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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
SNAKES ARE OFTEN MUSICAL
Enchanted by the BAgpIpe, They Are Not
Hard to Catch,

Lncnanteu py tne Da&Pipeb lhey arc NOT
Hard to Catch.
St. Nicholas,
When snake has bitten several times
the poison is quite exhausted for the time
being, rendering the animal comparatively
harmless. 1t is said to be this fact which
enables the Indian snake charmers to handle
their charges without danger. They tease
them into anger, when they will readily
bite stick or bundle of rags and so exhaust t
their venom. Perhaps it will be we'll here
to say few more words In regard to snake
charmers
Many kinds of serpents, especially the
hooded cobra Of India, are thought to be
affected by music In capturing them for
exhibition, the Indian takes his bagpipe,
and, stationing himself near an old we'll or
ruin, begins to play. A cobra is almost
certain to make its appearance soon, for
they are very numerous in that country
They are held in sacred reverence the little
children calling them 'uncle," and setting
saucers of milk for them to drink; and they
are looked upon as guardian angels. Should
one be killed the slayer would suffer death
in punishment.
As the music of the bagpipe rises and
falls, the snake seems to sway to and fro,
and, all unconscious, is seized by the
musicians confederate. In this state of
musical excitement the snakes are said to
be quite safe to handle.
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half WAY TO THE MOON,
Tho Total NUmber of Cables in tho " orId
Would Cover the Distance.

The Total N1mbsr of abIss in the World
Would Cover the Distance.
Electrical world.l
The various governments of the world
own together $50 cables, having q total
length of IA, 4S0 miles and containing q, $50
miles of conductors. The French Govern
ment, which takes the lead as to length of
cables, has 8, 46o in "a cables. As to um-
Der, the Norwegian Government comes first
with 255 cables, having a total length Of
248 miles. Finally, as to the length Of
conductors, the English Government comes
first with 8, 46S miles of conductors, divided
among 115 cables, having total length of
/, ,5SS miles.
Private companies to the number Of %
own 2S8 cables, having length OF 126, ,S64
miles and containing 127, ,632 miles of con-
ductors. The French companies, only two
in number, the Compagnie Francaise du
Telegraphe de Paris New York, and the
Societe Franchise des Telegraphes Sous
Marins, have 1S cables, with total length
OF 7,249 nautical miles. The most impor-
tant of the private companies is the Eastern
Telegraph Company, which operates 70
miles, with total length Of %, 347 miles.
The total number of cables in the world is
!, 1853, with total length Of 140, ,344 miles,
and 149, 1893 miles of conductors. This is not
sufficient to reach to the moon, but would
extend more than halfway there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
SOME ODD sUPERsTITI0Ns.
The Pearl Hunters of Borneo Are BottIins
Every Ninth Find.

The Pearl Hunters of Borneo Are BottIins
Every Ninth Find.
Pearson's Weekly.1
The pearl hunters Of Borneo and adjacent
islands have peculiar superstition. When
engaged in opening shells in search of pearls
they take every ninth fud, whether it be
large or small, and put it into a bottle,
which is kept tightly corked with dead
mans finger.
The pearls thus kept are known as "seed
pearls, or breeding pearls" the natives of
the island firmly believing that they will
reproduce their kind. For every pearl put
in the phial two grains OF rice are put in for
the pearls to "feed" upon.
Some whites in Borneo believe as firmly
in the superstition as the natives do, and
almost every hut along the coast has its
'dead finger" bottle with from 8 to 80
''seed pearls" and twice their number of
rice grains carefully and evenly slowed
away among them.
Nearly all the burial places along the
coast have been desecrated BY "pearl breed
ers" In search Of corks for their bottles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
QUEER CAVE IN CALIFORNIA.

A Pacific Coast Wonder That Has Never
Yet Been Explored.
San Francisco Bulletin.l
On the north side of Table Mountain and
| near its top is an opening in the lava that
has since its early days been known as ''the
lions den." 1t was so named from the fact
that for years it was the lair of band of
ferocious California lions that, when the
country was largely devoted to sheep rails
ing, made mighty depredations upon the
focks and caused the owners much annoy
ance and loss. When pursued the animals
would seek refuge in this den and no hunter
would dare to enter it. The ground about
the entrance was covered with the bones
and remnants of sheep and other animals
With the increase of population the lions
have gradually disappeared, although as
late a. last spring two Of the animals were
seen to enter the cave.
Oroville Mercatry SAYS no known man has
ever penetrated this cave to its fullest
depth. The mouth is about four or five feet
high and three feet wide, aud the opening
descends with q sharp decline for about 200
feet Further than this it has never been
explored Now, however, party of young
men have made arrangements to explore 1t,
and, if possible, penetrate to Its bottom.
That it Is Of great depth is certain, for one
can stand at the opening and heave great
stones down the declivity and the sound
will gradually die away in the distance.
The young men have procured several hln-
dred feet of ropes, torches and ladders and
will thoroughly explore the cavern.
What adds a peculiar interest to the ex-
pedition and gives zest to the explorers is
the well-known fact that in the heyday of
his career as bandit Joaquin Murietta and
his band of faithful followers made the re-
cesses of Table Mountain the base of their
operations in this section. From there they
would swoop down on the miners, and then,
laden with gold dust, retreat to the mount
aims Search as they might, the officers
could not locate them. 1t has been sup
posed by many this cave was where the
famous outlaw secreted himself It may be,
too, that deep down in the bowels of the
earth Joaquin hid the greater portion of his
il lgotten, but nevertheless just as potent,
wealth
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the man in the rear lighting up the scene
with strong reflector The party is over
800 feet below the surface.
Iu 1888 and 1889 Martel explored IA of
the largest French caves. In so short a
time he could make merely preliminary
survey, but he has since carried out a very
thorough study of some of the caves. He
has now explored 20 French caves, besides
extending his lRbors briefly into subter-
ranean Algeria and Greece. His special
study is the genesis of caves and the origin
of underground rivers, and he maps very
care efully all the caverns he explores 1t is
we'll known that rivers. here and there,
seem to spring full grown to the light of
day, and most writers have been able to
conceive them as originating only in large
subterranean lakes or reservoirs
The Mysterious Origin of Rivers.
Martel has thrown light on this question.
These reservoirs and mother sources" must
for the most part take their place among
the chimerss. His researches have con-
frmed the view that the subterranean rivers
are usually formed by little rivulets filter
ing through the upper strata and meeting at
last to form an underground stream. 1t Is
these waters of infltrstion that by their
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
Mining by Electricity.

Electric pumps are now in general use,
but their most important application 10
found in mining operations. The reason Of
this is readily gathered from the fact that
for every ton of coal mined nine tons Of
water have to be pumped to the surface.
Electric transmission admits of the use OF
pumps in places where it was impossible TO
operate steam pumDs on account of the
great difficulty in transmitting the steam
from boilers above to the steam pumps be-
low. The electric pump can be shifted from
one place to another upon the mine trucks,
and connected with the minimum
of trouble and expense. Multitudes
of small pumps in the different
veins of a mine are employed for
forcing water from the small springs back
to the large heavy mine pump at the foot Of
the mine shaft, which is used to raise water
to the surface. All these can be electrically
operated from the power station above.
The power house of plant installed for
the working q mine in Colorado is i've
miles distant from the mine, and it delivers
more than ], 200 horse power. This is sent
up the mountain side and across chasms and
precipices by means of small copper wire.
The line may be, as it was last winter,
buried under many feet of snow, but the
power still comes on without interruption.
In this mine not only IS the pumping done
electrically, but every other operation,
drilling, cutting, blasting, carrying 70 the
shaft and hauling 20 the surface, as we'll -
lighting and ventilation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
The Rise of a River.

Professor E. J. Smith describes how he
was enabled to ascertain from time to time
the rate at which river considerable dis
tance away was rising after fall of rain.
He used simply two organ pipes and tele-
phone circuit. At the river station he fixed
an organ pipe vertically in an inverted po-
sitlon, so that the water in the river acted
as a stopper to the pipe, and the rise or fall
of the water determined the note it gave
when blown by a small bellows driven by q
very small waterwheeL A microphone was
attached to the upper end of the organ pipe,
and this was in circuit with a wire leading
to the second station! Here was an organ
pipe exactly like the other which
could be lowered into a vessel full
of water while it was sounding. By
means of the telephone the note given
by the pipe at the river was clearly heard at
the second station, at which the duplicate
organ pipe was raised or lowered by hand
until it gave the same note. The length Of
the organ pipes under water at the two
stations was then equal, SO that the height
of the water in the distant river was known.
The total height to be measured was II
inches, and the determination could be
made in less than minute by an ear fairly
sensitive to musical sounds. A lad with
an average ear was able to get the two
heights to agree within one-eighth of an
inch of each other, while person with an
educated ear adjusted the 1nstrufpert im-
mediately to almost exact agreement. A
difference in temperature between the two
stations would make a small difference IN
the observed heights. The organ pipes
were OF square section and made of metal to
resist the action OF the water.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

The practicability of telephone communi-
cation between an army and its advance
scouts in time of war has been thoroughly
established, and an army commission has
been appointed to carry out further expert
ments An apparatus used in these tests is
a light, strong reel, upon which 1,7oo feet
Of telephone cable is wound. The cable Is
of unusually small diameter and weight,
the whole contents of the reel Weighing
but II pounds and the reel frame itself less
than two pounds The wires from the cable
are attached to flexible connector, which
brings the conductors in electrical connec-
tion with the bearings at either end Of the
reel. A head telephone connected with the
bearings completes thk apparatus
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

Martel descended. aud also his telephone
connection with the outer world.
Cattle Fell Into the Great Abyss,
1t happened sometimes that cattle fell
down into this abyss 115 feet deep. At
last a man fell in and his body could be
seen at the bottom of the wall. The ma
tives were not certain whether it was a case
OF accident, suicide or murder, and the jury
OF inquest sent some men down to investi-
gate. They found more than they sought,
for they penetrated the yawning mouth of
Padirac. Another picture shows Martel's
three boats afost in the depth of Padirac,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
SIGNALS In THE AIR.
How a Light Balloon Can Be Used
for War Communication.
INCANDESCENT LAMPS UTILIZED.
Keeping Tab on the Rise Of . River By
Means of Organ Pipes
ONE USE OF THE STORAGE BATTERY
ywRIrrEy FOE THE DIsrA1

vwRIrTES FOE THE DIsPArcH.I
1t is seven years since the British Gov.
eminent turned its attention to the question
of using balloons for war purposes In the
year 1885, at the Inventions Exhibition held
in London, one of the exhibitors was Erie
Bruce, who showed what might be done In
the employment of balloons in war, and
many of the naval and military authorities
were much impressed by the demonstration.
This official recognition led to the perma-
nent appointment of Mr.. Bruce to the
supervisorship of experiments with view
to perfecting the system he had taken such
prominent part in inaugurating. Some
of the results of Mr.. Bruce's labors have
been exhibited in England before gather.
ing of the military and naval attaches Of
various embassies with great success. The
object of the latest inventions in connection
with the electrical war balloon is to faclli-
tate night signaling to long distances and
in places where ordinary signaling would
be impracticable, such as wooded and hilly
districts.
The balloon consists of translucent mate
rial, which incloses several incandescent
electric lamps, supported on specially de-
vised holder. The lamps are in circuit
with battery controlled by the signsler,
who remains on the ground, and, by varying
the duration of the flashes of light, signals
can be sent in any direction, according to
the Morse or any other code, and read at .
distance of six miles
The material of the balloon used in Lon
don was vanished cambria. The improve
ments which have recently been made con-
sist mainly in the reduction of weight in
almost every portion of the apparatus The
balloon, itself, although much lighter than
the original model, is not less efficient and
much more portable. This system of bal
loon signaling has also been adopted by the
Belgian Government
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

water courses and have surveyed many miles
of galleries Martel regards tAis branch
of terrestrial science as still in its early
stage. Mere chance, he says, has thrown in
our way about all the knowledge that caves
have contributed. He looks for great re-
suits from thorough and patient study.
1t is no child's play. More men are
than in the study of caves The work re-
quires the training of the man of science,
the agility and strength of the gymnast
and heart that is undaunted By hardships
or perilA But Martel has helped more
than any other one man to give cave ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
The Swaying Of ChImneys.

On the subject of the swaying of lofty
chimneys it Is declared to be absurd to hold
that q chimney, say 400 feet high, would
sway 16 inches. The slightest vibration il
felt when on a tall chimney, and one inch
and Q half is thought to be about the ex-
treme amount OF swaying that takes place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

I lighting handful of grass an unheard
world was revealed to his astonished
e Two hours later he reappeared at the
Met in the valley with blauched face
/ the announcement that he had seen the
rance to hell He had discovered the
~gilan Gave, one of the largest in Europe,
$50 tortuous galleries, wide and lofty
Is. their ceilings fretted with stalactites,
sad lakes and little rivers, have been ex-
red and mapped by Mr.. MarteL
Dne of these pictures shows the great and
soipitous depression at whose bottom on
left is seen the black mouth of the
at cave of Padirac The picture also
)ws the long rope ladder by which
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

ploratlon an impetus that will carry it for
ward until all the facts of value that can be
revealed by the study are brought to the
light. CYRUS C. ADAMS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-11
"IF i WE'RE FAIR"


I'll were fart
III had little hands, and slender feet;
If to my cheeks the color rich and sweet
Came at o word, and faded at frown;
II had clinging curlS of burnish'd brown;
II had dreamy eyes nglow with smiles,
And graceful limbs, and pretty girlish wiles-
If 1 were fair, Love would not turn aside;
Lies path. SO narrow, would be broad sno
wide,
III were fair.
III were fair,
Perhaps like other maidens might hold
A true hearts store of tried and tested gold
Love waits on Beauty. though sweet Love
alone,
It seems to me- for aught might well atone
But Beauty's charm is strong, and Love Obeys,
The mystic witchery Of her shy ways.
II 1 were fair, my years would seem so few;
Life would unfold sweet pictures to my view,
Ii were fart
III were fair,
Perhaps the baby, with a scream of Joy,
To clasp my neck would throw away its toy,
And hide its dimples in my shining hair,
Bewilderd by the maze of glory therei
But now-Oi shadow of a young girls face;
Uncolor'd lips that Pains cold fingers trace,
You will not blame the child whose wee hands
close,
Not on the blighted bud. but on the rose
So rich and fair.
nIwere fair,
o, Just little fair, with some soft touch
About my face to glorlfy 1t muchl
If no one shunn'd my presence, or my kiss,
My heart would almost break beneath its bliss.
IT'S said. each pilgrim shall attain his goal,
And perfect light shall flood each blinded soul,
When days flush merges into sunsets bars,
And night is here. And then beyond the starr
shall be fairI
Edith Rutter, in London Spectator.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-11
Theo Oliver, Mgr.
HER OPINION

mFor Ave years have been tortured with "a
blood and skin disc SO known in medical par
lance as Herpes" 1t II aniFested itself in
bright red, swollen patches under the skin The
fiery burning sens atoms was intolerat 10. MY
face was disfGured, my hands, arms, feet ant
body felt as II they had been poisoned ProNi'
nifty to my kitchen stove and all exercise az
grevated the m llady. II was u relief to thrust
my feet out of the bed in the coolest nigl Is. !
lost flesh for lack of necessary eep ana rest,
Physicians who treated me gave me only tem-
poTary relief. l used the Cuticura re pedics:
Ayers aud Hoods Sarsaparillas and other blood
purifiers, none of which hit MY case. was dis
Outraged and not inclined to try anything more
For { NO years have been importuned tus try
Sawyer's d ndelion Compound, but declined
] had no faith tn It anything or anybody could
Gu Q me, but finally yielded to entreaties and
began to use the medicine. To my great joy
before had used the first bottle was encourag
ed The red blotches gradually disappeared
the burning sensation ceased, my appetite re
turned and my complexion improved. have
tax three bottles of the Compound and cal
myself WE'LL have used nothing best es to
secure this result. Icommend the Com ouud to
ali persons who need such n remedy, You may
use my testimony to ms ire confidence in those
who doubt the efficacy of Sawyer's Dandelion
Compound.
MRS. F. w. STORRS, 1854 Kossuth ST.,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-11
Standing Of the Clubs.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The granite cutters strike at Branford
quarries, Connecticut, is practically
ended, the men being beaten.
"A very heavy thunderstorm passed
over Scranton, Pa, yesterday morning.
during which Mrs. NJ. Davies, "a years
old, was so frightened by the lightning
that she died in a convulsion.
The weather in Washington yesterday
was very oppressive, the mercury ranging
at noon from 50 to 90 on the streets Sew
eral prostrations, but no deaths were re-
ported.
Eleven cases of heat prostration were
reported in Brooklyn, N. Y, yesterday.
The residence of Harvey Holdridge, at
OAKLAND, Susquehanna county, N. Y,
was struck by lightning Tuesday night
and was consumed together with the out
buildings.
News from Teheran, the capital of Per-
STA, is to the effect that the cholera is in
creasing in virulence there. The deaths
in the city now number 80 daily.
The discovery has been made that the
Rev. ]. G. Tate, the Republican nominee
for Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, is
Ineligible. Tate is an Englishman, and
took out his naturalization papers only a
year ago. He must be resident for at
least two years.
The season on the Columbia River for
salmon has just closed, and the pack
amounts to AS, 900 cases.
George B. NJ. Harvey, who has been
managing editor of the New York
"World," has been appointed editor OF
that paper vice Ballard Smith, resigned.
William Pippin, a prominent merchant
| Of Trenton, N. j., and William Payran,
| son of another business man, were in
stantly killed by fast train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad at the Inter State
Fair Grounds yesterday. They were
| driving across the tracks when the acct
| d. mt happened.
The crop returns of the Department OF
Agriculture show slight Improvement in
| the condition of corn, raising the monthly
| average from 81 in July to 1915 in Au
| gust.
Fire in the Westfeld Plate Company's
factory at Thompsonville, Conn, de
stroyed two-thirds Of the building and
| contents. Loss, about $40, 900.
The steamship Saale, Capt. Richter, o.
the North German Lloyd line arrived al
Southampton last night with the crew OF
the Norwegian bark Tordenskjold, will
which she collided on Aug. and sunk.
1.-Two companies of the military are OF
duty at Jesup, Ga, because of the efforts
| of mob of whites to release Charles
Warren and Barlow Austin, two white
railroad engineers from custody.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-11

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. II. - William
Lewis, of this city, while swimming a
race with companion across Lily Lake,
near Waverly, Lackawanna county,
Tuesday evening, was seized with cramps
and drowned. His wife was among a
party of pleasure seekers on shore cheer
ing him on to victory when he disap-
peared. He was drowned before boat
that was following the contestants could
come up with him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-11
CONTINUED
Hit Him, Nevertheless.

There is a beautiful but pathetic
anecdote of two men, the one a "kind
man" and the other a "timid man" who,
finding themselves unhappily bound to
fight, chose the dark room duel. The
"kind man" had to fire first, and not
wishing to hurt his adversary CROPPED
his way to the chimney place and plac-
ing the muzzle of his pistol straight up
the chimney pulled the trigger, when, to
his CONSERVATION, with frightful yell
down came his adversary, the "timid
man." who had selected that fatal hid
ing place.-Leeds Mercury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-11
Weather Report.

WARRINGTON, D. c., Aug. IL. For Eastern
New York, Eastern Pennsyl vania and New
Jersey: Showers. cooler, westerly winds.
For Western New York and Western Penn
sylvana: Showers, cooler, westerly winds.
For New England Showers, cooler, weather.
westerly winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-11

LONDON, Aug. 11.-Contrary to expec-
tation, the political duel in the House OF
Commons did not eliminate last night in
division ON the motion of mo conf
dence" The motion will come to a vote
in to-day's proceedings and the Ministry
will resign on Friday.