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other teacher, and that was turned into the
treasury. 1t was more than my allowance
as member OF the society. That was the
Somebody once told me that you took up
new science every year9'
III there's anything I want. go for It.
| Ibsen"
What do you think of Ibsen3"
"!Dsen IL man of great genius, but he IS
|, an irregular man, and his sincerity he leaves
you to doubp about. He is a man of greai
most always"
What do you think was the effect of that
Brook Farm life on your future career?"
Nv ell, it WAS a good wholesome life: a life
out Of doors, and left the man free, after he
got through with it, he could turn to any
on railroad, or anything. A man came out
OF it pretty free"
Dana q Head Waiter,
"Was it something ON the idea of Chau.
tauqua?"
mo, it was more q sort Of q social picnic.
The Chautauqua is a regular organization, a
regular machine. Here there was almost no
machinery. Each one did what he wanted
to do. For instance, 1 was head waiter
chief of regular corps Of walters, fine young
fellows. who waited on the tables every day
at dinner"
"And you enjoyed itf"
"Very muohi very much, immenselyr'
ana you nao 1un poked at you by the
They don't understand it. But there was
very little of this fun that we cared for We
were reformers and were going to revolu.
tionize the world. We cared nothing for
fun made of u.s."
"Was everything in harmonyf Was there
good deal Of quarreling about the way the
world should be steered?"
There was a ways more or less friction,
as, OF course, there would be in such q con-
Germ, where some worked harder than others.
Some thought their judgment was not suf.
nciently regarded in the management of the
business. There we're natural differences,
such as would arise in any place. 1t was q
partnership, but nobody had a cent to paw:
there were no assessments"
"And no contributi ons?"
NO. none. except as outside friends who
were interested in the scheme lent money to
the enterprise. In the final settlement some
OF this was lost, Of course, but it was very
little considering the extent and duration Of
the concern. 1t proved one thing-that peo-
pie can live together in comfort at a very
cheap rate.V I. c. CRAWFORD.
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A WARNING OF DEATH
Scientific Explanation of the Tick
ing of the Death Watch.
IT'S THE ANTIC OF A BEETLE,
Fixing the Eyes on Distant Objects Ii
Cure for Seasicznesa
TOWING BARGES ACROSS THE OCEAN

There is more or less clearly defined
thread of superstition running through the
minds of most people, and not few who
have at various times been involuntary lis
teners to the sound of unfamiliar tickings,
especially during the hours of darkness,
have been unable to prevent their imagins-
tion leading them back to the stories told
them in childhood of the dreaded omen Of
the tick of the death watch, which precedes
death in the family.
It is now we'll known that the ticking 10
produced by an insect, and a Partisan
chemist has not only taken the trouble to
investigate the subject thoroughly, but has
sent to Paris paper two insects actually
caught in the act of producing the sounds
alluded to. They were on the same sheet
of packing paper (strong tarred paper), but
on the opposite sides and at distance Of
about four inches apart One struck forci-
bly, with its head at the rate of six blows
per second, and the insect on the lower side
answered as soon as the other bad finished
The insect is tiny beetle, barely quar-
ter OF an inch long. 1t is generally during
the night that it produces the ticking
sounds and in order to do so draws IN tho
antenn@ and intermediate legs, and, resting
principally upon the msdian legs, strikes
its head against its support by q sort Of
rocking motion. 1t is through this noise
that the male calls the female The larvs
of the insect lives in woodwork (frams-
work, old furniture, etc. }, which it gnaws
in the interior without anything outside be-
traying its presence. A lew weeks after ii
has been transformed to the chrysalis state
the perfect insect comes forth, and makes
its exit from the wood by boring a per-
fectly cylindrical hole in it, which there
after shows that the wood has been attacked,
and it is often mutiated to such . degree
that it is virtually destroyed. A smaller
species of the same genus works equal havoc
not only with wood, but books, herbaria,
naturel history collections, cork, dry bread,
crackers, etc. The death watch beetle has
the invarisble habit of feigning death when
seized or disturbed. The stimulation is 10
persistent that when immersed in water, or
even in alcohol, the insect remains perfectly
and will allow itself to be
burned alive rather than betrsy itself
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friends"
''You have the reputation of being great
collector"
"That is done around the shops and when
| travelling"
''You are said to be great cult1vator Of
| roses?"
'No, am not I have q small place
down on Long Island called West Island,
and there cultivate every tree and plant
OF the temperate zone, and there is a very
extensive collection Of plants. but all that
Is attended to on Sundays and afternoons
after 1 get home"
Then you travel 60 miles every day?"
Just about"
"Do you consider that waste of timer"
"Oh, no."
"How can you utilize the timer"
Thirty miles is about an hours ride; takes
about an hour and three-quarters from the
Office to the house, and there I see a good
many people. In the morning read the
papers, and after that sleep and take a nap.
No, time is not wasted when you are not
doing anything"
'It was the idea of the Puritans that it
was"
"The Puritan's idea was that there should
not be any pleasure in the world"
Don't you think that your habit of let
ting your work go and devoting yourself
to congenial things, as much as ANYTHING,
has given you your strength and ability to
work?"
''It is a vacation-it is a vacation"
''Your work is your vacation?"
'sNo, the other is the vacation. bought
this country place 20 years ago. and spend
a great deal of time there, including all the
Sundays, and I think it is 80 much gain,
apart from the pleasure"
he Works Five or Six Hours.
"How much of the time do you actually
devote to the detail work of the paper?"
"Here, to-day, for instance. came here
at 1880, rather later than usual, and shall
go away at 3:45 That is about four, five or
six hours. but generally. 1 should say,
taking the year through, five or six hours"
''What class of work do you do on the
newspaper"
pretty nearly every class do not
write great deal, but 1 always have a stem
ographer.''
Il take an excursion every year of one,
wo or three months; generally 20 to
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ness Moreover, there il . certain respon.
sibility enforced upon q newspaper. If IL
shocks the moral sentiment of the commu.
nifty it is punished for it, by losing busi.
ness"
"What was the Brook Farm expert.
ment?"
The Brook Farm Experiment.
'eThe Brook Farm experiment was that OF
general manifestation that took place all
over this country along about 1840. Every
Intellectual man in the United States. by
some spontaneous operation, seemed to have
a general tendency to the study of co-opera-
tive social organisation, and it was every
where In Massachusetts George Ripley,
a remarkable scholar, and his wife took the
lead. They had held meetings of their
friends for long time and concluded that
they would try the experiment Of democ-
racy in society life, SO they went out and
established the community at Brook Farm.
The business was to be agriculture and edu-
cation. They were all learned people and
familiar with the cause OF education, and
thought they could create a school there
and carry on the farm. They bought a
farm of 200 acres of land eight miles from
Boston. The enterprise lasted from 1S41
until March, 1885,"
"Were you there all through"
mot through the whole of it. I was
there until its failure was substantially
brought about by the burning of large
building in which they had invested all
their money. Then left and went to the
Chronotype in B oston.''
"Do you think the idea was good?''
"1t was a benevolent association. All
were equal. Each man was paid at the same
rate for his work. The shoemaker was paid
as much as the President OF the establish
menL
Their Ideas Were Not Practicable.
sHow do you think that would do ap-
piled to real life?'
'I don't think it would work at all. 1t
takes away the premium on superior in.
telligence During the time was there
there were some students in the Newton
Theological seminary and some young ladies
in school near BY. The young men at
Newton wanted teacher of German, and
the young ladies wanted a teacher OF Span
ish. went over and taught the men Cor
man and the ladies Spanish and received
the same rates they would have pald any
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it. As they sat there, wiping the blood
with such bits of shirt and things as still
hung to them, Joe was the first to break
the silence.
Missed 1t on the Caicul alton.
1.-THE hole" he said, "was leetle fuller
O. wild cat than calkilated on. But them
last ones makes tootems four is eight more,
SAM"
Sam said che knowed it," but made the
apt suggestion that they had better be dig
ging out of there and making for
home to get patched up. So they
agreed that they had done their share, and
concluded to go home and send their paps
back after the guns and wildcats. They
hauled themselves out of the Rut by the
grapevine and limped homeward.
It happened that not long after Sam
Pomeroy had abandoned operations in the
potato field and Joined Joe Crane in the
wildcat hunt, his father strolled over to the
field to see how he was getting along. Find
ing the hoe there alone, Farmer Pomeroy
hurried home to see what had become of
Sam. Not finding Sam, but noticing that
the gun was gone, he started for the woods.
In the course of his sreconnoitering he at last
came upon Sam and Joe as they we're max
ing the best time they could homeward,
tattered and disabled.
"Jist what I ben 'spectlnp" exclaimed
Farmer Pomeroy. THAT gun has gone and
busted on you at lastl Serves ye right, an
I'll give yer hide good tannin' when I git
ye homer'
"Don't know about that papr' said Sam.
'You won't find much hide left on me to
tan, I'm thinkin'p'
Then the boys told the wildcat story, and
Farmer Pomeroy helped them home on the
double quick, turned them over to their
sent for the doctor, and he and
Joe's father went to the Devils Rut and
brought in the wildcats and the guns.
Potato planting will all be over, Doc
Barnes says, when Sam and Joe get around
again.
"But then'n come the grass and the ryel'
says Sam Pomeroy. II wisht me an Joe
could find another hole full O. wildcats.
That'd help over hayin' and harvest, tooP'
ED MOTT.
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Dr. Orally Hewitt has concluded that the
sensation of sickness on board a vessel can
be lessened, if not prevented, by looking at
objects away from the vessel, and therefore
comparatively fixed, like clouds, the hori-
zon, the shore, or a passing vessel. The
benefit to be derived from this method Is
but little known, though tor moderately
susceptible cases it is an almost sure cure.
Another and still more radical mode of pre-
venting seasiekness is the complete abolish
ment OF vision Tor the time being by the
bandaging of the eyes The bandags
should be applied before starting on the
voyage. The patient should also lie down
and get the benefit of the horizontal posi-
tion, which is an old remedy, although it
has been found in many cases that bandag.
ing the eyes without lying down has had
the required effect
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03
Ice Cram Delivering Machine.

An American company has struck the
popular taste in London By the Organise
tion of a system of automatic machines on
the penny-in-the-slot principle for the de-
livery of ice cream. This toothsome ele-
ment of daily consumption in this country
is not so commonly used in England, and
the ability to obtain it at all hours at slight
cost constitutes nothing short of luxury
to many classes of Londoners. The novelty
of the machine lies in the combination Of
the automatic delivery with an ice reiriger.
ator, which is so effective that when the
machine is full the supply of ices will each
ice being contained in a separate cardboard
box, keep good tor whole week; that is TO
say, will not melt during that period.
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HEN I was fishing
down on Barley run,
Doc Barnes came in
one day and said he
had just been up to
farmer Ben Pome-
roy's and j i m
Cranes, taking some
stitches in Ben's
boy Sam and Jim's
boy Joe. The cir
cumstances that led
to his call up in that
n neighborhood, e. a s
near IS I could
gather it from au-
thentlc sources, was
substantially as fol-
10 VS.:
Fourteen-year-old
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Her Rival.

New York Tribune.l
Oh, shs tried full hard to love him,
Yes, this little woman did;
And not one took rank above him
In her mind or heart; she hid
All his faults from busy bodies,
For she knew no harm he meant.
He might smoke or take his tOddies
If he only kept the scent
Off his breath; he might go flirting
With the girls, too, ii inclined,
So he thought not OF desertinS-
These did not disturb her mind.
But as to and fro, one morning
Unobserved, sne saw him pass,
While he was himself adorinl,
He kept flirting with the glass;
Then her rival, she saw clearly,
Was not woman, wine. nor pelf,
But a stronger, for most dearly,
HopelesSly, he loved himself.
NxILIE La Rue Brow
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Letter Weighing Made Easy.

A novelty which is likely to be widely sp-
preeiated is postal pen, i. e., a PEN
holder fitted with a scale which gives the
accurate weight and amount Of postage Of
letters and small parsels. The pen nib il
arranged at one end and the weigher at the
other. The weigher consists of carefully
adjusted spring. The letter to be weighed
is placed in clip, aud tine penholder is held
in vertical position. The indicator then
marks the weight and postage of the letter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03

A day or two after Mr.. Blaine's resicna-
tion letter reached the White House from
an ambitious young man in Iowa, in which
the writer asked for information about the
duties required Of the Secretary of State
and show much the wages were" The
correspondent added that If the salary was
satisfactory and the labors not too arduous
he would Ike to make application for the
lob.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03
TvpeMrifer Rariatar.

An invention just put on the market en-
bodies simple device, adapted for attach
ment to any form OF typewriter which, by
the movement Of the KEYS and space bars,
will count and register the exact number Il
words printed by the machine.
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RoAcHEs. bedbugs. etc, grow fat on insect
powders, pastes, etc., but they never get
away from Bugtne. 70 cents.
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A HOLE FULL OF CATS.
The Fun Two Boys of Pennsylvania's
Wilds Had in the Woods.
TIRED OF PLANTING POTATOES,
They Thought They Could Make More
Killing Mountain Screamers
HOW THEY WERE WRECKED IN A RUr

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE prsrArcH.,
ROULETTE, PA, Luly 1.
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the marks of wildcats claw imprinted on
it. As they sat there, wiping the blood
with such bits of shirt and things as still
hung to them, Joe was the first to break
the silence
, 1892-03-23
SUNFLOWER OIL.

The subioined article, taken from the
New York Shipping List, gives interesting
data concerning "A crop which may be OF
value to the Gulf States, considering the
low prices of cotton and the crop
of su%nfuwers that can be produced here. If
the lands of Russia will produce an average
Weld of $50 pounds per acre, Louisiana
lands should produce from $500 10 1000
pounds per acre, and owing to its similarity
to the pea crop in fertilizing land, we may
vet find the sunfowerto be,one of our best
rotation crops. The Shipping List says;
What has become Of the Sun1OWer oil in
duStry of the United States? This inquiry
has been prompted by the r%ernsal of IA re-
port ION Consul General Crawford, Of st.
Petersburg, concerning the industry in Rus
sia, where the Sundnwer is cultivated ON Il
la, ge scale. Two kinds of Sunfowrr are
kno Nh in that country, one with small seeds
used for the production of oil, and the other
with larger seeds consumed by The common
people in quantities us d%aintieS.
very much az the people eat peanuts IN the
United States. The oil, owing to lis nutri-
cious qualities. purity and agreeable favor,
has superseded all other vegetable oils i'll
many parts of that country.
In general the cultivation nf the sunfOw.
err in Russia is considered to I've very %proGta-
bic. AT the average yielt OF 1850 pounds
per acre, and ut the average price OF Ii
cents per poun the ia nler receives an in
cotne.of aboni $40 per acre AZ against the
usual S10. This income can be mcreasedsin
those districls where the groves. himself IL
engaged in producing. the oil from the seed
However, oil mills are very rare in the viii
, 1892-03-23
SUGAR EXPERIMENT STATIONS
IN JAVA. =
From The Louisiana Planter and Sugar

from The Louisiana Planter and Sugar
Manufacturer
The following information regarding ex-
pertinent stations in Java has been furnish
ed by DR.. Fl. Winter. for some time chemist
of the West Java Sugar Experiment Station,
and later connected with the station in Mid
die Java. Though not >tltiStlcally complete
tits, nevertheless, OF interest, as illustrating
the progress Of the experiment station enter
prise there.
There are At present four experiment sta
tiOns on the iSl nd of Java. Three, which
may be called Sngl" experiment stations,
were organic d and are supported by dsSncia-
tionSnfsugir producers. The t0u tn, wlichs
supported by he Government, Is Connect
ed with til" botanical garden a; Butenzotg,
and is devoted to Investigations OF tropical
plants, especially those of commercial i'm
portauct in Java.
OF the three sugar experiment stations,
Que il situated at Kagok-TegaIin West Java
another at Samaraug in Middle Java, and q
third at PasSoproean in East Java. The
oldest is the West Java Station, which was
founded IN 1885. 1t il under the control Of
an associate II I some thirty or forty sugar
producers, who furnish the means for its
snpport-abant Sl6,0 900 anpuaHy-and ap-
point % committee from tlIeit number for its
manag sment. Every associate paySin poo
portion to the area he cnltIvates. At the
time OF its organisation The working staff
included a director, DR.. w. Kruger, and a
chemist. The present din tctor isDr. Went.
Some OF he results of the Investigations
at The station have been reported by. Dr..
Kriget in Du:ch and also in English lin a
volume emitted Berichte der Tersuchs-Sta-
fiom fir Zuchererrohr in West JucG, Kogok
legal (Java), published in Dresden, Ger-
many in 1890. II contains acconnrsof thsee
Investigations by Dr.. Winter and one by DR..
KRUGER. Of those by Div inter, the first,
on Methods Of Investigation for the Cane
sugar Industry, describes studies on the
determination Of glucose in sugar juices, the
dete'minatio:l of sugar in sugar cane. and
the S. ectfn ard investigation of average
Samples IN fiald e&ftflm men x; the second on,
the icai c. Imposition Of Sugar Cane
treats Of The distrfbu' idi. ot sugar in sugar
cane AMI The clenAicai constituents of sugag
cane the third, Oil Ext action of CansSugar
frou1 Sugar Cane, containsartioles one certain
, 1892-03-23

Santiago de Cuba, March 22nd.-News
received from Venezuela states that the
rebel troops have occupied Fortune, the
residence of the revolutionary General
Crespo, who has escaped. General Sebastian
Casanas, later Minister of Interior, has been
appOi nted TO the command Of the army, and
started with his staff for Guaricoles. 1t ~
expected that peace will soon be- restored.
Pointeapitrp, March 2ud.-Yesterday eve
ming 4 small steam boat returning from
pleasure trip oil coast, capSized and sank
close to landin place here. OF the ninety
or more persons ON board, about ior'y, in
Guiding the owner were drowned. Twenty
five bodies have been brought up as UT,
diving continues.
New York. March 22nd
Flour, ST. Lawrence, pr, brl. S4.85
lfeal, best brandy wine, per. brl. $40
neavy Mess Fork. pa brl. 81 10
New Sen~olrs Fork, i. hi lilly
&C. Crystals, p IL. 81
0us" l.. 'oH. II. 1rr III q
onion March 22ad
DeMr,ara CRYSTALS II rSt lI>3l
Sugar Mnscovalo pr cwtl3*3l.
German BH.t {, - u
, 1892-03-23

lagos, the farmers selling their seed to the
oil producers. In the seed growing districts
of Saratov there are only 81 village oil mills
producing oil wostl So 900 annually,
whereas in The town Of Saratov $50 900
worth OF OIL is manufactured annually. The
substance remaining from the oil mdnufac-
tire, or the Sunhower cakes, being used ns
eattle TODD, is also IA \ hlndble product. These
cakes however. have 4 comparatively small
demand il Russia and are largely exported
80 foreign countries, principally t. Germany
and England.
From analysis it appears that n one ripe
plant of medium size in green conditions
there are the following percentages Of irin.
eipal substances:
, 1892-03-23
A GALLANT RESCUE.

A Dalxiel Telegram from st. Johns New
foundland, sayS:-The P'ince Edward Island
schooner Avengei has been driven on the
rocks 30 miles from here, the wreck being
characterized BY a +, mark bic exhibition both
Of bravery and strength. The schooner wa
pounding to pieces in the tremendous surf and
the single boat was swamped in an effort to
launch it. Then Mmdock Gilli,, a sailor,
offered to swim ashore with a life line, and
Jumped overheard. He was thrown on the
rocks by a big wave, but was unable 10 obtain
a hold. and afcer being bruised, tossed, and
bufoted. was haule back. He rested an
hour and then tried again. This time he W rs
thro wn into a cleft in the face Of a cliff, from
which he climbed point by point uatiI he OBJ
tanned good holding ground. He then drew
ashore and fastened a larger line by which the
Captain and all the crow ware sayed:-Ttmes.