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The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
Accelerated Ferme ton.

The invention by F. Hofmeister, Munich, Germany, consists in spreading the ferment used over large surface immersed in the liquid to be fermented For this purpose the fermenting vessel is provided with large number of diaphragms, bars, bands, or strips, preferably consisting of some pure, tasteless fabric. In order to take up as little vat space as possible the supports are made very thin. and the surfaces are placed in an inclined position, and i'll some cases perforated to allow of the ready escape of the carboDic acid.
 The fermentation of wine. beer. etc, is started as follows: The ferment-sup- porting surfaces are sprinkled with old must, beer, etc., and the tun is closed and current of air aspirated through the apparatus for thirty-six hours. The must, wort, or other liquid is then run into the tun, when fermentation soon commences. Or, the arrangement of surface must be at once placed in fermenting liquid, with the result that fermenta- tion will be considerably accele- rated. In order to produce sparkling drinks the tun and it's ferment carriers are placed in strong vessel provided with a lid, which is fitted with a press ure gauge, tap, and manhole. After Fermentation the liquid may be drawn off through tap at the bottom, which communicates with the fermenting vat. Two forms of the above apparatus are described. According to temperature and other factors, pressure of four to five atmospheres is devel- oped in period of one to six days. If fermentation has been carried on slowly (three to six daysl, the wine may be drawn of quite bright, provided the apparatus has been keep at rest
 The use of ferment-bearing surfaces is of great importance to breweries. Fermentation can be carried on at a lower temperature than usual, and since fermentation goes on rapidly, smaller number of vessels will suffice. The invention will also be of great value to distilleries, lead ing to considerable economy in time. The losses which usually occur owing to the passage of unfermented matter into the wash, and to acid fer mentations produced at th6oexpense of alcohol, will be entirely prevented by the rapid fermentations at compara- lively low temperstures obtaineh1e IT
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
AMUsIcAL OLD CLOCK.
chimes Of Silver Belle That Peal Out Long, G-ForGotton Airs.

IOnG-r Op0Otton AIro.
 There isa curious and interesting old "grandfather's" clock in w. B. Eimonson's art-mechanism store in Brooklyn. This is it's history, SO far as its history IS known:
 MT. Bailey, of Bailey & Lawrence, rubber-dealers in Boston, while on a pleasure trip in England, found the clock in an out -of-the way place in the town of Grantham, near Cheshire. 1t was out of repair, and had not run for fifty years. No one could be found who would undertake to put it in order. Mir. Bailey was impressed with its great beauty and fineness of work manship, and he bought it for $500 and brought it over to Boston, ex- pecting to find easily a Yankee tinker who could "fx it. No Yankee could put it in order, though many tried, and the old clock remained in innocu- ous desuetude for years in Mir. Bail ey's house.
 Mir. Simonson bought the timepiece, brought it to Brooklyn year ago, and has spent several months in talk ing it to pieces and putting it III order. It IS a remarkable clock in many ways, and shows at every point that 1t is the work of a master of the art of clock-making. Its proportions are symmetrical, and it is much taller and heavier than other clocks of the kind. The case is of solid mahogany, and the interior woodwork of oak. The face is of silver and gold bronze, etch- ed all over the surface. In the center is q large figure of Apollo playing on 6 golden Tyre
 The most singular part of the clock is it's chimes These consist of thir- teen solid silver bells on the top ofthe clock and concealed from view by a hood, which rises like half-moon over the top of the face The striking machinery and the bells had rested for untold years on Q stout plank of English cherry. and Mir. Simonson found that the fifty pounds weight ol the chimes had broken nine brass braces and warped the thick plank, and that the delicate machinery had been so disturbed by it that the wheels would not revolve. The machinery had been fastened to the cherry plank by nails hand-forged on an anvil. The music of the bells is peculiarly sweet and soft When the machinery was in order-the old barrel, like that of a music-box, having been in fact, spiked anew--it was like walking up a long-forgotten past to hear the old tunes, many of them being known only by their names. The names of the tunes the chimes play are inscribed on the metal clock face. These are the names in the order the chimes play them: "The Minuet," "Britons, Strike Home" ""A Young Virgin of Fifteen.'' , "TheLord Biron Maggot, 70. Lovely Charmer.' "An Opera Tune, Bury Fair" Katherine Oggie, ""This Great World" 7" "Ormond's March" ''The Lovely Sailor" and Dame of Honor, ' It requires thirty-five hammers to pound out these tunes.
 On the clock face is the maker name, Edward Hemins," and Bis sitter, the town where 1t was made, ir the north of England. Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
A PURE AIR INDICATOR.
The Odd Machine Which Emanated from
 the Brain of n Professor.

One of the many curiously devised instruments patented during the last few years is an apparatus for measur- ing the amount of impure air which may gather in room within given length of time. This odd machine ''evolutedN from the fertile brain of Prof. Wolpert of Nuremberg. It is well known that air is very poisonous to the human system when the car bonic acid gas in the air exceeds part in 1000.
 In order to test the matter and tell exactly when the one-thousandth part limit has been reached. Dr. Wolpert has provided an instrument or appa- ratus consisting of a vessel containing n solution Of soda and phenolphthalein from which. every 100 seconds, there emerges red drop through syphon. which Is so arranged as to travel down along prepared white thread about a foot and a hall in length. Behind the thread is scale beginning with 'puro air. cup to O. per l,000). at the bot tom, and ending above with extreme ly bad' at the top. In pure air the drop continues red down to the bottom. but it loses its color by the action of the carbonic acid gas; the sooner the more there is of that gas present.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
A Mon.ev,deo Cemetery.

The cemetery at Montevideo, Uru- quay. says Theodore Child in Harp CTS Maga zine. is considered one of the sights oi thecapital. It has mon- umental entrance and an elaborate chapel, and is repnted to be the most hnnriously and best arranged cen- etery in South America. ft Is situa- ted on the seashore and divided into three sections, surrounded by high walls. in which are arranged on the in side innumerable inches, each with it's marble tablet recording the names of these whose remains are deposited in- side Thecoffns arc wound up to the mouth of these mural cellules by means of portable lift and ladder combined, and the whole surface of the walls is hung with wreaths of fresh flowers or of beads. which stand out in strong relief against the mar ble facings Each section of the cem- etery is carefully laid out, fenced in with iron railings, and full of tombs and monuments of great price and pretensions, due to the chisels of the sculptors of Rome and Milan. The vegetation in the cemetery is most varied, and besides thefuneral cypress es there are Towering shrubs of many kinds, and on almost every grave wreaths of fresh flowers.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
English girl

He is it says, over six feet tall and wears mustaches. These are very long. and generally blonde, in which case he has blue eyes, and his com plexion is Drowned by tropical suns, for. of course. he has seen service in India. He is very broad shouldered and has handsome hands. He is con- manding in his manner, and dash Of brutality is permitted to him. yet he has nonchalant and easy carriage. It stands to reason that this hero is in the army, preferably the guards, and though beautiful and imposing in q West End drawing room, would be seen to perfection commanding his troops. He is of high family and heir to an old title. His manner of wooing is imperious, he demands rather than entreats, but can be passionate, ardent, glowing.
 There he is. full-lcngth portrait a creature not of flesh and blood but of pen and ink for whom. primarily. Charlotte Bronte and the author of Guy Livingston are responsible but later all the authoresses of all the penny novelettes and most of the threc-volume novels, that only differ from them in point of price.
 But of course, even in young girls there is sometimes difference. There are few still to be found whose dreams are lit by consumptive young man. hectic and poetical, to whom they shall minister and who will cling to them until ho sinks into an early grave. to the last conhding in them visions of greatness, poems he has never written, pictures he has never painted, music he has never composed A sweet creature this with a faint cough and white hands and deep sunken eyes, but oh' such q genius and so clinging. And there is another young lady--a little older this one e-who will confess that she wants to marry a man with whom she would not be ashamed to walk down Bond street. IL is this type of girl that usually marries a hunchback for his money. Her tastes arc luxurious. She exhibits them early in requiring such companion as her ideal. Later on she discovers that her tastes for other luxuries are even more intense than this one and on that scheme she arranges her life The favorite ideal with mothers and chaperons is the rising young man, It does not matter whether it is the bar. or medicine politics, literature or the church in which he Is able to rise. it is quite enough that people speak of him. that he has got his foot firm on the social ladder. that he will be per sonage.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
SCIENTIFIC DROPS.

A camera which is said to take fifty photograps per second is French novelty.
 A substitute for gutta percha has been found in the sap of the karite or butter tree, of Africa.
 A new wire called the Hungarian wire is covered with three coats of thread and two coats of celuloid.
 Mica in large quantities has been dis covered in British Columbia near the head of the Tete Jaune Pass.
 Electric motors are being applied by the French government to train heavy guns for arnor plated vessels.
 Indicators for steam engines are now made of aluminium, since its light weight makes it advantageous for this purpose.
 A rivet, in the form of tube to be used both as q rivet and as a drainage way, is the latest wrinkle in iron ship building
 In St. Paul company makes business of cleaning and inspecting chimneys and of finding the cause of bad drafts in chimneys
 The leading railroads of Europe will adopt system of standard time the same in principle as that used by the railroads in this country.
 There has been q machine invented for cutting tubes for paper of pill boxes, The operations are all automatic, and the work is said to be rapidly performed.
 fire engine that does away with the use of horses and forces the water by means of power generated by storage battery Is recent electrical invention.
 The telegraph people in California are troubled with the green woodpecker, which bores holes in the red cedar tele- graph poles for the purpose of building its pauta
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
SOME LATE WONDERS WORKED
 BY INVENTORS.
A TaPering Attac hment for Lathe3ng Interchangeable Southeast Portion of the National Territory to Change Hts Products.

In engine lathes, as ordinarily con structed, long taper is turned by setting the dead center of lathe ec- centrically with reference to the axis of the lathe mandrel, and short tapers are sometimes turned by means of a slide rest adjusted at a proper angle These methods, however, are unsatis- factory, on account of the difficulty of adjusting the lathe so as to produce q taper of a given angle.
 The annexed engraving illustrates a valuable improvement designed for at tachment to an engine lathe, which admits of duplicating tapers of any angle without regard to the length of the bar upon which the tapers are formed. It also provides for accurately boring holes for fitting these tapers. 1t is the invention of Mir l.. l.. Lord, of 936 Market street, Meadville, Pa.
 The cross feed screw is detached from the tool rest, and to the carriage are attached a pair of arms, which support the lower guide, which is arranged ex- actly parallel with the lathe shears. To the lower guide is fitted slide which is attached to an adjustable arm projecting rearwardly from the lathe shears. To this slide is pivoted the upper guide, which is widened at the end and provided with curved slot for receiving the bolt which clamps it to the slide in any desired position. To the upper guide is fitted a narrow slid ing block, which is pivotally connected to bar projecting rearwardly from the tool rest. This bar is accurately fitted to ways in the carriage, so that it causes the narrow sliding block to move with the carriage.
 The upper guide being set at the re- quired angle, the turning of the taper proceeds in the same manner as turn ing cylindrical bar, the sliding block being moved inwardly or outwardly by virtue of its engagement with the up- per guide. By the use of this attach ment, tapers may be turned as smooth ly as cylindrical surfaces. Tapering holes are bored by replacing the turn ing tool with boring tool and pro ceeding in the usual manner. the att tachment causing the tool to move to- ward or away from the axis of the lathe, as may be required to produce the taper.
 Professor Edward Atkinson, in a widely circulated contribution to the Manufacturers Record, predicts that the southeastern portion of our na- tional territory will become the most prosperous region of the American con- tinent, and thinks that it is about time to realize the industrial significance of the fact that the larger part of that favored land is still practically
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21

of branding him with the dread word failure. God help the woman who has taken him for her ideal husband!
 And now for another mothers ideal, another man to whom she feels she can indeed trust dear Jane's future. |" This is a psuedo religious young man, with blotchy complexion, lank and unlovely. One must not try to SUD- plement the pen of Dickens, and draw the development of this monstros- ity. See him fat and bloated over his mullins in his complaisant middle age. Look at his shining broadcloth, his we'll brushed, broad brimmed hat and look again at the shabby wife in the background, her poorly fed, poorly clad children, and you will see the whole history epitomized.
 And ineed, if things are so bad as that across the water it would be bet ter, wouldn't it, for mothers, chaper- ons and daughters to have no ideals at all and not to think so much about matrimony.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
Rarely Called For.

Alter young woman in Philadel- phia had made purchase and had gone the druggist remarked: That's the first time in five years I've had a call for dragons blood. What Is it9 We'll, it's vegetable substance. ob- tained from the fruits Of several small palms in the East Indies. Many years ago it was in great demand among women who wished to win back their rerreant lovers, they burning a small lump of it with certain form of in- cantation. It was also used as an astringent. That girl has probably heard of it from her grandmother and has determined to test its virtues, Which one? We'll 1 can't say
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21

But alas, should their quest be crowned by victory and they capture the rising young man and unite him in holy matrimony with the favored daughter, how soon the golden fruit turns to ashes on their lips, and crum- bles away into nothing. No ideal could be less attractive. Mary's trou- bles, Mary's pleasures, Mary's joys and Mary's woes would be far beneath his ken, sympathy as a household virtue of which he knows not even the name, consideration Is term outside his dic- tionary. Self is the burden of his song. the song that he chants unend- ingly. It is a very meek and mild and humble woman who could be content with the rising young manpas a life con- panion. She would have to efface her. self so absolutely. to exist but in his existence
 If he fall if the rising never changes into the risen. be sure it is she who will be blamed; something she has failed in, some social sin she has con- mitted. something she has done or left undone that has been the dark cause
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
SUICIDE IN BATTLE.
A Unlon Officer Who Shot Himself Be
 cause His Men Retreated.


 A group of old soldiers gathered in the rotunda of the kimball house at Atlanta were telling stories of field and camp during the war, says the Savannah News. when one of the number gave the following graphic account of the suicide of federal officer on the field at Gettysburg: 1t was there" said he. II saw federal officer, chagrined because nothing would stay the retreat of his men. raise his pistol to his head and blow out his brains. It happened on the second days fight Gen. Longstreet had just come up with part of his corps from Chambersburg, Pa, and vigorously assailed Sickles' corps, which he was driving back in great disorder. Sickles halted and formed his men in line to receive Longstreet's onslaught It was ono of the few times l ever saw corps commanders at the front line. Sickles. with his staff. was riding among his men encouraging them to withstand the confederate assault while Longstreet with his staff, and Col. Freemantle. an English officer and correspondent of the Lon don Times, were cheering our boys to the charge.
 We advanced and gave the federals terrible volley at close range. They staggered under the galling fire. when Longstreet ordered us to give them the bayonets. As the men wavered and broke to run an officer stepped to the front and, with his sword, signal ed them to come back. Again and again he waved to his men. but by this time they were in full run. and the officer, in his angry modification, rais- ed his pistol to his head and fired"
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
SNUsBED A CRIPPLED WASHER.
\ Pretty Girl Protects Herself and
 Then Feels Sorry forit.

4 Pretty Girl Protects Herself and
 Then Feels Sorry for it.
 It was a broiling, blstering, swelter- ing hot day. Every man in the car wore a wilted collar and had q cindcr in his eye, There seemed to be noth- ing on earth to do but wipe your streaming face and swear At twenty third street there came into the car q girl as fresh and cool as q nosecay of speet peas in shower bath of dew Not a man but stared at her m re- spectfu delight and felt cooler and better natured. But one fellow in the corner, poor mis- -shapen, withered up chap, with one foot in brace, stared too long You knew she didn't like 1t by the way the pink deepened "a her cheeks and the white teeth shut into the full red lower lip Finally she looked up at him with that grave. steady light tn her eyes, us only Il good woman can look when she doesn't want any nonsense. That kind of a rebuke usually makes man so ashamed of himself he can't look himself in the face for a week But the individual returned the look with bold. insulting glance before which the steady eyes faltered and fell and the red famed mp in her checks Feel ing his eyes still upon her suddenly she looked up again, not into the mans face, which was fairly good to see. but cooliy over his exuremities. as much as to say, You poor wretch; who are you, with your miserable semblance of manhood, to think q woman would tlirt ithyou9 What a mistake you are, anyway" Well, the fellow was pretty lame, but old Mer cury. with his winged sandals, couldn't have hustled out ofthat car any quick CT than he did. and at the first station sneaked of the platform.
 And the girl--well, in a minute she was sitting up straight. with lips that locked as if they wanted to qulver. and bright, shining eyes, and on the cinders in her lap were two round wet spots.
 Girls are the queerest creatures in the world. anyway. It was wicked thing. O: course. but she had to do it. And the idea of feeling sorry after ward, York Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
Linen Lawns.

Ecru linen lawns with crossbars o thick raised cords are imported for summer dresses. There are also blouses or shirt waists of plain ecru linen batiste made with deep sailor collar of the batiste doubled, large sleeves, and wide cuffs. These are worn with skirt of blue serge at tached to whaleboned corselet that has suspenders or shoulder-straps of the serge. A little jacket of the serge is added, made single breasted with small collar, and the ecru sailor collar of the shirt is worn outside that of the jacket.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
FEE EMINlNITIES.

To get rid of the unpleasant smell in a waterproof cloak, wrap the garment in fresh hay.
 A womans happiness is in danger when she begins to compare her husband with other men.
 Cocoa should never thicken in the cup; if 1t does, it shows the presence of starch of some kind.
 The young lady who has the most beaux s not always the one who gets tied to the best husband.
 There is . sign out on one of Atlanta's side streets that reads: 'sGoing out to do whitewashing done here''
 "You think my shoes are prettyq" she said; well paid g. for them, and they ought to be pretty at the price, Its a large price to pay for such little shoes, '' he said, whereat she blushed prettily and smiled sweetly.
 The young Chinese Emperor has cele- brated the completion of his twentieth year by picking out new wife. Prece- dent allows a man of his rank seven of these companions, and this acquisition is only the second
 What does this meant A fashion letter from London, describing dresses at we'd ding, says: "A very tall and handsome girl wore heliotrope, evidently fresh from Paris, for the skirt was short at the back and long at the sidesn
 Mrs. Charlotte Smith, of Troy, New York, celebrated recently the one hundred and first anniversary of her birth. All of her living descendants were present, in cluding six children, 34 grandchildren and 31 eat-grandchildren.
 The latest novelty in Paris for women's s gowns is plastic cement which is to be used for ornamentation. The cement is put on the gowns with stencil in any pattern desired. Embroidery can be counterfeited so cleverly that the cement will be mistaken for the genuine aytie1e.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
lron s,eamhoat. Runninu

Coney island is important in the list. of places to go to. and every season the Iron Steamboat Company begin work with every preparation for the business which the boats are required to do. When the full timetable is in force and the boats are also running to Long Branch, there is no idle time with any one, and the scenes at West Twenty-third street, North river, and Pier No. l, North river, arc characteristic of good manage ment and a satisfied public. The ser vice which begins on Decoration Day is continued with regularity and prompt- ness. The people who travel will find boats hourly from 9 a. m. until p. m., from West Twentythird street, half an hour later from Pier No. 1, and re- turn from the Island hourly from 1O:4O a. m. until ' p. m.
 To accommodate the Sunday travel an extra trip is on the schedule to-day, the time being extended till o'clock. The last boat leaves the Iron Pier at, $40 p. m., and this is convenient for for those who wish to enjoy the stay at the beach until an early hour in the evening. The excursion fare is 50 cents, and the direct all-water route has been and is popular.