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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11
sUNsPors AND THUNDER STORMS.
Next Summer Not Likely to Be Visited by
Any Bad Weather.

Next Summer Not Likely to Be Visited by
Any Bad Weather.
Youths CompanioJ.i
Among the supposed relations between
sunspots and the atmosphere of the earth is
one in which, thunder storms are concerned.
Half dozen years ago it was noticed in
Bavaria that destructive lightning strokes
were apparently less numerous during a
maximum than during minimum OF sun
spots, and Doctor Won Bezold came 10 the
conclusion that "high temperatures and
spotlcss solar surface gives years Astounding
in thunder storms"
If this theory is correct, the summer Just
passed should have been comparatively tree
from thunder-storms, for the sunspots are
now approaching a maximum. Next sum-
mer also should, upon the same hypothesis,
witness relatively few thunder-storms In
England there has, indeed, been noticed
this year an apparent tendency to follow
the supposed law described above. as thun-
der-storms there have been less numerous
than they were few years ago, when the
sunspots we're near their minimum.
Probably, rs is the case with allthe other
supposed relations between sunspots and
terrestrial phenomena, the proof in this
case will be very slow to obtain and very
far from convincing, until we have learned
much more than we now know Of the gen.
eral laws of solar action.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11
superstitions About Eggs,

The ancient Firms believed that mystic
bird laii an egg on'the lap of Vaimainon,
who was to hatch it in his bosom. But ne
let it fall and it broke, the lower portion Of
the shell forming the earth, the upper the
sky, the liquid white became the moon and
the yelk the sun, while the little fragments
of broken shell we're transformed into stars
English and Irish mothers tell their chill
dren to push their spoons through the'bot-
tom OF egg shells after finishing their meal,
'.or else the witches will make boats of
them" In France similar custom pre-
walls. but the reason assigned is that the
magicians formerly used egg shells in con-
cocting their diabolical witcherieh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

Particularly is this SO in connection with
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
A Caonisallstlc snake.


 Mir. Henry Horan. superintendent of the United States National mu. scum. who has had considerable eX- perience iu the care of living rep. tiles while confined at the Smithso nian institution. cites a case illustra, tive of the Cannabalistic tendencies of certain snakes Al one time he had in a cage two king snakes, the larger of which was about two feet long and the smaller about eighteen inches. The kind and affectionate nature of these snakes soon won for them the best attention from Mir. Hotan, who fed them upon "all the lelicacies of the season
 The snakes were particularly fond of the eggs of other snakes and through their weakness for these tid bits Mir H. discovered his king snake ships inclination to trait character istic of the Fiji islanders Upon this occasion a goodly number of black snake eggs were being fed the pets, and for the last round but one egg was left for the two snakes It was given to the smaller one, which took 1t from the hand from which all the rest of the eggs had been taken. and the larger snake. seeing no other egg. tried tu take the last one from the mouth of the small snake But the smaller reptile had a firm hold and kept the egg. whereupon the larger snake commenced to swallow the egg and its pOsSSesSOr
 When the snake had disappeared. leaving only a few inches of its tail prutruding from the mouth of the larger snake. Mir HOran took hold of the member and rescued It's owner from the livIng tomb He was much gC!pris''d 10 find that the small snake still held the egg m its mouth and says it lest DO time m swallowing tnt munsel Forest and Stream.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
Abont nrInklne at MIL.

observe with pleasure that the verdict of general experience and common sense has been confirmed by scientific experiment. m the matter of taking fund with meals Dr. Tev 0. StauevSly. of St Petersburg after elaborate trials has found that fluids materially assist the aSSsimila tion of prutelds. and announces the following conclusion. which 1t k to be hoped no future experiments will controvert "On the whole. the widespread custom of taking fluids during or just before ones meals proves to he rational and fully justi he,l on strict scientific grounds TO take fluids with the meals k almost as important an adjunct to digestion as ls the mastlratiun of solid food preparatory to swallowing it IL k obvious. however that there is a limit to the amognt Of fluid one can swallow with impunity pot to speak of comfort just as much with meals as al other times
 1t would be dangerous to create a general impression that flnid k good with fDnd irrespective of quantity. IL is. moreover. a well asrertained clinical fact that au eSrcsS of cum prandial fluid does retard digestion in certain people. and gives rise t0 discomfort Ill most A little atten tion to ones sensations in such mat ters will far better hN the desirable limit than all the data in the world " Hutchinson K Archives.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
Hairy. Hollow Crystals of Bamboo.

Hairy, Hollow Crystals or bhmboos
 One of the most famous and iaiai poisons used in Japan and Java K ob. tained from the bamboo The young shoots of the cane, when they first push through the ground. are GOV. cred with fine, brownish hairs which, under the microscope, appear to be bayonetlike spikes of crystals of sileX infinitely sharp and hollow. Small quantities of these hairs ad ministared daily in the food bring on alteration of the whole alimentary canal. stimulating malignant dysen tery The action must be of a me, chanical rather than chemical ma ture, just as the spores of the com mon puff ball act upon the eyes
 The bamboo crystal is greatly dreaded by all European residents of Java. A Dutch official report says that scores of death among Euro pean planters are due to the bamboo hairs and to the Jealousy of native women, whc, whenever they take a fancy to a white man. will either have him or poison him on bamboo hairs if 1t takes months to accom- piish the job
 The infinitesimM hollow through these harry crystals Is the most re. markable thing in connection with them, they being the only known hollow vegetable or mineral thorns or clyst;tls St Louis Republic.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
street Railways and LIternturs.


 It is curious but undeniable that the horse car. the elevated train, do affect the philosophy, the literature and even the manners of the day Books are printed with special refer ence to the needs of railway jour ney. Titles are arranged to catch the eye of the traveller as he hurries by nn an elevated station. Writers are trained to present their subjects in way that will arrest the atten- ton of a man who has only a minute to spare. How one should conduct himself toward another is always belng disTlssed in reference to those who sit beside one in ear or who jostle each other at the ticket office. Ones neighbor in a ride down town sets one to phil0sophizing on social needs and distinctions, as the best of ] reviews is incapable of doing Men are forced to study men, and so for. get what solitude and nature have I taught those other men to have gone before and given us our creeds liar i per's Bazar
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
l.anIl w,Iklns wltn stilt..


 I,ocomOtion Dn stills is evidently calculated to suggest peril to persons who are accustomed only to walking on their feet. We estimate the pas sible danger of a fall from the helght of these implements from our ex perieucgs og ordinary pedestrians ralis but the Landais, habtuated from infancy to this sort of exercise. acquire extraordinary ease and skill jn it The tchauggIe is perfectly able to preserve his equilibrium he marches with long strides halts in {, standing position. runs with agility or executes an occasional acrUlatic turn. picking up a stoue from the ground. plucking a flower. pretend ing to fall anu rise quickly, or run. uing in iDck step, etc.
 The speed attained by stiltsmen i- easily explained. when We regarI the superior Ieugth of the stride they can make without euIarHng the an gle of separation of the legs NJ Guynt DarJas in Popular Science Monthly
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
LaacurlnE society.


 Many people "ho are not '4n sas siety" are given ta declan,ing vigor- ously about the suobbishness of membalaoF the Four Hundred near est them and from whose charmed circle they are excluded. But had an illustration the other day that snohbShuusS i., no more confined to one social caste thaa it was whcn TlacEeray wrote h woman dispm. aged to me, while we were waiting for aa elevated train during the dull hours, q suburban village where the ''sassiety' is popularly supposed to bo very select
 This woman held it ito be just tho reverse, and the principal ground of her complaint was that there were 'so many common people th1a, so many mUnufactuers have moved out. that they have injured the tone You think, perhaps, that wo- man was the descendant of long fine of lawyers or doctors or clergy men If she is 1 never heard of it. and know her husband not 70 many years ago was a stonemGson But l don't think she knew that ] knew it. -BruOklyu Eagle.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
whnt Rirts rhlnE nf Mon.

Possibly. now that Professor Gar uier has directed sel1uus attention to discovering tue structure of monkey JalR. we may before long have some naturalist tlausiatiug bird words into English IL K certainly humiliating to find ourselves. after centuries of intercourse with fpatherel songsters. still NIrh aliens to each other What an average blrd thinks of au average man 1t k difficult even to conceive,
 To the mind of a grouse, man is a giant with an iron stick that shoots out death To a caged canary he must appear an amiRble luuatic whose only idea Uf language is to say "Twee, tweel" but who if in 4 pleasant humor. may perhaps offer a bit of g1uunsel or a lump of sugar
 We prefer not to consider what opinion q wild lark who has been snared on its own hillside forms of it's ,aptor who shuts it up in cage about nine inches sluare and keeps it in n stiiffy gashghted shop, Lon don Telegraph
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
cnrnt,n Rriendshin.

A few months before Corot's death his friend, Francois Millet the painter of The Angells died leaving q widow and eleven children almost penniless The art world was moved and the state was induced to gve a pension to Millet'S wife Corot find ing the sum insufficient, added to it an annual allowance of i,uUn frames Almost immediately after this. feel ing his own health decline rapidly. he desired to secure the widow of his friend agarnst the loss of thls aseist ance consequent upon his own death |, therefore he turned over to her lhe capital necessary tu give her thlS an nual income for the rest of her life and sent 1t to her with these words "ln this way am sure that in no ease of misfortune will you have to suffer inconvenience His death, which occurred soon after. shows this to have been d wise cnnsldera- ton New England Magazlne
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
1ARoueH HE Msr OF YEARS.

Bitter md sweet beyond comparison
 The memories uf Loves harvest field kccp; God gave Us certain sunny hours to reap And this 0l parting, when the day was oones The moon cast both our shadows into one, Orion hay aslani along the steep,
 All night you said, with folded hands sleep At times like these, when days are haicyon. Then al that word --l knew noi how or why - There came. as from some dreamland leaguss
 away.
 Dim preaage of a no, far distant day When 'ueHth the same stars l should ses yo0
 lie,
 That smiling face turned silent to the sky Aad those fair fingers clasped, as cold as claS. Deep buried now, my dear dead days Of love Niil not return to me, for envious Fate Holds them in keeping, ever obdurate; Yea, even the hour all other hours above, That pearl among my sands of life whereof The mere sweet memory, fair and deliraie With mcasureiess content my soui csn sata. For o have lived il onre is joy enough. But Of my golden days still may dresm, And when the light Of Love, that never dies. Shiucs through my House Of Life, il slUrlHes One hall, remote and darkened, with its beam, Where certain hours aroqnd one hour supreme With folded wings are sitting circleWi~r.
 J C. F. Nicholson in iondon AlhenHun4
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
a aoMANolsr IN rHe CUSTOM HOUSE.
How NathauieI Hawthorne Came to Be s......i......l A.............. ... .... l.-...

How NnfhHuiel Hawthorne Came to Be
 Appointed Surveyor at salem.
 When Mir. Polk became president the plan of campaign for Flaw thoine's appointment to the Salem postoffice was pursued with vigor for awhile; hut there were strong polit- ical obstacles in the way, and conse- quently his efforts and those of his friends were turned toward the sur veyorship of the Salem custom house, an office of less labor and responsibil. ity. though of smaller emolument than the postoflics afforded
 Referring to visit made me in the summer of lS45 at the navy yard near Portsmouth. N. H.. it SO hap. pened that l was then stationed at that yard Living in spacious guar ters as a ba ahclOr and not unwilling to share my summer comforts with my friends. it occurred to me that Hawthornes interests could best be promoted by bringing him and Mrs Hawthorne info social relations with some of my influential friends and their wives
 To carry out this project, and for my personal pleasure as well, l in. yited Senator and Airs Pierce and Senator and Mrs Atherton of New Hamphhe and Senator Fairfield, of Maine, together with Mir and Mrs. Hawthorne and little Una. to spend two or three weeks with me, To make the reunion less formal, two of my own sisters and some Washing ton friends were included. The in dulgent party enjoyed the novelty of visit ton bachelor at navy yard. and when any shortcomings in his housekeeping occurred the guests only grew the mel1ier therefor.
 What with boating fishing and driving, and m the entire absence of fornality the visit went off smooth. ly and it's main object that of in. terosting men of influence in flaw, thornes behalf was attained
 Though Pierce was an old friend, Atherton and Fairfield first made the acquaintance of Hawthorne at that time, and they hegaIne his strong ad vocates and friends
 In June of the next year he was ap. pOinted surveyor
 Hawthoyue's life flowed tranquilly for the next three years, at the end of which period he was removed by the Wing administration under the doctrine of rotation in office.
 With other friends. ] strove zeal. ouSly to save him. because hew:shed to retain the office. But when the dismissal came lwrote my raugratu lations, telling him that he would now be obliged to devote himself to his appropriate work in life Eight months after his official decapitatiou he finished the Scarlet Letter, and increased fame, as well as freedom from pressing anxiety about pecuni ary matters, followed quickly upou the publication of the great romance Horatio Bridge iu Harper's.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
IIr Kneu.

A gentleman living on Cass av- enue was commenting on the habits and ptVuliaritits of theslarruwS. and giving an object les&nn to his family, taking for illustration tree outside of his library wlndow where com munity nt them were perchel
 He used iargc words and classic language. and his hearers were all much impressed with his superior knowledge Then one member of the family asked him why 1t was that the sp,ilTOws became 80 black in win ter.
 T ah- presume it's a change of feather from natural causes a dark ening of the plltmagp consistent with the exigpnries of season
 "Oh. come off pa. piped a shrin voice from the floor. where a small boy lay splRwliug with his chm in his hand they get black in winter cause they gointo the chimneys and stay there all night that's why y."- Detroit Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
snihers, sIll,.

Look carefully under the abdomen near the tip of spider and you will See six little nipples, Under these nipples, inside her badly. there are special glands in which a kind of gum K secIeted, and this dries when It comes into the air This gum forms a silken thread, from which the spi der builds her web. The nipples, which are called 'spinnerets have not merely one opening, but are pierced with at least hundred holes, and when the spider begins her web more than 600 separate strands go to make up a single thread Kansas Farmer.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
A nc.trnctirc pnrn.Ilc.

The department Of agriculture is trying to discover means for com batting a parasite which causes q loss of nearly 8, 50u,0o0 year in cattle slaughtered in Chicago It is the dreaded heel 0y, which lays its eggs on the backs of the animals. the worms matched from them boring through the skin and remaining buried for several months in the flesh On emerging they fall to the ground and form the chrysalis condi ton, come out as perfect flies, ready to lay their eggs on the backs of other cattle that being their only method of reproduction If a hide at the market has more than five holes made by the worms it is rated as of second quality and the meat sells for one cent less a pound in gross. - Washington Letter
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
Tine Nclinn nf rnl-an

Mature seems to have provided that uo poison which acts externally shall have any effect internally and vice versa Thus the most deadly snake venom ran ba 1ail,wcd with mpunity. the juices of the stomach presumably decomposing it and ren dering it harmless, Many expeI1 ments have been made to prove this On one occasion recorded by Hum boltlt oue person swallowed the whole of the Poison that could Ike ob talned from four Italian yipeir with out suffering any bad consequences h the same way the poison from the envenomad arrows of South Ameri ctn indians can he swallowed with safety. provided only that there Is no wound on the lips or inside Of tue mouth Washington Post
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
some oan.e. nf Grar nnlr.

Says a barber Many of the young men become gray in front and on the sides of their heads without Knowing exactly what causes the change. Pull ing out the hair makes it gray It often happens that clerks, bookkeep ers and persons of sedentary Ucupa- ton pluck at their hair or beard while at work They need uot be surprised fin a few months they find themselves turning gray, for the pluGked out hairs are almost certain 10 be followed by white onea Ex change.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
voracity of Adiutant..

had bcen told that MT R had seen an adjufaut walk quietly along a wall to a sleeping cat, which il pierced with its beak, tossed mp Ill the air and caught in its mouth
 But ] recently met Mr R and he tells me that he did not see the al jutant swallow the eat, but that his friend MT $. sud that be had seen an adjutant pick up and swallow d live kitten Now that is a very dlf ferent thing and is more likely to te true than the story about the eat for kitten may be about the same size as a rat. and have often seen the adjutants catch and swallow live rats Longman's Magazine
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
Halrsprlngs.

Hairsprings have been manufac tuied of only one tenth of grain weight, and out of one pound of iron. originally valued at five cents, as many as 50,Oo0 of these delwate springs have been made, the value of winch was l6O, GOO times as much as the raw material employed in their manufacture Mechanical News.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14

During the year 1891. it is said more than $3,U00, 00O was invested in new manufactures, or the enlarge ment and improvement of those al ready established, in Name.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14

There are slate deposits in Great Britain, Italy, France and other European countries, as well as in sev eral of the United States. The most productive American slate beds are in the central and eastern parts of Per-syly9nis
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
chi.unhhi

The Chinese make what is called "Chi wahhi. or grass cloth. from the fiber of the common nettle. It is said to make a splendid cloth for tents awnings, etc. When made into belting for machinery it is said to have twice the estrength of leather. St. Louis Republic.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
Severe Punishment.

First Boy Do they whip at your schooli
 Second BoyN No l wish they did, First Boy What do they do2 Second Boy -Keep'you in at recess Good News
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14

Cambrics we are told. came from Cambray, town in French Flanders famous for it's fine linens; and damask originated in Damascus.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
Must the Ml.tIetoe Coz

observe that one of the members of the Edinburgh Naturalists society is endeayoring to prove that the beef
 steak fungus lFistulina hepaticaj. and not the mistletoe tNiscum album, as is commonly believed. was the sacred plant of the DIuids His premises are that the fungus grows on the oak while the miStletOe does not. and that when sacrifices were abOl
 ished at theirceremunials the Druids shed the red juice of the fungus in lieu of the human blood. which could not be obtained Notes and Queries
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-14
Working Life of London Tram Horse

working Lito "I L"hdon Tram horHe,
 The average working life of a London omnibus horse k five years that of q tram horse k only four He Is the same sort of horse he comes to work at the same age he costs about the same and be works the same few honrs. but SO much greater is his effort that it costs a shilling a week more to feed him. and he is worked out in four fifths of the time London Tit Bits.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-30
Is 1T 4 REAL EoR1uNY,



At the examination before Commissioner
Shields yesterday OF Ludovc Spiridon. the art
dealer arrested by Special Agent Traitteur
and Customs Inspector Thomas Brown upon
the charge OF smuggling valuable paintings
into this country. Noel kentish. the in
former. testified that spiridon forged tho
names OF wcll-known artists TO the pictures
which he struggled. thereby greatly incrcas-
Ing their market value. Kentish cited one
case In particular. It was picture entitled
the Neapolitan Orange Seller" This was one
OF the thirty, paintings which Spiridon had
hrought over u his hold ALL" kentish said.
ne picture. thereby increasing its value
kentiSh had been chewing gum assiduously
ever since he took the stand Lawyer Charles
4. Hess. who appeared for. .Spiridon. objected
to t. examininc witness, while he .chewed gum!
me witness DECLARED that he had the grip and
mad to chew. The Commissioner thought that.
under the circumstances. Kcntish ought to be
allowed TO chew. and he did.
o,iarnd 81, QUESTIONED more closely about tho
ne saw spiridon 80 il IN little room on tho
third hoor OF Pellegrinis Hotel, Fourteenth
street and Irving place.
kentish said that he made the tablets. upon
spiridon's picture frames. The examination
was adjourned until next Wednesday,. Spirit
don denies kentish's charge Of forgery. He
says ne bought the Fortmny. in 1884. and has a
fish has grudgc against him.
me collection Of paintings now lying in the
seizure room at the Custom House received a n
adultion Yesterday. The production Is alleged
to be from the brush OF Rosa Bonheur. 1t was
no will not tell,