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The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
CANDLES.
Many Still Used for Various SpeciaI
Purposes.

Many Still Used for Various SpeciaI
Purposes.
The domestic use Of candles for Ordi-
nary purposes Of illumination has al
most entirely ceased; oil has taken the
place of them, but a great many can
dies are still used for various special
purposes. Candles are used to go down
cellar with and for servants bed room
lights. They are used in breweries,
in the watts, because they don't smoke,
and they make less heat. Candles are
used in some mines. Almost all car
riage lamps are lighted with candles.
There is a large consumption of can
dies by Hebrews in the observance of
religious rites at home, and they are
used also in the synagogues. Plumbers
use candles about their work, because
they are handler and safer. Candles
are used for the illumination Of polit>
ical transparencies. They are used Oh
dinner tables and in drawing rooms;
they are made for these uses in various
cOlOrs. There are at least ten kinds
Of Christmas candles; they are made
plain, ribbed or futed and cable and
in various colors.
The candles for these various special
uses are made chiefly of stearine, par
afine and wax The consumption of
them in the United States shows a
slight increase. We export candles to
Mexico, Central America and South
America. There were formerly many
manufactures of tallow candles in this
country; there are now few, and the
trade is decreasing. Scarcely any tai
low candles are now used in this coun-
try; those made are shipped to South
America.-New York Sun.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Watering the Seedbed.

American Gardening says: It is COM
mon among amateurs and some profess
siOnals who SOW seeds Of various kinds,
either in or out of doors, whether the
soil is moist or not, to water it i'm
mediately after sowing. From repeated
trials have found the above practice
to be serious mistake If the soil or
compost in which the seeds are sown
is moist at the time of sowing, do not
water, as the soil becomes stiff and
forms crust on the surface, which pre-
vents the seeds from pushing through.
After sowing the seed in any soil, ex-
cept an extremely dry one, wait, a day
or two before watering until the soil
dries up pretty well. Then water gent
ly with a fine sprinkler sufficiently to
moisten the soil moderately throughout,
which will suffice until the soil shows
signs Of dryness again. Do not do as
a great many do-give little sprinkling
every day. This only makes the case
worse.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
ELECTRIC HARNESS RIVER
IEEO TIO F1ARNESS ON "A RIVER,
A Massnch usetts Scheme Which +.
Expected to Build a Manufacturine.
Town.

A Massnchus~tts Scheme Which, r.
Expected to Build q Manufacturine
Town.
Conway village, in Massachusetts,,
three miles and half from the well
known summer resort Of Ashfield. is
10 De converted into a bustling manu-
Iacturlng town and market center, if
an ambitious water-power scheme de-
scribed by the New York Evening Post
now on foot is ever cons0mmated, It
involves the Harvesting up of South
river by the electricians. Conway, it
is true, already has cotton and woolen
mills, but they are not large enough to
give it distinction as a factory town.
In the four miles Of it's course from
Conway Center to the Dcerf1eld river,
South river falls several hundred feet.
rushing down over rocks and ledges.
and then out over a sandy bed, but
always confined between high hills,
winch III places become almost inacces-
slble cliffs. This valuable water power
has hitherto been lost to manufacture
ers. Some distance before the Deer
field river is reached ledge of rock
rises sixty to one hundred feet above
the bed Of the stream, extends at right
eAASoACo 4AOu l1lC uOIlu wall OE Tile river
gorge to within ninety-fv feet of the
opposite wall, and forms almost a per-
feet dam. 1t is proposed to complete
this dam, by which means the water
could be made to flow back three
fourths Of a mile and capacity of
l25, 100000 gallons could be obtained.
The depth of the water just above the
dam would be nearly sixty feet; 1900
feet from the dam it would measure
forty-tve feet, and one-half a mile
back twenty two and One-half feet. The
proposed power house for the genera
ton Of electricity will be located $50 feet
below the dam, and the fall from the
top of the dam to the water wheels.
will he 1OS feet. It is estimated that
with two tiftee n-inch wheels on hori-
Total shaft over 600 horse power can
be developed. The electricity generated
will be used chiefly to operate an cleo
trio railroad for freight and passengers
between Conway Center and the steam
railroad in the valley. The result would
be to bring Conway into touch with
the outer world and to make Of it
the railroad town for pastoral Ash1ield
Another prospective use for the cleo
tricity is the transmission Of the cur
rent to neighboring towns or cities for
lighting purposes. Northampton is only
fifteen miles distant, and electricians
say that current could be sent to
that place sufficiently strong to light the
whole city.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
sulphur arountain Ii iceland,

Sulphur Mountain I'm Iceland.
Three miles from the village OF Krf-
suYik, in the great volcanic district Of
Iceland, there is whole mountain COM
posed Of eruptive clays and pure white
sulphur. Although this sulphur mount
ain is a wonder in fssef, interest cen
tiers to that spot on account Of beau
tfful grotto which penetrates the west
ern slope to an unknown depth. The
main entrance is fissure-like chasm
about sixty feet in height and only
eight or ten feet wide. The floor In
clines for the first fifty or sixty yards;
and then suddenly pitches downward,
seemingly into the very bowels of the
earth. Here the fissure wfdens into a
considerable cavern, with walls, roof,
floor, stalactites and stalagmites, all
composed Of pure crystalized sulphur
st. Louis Republic.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Made Love by Lightning.

The late Prof. Morse made love by
lightning, as it were. He met bis first
wife during an evening call at the house
Of her father and proposed marriage
to her before he went away that night.
After some happy years she died, leiv-
ing him with several children. He re-
ms:ned a widower until the age of
81 he attended the wedding of his e1d-
est son. One of the younger ones was
what the Scotch tenderly call an EN-
nocent," and it was the kindness Of a
relative Of the bride to this boy that
attracted his fathers attention. He
invited the lady to drive with him ON
the following day. When they returned
from the expedition they were engaged
to be married.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
August
Flower =

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years Life be-
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to, give: relief: After reading
one of your books, I purchased a,
bottle Of August Flower. Ltworked
like charm. My wife 1eceived im-.
mediate relief after taking, the first
dose. She was completely cured-
now weighs r65 pounds, and can.eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the'case. G. 81. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va o
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Chinm Also Had u Columbus.

Chinn Also Had q Columbus.
The belief in Chinese Columbus was
first allowed by scholars only about
fifty years ago. The claim is: that a
Buddhist priest in the fifth century
crossed the Pacific to this continent and
returned, making 4 written report of
his discovery. The report still. exists.
1t was translated into French in D791
by M. de Guignes. It gave a narrative
of voyage eastward by priest for
10000 Ii, where he found a country
which he nameds Fusang. People SINH
liar to the Indians were: described, as
Well as American plants. The only
doubt about the matter is as to the dis
tance meant by 10000 Ii. The priest
may have reached only some island in
the Pacific ocean.-Atlanta Constitl
tiDn.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
"A Job for the Preacher.

The mountain circuit rider met me at
the foot Of Hurricane Gap in the Pine
mountains and we rode along together
and about a mile from where the roads
forked we were stopped by mountain
eer, with Winchester, whom the
preacher knew. He presented me in
due form, and when the native knew
was an 'Outsider" he didn't hesitate to
talk.
Il just stopper yer," he said to the
preacher, ter ak yer to come up to
the house in the mornin'.'
1'Is anybody sick?" inquired the
Epreacher.
NO." and the mountaineer hesitated.
'You know you have been tall1in' ter
me fer a long time erbout gittin' re-
1igion an been holdin' off ?"
The preacher smiled and looked
pleased, for there was tone of peni-
tence III the natives voice.
well, I've erbout made up my mind
that I've got ter the pint when some
thin's got ter be done. Jim Gullins
come by my place this mornin' an
killed one Nv my dogs when I was
away, an you've heerd me say what I
thought Of Jim. Gullins many a time
afore this?''
The preacher nodded sorrowfully this
time
"Well, I'm goin' down to see Jim
7mow," continued the mountaineer, "an'
if I git him I'll be ready to jine the
meetin'-hous when you come up in the
mornin'; an eff Jim gifts me you'll have
a funeral to preach, SOS you won't lose
nothin' by it, nohow. I must be gittin'
along; good-by," and singing his Win
chester into the hollow of his arm he
hurried away through the thicket, leav-
ing the circuit rider and me sitting on
our horses in the road completely
knocked out by the suddenness of it all
and the popularity y.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

ened to admit him and when he found
breath to explain he said:
Put de latch on dat door 6n' put de
table ergin it; de angel come down
| an chase me outen de ole fieP an he's
a-comin' down de read now an comm
lax de debbil wild wings ten foot long
an "a bill \ ike a woodpecker!v Elk.
change sI.:s
Hope for Young Poets
peddler-One mon ent, please. You
are poet, am told. b !. .. "A
Sc1ibbler-Y-e-s, but I-er-have not
published very much Of my work as
yet. r.. = T. r.. <%5< II. ..3@.-.:z'.. r. v.
EXACTLY. That's why I called
'Eh? Are you rublisher?"
mo, sir; am general agent Of one
of the greatest .money-saving inven-
tions Of the age -: -. -.
"Um-I would certainly like to save
money" ~.
eyes, that's it, and I've got the thing
to enable you to do it. It's little
rubber stamp with the words Declined
with Thanks on it. You write your
poem, put it in al, envelope, slip it in
a piece Of paper with those words on
it, address the envelope to yourself.
open the envelope, read the slip, dump
the whole business in the waste-basket
-and there you are. You'll save ten
times its cost in postage stamps every
week."-New York Weekly.
Comparison of Artificial Lights.
An electrician who has been COM
pairing the light obtained from different
artificial sources and daylight has
reached the conclusion that artificial
light gives the most satisfactory re-
suits. When under spectroscopic ex-
animation it approaches as near as pos
sible to daylight in the character Of the
rays. The arc lamp and the improved
incandescent gas-lights are the artifi-
cial sources Of light that approach sun
light most nearly in nature, but all ar
tificial light has warmer or more
golden tint than daylight. Ordinary
gas flames and low-power incandescent
electric lamps emit the red and yellows
rays in great excess, and are conse-
quently still less satisfactory. It is be-
lieved that light closely approaching
daylight in character could be obtained
by the use Of colored refectors with arc
lamps.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
And What Action!
The WrOuE Angel.

The WrOuE Angel. -ru ..
During a revival Of religion among
ahe negroes Of Baker county IN old
negro told his wife that he had "seen
a vision" and had been commanded
to 60 out in an old field about midnight
and seek religion. ~ %ss -1@f .,9 /,
His wife was impressed with bis &C.
count Of his vision and advised him
ito follow it's commandment.
Accordingly about 12 O'clock the next
night the old negro started on his mis-
siOu. | " = II tef5- ID
He had been away perhaps an hour
when his wife heard groans outside,
accompanied By loud banging On the
adoor.
Discovering that II was hel husband
and that he was in distress she hast.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Testing a Watermelon.

I draw my thumb nail over the melon,
scraping off the thin green skin. If
the edges of the skin on each side OF
the scar are left ragged or granulated,
and the rind under the scar is smooth,
firm and white, and has something OF
a CLASSY appearance. the melon is ripe
But If the edges Of the scar are smooth
and even, and the thumb nail has dug
into the rind in places: and the skin
does not come off clean, then the melon
is green. You can easily learn on two
melons, one ripe the other green, noting
the difference after they have been
cut open.- Southern Farmer. A.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
WITH THE JOLLY FELLOWS.
WHAT THE WITS HAVE FOR us
a. THIS WEEK.
she Was Under No Oblignt ons TO
Him-A Job for the Pre1,c cher-The
wrong Angel-Hope for Young
d Poets. Il 17@@ -; ::-*'t3% ~ ~

One day on Powells river in the Ten
nessee mountains rode up to COM
.fortable-looking farm house to inquire
the way and I ran plump into one
ssided "scrimmage" between a sharp
;Vlsaged woman and q measley little
little man at a wood pile She was
sscolding him right and left and he was
taking it silently. - IT, -. $
"Hello!" I broke in. "How far is it
to Tazewen?''
She looked up and stopped scolding.
Fourteen miles the way you've got
ter CO." she replied.
Who lives here?'
II do"
That wasn't very definite, but I didn't
let it bother me in the slightest.
Thanks,' responded. "Could I get
my horse fed and a snack for myself?'
mo. But you kin half a mile furder
down the road"
BY this time she had come nearer the
gate.
You seem to be having some trouble
with your farm hand,'' I said at O.
venture.
"Yes, he's the LATEST, orneriest white
man IN these parts"
@:How long have you had him?"
About four years."
why don't you discharge him?''
Cant do it very well, mister"
why, is labor scarce?'
NO, not sl1eerce, edzactly, but I'm
kinder use ter him and he don't give
me no back talk
But I wouldn't be annoyed by such
help"
well, mister, yer can't quite call
amm help. reckon he's too ornery fer
that"
linen why not send him off?''
Dldn't tell you I couldn't?'
She was getting hot again.
why not?" I persisted. 'Are you
under any obligations to him?'
IN IN course amt; he's my husband"
"Oh,, [ laughed and I got away in
hme.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

England's army of unemployed now num-
bers 2,0OO,O Of people.
The State of Illinois has used this year
more than 1000, 900 barrels Of beer.
Chinaman Of Walla Walla WASH, an
swers to the name Of 'sShoo FlY''
contractors.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

Aliens Iron Tonic Bltters is not q fancy
alcoholic beverage. All genuine bear the
signature Of ]. P. Allen, Druggist, St. Paul,
MINI.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Cure for the Malady.

Patient-I say, doc, when do you
think I'll be out Of this?
Doctor-Well, can. cure you at once
for cash or in, week for thirty days.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
A. Philosophic query.

Tommy-Are you going to whip me,
mamma?
Mamma Yes, I am, Tommy.
Tommy-You said the other day that
whipping never did me any good, didn't
you? #'a5
Mammal believe I did.
Tommy-Then what's the use Of
whipping me again?
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Another Evolution,
The Cigarette and, the Dude.
Back From Georgia

She drove up to the depot in an old
cart drawn by an OK with lines at
tached to his horns, and she repeated
her inquiries about the. train from the
cast so often that the depot agent,
finally asked:
"Are you expecting friends on that
train?'
"Pm lookin' fur my son Sam an his
wife," she replied.
Coming on a visit?"
"No, sab. They dun moved over to
Georgy six months ago. but they doan'
like it and are comm back'
mighty good state, that Georgia."
i've hearn say SO, but Sam can't
a-bear it. Good lands and good crops,
but the people is too scrumptious."
"How scrumptious?" he inquired.
Il doan' exactly know, but I reckon
Sam can explain. He hadn't bin thar
but fo' months when they tarred an
feathered him an rode him all over the
country on rail."-Detroit Free Press
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
A ThOusht1ess Sister.

Mrs. Getthere-Such impudence! Here
is Sister Matilda proI osing to come
here with both her children and make
us long visit.
Mr.. G.-But you spent half the sum-
mer at her home i'll the country, and
you had four children and a nurse,
Mrs. GA different thing altogether.
She has no servants, but she knows
perfectly well that we have several
and that every one of them will get
mad and leave if the family is in.
creased.-New York Weekly.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Perhaps He Had to.

Miss Faith Cure-Dear Mr.. Longacre,
wish you'd try divine healing for your
lumfsago. 2g:.
Mr.. Longacre -ThaDks, Miss Faith:
but think Ill stick to my porous
plaster-Judge. I..5}=@ s.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Her Deduction.

Mrs. Bings-Mrs. Nextdoor told me
you once wanted to marry that Mrs.
Upton. She wouldn't have you, I pre-
Slllne.
Mr.. BingstDid Mrs. Nextdoor say
Mrs. Upton refused me-? ~ III.
p Mrs. Bings-No, she merely remarked
that Miss Upton had always been a
very sensible girl.-New York Weekly.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Does He, or Doesn't He:

:! WIUKS-UU you IKE @CUIIureH! q. --.-7T :"
JinlSs-Well, I married q widow with
six Of 'em.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
A Practical Little Miss.

Little Girl-Mamma, we is going to
have a church fair, to set money for
the heathen
Mamma-That's lovely idea, my an
gel; but what can you get to sell?
Little Girl-Oh, we is goin' to have the
people bring their own things, an Sell
them to themselves, an give us the
money.-Street & Smiths Good News.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
A Golden Rule for EnRlish.

A Golden Rule for English.
Auntie-Do you fnd your lessons
hard?
Little Nephew-Some Of them is; but
spellin' and pronunciation is easy.
"rhey are?''
"Yes'm. All you has to do is to pro-
nounce words the way they isn't spelled
and spell 'em some way they isn't pro-
nounced. ."-Street & Smiths Good
News.
The herald., 1893-08-08
Horses With -Four white Feet.

In France, and l believe in European
countries, it is most ominous sign for a
rider, and especially soldier, to want
horse with four white feet. The fa-
nous general, Lasalle, who was very su.
perstitious upon this point, never know
ingly mounted such a horse. The day
of his death, after several ominous events
which had happened to him that day,
such as broken mirror, broken pipe,
the picture of his wife broken at the
very moment when he went to look at it
for the last time, he mounted a horse
not his own without glancing at the
feet. The horse had the unlucky signs.
Mounted upon this horse, he was struck
by shot fired at moment when fight
ing had ceased by Croat among the
prisoners just taken at the battle of Wag-
ram.
On the other hand, these four white
feet are mark and token of considera-
ton with the orientals, who do not fail
to mention the fact in the pedigrees of
their horses.-L' Artistic.
The herald., 1893-08-08
Pneumatic ca,ssons For . Builal.s.

Pneumatic caissons are being used IL
preparing the foundation for the new
Office building which is being erected OF
lower Broadway by the Manhattan Lift
Insurance company, This structure il
being built on lot 122 by 81 feet In sixt
and at place where rock bottom can
not be reached without passing through
uuicksand fullof water. Fifteen Of theet
caissons will bc employed, four circular
and II rectangular. The latter vary in
size from 25a feet in length by s1} feet
in width to 13 feet square. The largest
of the circular caissons is 10 feet in di
ameter and the smallest 10 feet. They
are made by riveting together steel
plates, angle bars and beams into boxet
from s to 10 feet in depth, with toI
thoroughly braced with steel beams Il
support the sup~posed loads. AL thu
rivets on the sides have countersunl
holes on the outside so as to diminish thu
friction which arises when the caissoni
are sinking. All the openings in the toI
are carried up through the masonry
which is laid ON top of the caisson and
are provided with the same valves that
are used in subaqueous works. 1t Il
stated that these caissons win be the first
ever employed in building construction,
The herald., 1893-08-08
observlne a n1assachusetts Fast Day

The daily papers are rejoicing over the
fact that 10 times as many people at
tended the theater on Fast day as at
tended the churches, and this is given as
reason why Fast day should be abol-
ished.
Have not the 5000 people who showed
their appreciation of Fast day by OBJ
serving it in religious manner as much
right to that privilege as had the 80, 900
who attended theaters right to spend
the day according to their own inclina-
tions? Would the substitution of Good
Friday, which is really the underlying
motive for abolishing Fast day, be an
improvement from a religious stand
point?-Boston Woman's Voice.
The herald., 1893-08-08
washington's Last Letter.

The last letter ever written by George
Washington has just come to light, and
it is to be- sold. George W. Childs has
long been credited with possessing the
last letter, the one in his collection hav-
ing been written six days before his
death, but the one now to be sold proves
to have been indited the very day previ-
GUS to the great generals passing away.
1t bears the date of Mount Vernon, 18th
Deer, 1900" The subject matter is far
from romantic and without any histor-
ical interest, consisting Of some charac-
istically practical suggestions as to cat
tie pens, but being the farewell docu-
ment of the Father Of His Country" it
possesses an undying interest for auto
graph collectors. Philadelphia Record.
The herald., 1893-08-08
a Word About pr.as clubs.


Life is sorry to see the New Yorl
Press club engaged in scheme that 60
vors of Matchmaking. A few of the man
bers Of the club are reputable newspapa
men, and their connection with 1t en-
nbles the organization to come at tn
business and general public of New Yorl
with scheme apparently backed up b.
the entire newspaper guild.
The demands made in behalf of the ap
preaching fair are not actually accom-
panied by threats Of newspaper retribu
tion, but in most cases the person ap
preached is made generous by an undo
lned dread Of what may happen to hin
If he isn't. With the demand is coupled
the assurance that the Press club is I
philanthropic institution, which take
care of its members in sickness and bun
les them when dead.
This is humiliating reflection ON tn
members of the newspaper profession
The great majority Of them and thl
most reputable of them do not belonI
to the Press club at all. They are sell
respecting and make their own provi
sion for sickness and death, or, at al
events, do not appeal to the general pub
lie, directly or indirectly, to do thos'
things which every real man is expected
to do for himself.
There is a growing knowledge among
the public that the Press club idea, no
only in New York, but elsewhere, i
strongly worked, and for their own I'd
vantage, by mon who either are no
newspaper men at all or whose counec
ton with the press is very slight I
will be a good thing when this knowledg'
becomes general.-Life.
The herald., 1893-08-08
Received Many Stamps.

A SO called land syndicate of Salt Lake
City advertised in many eastern news
papers during the winter that it was
about to open an addition to the terri.
tory's capital and would send deed to
a lot therein upon receipt Of 2-cent
postage stamp. A recent personal letter
from one of the Utah Worlds fair COM
missioners to friend in this city brings
the interesting information that the syn.
dicate was rewarded by an immense in
voice of postage stamps from all parts Of
the country. The government stepped
in and indicted the syndicate, which has
skipped for parts unknown. New
York Sun.