The morning news., 1894-07-20
ITEMS oF INTEREST.

/ at AlDaAy for the purpose OF training young
I men and women for librarians. At its recent
/ commencement there were four graduates,
/ three or whom we're women.
I The Kafnrs are great philosophers, says the
! New York Tritune- II al OK should die the
owner never grieves, but remarks: Now I
must 90 TO work for master(all white men who
/ treat them well are called masters. and IN
I SIX months he viii give me COW: 1t will have
a calf. II it is a 0ull calT. IN year I'll again
have pair of oxen, but should ii be heifer
calf. l m all the richer for the next year III
nave two calves Instead of one"
A Chicago doctor, who is now visiting New
York, says that a number of his patients who
seemed to be on the verge Of death when the
strike broke out, were so stirred in spirit by
the echoes Of that event as to take new IL.
terest in life, and were still alive when he
left the city. One Chicago reporter who had
been Frustrated with rheumatism, sprang
from his bed when he heard the news, and
has been alert ever since in the performance
OF his duties.
There is constantly growing trade to New
York, not only in electricity sent to the Gus
toner by wire, but in regularly stored cleo
! trlclty. Storage batteries are much used for
! running monographs and other light tasks,
/ and batteries are charged at places that make
| business OF manufacturing electricity. The
! price IS about 90 cents per cell and it takes
! from six to Ten hours to charge battery, the
| time varying with its size. Stored electricity
/ IS handled like. any other commercial article.
"A feature of the new architecture OF this
city says the New York World, lis its
light color. Nearly all the fine new buildings
! of recent wears are yellow white gray or
white and they have helped to give a cheer
| ful air 10 the metropolis. If man Will make
! close analysis he will find that Paris looks
so bright and gay because its buildings are
| white or nearly white. For this reason, TO
| one coming from the murkinesS and gloom of
| the western towns, especially Chicago, New
York looks like Paris. The district around
| a Of on traI 0arly has hea
the most noticeable gamer in brightness and
charm through the erection of light-colored
buildings"
A dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer from
Delaware, O., says: While digging a well
near Alum Creek. Hosea Croninger had an
exciting experience with snakes At some
depth he struck gravel hardpan which
sounded hollow. He gave q hard stroke with
his pick and broke through being preciplta-
ted into a cavernous hollow completely filed
with snakes He shouted to his companion
above, who Immediately drew him up, with
the reptiles wound around his tody and
limbs. In few minutes the half-dug well
was literally mass of writhing snakes The
men ned in terror, and the well was aban -
doned TO the reptiles. The neighbors are or
gantzlng hunt to rid the place OF the pests.
Accordingly to a recently written letter Of
young Prince Leopold of Prussia new de-
sign for Masonic badge has been made The
prince says: The grand masters Of the old
Prussian grand lodges are hereby informed
that shall wear, after consultation with his
majesty, the emperor, and on having received
his permission as protector of Freemasonry,
a cross in red enamel in the form Of a cross of
the knights Of St John. but instead of the
eagles in the corners, heXagon with the all
seeing eye. shall wear it both inside and
outside the lodge room. suspended BY a red
ribbon around the neck" The prince who is
brotherin-aw of the emperor, was recently
initiated with great ceremony into the frater-
nifty in Berlin, Prince Henry of Schoniach
Carolath, grand master of the loGge of ROVal
York welcomed the prince in behalf of the
Prussan Masons. and expressed the thanks
OF all German Masons that the traditional re-
lattons between the old lodges of the ROYAL
York had been renewed.
We have had a great variety of carpet ma
terials, first and last, and good many uses
have been made of paper, but the two have
never been identified, says a writer in the
Paper World. Now, however, we are in
formed mat carpets are being made of paper,
and the following description OF the process
is made public: The stock used must be OF
long fibre, in order to give strength to the
paper. All such as are to be colored must be
dyed IN the pulp to obtain uniform color
| throughout. Colors must be fast Every 10
OF the same color must match to shade, as it
cannot be changed when once done The
paper must be of uniform thickness through
out the width and length of the roll for,
though color may be right coarse
yagn y6e ySrD mIl not twsfeS ssade alike rtAs
frame the utmost cleanliness must be OBJ
served not to stain the yarn with oil or dirty
fingers, for, while unlike the other warn il is
not cleansed, hence, If dirty, and is not dis
covered by subsequent handling, ii goes into
the carpet and to the consumer. When rolls
OF cut paper are the desired hight the shaft
is taken out, the nut removed and the shaft
drawn out, leaving the paper each stripe
with its ring to be separated from the other
by knife for that purpose. After separation
these little rolls are soaked in water until
thoroughly impregnated, then taken out and
left to drain, when it is ready for the spin
ming frame, and it is twisiel like any other
yarn. The yarn is then dried. wound in to
cops and is then ready for the loom.
In 1889 the Kansas legislature passed law
authorizing counties to pay bounties for wolf
scalps Nearly every county in the state
| thereupon offered a reward of 50 and 81 for
| such evidence that a wolf had been killed
| Some counties are paying out as much as
SlOOO a year IN this way, the total in the state
amounting to 100000. The coyote supply con
tinues to be surprisingly large. A CORE
Spondent Of the ST. Louis Globe Democrat as
serts that some of the Kansas farmers who
| find their farms Improbable have gone into
the business of wolf raising in order to exc
out livelihood He says BY means Of wire
fences, enclosures with ample burrowing
grounds are made, and here the creatures in.
| crease with marvellous rapidity The growth
of family OF kittens can only be comL ared to
| them. For feed, the cheapest of meat is suf1-
cent, and as nothing is required but the scalp
| in order to draw bounty. the carcasses of
the killed wolves are used for sustenante for
| those not ready for market. The best sheen
| that the prairie farmer can raise can scarcely
he sold for more than -. To produce several
| ltterS of wolves a wear, each mem her of
which is worth from So 10 S4, exclusive of skin
! and carcass, is, it is seen, very remuneraUiye
| These wolf raiSers also supplement their
| home supply by constantly hunting on the
| plains. Parties are formed which surround
| creek valleys and raVineS beating tho BUSH
| and capturing, dead or alive. dozens of the
| lank gray beasts. The former go to swell the
| cash accounts of the hunters and deplete that
| of the county treasury, while the latter are
added TO the supply on the wolf farm" =
In the Truckee mining districts, down the
| TrucBee river, near Pyramid lake, is situated
! Neyadas musical mountain, says the Vir-
! gia City Enterprise. This mountain was first
/ discovered by the white settlers IN 1853, at
which time there was some excitement In re-
! gard to the mines found in It's neighborhOod.
! he discovererS were party of prospectors
! from the Comstock. They had pitched them.
| selves at the foot of the mountain, and for a
! few evenings thought themselves bewitched
! Each evening, little after dark when the
| air was calm and all was quiet q mysterious
concert began. Out from the face OF the hig
| mountain were waited soft strains thai
| seemed TO cause the whole atmosphere to
| qulver as they foated over the camp The
music then appeared to pass over until il
was far, far away and almost lost ln the dis
tance when. beg nnlng with a tinkling as of
many little silver bells, there would be a
fresh FuSh OF sweet notes from the mountain