Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-22

numbers 9, 900 specimens. He 10 still CON.
tinuing the work. One group IL family
of sixty.eight varieties of warblsrs, which
have been gathered from Tampa Bay to
Puget Sound, having their nests and eggs
besids than.
In Msdrid recently Don Andres Comes,
dean of the church, was hogged with all
the ceremonial exactions of the ancient
form. After expressing repentance for
having been fres mason he was taken ia
solemn procession, led by priests and
frisrs, to the official residencs Of the
bishop, where his upper garments were
taken off. As he knelt the bishop whipped
him with cords over the bare shoulders,
while the priests chsnted ''Miserers Mel y
The directors of the Manchester ship
canal find "svsry reason to be satisfied
with the progress made In the develop
ment of traffic" during the eight weeks the
canal has been open. Steamers have ar
rived at Manchester from America, Africa,
European ports and the East, and regular
lines are ia operation to the principal ports
of the United Kingdpp. Vessels drawing
21} feet have passed through the canal,
and soon vessels of deeper draught will be
able to use IL.
The Stillwagons of Broad Ford, Pennsyl-
vania, are not slow coaches in some mat
ters. Walter Stillwagon wants to be ap-
pointed postmaster of the place and has
sent his application to Washington, signed
by ffty-three of his ne,ghbors, all good
Democrats, and every one named Still
wagon. The applicant states in his petit
tion that he has also the hearty support of
Editor Stillwagon, District Attorney Still
wagon, Sheriff stillwagon, three school
commissioners, and several attorneys and
bankers, all Stillwagons.
paving block, made of blast furnace Stag.
is said to be already in demand in Eng
land to the extent of 100, 900 blocks per
week, the success attending tine use of the
article calling for supply constantly to
meet the needs of streets In London and
in foreign towns and cities as well. The
idea of utilizing furnace Stag for the pur
pose is not wholly recent one, but the
method of production in this case ap
pears to possess some decided advantages.
The Stag is run into a lsdls, from which it
is poured into cast iron molds secured to
the periphery of horizontal wheel, each
msuld having hinged bottom, and, the
wheel being slowly rotated, the bottoms
of the moulds are released in succession;
the blocks, molten inside, but solid at the
surface, drop upon a soft bed of granu-
lated Stag, and are quickly removed and
stacked in an annealing stove; when full,
the doors of the stove are closed, and the
blocks allowed to anneal themselves with
out extraneous heat. In about eight
hours the doors are opened and the blocks
Withdrawn, at which stage they are in
suitable condition for the use intended.
1t is stated, however, that without snneal-
ing they would soon crumble to pieces
from internal stresses.
1t is related that few days before Gou-
mods death he told Paris reporter how
his family first became convinced of his
musical genius. He was 12 years old and
was getting Q general education at q
preparatory school. His mother con-
sented one evening to take him to hear No
zart's "Don Juan" Gounod sat with eyes
and ears open and did not utter word un-
til the overture was half over. Then as
the musicians struck . few mighty notes,
the little fellow screamed, trsmbled, threw
himself into his mothers arms and Sob
bed: "Oh mammal mammal That, that Is
musicl" He became 30 excited that his
mother dared not keep him in the theatsr.
She led him out before the beginning of the
first act, convinced that she must cease op-
posing his desire to make music his profess
sion. ST remember It as If 1t @ss yester-
day." said Gounod. cit was ss If God had
descended from heaven and had spoken to
us little men. Ny remembrance of that
evening of Don Juan is to me still q blind
ing magical light. Mozart has remained
for me the master of harmony above all
other masters. He Is much more than the
first among them; he is the only one"