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The Van Buren press., 1894-07-07
WOMAN AND HOME.
BURNT.MATCH HOLDER.

Bald to Be n Most Artistic and Original
hit of Fancy Work.
This novel receptacle for burnt
matches, shown in the illustration, is
one of the most artistic and original
bits of fancy work seen for some time.
Its novelty lies in the use of one of the
small incandescent electric light
globes as u balloon, the basket attached
to this forming the "holder" proper.
They may be obtained at almost
any building where this system Of
lighting is used. The globes Id time
"burn out" or become defective and
can be obtained for few cents or for
nothing. The remaining materials
necessary for the balloon are the small
Japanese basket, costing two or three
cents, yard of ribbon three-eighths
of an inch wide, three skeins of floss,
and scrap of bias velvet or plush.
Make chain OF from forty to fifty
stitches, according to size Of globe,
with the floss, using small-sized
crochet-hook. Throw the thread over
to form long stitch and catch back
into the chain; make one chain stitch,
then anotherlong stitch, and proceed in
this manner across the original chain.
Turn and go back across this row in
exactly the same way, and proceed
thus till a square of the open work is
formed. From each corner of this
square, crochet chain which shall be
long enough to reach to the top of the
basket, from five to six inches; better
too long than too short.
A small circular piece of plush or
velvet should be used to cover the
lower end of the globe. The edges
may be caught up about the side with
few long stitches. Fold in the edges
of bias piece OF the plush leaving it
Just wide enough to cover the brass
rim at the bottom, and long enough for
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DEEP SEA AND SHORE END CABLES.

Is the same from end to end; but the
size of the steel protecting wires, the
thickness of jute fiber interposed be-
tween the gutta-percha and steel, and
the amount of external sheathing
vary greatly. Another point Of diff
ference between the new Commercial
cable and the other ten now in opera
ton is that greater weight Of copper
per mile is introduced. This makes 1t
possible to work the wire more rapid
ly. The Anglo-American will also have
a heavier core, and its proprietors are
said to have predicted that the in
crease in speed will be from eighteen
words (their present rate) to about
twenty-seven per minute. Owing, how
ever, to the methods Of construction
(which the makers, Messrs- Sicmens,
keep a profound secret) the inductive
capacity Of the Commercial cable Is
lower than that of the new Anglo
American, and hence the former is ex-
pected 10 transmit thirty-oneewords q
minute. This is the more remarkable
because the Commercial line Is 1900
miles long and the Anglo-American
only 1900; and distance is cause OF
retardation in operating cable. In
cidentally, it is worth noting that the
Commercial company use a core COM
posed Of twelve copper wires-a large
one with eleven fine ones wound about
1t. In some other cables the core has
fewer of these surrounding wires. The
larger number possesses a double ad-
vantage; it reduces the depth of cor
rugation and hence lessons the ex-
ternal surface of the core, considered
as whole, which electricians declare q
merit in conductor; and it increases
the chances of something being left to
carry the current, in case an accident
partially sewers the copper.
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Crow Catching In India.

In order to catch crows after the
gypsy fashion in India, 1t is necessary
to have n captive crow always on hand.
This crow must be laid upon It's back
and its wings pegged to the earth with
forked sticks. Immediately free crow
will attack it, and the captive crow,
seizing the free one with its claws,
Will hold it tight. Crow No. 2 must
then be taken and pegged down also.
Other crows will come and two more
will soon be caught. They must also
he laid out with the pegs, and then the
four captives will take four other
crows. This plan is followed until the
hunter has taken all the crows he de-
riros
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Modern Gold Mining.

The quartz is taken from the mine,
sorted and then hauled to the stamp
ing machine. Here the ore Is crushed
and pounded as fine as flour. 1t is
then run through sluice-box that con-
tains quicksilver. AS the water carries
the ore over the quick it is taken up
and held by the mercury and forms an
amalgam. The quicksilver is then
placed in retort and brought to the
boiling point. The quick" passes out
of the retort through tube and is col
lected in basin of water, and hardly a
bit has been lost, while the gold re.
mains in the retort In the shape of gold
dust and is now ready for market.
Only about so per centum of the gold is
saved by this means, and those who can
or have ore rich enough to justify II
send it to the smelters, where 95 per
centum is saved.
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{ less than 10 hours:

1t will be seen from the above table
that, although there is, upon the
whole, u steady increase of tempera-
ture as depth is attained, the rate Of
increase is not uniform and regular.
There is no way of telling why this is
SO, although 1t has been suggested
that in the case where the tempera-
ture actually decreased two degrees In
the descent OF hundred feet las was
the case between the 300 and 400
levels), the difference was due to the
character of the rock In which the re-
cording instrument was inserted-one
level being of limestone formation, the
other of cold, black trap rock.-St
Louis Republic,
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HOW TO DRAPE LACE.
An Easy and Charming Way to Bsautif
u Toilet Table.

An Easy and Charming Way to Bsaut,fy
u Toilet Table.
Lace and muslin are not often seen
on toilet tables nowadays, but q grace
full way which has lately gained favor
is to take length of muslin, soft silk
or lace, allow it to fall to the ground
at one side of the table, carry it up to
the edge at the other side, and secure
it by small taclls, hidden under couple
of smartly-tied broad ribbon bows. If
the table has set of drawers on each
side of the open space in front, the
drapery conceals one set and reveals
the other.
In pretty, simple rooms 1t Is much
the fashion to have everything in it Of
the colorcd linen, which washes SO per-
fectly. One design for the coverlid Is
a powdering Of large, looscly-tied ocws
worked in coral stitch in white crewels
and silk, with or without frill OF
white linen about q quarter OF yard
wide The mantel valance, chair seats,
toilet cloth, ottoman cover, as well as
the pincushion and nightdress cases
are en- suite. The pretty light blue OF
pink shades are favorites, but there are
greens, yellows and many other colors.
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FACTS ABOUT A WATCH.
How Perfect Mechanism 10 Made and Pus
Together.

TOGeeueke
The watch carried by the average
man is composed Of os pieces, and ita
manufacture embraces more than 2,o00
distinct and separate operations. /
SOME of the smaller screws are 20
miuute that the unaided eye cannot
distinguish them from steel filings or
spscks Of dirt.
Under powerful magnifying glass
Q perfect screw is revealed. The slit
In the head is a-1000ths Of an inch
wide. It takes sos, 900 OF these screws
to weigh pound, and q pound 10
worth al 1855.
The hairspring is a strip of the finest
steel, about o15 inches long, i-100th
inch wide and 27-1o, ,Oooths OF an inch
thick. It is coiled up in spiral form
and finely tempered.
The process Of tempering these
springs was long held as secret by
the few fortunate ones possessing IT.,
and even now is not generally known.
Their manufacture requires great
skill and care. The strip Is gauged to
20-1 ,000ths Of an inch, but no measurJ
ing instrument has as yet been devised
capable of fine enough gauging TO de-
termine before hand by the size Of the
strip what the strength Of the finished
spring will be. col ,00Oths part Of
an inch difference In the thickness OF
the stop makes difference in the rum,
ming of the watch of about six minutes
an hour.
The value OF these springs, when
finished and placed IN watches, Is
enormous in proportion to the material
from which they are made. A COM
parison will give good idea.
A ton of steel made up into hair
springs when In watches is worth more
than twelve and half times the value
Of the same weight in pure gold.
Hairspring wires weigh one-twenti-
eth of grain to an inch. One mile Of
wire weighs less than half pound.
The balance gives five vibrations
every second, 800 every minute, $4,000
every hour, 4s2, 900 every day and 1b7,-
$4,000 every year.
At each vibration 1t Fevolves about
one and one-fourth times, which
make 1877, 100000 revolutions every
year.
In order that we may better under
stand the stupendous amount OF labor
performed by these tiny works. let US
make pertinent comparison.
Take, for illustration, locomotive
with e-foot driving wheels. Let its
wheels be run until they have given
the same number of revolutions that
watch does in one year and they will
have covered distance equal to twen-
ty-eight complete circuits OF the earth.
All this q watch does without other
attention than winding once every
twenty-four hours. New Moon.
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THE THREE FOLLOWERS.

Fable Which Illustrates . Great Truth
for Young People.
Tho wild old Hassan sat in his door
when three young men passed eagerly
by.
"Are We following nfter anyone, my
sons?" he said.
Hollow after Pleasure" said the eld-
est.
"And after Riches" said the second.
sPleasure Is only to be found with
Riches"
"And you, my little one?" he asked
Of the third.
81 follow after Duty" he modestly
said.
And each went his way.
The nRed Hassan in his Journey came
upon three men.
"My son." he said to the eldest, 'me-
thinks thou vert the youth who was
following after Pleasure. Didst thou
overtalSe herP'
aNo, father" answered the man,
"Pleasure is but phantom that flies as
one approaches.
Thou dldst nOJ 1olloW Vic iiBh ""y'
my son."
"How tlidst thou fare?" he asked OF
the second.
Pleasure Is not with Riches," he an
swered.
"And thou" continued Hassan, nd-
dressing the youngest.
"As l walked with Duty he re-
piled, "Pleasure walked ever by my
side" -,
at is always thus" replied the old
man. "Pleasure pursued is not over
taken. Only her shadow is caught py
him who pursues. She herself goes
hand in hand with Duty, and they VINO
make Duty their companion have also
the companionship OF Pleasure -
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
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HEARD ON THE STREET.
Al Appeal Which Produced Not Only .
Bite, But q Whole Pickle.

Al Appeal Which Produced Not Only .
Bite, But q Whole Pickle.
Two little girls Of eight or nine years,
ragged and uncared for, were sitting in
the doorway Of wretched tenement
house. One OF them was radiantly
happy In the possession Of huge GU
cumber pickle, which she sucked with
great satisfaction, while the other one
watched her with hungry eyes.
"Gimme bite, Jenny" she said.
But Jenny was not generously In
clined.
please, Jenny"
Jenny shook her head, and said some-
thing unintelligible because of the
pickle In her mouth.
I'll Net You wear my red glass beads
for just one bite"
I've got some nice yeller glass ones
that I'd ruther wear" said Jenny.
Several offers were made and reject.
cd, and tho pickle had nearly disap-
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the Yellowstone park and now In the
National Geological park at Washing
ton. He is very badger-like in tenn
per and disposition, sullen and vicious,
always crouching in the farthest cor
ner of his cage, growing away down
in his throat, and showing a formidable
set of teeth whenever looked at.
The length of his head and body is
about thirty inches and tail about
twelve inches. l say 'about," because
he asked to be excused from being
measured, and excused him! In gen
eral appearance the wolverine is a very
stoutly built, long-haired and dark.
colored animal, with his colors in about
four values, as an artist would express
it. His head and shoulders are chest
nut-brown, the back is almost black,
while the legs and feet are jet black,
and the claws white. A very curious
and conspicuous light marking is the
dirty yellow coloring Of the thigh.
The fur of this animal is not very fine,
and is chiefly desirable for use in robes
and rugs. Although it Is comparative
ly abundant in the fur market, there is
no special demand for It.
The most interesting thing about tho
wolverine is the total depravity of his
character; we cannot say moral charac-
ter, for apparently he never had any.
Wherever found he is king Of thieves.
He delights in following up a line OF
marten-trops several miles long, and
not only stealing the bait, which his
satanic ingenuity nearly always en-
ables him to do without getting
caught, but also devouring every mar
ten that he finds already trapped. He
makes speciality of finding and break
ing open the caches Of meat trappers
store up in the fall for winter use; and
what he can neither eat on the spot, nor
carry away and bury under the snow,
he paws over and soils so effectually
that even the hungriest man cannot
eat it.
In stealing, his industry Is bound
less. He often enters a settlers cabin
when the owner is away, eats every
thing eatable, destroys good share,
and then carries away everything port
able. hiding his booty in the snow or
in the earth. He even takes articles
that he cannot possibly use, such as
tin pans, clothing, belts and steal
traps; and more than once he has
been known to strip cabin Of almost
everything it contained. AS an agree
able neighbor in the forest he is COM
plete failure. Fortunately he belongs
more to the northern portion of the con-
tinent than elsewhere, and is now rare
ly taken in the United States.-W. T.
Hornaday, in st. Nicholas.
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MAKING MILLINER's FOLDS.

wrinkle. To do this it is better to pin
one edge of the bias material along tho
straight edge of the cutting board.
The points of the pins can be easily
stuck into the wood sufficiently to hold
it firmly. Then measure the width
you intend to cut the strips at either
end Of the board, and stiok another pin
into the wood at these points. Then,
with d yardstick, chalk line with
French chalk from one pin to the
other. Take the pins from the ma
terial and cut the strip at the chalk
line, repeating the process OF pinning
the material to the board for the next
strip.
For fold of ordinary size, which is
five-eighths of an inch wide when fin
ished, the strips should be cut an inch
and half wide. Fold one edge over
little less than half an inch on the
wrong side, as at b, Fig. 1; baste 1t
with accuracy, then fold over the outer
edge, Fig 2, at a, SO that the edge will
not quite meet the edge of b. There
should be about an eighth of an inch
space between them. Basic this care
fully.
Fold b over onto a. Slip thin, mar
row whalebone through q, bend it
slightly over the forefnger, and blind
stitch to a, running the sewing as
near as possible to the outer edge OF
the whalebone without running it off.
Slide the whalebone along as the work
progresses.
The whalebone will prevent the nee
die from going through to the other
side of the fold, thus spelling the sym.
metry of the work, and it is not neces-
sary to use the care which is needed
when there is no whalebone.
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vitality Of Insect Eggs.

The eggs OF insects have greater
vitality than any other life germs now
known. After exposing silkworm eggs
to temperature Of 8S degrees below
the zero of Fahrenheit Thermometers
for Ave hours, Spollanzi, the great en-
tomologist, was surprised to find that
they had not been frozen In the least
and that their vitality was not In the
least impaired. On another occasion
he treated dozen grasshopper eggs ia
a temperature Of bo degrees below zero
without injuring the Life germ In the
slightest degree.
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History Of the rhsrm ometer.

Hero Of Alexandria, who lived abouS
1870 years before Christ, Is said to have
been the real inventor of the rude
weather tester" used for measuring
the heat of the atmosphere, which was
continued In use until about the time
Of the opening OF the seventeenth CEN
tury. About the date last mentioned
It was reduced to an instrument more
convenient and accurate by one Sane
tonic, an Italian, and was afterwards
much improved by various scientists,
especially by Fahrenheit, who, in 1720.
added the scale and other important
details, converting tho old "weathes
tester" into an apparatus Of much use-
f,,1uoee
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ular, and to hold It In either Of the two
slanting positions indicated by the full
lines and dotted lines of the diagram.
In opening and closing the door, the
projection would engage the notch in
the lever. DR.. Shaw believes that this
plan would keep the door from rattling
in the wind, and make 1t At more
snugly against the jamb-casing, thus
excluding flies, ants and drafts OF air.
II would also involve less carpenter
work. A door thus fastened could be
opened with push, without turning
knob or lifting latch.-N. Y. Tribune.
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peared, when the little pleader said,
sadly, with moistening eyes:
II should think you might gimme
just ono bite, Jenny, when I-I-you
know amt got no father"
A responsive chord had at last been
touched. Jenny rose to her feet with
q bound, and, holding out her hand,
said:
"Come on; l never thought Of that.
I've got another cent In my pocket.
You come with me an I'll get you a
whole big pickle and you needn't give
me single bite" and away they ran.
-YOuth's CompaniOn.
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His Sweet Tooth.

GeorQe-Aunt Alice, didn't you say
the other day that I have sweet
tooth?
Amt Alice-Yes, George.
George-And how did you know it'
Aunt Alice-Because you are SO fond
Of candy.
George-Does my sweet 'oo'h m"So
me fond Of candyP -
Aunt Alice-Yes, George. Why1
George-Why, because If my swee.
tooth makes me fond Of candy | Just
hone the dentist won't go md pull IL
ont bv mistake when 60 next week.
Omaha Bee
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BUILDING AND SCIENCE
NEW ATLANTIC GABLE.


Two Of Them win Be Built During the
Present ssaSoi=6restsf Emcisncy Kx-
pected from Them Than ths other Ten
Shore End Cables.
OF the ten telegraph cables now In
operation across the North Atlantic,
four belong to the Angio-American
company. three starting from Ireland
and one from France, all landing in
Newfoundland. The French company's
one line terminates ut St. Pierre,
Miquelon, little island of the coast
of Newfoundland. Then there's the
United States. direct, from Ireland,
coming ashore at Rye, N. H. This and
the two Western Union cables from
England to Nova Scotia are worked In
a pool with the Anglo-American.
Finally, the Commercial (Mackay-Ben-
nett) company has two cables from
Ireland to Nova Scotia, but Is inde-
pendent Of the combination.
This latter company and the Anglo
American have each projected new
cables for this season, and the Com.
mercial people have already begun
laying theirs. This will differ from
the old ones In several particulars.
All are made up of sections Of different
sizes. according to the depth at which
they will be laid. But, besides the
deep sea and shore end cables (showh
by our diagrams) there will be In the
new Commercial cable long 'inter-
mediate" stretch, over the Newfound-
land banks, OF much greater strength
than has ever been used there before,
to guard against icebergs. anchors and
other perils in those shallow waters.
The copper core and gutta-
percha covering for insulation
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A Cold Doth Make Us All Akin.

Mrs Motter-Didn't Mrs. Smith say
she'd never speak to you again, after
you scolded her Johnny?
Mrs. Potter-Yes; but she heard |
had cold, so she couldn't throw off
the temptation to run over and tell me
her cure.=Truth
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THE UGLY WOLVERINE,
"eoefibea as the Most Cunning villain In
the Animal World,

the Animal World.
The wolverine, carcajou or glutton Is
better known as being the trnpper's
evil genius than for the value or beauty
OF his own fur. He Is the greatest
thief and the mest cunning villain in
our whoae mammalian fauna, and
mountains Of hard words have been
heaped upon hts ugly head. In fight
ing weight he is about the size Of q
setter dog, but in form he may best be
described as cross between badger
and bear. He has the head, legs,
feet and tail of badger, and bear
like body: tn Wyoming he is called
The skunk bear, not bad name; but
the Indians of northern Washington
go a little farther and call him the
mountain devil.
l never saw but one live wolverine,
and that was fine specimen caught in
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why She Mcurned.

"Why, Mrs. Gazely, what are you
wearing mourning for? Weren't you
only married two weeks ago?"
"Yes; but you know Mr.. G.'s first
wife has only been dead year, and my
husband expects me to show proper re.
spect, you know. Alex Sweet, in
Texas Siftings.
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1rira Rurnlnr for Centuries.

Here is an instance of fire that has
been burning for centuries. According
to the testimony of the duchess OF
Cleveland, the great hearthfre In the
hall of Raby Castle has never been suf-
fered to expire. This castle is, per
hans. the noblest and most perfect
specimen of feudal architecture in Eng
land
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FAST ENINo FOR DOORS.
A Pose1ble Improvement ON Knobs and
Catches for Certain Uses.

A Possible Improvement on Knobs and
Catches for Certain Uses.
DR.. H. M. Shaw, of Genoa, N. ", .
dentist for many years. but also
pattern-maker and man of some me-
chanical ingenuity, has suggested .
substitute for the ordinary knob and
latch for such doors as do not require
locking. Upon the edge Of the door
itself he would place, at the proper
height, merely small metal or wooden
projection. Opposite thereto, in a res
cess in the jamb, he would put small
upright lever, pivoted, rs shown in our
diagram, and having notch cut in the
rounded upper end. To the lower end
is attached stiff spring, whose up
ward pressure tends to throw the leyer
to one side or the other of perpeH )
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More Work for Lawyers.

Dora Edith married a very nice man,
I hear.
Clara-He's nice enough, but it won't
be long before there will be a divorce
In that family. He is cross-eyed.
"What difference can that make?"
"She can never tell whether he is ad.
miring her or some other woman."-N.
" Waak1v
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SUBTERRANEAN HEAT.

A Record Of Temperatures OF the Earth
1t Different Depths.
The following is q record of the tenn
peratures OF the earth at different
depths, from 100 to 2,1O0 feet, as taken
at the great Foreman shaft, Virginia
City, New. The record was obtained
by drilling holes out into the sides Of
the shaft and inserting a NeRretti 4
Zambra slow-acting thermometer into
the drill-hole and leaving 1t there for
not less than 70 hOurs:
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
VERY GOOD TIMES.

~ eest time can reccilstt,"
eAid the boy from across the street,
Wa whsh we played the Spartan nine,
The day that our side boat"
best fun was year NO."
Said tho boy who never will fight,
When father and I went fishing once,
And slept outdoors ell nlsAt.h
Well" said the boy fronA the corner house.
Tho 3olllest tlnie FOR me,
Wes the summer they took mo on o yacht,
And W lived six weeks at sea-"
And the greatest fun fever had"
Said the boy who'lives next door,
Was sailing down the river once,
And camping out on shore"
The very best time ever had"
Said the boy with the reddish hair,
Was In Chicago, last July
The time went to the fair"
II seems to mo-" said the lazy boy
(And his cop he thoughtfully thumps),
" That the very best time In oil my life
Was tho week had tho mumps."
E. L. Sylvester, In St. Nicholas
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A small Boy,s Small Bicycle.

There is q tiny boy In Rochester IN
this state. who rides the smallest safe
Wv h;cvcle that was ever made. lie
is only five years old ana ms ntsie e
wheel had to be built especialiy ior
him. It's tiny wheels are only eighteen
inches in diameter, which, IT you take
a string nine inches long, tie a pencil ,,.;li
snd IA 4 very small bicycle wheel his
i;ttia machine has pneumatic tires
bail bearings and all the latest % iln
nrov.ments, and weighs complete only
eightHen touudA-N. y. Times