Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — Page 4

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The inventor of a process for the manufacture of artificial fur is announced. Although some printers may not ■work steadily, whenever they go to work they go to stick. A game of marbles was played by several prominent citizens of Washington the other morning on Pennsylvania avenue. A young lady says she has been so carefully taught to reverence the aged that she doesn’t even dare to laugh at an old joke. In several Eastern cities barber shops keep open all night and where there iSfto Sunday law they keep open the year found. Mention is made of a child born at Hartford, Conn., which weighed only two pounds and three ounces when it was three days old. It is often charged that the Indians are lazy, and it may be so, but they manage to keep the United States troops pretty busy. The brownish discoloration of ceiling where gas is used is caused by dust carried against by the heated air currents produced by the gas.

Girls in Japan join art, cookery and gymnastic classes. The aim of teaching is not to make girls independent, but more intelligent, and, therefore, more useful as daughters, sisters and wives. Stale pies in railroad restaurants have long been disseminators of dyspepsia. Recognizing this fact, a member of the Missouri Legislature has introduced a measure compelling bakers to date their pies. The girls who attend the college at Columbia, Mo., think a fine should be imposed when they accept the escort of gentlemen to whom they are not engaged, and have agreed to pay a fine of 25 cents every time they do so. Temptation for desperadoes exists in the secret hoards of wealth in India. An Allahabad paper estimates that coin and gems to the value of $1,350,000,000 are locked up in that country. In Amritsar City alone there are hidden jewels wbrth $10,000,000.

Statistical returns from Venezuela show great prosperity during the past fiscal year. The total exports reached $1,800,000 more than any year in the liistorv of the country, and the imports were $15,900,000, of which $1,600,000 come from England and $3,900,000 from the United States. Experiments at the Agricultural School in France show that mules have more digestive power than horses, and to this is attributed their greater Working capacity. In other words, mechanically speaking, you can burn more fuel and with less loss, and get more work out of it, by feeding it to a mule than to a horse. 1 The hypodermic blush is obtained by inserting coloring matter beneath the skin with the point of a syringe. The effect is described as marvelous. The blush lasts two hours. The owner is indescribably beautiful for that period. Afterward she becomes a greenish-yellow complexion, and cannot wear her blush too often because the syringe marks the skin with an ugly little scar. This discreet resolution was adopted recently by the trustees of a schoolhouse in Monticello, Ga.: “Whereas, the big hickory near the left-hand of Ben Hill Academy being dead, and that if it should fall on any of the children Between their seventh and seventeenth year and near the small of the back, they would surely die; therefore resolved that we hire an unbleached American to raze the aforesaid hickory tree to the ground.”

Daswin used to go into the Zoologi- # Gardens in London, and. standing the glass case containing the cobra di capello, put his forehead against the glass -while the cobra struck out at him. The glass was between them; Darwin’s mind was perfectly convinced as to the inability of the snake to harm him; yet he would always doge. Time after time he tried it, his will and reason keeping him there, his instinct making him dodge. The instinct was stronger than both will and reason. So many glassworks are being erected in this country, more especially for plate-glass manufacture, that it is becoming a question as to where the skilled workers are to be obtained to fill them. The number of furnaces and pots at present operating and in course of construction is 1,090, of which 310 have been put into operation since 1888, and 390 will all be ready for operation soon. The manufacturers say that at least 1,500 skilled men will be necessary to fully equip these new works. Bbilliant light makes even a scantitly furnished room look cbeerfnl. But there are some people who know not bow to make their lamps burn well. A lamp should be thoroughly cleaned every fortnight The oil should be poured out of the fount, leaving no dregs on the bottom. The fount should

then be washed in strong soapsuds, rinsed in warm water, and dried. It should then be filled with fresh oil. The burner should be boiled in soda and water until the network that crosses it is freed from dirt and dust. It the wick becomes clogged with th« sediment, replace it with a new one.

Presence of mind saved John Adams, of Tacoma, from a frightful death. He is employed in a smelting works in that city. The other day a misstep caused him to fall into a pot of boiling metal, and in an instant he was immersed to his armpits. As he fell he clutched the rim of the pot, and was thus enabled to quickly draw himself out. He then plunged into an adjoining pot of cold water. His hands were badly burned, but otherwise he had hardly a scar on him. The sedL'et of his escape was that he had on heavy woolen underwear and outer clothing, and before it had burned through Adams was in the pot of cold water.

The dental vibrator is an apparatus for rendering the abstraction of teeth painless. It is simply an application of the well-known electric shock used in medicine and sometimes to be had country fairs. An induction giving a very rapidly intermitting current is the source of the electricity, and the patient receives the shock by grasping metal handles connected to the poles of the secondary circuit of the coil. The forceps of the operator are also connected in the circuit of the current. The consequence is that the patient feels only the peculiar sensation of “pins and needles,” produced by the intermittent current traversing his nerves, and the actual pain of loosing the teeth is said to be masked. The vibrator has been introduced into the Institute of Medical Electricitv.

The use of bitter almonds as a flavoring is to be reprobated. The essential oil, made by distilling the pulp of the pounded nut with water, is an irritant poison, from ten to thirty drops of which is capable of poisoning an adult. Recently quite a sensation was caused by the serious illness of a prominent society woman from the eating of the salted almonds, which are such a favorite relish. Throughout an afternoon and evening, at luncheon, high tea, and dinner, the nuts were nibbled in default of appetite. The poison received was a small portion of anhydrous prussic acid, or hydrocyanic acid. This is the base of the cyanide of potassium, used by photographers, electrotypers, etc., from three to five grains of which will kill, like prussic acid.

The Rev. Lyman Abbott, the successor of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, is a thin, delicate, small-limbed man. Humor is not in his line, and he rarely makes his congregation smile. NpPloDg ago, however, he involuntarily made theK titter. The subject of his sermon was the obligation resting upon Christians to get out of their shells and do something for the good of mankind. “What is this wonderful body of ours given us for?” Dr. Abbott exclaimed. “Look at ft. Look at these muscles.” Dr. Abbott stretched out his thin arms. “Look at this strength, this adaptability, this God-given vigor.” Something in the expression of the faces of the members of the congregation and a rustling like a faint titter recalled the preacher to himself, and with a faint smile he passed to another phase of his sermon.

A new story is told of Oliver Walton, who in his day was the greatest dealer in good horses near Boston. On one occasion he come iuto Maine and bought an extra good horse for S3OO. The horse breeder was one of the niggardly kind and asked: “How are \ou going to lead the horse away V” “With that halter, to be sure,” said Walton, busy counting out the money for the horse. “No, sir,” said the breeder, “the halter don’t go with the horse, it belongs to me. I did not sell you that.” “What, not let me have a halter after I have given you your price for the horse?” asked old Oliver, a little surprised. “ What da you want for it?” “A dollar, sir,” said the farmer. “All right,” said Walton, “here is the dollar.” He put the re3t of his money in his pocket, then stepped quickly to the horse’s head and remarked: “I will take the halter, but I guess I will not take the horse.” He took off the halter, let the horse go loose, and ti;9 breeder had many a long day in which to repent of his overreaching.

“Nearly everybody eats far more than is necessary,” says a leading physician. “Among my patients those who eat the least get over their mullvgrubs the quickest, while those who eat the heaviest are ill the oftenest. My experience shows that half the ailments of life are brought about by overeating or drinking. I myself take a light breakfast, perhaps eggs with toast, or tish with potatoes, or a bit of cold chicken, or something of the kind, and a cap of coffee. At noon I take milk, with a few crackers, or else some fruit. At 6 I have a hearty but not heavy dinner, with soup, fish, meat, vegetables, bread, and a few glasses of light wine. Ido not eat over a pound and a half of solid food a day, though I am more robust than most men, and am never troubled with any of the hundred complaints that are the result of overeating. I advise you to eat lightly, be careful of what you eat, and take your time in eating. This looks like commonplace advice, but my fee for it, without any pills, is $10.”

LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS.

THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OP THE PAPER. Quaint Saying* and Doings of Little One* Gathered and Printed Here for Other Little Folks to Head. A Perpetual Walker. Quite often the ingenious makers o* toys hit upon some contrivance in' tended to amuse children which possesses genuine interest for those who are interested in mechanical combinations. Such a toy has late ly been invented in France. It consists of a puppet or small human figure iu metal which holds in its

THE WALKING POLL.

hands, as a Bort of balaucing-pole, a metal rod bent in the form of an inverted V, or rather of a hairpin with the ends somewhat opened apart. By reason of the bringing of the center of gravity below the figure by this rod or balancing-pole, the puppet is kept in an upright position on any support which is narrow enough to be spanned by the two arms of the pole. Placed on a raised l>oard or strip, set at a slight inclination, this puppet, called le marcheur infatigable, or tireless walker, will march along, putting forward first one foot and then the other, and imitating the movements of a somewhat stiff-legged walker.

There is no propelling mechanism about the toy whatever, simply a jointing of the legs to the body upon a round horizontal pivot fastened at the ends, with another rod underneath this one and passing through two square holes made in the legs, as shown in the illustration. This second rod prevents the walker from taking too long steps. The key to this toy’s pedestrian talent is a simple mechanical principle. The walker rests the weight of his body upon one of his legs while he is putting the other forward. The axis of his body does not rest upon a vertical plane, and in order to cause him to move forward on the inclined support it is necessary in starting him to give him a slight shake sideways. This shake, increased by the oscillation of the balancing pole, causes the walker to lean first to the right and then to the left.

Suppose that he is, at a given moment, inclined to the right. All the weight of the body, that is to say, both

of the figure and the balancing-pole, rests upon the right leg; whereupon the left foot, not being supported upon the board, is forced forward by the weight of the object, tending to take a vertical position. At this moment the body oscillates the other way, and the figure leans to the left, bringing the left foot to the board. The right foot, now being free, it in turn clears

the board and takes a step forward. This movement will continue as long as the board holds out at a sufficient incline, which, by the way, need be only slight. There is no reason why the walker might not travel around the world, if the right sort of path were provided for him.

A Boy’s Presence of Mind. A number of boys were skating apd sliding in Yorkshire. On a snddeu the ice gave way almost in the middle of the lake and one poor little fellow fell in. There was no house near where thev could run for help; no ropes which they could throw to their struggling companion. The boys stood on the bank with pale, sorrowful faces, afraid to try to reach their friend, in case the ice should give way and swallow them all up. But one boy suddenly remembered that although you cannot stand a board upright on thin ice without its going through, yet if you lav the same board flat oa the ice it will be quite sflfe. Not only that, but he knew he could run along the boaid without fear of cracking the ice. It only took him a moment to remember all that; the next he spoke to his friends something after this fashion: “I will lie down oil the ice near the edge; then one of you must come so my feet and push me along until you, too, cßn lie down. If you all lie down in that way, and push the boy in front of you, we shall make a line long enough to reachßeubeo.” Thus, taking the post of danger himself, the brave boy was able by his living rope to reach his friend. He pulled him out, though he was not one moment too soon, for he was so exhausted with his efforts to keep his head above water that he would very soon have stink. —London Telegraph. U r >a her. The faith of little children in their fathers and mothers is one of the most beautiful things in the world, but its manifestations sometimes provoke the involuntary smile. The New York Tribune reports that a Broadway car ran into the rear end of an express wagon with such force as to tip it clean over. A little child about five years old was on the seat with the driver. The man was pitched head first upon the sidewalk but landed upon his hands and knees, and received onlv a few slight brui-es. The child, who clung to the seat, fell underneath the wagou. Fortunately the high seat prevented the weightof the truck from

Sir Provo Wallis Has Been Going to Sea and Fighting lor Eighty-seven Years. Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, the senior Admiral of the British fleet, celebrated his hundredth birthday on Sunday last, and is still in the service. In no other country in the world would such a thing be possible, and it has never occurred in England before. The old man is still hale and hearty and, to all appearances, likely to enjoy life for some time longer. He has drawn pay from the navy for ninety-six years, has been actually in the service for ninety of these, and it is eightv-seven years since he first went to sea. He was horn at Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 12. 171*1, while his father was stationed there as chief clerk of the navy yard, and, according to a custom then prevailing in the case of sons of officers or people of influence, was placed on the pay roll of oneof the vessels of the navy w hen he was but 4 years old. In 1800. when 9, he went aboard the Cleopatra for training, and four years later made his first voyage in her. The Cleopatra, after a fight in midocean, was captured by the French frigate Ville de Milan, but was rescued by another British vessel a week later. In 1808, at the age of seventeen, he was made a Second Lieutenant, and was in many actions during the French war. He was Second Lieutenant of the Shannon when that frigate defeated the Chesapeake in the famous fight off Boston

ADMIRAL SIR PROVO WILLIAM PARRY WALLIS.

harbor in 1813. The Captain having been wounded aud the First Lieutenant killed, the command of the frigate and her prize devolved upon young Wallis. He was promoted for his gallantry and efficiency in this action, and in 18i9 was made a Captain. The dates of his promotion after this were as follows: Bear Admiral, 1851; Vice Admiral, 1857; Admiral, 1863; and Admiral of the Fleet, 1877. It was only by the special order of the Queen that he was retained in the service after he had attained the age of seventy, at which the rule requires retirement. This was on account of the exceptional length and character of his service. He wa3 created a G. C. B. in 1873.

Dirty Plates ami Platters Cleansed with a Stvirl of Scalding; Suds. The electric dish-washing apparatus that is in use in one of the Brooklyn hotels has been brought to the attention of many newspaper readers, but few of them have seen a picture of it.

From the illustration given anybody can obtain a clear idea of what the my ehine is like. There are two tanks, ir. each of which are placed paddles shaped like screw propellers. These are revolved rapidly by an electric motor, and the scaldmg hot water thns driven upon the dishes cleans them, it is said, better than by hand. They are placed in a cage that is swung from an overhead track, and after they are cleaned in one tank they are rinsed off in the other. The whole operation takes but one minute and requires the services of but one person. From 9,000 to 10,000 pieces are daily washed by this machine.

Plunkett—Dr. Seelye. the college president, isn’t married, I guess. Mrs. P. —Why, John? Plunkett —Because he says that by the end of the century the women will know more than the men. If he were married he’d know that they know it all now.

A woman won’t swear, but let a man step on the hem of her dress and ruin a couple of yards of expensive trimming, the thoughts which pass through her mind afford the devil as muoh amusement as though she had let out a string of oaths a mile and a half long. —New York Herald.

Havbinder—’Nuther strike down to the cok6-works. These ’ere labor unions is a most on reasonable set. Mrs. H.—Waal, I should think! Here's a lot more of ’em an’t satisfied with the Lord’s doin’, and want ter make an eight-hour day ’stid of one that’s got twenty-lou" hours to it.,

falling on her, and she was drawn from under the wagon-box uninjured. One of the bystanders, as he stooped to brush her dress, asked if she was hurt. “Oh, no,* said the little girl, “my papa wouldn’t let me get hurt.”

ENGLAND’S ACED ADMIRAL.

ELECTRICAL DISH-WASHER.

Sure Sign.

Amusing to Satan.

Unreasonable.

HOW TO ENLARCE A PICTURE.

An Operation That Is Not to Difficult as It May Seem. There are a great many things which seem very mysterious and difficult to accomplish till after a few simple words of explanation. Then we wonder why we never discovered the easy solution. It seems strange that any one who has practiced drawing should not soon know the easiest and most exact way to enlarge a picture, but the fact is, many young artists do not find out this little secret till after they have bothered themselves greatly and mourned over many unsuccessful efforts. You see in the pretty outline picture a charming little fellow of the “Little Lord Fauntleroy” style. He is sitting in a willow chair, with a cushion behind him, while he gazes intently out of the window. The picture is three

inches wide and five inches long. I have divided it into square inches. Now if you wish to make a picture twice as large as the original, take a piece of paper of sufficient size and draw a panel six inches wide and ten inches long, and then divide it into squares measuring to inches each way. You understand immediately that as the original picture is divided into fifteen squares, so your copy will have also fifteen squares, but those in the copy will be twice a 3 wide and twice as long as those in the original. I already detect myself in an error. I spoke of making the picture “twice as large.” The fact is the picture will be four times as large. But you comprehend I meant twice as wide and twice as long. Having drawn the lines, notice in the original what parts of the picture are where the lines intersect. The upper right hand intersection is at the top of the nose where it joins the forehead; ihe next below is near the arm of the chair: the next at the child’s knee, and the lowest on his slipper. The intersections on the left are, the top one near the corner of the cushion; the next near the upper edge of the child’s sash; the next near the lower edge of his dress. Now remember that the proportions must harmonize. The outline of the top of the head is almost across the middle of the square in which it is, a little below the middle: make it so on your sketch. The distance from the back of the head to the forehead takes in about two-thirds of the width of the square. The hair hanging down behind reaches a little below the middle of the squire, and directly opposite that, toward the window, is the child’s hand. From the child’s eye to the lower outline of his chin take? about one-third of the square. The lower edge of the sash is in the middle of the square horizontally, and the outline of his waist is in the middle of it vertically. His shoulder and the point under his arm divide the square into three equal divisions. The right foot reaches the middle of the lowest square, etc. It is not necessary to go into further details. A landscape, or any kind of a picture, can be enlarged in the same way .—Kate Kauffman, in Farm and Fireside.

ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE.

How People Would Look If They Always Did Exactly What They Said.

She looked daggers.

A Mourning Cat.

A strange story in which a cat is a pathetic character has come to light at Paoli, Ga. A little boy of that village owned a cat that was a great pet in the family. But the cat would have nothing to do with any one except the boy. The latter died, and for two weeks the cat would come as usual every morning to the door, and, going into the room, would cry very mournfully, and walk over the child’s bed hunting for its lost friend. Finally the cat disappeared, only returning* occasionally. At last one of the child’s sisters saw the cat in the graveyard, where it remains, only returning occasionally for fool. It keeps guard at the boy’s grave, and can be heard at night crying piteously.

Public Works.

American taxpayer (traveling in Egypt)—What earthly use were all these monstrous pyramids V Why did the Egyptian governments build them ? That’s what I can’t understand ? American statesman (after reflection; —Mebby there wor a divvy in em. —New York Weekly.

BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT.

Man Del Deodoro Da Fontaca la the Chief Executive of the New Republic. Those who have watched the progress of Brazil will be interested in theportrait of the new President, which is here given. The last of the Bourbons, says theChicago Graphic, is succeeded by the'

MANUEL DEODORO DA FONSECA.

scion of a family no less ancient, theFonsecas dating back to the thirteenth century, as a powerful Spanish house, and three centuries farther as Spanish nobles. A Fonseca was bishop and. spiritual adviser of King Ferdinand in the days of Columbus, anil now after four hundred years his descendant is the ruler of a great republic, whose" discovery was almost thwarted by the counsels of the Bishop, who saw in Columbus’ theories nothing but the' illusions of a visionary.

General Grant.

Asa clerk he was a listless dreamer, and yet the moment supreme command devolved upon him the dross disappeared, dullness and indifference gave way to clarified intellect, which grasped the sitation with the powe.r of inspiration. Tho larger the field, the greater the peril, the more mighty the results dependent upon the issue, the more superbly he rose to all the requirements of the emergency. From serene heights, unclouded by passion or fear, he surveyed the whole boundless field of operation, and with unerring skill forced each part to work in harmony with the general plan The only commander who never lost a battle, his victories were not luck, but came from genius and pluck. Ctesar surpassed him, because he was both a great soldier and a great statesman; but he was immeasurably inferior to Grant, because his ambition was superior to his patriotism. Frederick the Great and Napoleon the First reveled in war for its triumDhsand its glory, but General Grant, reviewing the most superb armies beside the Emperor and Von Moltke and Bismarck, electrified the military nations of Europe by proclaiming his utter detestation of war. The motto which appeared in the sky at the consummation of his victories, and was as distinct as the cross of Constantine, was “Let us have peace. ” Under its inspiration ho returned to Lee his sword. He stood between the Confederate leaders and the passions of the hour, and with his last breath repeated it as a solemn logacy to his countrymen. —Chauncey Depew.

The Battles Over.

From an address delivered by Captain J. Conant Long on the occasion of the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Cairo expedition from Chicago: “I miss many youthful faces which were familiar to me twenty-seven years ago. What has become of the dark locks, the elastic step, and the bright eyes? It must be that “Some old fellow’s got mixed up with the boys. “Of those who were with us all that time the majoriiy have heard the long roll, taps have been sounded and their lights are out; but on “Fame’s eternal camping-ground (heir silent tents are spread. And Glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead.”

Sign of Grace.

In 1843 the great mass of Scotchmen left the Established Church, and cast in their lot with the Free Church. Those who remained were called moderates, and were rather despised as lukewarm church members by their more decided brethren. In “Scenes and Stories from the North of Scotland” is an anecdote concerning a new,, minister in the parish of Alness, who resolved that he would act as if all church members were his parishioners, whether they would or Dot. One day he visited a Free Church elder, who was no friend of the moderates. The minister did his best to be affable and conciliatory, but his reception was cold, and, in fact, little more than civil. At length, without any special intention in the act, the minister drew his snuff box from his pocket, and invited the elder to make a trial of its contents. A decided thaw set in immediately. “Oh, ye tak’ snuff, do ye?” said the Free Kirk man, yielding to'a gentle smile. “Oh, ye 3,” said the visitor, somewhat afraid that the admission might lead him into trouble. “I take snuff, but what of that?” “Well,” said the elder, “that’s the first sign o’ grace I’vo seen about ye. ” , “Sign of grace! Why, how do yon make out that snuff-taking is a sign of grace?’ “Nothing easier.” said the elder, with, a knowing twinkle in his eye. “Don't you remember that in the ancient temple, all the snuffers were of pnre gold ? That denotes the best of all qualities.” Youtldts Companion.

When it Woman Is Silent.

Charlie Knickerbocker—What talkers women are! They never give &. man a chance to get in a word edgewise. Mr. Bondclipper—O, yes they do. Knickerbocker—When, for instance ?■ Bondclipper—When they see a fellow; is trying to propose. They don’t interrupt him then, if he is rich, until he has committed himself.

Good Advice, All the Same.

It’s a mighty cowardly man whohasn’t the courage to advise another with the toothache to have it yankeA oat. — Boston Transcr 'pl.