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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06

The Simple Contrivance That Has Good
Effect on the Stage.
Boston Herald.l
Regarding scenic effects, it must be ad-
mitted that the English are foremost in all
the mechanical arrangements for the stage.
The trappe anglaise is an English inven-
tion, and it is more thought of abroad than
it is here. A spirit will, ali of q sudden,
disappear through wall, and this is ar
ranged by the English trap" which con-
sists of number of elastic leaves of steel
or twigs like two combs placed with their
teeth together.
These are covered with painted canvas
like any scenic door. The actor filings him.
self against this, which, after letting him
pass through, flies back again. This trap,
to be effectively used, requires sort Of
courage and daring, as the effect depends
upon Its being rather recklessly done,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06
A Bright Boy.
Buffalo Courler,1

Buffalo Courier.l
1t was on trolley and the boy wanted to
turn round and look out of the window.
Johnny," said his mother, ''if you don't
sit still shall punish you. 7
you'd better not" answered Johnny,
s.cause, If you do I'll tell the conductor
you ought to have paid full fare for ne"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06

!, ALWAYS con top" Salvation Oil, the
best and cheapest iniment in the market
26 centA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06
Bargains.

CLOSING sale of winter suits, trouserinss
and overcoats. Suits to order s25, pants Sd
at Pitcairn's, 4s4 Wood street. VISA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06

with the remarkable distance of % feet 81
inches.
Reber is student of Washington Uni
versity, Missouri. He is but p years old,
and up to last spring had only local repu-
tation as jumper. Reber does not take 50
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06
GOING THROUGH A WALL

The Simple Contrivance That Has Good
Eject on the Stage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06
RIDDLES OF GREECE
Intellectual Athletics That Greatly
.s.s Pleased the Ancients.
WOMEN WERE THE BETTER AT IT.
The Rhyme of the Cherry Had It's Origin in
Blackberry Puzzle.
PINS FEW AND HARD TO TRANSLATE
PUNs FEW AND HARD TO TRANSLATE
WRITTEN FOB THE DISPATCH,

-~f
It is not necessary to prove to anyone
who reads his Bible or the newspaper that
there is nothing older, nothing never than
the riddle. Perhaps the Greeks spoiled
their repasts more frequently than we do
by cracking enigmatical nuts; but the mania
is BY no means dead, and an adherence Of
conundrums indicates a lack Of true SYM
pathy with the life of the people.
The history of the, riddle, like the his.
tory of proverbs, forms large part of folk-
lore. Chapter upon chapter might be writ
ten on the animals alone. that figure in
riddles as they figure in proverbs, which are
often nothing but abridged fables. But the
goat and the dog in Greek proverbs are not
our goat and our dog, and the swine itself
has subtle differentiation from our hog, as
the razorback differs from the Berkshire.
And apart from the moral and physical
characters of the animals that play so con-
spicuous part in this realm of study, we
encounter mysterious powers disguised in
the form of beasts
Women Were the Riddle Makers.
Let us study some of the points in which
the riddle of our race resembles the riddle
of the Greeks In the first place, in both
cases, the riddle has tendency to sing it
self, to fall into some kind of rude verse,
now alliterative, now quantitative, now
rhyming The riddles of the nursery are
almost all chants, and the earliest Greek
riddles are in verse. And the earliest
makers of riddles are women, "spae-
wives" to use the homely Scotch word for
Sibyls. The Sphinx at one end, Mother
Goose at the other.
The great riddle maker among the Greeks
was one Clesbulina, also called Eumetis, the
Wise Woman, and a comedy was named
after her, 'The Clesbulinas," doubtless
repertorv of Joe Miller's- Her riddle about
the "cupping glass" or rather the "eupplng
ments, is among the earliest and most
famous on record:
other man. .-- o.
So close the two
Together grew
That you would say
One blood were they.
Now read my riddle if you can.
OF very ancient date are contests in rid
dies King Solomon and the Queen of
Sheba met for such trial of wits, and
Josephus tells us that Solomon was too
much for Hiram, of Tyre, as well as for the
Queen of Sheba, until Hiram got help from
one of his subjects.
About Berries and Cherries.
1t may not be without interest that in one
of the oldest contests of this kind, the one
between the seer Glaueus and the seer
Polyidus, the inevitable blackberry riddle
figures: First red, then white, then
black And as blackberries have been
proverbially plentiful ever since, it is no
wonder that this riddle has held its own to
the present day. Only in German popu-
lar riddle the cherry has taken its place.
The rude verse, initiated, not translated.
runs tus: .--- ...-..
White as snow, a
let 1t go; -,
Green as grass,
let it pass;
Red as blood,
Not yet good;
- Black as pitch,
Give me sichi
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18

In the North the word saloon is
commonly associated in the public
mind with the idea of city, town,
or at the very smallest village Gen.
ire, but in the cotton States of the
South exists a variety known as
the plantation saloon, or the coun-
try saloon. 1t is the saloon of this
type which now engages. q large
share of the attention of those who
are studying the social and indus
trial conditions of that part of the
country. The question is now be-
fore the Mississippi Legislature; and
it is universally recognized as one
of the most important issues now
pending. The jackson Clarion,
whose editor speaks from close and
long-sustained association with the
planting class of the Delta, and on
careful and thorough counsel with
them, does not hesitate to declare
that these pest holes, the planta-
ton saloons, have proved so bane-
full morally, socially, and industri-
ally, that it is the conviction, in
deed within the knowledge of the
Clarion, that they have, by de-
bauching and impoverishing the
labor, been main cause of the
present extreme financial distress in
the Delta counties Indeed, this
journal goes SO far as to say that it
is the industrial and financial dam
age wrough by them whicht SIS the
ground of the Clarion's desire to
see them disappear This is only
another illustration of the fact that
the money loss caused by drunken
ness is proving one of the strongest
forces that are now working in be-
half of temperance.-N. Y. Even
ing Post.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18
A BOYS Essay on BREArH.-

A BoY's Essay ON BREATH
A little boy in the North Side Pub
lie School recently handing in to
the teacher the following compost
tion on "0ur Breath"
..Our breath is made of air. IL
it were not for our breath we would
die. The breath keeps going
through our liver, our lights, and
our lungs. Boys shut up in room
all day. should not breathe, they
should wait until they get out doorz.
Air in a room has carbonocide in 1T.
and carbonocide is poisoner than
mad dogs. Once some men was
shut up in black hole in India, a
carbonocide got into that there hole,
and afore morning nearly every one
of them was dead. Girls wear cor
sets which squeeze their diagrams
to much. Girls cannot run and
hcller like boys cause their diagrams
are squeezed. IL / was q girl I
would just run and holler so my
diagram would grow. That's all
on breath. Minneapolis Journal.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18

sfleaye their country for their coun-
try for their country's good but
can find many other fields Of labor,
in which they can benefit themselves
without detriment to their neigh
bors. And if they display as much
energy in their new vocation, as
they have in the agitation Of this
question they viii be sure Of sue
cess.
BY the proposed law only eighty
two dollars is to be added to the
present license. The State viii still
get eighteen dollars. and the coun-
yfka<1i< <Tsssssse. between-the sixh-
teen and one hundred dollars, which
viii be eighty-two dollars. This
viii 60 long way towards defray-
ing the costs in criminal cases, now
paid by the taxpayers in the county
levy, which it cannot be denied is
largely increased by the liquor traf-
fic; or 1T might be applied to our
public roads with excellent effect,
where it would find its way to the
pockets of the "poor people" in re-
muneration for work on our public
highways. In any event it would
certainly result in large financial,
if not moral benefit to the county,
and would be no great hardship
upon anyone. Messrs. Editors, l
am no prohibitionist ; ] recognize
the fact that the sale of liquor is
necessary evil, but it is one which
should be hedged about by proper
legislation. / believe, too, that our
representatives in the Legislature
have the ability to realize and APP
preciate the necessity for these re-
forms and that they have courage
enough to grapple with them sue
cessfully. Respectfully,
HIGH LICENSE.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18

TALENT AND GENIUs.-A reader
wishes to know the difference be-
tween talent and genius, If there is
any. There is a great deal of diff
ference, and its manifestations are
in a very marked contrast.
Talent is development of the
natural understanding. 1t may be
inherited or it may be an original
gift. At any rate, it is special ma
tural inclination in any certain di-
rection, as for language, for music,
painting or what not else. Guilt
vation perfects it mechanically and
develops it to its fullest extent.
Genius is the action Of reason aud
the imagination. 1t is thoughtful
and creative where talent is merely
mechanical and initiative. Talent
treats of what it sees. Genius
creates something 10 treat about.
Talent reflects ideas and objects.
Genius produces ideas and subjects
in order to inspire them with life.
In this way Of familiar illustra-
tions, it may be said that Charles
Dickens was genius, and Charles
Read q man of talent. Anthony
Trollope was talented man, and
Thackeray q genius. With this
hint the reader can go ahead and
make up q contrasted list OF what
he considers the geniuses and the
talents Of the universe for himself.
Il Farm and Fireside.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18

NEW STYLE OF Coon -HuNTIoa.
The inhabitants of the mountains
west Of this place are great COON
hunters. Some nights ago Bill
Benchoff and Col. Yingling started
out with half-a-dozen dogs and two
boys to carry the pine torches. A
coon was raised on the east side of
the Montery, and the dogs chased
it down through a deep and rough
ravine and up a rocky spur on the
west. After a climb of an hour
Benchoff and Yingling at last came
up with the dogs. They had run
the coon into tree and were snarl-
ing and barking around under
meath. The boys whirled the torch
es and Benchoff banged away at
what he supposed was the coon, but
no animal tumbled.
Yingling in the meantime had
been tearing paper and trying to
ignite match, but it was damp and
would only splutter. Benchoff was
deriding him when suddenly great
ball of fire illuminated space.
Yingling had succeeded in igniting
his match and was emptyine I Ro-
man candle into the the tree.
The first ball struck branch and
burst and the second hit the coon
"plumb-centre." It's fur Caught
fire and with a yell it came rolling
down among the angry dogs. The
third ball revealed two more coons
in. the tree and Benchoff's rifle
dropped one, while Yingling, with
the last ball in the candle, hit the
limb on which the third coon clung
with pitiful terror, and it lost its
hold and tumbled into the mouths
of the waiting dogs.
They got six more coons that
night with the help Of Yingling's
candles and now the Colonel regu-
larly shoots the Romans and Ben
choff shoots the gun. They are
the most successful coon hunters i'm
all the region.-Gettysburg Senti-
mel.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18

20 gAxAzoSs AND AMAzoSs.-
Who's the large lady over there
raising row with the waiter!' in
CURED a guest at the hotel of the
landlord.
oh was the good natured reply,
that's my WIFE
'Ah, indeed; she's q perfect Am
azon, isn't she?'
We'll, mighty nigh it, respond
ed the landlord refectively. Her
mouth amt quite 80 big, perhaps,
but she talks q heap sight more. -
Free Press.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18

Given under my hand
and the Great Seal of
Maryland, at the city Of
Annapolis, ON the third
day Of December, in the
. yearofour Lord eighteen
hundred and ninety-one
and Of the United States
the one hundred and
sixteenth.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18

hair and Tommy's team.
The man who went into Sepoy
camp without flinching was com-
pletely broken-hearted at his loss,
and, without endeayoring to run
his ranch longer, gave il up and
enlisted in the United States caval-
ry. The ranch he gave up then is
now the centre of Phmnixs Ariz..
and probably netted hundreds of
thousands Of dollars to its next
owner. To-day Tommy is still
cavalryman, earning sls month.
That's the luck Of some brave men,
Boston Herald.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-02-18
Real Estate Agency.

nEESSRs. HERBERT F. MOORE. of
Leonaritown, and T. ]. MOORE, Of
AA Washington, ID. g., have entered into
co-partnership for the sale Of real estate,
II parties having lands for sale will send
full description and the lowest price they
viii take, we viii literally advertise their
lands free of charge and make every posi-
be effort 20 make speedy sales.
HERBERT y. MOORE.
T. JACKSON MOORE,
hecnaritowla, Nd.
The National tribune., 1892-08-25
Star Time and Sun Time.

The time for sending out the noon signal
from Washington is the instant the sun crosses
the 18th meridian. writes Clifford Howard in
an instructive article on "How Time is Rcgu
LATED" in the Ladies Home Journal. This, how
ever, is not the sun which gives us light and
heat, but is an invisible, imaginary one; be-
cause, FOR certain reasons, the true sun does not
cross the meridian at the same moment every
day, but touring one part of the year he gets over
1t little more ahead of time each day, and dur
ing the other part he is correspondingly behind
time; and this fictitious sun is used, because
its apparent path around the earth brings it
exactly over the same line at the same moment
every day. Now at just what instant this sun
crosses the meridian is determined by means of
the stars; for time at the observatory is not
reckoned by the sun. but by the stars
Every clear night an astronomer at the OBJ
servatory looks through large telescope for
certain stars which he knows must cross a GER
tain line at certain times, and by the use of an
electrical machine he makes a record of the
time each star passes as shown by clock
which keeps sdereal or star time. He then
consults a printed table, which shows him at
just what time each star must have pessed, and
by as much as this time differs from that
recorded by the clock the latter is wrong, and
in that way the sidereal clock is regulated.
This star time is then reduced TO sun time,
which requires some calculation, as there is a
difference between the two Of about four min
utes each day.
These two clocks-the one keeping star time,
and the other sun time-are of very fine quality,
and are as near perfection as possible. AL
though they cannot help being affected by
changes of temperature and different conditions
of the atmosphere. they very rarely are more
than fractional part of second out of the
way. No attempt is ever made to correct such
errors, but they are carefully noted and allow
ed for in making calculations.
For the purpose of distributing time third
clock, known as a transmitter, is used. This is
set to keep time by the 18th meridian, and is
regulated by the standard clock before mention
ed. 1t is, in all respects, similar to the other
clocks, except that it has attached to it an in
genious device by which electric circuit
may be alternately opened and closed with
each beat of the pendulum.
The National tribune., 1892-08-25
Tobacco Affects the Vision,

We recently published an article from the
pen of Chicago comrade on the use of tobacco,
in which he pointed out some of the evils of its
use. The report of the British Royal SOcietys
Committee on Color Vision, made recently,
declares that Though alcohol rarely, if ever,
causes color blindness it results very frequently
from the smoking of strong tobacco" is made
the subject Of interviews with leading oculsts
by Philadelphia newspaper. One physician
was found who has three patients each an ex-
cessive smoker, suffering from this defect of
vision-amblyopis, as the doctors technically
term 1t. Another physician, a Professor at the
Wills Eye Hospital, said: Beyond any question
the toxic effect of nicotine poisoning produces
optic neuritis. And this is SO very largely with
those who smoke tobacco in pipes; it is much
more injurious than the use of cigars; and if
those SO affected do not abstain from the use OF
tobacco they are apt to lose their sight entirely,
or at least for time and the first symptom that
indicates the total color blindness and subse.
quent atrophy in okers Of tobaccoi is the failure
to quickly distinguish the color red in the CEN
ter of the field of vision. In tobacco amblyopia
the excessive pipe smoker is affected first next
the cigar-smoker, while the chewer of tobacco
is affected last and not frequently. Middle
aged people are usually the victims, and to show
you how vrulent the nicotine poison u.s. a
case is reported of a woman who became affected
with optic neuritis while attending her hus-
band, who smoked inveterately."
The National tribune., 1892-08-25
Room for All I'm Heaven.
philadelphia Press.l

The following remarkable calculation on the
capacity Of heaven, which has frequently been
published, but is curiosity in its way, and
well worth place among our other wonders"
is taken bodily from Bombaugh's "Gleanings
for the Curious"
The basis OF the calculation, which will fur
nish much food for thought, is found in Reve-
lation xxi, 10: "And he measured the city (the
New Jerusalem) with reed, 1900 furlongs.
The length and BREADTH and hight were
equal"
Let us see: Twelve thousand furlongs, z, 2s0,-
600 feet, which, being cubed, is 9430sS, 900, 000.
000, 600, 900 000 600 cubic feet. Half Of this we
will reserve for the throne of God and the
court Of heaven, half of the remainder for
streets, leaving balance of 124, 1876, 272, OOO,-
900, coo, 900 cubic feet.
Divide this last by 4,096, the cubical feet in
room 10 feet square, and you will find that
there is still enough left for 80 32l s43, $50 600,
600 rooms.
We will now suppose that the world always
did and always will contain $50 1000, 900 of in
habitants, and that generation lasts 33s years,
making in all $3.50, 100000 souls for each GEN.
tury, that the world stands 1000 centuries,
making in all 2 $40, 0oo, 600 600 souls.
Then suppose that there are 100 worlds equal
to this in point of number of inhabitants and
duration of years, making 297, 0o0, 600 000, 600,
then heaven, according to the measurement
above, is large enough to allot 100 rooms l6
feet square, TO each soul.
The National tribune., 1892-08-25
One on the Engineer.


few nights ago the kitchen girls at the
Pacific House thought to play a trick on an
old and good-natured boarder. They fixed up
a dummy to represent plump young woman.
The dummy was placed in the boarder's room.
It was made to lean over the window sill and
gaze on the track between the hotel and
Schsfer's. Soon after the Central shifter came
across the river. The train was tagged and
stopped beneath the window. The engineer
glanced up and saw pretty girl there. To be-
guile the tagging moments he began to dirt
with the figure. He thought the dummy
smiled in the twilight.
The engineers wife happened to be down
town. She saw his locomotive from the plat
form Of the Union depot and walked over to
greet her darling hubby. just as she turned
the corner and came in full view the engineer
threw kiss at the figure in the window. He
had hardly completed his indiscreet action
when be saw his wife blazing with rage The
safety-valye opened at that moment and blew
off steam. The interview between the engin-
eer and his wife was lost in the roar. He was
down in the mouth last evening and almost
tainted when the jeeriBg crew told him to
whom he had been making love,
The National tribune., 1892-08-25
As Others See Us.

In an article in the September ScriJner, on
the Nevsky Prospekt, st. Petersburg's great
street. through which she takes the reader
entertainingly. and with the result Of giving .
very vivid impression Of the picturesque and
human sides of the Cars chief city and thor.
oughfare, Miss Isabel f. Hapgood tells the fol-
lowing story:
There is always a popular toy of the hour.
One year it consisted of highly colored, beauti-
fully made bottle-imps. which were loudly cried
as Anerikaaskiya zhiteli-inhabitants Of Amer
lea. We inquired the reason for their name.
"They are made in the exact image Of the
Americans" explained the peasant vendor,
Offering pale-blue imp, with a long red tongue
and phenomenal tail, for our admiration.
I'VE are inhabitants Of America. Is the
likeness very strong?" we asked.
1.-THE crowd Uttered softly; the man looked
frightened; but finding that no dire fate
threatened, he was soon vociferating again,
with roguish grim"
The National tribune., 1892-08-25

"No" the woman answered, 81 am quite a
stranger here But why do you ask J"
Because you don't know grandfather,
came the logical reply.
well. tell me who he is"
Then one OF the children took the woman by
the hand and led her to the corner from
whence the hill started toward the spot where
the roses grew. The cottage was pointed out
to her.
"Thats Rose Glen,' the child said
"Yes l can smell the roses here. Oh, how
sweet" the woman murmured looking at the
cottage.
That's where he lives" the little one went
on.
Yes" said child older than the others.
"Mr. Holloway -
The woman gave wild scream, which al
most made the children run from her in dis
may. She had nearly fallen to the ground.
But she was herself again in a moment.
"Oh my children, my children" she cried,
pitifuly, don't turn from NEEDN'T be
frightened be afraid of me! love you,
every one. Come nearer to me. Oh! come
nearer 10 me. That's right i love you, every
one / know know it is his birthday to-
day. And would he-would he love to see my
little one; would it make him happy? DO you
think he would kiss it just as he does you and
give it a smile the same as he gives you?
Would lie take it in his arms like the tiniest Of
you?
She had won the sympathy of the children
about her, and they all cried out: Yes, yes !;
let US take it to him."
a wild gladness overspread her face Her
lips quivered, her eyes sparkled. Some sudden
resolve had come to her. She drew her hand
The National tribune., 1892-08-25
What's In q Nnmao

Is It can never be, Mr.. Fish," she said, trying
to be firm. although the tears were yelling up
in her forget-me-not eyes.
"Why not, Genevieye?" be asked, bending
toward her until she could distinctly hear
him swallow the lump that had risen in his
throat at her words. Don't you love me any
more?"
"Yes, yes; love you. Believe me, / love
you," she sobbed, hastily drawing her hand
from his.
Tell mel" he asked. with anguish, shave
you learned to love another2"
"NoI" she cried, "oh, how could you doubt
me?"
We'll, then. why have you changed1"
at is-it is-oh. how can say itf" she
jerked out. st is-it is-your name"
"My manner" he echoed. cit is among the
400 as well as yours, Miss Codd."
"You wrong me. You wrong me greatly"
she sobbed, drawing off his ring and standing
before him in all her stateliness. a. mean
can never be yours, because it would break
mammals heart to sink the family name, and
how can / become Mrs. Codd-Fish?"