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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-07
distinguishing Incipient Fires.

1t is the opinion of experts that much of
the money which is spent by factories,
mills and stores on the introduction of
pipes and valves for fire extinction might
be saved by the adoption of much simpler
and more efficient method. Both sulphur
and ammonia are we'll adapted for ex-
tinguishing fire. Sulphur absorbs oxygen
and forms sulohuric ncd, the fumes of
which are much heavier than air. The
quantity required would be small, since
seventy grammea or sulphur can make 100
cubic metres o; air inimical to combustion.
An effective sulphur eXtinguishing appa-
ratus can be made Of a large iron box of
moderate depth and open ut the top. 1t
should be hinged at one end or the side to
a protected ceiling, and kept close thereto
by a cord o. wire connected with wire or
strap formed chiefly of cadmium fusible at
IA dogs. Fahrenheit.
Inside the box is placed a considerable
quantity of cotton wadding, we'll saturat-
ed with powdered sulphur. On the heat
of an incipient fire melting the wire or
strip the box drops a short distance; by
simple device the cotton wadding is ig-
nited at the same moment, and strong
cloud of sulphurous acid gas is instantly
evolved, which extinguishes the fire by rem
dering the air unfit for combustion.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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the progress of Consumption.
The best authorities agree that it's
a scrofulous affection of the lungs.
If taken in time, and given fair
trial, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will effect cure. Thou
sands have been saved by it-thou-
sands more are putting it off till
too late. For every form of Scrof-
ula, Bronchial, Throat, and Lung
Affections, Weak Lungs, Severe
Coughs, and kindred ailments, it
is a positive remedy. It's gaaraa-
.teed to do all that's claimed for it..
If it doesn't benefit or cure, in
every case, your money is returned.
The discovery" is the only
Liver, Blood and Lung Remedy
that's sold so. Think what medi-
cine it must be
Especially has it manifested its
potency in curing letter, Salt
rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or
Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands.
Worlds Dispensary Medical As
ISOLATION, Makers, No. 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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A LOVELY TIME.

Oil dear, mamma, we've had such fun
Since you have been away;
We got the brand new microscope
That aunt bought yesterday,
And took drop Of vinegar
To look at, and, OH dear,
The things we saw a-wiggling round
Were very, very queer.
Some had no heads, and there was scarce
A leg among them all,
And many of the bigger ones
Kept swallowing the small.
1t scared us awfully to see
Them act so strange and bad,
But, oh mamma, you can't think what
A lovely time we had.
-ArkanSaw Traveller.
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suckLEN's ARNIcA SALvE.

THE BEST SALvE IN THE WORLD for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all skin eruptions, and positive
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by all druggists. Dreiss, Thomp-
son & Coz wholesale. 4 W:9:13-1y
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
IN SCIENTIFIC FIELDS.

THE revelations of the microscope are
far more important to humanity than
telescope overies.-Inventive Age.
NAUTILUS shells are being picked up
on the coast at Portland, Victoria.
They live in the shallow Pacific seas
about coral reefs
THE size Of an adult Englishman' S
head is said to average No. 7. The
heads Of Portuguese average from 655
to Z; those Of Spaniards are a little
larger; and those Of Japanese exceed
the English average. Germans have
round heads, Malays small ones.
ALTHOUGH the thickness Of the fiber OF
the finer furs has never been properly
gagged, it will be q source Of some salts
faction to know that the diameter Of
the human hair varies from the 250th
to the 600th part Of an inch, while the
fiber Of the coar5est wool is about the
5O0tl, and the finest about the 1,500tt
part Of an inch"
DIR. Carl EIGENAfANE has been col
Letting fish in San Diego Tor some years
In making up q collection recently fOl
the British Museum he found q new
specimen Of herring that has pocket
membranes for slipping in the dorsal
pectoral and vcntal fins. The scale:
are large, the eyes have 4 CLASSY cover
ing and most of the head is transparent
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
THE FORCES or NATURE.

IT is said that the shores Of France
are sinking SO rapidly that in twenty
centuries the French capital VIII have
become entirely submerged.
THE largest waves to be found are off
the Cape Of Good Hope, where, at times,
there are not over half dozen sWelis
TO the mile, but they are not at all
dangerous compared with those OF other
waters.
DURING one year the sun attracts to-
ward the skies and makes clouds OF
fourteen feet Of the entire se2-Cceana
everywhere-mucho OF which is precipi-
tated as rain on land, and flows back
by rivers into the sea.
4 RECENT survey has established the
number of glaciers in the Alps at 1,'.53,
Of which 249 have q length Of more than
"a miles. The French Alps contain
Ia glaciers, those Of italy seventy
eight, Switzerland Al and Austria 1852,
TABLES Of the density Of the atrnos-
phere, calculated from Geographic
weather reports, have been found 70
give d better clcW TO the movements
and origin of cyclOne8 than the usual
method of q comparison Of the is0bars
and isOtheTIneS alone. --
THE most recent observations as &c
the amount Of heat the earth receives
from the sun show that in clear, pleas
ant weather 6355 per cent. Of heat is
absorbed by the atmosphere and only
$50 per cent. reaches the soil. This
figure rises in October to II per cent
and sinks to % per cent. in January.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05

4 M in Missouri. sues for divorce
t-~-- his Wis. t.o-a-e. she -r-r-l3 r.g--~-
anywhere with him. bur insisted on lls
remaining &. home - take care Of
things.
Il DEFryDAxr IN q New York court
confessed that lie was the most motor
ious liar in the world. ! cant help II
I would rather tell lie than not
Az Atchison woman recently fell in
love with and married w-lo"er, for
no other reason, she says. than that he
took such good care Of his first wife :
grave.
MEs. J. A MCDONALD. Of Traverse
CITY. Mich, made her husband Christ
mas present little too realistic - al
low q his ever forgetting It She pre-
scented him with triplets, two girls anu
one boy, each 4 screaming success.
OyE day in October. just when Ne"
Jersey fisherman had broken his las
hook. q school Of fish passed along
which he estimated to be twenty miles
long aud two broad, and packed 50
closely that they crowded each other
| out Of water
APIG belonging TO Dick Walker, Of
Jesup, Ga, had the misfortune TO meet
with an accident which caused the loss
of "A leg The humane and ingenious
Dick constructed q cork leg Tor the
missing member, and the pig linps con
| tentcdly around on it.
JOHN MARKS, an operative in New
ark foundry, was caught on shaft
and whirled around it 3,247 times be
fore any one saw him and had the en-
CINE stopped. John did the counting
himself and says it's right. though he
was somewhat ratified by the speed,
SOMETHING happened at Belle Plains,
Kan. the other day which never oc-
Cured before and never viii again a
woman in that town gave tramp an
old vest. and in 4 short time he re-
turned and handed her ten-dollar bill
| which he found in one Of the pockets.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
CARE OF CUT-FLOWERS,

ALWAYS use one kind Of flowers for
each room at q reception.
A PINCH OF suIplate Of ammonia
placed in the water in q hvacinth glass
just when the 1iOwer-spil1e is rising,
viii dissolve instantly and cause the
flowers to come larger and finer than
usual.
FLOWERS may be kept very fresh over
night if they are excluded entirely from
the air. To do this, wet them thorough
~, put in q damp box, and cover with
wet, raw cotton or wet newspaper, then
place in a cool spot.
WHEN it is desirable to keep cut
flowers for some time they should not
be set in water, but thoroughly wet
wrapped closely il paper, laid in a
pastebOard box and set n & cold place
the colder the better. The ice box is g
good place, or in lieu Of that q very
cool cellar.
ONE way Of preventing delicate and
sweet scented flowers from tiagging is
to cut them with several leaves on the
stem, and allow only the head to re
main above the water, while the leaves
are entirely submerged; by this means
the leaves seem to help support the
flower, which will then last for three
days in fairly cool room.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
WELL-PAiD l!TERATI.

EaIILE IoLA has been paid $1,000 for
the right to publish his new novel,
''Money," in an evening paper.
RIDE" UAGGARD, who is digging after
Aztec treasures in Mexico, is reported to
have made some rich finds.
Mrs. AMELIA e. BARR, who now
divides her talents with the Ledger ard
the Century, is said TO make more money
than does the Chief Justice of the United
States.
GEORGE KEENAN,, the Siberian trav-
eler, lectuTCd over 300 times last season.
and is proud Of the fact that he never
missed a train or failed TO present him
self to his audience at the advertised
time.
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRIC1 is working
on short stories. Thomas Nelson Page,
the talented Virginian, has planned
three books and several short Stories
Joel Chandler Harris is engaged on q
boys story Of Southern life before the
war. Ike Marvel" will soon put forth
two volumes.
MAJOR POND will make at least S75,-
coo, possibly $780, COO out Of Stanley,
whom he pays $50 geo for fifty lectures.
In addition to this he pays the travel
ing expenses Of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley,
50 that it costs him about $1,000 every
time the explorer lectures. Pond never
receives less than 81, 500, and frequently
$1,000 for q lecture.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
COSTLY RELICS.

THE speech of Claudius, engraved on
plates Of bronze, is yet preserved in the
town hall Of Lyons, France. 1t was dis
covered in 1923 on the heights Of St.
Sebastian above the town.
THE Biblical Society of London an
nounces that it has in its possession a
papyrus manuscript which is in the
handwriting Of the great apostle St.
Peter. They claim that one hundred
thousand dollars offered for the manu-
script by another British society was
refused.
THE only authentic portrait Of Cleo
patra that is known 70 psychologists is
q bust which appears on a series Of
coins. 1t is on the reverse, and bears
the inscription in Greek: Queen Cleo
patra, the Divine, the Younger" while
on the diverse is a portrait of An
tony, Dictator for the Third Time, Tri-
umvir."
AMONG historic rings is one said to be
Shal1espeare's signet. Upon the seal,
ertwined with q true lovers knot, are
the initials ". S. twas lost before his
death and found many years after by a
laborer's wife near Stratford church
yard. This is the only authentic piece
OF his personal property known to be
III existence.
THE most famous gems extant are
perhaps the Comma Augustea IN Wen.
na, sardonyN nearly quarter Of q
yard long, on which the triumph Of Au-
gustus is cut in the rarest workmanship
by DESCRIBES, Of Rome. There are mag
niticently cut antique amethysts, though
rock crystal was and is mainly used for
vases and cups.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
MEN OF AMERICA

THE new villa Of Senator Jones at
Santa Monica, Cal, overlOolls the ocean,
and adjoining it is his thirty-thcnsand-
aero ranch -
DIR. ;5cIAFFRANEK, Of Palatl<a, Fla,
has recently sent to Europe handsome
bouquet composed Of wild flowers, tie
handle being an alGgator's tooth.
RUSSELL SAGE, who is regarded as the
largest individual loaner OF money,
makes il rule never to loan more than
five hundred thousand dollars on any
given day. That Indicates to some eI-
tent what MS resources are.
4 PRESIDENTS expenses amount in
four years TO about eighty Thousand
dollars His income for the same period
being two hundred thousand dollars, ii
is not difficult to see that he has an eX-
cellent chance to start bank account.
ALLAN ARTHUR, son Of the late Pres
ident, has been in England for some
time, where he is very popular in soci'
ETY.. He has grown pOrtly and is as
handsome q man as his father was
After another year abroad Mr.. Arthur
viii return to New York and take VI
the practice Of law.
JAY GOULD believes that a wealthy
mans son should have q trade to fal
back upon in case Of adversely. He has
therefore, given his son George an Op
pOrtunity to learn ali there IS worth
knowing about biography. from The
breezy feat OF climbing q telegraph-poll
and tapping a wire TO the sending o.
taking Of q message.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
TEETH AND HAIR .
They Are Not Indispensable to Good
Looks.

With US there is, to say the least, a
strong and decided prejudice in favor OF
Iuxuriant tresses and pearly teeth. But
it is only d prejudice, and by no means
universal We see no lack of beauty in
the infants naked, rosy scalp, in its
sweet little t0Othless mouth. We even
see a kind Of majestic beauty in the
ivory dome that covers the sage's busy
brain. A white, shining billiard ball
is by no means unplea5ing to the eye,
and no one can fancy its beauty i'm
proved by covering half of it with q
coat Of hair, however soft and silky,
lusjrOuS brown or golden. Birds had
teeth once; how should we welcome
She prospect Of n return, retrogres-
sion, to their former semi-reptilian con-
ditiOrs? Would you think your canary
oryOur brilliant-hued cCckatoo improved
in its appearance if the smooth, even
edges Of its bill were garnished with
saws OF pearly teeth like a little
feathered and winged alligator? The
possession OF full complement of
teeth has always been regarded as an
Indispensable condition Of perfect
health. To our prehistoric ancestors,
= ~ httti ~ CLlcI EIulil-IlILIlS IIltaH ILlcIE
mOlars, il must have been so, and the
modern soldier in active service would
find his hard tack and leathery salt
beef unsatisfactory fare without the
dental integrity which the examining
surgeon SO properly insists upon. But
the constantly improving science Of
cookery supplies the remedy for the
civilian, and as to the soldier, he is,
like his teeth, a relic Of undeveloped
civilization. The dogs of war" must
go, teeth and all. Experience has
demonstrated that tho luxurious diet OF
civilization, which gives SO little for
the teeth to do, IS, on the whole, more
conducive to vitality and longevity
than the hard fare Of savagery. Long
before tOothless gums shall have be-
come the rule, all occasion for teeth
have passed, either for beauty or use
North American Review.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
ABREAST OF THE TINES.

A DECEASED Los Angeles paper sunk
st50, 900 during the four years it was
published.
4 MAINE icenlan estimates that the
amount Of ice cut on the Kennebec this
winter will be about $4,000 tons.
4 CRAB was caught in the harbor Of
Victoria, =. c., that was three feet six
inches around the waist. 1t was pre-
scented to the Museum Of Natural
Science.
y NEW variety of seagull has made it's
appearance on the New Jersey coast. 1t
is darker than the old kind, and the
most remarkable popularity IS that its
tail is narrowed 10 a sharp point.
a NAN in jackson County, Ore, has
been plowing this fail with a steam en-
CINE, ard has found that it works quite
successfully. He pulls eight plOws with
his engine, and turns over the soil at the
rate Of sixteen acres per day. The cost
Of running the outfit is not over five dol
lars per day.
THERE seems to be good reason for
the increased interest in athletics and
various kinds of physical culture fads.
It is reported that out Of twenty appli-
cations for enlistment at the United
States rendezvous in Portland only one
has been accepted, deficient chest being
the main trouble.
GENERAL BERDAN has proposed a
novel solution of the silver coinage
problem. His scheme is to make dol
lar Of gold and silver, mechanically
| combined, by first making a silver coin
worth twenty-five cents, with hole il
the center, and then pressing into the
hole plug Of gold worth seventy-fvt
| cents.-Electrical Review.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
AN ODD LIBRARY.
Books on Botany Bound in the Bark of
Trees and Plants.


Trees and plants.
At Warthen5tcin, in Germany, there
is perhaps one Of the most curiously
original collections Of books extant.
This consists Of a botanical collection.
0utwardly the books present the com
mon appearance OF a block Of wood,
and that is the first impression; but
minute examination reveals the fact
that each IS q complete history of the
particular tree which it represents. At
the back Of the book the bark has been
removed from q space which allows the
scientific and common names of the
tree to be placed as title. One side is
formed from the split of the tree, show
ing its grain and natural fracture; the
other shows the wood when worked
smooth and vanished. One end shows
The grain as left by the saw, the other
the fincly-pOlished wood. On opening
the book it is found to contain the fruit,
seeds, leaves and other products of the
tree. These are supplemented by Q
Wcll-prlnted description Of its habits,
usual location and manner Of growth
It fact, every thing which has a bearing
upon that particular tree secures a
place in this wonderful, useful and
valuable collection. Here is prece-
dent for the botanical societies to adopt,
and although doubtless expensive, yet
it viii certainly repay in its utility
Christian ct Work.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05

PPrT. ScHvlHIEH has invented ma
chine for producing artificial smoke on
= battlefield. which, it Is believed Will
be Of great value to cOuntcract on some
occasions the introduction q smokeless
powder.
COLONEL DEBAEsE and II. Schneider.
the directors q the Gail and Creus0t
works. respectfully declare that II Is
unnecessary 10 replace steel guns by
bronze cannon, in view II the adoption
Of smoIzeless powder.
THE total number Of guns Of the Ger
man navy Is s31; France. 1872; Italy,
66G: Russia. 6ss; Austria, 562; Great
Britain, 1851: Netherlands, 400; spain,
347: Sweden and Norway, 150-l+1;
Turkey. 3G5: Denmark, 81; China, 805;
United States, SCI.
The new gun for the German artil-
lerv is Of steel. and weighs. without the
carriage. $40 pounds, against the old
guns goo pounds. With carriage II has
a weight Of ZOO pounds, against $500
The new ammunition wagons Welgh
$3.50 pounds, the old 4,440.
VI. VmLLE, prominent as an inventor
Of smokeless powder, by means of del
icate process Of registration finds that
the pressurcs at the moment Of burning
the powder do not shed themselves uni
fornly over the gun throughout Its
length. but that I wave Of pressure
starts at the seat Of the powder anc
transmits itself.
TUE apparently almost inevitable
failure OF some one Of the thirty, OF
Whereabouts, machines employed II
working z fully-equiPped great gun ha'
caused a reaction in England in favor O
smaller guns and of doing away with q!
much machinery as possible. Thu
Thunderer's 10O-tonners have beer
taken out and replaced with 29-tonners
worked entirely by hand.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
LAUGHS OF ALL KINDS.

1.-THE more wealth q man has. the
more difficult for hum to find out what
people really think about him
How DID you cure your husband OF
smoking, Mrs. Wing?" Il made HIM
let me buy all his cigars for him.
IT is one Of the curiosities u natural
history that q horse enjoys his food
most when he hasn't bit in his mouth.
REsrAURAS1 GrEsT-"Every thing
Won have brought me is stone cold -
Polite Waiter-"He are the mustard
and pepper, sir.
A CHEMIST has discovereda mixture
which insures protection from ants, But
what the public really yearDs for Is
protection from uncles.
THE different kinds Of laughs they
have: Dudes, Ia! ha. Farmers, Ho' no.
Tcamsters, Haw. haw. Feed dealer
Hay. hay! Women, He! he!
SNAIL There's one thing in the
Bible sis says she'd like to change
Minister Impossible! What can it
be, my young man." Small Boy-"Her
age, sir"
WHAT is it, do you suppose, that
keeps the moon in place and prevents 1t
from faIling?" asked Araminta. Il
think it must be the beams" SAID
Charley, softly.
HUSBAND "Good-bye, dear" Wife
(coldly)-"Good-bye" Husband (giv-
ing her fifty dollars for shopping)-
"Good-bye again, dear" Wife-'Kiss
me. Goodbye, my own darling, Be
| home early. Once more, love, good
| bye!"
THE man who was convulsed with
| laughter at Il woman trying to sharpen
| n pencil, was soon after discovered try
| ing to cut a paper pattern by the united
| efforts of d pair of scissors, his right
hand, lower jaw and two-thirds of his
| tongue.
PROUD FATHER-"Tal1en high degrees
| in your scientific course? Proud of you,
my boy. BY the way, can you prove
! that heat expands and cold cOntracts?"
| College Certainly. Don't
! the days grow longer in warm weather
and shorter in winter?"
ARDENT SWAIN Ito object Of his affec-
ti0n)-"For several weeks past I have
| been trying to speak to you, Miss Rosa,
| but yOH never gave me q chance of
| putting IL word. therefore BlaQIy
avail myself of your temporary hoarse-
ness 20 make you an offer of marriage"
YOUNG CANDID-"Did you ever hear
such horrible, discOrdant, car-split-
| ting" Old Pr0udfo0t-"Si r-r-r! Why,
that's my eldest daughter, and" II
repeat, sir, such earsplitting CHATTER as
those idiots behind us are making? Why,
! can't hear a word Of the song"
A SWELL at the sea side was surprised
when leaning against the ratings on
| the parade to notice that nearly every
body who passed him burst into laugh
ter, On looking down at his feet some
time after he perceived to his horror that
he was standing just over notice boarc
which read in large print: "Stand fol
| c,1a 1crl-a,- -
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
ART GLEANiNGS.

WALDO STORY, son Of the American
SCULPTOR is to design the marble decor
atoms for Baron Rothschild's house.
EXPERTS say that the buried city Of
PoInpeii has not yet yielded up third
Of its artistic treasure; that at the pres
ent rate Of progress seventy years viii
elapse before it is thoroughly unearthed.
EDWIN 4. ABBEY and John L. Sargent
are to decorate q room each in the new
Public Library of Boston. It is ex-
p1cted that this building when com
pleted will rank with the finest IN
America. 1t is hoped to have each room
Of the edifce decorated by d different
artist. --z-
RRAYToN IVES, the New York mil
li0Daire, is TO sell his famous collection
Of old manuscripts and rare pottery at
public sale n March. The collection,
an unrivaled one in this country, IS
worth about 5000, 000, and much curl
osity is manifested as to the price the
gems will bring at auction.
The question has arisen, whether
POlynesian architecture is of Asiatic OF
South American origin; and it IS
thought that the preponderance of evi
dence is in favor of the Asiatic theory
indeed, it seems probable that tbs
American continent was influenced b.
the same migration from Asia which
gave the copper-colored races to Poly
ncSia.
THE unsold paintings found in julie:
Dupre's studio after his death have
realized at auction 200, 760 francs ($41,
009). The due d'Aumale bought FOL
10000 francs his last work, Returning
from Field Labor in an Autumn sun
set" lie also obtained for 80, 900 francs
Corot's paintingof I'm Concert" whicI
was sold by the painter to DUpre fo1
1000 frames