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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
UNCLE SANS CROPS.
Everybody Should Be Mere Prosper
GUS This Winter Than Ever.
STUDYING THE FLOOR OF THE SEA.
A Lamp fer Ships That Defles Every Bfsrt
to Extinguish 1t.
PHOTOGRAPHIC UPON CHINA WARE
rwR1rrsK HoR THE prsrareH.l


The United States viii gather this year
more plentiful crops than, In all probabil-
ity, have ever been known In this country.
From the great Northwest, with Its i'm
mense wheat fields, frem the Pacific coast.
from the Central West and from the South
down to Texas, the grain crops are the
largest ever produced. The yields Will
probably be about $50, 100000 bushels of
wheat, 5000, ,0o0, 900 bushels of corn, between
600, 600, 600 and roo, ,ooe, 900 bushels of oats
and over 100, ,000, 900 bushels of other grains,
making an aggregate of about $500, ,ooo, 900
bushels, or about 1000 900, 900 bushels more
than in 1890. This increase Of 1000, ,ooo 900
bushels Is equal to !, ,ooe, 900 car loads of co.
600 pounds each. Nearly ell other crops
promise the same abundant yield, rice,
sugar, tobacco, fruits, grasses, ETC., all add
ing immensely to the profit Of farmers.
Cotton alone Of all the big crops will fall
short Of 1890; but this will be an advantage,
as the yield Of last year was too large for
the demand
Appointment manufacturing journal points
out that With all this enormous production
of grain, prices will be well maintained, be-
cause Of the scarcity in Europe, and 50
American farmers will receive more money
this year for their crops than ever before.
This phenomenal prosperity Is certain to
tax the resources Of the railroads of the
country 10 an extent not yet realized, for
the handling of the immense crops, and the
business which they will necessarily de-
yelop, added to the regular traffic Of the
country, Will require more rolling stock
than Is at present available
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Scanning the Depths Of the Sen.

On recent expedition the Prince Of
Monaco, who has made many valuable con-
tributions to science, conceived the idea of
using the electric light for Illuminating the
bottom of the seain great depths Of water,
in which otherwise 1t would be impossible
to watch the progress Of experimental or
other work. The Prince has now built a
yacht especially for the study Of "ocean-
ography." The Yacht has displacement
Of $50 tons, and is provided with steam
power in such way as to reserve as much
space as possible for the arrangements
necessary for engaging in serious scientific
work, having IN view, at the same time, the
wants of family life. The engine room is
large enough to accommodate, besides the
engides, various apparatus, including q
dynamo, an ammonia freezing machine, and
water still, all under the charge of one
engineer. Besides being lighted through
out by electricity, the vessel is provided
with a search light of 5000 candle power
for Illuminating the surface of the sea dur
ing night operations, and very complete
arrangement for lighting up the bottom of
the sea when required. It is expected that
this will be the means of making very valu-
able geological observations and the dis
covery of many new species.
The actual equipment Of the vessel allows
soundings to be made in the ocean to
depth not exceeding 5000 metres, and of ap-
paratus being let down to the bottom at
depths up to 5000 metres, with the least
possible difficulty. One Of the special OBJ
jects of the Princes investigations has been
to define the direction and velocity of the
great surface currents on the ocean, and in
the mapping out Of these he has made con-
siderable progress Oceanography will
shortly be enriched by a chart of surface
currents prepared from data furnished by
floats, to the number of 1,700, thrown over
board in three distinct regions between Eu-
rope and. America. Possessing exact and
authentic information as to the departure
and arrival of great number of these floats,
Prince Monaco has been able during the
past three years to follow their successive
appearances, and to construct his chart
under conditions Of exactitude which ensure
its value as q record of the general direction
and the mean velocity of the currents of the
North tlpntio
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CHAPTER VIII.
A BOUT WITH MRS. MARIMoNE.

A BOUp WITH MRS. MARIMONE.
Mrs. Marimone was futtered by the tele-
gram from Philadelphia. For Mrs. Mari
none, g portly and dignifed lady, to be
futtered meant good deal. She could not
believe it. Oh, dear me Really, it was
not to be believed. During the compaay's
first stay in Boston Mrs. Marimone went so
far as to purchase photograph of Nickich,
and while the picture was being done up,
to study Freda's face This was easier to
do and not so degrading to Mrs. Marimone's
dignity as observing the frame outside the
theater. Such an impertinent face, with
great laughing eyes looking aside, and a
round shoulder tucked up to her ear, too |
Just the same impudent creature her own
Russian had passed on the milldam, en-
sconsed in rig with Henroyd. She had
heard of the outrageous actress disporting
herself at Carson's Groves with Henroyd
for escort, and she herself had seen her sup
ping with Henroyd at the Adams House.
1t was dreadful Mrs. Marimone invited
Henroyd to luncheon and to dinner and to
8 o'clocks, and to evenings, and to Sundays.
He came once to dinner to pay his respects.
But, dear me, he was quite unapproachable.
Mrs. MarimOne simply could not speak
even after dinner when she had her courage
up.
Mrs. Marimone felt her equipoise would
be hopelessly sprained if Henroyd should
tell her to mind her own business. She
really wanted to ''save Breton from the
clutch of an adventures, but she feared
he would not see it that way. She sent
Corona to put brandy in his coffee. He had
been so attentive to Corona, but he would
take neither coffee nor brandy. Corona
said he hadn't, but Mrs. Marimone knew
what 1t meant for gentleman to go to
Stoddard with lady. Corona said he went
because he could not talk there, but Mrs.
Marimone knew better Perhaps Corona
had offered him the wrong brandy! 1t
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TRIUMPH OF A WRITER.
He Held His Reader SO spellbound That
He Dared Not Turn q Leaf.

He Held His Reader 30 spelIBound That
He Dared Not Turn Leaf
Speaking of illusions" said gentle
man who resembled George Washington, 'T
recall reading some years ago an essay on
'wood-peckers, by Maurice Thompson In
his 'By-ways and Bird Notes The species
of this bird, which the essay described, was
very wild and unapproachable; but we had
just got track of one in a Southern forest
and were trying to steal up close to the tree
on which he was at work. Stealthily, from
bush to bush, we crept, getting nearer and
nearer, but compelled to do it with almost
absolute noiselessness.
Well, the writer had skilfully carried me
with him in his stealthy attempt to get q
good view of the bird, and just as he was
describing his most delicate venture and we
were trying to make the last bush, it was
necessary to turn the leaf of the book If /
would follow the narrative. So completely
did imagine myself in the Virginia woods,
that for just an instant hesitated to turn
the leaf of the book lest should make q
noise and frighten the bird"
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Inexttnguishab1e ships Lamp.

An invention having for its object the
steady maintenance of the Illuminating
power in ships side and headlights is of
supreme importance and interest to ship
owners Perhaps no better proof of this
can be given than the accident which took
place some years ago, when local steamer
on the China coast collided with French
steamer. The vessel on which the blame
for the collision was found to rest was
mulcted in no less q sum than 1856, 900,
simply because her lights had become acci-
dentally extinguished. To provide against
such accidents, lamp has been specially
designed that is guaranteed to maintain Its
light in the teeth of hurricane. It's main
feature is an inner front casing, holding a
still inner plain glass lens, the upper por-
tion of the case being continued with a
bend, to form a shield, under the inner
light. Any wind blowing down the funnel
strikes this shield plate and is thereby. de-
flected through the lamp, between the cases
of the outer and inner lenses, and finds vent
at the bottom of the lamp. This detection
serves the double purpose of diverting the
wind from the fame, and keeping the outer
colored lens cool, freeing it entirely from
the risk of being cracked when splashed by
shipped seas, as other lenses are, owing to
their heated surface.
The capabilities of the lamp are best sug-
gested by the report of the tests to which
it has been subjected. This report states
that the lamp mas been blown upon by a
strong blast, passing through fve-inch
pipe from fan driven at speed of about
$500 revolutions per minute, the light re-
manning unaffected, while an ordinary sig
nal lamp was Immediately blown out under
far less severe test. 1t has been blown
upon from beneath, when the blast was so
strong, as to necessitate the lamp being
held to prevent its being blown away. It
has been played upon with hose with the
top of the lamp open; it has been immersed
in water to depth of ten feet, and sub
jected to all manner of tests, but by none of
these means could the lamp be put out
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'T shall hope to secure your interest"
said Mrs. Msrimone, with deepening sever
ity. ''Mr. Breton is of an old and distin-
guished family, his relatives have long
looked to his augmenting the honor of the
family by beftting alliance. We learn
that his interest is apparently vested at
present in lady on the stage we"
eff, " said Freda, grayely, eff Mr.. Breton
contemplstes augmenting the honor of his
stage Mr. Breton and his family have my
Fluctuations"
During the pause that ensued Mrs Mari
none felt her scheme of action somewhat
unbalanced by Freda's appearance. No
paint, glossy, reddish hair neatly held in
place in spite of curls, a very simple dark
dress and-ahi it was shorti and the buttons
of the bodice crossed diagonally. Mrs
Marimone gathered determination as she
observed the buttons.
MY dear young lady," she said! f'My
business with you is confidential and i'm
portant. Can 1 see you in some less open
place?"
"Face-wash, after ALL" thought Freda.
81 regret" she said with some reserve,
''that have no more secluded place at my
disposal"
Mrs. Marimone felt resentful. She knew
very welIthat actresses always have suites.
''May add," continued Freda, "thst my
time is limited"
Mrs. Marimone lifted her 1orgnette and
began deeisively:
''Mr. Breton is my nephew"
This appeared to Mrs. Marimone an ex-
cellent opening to the conversation, but
Freda only cooed, "AhI''
Mrs. Marimone found herself at a loss.
'rMiss Sonaday," she went on with some
effort, sit is best to be frank. NY nephew's
interests are dear to me. You will under
stand that"
Mrs. Marimone swelled. "You might be
aware" she said, ''that it is not customary
for gentlemen to choose wives from the
stage"
81 cannot believe" said Freda, quietly,
shat Mrs. Marimone has honored me with
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
A Pleasing pisinfectant.

A very pretty form of disinfectant is be-
ing introduced into sick rooms in Australia,
in the form Of the green branches of euca-
lyptus. The reputation of the eucalyptus
as an absorbent of malaria, and as an anti
dote in fever cases Is we'll established, and
for some time Its effects as a disinfectant in
sick chambers have been carefully watched.
DR.. Curgenven states, after 10 months trial,
that in cases of scarlet fever, if the branches
be placed under the bed, the bedding under
goes thorough disinfection, the volatile
vapor penetrating and satuyating the mat
tresses and every other article in the room.
the vapor is also said to have beneficial
effect upon phthisical patients, acting not
only as an antiseptic, but as sedative, and
to some extent as hypnotic.
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HOW to Take OF a Shirt.

No one who frequents the gymnasiums
during the summer season can have failed to
notice men Juggling and straining at their
flannel shirts in vain endeavor to get them
off A flannel shirt, especially an under
shirt, when wet with perspiration, sticks
considerably closer than a brother, but
wet shirt has no terror for any one who
knows how to handle it. Cross the arms,
take hold of the left side Of the shirt with
the right hand, and the right side with the
left hand, and the garment can be pulled of
with perfect ease.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

foreigners and well-to-do Mexicsns carors-
ing in the Iturbide bsrroom early in the
morning and all day Sunday.
The pulque product, however, is the most
profitable of any liquor production in
Mexico, and many of these pulque plsuta-
tions bring in from SO, 900 to $4,000 year.
know of one man who gets 5000 day from
his pulque hacienda, and am told that R.
NJ Pulsifer, of the Boston Herald, is con-
nected with q company Of Americans who
propose TO go into pulque making.
OTHER USES. OF THR PLANT.
The puaque plant Is one of the most use
.ful plants in the world. It's fiber makes ex-
cellent thread and the AEtecs use its thorns
for needles They thatch their houses with
its leaves and in the days of Cortez they
made paper out of it. This paper was like
papyrus and there are old Aztec manu-
scripts in existence which were made in
this way. A number of other liquors in
addition to pulque are produced from the
plant, and.in one district very fine brandy
called mescal is produced from it, and te-
quila is another liquor much like Scotch
whisky which comes from the maguey
plant. The leaves of this plant contain
thousands of fbers and these make the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
Firinp Portraits ON .Chinn.

A new art has been developed In the firing
of portraits on china Hitherto painting
was the ordinary method resorted to by
those who wished to preserve the likenesses
of their friends on porcelain or any descrip-
ton of ware. By the new method the
pictures are photographed on the porcelain
and then fired, in the same way as the ordi-
nary decorations of tie ware. The portraits
look like the finest photographs, and unless
broken will last forever The pictures can
be adapted to any size, and can therefore be
put on cups, saucers, vases, panels or me-
dsllions with equal ease.
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blossoming dies. Just before blossoming,
however, it is ready for pulque making.
This is dore by cutting the cone out of the
plant and this leaves a great bowl in the
plant about as large as two-gallon crock
Into this bowl the sap of the leaves runs in
streams and each plant will produce from
s to Is quarts Of juice per day. 1t con-
tinues TO yield this amount for six months,
and one plant will produc. barrels and
sometimes hogsheads of liquor
This liquor is the natural beer. 1t flows
into the bowl as sweet as sugar and as clear
as crystal After "a hours, however, its
color has changed to that of skinned milk.
It has begun TO ferment and it tastes like
buttermilk. 1t begins to smell and its odor
and strength increase as it grows older, SO
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We Need More Sleep.

A German specialist, says Natu,s, has re-
Gently pleaded for giving children more
sleep. A healthy infant sleeps most of the
time during the first few weeks, and in the
early years. people are disposed to let
children sleep as much as they will But
from Ser years old. when school begins,
this sensible policy comes to an end. and
sleep Is cut eff persistently through all the
years up to manhood. At the age of 10 or
or nine I'M s boprs wben Il. 'e hssud % n
sist on his having what he absolutely re-
quises, which is at least 10 OF IL. Up to 20,
q youth needs nine hours sleep, and an adult
should have eight or nine. br. Gold is of
opinion that insufficient sleep is one Of the
crying evils Of the day. The wunt of proper
rest and normal conditions of the Nervous
system and especially Of the brain produces
a lamentable deterioration In both body and
mind, and exhaustion, exoitability and In
telleotual disorders are gradually taking the
place of love of work, general well-being
and the spirit Of initiative.
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whole city sleeps or gossips, and after
o'clock you will find none of the stores
open.
Mexican bread is almost altogether made
by the bakers, is fairly good and tastes very
much like the French bread. have not
had waffle nor a griddle cake since came
every bill of fare for hot biscuits and pie. I
do not find the Mexican dishes half as hot
as they are painted, and doubt not but
that their cuisine is fully as healthful as
ours FRANK G. CARPENTER
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to each man, womansnd -cif1dfn the Oapi-
tai and the consumption throughout the re-
mainder of the country4s pruportionately
great.
The Mexicarbeeris-caIfed Puaque It is
natures own beer, and 1t tsmade ffomrthe
sap of cactus plant of the same species as
the century plant. This grows IN Mexico
to height of fromsto55 feet It is made
up of great green leaves, which are a foot
wide at the bottom, and which are often
eight inches thick and eight or ten feet
long. These leaves start up from the
ground around q green-oone, which is a foot
thick at the base and which ends in point
as sharp as a needle.
HOW BEER Is>MADE.
It takes about ten years fortms cone to
grow to its proper size, and If it is left
flower grows upon it and theplant after
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
Chinese Varnish.

Some recent information from Hankow
as to the gum OF the rass vsrnscJsra or Chin
ese varnish points to the possibility that
the celebrated Cremons varnish may have
had as one of It's ingredients some of this
gum. 1t is now suggested that it may be
worth the while of musical instrument, and
especially violin makers, to make expert
ments with this material with the view to
producing varnish that will give mellow
instead Of CLASSY sound.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
To Preserve Wooden Posts.

Many o farmer loses money that ought
to be in the bank through not knowing
how to preserve wooden posts The post
should be bored with an inch and quarter
auger from the butt to distsnce that will
be six inches above the ground when the
post Is set. Then char over good fire for d
quarter Of an hour, SO as to drive all
moisture but of the heart of the butt
through the hole bored, fill the hole with
boiling coal tar, and drive in well-Atted
plug, which will act as hydraulic ram,
and force the tar into the hot pores Of the
wood, which will thus become thoroughly
creosoted, and last sound for twenty years
instead Of four. As In ordinary cases, q
four-ineh post should have one hole In
its center; six-inch, two, side by side; eight
inch, three; 12-inch, four. Posts which are
already in the ground may be bored diagonal
ly. filled up with hot tar lin the dry summer
time, plugged up and repainted.
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Duplicating Handwriting.

A new mechanical device. has been in
vented by means of which, it is claimed,
the solution of the problem of how best to
duplicate handwriting is attained. The
principle of the invention is that of the
sewing machine and the stylographic pen
combined. A needle rapidly projected from
the pen point punctures the paper, making
several copies at once. The number Of
copies depends upon the distance which the
needle is allowed to project. The sixty
fourth of an inch would give four or five
copies, an eighth of an inch about 80.
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Photographic Lens Shade.

A useful little appliance for photogra-
pliers is lens shade, which Is now made in
two sizes of very thin light metal. In tax
ing picture in order to get the best re-
suits the lens should be always shaded dur
ing the exposure of the plate, and this little
apparatus accomplishes it effectually in the
most simple manner. The shade can be ad-
justed to any angle, and when not in use
packs perfectly on the top or the side of the
camera
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winter, and to take care that their tenn
peratnre is not too high; to spend as much
time possible daily In the open air, and to
maintain the temperature BY muscular exer-
else Walking is especially insisted on as
most healthy exercise, add bread ices and
low heels tend to promote 1t, and the prac-
tice of singing should be cultivated by
everyone, as it produces results the bene-
fits Of which eaa scarcely be everestimated.
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EXICo has
the best and
cheapest beer
in the world.
You can buy
it all over
Mexico for q
cent q glass
and there are
q Thousand Il
censed shops
in Mexico
City-The city
gets $1,000 a
day revenue
from these
shops, and
2oO,ooo pints
Of this liquor
are sold here
every day.
This makes
two turnblers
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CHAPTER *.
A DECLARATION.

It was none Of her business to whom Mr..
Breton might give his attention Daisy
said that to herself dozen times dat, yet
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The pulque ferments In these bags. In
them it is carried into the city and 1t is
served either from them or from barrels
The method of dealing it out to the custom
ers is no more appetizing than the mode of
gathering it. A dirty Mexican in his shirt
sleeves, with his arms bare to the biceps,
takes O glass the size Of a schooner and
thrusts his arm into the barrel up to the
elbow and gives you the pulque with his
hands dripping. If you can conquer your
nose, you drink 1t, and the result Is not at
oil bad.
CLOSE AT SIX o'oLooK.
These pulque shops are found in every
Mexican block. They are open from early
in the morning until o'clock at night, and
at this time they are closed by law and are
not opened again until the next morning.
Mexico has excellent police regulations In
regard to the poems or common people. The
pu1que shops are patronized chiefly by them,
and you find less disorder in Mexico at
night than in any city of Its size In the
United States. The high-priced saloons,
which sell all kinds Of liquors, are kept
open until midnight and later, and hear
the billiard balls clicking and the rich
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NATURES OWN BREW
The Wonderful Pulque of
Mexico Which Sells for
One Cent a Glass.
IT'S THE SAP OF A PLANT.
Ferrnents of Itself and Is an Agree
able Everyday Beverage.
ORIGIN OF THE P0PULAR'C COCKTAIL.
Mexican Cooking Is Not So Bad as Tour
lists Have Painted 1t.
PECULIAR CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE
IT'S THE SAP OF A PLANT.
Fernents of Itself and Is an Agree
able Everyday Beverage.
ORIGIN OF THE POPULAR.COCKTAIL'
Mexican Cooking Is Not So Bad as Tour
lists Have Painted 1t.
PECULIAR CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE

CORRESPONDENCE or TEE DIsPATcEd
MEXICO CITY, Sept 2