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Making SpectaeIe Len,e..

[Prof. (, H. Henderson inPopularScience Monthly l
 The bit of glass to be formed into lens is fastened by means of pitch to a small block of hard rubber so that it may be more readily handled. It is ground by be- ing pressed against rapidly revolving metal tool, whose curvature is equal and opposite to that desired in the lens. This is known as the trough tool" and is made of cast iron. It is mounted on a vertical spindle, and is kept moistened with emery and water. Several grades of emery are used in succession, changing from coarse to fine as the grinding proceeds As re suit of this process the glass has a rough surface and is no longer transparent It is now transferred to the fine tool. |" This is made of brass and has its surface as true as possible. It is compared from time to time with a standard curve in order to in sure accuracy.
 In this second grinding the abrading material is rouge Carefully calcined sul- phate of iron.) Finally the lens is polished by being pressed against piece of cloth powdered with rouge and fastened to the rotating tool. The glass is now loosened from its block, turned over, and the reverse side of the lens ground. When this has been accomplished the lens must be cut down to the proper shape for mounting in the spectacle frame. It is place on 8 leather cushion and held firmly in posi- tion by a rubber tipped arm while di- smond glass cutter passing around an ov- al guide traces similar oval on the glass below.
 The superfuous glass outside the oval is removed by steel pincers, the rough edges are ground smooth on Scotch wheels and the lens is ready for mounting. The glass es for small telescopes, microscopes, burning glasses and the like are ground in the same fashion
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9r1J 6unds.

All Linen, Bleached Damask Towels, handsome pattern, wide borders, tied fringes, etc, at 1oc each; usually retailed at 25c.
 Extra Heavy Superior Linen Bleached Damask Towels, tied fringes, in borders of white, electric blue, salmon, gold, red, etc., at 25c each.
 Fine Quality Huck Towels, with hem stitched ends, size 20 x4o, at 25c each.
 We offer a large line of Fancy Damask Towels, Plain White Satin Damask Towels, Hem Stitched Huck Towels with satin finish borders, Damask Towels with drawn work, etc., etc, at prices rang ing from 371ac to $1.35 each.
 10 pieces All Wool Dress Goods, 50 inches wide in gray and brown mixtures at soc per yard. Cost 58c to make them.
 8 pieces all wool English Homespuns in stylish light mixtures, AS inches wide, at CSC per yard, worth S1.oo.
 Just received another invoice of our all wool Bedford Cords at 75c, $1.oo and SIPS per yard in all colors, including black. They are the best values shown.
 Colored Silk Velvets-We offer a complete assortment of colors in all grades. Special bargains at $1.oo, $I.25 and $1.5o per yard.
 Black and Colored Silks in all the popular makes. We are selling the best Failles in all colors at $1.oo ever shown in the city. Also special in Silk Bengalines at $1.45 per yard.
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KENTUCKY RYE

Grown on limestone soil, makes, ifpropeTly ma nipulated, the best of whisky. c. O. Taylor Pure Rye is made from grain of that sort Ask your druggists or grocer for bottle Of Ii, and see that our firm name is on the label and over the cork of each bottle. CHESTER II. GRAVES & SONS. Sole ProprIetnrs Boston. Mass.
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AN EAR,

Of corn grown on Kansas soil was recently ex- hibited which is SSiS Inches long and Is1s inches in circumference al the base. The number of kernels is not given. but no doub; reaches among the hundreds. He that has ears to hear lei him hear the words of wisdom-that the c O. Taylor old Bourbon and G O. Taylor Pure Rye Whislleys are the finest in the vorid-V7t.l aged and pure. Druggists and Grocers sell them Our firm name Is on Inc label and over the cork CHESTER n
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AGENTS WANTED

In every house in the country to advocate the purity of C. O. TayIor's old Bourbon and Pure Rye Whistles. By agents we mean people of mature age, that know and appreciate a good thing when they see it. Many ofthe best phys- icians write for, and advocate the worth of these pure stimulants- Druggists and 6rocers ot reputation sell them, as do the proprieiors Cbes- ter H. Graves & Sons whose firm name is over the cork in each bottle. Unbranded cases if wanted CHESTER H. GRAVES SONS, Sole Proprietorss Boston, Maxs
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WE SHALL USE

Our best efforts to retain and increase cur repu- tation of offering the public, through the Drug and Grocery trade, Pure whiskey CRye or Bour- bon) under the brand Of G. O. T. Our firm name is on each label and over the cork of every bot tie we sell CHESTER H. GRAVES SONS, sota ,,ronrFa.oru po~.on NaRu
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CAUTION.

The greatest care should be taken in preparing medicine for the sick It has been taken in the distiIlation of the articles known ss G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon or c. O. Taylor Pure Rye, bottled by c H. Graves & Sons, and for sale by all lead ing Druggists and Grocers- Physicians can safely prescribe them c. H. GRAVES & SONS, sole prnprIetors Boston Mass
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-02

The Indian isn't as ignorant as might be thought. There are said to be over 23,- 900 Indians in the United States who can read English and over 10000 who can read Indian languages.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-02
EDIIORlAL NOTES.

A Texas judge decides that since bonds and coupons are not money, no official can be indicted for embezzlement under the present state law unless he steals cash.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-02
STREETS PERFECTION ROLLED OATS.
Committee on Sewers.

oh DS"SASs TNHE Committee on Sewers will meet in rooms 10 and II, City Hall, at Friday, Oct 2, 1891, st p. m when a public hearing will be given on the following:
 Recommendation of the Board of Public Works that O sewer be constructed in Shelton avenue, between Munson street and the North ampton railroad.
 Also for an overflow sewer for storm water through Munson street, from Shelton avenue to the Beaver Ponds creek. Interested parties are notified to attend and be heard thereon. JAMES B. MARTIN. Fer order Assistant City Clerk. | JAMES E. McGANN, Chairman. oI2t
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-02

Bishop spaulding, a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic of Peoria, Illinois, says that the worlds fair should be opened Sundays for the benefit of the toilers. The bishop thinks that Sunday is a day for repose and enjoyment. as well as one for worship.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-02

read English and over 10000 who can read Indian languages.
 Bishop Spaulding, Roman Catholic ecclesiastic of Peoria, Illinois, says that the worlds fair should be opened Sundays for the benefit of the toilers. The bishop thinks that Sunday is 8 day for repose and enjoyment, as we'll as one for worship.
 Some people don't know when they are we'll off. There are eighty anti-vaccina- ton leagues in England and Scotland, and a determined opposition is also being or ganized in Ireland and Wales. A short experience of smallpox as it used to rage in Great Britain would perhaps change the minds of these foolish ones.
 Great Britain doesn't intend to be caught mapping. She is going steadily ahead in the work of fortifying the coast line of her American possessions on both sides of the continent. Important fortif1- cations are being built on the British Co., lumbian coast, and the authorities have now decided to place two revolving tur- rets at the Fort York redoubt at Halifax. One is to be placed at the northern end | and one at the southern end of the fort. Each turret will be built of stone and will contain four sixty-ton guns.
 The last Indian census shows that in the past ten years the natural growth of India's population has been 27,5OO, 900. | The population now numbers 296, ,000, ,00O. One can hardly appreciate what these fig ures mean except by comparison. India contains more people than all Europe ex- elusive of Russia. Its provinces are as l populous as great European states. Ben. gal contains population larger than that of the United States and all British North America, and fully one fifth of the entire human race lives upon this little peninsuls jutting out from the coast of Asia into tho Indian ocean.
 The defeat of the English cricketers by the Philadelphia cricketers gives point t' the following paragraph from the Londol Graphic laet March: "The contemplated visit of American cricketers to England has been abandoned, all efforts to bring to gether sufficiently strong team havin| failed. The intelligence will hardly be re ceived here with regret, for cricket is no one of those things in which the Yanke
 can lick creation Indeed, transatlanti
 cricket is about as depressing as amateu billiards. The Philsdelphia eleven wa
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gn1rrnaI aud Gnnrter.

The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
 Hshed in Connecticut.
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Nnftaa.

7 Notice.
 We cannot accept anonymous or return reject cd communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication, but sa guarantee of good faith.
 Situations, Wants, Rents and other small ad. vertisements One Cent a WOrd each tnser- tIon. Five cents word fer full week (seven times).
 Display Advertisements-One square (one inch), one insertion, $1 20; each subsequent in- Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 25 cents each. Local notices 20 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business lan matter to be unobJec- tionable), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Bale, etc.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: year, $7o; three squares, one year, s10o Special rates furnished on application for con tracts covering considerable length of time or . large Space.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 16 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, s FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
THE WAY OFT.

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Disbudding.
d. NJ. Farnsworth.

There is no young plant which may not
be benefited by remov al of its first buds,
except. of course. such as mature but one
set of buds in q season; even then, unless
the plant be strong aud thrifty, it would be
much better TO take oil the BUDS and wait
/ know very we'll by my own experience
just how strong the temptation is to let
just this one bud develop to see what 1t will
be like. also know by sad experience how
fatal such a course usually is, Have pa
thence for little and you will be rewarded
by living plant and plenty of good.
healthy bloom. 1t Is also a good plan
TO treat your plant a. q wise farmer does
his apple crop. thin it trife. in the way
of buds. 1t must lock reasonable to any
one that the whole force of plant given to
perfect ten blossoms will produce much
larger and finer ones than the same strength
possibly could if distributed among TWEEN
ty. Flower growing Is a very poetical call
ing, it is true, but 1t must be remembered
that It requires too large amount of good
hard. common sense. Another hint may as
well be given in this connection, though
you have doubtless heard it before, it
follows right in the wake of the disbud-
ding. Remove all flowers rs soon as fully
open and you will have stronger plant
with more and better blooms. This is also
founded on good reasoning. for after a
flower is developed it is still q constant
drain on the vitality of the plant, and TO
an extent seldom realized. If you are
raising the plant SIMPLY for display when
in bloom a little Wise care in this direction
may still be given. As q closing motto,
don't be afraid to use the knife.
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Farm Scales.
Pfffshurg Post.

PittsDurg fost.
There is too much guess work on most
farms. Experiments and tests are often
nearly worthless because there is SO much
Inaccuracy in them. Especially is this
true about feeding tests. Year after
stock is fed without any definite
knowledge of the weight, the gain in
feeding or the amount of feed. The
various breeds and the different feed
ing stutfs should be tested by the
scales. All fattening stock should be
weighed before any grain is fed, and regu-
larry during the feeding season. There is
both pleasure and profit in il. The record
should be saved for guidance in the future.
The scales will show that we often feed ut
q loss. They will urge one to better feed
ing if the gain is unsatisfactory, or to q
sale if stock is not thriving They put the
feeder on a business-like basis.
Especially are scales needed In selling
stock. Many buyers find a considerable
profit in guessing orr the farmers stock.
They are weighing every day and have q
great advantage over the farmer. In nine
cases out OF ten the farmer loses when he
does not weigh In case that came under
our notice. the other day. a farmer was
willing TO guess Oft" his three hogs at S2S
over So. He had seen them so often that
their rapid gain III weight was not as ap-
parent as 1t would have been otherwise
Farmers should either own their own scales
or club with one or two leigh bors and buy
partnership ones. They pay In money and
pleasure.
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CONDITION OF THE MARKETS
All Efforts to Hold Up Wheat Failed and
the Close Was at Lowest Figures.
The Chicago Article More or Less Influenced
BY HutchinsOn's Brokers and New York
Buying erders-Corn Ranging Lower.
Small Early Gains Were Wiped out anu .a

Small Early Gains Were Wiped Out AM; the
List Closed Lower.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-NoDey on call Was
easy. with no loans. closing offered at GA
DER cent
Prime mercantile paper 81. a6lR per cent
Sterling exchange was quiet but firm at
4.sO34 for sixty day bills and S4.e4 for de-
msnd.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
Il9,44l shares. including the following:
Atchison. 11.25s; Chicago Gas. $3.50; Della
ware. Lackawanna * Western. 6.s2s; Erie,
5000; Louisville & Nashville, 1900; Mis-
souri, Pacific. 1855; North American, 3.917;
Northern Pacific preferred. IL ,525; Reading,
300; ST. Paul. $500; Union Pacific, 1900.
The stock market to-day was quiet, and
after continuing strong during most of the
session yielded TO renewed bear" pressure.
and the early gains were wiped out in
almost every case among the available
shares. The opening was made on a mod
crate volume of business but first prices
were from Is to Is per cent. higher than last
nights figures supported by further pur-
chaees for foreign account and consldera-
bic buying for the shorts The market
continued to improve on a small volume of
business until after the Issue of the bank
statement, which showed a large in
crease in cash and gain in the
surplus reserve of s., so. 900, but the buying
during the early part of the day had been
TO discount this favorable exhibit. and
there was a rush of the trading element In
the final dealings to put out another line of
"shorts''based on the withdrawal of the
support gwen during the last few days.
The result was that prices yielded RAPIDLY
IN the last few minutes trading, and almost
without exception the previous gains were
neutraliZed, with something In addition
lost. The trading during the entire session
failed to exhibit any feature of note.
The early advances were confined
TO fractions and very uniform through
out the active list, while the
later declines possessed the same quality.
Atchison, Northern Pacific preferred, Mis-
souri, Pacific. Louisville IL. Nashville,
Union Pacific. St. Paul, and Lackawanna
were the leading active stocks. but In none
was there any remarkable trading. The
market finally closed quiet and heavy at
the decline with most stocks at shade
under first prices. The final changes are
all insi ticant, but declines abound.
Railroad bonds were relatively more act
i've than shares and the transactions of the
two hours session reached SS21, 500. The
tone was strong and the late weakness in
stocks was not reflected, though the fiual
changes of note are generally in the Inact-
i've issues.
Governments have been duller and firm.
State bonds have been entirely neglected.
Closing quotations were:
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Prices of Live Stock.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
The low average prices of live stock in
the great cattle markets 10 due almost
wholly to the low average quality of the
offerings. One may look over market re-
port almost any day and find few lots
that have been sold at satisfactory prices.
This has been due TO the fact that these were
in prime order. and there Will always be
buyers on the watch for that class of stock
There has been heavier movement than
usual this year of young lambs to the mar
kets of our great cities. and the prices OBJ
tanned have often been unsatisfactory and
could be obtained. This has been almost
wholly the fault of the shippers themselves.
The market wants good lambs, and more of
them every year, and will pay good prices.
but rough. half-fed lambs will not sell for
enough 10 pay expenses. Raise fewer lambs
and raise good ones. and do not try To sell
them until they are good. and you will have
little reason to complain.
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TRADING AT CHICAGO.
The Lowest Price Touched By Wheat Was
97lsc at the Close.

o1A3C at the CiOSo.
CHICAGO. Oct. 17.-Wheat opened dull
and easy to-day, influenced chiefly by the
heavy receipts. which were 176 cars in ex-
cess of the estimates. The market also felt
the pressure of the wheat delivered on
puts" yesterday. but there was liberal
covering by shorts" New York sent some
buying orders and Hutchinson's brokers
were quite active on the bargain side. Then
came report that it was raining again in
North Dakota. and that much of the wheat
In the Red river valley was again in
peril Next came a cable stating that
IL was reported in Germany that Russia
was about to prohibit the expectation of
potatoes. wheat bread and wheat flour.
This was not given much consideration for
time. but when report was added to 1t
that the exports from both coasts of
wheat and flour during the past sixteen
weeks amounted to 6667SOOO bushels,
against q. 1853. 900 bushels for the correspond
ing period last year, there was rally of u
ole. followed by a light recession. and
then q period of dizziness and steadiness.
During the last honr the market turned
very weak on easier cables, increased offer
ings and sharp decline in New York and
the Northwest. Early buyers were quick
TO lose confidence, and threw their hold
iDgs. while the bears" led by Ream,
Partridge. Cudahy and Linn, were all
aggressive sellers. December opened at
csc. sold down 10 9794c. reacted TO 9sssc,
held around 9Slsc for 8 time. then broke to
e74c, rallied to 97ssc. and closed at 97l4c.
The trade In corn was very slow and with
little news to affect the prices. November
opened at 4sc. sold to 4SAc, and held with
IN that range during the forenoon. but
weakened during the afternoon with
wheat, going down to 47l2c. end closed at
that price.
Oats were quiet and steady without any
change In prices TO speak of.
The receipts of hogs continued heavy,
and holders of hog products are inclined to
market them. fearing lower prices. The
announcement that Italy would soon re-
move the embargo on American wheat had
no STRENGTHENING effect on the market, as
such an act. IL was asserted. would do no
good SO long as the present prohibitive
tariff on American meats remains. The
market was weak all day. and closed at
the bottom Pork shows loss of % d37l2c:
lard 10 .10d .12lsc off, and ribs are .l2la a .15c
down. except October. which is .O7lac high
er. The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Sc: nail rod. &c: plow-slabs Sc: American
cast steel. &c; tire steel. Sc; spring steel, &C.
NAILS AND HoRsEsHoEs.
Steel cnt nails s1.9o; wire nails. 2.4o.
rates; horseshoes. u keg, S4.25 mule-shoes,
T. keg. 1925: horse nails. siG5.
LEATHER.
Leather-Oak sole. 2S03Ic: hemlock sole.
black bride, - doz.. S60a65: fair bride.
S6O01o t. doz.; city kip. 656S5c; French
kip. S5cd Sl.10; city caif-skins, s0d 9Oc;
French calf-skins. S101.S0.
OH. CAKE.
Oil cake, S23 IT, ton: oil meal, S22
PROVISIONS
Jobbing Prices-Smoked meats-Sugar-
cured hams. 20 lbs average. Zoe: 1Sfts aver
age, 105ic: ID lbs average, 12c: l2l2 lbs aver
age. 12ll C; 10 lbs average. 12i4c: block hams.
10 10 70 lbs average, lie; boneless ham. Sac:
California hams s TBS average Sac; IL lbs
average. 81 ID TBS average. Sl4 Breakfast
bacon, clear. English cured. l3 lsc: VERY light
pieces. l2l2c; choice sugar-cured. 12c; En-
glish-cured shoulders Il lbs average sc:
l'lbs average, SIC; sugar-cured. IL lbs aver
age. Tl2c: ID lbs average. none Bacon-Clear
sides. ~ 10 % lbs average. 934c: 50 TBS aver
age. 9Ac: clear bellies. IL lbs average. 10l2c:
range of ID TO so lbs average. without selec-
ton, gao; clear backs. 10 10 Tbs average.
&c. Dried Beef-Hams. inside pieces and
knuckles. 1Oc; ham. outside only. &C.
Beef tongues, 60c each; &c advance when
canvased. Smoked Sausage Bologna,
cloth. 6lec; skin. large. &C: small. &c; wiener
wurst, She. Dry-salt and picked meats
Clear Sides clear bellies. clear backs, lac
less than smoked: short fat backs. lbs av-
erage. Sc; bean pork. clear. per Dbl 200 lbs.
ST.. rump pork per Dbl 200 lbs. S1250: chop
pork. per Dbl 200 TBS. 50. Also. half barrels.
100 lbs. at half the price of the barrel, add.
ing SOC to cover additional cost of package.
Lard-'Indiana," in tIerces. Sac.
SEEDS
Clover-Extra choice reclaimed. GO fb
bu. $4.35 04.50; prime, s415G4.35: English.
choice, S4.2504.50: Alsike, as to quality,
S5.50d6; Alfalfa, S6.5007; white Dutch. As
to quality, S6.25065O. Tmothy-Fancy.
45 fb bu, S1.7001.S0: choice. s1.5501.6O;
strictly prime, S1.5O01.55. Bluegrass
Fancy Kentucky. IA fb bu. S303.25: En-
glish. choice. "A ID blu. S1.S50l.95. Orchard
Grass-Choice, IA tb bu. Sl.2501.35. Italian
Rye Grass-ChOice. 1S fb bu, S150OLs5
Red TOp-Choice. IA ID bu, 65i07Oc.
TIMERS SUPPLIES.
Best brand charcoal tin, IC, 10x14. 14x20.
12x12. $3.50; TX. 1Ox14. 14x30 and 12x12. $3.50;
&c. 14x2O. roofing tin. S5.7506: IC. 20x2S.
S11.5001 $50; block tin. IN pigs. 26c; in bars.
2Sc. Iron-27 b iron, Sic; G iron. DC; gal
vanized. 80 and 10 to 60 per cent. discount
Sheet zinc, TIC. Copper bottoms, 26c.
Planished copper, CSC. Solder. 15016o.
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Usefulness Of the BUNDLE Bee.

New York Mail and Express
1t has been conclus:vely established tina
red clover ltrifOlium pratense. L. Will no c
mature it's seeds without the cross fertili-
cation brought about by the visits of IN
sects, and particularly humble bees. Many
other bees and also lepidOptera (butter-
flies, moths. etc., diptera ttwO-winged
tiies). and beetles visit the clover blossoms
but these effect cross-fertilization to only
n limited exteDt-the mouth part of the
bumble-bee being especially fitted To
this work. The smaller percentage OF
seeds in the first crop of clover
is therefore due To the fact that the bees
necessary 10 the production of perfect seeds
are comparatively few in number in the
early spring and summer. A number of
experiments have been tried in England TO
establish the relation of the bee to clover,
and similar experiments have also been
made in this country. all going to show the
dependence of the clover ON the bee for fall
productiveness A notable instance of the
usefulness of the humble bee i'm this regard
is seen in the fact that when clover was
first introduced into New Zealand it failed
to produce seed. but later. when the bum
BILE bees were introduced and became nu-
merOus. the clover matured perfect seeds.