Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1892 — Bcientific Drops. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Bcientific Drops.

A man with a mind for statistics has computed that over sixty-five quadrillions of people have lived on the earth since the beginning of time. A Connecticut man has patented a new method of plating spoons whereby they are re-enforced at the wearing parts. The method consists in electrop.ating such points in the blank form when the spoon is made, and then subject ng the surface to pie-sure. After shaping the article, it is plated and finished in the usual way. The ordinary, commonplace soap bubble has recently been playing an important part in experiments on the magnetic qualities of gases, and. has proved itself to be one of the toughest and most elastic membranes known. The soap bubble, as a scientific tool in electrical researches, is destined for a useful future. The necessary equipment for six miles of electric tramway is now on its way from this country to Siam. Six generators, two complete steam plants, twenty ear equipments, and extra parts to last for six months, making up the ofder. The road is to bs installed in Bangkok, and will be the first electric tramway in Siam. ArffrcEs from Japan are to the effect that two new forms of insulation for wires have been introduced in that country. One is made of Japanese paper and so ms kind of vegetable oil, and the other of Japanese wax and chemical compounds. Very high insulation is claimed and the proosss is said to be remarkjfoly cheap.

THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Soma or the Moca Mated Face* to Bo Keen Therein. The new Parliament met In London Thursday afternoon. The session was altogether formal. Speaker Peel was re-elected and Gladstone and Balfour were loudly cheered. Guy Fawkes and hit gunpowder plot were not forgotten and there was the usual search for possible evidence that any one might design the blowing up of her Majesty’s Parliament. The result of the quest was ai usual satisfactory, no lurking anarchist or dynamiter being found. One of the Tories wickedly remarked that it was useless to look for dynamiters in the cellar, as now they had seats in the house, with a fair chance of getting into the cabinet. Michael Davitt secured the seat formerly occupied by Parnell. This selection, was not looked us on with favor, even by some of Davitt's Nationalist colleagues, and the Conservat.ves talk strongly of questioning Davitt'srightto the seat on the ground as his record qea convict. Davitt’s case is said to be without prece' dent in the house, it being claimed by thoße opposed to his admission that his crime was net political in the proper sense of the term and that his presence in Parliament will establish a demoralizing prececl- nt. It is thought Mr. Gladstone will have a Liberal majority sufficiently large enough to enable him to carry through

many reform measures, perhaps including home rule for Ireland.' The most interesting character in the new Parliament is John Burns, the Labor “M. P.” Be first gained celebrity as a leader duidng the great “-ship” strike when he took up the cause of the striking dock men and gained a decisive victory for them, and later during the Trafalgar riots. He has been a member of the London County Council, and has pushed Ihrough a great many labor reforms. In this Parliament he is ranked on the side of the liberals, although he and his associates will act independently on any measure In which the labor interests are involved. There are 670 members in the new Parliament. Joseph Chamberlain, who married a daughter of ex-Secretary of War Endicott, represents Birmingham, and is the leader of the Liberal-Unionists.

CALLED COL. ORR A LIAR. An Exciting Incident Which Came Near Freeipit»ting a Riot. An exciting incident which nearly resulted in a riot occurred at the State campaign meeting at Union, S. C. Colonel Orr, the conservative candidate for Lieutenant Governor, in his speech reiterated the statement heretofore made on the stump and in the newspapers that G overnor Tillman had flaunted his profanity in public. The Governor in reply said that Orr or any other man who made such an assertion lied. Col. Orr, who is a giant in physique, rushed upon the Governor, and catching him by the arm wheeled him around and asked him if he desired a personal difficulty. Tillman said he did not. Orr shook his finger in the Governor’s face and told him he could not intimate that hfe (Orr) was not truthful without having it thrown in his (Tillman’s) teeth. He told him further that he (Tillman) had boasted of being “God Almighty’s gentleman.” The Governor said so he had, and Orr replied: “He did not do himself credit when he made you.". Orr again caught hold of the Governor and asked if he intimated that he was a liar. The Governor said that if Orr did not originate the statement, his remarks did not apply to him. By this time the crowd had become a raging mob. Men pulled off their coats, climbed upon the Stand, cursed, and gathered around the two men, and for several minutes a bloody riot seemed imminent. Col. Orr for the third time caught hold of Tillman and told him if he wanted a fight he could get it. The Governor said he did not, and Col. Orr went back 1o his seat, remarking that Tillman must let him alone. Quiet was then restored.

CROWDS OF SIR KNIGHTS. Templars Arriv.ns in Denver by the Hundred*—Gen Gobln There. A Denver, Col., dispatch says: There never was such a crowd seen at the Union Depot in this city as blocked the gateway and platforms Thursday morning. Those who witnessed tne jam are wondering what will be done when the crowd begins to get here. The Burlington brought in the St John Commandery, and the lowa locals pulled nine loaches loaded to the roof. Train No. i came in with two loaded sections, bringing in 800 people. The Bock Island regular train came in two sections of five cars each, all loaded with delegations from the Missouri Kiver. Each section contained 300 people. The Santa Fe No. 3 came in three te :tions of seven cars each, all loaded, anil all the regular trains are fully as large and are bringing as many people. Gen. J. P. S. Gobin, Grand Master of United States Knights Templar, has arrived. A special train of six Pullman cars brought the Grand MasUnand staff and their escort, St. John’s Commandery No. 4, of Philadelphia, into the cily on the Burlington Bead. The venerable Et. Bev. Leighton Coleman, Grand Prelate of tbe Grand Encampment, was one of the tourists, and attracted much attention.

GRAIN DESTROYED BY HAIL. Thousand* of Acres in Northern Minnesota Laid Waste by the Storm. A disastrous hailstorm visited the section of vgintry about St. Hilaire, Minn. Nearly e»ery window in the North side of the town was broken and farmers coming in by the dozen report serious loss to grain. The present indications are that a large strip of country has suffered, as farmers are coming in from every direction. Many report that the ground was completely covered with ha : l and that their grain will not be worth cutting. A Precocious Officer. The youngest officer in the Union army to wear the “double stars” was Gen. Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania. He was a colonel of volunteers at 20. and a brevet major general when but six months past his 22d birthday.

T. W. Russell, M. P. 2. Ashmead Bartlett. 3. Henry Labouchere. 4. John Bums. 5. Lord Arthur Hill, M. P. 6. Bight Hon. G. O. Trevelyan. 7. Hon. A. W. Peel.