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, 1891-07-22

The soaps used for cleaning metal
work usually consist of mixtures of vase
line, oleic acid and fat, mixed with a
small quantity of rouge. When freshly
prepared they leave nothing to be de
sired. Blu unfortunately such mixtures
soon turn rancid, and become unfit for
use.
A soap for metal work, which is stated
to be free from this objection. is made
from %cocoanut butter in the following
way: 2.5 kilogrammes of the butter are
melted in au iron vessel together with a
little water, and to the mixture is added
with constant stirring, 1870 grammes
% chalk, S7.5 grammes Of alum, s7.5
grammes of cream of tartar and S7.5
grammes of white lead.
This mixture is her poured into
moulds and allowed to solidify. The
soap so obtained is made into a paste
with water and rubbed over the metal
to be cleaned, and finally removed by a
dry rag or channels leather .-Manufuct-
urer.
, 1891-07-22
Decided Not to Go in the steernEs.

IFCldeu NOT 10 No ~ AA'
A gentleman who went to see some
friends off on the Teutonic "A week ago
Wednesday tells of a funny incident
which he witnessed on board. He was
talking with the purser when a man,
fairly well dressed, came up and said to
that officer, 81 bought a steerage ticket
out west, but | think l would rather go
second cabin" Il am very sorry" re-
piled the purser, but you can't 20 that
way, because there is not a berth left
unsold in the second cabin"
Then I'll go first cabin" responded
the i~mperturbable stranger. "You can't
go first cabin, either, I'm sorry to say
answered the purser, because all the
berths in the first cabin are also sold"
Isn't there a stateroom of any kind
left?"
= WELL" said the purser, with a smile,
there is one stateroom left, but the
price of it is 5000"
"If | take that" said the stranger
musingly, II will owe you 1918"
"How is that?' asked the purser.
wei, the steerage ticket cost me
twenty-five dollars, and | presume it is
still good for that amount, so that in Or
der to get the room I'll have to give you
only $57S more"
"Ohl that is true" said the purser.
Then, - said the stranger, "Tll take
that room" And forthwith he pulled
out a huge roll of bills and handed the
purser $J7S.-New York Times.
, 1891-07-22

The corner of jackson aud Dupont
streets witnessed as heGthenish a scene
recently rs any four corners in China
town aver presented.
1t was about 1890 o'clock in the fore
noon, and the narrow tnoroughfares We're
crowded. but the crowd made no differ
ence TO the Mongols who gathered there
TO perform their heatheuish rites. FIRST
y bonfire was built in the middle of the
street, then a big wooden idol fully three
feet tall was carried out and placed in
the center of the flames. Twenty-four
bowls of rice were laid out in a circle
about fine fire; six bowls Of fat came
next. and then four roasted chickens.
a crowd Of Chinese gathered with I'm
covered heads. First one salaamed to
the idol, then another. then all together.
A tomtom was sounded until those in
the distance thought a boiler factory had
started mp near by.
The big idol grinned and griuned and
grinned, and did nothing but grin, al
belt the flames were fast consuming his
godly person. And rs the idol griuned
the heather worshipers %grinned, until
it became a grinning match all around
Him bad luckee," said Tin Chum
who was asked TO explain the queer per
fOrmances. 1t seems that the family Of
Bod Ding Lee were consuming an old
patron idol of the family because he
brought i'll fortune on the house. Last
week Bod Chez was locked up as u va
grant, and on Wednesday Bod Dung fell
i'll and died. SO on Friday the patron
idol was burned aIivs.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
, 1891-07-22

In n suit recently brought in Kansas
City to the amount of accident
insurance on the policy of Willoughby
Dozier, who died of sunstroke a year
ago, the United States circuit court sus-
tanned the demurrer of the defendant on
the ground that a sunstroke is not an
accident, but a brain disease arising
from natural and known causes.
This decision causes one to inquire as
to the real meaning of the word acct
dent.
Webster defines an accident as an
event that takes place without ones
foresight or expectation; an event tina
proceeds from an unknown cause, or is
an unusual effect of a known cause, and,
therefore, not expected.
Men often get intoxicated without ever
expecting so to be, n the intoxication
is an unusual effect of n known cause.
Therefore intoxication is an accident.
And no matter how hot the sun no man
expects to be sunstruck. So, according
to Webster, we might speak of a sun
stroke as an accident, it taking place
without expectation.
Yet the decision of the court in this
case is Mt variance with Webster. To
fellow this decision the many railroad
casualties we have had lately would not
be considered accidents, as subsequent
Investigations invariably bring to light
that they were caused by neglect or
carelessness or defect in construction.
While sunstroke arises from known
and natural causes, there are many dis.
eases with the cause of which we are
not at all familiar. These, to follow the
decision of the court, would be accidents,
but would cease to be so when the cause
was discovered New York Herald.
, 1891-07-22

Il got lots of free things on Sunday"
said the ragamuffin. I'm the morning !
got a free swim in the free baths at the
Battery; then l took an airing on the
free bridge to Brooklyn, and then | stayed
awhile in a free church, and if it did cost
me five cents to go up town on the ele-
waited, l took in the free gardens of the
Central park and the free wild animals
up there and the free museum of curl
%osities, and might have gone to a free
Sunday school where they give free a
lunch. l believe in freedom; it's a big
thing for New York."-New York Sun.
, 1891-07-22

Considerable excitement prevailed at
Santa Rosa, Cal, the other day, over
the presence of a lunatic ON the top of a
tall poplar tree. The man escaped from
is friends at 1870 p. IN, Skinned up the
tree like a squirrel, and took a position
on the end of a small limb fifty feet from
the ground. Every effort was made to
get the demented man down from his
elevated perch, and thousands of per
sons were attracted to the spot. Lad
ders were obtained from the fire depart
ment and raised to the tree, but no one
could get near enough to throw n rope
around his body.
As night approached the rain began
falling heavily, and the poor fellow kept
his perch until 4 o'clock in the morning,
when he fell to the ground, having been
in the tree fourteen hours. a canvas
had been stretched below, and that was
all that saved his life. He bounded off
to the ground. His arm and shoulder
were fractured and he received internal
injuries. philadelphia Ledger.
, 1891-07-22

In the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, in
a fine grassy Enclosure, is a group of tiny
animals, the smallest antelopes known
They will come, about the size Of so
many cats, close behind their low wire
grating, and stand and doubtfully gaze
up at you with enormous liquid eyes.
And such is the effect of their lttleness,
their -timorousness, their almost absurd
delicacy-so small, so delicate, those lit
tie, little hoofs, those little tender limbs,
those fragile fawn colored sides, that
little humid twitching muzzle; so small,
and yet so keenly, TREMENDOUSLY per
ceptive and SO intensely sensitive; 50
little, yet all alive and quivering with
nerves; so small, so weak. so helpless,
and apparently 30 untitled for aught ex-
cept 10 apprchend; such minute atoms
and specks Of sentient being, so lost
amid a universe's vast incomprehensi-
bility-that my ~ ri has been smitten
to look uput nose miniature living
thing, with the quite inordinate frailty
Of their body and the disproportionate
bigncss Of their eyes.
symbols or suggestions of ~humauity's
every aspect may. one fancies, be dis
covered in animal creation. And l
think those antelopcs are symbols of a
state of soul are enough among men.
and yet too frequent. Edward Delille
in EOrtnightly Review.
, 1891-07-22

a genuine case of fright was devel-
oped n few days ago when Charles Darr,
of Colerain pike, entered the cour house
for the purpose of testifying in the case
of Thomas S. Strahan versus Isabella
Watson before Judge Bates and a jury.
Mr.. Darr Illus made his first appearance
in court. When he reached the large
entrance to the building, and the great
stairway doomed up before his startled
gaze, Mr.. Darr's teeth ratified like casta-
nets.
AS he slid up stairs on the elevator
several buttons dropped from his clothes,
so hard did lie SILVER and shake. As he
travelled the long corridor leading to the
court poor Darr was completely
ratified, and a series of shrill screams
issued from his lips. In order TO prevent
the man going insane from childish
fright he was excused, and he made
tracks for his country home at n rate
that would defy the best efforts of q fly
ing machine. Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1891-07-22

A man by the name of A. T. Stein is
badly wanted by the authorities of
Koekuk, la. He presented himself at
the office of the City hotel and claimed
to have purchased the entire business
and had come to take charge. He de-
manded the keys to the money drawer,
which were turned over to him. Heran
things for three or four hours, helping
himself to the liquors at the bar and treat
ing all the guests. He suddenly disap-
peared with all the ready cash. A spe-
cial from Hamilton, just across the river,
says he presented himself at the postotfice
there as a special p~ostoffice inspector, and
made an investigation and said the office
was 3 5000 short. On the strength of his
representation he borrowed a sun and
disappeared Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1891-07-22

A ~cablegram from London announces
that Mr.. w. Hepburn Buckler, b. A, of
Trinity college, Cambridge, stands sec
ond in n class of forty-seven in the law
tripos of Cambridge Mr.. Buckler is a
son of DR.. Thomas Il. Buckler, of Balti-
more, who has lived in Paris the greater
part of the time since 1866. Mr.. Julian
lie Roy White, of Baltimore, and Mr.,
Henry White, secretary Of American
legation in London, are young Buckler's
half brothers. He has lived abroad the
greater part of his life. With his par
ents he has come to Baltimore frequent
ly of late years, and spent last ummer
with his aunt at Evergreen" near
Druid Hill park. Young Buckler is
about twenty-three years Did. He will
probably practice law in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun.
, 1891-07-22

The German papers teen with anec-
dotes of Moltke. 1t is n sign of Moltke's
''fullness of life" to the very end that
only a few weeks before his death he be-
came n member of the Verein der Ber-
liner Kunstler. He attended one of the
great sessions" which was announced
in the cards of invitation to begin at s
p. IN. The artists, as II rule, are not ia
natical in the matter of punCtuality.
Moltke arrived at s precisely. At $3.50 a
few artists struggled in. There in the
Saal, sitting in solitary dignity Mt the
table, they saw the distinguished honor
able member, and there he had been pa
tiently sitting for half an hour.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
, 1891-07-22

The ch~aractero of the soil in and around
Rapid City, 5. D., has a peculiar and
marvellous property; n wonderful char
acteristic which completely ~cOntrOverts
the Biblical Injunction, Dust thOu art,
and to dust thou shalt return For the
last fifty years the Bad Land, ~ lying
seventy-fiye miles 10 the southeast Of the
little city above mentioned, has been the
wonderland of America, it being a local
ity ~unequalled in the world as a recep-
tacle for ~petrefactions of animals Of
both the land and water kind. But the
wonders of the Bad Lands are equalled,
in one respect at least, by the mineral
saturated soil at Rapid City.
True, ~petrefactions of remote geologi-
cal ages are not found in such profusion
at Rapid City as they are farther south,
but, what is equally rs wonderful, hui
man bodies which have reposed but a
short time in the soil of those South Da-
kotean hills are transformed into statues
of stone as hard as the hardest marble.
But few of these last resting places have
been disturbed, and those only when
friends thought it absolutely necessary;
however, in each case the same peculiar
ity was exhibited. st. Louis Republic.
, 1891-07-22

The Chicago Academy of Science held
a members meeting in the Art institute
recently, at which the gratifying infor-
nation that the American buffalo is in
no immediate danger of extinction was
conveyed to the meeting in a letter from
Captain George S. Anderson, acting su-
per1ntendent of the Yellowstone Ma
tional park. The writer states that there
are between 900 and 500 buffaloes in the
park. Their numbers are steadily in
~creasing, though a rapid increase is
probably prevented by the severity of
the climate. Contrary to general opin-
ion, c~arnivorous animals are not very
destructive to the herd, and it stands the
winters without feed or protection
Chicago Times.
, 1891-07-22

Sheriff Thorn, Of C~alaveras county.
put in an appearance at the city prison
on Thursday with James w. Smalling
There were handouts on Snialling, and
he wa booked on Captain Stones reg
lister as en- route to San Quentin for life.
George Holmes. "A ranCher living half
a mile from BersOn station. in Calaveras
county, disappeared His absence from
the ranch was not noticed for several
days. lie was twenty-eight years Of age
and married 10 a woman Of forty. the
sister of ~Smalliug.
When u week had passed and Holmes
did not show up in the vicinity Of his
holding inquiries were made, suspicious
aroused, and Sheriff Thorn was asked to
make "A search for the missing man.
Now comes the story told by the
sheriff.
Il went to the Holmes ranch, " he says,
and looked around the place. There
was an abandoned claim WITH a shaft
forty feet deep hat first attracted my
attention. | noticed that the brush about
the mouth of the shaft was disturbed.
1t was noon, and the sun was shining
directly overhead. In my pocket was a
small mirror | had purchased in San
held the mirror so that it
flashed the light into the well. There
was n couple of feet Of water at the bot
of the shaft. The beams of light re-
Elected from the mirror pierced the ark
waters and | saw the face of a man.
81 sent for ropes, and in a few hours
body was brought to the sur
face. There was a bullet hole in the
of the head. worked the ease nm
and proved conclusively that Smalling
had lured his brother-in-law to the mouth
of the shaft, fired the shot into his head
and then pushed him over the brink
San Francisco Examiner.
, 1891-07-22

The Oldest horse on record is owned by
Major Robert Mas. of Louisville, hy-
who possesses papers proving its age to
be something over Al years ivanhoe'
as ne is called, is n large bay, with a
white spot on his forehead, and, up to n
few years ago, of a gentle, affectionate
disposition, but has grown peevish N
capricious with his increasing age. This,
however, is only shown toward stran-
gers, while he is devoted to his master
and his children, who play about him
with perfect fearlessness. Ivanhoe was
stolen several times during the civil war,
but invariably made his way back in
safety to his pasture, having contrived
in some way to escape from his captors.
He bears on the right flank the scar Of
r gunshot wound received in the Mexi-
can war, Mt the battle of Buena Vista,
while ridden by Major Mas grand
father. 1t is over thirty years since
Ivanhoe has known bride or harness,
but spends his days strolling about his
pasture, into which he will allow no
other horses to be placed, but will re-
sent all intrusions with a vigorous use
Of his teeth and heels, His faculties all
appear unimpaired, with the exception
of a total deafness, resulting from a Sc
we're attack of a disease prevalent a few
years ago.
Far from being feeble, lvauhoe moves
briskly about, and will often permit two
or three of the younger children to
mount and ride him about the pasture.
He has, however, lost nearly all of his
teeth, and lives upon boiled corn and
other soft food. He made his last APP
pearance in public at the cattle fair held
in Lexington last fall, and came home
completely denuded of his name and tail
by people securing thus relics of the old
est horse known.-Memphis CONNER
cial.
, 1891-07-22
Pronounced Hopeless, YET Saved.

From a letter written by Mrs, Ada Il.
Hurd OF Groton. S. D., we quote: Wa
taken with a bad cold which settled on
nv lungs, cough set in and terminated in
consumption -Four doctors gave me up
aging | could live but a short time. !
gave myself up 10 my Saviour, determined
If could not stay with my friends on
earth | would meet nv absent ones above.
Wy husband was advised to get DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. | gave it a trial,
took in all eight bottles, 1t has cured me
and | thank God I am now n well and
1,arty woman. Trial bottle free at
Roeiers drug store. Regular size, SOC
aud $l.00.
, 1891-07-22
eWYsICHT les0

Like another roman
the one who's used DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. She's a
stronger and a, happier woman
and a healthy" one. The aches,
pains, and weaknesses, that made
life miserable are gone-the func.
tional disturbances or Irregularities
that caused them have been cured.
Face and figure show the change,
too. Health has restored the
charms that rightfully belong to
her. For all the weaknesses and
ailments peculiar to womanhood,
"Favorite Prescription is a posi-
tive remedy. No other medicine
for women is guaranteed, as this is,
to give satisfaction in every case,
or the money is refunded. It's pro-
p%rietors are willing to take the risk.
What it has done, warrants them
in guaranteeing what it will do.
It's the cheapest medicine you
can buy, because it's guaranteed to
give satisfaction, OF your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get.
Can you ask more?
That's the peculiar plan all DIR.
Pierce's medicines are sold on.
, 1891-07-22
ARE YOU GOING EAST,

II so YOU will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY2 Because in the first place it is
to many of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and. from
poiptN in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to car
the climax Of luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
G. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-07-22

Snakes are moi in demand as family
pets, but Earnest Lower, the telegraph
operator at the Georgia Midland and
Gulf railroad depot, has a pet king snake
which he can handle with the utmost
ease, and his suakeship rather seems to
like being taken out of the cage and
handled. 1t is about three feet in
length, and is quite pretty in its brand
new coat, having shed its old one. 1t is
very fond of mice and of curling up in
a small box filled with pieces of wooden
cloth to sleep, and generally seems very
contented and friendly.-Atlanta Con.
%stitutiOn.
, 1891-07-22

The Oldest epitaph in English, which
is found in a c~hurchyard in O~xfordshire,
and dates from the year 1870, to modern
readers would be unintelligible, not only
from its antique typography, but from
its obsolete language, the first two lines
of which run as follows, and may be
taken as a sample of the whole: Man
CON G. Sc how schal allie dede be: ven
VOW comes bad & bare: moth hav ven we
away fare: all ye werines vt We for care. ="
The modern reading would be: MAN,
come and see how shall all lead be, when
you come poor and bare; nothing have,
when we away fare: All is WEAKNESS that
we for care. "-Cornhill Magazine.
, 1891-07-22

Tn, Wabash Line S row running it,
Canon Ball ,raiu frorp Kansas City to
Toledo, y -tinuled, e. wing Kansas City
at 500 p IN MAKING irFect connections
with ali trains from tte West at that
point
Free reclining chair ears md Pullman
buffet sleeping cars from Kansas CITY to
Toledo. at which point as well as at Fort
Wavne aud Deian, e, direct connection Is
made with all The limued trains for the
East. South as. and Northwestern points
This is a srnr route. AK for your
ti.kets via he Wabash line.
C VI. Hsmp-ol. commercial agent
,o27 Seventeenth street, Denver, Colo.
c. L. Nlleo. trtvelrng agent.
DESyER. March Is
, 1891-07-22

Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon n healthy condition OF all
the vltsl organs. If the liver be inactive
you nave n bilious look. if your stomach
be drsordered you have a dyspeptic look
and If vour kidneys be affected you rave a
pinched look. Secure good health and
YOU will have good looks. Electric Bit
ters is the great Alternative and tonic, acts
directly on the vital organ Cures PIN
pies, blotches, boils, and gives a good
complexion. Sold at Roedel's drug store,
fifty cents per bottle.
, 1891-07-22

NASGroU SPRINGs. Colo.. June t.
(Sperisl -Manitou Is to the people what n
sugar barrel Is to the flies ON a bright summer
dAy-Decidediy attractive There is an abb
zence or nips and an innuN NJ people Mt Mani
tou that is ref shing. These June days are
Of the leafy June that poets pirate of-cool
mornings. warm enough NJ noon time To re
mind tle ont 'oor wsnderer that It is sum-
mer, and evenings tuit OF moonlight aud cool
ness.
The walks, drives and trails about MRnitnu
are So numerous that old timers Of several
seasons ex ]perience find some new beauties
whsnsver they 20 ont The country Is a
paradise for the lively young woman
or the brawny ynnng man who delights in ex-
pInring eNpeditiuns.-EN.
Manitou is best reached by the Union
Pacific.
, 1891-07-22

Twenty-Five dollars per ton is what
Captain Schley, of the United States
cruiser Baltimore, paid for coal at Val
paraiso a short time ago., the total cost
for filling the ships bunkers aggregat-
S25, 900. With this vessel, the San Fran
cisco, Pensacola and the Charleston,
constantly on the move along the South
Pacific coast, the cost for this item will
amount to a considerable sum.-Metal
Worker.
, 1891-07-22

The names of women figure consider
ably in the lists of successful hunters
and fishers. Mrs. Charles Allen, of
Glasgow, caught seven tarpon at Char
lotte Harbor, Fla, last season, one of
which weighed 1872 pounds. Mrs. Napier,
of New York, and Mrs. Stagg, are other
successful fisherwomen of this somewhat
ponderous catch, and all three will en-
ter into competition again next season
for the prize of the best catch.
, 1891-07-22

A Pole, whose name is recorded on the
police docket of the Seventeenth ward
station as John Bunco, was arrested late
Saturday night. Saturday morning he
wa married to n young woman of his
own nationality Mt his home in the rear
of Butler street, between Fifty-iirst and
Fifty-second streets. The usual celebra,
ton incident to the Polish marriage cere-
mOny was continued through the day.
y large number of guests were pres
ent. Several fights were INDUCED in,
and late Saturday night the commotion
vas so great that Captain Brophy, Lieu
tenant Andrew Orth and several officers
raided the house.
Thirteen men We're caught, including
the groom. The bride was the only
woman about the premises, and was not
arrested. Each of the men was sent to
the workhouse for thirty days.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
, 1891-07-22

A strange case is attracting attention
at Anna, o. Ella Raglan was sitting in
a doorway during a thunder storm one
week ago, when lightning struck some
object in the yard, and Miss Raglan fell
over asleep, and has remained so ever
since. She cannot be awakened. Her
breathing and appearance are NATURAL
Cor. ST. Louis Republic.
, 1891-07-22
Sea Bathing 1000 Miles From the

AT GARFIELD BEACH.
The famous health resort, Garfield Beach,
on Great Salt Lake, Eighteen miles from Salt
Lake City, is reached via the Union Pacific,
The Overland Route and is now open.
This Is the only real sand beach on Great
Salt Lake, and is one of the finest bathing
and pleasure resorts In the West.
For complete description of Garfield Beach.
and Great Salt Lake, send to f.. l.. LON x,
general passenger and ticket agent, Omaha,
for copies OF "Sights and Scenes in Utah." or
= Glimpse of Great Salt Lake"
, 1891-07-22
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES,

Mrs. John Gurus of Peoria, ILL.,, writes:
Used nne box OF Usage Pills previous to
my second - iinement; they worked like
a charm. 5WouldI pay 1920 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godseud to me Write
Usage Medicine CON pany, Wichita. kas.,
FOR particulars. and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
e. n Hunt Gheve-ne