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The free press., 1894-02-08
Minute Shells in Chalk.

Did you ever mlcroscopically exam.
inc a tiny bit of powder scraped from
piece of common chalk? eff you
never did," as the philosopher told
the boatman in the oft-repeated story,
"you have lost at least one-third of
your life. "Not one person in 10, 900
has the least idea of the number and
curious forms of the minute shells that
can thus be brought into plain view.
The largest of these shells is not more
than the one three-thousandths of an
inch in length, yet they are as perfect
as the pearly titans of the beach that
are large enough to hold half gallon
of water, and which, when empty, roar
like cyclone. Some are shaped like
squids and cuttletishes, others like
'sand dollars" or sea urchins, but by
far the larger majority will remind you
of seashells that you have seen at one
time or another. One very common
form of these infinitesimal structures
is shaped exactly like the common
conch shell, but it has been estimated
that at the least calculation it is 2,000,.
600 times smaller!
A careful examination of different
samples of any one specimen of chalk
will generally show that there are from
300to 500 species of these minute shells
in every conceivable shape and form,
the very minutest specks among them
being as curiously and wonderously
made as those of larger caliber.
Biologists say that Richmond, Va,
is built over bed of chalk that con-
tains 10, 900, 900 minute extinct shells
to every cubic inch of the stratum.
st. Louis Republic.
The free press., 1894-02-08
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

French builders make plaster
floors.
Butterflies are found in almost all
countries
Successful trials have been made az
Havre, France, an electrical locomo-
tive.
The earth, travelling at the rate OF
1000 miles minute passes through
$50, 900, 900 miles of space in the
course of year.
Our earth has just passed through
swarms of meteors, and of late no few
er than thirty brilliant ones have been
noted within an hour.
The greatest depth recorded OF Lake
Michigan is $40 feet, or about one
sixth of mile. The mean depth is
about 1926 feet or about one-sixteenth
of mile.
A scientist claims to have discovered
that the eye of man is luminous to the
extent that one can, in total darkness.
see the movement of his own arm by
the light Of his own eyes.
The Chicago Telephone Company
now makes claim to having the most
complete, as well as the busiest tele-
phone exchange in the world. Chi
cago has 10, 400 telephones, with over
145 talks per day.
The normal temperature of man is
about 9s.5 degrees; of the snail, 10
degrees; oyster, so degrees: porpoise,
100 degrees; rat, cat or OK, l02 de-
grees; sheep, 104 degrees; hog, los
degrees: chicken, Ill degrees.
At the north pole there is only one
direction--south. East and west have
vanished. The hour Of the day is q
paradoxical conception, for that point
is the meeting place OF every meridian
and TIE time of all holds good, SO that
| it is any hour one cares to mention.
DR.. j. w. Gregory, of the British
Museum, who has just returned from
a tour in equatorial Africa, states that
he assembled famous Mount Kenia to
the height of 10000 feet. He was
alone and unattended during the as
cent. All he carried on his back was
| q rope, bundle of wooden pegs on
which to fasten the rope, and some
food. Mount Kenia has never before
been ascended to this height.
The free press., 1894-02-08
The Sun Causes Lightning.

Professor Elihu Thompson, the ex-
pert electrician, in the course of a re-
cent lecture on the nature and charac-
teristics of lightning and electric
currents of high potentiality, said that
in his opinion lightning is caused
by the action of the sun on the clouds
through the ether, arguing that if the
sun can produce the aurora borealis IN
the light, thin air, which he repro
duced by electrical apparatus, there Is
reason to think that in the dense air
nearer the earth it can produce cur
rent of high pressure that will strike
through with brilliant discharges. He
showed completely safe protection
from thunderbolts in the shape of a
cake of brass wires and declared that
an umbrella held open over the head
with brass chains hanging from the
ends of the ribs makes a complete
protection.
The free press., 1894-02-08
Serious Side of French Duelling.

Ever since the day when Mark Twain
gave the American world his famous
picture of the French duel Americans
have laughed at it and classed it with
so much that is mock heroic and HARM
lessly tragic in the French character.
And yet the French duel is q very
serious thing in France, and particu-
larly in the capital. Every day in
Paris there are two duels fought, and
20 per cent of these result fatally or
with serious and permanent bodily
injury. But these cases rarely attain
publicity.
The duel is q serious thing in Paris
for three reasons. First, because of
the triviality of the causes of these
encounters. Secondly, because they
are countenanced and justified by the
law. Thirdly, because being upheld
by social custom and the French sense
of honor, men are forced to duel or
face utter disgrace in their respective
circles of society, and even in their
own families. - Providence Journal.
The free press., 1894-02-08
WASHING BUTTER.

Those who say that unwashed but
ter will keep as we'll and as long as
that which has had all Gaseous matter
taken out of it by washing, seem to
be oblivious to an elementary fact in
the laws of decomposition and decay,
says j. P. Sheldon. The casein of
milk is an album inoid, and is, there
fore, very liable to early and rapid de-
composition, if no preventive means
are taken.
Butter fat, on the other hand, is n
carbonaceous compound, and will
keep sweet and undecomposed much
longer time than casein will, if only it is
in what may be called pure condition
that is, free from casein, and con-
tanning no more than the unavoidable
auantum of water. Unwashed butter
can be made to keep, of course, but
only by the aid of a liberal supply of
salt carefully washed butter will keep
a considerable time without salt, at a
reasonable temperature, and in an at
mosphere which is what we term pure
free, that is, from UNI easant odors.
The idea prevails in some quarters
that the buttermilk can be got out of
butter by squeezing, pressing and
working, and without washing. So,
no doubt, it may, in part; but it is
the part left in that does all the mis-
chief to the butter later on. 1t is, in
fact, physically impossible to extract
from butter fat all the casein with
which it is incorporated in milk, save
by careful washing while it is in n
granular condition.
This, I believe, is proposition
which does not admit of refutation. II,
therefore, it is desirable that butter
should be free from cheesy matter
and who will venture to say it should
washing is the only way of ef-
fectually getting rid of it. The hard
and fast advocates of unwashed butter
appear to be persons whose minds do
not possess the scientific instinct, or
the intuition of progress.
There are Tor have been) men who
go on wearing top hats everywhere, in
season and out of season, at home and
away from it, in fine weather and foul,
until one fancies they sleep in them
And SO it is with the advocates of un-
washed butter! The whole thing
this cross, cast-iron prejudice against
the washing of butter-is the creature
and offspring of habit and of bias;
lust as when man declares he has the
best wife in the world, though no one
can see it but himself.
1t must, at the same time, be ad-
mitted that butter, in the granular
state, may easily be injured by wash
ing-by overwashing, or by rude or
careless washing, or by impure water,
or by water at wrong temperature,
The free press., 1894-02-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Apples are healthful because of the
acids contained in them.
Millet hay is one the best winter
grasses for the dairy cattle.
Pumpkins and squashes will stand
about as much frost as apples
Do not always use cornmeal alone IN
making slop for fattening hogs.
In making butter consult the taste
of your customers rather than your
own.
The pear tree depends altogether
upon insects for the transfer OF its
pollen.
Clean up all the brush and rubbish
which will afford hiding places for
vermin.
Good breeding and good care must
go hand in hand if good result Is
expected.
Try to keep your sheep OF uniform
quality and that will shear wool Of
uniform grade.
1t is better to feed life into a horse
than to whip it into him. Direct and
control the spirit of your horse, but
don't try to break it.
There cannot be thoroughly good
farm unless there is good water sup
ply. If your farm is wanting in this,
spare no effort to correct 1t.
Do not think because your horse
drinks warm water with n relish that
he prefers it. Cool, fresh water is
always abundant. Let him have
it.
A light stable is more healthy than
n dark one, and will save the horses
eyes from the injury done by taking
him from the dark into binding
glare.
This is the time to make all your
repairs about the farm and to see to 1t
that machinery is put away in order, so
that all will be in readiness to begin
work at the earliest opportunity.
Husking gloves and mittens will last
twice as long if rubbed with little
pine tar, to which a little resin has
been added. This preparation is also
said to be good to apply to the hands.
Kerry cattle are very hardy and
easy to keep; the cows are good milk
ers and the beeves fatten rapidly when
properly fed. Altogether the breed
have many points which would seem
TO recommend them for certain parts
of the United States.
A heavy clay soil will hold water
like basin, and no crop can do its
best if the plants have wet feet. A
subsoil pillow that will break deeply
without lifting the under soil will
make the cropping of such land much
more profitable than it has been
before.
The Orloff, through his process of evo-
luton, has been selected for sound
ness, shape, size and style as well as
speed. With our trotters all ex-
cept the speed has been neglected.
Hence, the Orloff, when crossed with
our harness horses, will give both SUBJ
stance and quality.
The free press., 1894-02-08
Inventor EdisOn's Little Daughter.

Little five-year-old Madeline is the
NET of the Edison household. One
very pretty picture of her, which Mrs.
Edison keeps in her boudoir, was taken
in quaint fashion. A crescent
shaped moon is outlined upon the
card, and with trees for background,
the child was photographed. Under
meath are the lines:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How / wonder what you are!
Photographic dolls, doubtless, little
Miss Edison has by the dozens, or can
have if she happens to like them.
The free press., 1894-02-08
The Practical VS.. The Ideal.

Little Mary had been playing hard
in the morning, and when the dinner
bellaang she ran in quickly and took
her place. She found only some flow
ers on the table.
Looking at dish of pansies placed
near her she said: 'sPansies are awful
nice, but, oh, wish it was hash. >
Youths Companion.
The free press., 1894-02-08
A Foolish Question.

Dora. "Oh, I'm in such distress
of mind, and 1 want your advice. 1
am loved by three men, and don
know which to accept.
(which one has the mosr
money!"
Dora-"If I knew that, DO you
suppose I'd waste precious time run
ming around for advice|'-LNew AofA
Weekly.
The free press., 1894-02-08

rnr1 land is a wonderful land
p !. D sonud on the maps of mem
= sdimpled hand of the Lullaby L"nd
Nothing of pencil or pen.
''s'' p, only way you can reach this land
tase up the thread OF years
5srIar isIanT it back life's winding track
nothers smiles and tears.
y. vou will find the Lullaby Land,
VI "a. Rock-a-By river of mirth
- on to the deep of Sleep, Baby, Sleep,
s'yuniest ocean of earth.
4, br the lake they call Wide-Awake
saany goblin and fay;
hiries and elves that swallow them
selves
ohighten the people away
.uoDderful land is the Lullaby Land,
T.a,e little wee folks are found
|,oony coo when they talk to you'
,,slaugh with lisping sound.
..,bar sunny, their eyes are blue
1.-THE depth of the summer sky,
,itbeir breath as soft as the winds aloft
| When a spirit goes floating by.
\ these little wee folk have the funniest
ship,
7aEke pendulum swings
,s,iect time to the wordless rhyme
OIL song their mother sings.
|, ttese little wee folk get into that ship
indigo sailing and sailing away,
kroring the streams of the Land Of Dreams
lIught till the break of day.
|,,1 when they get tired and long for a ride.
yosadde or bride have they;
ktthey mount in glee on their fathers knee,
And 20 racing and chasing away;
b-socing and dancing with sway and swing,
Of fear they have never a one;
ksyhen their steed increases his speed
tonly increases their fun.
n isn't it cosy and rosy and rare
| 70 live in the Lullaby Land?
hpre skies are as blue as the sun shines
through
AID Life is SO lovely and grand!
4I9ud but take my own choice to-nigh,
Nsl the countries of men
Eld take up my stand in the Lullaby
Land
I'D never would leave it again!
-[Alfred Ellison, in Chicago Record.
The free press., 1894-02-08

A fountain that stood for many
years on the main street square in
Pawtucket, r. l., has been removed
and set up in cemetery. Its base
bears in big letters the touchingly APP
propriate word, "Welcome." /.
The free press., 1894-02-08
ON THIS ROCK.
BY W. j. HAMPTON.

Bridal couples are supposed to have
monopoly Of Niagara Falls, and
ge are few to dispute it with them,
/ now and then Cupid unfettered
hint nee, and poems are writ.
in the lives of youths and maidens,
to the rhythm of the rushing wa
Such poem was that which Ralph
ttder and Anne Martin inscribed ond
before the roaring rapids, the
Eeflng cliffs and the great over.
nslng trees as witnesses to their
ulA They stood out on an impend-
crock, far above the torrent, and in
Us temple of nature gave the word
each other that may never be gain
kh
Dear Anne" he said, for he was a
ilOus man, not given to fine speech,
% this rock wee plight our troth.
ae, with no human witnesses, but a
'u'and eyes to see us, we promise to
each other always"
| n
Vn this rock?" she echoed, as she
uAsto him.
VA this rock" he went on, "if the
lime should come when shat love
grown cold and bitterness has
ne INTO its place, we must meet tl
'aA The ties, in the presence of th')
ae Witnesses which have seen us
them this day"
IN this rock" she whispered,
'ang closer, as he bent and kissed
'aen they passed under the vines
'urongh the low hanging branches
'ne open grounds, away from the
"a OIL the great chasm, and strolled
:" their hotel with the newly
y music in their hearts and its
'|r notes murmuring in the words
p spoke.
'nfee months later, when the leaves
'ecfimson and gold in all the for.
una The air was touched with the
'eiui crispness of the first frosts
se two became one in the ole
'ca where Anne's mother hat
married and where Annie had
Fu chrlstened, and it seemed as i
loud could ever shadow the blu,
their sky.
'iottas VIII come, ana II
d, 'hey show no riffs through
~ 'ne sun may shine, and to these
le year had gone, the cloud
E.s ullee Years more they thick
IT, ana then the evil time cam
['l [, 'hey thought it was no
''oie ior them to live the life thei
'sa Me was, and they resolved t
wv r'f 'ne tle hich had. bound them
~; 'ney grown apart in thi
'asui' sither could say /.
The free press., 1894-02-08
Grass.

"Don't you" said the pious land
lady to the boarder, ''believe that all
flesh is grass?"
NO" hesitated the boarder, as he
took another hold on his knife, II
think some of it is leather. II Detroit
Free Press.
The free press., 1894-02-08


young women are whose lives are
passed in plenty, and he had grown
cold and hard as men do who devote
themselves to their ambitions.
He had not thought enough of her,
and she had thought too much of her.
self.
With this as premise there
can be but one conclusion, and
that conclusion they had reached.
And more in sorrow than in anger,
for each of them, but with that calm
coldness which nothing can melt.
"You remember, Annie" he said to
her gently, when they had ended the
conference which was the finish their
dream of love and hope, 1--WE prom
ised each other, if there should ever
come such time as this, that on the
rock where we stood above the tumult-
uous waters and made our VOWS,
there we should stand again to break
them"
81 remember" she replied coldly.
eve leave for Niagara at o'clock
this evening"" he said to her in that
firm tone, which chafed her spirit,
though it compelled her obedience.
She nodded merrily and went to
her room as he went to his.
She thought of many things as she
made ready for this unexpected Jour-
ney, and when they met again at din
ner, her eyes were red and his voice
trembled as he spoke to the servant,
for between them, as for months past,
there was a silence that shivered.
The next day at noon they were at
the hotel, where four years before they
had been, but the harp strings were
broken, and the music was dead in
their hearts.
They had scarcely spoken of their
journey, and now she asked no ques-
tions, but followed him as if she were
walking in a nightmare.
As they left the carriage near where
the little path led out to the rock of
their troth, he stopped in the shadow
of tree and she stood by his side
waiting.
'In few moments, Anne" he said
with quivering lips, "the tie that we
made for ourselves will be by ourselves
broken. When we have retracted the
VOWS on that rock where we made
them you will return in the carriage
alone. [ shall not return until the
sun has set. "
She tried to speak, but her words
were only great sob, and she fol-
lowed him as he moved on toward the
rock. At the last turn in the path,
where the rock first came into view,
was rough place, which he remem-
bered to have helped her across on
that other day four years ago by Civ
inc her his hand. He remembered,
too, how it trembled in his and what
thrill this reliance of hers upon him
sent through every nerve of his body,
and, unconsciously, when he came to
this place he held out his hand to her,
and she as unconsciously took it.
Then, hand in hand, they stepped out
toward the rock, but it was there no
longer.
The never -ceasing power OF the
rushing waters had swept out It's 1oun-
dations and it lay sunken IN the dark
current below.
For one instant standing there on
the brink of the chasm, they looked
into each others eyes, and then he
opened his arms and with a little cry
Of Joy she went to them.
"Thank God!" he exclaimed, and
smiling they turned from the chasm TO
the open beyond, where the sun was
shining, and they drove back together
before the sun had set.-TDetroit Free
Press.
EooIish Question.
The free press., 1894-02-08
Buttered Brick.

Flossie was watching the masons lay
brick, and the process interested her
greatly.
ooh, mammal she exclaimed, as
she saw the man putting on the mortar,
,"they're buttering the bricks, amt
they?"
The free press., 1894-02-08
What He Was After.

Old Gentleman-"Soyou are anxious
to become my daughters husband?"
Young Man-"No, sir; to become
your son in law. = Truth.
The free press., 1894-02-08
Under Her Thumb.

Dudely-"I would like to buy an
engagement ring.
Jeweler-''Ye sir; about wha'
size is the lady's finger?
ST don't know, bnt it must be large,
for she says she can twist me around
itl'-[ Raymond's Monthly.
The free press., 1894-02-08

In England there are eighty-iour
male to sixteen female offenders; III
Scotland the proportion is sixty-seV
to thirty-three.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-04
TORNADO In KANSAS.
Great Damage Is Done in the
City of Wichita.
Buildings of All Kinds Are Destroyed
Several Lives Reported Lost
Wires Are Down in All
Directions.
A WESTERN TwIsTEB

WICHITA, Kan, Oct. p. The north
ern part of the city was swept Monday
night by tornado. Buildings of al
kinds were demolished, unroofed,
twisted out of shape and removed from
their foundations, and il is reported
two unknown men were killed. In
all, some twenty-five or thirty sub
stantial buildings, besides innumer-
able barns and outhouses, were de-
molished or injured in greater or
less degree.
Path of the Tornado.
The twister came from the south
west, as they always do, and it first
struck the city at Wichita and Tenth
streets. where it unroofed and tore out
the side OF a street car barn. The
Missouri Pacific depot at Twelfth and
Maine streets, containing Superin-
tendent Webb's Office and large
force of clerks and employees, was
the next point of attack, and
this was entirely unroofed and
the interior walls twisted out of place,
yet not a man was injured. A few
yards off the watchman at a crossing
was in his box, which was lifted up
and pitched down two rods away
without doing the inmate any damage.
From here the wind jumped TO Law
renee avenue and Twelfth street, pick
ing up a tree here and there and
knocking over few light buildings.
Close Cali for the Governor.
1t cut down long row of magnih-
cent trees without touching the resi-
dences, few yards away, in front OF
which they stood, and passed within
10 feet of Gov. dwellings home. An
other street car barn was overturned
at Fifteenth street and Fifth avenue,
and this caught fire. and, together
with some cars, was entirely con
sumed.
Around each of these points at which
the tornado dipped residences were
overturned and outbuildings were car
ried away Buildings were twisted
! int all kinds of shape and were tossed
1 about in a rough manner and il is {
/ marvel how the occupants escaped
/ The wires are down in all directions
/ 30 no news can be obtained rom tht
country but it is probable considera
/ bic damage was done both southwes
and northeast of here. During tn,
storm a boy named Fitzgibbons wa.
! Killed by lightning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-04
BURNED TO DEATH.
-Four Persons Lose Their Lives In 3 Fire
at WnmOt, Wis.

RACINE, Wis, Oct. 2-The farm
house Of B. B. Pierce in the town of
Wilmot, Kenosha county, burned Sun
day night and four persons persisted in
the flames. The names of the victims
were as follows: William Pierce aged
%; Thomas Pierce. aged 3d. John
Pierce, aged So, and young woman,
aged IS.
The bodies of the four victims were
burned beyond recognition The young
woman was a daughter of John
Frank She was member Of
the Pierce household, assisting in tbs
homework. Mr.. Pierce is one of the
Oldest ana best-known residents of
the vicinity The residence was a
comfortable two-story house, but it
was OF wood and old and dry. 1t
burned very rapidly.