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A CURIOUS NUT.
A Gas Is Generated, Which Causes an
Explosion.

A Gas Ii Generated, Which Causes an
Explosion.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
A box of snakes was opened last week
at the Philadelphia Zoo. and in 1t, among
other Shiny reptiles, were three large boa
constructors from South America. The
boas had peculiar appearance, as though
they had swallowed canteloupes at Inter-
walls. The motion of the cars made the
boas SICK and in the course of their travels
they brought to light several curious balls,
about the size and shape of small cocoa
nut. Nobody thought of taking them out
of the cage and examining them immedi-
ateiy, as they had no idea that what really
did happen would take place. The curious
ball-like substances had been exposed to
the air but few seconds when they sud-
denly exploded with a slight noise. Every
snake in the reptile house started and rest
lessly SQuirmed around its cage. some
huddled together in a corner and shook
with fear. In the cage occupied by the
two boa constructors the effect was di1er-
ent. They seemed to be in a trance, and
for some moments neither of them moved.
An examination Of the cage was made but
no signs of the curious brown balls could
be discovered, not even fragments
1t is supposed that they were specimens
of the famous tropical nut known as the
grutogasse. This, at first sight, Is fire.
at times to be very large. 1t used to -four
ish in large quantities in the swamps OF
South America, but for the last hundred
years it has been SO rare that everybody
regards it as an extinct species. This nut,
If kept from the air for some time, under
goes change. The shell softens and a gas
Is formed inside, which is very powerful.
When the nut is again exposed to the air
1t explodes This popularity causes 1t to
be looked upon as bewitched by the saw
ages, and it played an important part in
the nominations, especially against snakes.
The precious nuts were only allowed to
be gathered by the medicine men of the
tribes They buried them for months, and
then when any great lamentations were
called for by the chief of the tribe they
We're brought forth. While the waiting
people were standing around the burning
fagots of the sacrifice, the medicine man
would throw one of the grutogasses in
the flames. The effect was terrible. The
gas exploded with a sound like volley of
cannon, and, igniting, f1ared up like flash
OF sheet lightning on a hot summers day.
1t would have daunted far less superSti-
tious people than those savages. and one
and all they fell PROSTATE on the ground.
These nuts are said to have curious eff
feet on snakes When they explode all
reptiles flee like cravens and are not seen
for days afterward. CuriousIy enough,
snakes are very fond of the grutogasse
as article of diet. That is one reason
for their rarity. 1t is said that the rut
acts upon snake in somewhat the same
way that opium acts upon human beings.
1t keeps them in trance for days at a
time.
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A Boy Giant.
From the Springfield Mass.) Republican.

From the Springfield IHassJ Republican
Robbie Blanchard, who lives with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Blanchard,
in Hinsdale, n. H. is a boy giant. He
was fifteen years old last May, is six feet
two and one-half inches in height and tips
the scales at $50 pounds. His chest meas
ure sixty inches would delight the heart
of a life insurance agent, while the girth
of abdomen is ffty-two inches. His form
is symmetrical. his muscles hard as iron
he Is neither awkward nor clumsy, and
possesses great strength. His father is a
man of small stature, and weighs 1877
pounds. The mother, though fieshy, is not
unusually so, and two younger sisters are
the ordinary size of girls of their age. The
boy is general favorite with everybody,
a great reader and a member of the high
school. Hinsdale is anxious to put in her
claim of having the biggest boy giant in
the United States.
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biiity of the development of the architec-
tural design of the trent.
las those men were usually experts at
the business, they were the best judges of
the brickiayer who would be a success at
such work. which gradually developed a
class who were kno#ns as pressed-brick
layers. Il c" ~
From the continued agitation of those
who wanted but could not get a chance to
lay pressed brick, theoworking of the rules
in some Of the Unions has been CHANGED
and, the subletting OF brick fronts being
prohibited. the original contractor is COM
PEELED to do the front work himself.
IT was claimed by The advocates of the
the contractor who previously followed it
as a speciality rushed the men, and did not
take the time necessary to do justice to
the work: But, on the other hand, it was
asserted by the great pTessed-brfck firms
who supply the markets of several of the
largest cities of the Union that it has had
very bad effect on their business.
They further claim that all kinds Of
bricklayers everywhere, are experimenting
at pressed-brfck laying; that when the
work is ready to begin all the bricklayers
present are willing to volunteer as being
capable of laying pressed brick. The con-
tractor or foreman being engrossed in other
things, and not being as familiar with the
work as the man who follows 1t as a spe-
c.atty, suddenly finds out. perhaps, from
the owner architect that some bricks
dip or Some hack some are out of level
OF perhaps an arch is not in straight.
why Stone is Used.
ut is alleged that so annoying has this
become to the average contractor in some
cities that he is using his influence with
the architects and owners to have stone
fronts substituted wherever he can, a fact
which is arousing the ire CT the brickmak-
ers.
Pressed brick are usually laid from an
outside scaffold, where the workman builds
the outside face of the WALL while the man
who lays the common brick backs up.
Ihis gives the pressed-brick layer much
better chance to do his work neatly par
ticularly the arches, than if he was to do
it overland or from the inside of the wall.
1t also serves to keep the material for the
front clean from contact with the common
mortar.
TO the ordinary observer whose atten-
ton is perhaps momentarily attracted by
the clink of the trowel bricklaying may
not appear the long-continued strain that
1t is. But he who has been rushed all
day long in his effort to keep up to the line
in a brick and lime environment will read
lily bear testimony that bricklaying calls
for the best physical endurance and &C
tivity."
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movement and encouraged by the senti-
ment the local organization in February.
1878, passed the following:
Resolved That on and after May I, 1873.
that Bricklayers Union, No. 1, of Wash
ington, demand $3.50 Per day of eight hours.
This demand was not generally acceded
to by the employers. though during the sea-
son of '73 majority of the membership
worked but eight hours per day.
In the national convention. which assem-
bled in Baltimore in January, 1874, the fol-
lowing report was made by the Washing
ton delegates:
During the past year the members Of
Union No. 1 of the District Of Columbia
have worked under the efght-hour system
at $3.50 per day and were satisfied with the
arrangement"
The year 1874 was a year OF general
business depression; there was a great de-
cline in building operations; many men
were idle and the trade conditions were
not favorable to $3.50 and the eight-hour
day. The season opened with lockout
and soon the entire membership was idle
Receiving no aid through the national
organization, the local union was thrown
upon its own resources. The treasury was
depleted by the payment of strike benefits,
and without outside assistance the strug-
gle became hopeless.
After six months of fruitiess effort, in
August, 1874, the union disbanded. Thus
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PLEASURES OF BAD TASTE.
People Who Know What They Like,
Which is IL Rare Gift.

From Lippincott's Magazine.
The people of bad taste are people who
know what they like, which is a gift en-
phatically rare among those who only sin
against beauty en- masse and with the sane
ton of authority. For them there are joys
in every art, in every department of life,
of which their contemners know nothing.
The anxious effort to be correct, to follow
precedent is fatal to any real enjoyment.
Watch the faces of the crowd at any ex-
hibition of pictures. On how many is there
any sincere pleasure and appreciation? On
four out of five there is a shifting uneasy
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17

FROM the Chicago Evening Posi-.
Lady Habberton Is urging that female
servants dress in knickerbockers This
does away with skirts, which catch fire
from the stove. knock over fine. china and
porcelain, interfere with the movements of
the wearer, get torn by clumsy people and
carry dust from the street into the house.
The idea is not as new as 1t might seem.
At different times In France, Italy and
Spain the maids of the royal palace have
been attired as pages.
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Nearly as bad.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Brother Wiigus,' said the deacon,
there is a report current that you were run
out of Plunkville by White Caps five years
ago."
at was not quite that bad" said the
minister with a slight smile; cit was only
a threatened donation party"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17
YOU'RE Too Fat.
There Are
Others.

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ception. The relations existing between
the members of the association and the en-
ployers We're harmonious and satisfactory in
the extreme, which was evidenced by the
fact that soon after organization the union
demanded that the membership should
cease work at o'clock on Saturday after
Moons, receiving therefor the full days pay.
This was readily acceded to by the employ
ers. At this time the north wing Of the
treasury building was being erected. The
first demand ever made by the brlcklayers
of Washington for an eight-hour day was
refused by those having charge OF the work
en- this building. AS a result the bricklay-
els ceased work upon the structure. and
mechanics were brought from outside the
District and kept here until the work was
completed.
After a short stay in Bryan's Hall the
association removed to the old Lincoln
Hall, which was located on the site OF
| what is now the Academy of Music, north
east corner of 9th and Z streets northwest
From there the home Of the organization
was removed to the old Cosmopolitan Hail.
corner of Sth and E streets northwest. After
the union had occupied 1t for seven years
this building was also torn down and gave
place to the structure now under lease to
the government. During all these years
the membership had plenty Of work at
their craft, and the organization was IN
f1ourishing condition.
Joined the National Body.
Recognizing as 1t did the benefits of be-
ing connected Win d hsilioAni vi 6aiiAa'1o
the local union soon after its formation
became allied with the B. and NJ. I. u,
the national be dy of the organization, hav-
ing Jurisdiction in the United States and
Canada.
The question of reduction of hours of
labor had been given serious attention for
several years prior to this. and there had
arisen a controlling sentiment favorable to
the eight-hour law. The national conven-
ton, which had assembled in Indianapolis
in January, 1873, gave an impetus to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17
GOLDEN
MEDICAL
DISCOVERY

Many years ago DR.. R. v. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, COM
pounded this medicine of vegetable iIgredi-
ents which had all especial effect upon the
stomach and liver, rousing the organs to
healthful activity as we'll as purifying and
enric,ing the blood. By such means the
stomach and the nerves are supplied with
pure blood: they will not do duty without it
any more than a locomotive can rim with
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Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, by taking arti-
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Do not put your nerves to sleep with So
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brings refreshing sleep and invigorates the
whole system.
Mrs. K HENKE, of No. 500 North Haisted 81,
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1NfthSO, [1-. VILE
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relief.
Now, after two
months / am entire
1y relieved of my
disease. My appe-
tite is excellent ;
food well digested ;
much improved"
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ended the first effort Of the bricklayers
to maintain an eight hour day. At this
time the membership was reported at 169.
and there was nearly $500 In the treas
ury, while from the date Of the orgnniza-
ton to 1874. SIS 40 had been paid for ben
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1.-THE other men will then proceed to lay
the wall between the leads to the line. They
may start with a header course, which Is
the four inches of brick out of the face end
Of the wall, making a cross-bond for the
wall. On the top of these headers they will
lay five or six courses of four-inch wall
with the side of the brick to the surface
wall. 1t will then be necessary to back up
the work to get another course Of headers.
If the wall is twelve inches thick, they may
back up full thickness of back only eight
inches, enough to allow them to lay the
header course. They usually back to the
first header course, solid next header eight
inches. The next six courses bring them
scaffold high, when they back the wall up
solid; then build the scaffold and proceed as
before, and so on to the roof
1.-The pressed-brick front Is laid in an en-
tirely different manner. The mortar for
the common brick is spread upon the WALL
perhaps to the number of eight or ten
brick and the brick are laid upon It,
whereas with the pressed brick the mortar
is butterej on the brick in the hand from
the back Of the trowel, and then placed
upon the wall. a strictly American method,
which combines the greatest possible dis
patch and nicely Of workmanship.
This process is adopted for several rea-
sons, the principal one being the fact that
1t enables the bricklayer to get much
closer joint than If he spread mortar for
more than one brick at time. 1t sets up
and by the absorption of the bricks already
laid prevents him from getting a thin
joint, an important feature in front work.
Expert Brickinyers.
1.-The front pressed-brick work In many
cities, especially in the west, was, until
quite recently. mostly done by line of
contractors who followed it as speciality,
taking the work from the original con-
tractor, and relieving him of the RESPONSE
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T. NANDEN BERG C.P. ATMORE,
Traffic Manager, GenT Pass, A Of.
General Offices, Louisville, Ky.
JACKSON SMITH, Asst GenI Passg,r AIT.
once Chamber of Commerce Rid'g.. 7Cinti,
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HORSE AND TRACK.

., 80 Miss Russell is now 80 years old,
and her son Nutwood 25.
About $500 trotters and PAGERS en-
tered the 2 80 list during 1895.
j. G. Taylor and Jack Curry say
that Joe Patchen is without a pimple
and as sound as he ever was,
Lynne Bel was not behind the
money in 1896. He won ten races,
was second twice and third twice.
Palo Alto Farm will have two
strings out in 1896. James Dustin
will have one and J. Phippen the
other.
The Horse World now costs only
81 90 per year. 1t is one Of the best
papers in the country and is certainly
the cheapest.
One Of the Hamburg line steamers
recently took out from New York
$4,000 worth of American horses,
bound for Prussia.
Mike Bowermau, of Lexington. Ky,
has bought Silicon, 2:l34 Silurisn,
2 :254, Attractive and Myra P. from
0. T. Mackey, of New York.
Monroe Salisbury will never start
East with big string loaded with
entries again He will take few Sc
lect ones and not try to stock every
race track in the east with hOrses,-
Breeder and Sportman.
Buffalo horsemen are now guessing
on what Patchen Wilkes, the Gewett
farm stallion, will bring in the auction
sale at New York next March. Tim
othy Anglin, of Lexington, bred him
and sold him for 5 800 when he was
three years old. The guesses range
from $4,000 to $4,000.
"With an increasing sdemand at
home for the best stock and an ever
widening demand abroad, coupled
with returning commercial prosper
ity," says Spirit Of the Times, "the
breeders of the continent may well APP
proach the season of 1896, not only
without fear, but with strong hope
based on sound reasons"
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"Just to think Of it," she said proud
Iy as the voice of her son rose above all
the others in the college yell.
"Just to think of what?" asked her
husband.
Hiram and those other boys con
versing in Greek just as natural and
easy asifit were their natural tongue"
Il washington Star.
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A Fact Worth Knowing.

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~ 2 4 - ss and the shadox of death? l,
lluulber OF Gods children
+ 4 together for more active work
CHRIST and the Church." The
w doors have yielded 10 lis infiu-
ice, aud hey have entered with
q &1ftmises Of God anil forgivness 10
4 U6ris lux souls. and their reward is
| ALL aryasf Of Souls Meet for the Mas
II III
4! MTh Endeavorers arrived on the
9i ihe 9 40 j., m train with thankful
4, hears lai God had SO ri hlv blessed
n theiritbrs and with the feeling that
II itbah been Thanksgiving day in
lleavep rs well as on earth, for ii was q
MI iime 1aif
IA .wheu the angels in heaven no ioce once more,
IN no many new born soul entered in ty the door
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Mrs. Littlewit, proudly-Only just
think, Charles has gone to address a
public gathering.
Friend--I didn't know he was a
speechmaker.
Mrs. Littlewit-Nor /; but he's
been called upon to make a statement
before meeting Of his creditors -
Tid-Blts.
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Wooden Defenses.

Life was very insecure in medieval
times It was usual for people to sleep
on a bed which was surrounded by sides
of board, with strong posts at the four
corners. These sides contained sliding
doors, which could be fastened inside.
When men retired to rest they took a
weapon with them. If attacked In the
night, they were aroused by the noise
made by the crashing In Of their wooden
defences and were able to defend them
selves When the law became strong
enough to protect human life. the sides
of the bedstead were gradually dispensed
with, but the four posts remained. The
box-like bedstead still survives In the
rural parts of Scotland, and Is almost
necessary where the earthen floors and
imperfect ceilings cause much damp.
Emily Branto in ''Wuthering Heights" !"
describes one Of these; bedsteads in the
old mansion as forming little closet" }"