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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Driven by Benzine MotorSpiral Wire
Barrel Hoop-The Intensity of Sum
light Chinese Emperor's Musical
CIock-Scientifc Jottings.
Bowling Alley Illumina ton.

An improved system of Illuminating
the bowling alley has been devised by
Gustave Burkhardt, of Chicago, ILL.,,
and as this game has recently become
very popular, description of his In
vention will be of great interest to the
devotees of this sport, which now COM
prises a great army. This invention IS
in the nature of an improved appli-
ance for rejecting the light and indi-
eating the set Of the pins, and 1t pri-
marily seeks to provide reflector OF
an economical construction and An
which the reflector walls are so arrang-
ed relatively to the light that the rays
thereof can be positively concentrat-
ed within a desired radius and the bur-
ner held invisible. Thus, blaze OF
light is shot around the pins without
making any shadows and without daz-
cling the eyes of the player. Another
feature of this invention lies in pro-
viding a supplemental portion having
a triangle or pin set face shape, with
light openings for numerals cores
poRding in number and arrangement
with the set of the pins Of the alley,
whereby the bowler can see how every
pin is numbered, so that when any pin
is not properly spotted he can readily
call the nur' Ser and have the matter
remedied by the attendant.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Intensity of Sunlight.

In order to measure distances, sur
faces, volumes, time and force, stand
ard units were long ago found indis-
pensable, and this is, of course, abso-
lutely so in determining or measuring
the quantity of light in any luminous
body. This unit is the intensity Of
the light of the standard candle, which
is a sperm candle weighing one-sixth
of a pound and burning 120 grains an
hour. By this means it is found by as
tronomers that the intensity of the
sunlight is such that when the sun is
in the zenith it Eliminates a white
surface about $4,000 times as strongly
as a standard candle at distance Of
thirty nine inches. Comparing then
sunlight with that of the full moon,
the surprising result is arrived at that
the former is about 100000 times that
of the latter. Again the interesting
fact is now established that of ali the
different kinds of artificial light that
can be produced as yet by man, the
most intense is the brilliant spot in the
so-named crater of an electric arc, but,
dazzling as it is, it is but one-third as
bright as the surface of the sun itself.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Chinese Emperor's Musical Clock.

One Of the masterpieces Of musical
clocks has just been completed for the
emperor of China, in whose palace, be-
sides pointing out the correct time, it
will play selections with fully
equipped automatic orchestra. 1t is
pronounced the most complete musical
automaton in the world, having eight
divisions, each of which has a repor-
toire of eight melodies. All oft the
pieces played by this musical clock
were selected by the emperor himself,
and consist of forty foreign and TWEEN
ty-four Chinese recitals. The case of
the clock is made of rosewood, in Chip
pendale antique style.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Christian Endeavor Topics.

Drifting.-Monday, July 81, drifting
in worship, 1 Kings 12:25-23; 1873
"a; Tuesday, Aug. 1, steps well-nigh
slipped, Ps. 73:1-2S; Wednesday, Aug.
2, lest we drift, Heb. 2:1-4; Thursday,
Aug. 8, repentance and steadfastness,
Job 11:14-2O; Friday, Aug. A, his heart
is fixed, Ps. 112:1-10; Saturday, Aug.
5, be steadfast, unmovable, 1 Cor. Is:
50-5S; Sunday, Aug. 6, topic, Drift
ing" Eph. IA; Jas. Ills.
1t is never safe to let any one but
Christ choose our work for us. When
Christ calls us, we have found our call
ing, and not before.
The wind of doctrine may be the
greatest aid, pushing our heavily bur-
dened ships lightly over the sea of life
or, if it blow wildly and uncertainty, il
may wreck our vessels.
Life is so short and our powers SC
feeble, that only a steady purpose fixed
on one goal can carry us to success
1t is only for little while that man
can ride two horses at the same time.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Scientific Jottings.

Scientists are recommending the
electric light bath. 1t is free from the
exhausting effects of Turkish baths
and is soothing to sore muscles and
joints. Nervous headache yields to
this treatment, and the bath is of very
great benefit to persons Of sedentary
habits, such as teachers, doctors, law
yers and professional men generally
Combined with cold shower it is said
the electric light bath is positively re-
juvenating.
1t was in October, 1894, that the big
python at the London zoo fell into the
dep1orable error of swallowing his COM
panion, a snake only a few inches
shorter than himself. A similar disas-
ter is reported from Bombay, where
for some years past two large Indian
pythons had occupied a cage in the
museum of the Bombay Natural His
tory society. There was some misun-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Immortality of Goodness.

Thousands of men breathe, move,
and live, pass off the stage of life, and
are heard of no more-Why? Because
they do not partake of good in the
world, and none were blessed by them;
none could point to them as the means
of their redemption; not a line they
wrote, not a word they spake could be
recalled; and so they finished; their
light went out, and they were not
remembered more than insects of yes
terday. Will you thus live and die, o
man immortal! Live for something.
Do good and leave behind you mon
ument of virtue that the storm Of
time can never destroy. Write your
name in kindness, love, and mercy, on
the hearts of thousands you come in
contact with year by year; you will
never be forgotten. No, your name,
your deeds, will be legible on the
hearts you leave behind, as the stars
on the brow of evening. Good deeds
will shine as the stars of heaven.-Dr.
Chalmers.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

The striking grain scoopers OF Buff
falo, N. Y, had among their leaders
a Catholic bishop and an ex-alderman.
The Tennessee penitentiary mines.
operated by $50 convicts, at Brushy
mountain, produce 1000 tons Of coal
per day Two hundred and fifty tons
is made into coke and the rest is ship
ped to various centers.
The Cooperative Brotherhood, at
Olalla, Wash, wants at once 100 COL
years dues-$120-in advance. For
literature, etc., address The Cooper
alive Brotherhood, Olalla, Wash"
Chief of Police Richards OF Mem
phis, Tenn, gave it out open and above
board that the officers Of his depart
ment must not have their uniforms
made or repaired by tailors antagon-
istic to organized labor. Chief Rich
ards is union man himself.
IAN printing bears the Allied Coun-
ellis label, and all carpenter and other
work performed by mechanics has
been given to men carrying cards."
says the Trades Unionlst, Washing
ton, D. c., in speaking of the peace
jubilee there, and organized labor
showed it's appreciation of these con-
cessions by a worthy and appropriate
turnout in the parade.
According to the returns Of the Brit
ish Board of Trade, changes in the
rates of wages of about 331 200 work
people were reported during March in
the United Kingdom, of which num-
Der 329, $50 received advances averag-
ing 10 cents per head and 1850 sus-
tanned decreases averaging six cents
per head. The net result was an in
head in the weekly wages of those
affected.
The amended eight-hour law of Col
orado provides that 1.-The period of
employment of workingmen in all I'M
foreground mines Or workings shall be
eight hours per day, except in cases of
emergency, where life OF property is
in imminent danger. The period of
employment of workingmen in smell
tiers and in all other institutions for
the reduction or refining ores or met
ais shall be eight hours per day, ex-
cept in like cases of emergency. Any
person, body corporate, agent, mana
ger or employe who shall violate any
Of the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished by
fine of not less than IS, nor more
than $500, or by imprisonment not
more than six months, or by both fine
and Imprisonment"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Queer Shoes for Horses.

In Iceland horses are shod with
sleeps horn; in the valley of the up
per Oxus the antlers of the mountain
deer are used for the same purpose;
the shoes being fastened with horn
pins; in the Soudan the horses are
shod with socks made of camei's skin;
in Australia horseshoes have been
tried of cowhide. A German not long
ago invented a horseshoe of paper,
prepared by saturating with oil, tur-
pentine and other ingredients. Thin
layers Of such paper are glued to the
hoof till the requisite thickness is at
tanned. And the shoes thus made are
durable and impenetrable to moisture.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Trusts Prefer Organized Labor.


Of infinitely more Importance than
the granting Of the demands of the
Amalgamated association for various
advances in wages, it is the acceptance,
by the trusts representatives of the
clause permitting every unorganized
mill to become unionized. The fate
Of the workers requests for the stated
increase in rates hangs in the balance,
but the big industrial combines are in
favor of the movement that will bring
thousands of iron and steel craftsmen
into the Amalgamated association. The
trusts, having to deal with this body
of workmen, believe it eXpedient to
have only members of the Associa
ton engaged at their plants, and the
Labor bureau of the Associated trust
has expressed to President Theodore
Shaffer it's entire approval Of, and ac-
quieseence in this monster scheme of
organization. Not until the wage
memoranda and agreements are prop
erly signed and certified to- however,
can this matter be regarded as official
ly settled This will not be until the
question of advances in the iron and
tinplate scales has been satisfactorily
adjusted.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
A Wasp Workman.

Among the insects whose proceed
ings sometimes suggest the thought
that they are guided by something
closely akin to reason are the solitary
wasps. These wasps kill caterpillars,
spiders and other insects by singing
them. and then bury the victims in
burrows containing their own eggs,
thus furnishing food for their larvae
as they hatch out. The operation of
making and closing up the burrows, as
described by DR.. and Mrs. Peckham in
Bulletin No. 2 of the wisconsin
Geological and Natural History Sur
vey," is very interesting, and partic-
ularly the occasional use by the wasps
of small stone to pound down the
earth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

Outstanding between them over part
ridge. for they were found SO tightly
entangled in each others coils that the
utmost endeavors of peace-makfng
keepers failed to effect a separation,
according to their own lights. Next
day there was only one very stout py-
thon visible These large reptiles evil
IDENTIFY know but one way of settling a
quarrel.
In Germany potato bread is used by
the natives of Thurfngia to feed their
horses, especially when they are work
ed hard in very cold weather. The an
imals thrive on it, and their health
and strength are excellent. The meth
cd of preparation is simple and mex
pensive. The potatoes are slowly stew
ed till soft; they are then mashed thor
oughly, and an equal amount of corn
meal is added. 1t is mixed into thick
paste with a small quantity of salt. The
paste is then divided into four pound
loaves and allowed to bake till thor
oughly done. In the slow country ov-
ems it generally takes from eighteen to
twenty hours. When cold they are fed
to the horses and cattle doing heavy
work at the rate of four loaves a day
viz: one in the morning, one at noon,
one at abort o'clock and one at night.
With the last about ten pounds of poor
hay are given. 1t is claimed for this
method that horses can do much more
work on the same amount Of food and
that it is good for their teeth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

The brewer substantially said, some
months ago, to labor: eff you prefer
beer not made by a trust, I'm the man
whose beer you must buy" Allegheny
county labor-that part Of it that
drinks beer-said: We'll go you!" No
sentiment there; cold business. The
breewr made beer. Labor bought It.
1t bought it so literally that the brew
er has doubled his business, and rec
ognizes his patrons by advancing
wages 10 per cent. He does not adj
vance them because of any philan-
thropic desire to elevate the poor la
boring man." Quite the contrary. AS
the president says: Recognizing the
source from which the increased trade
has come, the company has, in &C
acknowledgement thereof, increased the
wages"
Exactly the same principle upon
which one of two rival railroad lines
gives a liberal shipper rebates on
freights, federal statutes to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. It's business,
every particle of it, and infinitely more
creditable to labor and the employer
than any sentimental gush could be.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Character.

The best thing in this world is a
good man. The greatest thing in this
world is a great good man. The first
thing that a human being should rec
ognize about himself is that his char
acter is his distinguishing feature. 1t
is not the amount Of money the amount
of power the amount of brains that a
man has that is his distinguishing
feature, but his character. Whatever
fellow-men may temporarily say or do
to the contrary, this is a fact-that
what separates him from others and
gives him his individuality is his good
ness or lack of goodness, according to
its degree. Money, power and brains
have their place, and they do exert an
influence in temporarily deciding
mans position and recognition. But
the standard of the ages, by which any
one and everyone is tried, is character;
and in Gods sight, which is the final
and determining sight, men are what
they are in their wishes and purposes.
1t is not, then, too much to say that
the supreme ambition of a persons
life should be to secure a worthy char
acter. Everything else, however i'm
portant, is merely subsidiary. Beauty
Of person, brilliant achievements,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Thanksgiving.


Autumn. receding, throws aside
Her robe of many a varied dye,
And Winter in majestic pride
Advances in the lowering sky.
The laborer in his granary stores
The golden sheaves all safe from
spoil,
While from her horn gay Plenty pours
Her treasures to reward his toll.
To solemn temples let now repair.
And bow in grateful alteration there,
Bid the full strain in hallelujahs rise,
To watt the sacred incense to the skies.
Now the hospitable board
GroanS beneath the rich repast-
All that luxury can afford
Grateful to the eye or taste;
While the orchards sparkling juice
And the vintage join their powers;
All that nature can produce,
Bounteous Heaven bids be ours.
Let us give thanks: Yes, yes, be sure,
Send for the widow and the orphan poor;
Give them wherewith to purchase clothes
and food
This the best way to prove our gratitude.
On the hearth high flames the fire,
Sparkling tapers lend their light,
Wit and Genius now aspire
On Fancy's gay and rapid flight;
Now the VOLS sprightly lay,
As the moments light advance,
Bids us revel, sport and play,
Raise the song or lead the dance
Come, Sportive Love, and sacred Friend
ship, come,
Help us to celebrate our harvest home;
In vain the year it's annual tribute pours,
Unless you grace the scene, and lead the
laughing hours.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
There's a Breeze in Our Alley.

There's a Breeze in Our Alley.
Some people seem to take morbid
delight in making themselves and
other people miserable. If they have
no real troubles to worry about, they
manufacture artificial ones, and their
mills never shut down. They grind
out just about so much misery, wheth-
er the market is brisk or dull. They
are like old, rusty pianos, they have
not been tuned for forty years. They
are so full of discordant elements that
no harmony can be evoked from them.
Play on any key and you evoke moth
ing but jangle. They whine and
sigh, but they never sing. And yet a
Christian, above all others, should be
forever singing at the heart. sure
recipe for cheerfulness is to be always
on the alert for some pleasant thing
that may happen to us. A washwoman
in miserable tenement house was
asked how she kept singing in her dis
heartening surroundings. ooh, be-
cause there is always breeze in our
alley" She might have said it was
because she had a singing heart with
in her. To every such soul God giveth
songs in the night.-Louis Albert
Banks, D. D., in Preachers Magazine.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
acuteness Of intellect, sway Of author
ity, are secondary, while goodness Is
primary. G. K Mcclure
The Amenities of Life.

Some people in their ardOr for work
or the serious side of life neglect that
which makes it beautiful and attrac-
tive, says Lady Battersea; they forget
that Dame Nature is not sparing with
her amenities; that she embroiders the
meadows with gold, that she trails the
water lily in her streams, that she
paints the sky with colors that drive
the artist to despair.
Time is not wasted in adding to the
amenities Of life; the comfort and ele-
gance of our living rooms, the careful
arrangement of flowers, the harmony
of color and the sweet strains of mu-
sic, all add to the pleasure Of exist
ence And these pleasures bring about
legitimate happiness, such happiness as
is not locked up in one PERSONS breast,
but overlooking, makes the lives OF
many brighter. Fine manners are not
a veneer; they are a pervading real
ity; they add delicate charm to the
most beautiful form and face, as well
as to the homeliest; we may iken
them to a radiant sunset, which in it.
self may not be of any practical use in
the universe, but which can and does
6Qudlly one VI Maui
est scenes and the quiet meadow of an
English homestead.
AS there are color blind people in
the world, so there may be some to
whom beauty in its many and differ
ent shades does not appeal; but these
are exceptions to the general rule OF
human beings. We can all cultivate
one form of beauty-beautiful man
ners-and in so doing we are really
adding to the graces Of the soul and
the heart on which depend the ameni-
ties of life:
fruit
OF royal nature and of noble mind"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Burglar Device.

One of the latest burglar devices Is
directed against the intruder who
wishes to appropriate the contents of
our safes. 1t is to place a grating in
the floor near the safe, and hide under
it an arrangement for heating water
by electricity. When the safe breaker
steps on the covered grating and sets
to work there gradually rises a volume
of steam, which soon makes him hurry
off,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

So greatly has grown the demand for
barrels, many of which are shipped out
of the country, that it has been found
difficult to meet it, the chief source Of
trouble being to secure the wooden
hoops used for this purpose. The spi-
raj wire is said to answer the purpose
faultlessly. It permits of the same
treatment at the hands of the cooper,
and the spiral exerts tension which
enables the barrel to Withstand rough
usage to a greater degree than the
wooden hoops.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Knowing Christ.

Christ came into this world to reveal
the unseen Father. While he stayed
with his disciples in human form, they
could see him, love him and obey him.
At length he went away from them,
and with their natural eyes they could
see him no more. At first it seemed
to them that they had lost him. But
when the Spirit was given they found
him again, not with their eyes and
ears of sense, but with their hearts.
He was never more real to them while
he was with them, walking and talk
ing with them, than he was in the
years that followed, when there was
no visible presence before them. When
they spoke in his name they knew that
he was speaking through them. When
they were called to suffer for his sake
they endured as seeing him who had
suffered for them, but now was crown
ed with glory.
Peter wrote to believers who had
not known Jesus in the flesh, and re-
ferred to him as a friend, who having
not seen, We love; in whom, though
now we see him not, yet believing, We
rejoice with joy unspeakable and full
of glory; receiving the end of your
faith even the salvation of your souls"
1t is thus that we must know Christ.
It is not enough to know about him
We must know him. True Christian
experience is not merely becoming ia
miliar with the life and character OF
Christ by reading and study, so as to
be able to describe his excellencies; it
is learning of Christ himself through
personal acquaintance just as we learn
of any one who becomes our close
friend. We begin to know him and
trust him, and as we know him better
we trust him more. AS trust grows,
love grows. A sanity man said, 81
know no other friends so we'll as I
know the Lord Jesus Christ" Though
he had never seen him save with the
eyes Of his heart, yet Christ was as
real a person to him as he had ever
known.
This experience is possible to every
believer in Christ. Some one asked
Miss Havergal how the promised pres
ence of Christ could be realized. She
said: ''In two ways; first, believe the
promise; second, recollect it." Christ
says he is with us all the days He
means just what he says-that he, the
living Christ, is with each one of his
friends, all the days. The promise is
one of the wonderful present lenses of
the Bible-"I am with you" He said
it, therefore it is true Beside every
disciple he is actually present all the
while. Let us believe it, believe it
with our heart But ofttimes in the
very moment when we need to realize
this presence, which is not visible, to
our eyes,we forget the fact of the pres
ence, and thus lose the comfort, the
strength, the peace, which that blessed
presence has for you, and you will en-
dure as seeing the invisible Christ
The Westminster Teacher.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Kansas Debars Undesirable Labor.

At Pittsburg, Kan, new feature
has developed in the coal mining strike
situation. Sheriff Sparks of Cherokee
county swore to information before
Judge Skidmore for an Injunction, SER
vice of which was made on the Kansas
and Texas Coal company. This tenn
porary injunction is to prevent the
above company from importing con-
tract laborers, undesirable citizens and
persons with malignant or contagious
diseases. The movement is in line with
the action taken by Gov. Tanner of IL
linois and Gov. Jones of Arkansas.
and is for the purpose of preventing
the coal companies from importing ne
gro labor.
Sheriff o. w. Sparks has openly de-
clared that the companies will not be
permitted to ship in criminal labor if
it takes every citizen in Cherokee
county to keep it out. He holds that
the bringing Of that class of labor to
the county will start riots and blood
shed, which he desires to avoid. He
offers protection to all honest laborers
who are now working or wish to do
so,
The indications are that every mine
in the district operated by companies
refusing to sign the agreement made
at a recent conference will be shut
down soon and remain so until June
Is, the date of the conference.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Comforting.

Little Elmer-Grampa, why do you
look so bad? Grampa- 1 was just
thinking. Here 1 am 60 years of age,
and l have never done anything that
will be likely to make posterity re-
member me. Little Elmer-Oh, well,
don't worry. Mebby you'll still have
a chance to live in history as some
body's andfather.-Chicago Times
Herald.