all
probability his reason would return. lie has
put out sign, pockets Renewed Without
Charge" and thinks he has struck it. | asked
him where he expected to make anything out
Of such n practice, and lie told ne that the
only pockets that wore out as a rule were the
pockets that carried lots Of silver; that silver
wore away and many coins We're perfectly
smooth from friction, as would acknowl-
edge. Where did this silver goa Why into
the cloth which made the pockets. Now, be-
hold his plan. He would treasure up all the
old pockets that come into his possession, then
boil them down or something of that sort and
get the silver out listened and didn't smile.
But how could II 1t wasn't bit funny. It
was downright sad. But was there ever
another such a crazy idea?-Chicago Mail.
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24

the discretion Of the individual citizen, or to
the Judgment OF a small group of citizens
are regulated in Russia by the minister OF the
interior through the imperial police. If you
are Russian, and wish to establish news
paper, you must ask the permission Of the
minister Of the interior, If you wish to open
Sunday school, or any other sort Of school,
whether in a neglected SUM Of st. Peters
burg or in a native village in Kamchatza,
you must ask the permission of the minister
of public instruction. II you wish to give a
concert or to get up tableaux for the benefit
of an orphan asylum, you must ask permits
sion Of the nearest representative of the min
ister Of the interior, then submit your pro
gramme Of exercises to a censor for approval
or revision, and finally hand over the pro
ceeds Of the entertainment to the police, to
be embezzled or given to the orphan asylum.
as it may happen
If you wish to sell newspapers on the street
you must get permission, be registered in the
books Of the police, and wear numbered
brass plate as big as a saucer around your
neck If you wish to open q drug store,
printing office, photograph gallery, or a
book store, you must get permission. II you
are a photographer and desire to change the
location of your place Of business you must
get permission Ii you are q STUDENT anu 80
to a public library to consult Lyell's "Princi-
pies Of Geology" or Spencer's Social States,
you will find that you cannot even look at
such dangerous and incendiary volumes with
out special permission.
II you arc physician you must get per-
mission before you can practice, and then, if
you do not wish to respond to calls in the
night you must have permission to refuse to
go; Furthermore, if you wish to prescribe
what are known in Russia as powerfully
acting" medicines you must have special per-
mission or the druggist viii not dare to fill
your prescriptions.
If you are a peasant and wish to build a
bath house on your premises, you must get
permission. If you wish to thresh out your
grain in the evering by candle light you
must get permission or bride the police. If
you wish to go more than fifteen miles away
from your home, you must get permission.
If you are foreign traveller you must get
permission to come into the empire, permits
sion to go out of it, permission to stay in it
longer than six months, and must notify the
police every time you change your boarding
place. In short, you cannot live, move or
have your being in the Russian empire with
out permission. George KEENAN, in Century