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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-25

QIVTY STYLES OF IRON cRbVEV
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biAi J. RICE, Atlanta, Ga
10 23rfth62dSuly
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20
The Cradle of Invention.

Nurcmburg, Germany, "the cradle OF
invention" the birthplace Of the watch
and many other useful mechanical de
vices was not alone the home of that
which is most useful and helpful to mau-
kind. Among some Of her achievements
are the most horrible instruments Of tor
ture ever used by the lnuuisition Of the
middle ages, chief among which might
be mention ed the steel maiden The
maiden is now kept IN one OF the upper
rooms Of the town hall and shown 10
visitors as curiosity At first sight one
is ant 70 take it for i gigantic statue. Of
woman, cILmslly hewn out Of wood.
Closer Investigation discovers two doors,
one swinging to the right and the other
to the left. These operl nolselessly and
reveal the fact that the statue is hollow,
the cavity being about the exact size Of
the average man. Inside are straps by
which the offender was bound So tightly
that he could not move limb or muscle
Both Of the doors are lined with long,
sharp steel spikes, strong aud thick.
When the victim was firmly secured, the
door on the left was slowly but firmly
shut tne long spikes going into tneybody,
the two being 50 arranged a. 70 pierce
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

Savage people are content with UNITS
OF measure which. though indefinite.
answer the purpose OF men who have 10
use for exact knowledge, but who do
want 10 know what comes within the
scope Of their vision. o. oE their ability
TO traverse on foo, ,r On horseback.
Their ideas Of distance Will conform 70
the way in which ,hat distance is 70 be-
covered.
We know how natural II Is Tor Us II
speak OF places as being so maay DAYS
journey away, and IN crossing the ocean
place was so many weeks sail distant
until recent times In the Fast, distances
are reckonei by ihs hour an hour bei.g
about three miles II is not "a; all strange,
then, to find the indians reckoning in
similar manner.
It is said that the Indian and half.
breed canoe men compute distances on
the water by pipes. One pipe is the dis
tance they can paddle in tho interval be
tween the. .haltings they are allowed to
make in orderto have smoke. Per,
mission for this halt is given By the per.
son in charge az intervals which vary nc
cording 10 circumstances If the guide
is indulgent, he makes tho pauses fire..
quent, if the travellers are in Il hurry, or
if the weather is threatening, fewer stops
are made. A pipe" is,therefore, wholly
indeterminate
A portage IS measured by different
standard. If the distance which the goods
have to be carried exceed half mile IN
length, it is generally broken by one or
more pauses, which are ordcrei by the
person in command Of the cApcditiQn just
rs the halt is called for a smoke. The
distance travelled between these stops
for resting is called d pause This dis
tance will vary according to The greater
or less difficulty of tho portaga and b lts
length. A pause - understood 10
mean about one third Of Il milc
The Mcnomoncc Indians Of Wisconsin
have the usage Of dividing long distances
into looks. A "look' is the distance be
tween the person and the farthest object
he can see in the direction be Is going
The first Cook is taken from the point
where his Journey begins When he has
reached tie object first selected, he from
! that point selects the object TO which his
second .'look IS taken, al / 50 on. Il
is needless to point ou' the circumstances
that may make this uni, Of measure un
certain. = Yo1ths Comlaai9a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20
FUN.
Wide 4 ,Oute.

An cold tiner" THE hourrlass.
Rough on rats When Kitty 'scolars"
them.
She (after a lovers quarreD-'You
may return my letters. He (editor,-I
"Did you enclose stamps" s!"-Basar.
The man who holds valuable patent
right is in possession to enjoy the pleas
ures Of royalty Bling g1amton Republicans
"Can you get the right pitch on this
cornet!' eyes; gimme it tpitches at OFT
ofMe mindop, There you are n'-Judqe.
II dreamed Of you last nj ght, Miss
Rosaling." ooh, did you. And
what dress did have on Fztsge1.ae
Blaettey
A. How much Miss Homely looks
like her mother. B. Yes, the resem-
blance is positively frightful 1erts
SJtings.
"That fellow urns good deal in a
week = SIS he bank president?" "No.
He works in a crematory .s--1mer.can
.etuttoner.
She-'Look at that lady, Charles.
Isn't her bonnet heavenly2' He-'It is
rather high, that's fact "-B2ston
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20
What Profits Dairies Make.

stSuccess in our business means many
sales at small profits" said the manager
of restaurant dairy to q writer for the
Star. We don't make very many pen
MES on anything we sell, but they mount
up in the course of day. Outside Of
rent our expenses are almost nothing, af-
ter the hire of the help is paid We
manufacture little or nothing on the
premises, purchasing nearly all the goods
we sell in condition for passing over the
counter. For example, our milk and
cream come direct from Montgomery
County, Md. We pay eighty cents
gallon for the cream, which is retailed at
fifteen cents mug. Sixteen mugs make
gallon, SO that at that price there is a
profit of ten cents on the mug. Half
and half, milk and cream, is ten cents a
mug, and plain milk we charge five cents
a mug for. The latter costs us twenty
two cents gallon, which means that our
profit on it is about three and half cents
a mug.
''All our bread aud pastry we buy by
wholesale, making none Of it ourselves
The rolls we cut in two and make into
ham and tongue saadwishes. Meat and
bread together, they cost us about two
cents each. Maryland biscuit we get
wholesale at eight cents dozen and sell
them for one cent apiece. but most Of
those we dispose of are buttered and
charged two cents for, SO that they are
more profitable. Pies cost US fifteen centa
each for the big ones we buy, and each
of them is divided into six fve-cent
pieces, so that the profit on each piece is
two and a half cents On such cakes as
we sell, including doughnuts and crullers.
we clear about as much. Coffee and tea
represent to US an expenditure of one and
half cents for each cup, the price Of
which is five cents. For the ingredients
in cup Of chocolate we pay about four
cents and it retails for ten. You can see
how in this way few hundred customers
day viii contribute enough to pay the
running expenses of a dairy and allow a
fair margin for interest on the invest.
ment.- Washington Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20
Best Paid Mea in America.

4 gray haired man OF possibly ff;v-
eight or sixty years, Of medium height.
rather rotund in build, and posscssor Of
a pair Of beadv black eyes, took a pen in
his chubby hand and indicted, a Bon
zano, Phrnix, Penn, on the register Of
the Gibson Hotel Cincinnati, ~
days ago, SAYS the Tires star. lie
seemed TO be simply and so.ely well TO
do business man who had come to the
city 70 transact business, aad hy his ner-
vously quick manner 4 casual observer
might think tina: he would DO his basi-
ness briskly ana shake the mud OF Gin
cinnati from his feet as soon as possible.
Now, who was be, this man Bonzanol
The richest salaried man in America,
outside possibly the President Of this
great and growing nation
He Is merely an ''employe" OF the
Phoenix Iron Company, of Phoenix, Penn
and civil engineer. Here in the West
we know not Bonzano, as he is in the
East, but nevertheless the men with can
: ltal out here, who are backing up great
bridge projects with their. .spondulix, are
gradually coming to realize the almost
absolute necessity Of having Alphonso
BonZano look first into the project aud
then give his very valuable professional
opinion concerning the feasibility Of said
project. Now as to his salary. An un-
blushing reporter put 1t straight to the
old engineer last night
"My salary, my SON. replied N. Bon
: zano, with very strong Teutonic accent, +,
sis simply enormous. Does that satisfy
you"
That is All the old man has ever been
heard to say on that apparently delicate
subject, but there are at leasttwo men in
this city who should know what the sal
airy of this wonderful old man is an
nually. The reporter met them and re-
quested accurate information on the sub
ject. The answer was simply stupen-
dous. They replied in almost the same
voice:
"About $50, 200 year"
The answer may sound more like an
exaggeration, to draw it mildly, tnan a
solid fact, but almost any civil engineer
of your acquaintance, precious reader,
will verify this incontroyertble fact
They say, that IS those who know him,
say of BonZano
''IIe is man who loves his home and
family, trusts his God, helps the needy
in distress, and does his work move ac-
curately and quickly than any other man
of, his kind in America" !"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20
Death Traced to a Silver Dollar.

Dr.. Thompson, of 81. Louis, says he
once traced fatal case Of smallpox TO
silver dollar. The patient was n good
health one day and died within week,
and the facts were 50 peculiar that ne
doctor set about TO ascertain how the
disease wssz contracted He found TIA.
the patient had sold al article .; uaerchans
disc to friend, who had paid bin with
a silver dollar which had been carried n
the pocket Of brother who was, il,
or two later. taken dovn)wirh smallpox
Dr. Thompson believes coin is as likely
A.ld1.ta ConstRusl0a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

The Burmese are loaded down with
mortgages, and there is distinct mouey,
lending class known as King Chettvs,
who come from Madras in Southern
India, and who make business Of lend
ing money at usurious rates. These
Kings wear the cheap est clothing. A
whole suit for a man or woman would
not cost twenty-five cents, and a good
white sheet would make the clothes Of
whole family. Lean black men half
naked, they have their heads shaved.
wear nothing more man white cotton
cloth about the Ioins .;ld live on next to
nothing. Still they are worth~fortunes.
They control the farmers of Burmah and
mortgage the rice crops before they are
grown. One street Of Rangoon is liued
with their banks, and | saw d Burmese
farmer making a contract with one of
them and receiving q lot Of money for
his note. He was standing outside Of a
low cell-ike room six feet high and 100
feet long, and the King banker was
sitting cross-legged on Il ledge and
counted out silver dollars, ringing each
one az he counted Inside this room
were the bankers clerks. There werc
twenty-five of them, each as black as the
ace of spades, each with his head shaved
and each squatting cross-legged on the
dirt floor with a ledger laying on a fiat
desk about foot high before HIM. Al!
were hard at work and beside each Of
them was big box supposed to contain
gold and silver. l asked some questions
as to interest and was told that five and
ten per cent month were not uncom-
mon The Burmese farmers are great
gamblers, and they usually gamble away
what they have left after the money
lenders debt is paid. These King bank
ers watch the crops of their debtors very
carefully and they are ready at the mill
where the boat-lc of rice is brought
for sale and get their share Of the profits
before the farmer has chance to get into
the city. -1qricultrist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

\ aolseJess stone pavement sound.
p4radaz.e>,I, remarks the Pn:ladoIpnia
Hror lIt, according to the E1Jaeeru4g
l>cs Of london, it is IN accomplished
tact Mr. Donald Nicoll, the inventor,
n lecture before the Inventors lnsti-
'utc, tlu, describe, it Blocks Of gran
ite edycmrhe, by three inches are wrapped,
except "a the upper surface, with waste
fibre and c., Sc bita'njuous com mpound,
and tha whole brought together m. homo
gcueous condition tbg powerful lever
whlIercSffftt On continuous pad formed
tythe amr substance 1t is claimed that
7herf j. omparatiyely neither noise,
mud nor ja,t and last, but not least,
great economy This reads as if it
might be the sort Of pavement the
people OF Broad street have been yearn-
inc for
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20
QUESTIONS.

can you put the spiders's web back in place
That once has been swept away:
Can you put the apple again on the bough,
Which fell at your feet to-day.
Can you put the lily cup back on the stem,
And cause it to live and grow,
Can you mend the butterfiv,s broker, wing
That you crushed with hasty bow
Can you put the bloom again on the grape
And the grape again on the yines
Can you put the dewdrops back on the
flowers
and make them sparkle and shine,
tan you put the petals back on the rose,
Ii you could would it smell as sweet?
Can you put the -four again in the husk,
And show me the ripened wheat
Ctn Jou put the kernel back in the nut,
Or the broken egg in the she'll
Can you put the honey back i'll the comb,
And cover with wax each SHELF
Can you put the perfume back in the vase,
When once II has sped away.
Can you put the corn-silk back on the corn
Or the down on the catkin-sav2
IoL think that my questions are trining.
Let me ask you another one
Can a hasty word ever be unsaid
Or g deed unkind, undone.
Wide 4 aoute.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

\ Washington banker saws Take
&reen5aca, silver certificate. gold
certificate or uatioual bank note to
yoar banI> and it is received ana placed
to your credit wlthoa. moments delay.
Not 50 With gold 4 few days ago
gentleman brough, s. our bank upward
OF $4,000 IN gold ! siTyreat denomina-
tlons, and was much provoked becaus.
we could not receive il forthwith and
give ham cretit for tn amount the faces
Of the coin represented This VT could
no. %, because the law requires that
gold shall Be redecmei only At It. actual
value. Coins carried in the pocket for
any length of time naturally lose some
thing in weight ~ abrasion, probably
bat fractional part Of cent on a $40
coin hut i IS q loss, nevertheless. there.
lore bankers cannot give credit fer gold
deposits until Tho coin Shall hsve been
weighed. In tho case in point nv friend
took his gold 10 the Treasury Depart.
ment ani was comp lied to wai there
nearly an hour betoso lie could se. notes
FIR IL; every com had i be passed
through the scales, and .t,ey the weigh
lng process had been completed three
c7.as-two S. pieces and oae 80 piece
We're returned to him as ,lor, in
weight. Before returnin sh9r, wejeht
coins the Department stamps On the face
ot each cross. The owner IS left Ia
either send the coins to the United States
fSlnt1as redemption or to again pue them
IN circulation. Eventually the coins
with crosses on their faces will 20 to the
mint and be redeemed at their actual
value. In many instances there may no.
be more than several cents shorrage on
$50 worth of coin. Business men natur.
ally object to the inconvenience and &c.
r'd OF their gold as fss: as possible"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

Within the last thirty years tie acre
age devoted 70 corn il the United States
has increased from Il, 900, 900 70 75,-
00o, 900, and ths amour: produced from
500, 900, 900 to ?, 900, o0o, o0o Of bushels.
while whea. II the same period has e1-
handed its era from II, 600, 900 % s.
000, 900 Of acres, and the amount pro
duced from 100, 900 900 to 800, coo, 0o0
CT bushels
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

TAe!jsl 0! caudidates placed upon the
Sl.ewj county tickets in New Mexico
and Arizona read like the pedigree OF a
Spanish haiaiao, states the Chicago Nelos
There were GonzAlcscs," !" "Antonios"
oai Ieatcio, enough to Gil the Al
Ilanach JeGotha, while the number Of
Don Jo-a aaI 'Grcgorics' would suf.
free tocquip whole nickel library with
lagon.j of life on the main. The Las
Vega, Nea MexicaD County ticket, for
instances .p2ral the NAMES Of fourteen
Mexican and two Americans. This
county .ems4o be wonderfully composite
aai Tt4gaacently polyglot
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20
A Gigantic Steel Bridge,

The great steel bridge across the
Columbia River at Vancouver will be
mommoth concern It will be 5000 feet
from the Washington 10 the Oregon
shore. 1t will be double tracked, With
a roadway on top for teams, and vii oe
erected upon pneumatic pieT- lac
pivotal pier, or draw plei viii support =
draw which will gige an opening Of goo
feet space on either side for vessels =
pass, and the span Immediately south 81
the draw span VIII be ., feet. The
whole structure is % be Of steel, bu!t zen
feet above tide high vater ot le76, ani
.orty feet above low wa.er oa account
os the SANDY formation il will be neo es-
.arv to 60 down eighty feet belos lov
water 70 get firm foundation acre
!. rests on a foundation Of coarse c!arel
similar TO thai upon which thc great
hridees across The Missouri River are
b1ilt. This gigantic structure will cost
over 81. 600. 600. and employ h2uiEeds
+ men IN It's. ere9tioe l. Will - jand-
~ l. 1892, before the cars can pass
over It. The COMPANY : pushing lts
bridge ana also is road IS fast as'rnen
md money ari IL present perfected
,fa-s Ill 1e-r,;- Thev have now b.-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

TIE Austrian war Office has decided
upoa filing the MATTRESSES and pillows
3f the soldiers in barracks with wood
saaviucs. Experiments with this mate
r;al have already been made n some mill
tary districts.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

yolapuk, the universal language, is 50
popular in Boston that i Is taueAs III
its hlgn school
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-12-20

A Eew York uige has decided 'hs'
1otG eue IS must pay for meals "AeeAc'
they eat them cr not.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-15
A BOON TO MILLERS.
Owners of Roller Process Patents
Cannot Sue.

CannOG sue.
CHICAGO, Feb. IA decision has
just been rendered III the United States
circuit court at Chicago by Judge Blod-
gett which concerns every miller in the
country using the modern roller proc
ess of manufacturing flour. While the
use of rolls is very old, dating back a
half-century in Europe, numberless
pate hts have been issued in the United
State covering special features of con-
struction and adjustment. Some time
ago four of the leading manufacturers
of roller mills formed the Consolidated
Roller Mill company, with headquarters
at Chicago, and pooled all their patents
to the number of fifty or more. They
then commenced suit in the United
States courts against number of mill
ers and manufacturers. One of these
suits was decided in their favor by
Judge Brown, of the Michigan circuit,
and another against them at H.
dianapollS by Judge Gresham. The
patents on which the consolidated
company principally relied were those
OF W. ID. Gray, of Milwaukee; u. II.
Odell and II. BirkhOlz, Judge Blodgett
has now decided in suit brought
against the Barnard & Leas Manufact-
uring company. of Moline, ILL.,, that
these patents can only be sustained for
such special devices as they cover, and
that the inventors entered the field at
so late a day that they were not entitled
to have the doctrine of equivalents en-.
forced in their behalf. This decision
relieves thousands of millers from the
fear of suits for Infringement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-15
Cured by Cuticura

If had known of the CUTIoURA REMEDIES
twenty eight years ago it would have saved
me $4,000 1.-TWO hundred dollars and an i'm.
mense amount Of suffering. My dIseast.
Psoriasis commenced on my head in a spot
not larger than cent 1t spread rapidly ali
over my body and got under my nails. The
scales would drop off of me all the time and
my suffering was endless and without relief
One thousand dollars would not tempt me to
have this disease over again. am poor
man. but feel rich to be relieved of what some
of the doctors said was leprosy, some ring
worm, psoriasis, etc. L took. and Sarsa-
parillas over one year and a half but no cure.
went to two or three doctors, and no cure.
l cannot praise the CUTICURA REMEDIES too
much. They have made my skin as clear
and free from scales as a baby's. All used
of them W ere three boxes of CUTICURA and
three bottles of CUTICURA REsoLvENT and
two cakes of CUTICURA SOAP. If you had been
here and said you would have cured me for
$4,000 you would have had the money. l
looked like the picture in your book of
Psoriasis (picture number two. How to Cure
Skin Diseases }, but now am as clear as any
person ever was. Through force of habit I
rub my hands over my arms and legs to
scratch once in a while, but to no purpose. l
am all well. l scratched twenty eight years.
and it got to be kind of second nature to
me. / thank you thousand times.
DENIM DOWNING Waterbury VT
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-15
RIVALS OF OLD SOL,
Makers OF Electric Light Opposed
TO Electrical Executions.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Feb. 14.-When
morning the committee on nominations
presented its report, which was adopt
ed, and the nominations were confirmed
by unanimous vote. The officers NOM
mated were Warden j. Perry, Provl--
dence. j. l., PRESIDENT; Edward w.
Maher, of Albany, N. Y, first vice pres
ident; c. l.. Edgar. of Boston, second
vice president: G. Il. Huntley, of Baffa-
10, n. Y, chairman of the executive
committee; Allen Garrett, secretary.
tiers were read, after which the
committee on legislation present
ed its report. The most import
ant subject touched upon in this
report was the execution of criminals.
by electricity. At the last convention
the committee had been instructed to
devote its efforts to securing repeal of
the electric execution law in New York.
The committee reported that it had
done nothing in the matter because the
c0nstitutionality of the law was still 5un
determined. The committee was in
structed to continue its efforts to have
the law repealed, and name time to
have the law amended so that machine
OF execution shall generate current OF
not less than 10000 volts. In the after
noon session it was announced that Mr..
Edison would address the convention
per phonograph ON the subject of his
fine wire system of distribution. The
monograph was produced, and when
put in operation uttered Mr.. Edison's
apology for having been unable to pre-
pare the address, private matters
having consumed all of his time. The
voice from the photograph was loud,
and every word was distinctly heard
throughout the hall. Discussion of
papers was then resumed and continued
until final adjournment. The asSOcia-
ton will meet year hence at Cape
Nav