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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
JUSTICE MILLER's SERVICE.

Justice Miller was the oldest Judge on
the Supreme Bench in point of service. He
served 2S years, and there have been only
eight Justices in the past who have served
as long. Chief Justice Marshall leads the
list at "a, and Judge Story, OF Massachu-
setts, was also on the bench for "a years.
One o. the youngest Judges that the Su-
preme Court ever had was Bushrod WASH
ington, who was appointed when he was Sc,
while General Washington was still alive.
He was the favorite nephew OF General
Washington, and he inherited the estate OF
Mt. Vernon. He sat on the Supreme Bench
for 81 years, and died in 1929.
Justice Mclean, OF Ohio, and Justice
Wayne. of Georgia, served as Justices of
the Supreme Court for 80 years. aud john
son. OF South Carolina, served 80 years. The
man who served the shortest term on the
Supreme Court Bench was John Rutledge,
who had a term two years just after Chief
Justice jay opened the Supreme Court. He
was appointed by General Washington, and
Washington thought good deal of him,
for when Jay resigned he nominated him as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
A THOUSAND BALLS A MINUTE.

The Electric Motor Made to Take the Place
of the Gatling Gun Crank.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29

: +. ttira Jarp criyu n ,se shape or a
: crn,, j. which =" hr~y thr sqr anchor.
aaa the keeper ard first sJrfmlu prepare
.a- cannon with which they shoe. .lc
| lifeline 10 sinking shin. This Inns Is
fastened to an oblong projectilc, which
the captain aims in such a manner as to
shoot it over the vessel, and in such q
way as to drop the line across the deck.
At the practice drills the projectile is
aimed at mast and yard arm sunk in
the sand 100 yards down the beach
Capt. hulligan can aim as well with his
brass cannon as with his rifle, and can
throw the projectile just in the angle of
the mast and arm. One of the surfmen
climbs the mast and pulls in the line over
the yard arm and hauls in the shot line,
then heavier rope, called the whip line,
then the hawser. He pulls the breeches
buoy out to the mast by means of the
whip buoy, the buoy moving along the
hawssr ON the same principle as the tin
baskets which carry change in the big dry
goods stores are drawn along the wire.
1t is made of a big life preserver, from
which hang pair Of canvas trousers, in
to which the wrecked seamen drops.
The other end of the hwser, meanwhile,
has been fastened to the two stout planks,
called the sand anchor, which are buried
in the sand of the beach and run up over
a high crotch formed between two wood |
en- uprights. The whip line enables
those on the boat and those on shore to
draw the buoy to and fro, and the
has been the means of saving
many lives.
The lifecar works on the same prin-
ciple. 1t is made of tin and is about six |
feet long and as round as q small hogs
head. 1t runs along the hawser as easily |
as does the breeches buoy, and as many |
as six women and as many children can
be placed in it at once. When the top is |
fastened down it is sent spinning over and
through the waves to the land.-INew
York Sun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
Remarkable Somnambulism

A remarkable somnambulistic feat wa.
performed few nights ago by Christie
pher Midway, of Cave City, Ky. Mr.
Midway is prominent lawyer and :
scion of one of Kentueky's oldest famil
les. In 1861, at the breaking out of the
war, his father packed up his silver
plate, which was very valuable, and hid
it in the Mammoth Cave.
This was done in the midst of great
hurry ard confusion, and owing to some
oversight the place was left unmarked,
and when, in 1865, the Medways wished
to dig the silver up no one could recol.
lect with any certainty the spot, and
though it was sought for, off and on, for
years it was never located, and the nu-
merous excavations resulting in no dis.
covery it was finally believed that some
one had stolen the box and refilled the
hole.
Mr.. Nedway's father died convinced
that it was so, and for more than ten
years no one gave further thought to the
matter. But recently Mrs. Midway re-
vived the subject by relating the story to
some friends in her husbands hearing,
and that gentleman says he went to bed
wondering if his fathers belief in the
theft Of the box was correct, and that
on falling to sleep he re- enacted the scene
of the removal and burial of the silver
at which he was present, though only a
boy of fourteen.
When he awoke he found himself living
on the ground close to large rock and
in black darkness, except for faint
CLEAN OF light in the far distance. At
first he experienced some difficulty in
realizing where he was, but when he did
concluded, on remembering his dream.
that he had managed to slip
by the night Waterman, into the cave,
and, his memory, singularly aroused in
his slumbers, had found his way to the
spot where he had seen the silver buried
Twenty-Five years before.
After marking the rock, he made his
way to the gate through which he saw
the morning light stealing, and as he was
in his night dress, called to the watch
man and despatched him after his
clothes. He then hired workmen to dig
in the spot where he had found him
self on awakening, and soon had the sat
of seeing them lift out the case
of silver, which being opened was
found intact. Il New York Telegram.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
Tho Writing Rock.

A numoer of Boston savants recently
visited the famous Writing Rock located
on the shores Of the Taunton River, near
Dighton, Mass, and discussed o project
for its removal to and preservation in
some great public museum. The Writ
ing Rock is one of the bases for the
assertion that Columbus was not the dis
coverer of America. 1t consists of an
insulated mass of fns-grained granite,
lying on the sands of the river q few
feet above the low water mark, but COW
cred with water at each flow Of the
tide.
1t is eleven feet long and about five
fee. high. On the water side it presents
an inclined plane surface, the face of
which, eleven by ten, seems to have been
originally covered with Inscriptions and
sculptures. The inscriptions are hero
glyphic in character, and as the rock is
very hard, those that rise above the low
water mark can have undergone but very
little change from action of the elements.
Antiquarians who claim to have 'deci-
phered the characters say that they were
made by explorers who reached the New
England coast at least 500 years before
the birth Of the famed Genoese navigator.
= New York Journal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
The Rare st Metal.

Aluminium is now the rarest metal in
the world, although it is the most useful,
and the earth from which it can be re.
duced is found all over the globe-iD
Ohio as well as far-off India. The larg.
est piece of aluminium in the world is the
cap of the Washington Monument. This
weighs 100 ounces. A larger piece of the
metal has never been produced. Not
many years ago Washington chemist
discovered a process for the production
of the metal. He thought it was perfect,
and found no difficulty in getting $780,.
900 to back him up. A huge plant was
erected in Tennessee and work was com.
menced, but no aluminium was produced.
The professors theory and experiments
we're all good enough, but they did not
work upon large SCALE There have
been dozens of like experiences, and
thousands of men are to-day trying to
discover the perfect method that will be
commercially practical.-[New York
Telegram.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
Coal Washing.

A coat washing plant has been efseted
at colliery in Yorkshire, Eng. The
plant has capacity of 400 tons per day,
but has dealt with 500 tons by the wet
process. The system adopted is carefully
sizing the smudge and automatically
washing and rewashing after crushing
the various sizes. The plant is driven BY
O 10o-horse power steam engine, and the
water used in the process Of washing IS
circulated by means of a powerful CEN
trifugal pump, which, when in full work,
circulates nearly five tons of water per
minute. The object in erecting this
plant was to produce high-class coke
out of mixture of very dirty hard and
soft smudge. The coke produced is OF
uniform quality, and the ash in the coke
is steadily kept below four per cent.
Besides the preparation of the smudge
for the coke ovens, a quantity of small
peat, suitable for fuel, is produced BY
the washer.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
The Button on Your Sleeve.

Persons of observing turn of mind
have noticed two or three buttons on the
sleeves of coats, both civil and military;
but few, however, have puzzled their
brains seeking an explanation of the rea-
son of the custom. Patient research has
rewarded aye Curious Man" with the
following with regard to the origin Of
the sleeve-button custom: They were
first put upon the sleeves of soldiers in
the British army Prior to the buttoned
sleeves soldiers had the filthy habit of
drawing their sleeves across their mouths
and noses upon every occasion when q
pocket handkerchief or napkin could
have been used to better advantage. As
a matter of course the cuff became shiny
and defaced. Punishment and repri-
mand we're tried, but they failed to check
the habit. As last resort board of
officers met and unanimously adopted .
plan suggested by one of their number,
which was ito sew two or three rough
beads or buttons upon the top part of
the sleeve Of every military coat" This
had the desired effect, even if it did sa-
vor of putting ring in hogs nose to
keep him from roofing" BY degrees,
soldiers, as well as civilians, became more
tidy. The buttons were not removed
from the sleeves, however, only slid
around to the back or underside, where
they still inger, a relic of semi-barbar-
ism, an ornament nevertheless. ICom-
mercial Advertiser.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
How Smokeless Powder is Made

Purified wood cellulose is gradually in.
PRODUCED into very cod mixture of one
Of tuning nitric acid and two parts of
concentrated sulphuric acid until thick
pulp is formed. After six hours contact
the pulp is washed, first with cold and
then with warm and slightly ammoniacal
water. The washed product is boiled in
! concentrated solution Of nitrate of
oaryta, gently compressed, and dried at
forty degrees c. In order to granulate it
Jan operation that Is not Indispensable,
machines devised for the purpose are
accessory.
1t is probable that this smokeless pow
der is the same that was offered two years
lgo by an English house to the Austrian
and German Governments, und refused
dtes an examination. lie Monitew
Sch Ntifque.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29

-iS fountain well, which wa descrih.a
- sac =. - .,o-~~.s "a lAo world 7.
b'riH, Tor sat, - =. dep.A o. about a0o
let = resery Oh % las aud o., Of preat
dlEo asions was struck. By the eiasticitr
OF the gas the tools were thrown ont ~
the well, aud jet of OIL was produc.a
which rose as high Is the tops of m.
trees. This formed a rivulet, which r.n
down to the Cumberland River. wher.
the oil covered the surface for manv
miles. About forty miles below Burke:,
vile the film of oil was accidentally 10.
nited, and for some days the STRANGE
and interesting spectacle was there seen
of burning river. The inhabitants were
naturally greatly alarmed, for that task
of prov erbial difficulty, Setting ths
river on fire." had been there accom-.
plished; and supposing that the conflag.
ration which had attacked the rive,
would naturally spread over the morn
combustible shores, q general panic Wa
produced, and it was thought that Tia,
end of the world had surely come. For.
tunately, after about three weeks. tina
flow of oil stopped, and no more damage
was done; but NO one regarded the loss
of millions of barrels Of oil, since it was
then entirely valueless. Some years after.
an enterprising citizen pumped oil from
this well, and sold it over the country AT
an embrocation. When was stationed
in Kentucky during the war, still found
bottles Of it in the drug stores, where it.
was sold as American OIL" and was
held to be a valuable remedy.-[Har.
per's Magazine.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
Married to Fight a Duel.

Five years ago, according to a STORY ID
the Fliegende Batter, Lieutenant Dago.
bert was sitting with his friend DR..
Thewalt in Vienna cafe. The CONVEX.
sation turned upon the opera, and before
long the two friends disagreed, naturally
on the subject of Richard Wagner.
DagObert grew warm; Thewalt became
still more excited. Dagobert considered
himself insulted and the next day sent
messenger with a challenge to duel.
Thewalt received him in his blandest
manner and said:
81 should be most happy to fight, but
the chances are not equal. Dagobert is
bachelor, whereas l am a married man
and have three children. As soon az
Dagobert can show me a wife and the
same number of children as myself. I
shall be willing to give him full satisfac-
ton at any time" 4
Dagobert was wild at the notion Of
having to give up his bachelor life, but
he was determined to 60 on with the
duel. Miss Pepi, in house over the way,
consented to be his bride. They were
married in month, and two years and
eight months after the event he had the
qualification of going to his friend with
child on each arm, while the Bohemian
nurse brought up the rear with the third.
''Here am with my three children
he triumphantly exclaimed; "new for the
duell"
"Stay; not yet awhile" Thewalt re-
piled; II have now five childrenl"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
Thought Transference.

A gentleman was sitting in his library
in the evening. His wife had gone up
stairs Presently he, too, rose and pre-
pared to 60 up stairs. Passing through
the parlor, which, by the way, was not
his ordinary way Of going up stairs, he
went out Of his course q little and
paused to look at small table which
stood in the corner, and upon this table
lay tack hammer.
= Pow, II was q very unobtrusive little
tack hammer, and this gentleman, who
is not at all orderly in his habits, would
be the last person in the world to 60
ont Of his way to notice tack hammer.
If had been large lump of coal, or
o quarter section of a cheese, or q
strange cat on the parlor table, the
chances would have been quite against
his taking any notice of the object.
But he not only paused and observed
this tack hammer in somewhat dazed
and perplexed way he took it and start.
ed up stairs with it, which was perfect
ly extraordinary thing for him to do, be-
cause even if the hammer did not be-
long on this table, it did not belong up
stairs. He had not more than half as
cended the stairs when his wife called
from above:
my dear!"
"Yes?'
"Oh, You are coming. Twas going to
ask you, when you came, to step into
the parlor and get tack hammer on the
little table there. wanted to tack up
. picture"
The husband stood aghast, half way
up the stairs.
why" said he, Il have got the ham,
mer already! And why on earth /
should have gone and got it 1 haven't
the least ides. "-BoSton transcript. E
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
Eurfec IN a Conrent.sNya,Is.

A few years ago, when Archbishop
Corrigan, of New York, was bishop OF
Newark, n. j., the first monastery Of
clustered nuns in the United States
was established in the latter city. A
second monastery is now being erected
at Hunts Point, overlooking the sound,
p few miles from the Harlem River sta
zion Of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad. tits called Corpus
Christi Monastery. John D. Crem.
minis, of New York, has donated $25, 600
toward the monastery and also the land
six acres-upon which it stands.
There was an old mansion on the farm,
and this the sisters use as f. temporary
convent. There are fifteen of them and
q few postulates or probationists. They
belong to the Order of Nuns of the Per.
petusl Alteration of st. Dominick. The
life Of these nuns is passed in constant
prayer and perpetual alteration of the
blessed sacrament. They rise at 8
O'Clock and are engaged in devotions
until z. At 8 o'clock, breakfast, con.
sisting of half cup of black coffee and
two ounces of bread. is served. They
then work on embroidery. At 1890 q
short meditation is made and at IL din.
per, consisting Of fish, vegetables and
fruit is partaken of. No meat is ever
eaten within the walls Of the cloister.
"A little exercise is then taken, followed
by almost constant devotions until 6,
when supper is served. Beets, pota.
toes, fruit and tea constitute the frugal
fare. At 8 o'clock they go to their beds,
which consist of bare plank boards,
five and one-half feet long and three
feet wide. They sleep in their habits,
undressing only for change or for the
bath. At II o'clock they leave their
beds and hold devotions until 2, when
they again seek their beds. Throughout
the day silence is the rule, per.
mission to speak being accorded only
by the prio-ess. From September IA
until Easter of each year the sisters
hold fast, eating only eight ounces Of
bread day. They never see visitors,
but talk to them through screened
aperture in wall.
The foundation stone of the new mon.
Rstery was laid June II, 1889. 1t is q
Gothic structure The front is 176 feet
with a total depth through the
chapel Of 2SS feet.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
In Case You Break Your Leg.

Immediately place something beneath
the fractured part of broken leg to sup
port and keep It motionless. In the abb
sence of better appliance, the broken
leg may be strapped or bandaged to the
other to keep it straight. OF course, q
board As wide as the leg and wrapped
about with even layers of cloth is to be
preferred for this purpose until the doc
ter arrives or while the patient is being
conveyed to shelter or to his home.
Accidents usually occur out of doors, and,
therefore, information regarding the best
method of transporting those who are
seriously hurt forms an important item IN
4 course Of instruction IN rendering ''frst
aid to the injured" A chair with two
strong sticks placed beneath its seat will
arrange q safe carriage for wounded
person after the injured part has been
bandaged to something that viii holdita
broken or displaced bone in an immoVa-
bic attitude. What is Familiarity known
a ..aueen's chair" is also a convenient
means of moving one who is helpless.
The s.chsir" is formed by each OF two
persons grasping his left wrist with his
right hand and then claspiDg the right
wrist of the other with his left hand.
Seated upon this support, with an arm
about each persons neck, an injured per-
SON may be safely carried long distance
without greatly fstiguing his bearers. Oh
cpur,e. i the patient faints, he must g
Ia N ahoasontsi position until he ~
lsnam..+AbsQ1hm tieissn.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
Our Army.

The army of the United States consists
Of 2, 1877 commissioned officers, and lit
tie over ~, 600 real private soldiers &c,
elusive of those performing civntfA,
duties. In other terms one tenth OF TIE
military force consists Of its ofioen
lChicage Tines.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-29
TIE First "Spouter."

In the salt wells on the upper Cuniber-
land, about Burkesviue, Kentucky, in
1899, was opened the first of the great
fountain wells which have constituted
the most wonderful phenomena in the
production Of oil. In Niss's Register
for 1929 will be found short notice Of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS.
The Amount Needed This Year for
Pensions.


WASHINGTON, March lS.-The house
adopted resolution calling on the Sec
retary of war and secretary of the inte-
rior for information as to whether a
saving of expenditures would be eff
fected by the transfer of the pension
bureau to the war department.; also
one calling on the secretary of the inte-
riOr for an estimate of money likely to
be needed for pension arrearages in
case the limitation of arrears act is re-
ppaled. The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole on the pension ap
preparation bill. Mr.. Morrow, of Cali
bill, which appropriates S9S,427, ,461.
He thought 1t might be as
sumed that the maximum of
pension expenditures would be
reached about July l, 1894, when it
would reach S1l2,000,000, and the num-
Der of pensioners would be 750,000 MIR.
Savers, of Texas, discussed the pension
system as affected 10y both acts of con-
gress, and the administration of the
service. lie severely criticized the adj
miniStratlOn OF the pension office, and
cited many instances where he claimed
that the decisions of the bureau were
incorrect and improper. He wished TO
call the attention of the house and the
country to the manner in which the
pensions system was being admins
tered. He thought that there should be
a thorough investigation Of the system
in order that complete justice could be
done to the men who had fought for
their country, and that the bounty
jumpers. the men who had been lag
gard, might be stricken from the roll,
SO that a place on the roll might be evil
dence of loyalty, of bravery, and of
service to the country. Pending further
debate, the committee rose and the
house at 5 p. M. adjourned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19
AID FOR DESTITUTE INDIANS.
The Senate Appropriates $4,000
for Turtle Mountain Ihippewas.

The Senate Appropriates $4,000
for Turtle Mountain Ihippewas.
WASHINGTON. March 1S.-The senate
took up the urgency deficiency bill to-
day, and an appropriation of $1,000 for
the immediate relief of the Turtle
mountain Indians being proposed. Mr..
Teller cOntroverted statements recently
made by pulpit and press in reference
to the ChippeWas. He said there were
but 800 American Indians there. The
remainder were British ChippeNa',
who should be sent back to their own
country. The land now occupied by
these Indians had belonged to the Sioux
and had been purchased and paid for by
the United States years ago, ana the In
dians had been given Il fine reservation
in Minnesota, but had refused to go
there. They had been paid for their
lands and were now supported in idle
ness and vice He denied emphatically
that these Indians had been improperly
treated by the government. MIR. Teller
did not object to the appropriation, but
pronounced the statements made as to
the great wrongs committed against
these Indians. false. Mr.. Dawes spoke
favoraDly of the White Earth reServa-
tlOn. lie uOuOteu Tile WISuOm Ol dp-
prOpriating money to feed British In
diars, but would not oppose the amend
ment, which was agreed to; also an
amendment for preliminary investiga-
ton for artesian wells for irrigating
purposes. appropriating S2O0O0; and
$500 0 for the fish commission. The
bill was then passed. The Blair edu-
cational bill was then taken up. and
Mr.. Hawley argued in opposition to it.
Mr. Moody and Mr.. Chandler spoke
in support of the bill. and it then went
over until tomorrow. Several public
building bills on the calendar were
taken up and passed, and the senate. at
6:10 p. m, adjourned.