Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 May 1897 — Page 2

THE DAILY BA^XEB TIDIES, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA.

8CIEM1FIC POINTERS. ' ^

CURRENT NOTES OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Wop#* for thr D#*af— Korti** ^taily of I-*pro«j — >*w i‘r(x f«. of I'xkinB Cotton A t oinfortahlr 11* *1 for thr fcl'k - The ftuttrr-flj Tongue. Hope for the I)*af. ROFESSOR Dussaud of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, haa invented an apparatus to enable the deaf to hear. The mlcrophonogr a p h he haa just issued I to the world maa- ' niflea the human voice in the same * Stay an a lens maftnifles a picture. It I Is simply a telephone connected electrically with a phonograph, but a far more senaitlve phonograph than Edison's ordinary model. There is of course an electric battery, sulphate of mercury being used, and from one cell to sixty cells according to the degree of deafness of the person. Of course the aparatus is useless in case of absolute deafness, but fortunately such an Infirmity is far rarer than is suspected. Ninety-five per cent of socalled stone deaf persons can be made to hear and understand by means of Professor Dussaud'e invention. How? You speak Into the phonograph. You make it repeat your words, which are transmitted by a sort of microphone, and speaking tube into the deaf ear. Professejr Dussaud in the same order is preparing for the Paris Exhibition of 1900, an apparatus which will enable 10,000 people who may be all deaf to follow a lecture.

Koch** Studj of Lpprrmy. The results of Prof. Koch’s study of leprosy in East Prussia last year have Just been published in Berlin. He Is of opinion that the cases he raw there were not connected, like those In Norway, Sweden, Finland, etc., with the leproey of the Middle Age-c bu f had probably been Introduced einee lk"0, through the close Intercourse between East Prussia and the Russian Baltic provinces. Twenty-seven cases revealed themselves before Septemiier 1R90, and of those seventeen ended fatally. Of the ten living patients six are being treated at their own homes and four in hospitals. The Introduction and propagation of leprosy took place mainly between 1882 and 1890. Infection, Dr. Koch savs, seems to be caused mostly by low living, or overcrowding In small houses, and to some extent also by the wearing of infected clothes. He found no evidence of hereditary transmission. The duration Df the disease is generally from five to ten years.

LONG TRIP IN THE AIB

smoke stays in the beard for a long

time, and it is reasonable to suppose i that other odors with their accompanying germs may lodge there also. A clean-shaven man w. therefore, ail ] things considered, much the more desirable as a family doctor than the

man with bushy whiskers.

1

THE FIRST

REMARKABLE voyage THAT

WAS RECENTLY MADE.

Afloat Looser Than Other Balloon*— Trareied Three Hundred and SeventyFire Mitea New Inttrnxnent* Were

Tested.

IT STANDS

CITY

ON A FARM OF TOPEKA.

NEAR

Nen Method for Fitrartlng Olycerine In the manufacture of soap there is often a large amount of lye left over. This, of course, is a waste product, and heretofore no attempt has been made to turn It to account. A series of experiments has demonstrated that glycerine and soda can be recovered from this waste by means of electrolysis. The following is the description of the process; The anode Is a plate of ainc or carbon in contact with the liquor under treatment; the cathode is in a porous pot. The current decomposes the caustic soda, forming sodium hydrate at the cathode; the glycerine is set free, while the albuminoid and coloring matters are rendered insoluble and are easily removed by filtration. After this treatment the insoluble matter is separated out and the liquid is distilled, forming a perfectly pure, clear glycerine, the caustic soda being also practically pure and usable by the soapmaker.

Bni]t hr the Faiuoim t nioa Several Yean Before the Warby Hu Own Hand* Made

Farmer.

General Erected a Good

HE amount of at- * tention devoted to navigation of the L air is constantly on 1 the increase both in ' America and Europe, says the New York Herald. The remarkable experiments In which kites have been an Important fac-

tor which were carried on in the vicinity of thia city during last summer and fall are still fresh in the minds of most persons. They demonstrated the fea-sibility of lifting heavy weights by the force of the wind exercised on kites, and will, no doubt.

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lighthouses. THE SHERMAN CABIN.

They Were an Outgrowth of the Beaeon

Foe* on IteaUUnds.

When ships are sailing upon the ocean the lights of heaven are their guides. Even in the dark ages, when the compass and sextant were unknown instruments, the seemingly motionlees pole-star hung like a beacon light in the northern heavens, and the ris.ng and setting of the sun and stars distinguished the east from the west, says the St. Nicholas. When, however, ships come near the land the lights of heaven are not sufficient safely to guide them. Rocks lie in their paths unseen in the night; reefs and shoals spread under the water; while unsuspected currents sweep the frail craft all blindly upon these dangers. Nevertheless, ships were sailed along dangerous coasts for centuries before a plain system of marking dajjgerous places was invented. Th^ early marines were bold ana reckless rovers, more than half pirates, who seddom owned a rood of the coasts along which they sailed, and could not have established lights and landmarks on them had they cared to do so. The rude beginning, then, of a system of light-

PEMBROKE CASTLE.

One of the Strongest of Ancient Welsh

Fortreeecs.

Pembroke castle was one of the strongest of the ancient fortresses in Walaj. The ruins of the old stronghold occupy the summit of a ridge overlooking the town of Pembroke, and are so massive as to form, with the surrounding country, one of the most picturesque views in all Wales. Beneath

AN ENGLISH MONEY KING H. Give* Some Terr Talwable Hint,

How to Make a Fortune.

One of England’s money kings a tna w ho has made an immense fortuc^. of the manufacture of a beef extra * has kindly revealed to the anxiom world the way to become a millionaire says the New York Times. “There, nothing very wonderful about it L

the ruins is an enormous aatural eav- I begins, and then makes the cur,uus| v

familiar remark that "it's not a nuj' ter of luck, but of extremely hard work.” This dear old platitude bavin, thus teen trotted out once more, tj 5 millionaire relapses into autobiography and says things which, if not partkm.

has historical in- are accounts of its having been unsuc- l ar i> instructive, do throw intfrestin.

fTopeka. Kan., letter.) HERE Is a queer old tumble-down cabin on the banks of Indian Creek, near Topeka, which

i ern, w hich had communications both with the castle and the harbor. Just when this fortress in “Little England beyond Wales” was erected is not known; an old chronicler places the date in the reign of Henry I., but there

terest. It is a frame structure of two rooms. At present it is somewhat dilapidated. but once it was the home of

William Tecumseh Sherman. It is twenty-three feet long by twelve wide, with a partition in the middle. The house stands on a patch of ground bounded on the north and east by wellcultivated farms, the west by Indian

side i'ghts upon the class of which he is the type. For Instance: ‘ My ij come since my business was weil tablished has never been less tha„ £20,000 a year. But then I put i n teen hours a day, and I never tried to drink, smoke and work at the san;. time. It can’t be done. Then I alwiyj made a point of going to bed

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J™™* 086 ad van range to fu- houses was when the merchants with Cl>ek 51111 the south by the old Gov-

Fhotographiog a Butterfly'* Tongue. At first glance what would you call the queer object represented in the picture? It might be a doormat or a new kind of fried cake or a snake ready to strike. But It is none of these. Last summer Prof. George S. Moler of Cornell University caught a butterfly and carefully removed its tongue. This he mounted upon a glass slide, lighted it properly, and then photographed It through a microscope. And the picture shows exactly what a butterfly’s tongue is like. As you will see, It is very long. This enables the insect to reach deep into flowers to suck up the honey. When not in use the

tore aeronauts in the way of enabling them to direct their balloons. Those ■who are interested in following up such matter await with extreme hopefulness the result of the proposed voyage to the polar regions by Swedish scientists, which was postponed last summer at the critical moment owing to unfavorable winds and weather; but

whom the reckless mariners traded in th ^se dark ages built beacons near the harbor mouths to guide the ships into port by day, and lighted fires for their guidance at night. As such a harbor-guide had to be a sure landmark i n the day time and a light by tughi, it soon took on a settled shape

was

This method of guiding

voyage recently made by a balloon ships Into the ports which they sough' named Touring Club, which accom- was scarcely established before human

I'rof f** of Pic.-king Cotton, The cotton industry is to be benefited In a new way by an improved process t>f packing. According to the Manufacturers’ Record, the American cotton bale has long been noted as ‘‘the tlumsiest, dirtiest, most expensive and wasteful package In which cotton, or. In fact, any other commodity of like value Is put up.” The new hale is to be rolled and cylindrical. It will, it is said, fill less than half the space of the old bale, weight for weight, cost H.25 l<*s to market, and is Incombustible. The cotton as It comes from the gin Is rolled around a rod, or cylinder, and the new system is expected to save millions to the south. The incombustible character of the bale Is perhaps its greatest value, if it really has that quality. Fire has been one of the worst enemies of the planter and the shipper. Baled cotton does not Ignite easily, but when once fired it is a very difficult substance to extinguish.

Comfortable Bad for the Kirk. A new lied, particularly adapted to the uses of the sick room, has lately been invented. The secret of its efficiency is that by its means the patient can he raised Into almost any position without disturbance or lifting, ai-

plished the journey of 608 kilometers (375 miles) from Paris to Agen. This rword has never been surpassed in length, except by two ascents during the siege of Paris by the balloon Ville d Orleans, which landed in Norway, and the Gen. Chancy, which landed at Ausbach, In Bavaria. Both of these distances exceed the record of the Touring Club by a few kilometers only. Only one of the forty-four ascents made

wickedness, used it as a means of their destruction. Bands of robbers, or, as they came to be called, “wreckers,” would hide themselves somewhere near the haven sought by a richly laden vessel, and after overpowering the fire-keepers would extinguish the bea-con-fire on the night on which the ship was expected. Then they would light another fire near some treacherous reef. The mariner sailing boldly to-

had ensued in which I-augharne was wounded and three thousand of his men

under the auspices of the Society for w-ard the false light, would dash his Aerial Navigation of Berlin, and only j vessel to destruction on the reef two mentioned of the sixty-four bal- whereupon the robber band would

tongue is colled up In the form shown in the picture.

lowing the bed to be made and aired and the patient examined without any exertion on the part of the latter or the nurses; moreover, the tedium of illness may be relieved by so raising the sick persons as to allow- of their engaging in any congenial employment without strain or fatigue, and what this mental diversion means in the way of lightening anxiety and labor only nurses ran adequately realize. When not required for sick room purposes the bed makes an admirable bed or lounge is may be required.

The Doctor ami the Barher. Whether or not a physician should shave Is a question which Is now agitating medical circles. Examinations of the beards of doctors who have been among patients suffering from contagious diseases discloses the fact that they have sometimes brought away with them largo numbers of disease germs in their whiskers. Certainly there is every reason to suppose .hat this may be the case. Every one who

Fating Clay.

That a large number of people live and thrive on a diet of earth may sound incredible to those who have never heard of the clay-eaters of the South, but in Alabama there are many persons whose daily food is clay dug from the banks of the small mountain streams. It is oily and almost without taste, and certainly contains nourishment of some sort, as it is almost the entire diet of the inhabitants of these localities. When the clay-eater begins this lino of diet a piece the size of a pea is all that can bo taken with safety. After they have grown up on it a piece as large as the fist of the average man may be taken with impunity. (Jay-eaters enjoy average health and live to a good old age. clearly demonstrating that there is nothing specially Injurious in this most curious article of food. The most marked effect produced by It is a change in the appearance. The skin grows sallow after a while, becoming a pale, unwhole-some-looking yellow, almost the color of the clay Itself. Those who begin clay-eating in their infancy have the look of premature age and never wear the hue of health or vitality. They are thin, angular and spiritless, although rarely 111. They are full of a belief in signs and superstitions. They raise a little corn, potatoes, peas anil a few other vegetables. The corn is converted Into whisky, which is probably the only luxury in which they indulge. A Peculiar Accident. That one cannot be too careful In handling anything belonging to electrical plants is demonstrated by the fire that consumed one of the power houses of the Union Traction Company In Philadelphia. At the hour of dosing an employe swung an enormous crane to which was attached a very heavy chain. The chain struck a generator and shivered it to fragments- a

loons sent up during the siege of Paris have equaled the distance record of the Touring Club. Incidentiy the record for length of sojourn above the earth was also exceeded, and many new instrumen's were tested and will have a wide bearing on the proposed international study of atmospheric conditions by means of stationary balloons. The balloon itself was made of China silk and had a cubic content of 1,700 meters. Five hundred kilograms of ballast were taken, making the total weight, including instruments and balloonist, 735 kilograms; altogether something over a ton. The two aeronauts were Messrs. George Beaacon and Maurice Farman. The anchor carried was of an original design, a grapnel with

two stocks.

The valve was studied with particular care, permitting the gas to escape rapidly when the balloon was to make a landing, without requiring a continued strain on the cord to bring into play special mechanism. The latitude reached was never very high, and it required an hour to attain 2,000 feet, the theory of Mr. Besacon being that when one underLukes an extended voyage in point of time it is necessary to remain in a low altitude, so as to husband the supply of pas. The greater portion of the v-oyage was made at a height of about 700 feet. The balloon ascended at Paris early in the morning and followed the direction of the railroad line to Orleans. The descent was made at 3:15 on the afternoon of the next day, In the neighborhood of Agen, after having been in the air more than thirty hours. The rate of travel of the balloon varied from fifteen to fifty miles an hour. One of the features of this voyage was the distribution of printed blanks, asking certain questions, w hich were to be filled up and returned by whoever found them. Nine thousand of these were sent out during the voyage and about 150 of them have been returned, furnishing important

data.

plunder the wreck and

the booty.

make off with

An<itr»la*l;in FcdertiUon.

The long discussed project of a federation of England's Australasian colonies,somewhat after the model furnished by the Dominion of Canada, has taken definite form in resolutions adopted by a federal convention at Adelaide, in which the colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia were represented by delegates. Under the plan proposed, each of the colonies will control its local affairs as now; but a federal parliament, to be composed of a

cn'h ^w I'* 1 !! 0 ”!, 0 " fo,lowed every cir- , senate and a house of representatives.

cult, and all the dynamos which were running were blown out. Fire Immediately followed the explosion, and the dynamos, of which there were eight were either destroyed or disabled. and the entire inside of the building was cleared out. The loss was something like $.'00,000, largely or the valuable machinery in the build

ing.

will have exclusive power over customs and excise taxes, and over military and naval affairs. There is to be freedom of trade between the colonies just as there is between our American states. The executive is to consist of a gover-nor-general appointed by the queen. Queensland, which ranks third of the seven Australasian colonies in point of area, and fourth in population, has not thus far participated in the federation

movement.

A True Paruilte.

There are not many true parasitei in the vegetable kingdom. The mistle.

toe Is unquestionably one Of the most The Pneumatic Tire Fiplndetl. perfect samples of this class of vege While Ed Geers, a horse trainer, was table growth. It 1h absolutely depend driving a apirited filly at Selma, Ala., ent upon its host for subsistence, anc one of the pneumatic tires of the sulky in time draws the very life blood froir burst with a loud report. The filly ran the plant to which It attaches Itself away, aerlously kicking the trainer Experiments have been made in raisins J who has a broken arm. cut face and

the mistletoe in greenhouses, but thi results are scarcely satisfactory. Th< mistletoe is an exceedingly slow-grow

ing plant, two leaves and a bit ol i «iory.

stalk being all that is usually produced If there is any glory In turning one’s during the season; therefore some ol baclt t0 an enom y and running away, the gnarled and knotty branches tho Ptymouth Rock Puritans are entltwhich we see in our markets represenl led to al1 °* that kln(1 of glory they can

long years of patient endeavor. ^ carry.—-Rev. V. Marshall Law.

»calp and seriously injured ankle.

POSTAL FACILITIES IN 1SOO. A Buslnen* Letter * Slow Stage* a Cen

tury Ago.

In 1800 not only was the field of 1 usiness enterprise restricted, but the transaction of business within that field was slow and difficult, says the Atlantic. The merchant kept his own books, or, as we would have said, his own accounts; wrote all his letters with a quill and when they were written let the ink dry by sprinkling it with sand. There were then no envelopes, no postage stamps, no letter boxes In the streets, no collection of the mail. The letter written, the paper carefully folded, sealed with wax or a w-afer, addressed and carried to the postoflice, where postage was prepaid at rates which would now seem extortionate. To send a letter which was a single sheet of paper, large or small, from Boston to New York or Philadelphia cost 18*6 cents and to Washington 25 cents; and this when the purchasing power of a cent was five times what it is at present. To carry a letter from Philadelphia, then the capital of the Inited Stales, to Boston and bring back an answer by return mail would have consumed from twelve to eighteen days, according to the season of the year and th>

weather.

Want©. Science declares that nothing in nature is wasted. Let me say to you that nothing anywhere is wasted, except in ease of a man who throws himself away.—Rev. E. T. Lee.

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR Probably Jonah was trying to

out of cleaning house.

The great necessity in a woman's life is love; the great necessity in a man's

life is doubt.

Somehow mothers are always fatter than you think their daughters will be

at the same age.

Men are like wild animals—they won't do much damage so long as they

are fed at the right time.

A woman always has an idea that she can make a man fidget and act uncomfortable whenever she looks at him

hard.

The man that puts on a nonchalant air when he asks a wonan to marry him is the same boy who used to whistle when he went past a graveyard at

night.

ernment trail. It fares the east and Is on an elevation. At present it is unoccupied and the neighbors declare that It is haunted. The cabin timbers were laid in position, the walls plastered, and the roof fastened on by the hands of William Tecumseh Sherman. He built and occupied this cabin in 1859. In 1858 he was in the practice of law at Leavenworth, Kan. He found that the receipts from Iris profession were Insufficient for his support, and he decided to turn farmer for a while in an effort to add to his income. To that end he purchased land in the northeastern portion of Shawnee county, six miles north of Topeka. The old military trail ran by the place on the south, being a Government thoroughfare between Forts Leavenworth and Riley. As shown in the picture, the 1 cabin has two rooms. The general ; built only one room, the other having been added some time afterward. He built the portion shown to the right in the picture. He also dug a cellar under It, for Kansas was just as hot and j dry then as it is now. It did not take long to make the cabin ready for oc- j cupancy, and Sherman, the farmer, was soon living in his own domicile and tilling the rich soil on his place. Down on the east bank of the creek. = about half a mile from the cabin, there was an old saw mil! which was owned j and operated by an Indian of the Pottawatomie tribe, John Ogee. The old fellow had saved up money and built It. One Sunday morning Sherman took a walk down by the saw mill. Ogee was sitting on a log. smoking his long pipe and looking down into the water. Sherman approached and saluted the , red man. He talked and asked ques- | tlons, but the Indian replied not a word; he didn’t even look up. He sat and gazed into the water in silence. In returning to his cabin Sherman met a j neighbor, and he related his unsuccessful interview. “Well, sir. I’ve seen j lazy people.’’ said he, “but that is the ; first time that I ever saw a man who J

was too lazy to talk.”

It is said that Sherman made a good fanner. He was a hard worker, and. although he was somewhat queer, he had many friends throughout the county. In the spring of 1860 he built a new house on a knoll a quarter of a mile from the cabin. It is yet in a good state of preservation, although it never has been painted. O. Z. Goodrich, a Jolly old farmer, now lives in it, and he loves to tell of the ghost stories which are afloat about the old cabin.

When Sherman was called away I from his farm he moved his few be- ; co.tom* „r , h c Ancient*, longings from his cabin home and said The ancle nt 8 , in order to enjoy the good-bye to the old place. It has never scent G f roses at mea ] Sj had an abundbeen occupied since though at pres- 3nce of the fragrant ta , s ralned it ? down u P° n the Heliogabalus. it. I here has been some talk of tear- in his carrled the matter ^ far

that the cloud of blossoms he ordered shaken down over one of his banquets actually suffocated some of his friends. The Romans, during their meals, reclined on cushions stuffed with rose leaves or made a couch of the leaves j themselves. The floor too, was strewn ' with the lovely blossoms. Cleopatra, at | an enormous expense, procured roses ' for a feast which she prepared for An- 1 thony; they were laid two cubits thick on the floor of the banquet room, and | nets were then spread over the' fra- I grant bed to give an elastic footing.

cessfully beleaguered by the Welsh as early as 1092. After this we read of a lawless chieftain who, having heard of the marvelous beauty of Nesta. the governor's wife, attacked the castle, and carried off, as a prize, the object of his admiration. But the fortress is chiefly noticeable as the scene of a

gallant defense against overwhelming _ ^ odds during the struggle between 0 cIm -11 quite late enough if you wajj Charles I. and the parliament. At the (o EM up fresh and eager for busing beginning of the civil war Pembroke ln tlle morning. I always like to b* castle was held for the parliament, but ll P early and get a little bit In front the commandants, Laugharne, Powell of every one else. Thai’s the whole and Poyer, for some reason went over secret.” This tries one’s patience hard to the royal side. They rallied round particularly if fate J as put him a: wor’* them a considerable number of adher- which necessitates late hours. v,’h»t

ents, who made repeated attacks on the parliamentary forces and acquired more courage in every encounter. At length Cromwell appeared with his army, but before his arrival a battle

follows, however, is not so bal. f rcilD the squalid, money-is-the-end-of-an point of view. “I always went in f or Mg things.” said the multimillionaire “half-way up the ladder there are t* many competitors. If you go to the top you pretty well have the field to yourself. There are plenty of net ready to deal in thousands, but thej get frightened when you talk of hal! millions. The average city man of to! day is an easygoing sort of chap. Making money is more a matter of will aai self-sacriCcc than of luck or of brains.' A MOTHER’S IDEA OF A

she Knew

CLUB.

Son Would a.

PEMBROKE CASTLE.

taken prisoners. Cromwell then addressed himself with all his accustomed vigor to the task of reducing the castle The garrison held out manfully; the thatched dwellings were unroofed, that t-be straw might supply fodder for the horses, and there is little doubt that i the horses would have become food for the men if Cromwell had not, at the j end of six weeks, forced a surrender bj cutting off the water supply. The three defenders already mentioned were triec for treason and found guilty; but as it was only intended to kill one of them lota were drawn to see whieh it would i be. Three slips of paper were prepared; ! on two was written “Life given by God;” the third was blank. The three prisoners were brought together, and out of the hat drew the paper slips ; Poyer drew the blank and was shot in | Covent garden, London, on the 23tl

of April, 1649.

That Her

Elected.

But you should have heard mv mother on clubs, writes J. M. Barrie in Ma r garet Ogilvie.” Often have I heard bel on them. “Thirty pounds is what ht will have to pay the first year and tea pounds after that.” “But the difficulty is in becoming a member. Thev are very particular about whom they dec and I dare say I shall not get m.' 'Well, I'm but a poor crittur (not beia» a member of the club), but I think I can tell you to make your mind easy os that bead. You’ll get in. I’ze uphaud and your thirty pounds will get in. too.’’ Then the time arrived when I was | elected and I thought it wisdom to aenii my sister upstairs with the news My mother was ironing and made no comment unless with the iron, which I ould hear rattling more violently la its box. Presently I heard her laughing, at me undoubtedly, but she had recovered control over her face befors she came downstairs to congratulats me sarcastically. “This was grand news.’’ she said without a twinkle ”aml I must write and thank the com! mittee, the noble critturs.” I saw he: behind her mask and maintained a dignified silence, but she would have another shot at me. “And tell them, she said from the door, “you were doubtful of bemg elected, but your auld mother had aye mighty confidence they would snick you in.”

Game Well Protected. Quail and Chinese pheasants cannot be legally shot in North Dakota until 1906, and beaver and otter cannot be trapped until 1903.

Here - * CnnaDtenrjr.

I he only woman in a Colorado town who opposes the riding of bicycles by women holds the record for the 'email

high Jump at Vassar.

M

I.ooking; Ahead. Biddeford, Maine, hopes to set i $2,000,000 granite contract from tbi government that will employ 1,000 fat five years.

USEFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Wh"n meats are being roasted and there is danger of their becoming too brown place a basin of water In the oven. The steam will prevent scorching and the meat will cook better. An old cook noted for making the most delicious of loaf cakes was asked her secret for never having a failure and replied: “It is all in the baking; the richer the cake the slower must be the oven.” And regarding the boiling of eggs: If, whe.n the shell is cut from the end the egg is found not to be sufficiently cooked to please the palate. It may be again put into boiling water and cooked still longer if the top is sprinkled thickly with salt. When it Is done remove the coating of salt and the egg will be the same as if the shell had just been broken off.

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SHERMAN’S CABIN,

has been such vigorous objection made that the project has been abandoned.

tilas* for Monunarnt*.

The idea has been put forth by British glass workers from time to time that ordinary plate glass material is I better adapted for an enduring monuj mental structure than the hardest j marble or granite known to stone masons, glass being, in fact, practically indestructible, wind, rain, heat and cold, have their well known effect upon even the hardest rock, solid granite eventually crumbling away, nor is the obliteration uncommon of an inscription on a stone gravestone only fifty years old. On the other hand, a glass structure for such purpose will present as fresh an appearance a couple of centuries after its manufacture, it is asserted, as on the day It was erected and the inscription can be made ineffaceable. Thick plate glass for marine exposure Is found to resist the stormiest sea and is practically unbreak-

able.

Tlie Greek Patriot*' Oath.

Rome of our readers may be Interested in the oath of the Greeks while struggling generations ago against their Turkish oppressors. Here is

translation of :t. I swear by thee, o llle Oreek cress.

TIMELY FACTS ABOUT GREECE, It has a population of 2,187,2(\ It is called "Hellas” by its people. It has an area of 24,977 square miles. 1 he mean temperature of Gr ce It

64 degrees Fahrenheit.

About one-half of the populatl- t att agriculturists and shepherds. No part of Greece is forty mile*' front the sea or ten from the hills. The Greek flag is a white cross on a

blue ground—the Bavarian colois and

miserable yet sacred Fatherland t swear by the lengthened sorrows' bv the bitter tears which, for so many years, thy wretched sons have shed bv my own teats which I have poured out on account of our state of degradation by the future freedom of ray children' that I will be altogether consecrated to thee, that In future thou shall be the object of my thoughts, thy interest the guide of my actions, and thy nroperity the requittai of my labors ”

J. R. Allen of Fairhaven, Vt., received tlje first postmaster’s commission signed by McKinley.—New York Sun.

The Anurchlat* of France. There are about 2,000 persons i n France who are set down as anarchists and are under the constant watch cf the police of the various European countries.

staver). In 81am.

Despite the fact that Siam is ranidlv embracing civilization and western methods, a kind of slavery still exist* people still sell themselves and thei; families to any wealthy chief who wq i pay off their debts, usually contract ed through thriftlessness or gambHn These debt slaves give sorv^f"^ specified term, and if there is any dan 3 i ger of their evading the fulflim'ent "i the contract, the chief orders that tLi ankles be chained together, and this rl r I striction of movement is much n ' prison I 0 the a,terna ti ve ^QflnernentTn j

It has few rivers and many hill! 1 None of the former is navigable and many of the latter are fortified. It is the only country in the world whose armies are provided with the Lias guns and paper-covered cart-

ridges.

Only about 70,000 of the Inhabitants j s P ea k any language other than Greekand only about 20,000 profess any religion other than the orthodox. Its present boundary limits were de- J termined by an arrangement among !• ranee, Great Britain, Russia and Turkey, concluded at Constantinople on July 21. 1832. The chief characteristics of the average Greek are his inquisitiveness, fondness for excitement, love of discussion, desire for knowledge, an aptitude for learning and aggressive patriotism. The climate haa two striking peculiarities—the heat in summer and the cold in winter are far more Intense than those of any other country in the world lying in the same latitude. Cell once remarked that in traveling through the Morea in March he found

— I "summer in Messenia, spring in !>*•

The poor man sometimes helps man i conla an(1 winter in Arcadia, without fully to make the rich richer and ti llavln g moved beyond a radius of Of"

poor poorer. u Ine j miles.”