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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-29
LIGHTNING HOLES.

How the Diameter of a Lightning
 Flash is Aseertained.
 Did you ever see the diameter of a lightning flash measured?" asked a geologist Well here is the case which once incosed flash of lightning, fit ting 1t exactly so that you can see just how big 1t was. This is called a 'ful- gurite,' or lightning hole and the ma terial 1t is made of is glass. I will tell you how 1t was manufactured, though it only took, a fraction of a second to turn 1t out.
 When a bolt of lightning strikes a bed of sand, it plunges downward into the sand for distance less or greater, transforming simultaneously into glass the silica in the material through which it passes. Thus by it's great heat it forms a glass tube of precisely it's own size. Now and then such a tube known as 'fulgurte' is found and dug up. Full, gurites have been followed into the sand by excavation for nearly 30 feet. They vary in interior diameter from the size of a quill to three inches or
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more, according to the bore of the

more, according to the bore Of the flash.
 But fulgurites are not alone produc- ed in sand. They are found also in solid rock, though very naturally of slight depth and frequently existing merely as Q thin, glassy coating on the surface. Such fulgurities occur in as- tonishing abundance on the summit of Little Ararat, in Armenia. The rock Is soft and so porous that blocks foot long can be obtained and perforat- ed In all directions by little tubes filled with bottle green glass formed from the fused rock. There Is small speci- men in the National museum which has the appearance of having been bored by the teredo, and the holes made by the worm subsequently filled with class.
 Some wonderful fulgurites were found by Humboldt on the high Neva- da de Toluca in Mexico Masses of the rock were covered with a thin layer of green glass. Its peculiar simmer in the sun led Humboldt to ascend the precipitous peak at the risk of his life"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-29
THE BICYCLE RACES.

The big motor-p paced race at the Coli scum track that was to have been for twenty miles went up in the air at the ten and a half mile point last night on account of the breaking down of one of the machines and what looked to be a great race between Nat Butler and l.. G. Perry ended in a ride around for the latter. The eighth mile was ridden by Butler in 1855 1-5, which is the track record.
 The finals in the other events were as follows:
 Helter- Skelter one-quarter-mile nov ice-Won by Howard Ainscoe; second, Walter Harland; third W. s. Coe; Time, 33 seconds.
 Quarter mile, flying start, final-Won by George Schofeld; second, Walter Haggerty, Bridgeport third, B. c. Thayer, New Britain. Time 31 seconds.
 Five-mile open-Won by Bert Per- ktns; second, Carl Yentch; third, George Schofeld; fourth, George Ed wards. Time, 11:33
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another 100 years, until the highest
 point in the art was reached in the in-
 struments of StradiNarlus about the year 1700.
 The essentials in the making of a
 fine violin are: The selection of wood
 of a proper graining, elasticity, condi-
 tion and age; the shaping of the wood
 into the graceful curves and the prop
 CT thickness which shall allow of the
 most perfect vibration the artistic fin l ishing of the wood carving, and, final l ly, the covering. of the instrument with | a varnish which shall add beauty to it's
 appearance without injurlng the free
 dom of the tone. Be it said. however,
 it requires genius to exercise the judg-
 ment and skill necessary for doing these things properly. The prefect vio- l lin is the product of the artistic tenn
 perament, and all the science in the world will not avail to make good in- strument if the divine spark is absent. The most unlettered violin maker may produce instruments of the high est class, while the man educated may be able to construct but mediocre ones. The man with the genius for fiddle making can pick out in the dark the proper wood to use merely by the sense of feeling Then, when he begins to shape the wood, he can tell by the way in which it cuts just what condition he must leave 1t in to produce the best re- suits. The operation of vanishing a violin is one of the greatest delicacy Many well-made violins are ruined so far as tone is concerned, by the var nlsh with which they are covered, while other instruments have their tones greatly improved by the application of this outer coating. r
 A most practical matter in connec- tion with the subject of violins Is the question of the kinds of instruments that one meets with in this country. It may as well be admitted in the first place, however that in no civilized country on earth is there such ignor- ance concerning violins as in the Unit ed States, and in most cases the retail dealer is nearly as ignorant as the pur- chaser. Genuine violins by the great Italian masters, Stradivarius, Guarner- jus, Amat and Bergonzi, are as rare in this country as paintings by Raphael, Michael Angelo, Titan or Murillo. There are few undoubtedly genuine instruments of this class on this side of the water, but most of the so reput- ed ones are but copies by less renown- ed makers. A New York violin con noisseur recently said that he saw two probaly genuine violins by Stradivar- jus among about hundred instruments which he found in the possession of col lectors and musicians, and which their owners firmly believed to be genuine
 A genuine specimen of the handi- work of the great makers cannot be bought under $2,oo0, Of the violins constructed by the second and third rate makers, a very considerable num- l Der are in the hands of our good musi-
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VIOLINS AND VIOLIN MAKING
GROWING INTEREST IN AMER-
 IC1.
How They Can He Selected and Thel Prices,

Prices.
 There is a rapidly growing interest among Americans not only in violin music, but in the instruments them- selves. There are to-day ten persons learning to play on the violin where there was one student of the instrument dozen years ago. The astonishing poularity into which this musical in strument has spring has led to the present widespread interest in the vio- lin itself. The violin is much more than a musical instrument. 1t is work of art. In fact, it is the only musical in- strument which has an art history, and which is alike of interest to the art collector and the practical musician.
 One reason why violin playing has been so tardily taken up in America is the general ignorance concerning it's tonal qualities, which has permitted the wide use of mere noise boxes in the shape of violins which have been re- garded as possessing the real violin tone, and which has thus prejudiced listeners against this kind of music. And, indeed, 1t may be truly said that no sounds are more disagreeable than a S2 fiddle, adjusted and strung up as such instruments usually are, and played on with a 50-eent bow by a self taught fiddler; and yet these are the conditions under which nine fddlers out of 10 are heard Such musici is noise compared with the sounds emit ted by that old time college musical horror, a. tin can with a stout, we'll rosined string attached to one end, to be played on by the more or less gen tie friction of the gloved hand.
 good musician always insists on playing a good violin but the difference in these latter is so marked that the great artist players sometimes search for years before they find an instru- ment which is exactly suited to them individually. Since the market value of violins ranges from $1 up to $10,000, it Is seen that there exists a wide range for selection so far as price is con cerned.
 Music antiquarians are still wrang- ling over the question as to who in vented the violin although it is now quite generally recognized that this in strument acquired the form in which it has been known for the past three cen- turies through the genius of Italian ar lists. Before the year 1900 few vio- lins of great beauty and exquisite tone had been made in Italy at Brescia and Cremona, but steady improvement in their design. continued to be made for
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the beautiful colring has been applied
 There is another clas of viollns of so-
 called native manufacture which are
 too frequently met with in this coun-
 try, and our English cousins complain i of their presence in large quantities in | England. I refer to the violins which
 are made in Germany or France and
 are imported in a somewhat unfinished
 and totally unvarnished condition. The | finishing touches are nut on these in- | struments, and then they are carefully
 vanished and many of them are palm
 ed off as American made violins, The worst of this matter is that it is very
 difficult to distinguish these instru- ments from those which they are in tended to represent. The very cheap grades of violns are not manufactured in this country and it is doubtful if we shall ever be able to compete With the cheap labor of Europe in their pro- duction.
 In Europe there are many art con- noisseurs who collect violins just as they collect paintings Some such col lections have been made in the United States. The best known of these are the Hawley collection, gathered by the late MT Hawley of Hartford, but pur- chased after his death by Californian; and the collection of MT Sears of Bos- ton. MT. HaWley carefully guarded his treasures, but Mir. Sears pursues the generous policy of lending his violins to some of the numerous Boston mu- scians Thus the instruments are kept in good playing order, and the musicians have the use of treasures which mlgnt be long way beyond their purses
 In regard to the collection of viollns, at least in this country, I will say that it is much more sensible and far safer for the connoisseur to make a collection of the best instruments that he can find by our modern makers, and the identity of which can be established with certainty, rather than to accumu- late the older treasures which com- mand high prices and are of uncertain authenticity and value There are some modern violins which may be had at prices ranging from $200 to $500, when are equal in tone to any of the instru- ments which are in the market at nVe times these sums, and these are really the most satisfactory violins to be ob- tained for moderate outla.ys. We have the testimony of many eminent authori- ties on the violin that an instrument made of properly selected and seasoned old wood will become about as good as it ever will be after 25years' playing; so what Is the use of paying high prices for the wear and tear of a. century?- Frank Waldo in the Buffalo Courier.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-29
REDUCED RATES TO CINCINNATI VIA THE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL-

ROAD. .
 On account of the convention of the United Societies of Christian Endeav- or, to be held in Cincinnati July to 10, the Pennsylvania Railroad con- pany will sell July to 6, from all sta- tions on it's line. excursion tickets to Cincinnati at one fare for the round trip.
 These tickets will be good for return passage, leaving Cincinnati not ear- Her than July 8, and not later than July IA. For specific rates and full informa- tion, apply to ticket agents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-29

To cure cold quickly-use Crown La Grippe Tablets. City Drug Store, 644 Chapel street.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Fish and the Alphabet.

Perhaps the funniest thing to be told
respecting the antiquity of fishing re-
lates to the holy wars which were
waged in ancient Egypt over the finny
denizens of the water, the conflicts
arising from the circumstance that, as
often happened, one tribe would insist
with the utmost irreverence upon eat
ing up the fishes which the inhabitants
of an adjoining territory held in divine
alteration.
The child of today, in learning his al
phabet, calls the letters by their nameg
simply because the ancient Phpnicians
were pleased to make similar figures
the symbols of certain sounds, and it is
thought very likely that the Ph9ni-
clans have been driven to invent that
alphabet by the necessity of CORE
spending with peoples of various
tongues incidentally to the great COM
merce which grew out of the fishery.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
GLEANINGS OF STATE.
News of General Interest to People Of
Wisconsin,
Telegraphic News of Happenings of the
Past Few Days in the Great State
of Wisconsin.

Milwaukee, May PA special from
Mineral Point, Wis, says: The First
National bank Of this city was bur-
glariZed early in the day, the robbers
getting away with $4,000 or more,
mostly currency. The loss is fully COW
cred by insurance. Entrance was af-
fected through the shingled roof of the
building, which is a one-story struc-
ture, thence from the attic to the
vault by digging away the arched
brick. From the inside the vault door
was forced open and also the so-called
burglar-proof safe was blown open
with nitro glycerine. 1t indicates that
the robbery had been carefully
planned in advance. Officers are scour-
ing the country and the telephone and
telegraph wires are kept busy, but as
yet there is no clew to the robbers.
Business will be interrupted but tenn
porarily.
A later report says the amount Sc
cured by the robbers is $3O.OO0 4
reward of 81 900 is offered for the ar
rest Of the guilty parties. It is
thought the robbery was committed
by two suspicious characters who
were seen across the street from the
bank a month ago, at which time it is
supposed the men planned the affair.
AS there are no night trains out of
Mineral Point. it is thought the rob-
berS came from a nearby town, and
later drove back and caught q train
which took them to one Of the small
towns on the Mississippi, where they
are now hiding. The large amount Of
cash was to be used in paying off the
miners and laborers The robbers
probably timed their visit to a day
when they knew the funds would be
large
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

The experience known as popping
the question" is the bugbear Of every
man, however confident of his charms
Or fluent of speech. Many original
ways of asking young women to marry
them have been res0rted to by bashful
men, but perhaps the most brilliant
suggestion came to a learned German
professor, who, having remained q
bachelor till middle life, at last tumbled
head over ears in love with a little
daXen haired maiden many years his
Junior.
One day, after vainly endeavoring to
screw his courage to the sticking point,
the learned man came upon his Crotch
en- as she sat alone, darning stocking,
with a huge pile of the family hosiery
on the table. The professor aimlessly
talked on general topics, wondering
how he could lead up to the subject
nearest his heart, when all at once 9
happy thought came to him.
Leaning forward, he put his big hand
on the little fist doubled up inside the
stocking and said hesitatingly:
"YOu darn very beautifully, fraulein.
Would you like to darn my stockings
only?"
Fortunately the fraulein was not SO
simple as she appeared. She grasped
the significance Of the question imme-
diately and lost no time in answering,
"Yes."-Youth's Companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Cream Separation.

| had occasion to visit a butter fac
tory where the separating of cream
from milk was going on, and as the
inspector was about to make test
Of the skimmilk | remained to see
the result, says a correspondent of
Farm and Home. The test showed
one-tenth Of l per cent butter fat re-
naming. This the inspector told me
was very good Swimming. Arriving
home, | sat down to figure out what
the loss of one-tenth of / per cent
meant to the farmers who were sup
plying the milk of 600 COWS to the fac
tory. Putting the average test at 4
per cent and the income per COW for
the season at $50, l find the loss per
cow S715 cents, for herd of 20 cows
$3.50 and for the 600 1925 I would
strongly advise farmers to look into
this, as there are separators which if
properly run by a competent man will
remove all the butter fat from the
milk or, at most, showing only slight
trace in the test bottle. Dairymen can
not afford to lose the apparently small
loss Of one-tenth Of per cent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Why Girls Cannot Throw.

A great deal OF fun is poked at girls
because they cannot throw stone or a
SNOWFALL and hit the person or thing
they are aiming at. The general idea
as to why girls cannot throw as well as
boys is that they have not acquired the
knack by practice as their brothers
have. Another explanation is given by
a medical man which tends to show
that girls could never learn the knack,
however much they tried.
When a boy throws a stone, he
crooks his elbow and reaches back
with his forearm, and in the act of
throwing he works every joint from
shoulder to wrist. The girl throws
with her whole arm rigid, whereas the
boys arm is relaxed.
The reason of this difference is one
of anatomy. The feminine collar bone
is longer and is set lower than in the
case of a male. The long, crooked,
awkward bone interferes with the free
use of the arm. This is the reason that
girls cannot throw well.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

-BiIiousnpss is condition charac-
teriZed by disturbance Of the digestive
organs. The stomach is debilitated, the
liver torpid, the bowels constipated
There is loathtng OF food, pains in the
bowels, dizziness, coated tongue and
vomiting, frs of the undigested or part
~ digested food and then of bi e. Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets al
lay the disturbances of the stomach and
create a healthy appetite. They also
tone up the liver to healthy action and
regulate the bowels. Try them and you
are certain to be much pleased with the
result. For sale by Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

MY fathea and sister both died Of
consumption, writes J. T. Weatherwax,
of Wyandotte, Mich. land I was saved
from the same frightful fate only by DR..
Kings New Discovery. An attack Of
pneumonia left an obstinate cough and
and very severe lung trouble, which an
excellent doctor could not help but a
few months use OF this wonderful medi-
cine made me as we'll as ever and gain
ed much in weight" Infallible for
coughs, colds and all Throat and Lung
trouble. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
bottles SOC and $1.00 at Perry & Doty's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Praamnt .IuSfice.

In the History of Beverly" Mass,
the following anecdote is related of a
good justice of the peace in the old colo
NAL times. On a cold night in winter
a traveller called at his house for lodg-
ing The ready hospitality of the JUS
tice was about being displayed, when
the traveller unluckily uttered a word
which his host considered profane
Upon this he informed his guest that
he was a magistrate, pointed out the
nature of the offense and explained the
necessity of it's being eXpiated by sit
ting an hour in the stocks.
Remonstrance was unavailing, for
custom at that time allowed the magis-
trate to convict and punish at once and
in this case he acted as accuser, wit
ness, jury, judge and sheriff, all in one.
Cold as it was our worthy justice.
aided by his son, conducted the travel.
er to the place of punishment, an open
place near the meeting house where
the stocks were placed. Here the tray-
eler was confined in the usual manner,
the benevolent executor Of the law re
naming with him to beguile the time
Of it's tedium by edifying conversa-
ton.
At the expiration of the hour he was
reconducted to the house and hospita-
bly, entertained till the next morning,
when the traveller departed with, let us
hope, a determination to consider his
words more carefully before giving
them utterance in the hearing Of a coz
scientious magistrate.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
ShuSlders at His Pas t

Il recall now with horror" says Mail
Carrier Burnett Mann of Levanna, O.,
"my three years of suffering,from Kidney
trouble. [ was hardly ever free from
dull aches or acute pains in my back.
To stoop Or lit mail sacks made me
groan. [ felt tired worn out about ready
to give up when [ began to use Electric
Bitters but six bottles completely cured
mo- and made me feel like new man !"
They're unrivaled to regulgte Stomach,
Liver. Kidneys and Bowels. Perfect sat-
isfaction guaranteed by Perry & Doty.
Only 50 cents
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made Of

Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made Of.
The materials of dreams may be
enumerated as memories Of waking SEN
sations, memories Of waking thoughts
and new sensations received in sleep,
whether from without or within. DR..
Gregory mentions of himself that hav-
ing on one occasion gone to bed with a
bottle of hot water at his feet he
dreamed of walking up the crater of
Mount Etna and feeling the ground
warm under him. He had at an early
period of his life visited Mount Vesu-
vius and actually felt strong sensa-
ton of warmth in his feet when walk
ing up the side of the crater, and he
had more recently read Brydone's de-
scription Of Mount Etna.
On another occasion, having thrown
off the bedclothes in his sleep, he
dreamed Of spending a winter at Hud-
sons bay and of suffering distress from
the intense frost. He had been read
ing few days before a very particu-
lar account of the state of the colonies
during Enthusiastically Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
A very Remarkable Remedy.

at is with good deal of pleasure and
satisfaction that recommend Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy," says Druggist A. W. Sawtelle, of
Hartford, Conn "a lady customer seeing
the remedy expose for sale on my show
case, said to me: L really believe that
medicine saved my life the past summer
while at the Shore and she became so
enthusiastic over its merritt that at
once made up my mind to recommend it
in the future. Recently a gentlemen
came into my store SO overcome with the
collie pains that he sank at once to the
floor. I gave him dose of this remedy
which helped him. I reated the dose
and id fifteen minutes he left my store
smilingly informing me that he felt as
we'll as ever" Sold by Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
HOW 1t I8 Done

The first object in life with the Ameri-
can people is to "get RICH" the second
how to regain good death. The first can
be obtained by energy, honesty and
saving; the second, good healthy by us.
ing Green's August. Should you be a
Respondent sufferer from any of the eff
fects of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint,
Appendicitis, Indigestion, etc, such as
Sick Headache. Palpitation of the Heart
Sour Stomach. Habitual Costiveness Dir
illness of the Head, Nervous Prostitution
Low Spirits etc., you need not suffer an
other day. Two doses of the we'll known
August Flower will relieve you at once.
Go to Ell. j. Stangl and get sample bot
tie free. Regular size Is cts. Get
Green Prize Almanac.