Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 23, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 November 1886 — Page 7
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
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TRIC ENGINES.
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of Life Retained After a Broken Neck. The Wind mm a Distributor of Seeds. Electric Motor Trial.
One of Edison's electric motors has reently been purchased by the Pennsylvania (railroad to be tried on its northern central ivision.' A stationary engine will be pot r«p in the shops at Renovo. If these engines 1 work well a number of them will be put on j[^be branch roads and finally cm the main oe.
The Saddle Snltcy.
Anew sulky has recently been patented by barles F. Stelbnan, M. D., of New York, nth a curved axle, to admit the rear of the horse between the wheels. This permits the 'horse to turu upon his center of motion, I thereby making riding very safe, as the sulky I becomes like apart of the horse. It would be
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especially serviceable on rough roads or where I ordinary vehicles cannot be used.
SADDLE BULKY.
The front seat of the sulky is supported on a spring perch rising and curving backward from the shafts, the rear portion lieing held upon flat springs secuml to the curved bow uniting the ends of the shafts. This avoids tho jolting usual to two-wheeled vehicles. The sulky is very light and very strong, since tho axled are firmly secured to the continuous shaft and well braced.
Another form makes the axle a continuous arch under the seat and over the rear of the horse. The inventor claims that this form prevents tho slewing usually experienced in turning the curves of a track, thereby tending to increase tho speed of tho horse and lower tho record,
t.lfa with a Broken Neck.
The Chicago Journal tolls tho story of a remarkable case of fracture of the spine and cord. Mr. Andrew Hamilton was "coaching" some college men in the gymnasium, and, while showing some
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low crossbar, drop|ed about four or live feet on tho mattress. By some jxvuliar wrenching of the neck he crackcd the llfth cervical lone and compressed the npinal cord. From that moment on the whole of tho body below the neck was completely insensible nor coulfl he move a single muscle, except to contract two fingers on each hand. Ho had to call the attendant to open the hand. He was kept alive on milk, which was poured down his mouth, and his body was supported by floating it on a rubber sheet in a tub of water. His mind was perfectly clear he talked, read the daily papers, and even consulted his professor on reading a mathematical work. This continued for'fourteen days. He then broke down and died o*t*ie sixteenth day alter the fall. It seemed hardly possible thut life should continue and the brain go on acting if the cord wen? severed, nnd yet the post mortem examination showed plainly that tho cord was reduced to a mass of pus.
A Mad Horse.
A writer in Harper** Baxar gives an illuatration of a kind of a how not to buy. The A muin imperfections which horseflesh is heir to Jt will l»e found in the following cataloguer 1, Hhort arm ewe neck II, hollow bock 4, hollow loin 5, weak gaskin 8, spring halt 7, thoroughpln 8, curb R, long cannon bone 10, wind galls 11, knuckled over 15, quarter -crack la, broken down 14, spring Uuee 15, narrow, straight shoulders.
DON'T BUT HI*.
In the picture the figures are tnurked near the defective part* named, so that each can be observed by the render.
It would perhaps be a service to one purposing to buy a horse, who is not experienced and who has no experienced horse fancier at hand to examine any horse offered with reference to the above list If after careful examination he ilods that none of the imperfection* appear, he may be reasonably certain of getting a sound horse so far as the exterior makeup is concerned. But even then there are others which cannot be laid down •on a diagram.
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Seed Carrier.
At the recent meeting of the scientist* at I Cambridge Alfml Russell Wallace, the Euglish naturalist. rend a paper on "The Winds I as a Heed Carrier iu Relation to the Difficult
Problems iu Geographical Distribution." Some speck* of (klants common in northern climates, many of them being In the Arctic Horn, have a wide distribution in the
south
ern hemisphere. There are Are prominent cause* of seed distribution: First, sea cur* rants second, birds third, seeds of marsh 1 plant! adhering to the feet c»f birds fourth, sticky spoils which attach tbenwelv« to the feathers of birds fifth, wind. The power of tiie wind in transporting seeds is not yet dettrmined, but Uwtn .is evidence that it can transport light teedit to a great distance.
Dust from tba Java eruption a few years ago wns found on the decks of vessels at 1.000 l, miles distant Most of the northern I )4ants introduced into lb* south are very light seeded ones, lighter than the dtxst
Whether or we* wind is the agency for transporting tbe» seeds, these evidences go to show that it |it teast has tho power.
An Accidental t»»«-orery. *p it Hi been Jiswoveml
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Questions Asked
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Tals Column.
Can yon inform me when it was that paper money first came into use? Bimiwi
Paper money is believed to have originated in China prior to the Thirteenth century. The exact date is unknown.
Wrote It.
Who is tbe author of the following lines? While stands the Coliseum Rome shall stand, When falls the Colisedm Borne shall fall, And when Home falls, the world. B. D.
Tbe Venerable Bede, quoting tbe prophesy uttered by Anglo Saxon pilgrims.»™ _______ V1
I Mary's Lamb.
Who is the author of "Maty Had a little Lamb?" When did the poem first appear? a c.
The author is Mrs. Sarah 3. Hale. The poem first appeared about 1835 in "little Hongs for little Folks," written at the request of Professor John Mason, who was teacher in the primary schools iu Boston at that time, and asked Mrs. Hale's assistance in his effort to introduce vocal music into the schools of that grade. See Godey's Lady's Book for January, 1875.
Knew Nothing Party."
I hear a great many questions of American politics discussed about matters which happened before I was bora. It may seem surprising, but I do not know what was the origin of the Know Nothing party. Can you inform me?
Yocmwna.
The Know Nothing party was originally intended to purify politics. The great influx of foreigners about 1850, all of whom soon became naturalized and thus gained a vote, filled a great mauy people with a dread lest tho new element would be detrimental. The principal plank in its platform was, "Put none but Americans on guard."
Tho foar of a foreign element is idle, because oven if foreigners did not make good citizens, which is not the case, their children are all Americana
Attraction of Different Weights. If a cannon ball weighing 6 pounds and one weighing 18 pounds are dropped from a height, will tho ball weighing 1.'pounds reach the earth quicker than the one weighing 6 pounds?
No. They will both reach the ground at tho same time.
Thereby Hangs a Tale.
On you tell from whence comes the words so commonly quoted, "Thereby bangs a tale?" "As You Like It," by Shakespeare. Act II, scene 7.
Jaqves—'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine. And after one hour more it will be eleven.
Anil so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale.
llrst Application of Steam. Will you please state the first application of steam as a motive pow er, and oblige W. P. B.
There is record of a model of a steam engine at Alexandria before t.bo time of Christ. Its first use (in modern time) was by Englishmen nnd Americans. As early ns 1843 a Spanish captain named Blosco de Onray showed in the harbor of Barcelona a steamboat of his own invention. A steam wind milt was invented by an Italian engineer, G. Branca, in 1629. Water was raised by steam in England in 1G55. The first patent for the application of various kinds of steam power to various kinds of machines was taken out in 1008 by Capt Suvery. The first condensing steam engine was patented by Wutt in 1769. The locoinotive is a thing of the present century.
Nihilist.
Please rive nu explanation of the term nihilist. S. B. S. Tho Latin word nihil means nothing. Tha Nihilists in ltiuwia tnko for a fundamental principle thnt nothing practical that exists there is good, therefore they propose to tear all away and build on an entirely new foundation. The term is also used in a broader aetiso in connection with established rules "f belier. This is illustrated in Turgeneff's ronmrkable work, "Fathers and Sons, the Story of Nihilist."
Mwdstone.
What are madstones and do they possess the property of preventing hydrophobia! John
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The iiuulstbne is alight porous stone, of a greenish color. Most of the medical profession regard the madstone as a preventivs of hydrophobia a mere superstition.
Hot Wheat.
What is meant by hot wheat? Crnzxrt. Hot wheat is that which is rotting. Roting is a slow process* of -ombu»tiou. Hence tho heat evolved.
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White
Plants.
Why do plants kept In the dark become white} School Boy. Because chlorophyl or the green coloring matter of plants cannot be formed except by Ute agency of the sun's rays.
Painted Wood.
Why does paint preserve wood? .F. Because it covers the surface of tho wood and prevents air and damp, tbe truo agencies for decay, from getting into the pores.
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a Desert Isle.
Suppose a bell to be rung on a de**rt island by tbe agency, say, of wind. Would there be sound? JAKWR- T.
No. Sound is only produced when tbe sonnd waves strike upon tbe drum of an ear.
Oak Stmek by lightning.
I have noticed that oak trees are more frequently struck by Ughtnine than any other tree. Is this a fact? If so, why? Ccltivator.
Yea. Tin grain of an oak is closer than that of any other tree of equal bulk, which makea it better conductor.
Boiled Potatoes.
I always find when I bott potatoes that !ho* Ml the top or farthest from tbe Are are cooked soonest. 1 should think ft would
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posite. Why lilt? HocsswiriB. The hottest particles of water rise to tbe top. Tbe top of tbe boiler is always full of hot steam: therefore the potatoes on tbe tjp are subject to greater beat.
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Did any prarfdmt of tbe United States ew wrv* hi congress after being pmidentl— KtMO. "m*
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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING
T0UNG FOLKS' COLUMN.
THE TRUE 8TORY OF A PET LAND TURTLE NAMED JUMBO.
8om« Useful and Agreeable Christmas Presents for tbe Toang People—Books and Other Things—"Robert"—The Pet
Turtle's "Winter House.
Did you ever hear of a pet turtle? I dare say not. Of all tbe queer pets that is the queerest. Yet some nice people in Brooklyn really have one in their family. It is a terrapin or land turtle. To their certain knowledge it is SO yeans old, and may be 100, for terrapins live to a great age and grow larger as long as they live.
The turtle of my story is named Jumbo because be is so big. He weighs at least 100 pounds. He has been in tbe family that now own him for thirty years. He is so large that when his mistress sits upon a chair Jumbo's head can reach up and touch her cheek.
JUMBO AND HIS H18TBESS.
He is very fond of fruit, and when he sees his mistresB eating an apple he will waddle toward her, crawl upon her lap, stretch up bis long neck and snap the apple out of her mouth. This is one of the cute tricks which the lady has taught him. You would never believe a turtle bad so much sense. If the lady calls "Jumbo! Jumbo!" he creeps up to her in his awkward way as fast as he can and lays his queer bend in her hand. He is very fond of hWjand so gentle that he never bites anybody. The kind lady buys bananas for him. He snaps them up in a way that is funny to see.
In summer Jumbo is in clover. He wanders through the yard, oating grass ana snapping at flies and insects. If he sees the cat asleep in the sun he moves clumsily up and lies down beside her. He seems lonesome and fond of company. His back is so broad that a large boy can sit in a chair upon it Then Jumbo crawls about the yard and gives the boy a ride in fine style. When the family move from one hotise to another Jumbo is loaded upon a wagon and moved with tho other property.
Jumbo is what is called a hibernating creature. That is, he goes into a warm place and sleeps all winter, and does not eat anything at alL At tbe return of warm weather out he comes, lively and hungry. Wild terrapins burrow down deep in tbe ground, below frost, at the approach of winter, and lie there dormant. In the spring thoy come up with the earth sticking upon their backs. But being a civilized turtle, Jumbo has a house built for him It is in the basement of the large house, and is lined with cotton batting, and is made very warm. At the first frost he creeps into this snug nest, and nobody sees Jumbo again till next summer. And there he is at this moment Elisa Archabd.
ROBERT.
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Robert Bits up with his rattle and toys, *, Making a beautiful and jingling noise. r"1 So little he is, he doesnt know
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Which is the way that his hands ought to gOi.'VwB
Robert's a darling, and Robert's a dear, He is so cunning, and ho is so queer Tries to cat fingers, and talks to tho light Doesn't quite know the day from the night
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Robert tits up with his rattle and toys. Rattles and spool chains and round rubber ring* Kissing and jumping, and such kind of things, Laughing and cooing, and kicking bis toes, This is about all that Baby Rob knows. Bobbity-bobbity goes Robert'a head, Wben mamma carries him oft to bed. Google-goo goo, that's all be can say Ho'U know just as much as you some day.
Christmas Gifts.
Here Is a list of things from which you may choose something for a Christmas present to your friends and members of your family. Don't forget any of them. It warms the her. rt to know that we aro remembered at hristmas time, no matter in how email a ay.
Some good pxuacnta are: Books, skates, pictures, warm mittens, games, such as checkers, chess, dominoes, backgammon, boxes of paints and sets of boys' carpenter tools and toy engines that will make real steam and run tiny machinery. A young people'* paper or magazine tar a year is not a bad present A nice penknife or Jadeknife is good so is a watch toe good sized boys and girls. Then are very excellent small silver and nickel watches to be bought right cheap now. Silver thimble* are very good, or gold ones if yon are rich enough. Among tbo best of all is a mfcroscops or a magic lantern. There ara some beautiful magic lanterns now that are not very expensing If papa wante to get a good present for his big boys a fine troicbloeding shotgun excellent But a cheap gun will bnrwt and endanger their lives.
Here an some good books for young people: Tbe io)d standby*, of course, Robinson Crusoe, Swim Fksnily Robinson, and Tangkv wood Tales. Tben come Toby Tyfar, Jot Opportunity, Mte Alcoa's little Women, Boy Travelers in Russia, Chiklreu'* Stories of American Pnws, Little Lord FauntJeroy, Tbe America! «£s Handy Book, or What to Do and How to Do Ii, Tbe Watt*- Balnsa, Poor Bop wfc» Became Ftamoos, Mrs. Boifexft Book for vtfrt*, and 0«r Girls' Chatterbox, by Miss AJcott
HYGIENE.
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Digestion—Care of Coavaleseenta—Tempt tha Appetite.
Tbe convalescent state in the case of many diseases is of as great importance as the period of tbe actual disease. In recovery from diphtheria, for instance, tbe action of tbe heart is weakened, and any overexertion causing too great strain upon it may prove fatal. After yellow fever solid food taken too early or exertion .before the patient has had time to recuperate is often attended with relapse. And in yellow fever relapse usually means death. A chill after scarlet fever may also bring on a relapse, and imprudence in eating in convalescence after typhoid fever may cause perforation of tbe intestines and speedy death.
Solid food should not be given the patient except when directed by the attending physician. A convalescent's diet should be digestible and tempting to tbe appetite, except after typhoid fever, when the appetite should be suppressed. In convalescence the meals bwgin to be looked forward to with pleasure, but tbe appetite is usually so delicate and so easily offended that unless the food is brought into the sick room in dainty shape it is liable to be sent away untested. The tray should be covered with a snowy napkin the teacup should be of tha prettiest china, and the viands daintily arranged on the plates, and not in too large quantities. By this means the appetite is first tempted indirectly through the eye.
As soon as it can be dons with safety, tbe patient should return to three meals a day. This gives time for tbe food to be digested without overtaxing tbe stomach. Some light food should be given the last thing at night A cup of hot milk, cocoa or thin broth, or an egg beaten in milk, will prevent a too early waking or exhaustion in tbe morning. Above all things, a convalescent should never be required to wait for food when it is needed. If there must be delay in preparing a meal, a biscuit or a glass of milk should be given while waiting.
When the patient is sufficiently recovered to take a stronger diet than milk and beef tea, a well baked, mealy potato may be given. It should be thoroughly cooked, mashed smoothly, sprinkled with salt and served with hot cream poured over it Some physicians recommend fish in the early stages of convalescence. Oysters are easily digested and are good convalescent food. They may be prepared in any way except fried. Juicy, tender beef steak or mutton chops with the superfluous fat removed, chicken or game in season, are also suitable when the patient is ready for them. Vegetables, such as asparagus, green peas, cauliflower, onion, may all be offered when they are to be procured. On no account should pastry be given, except such light dishes as blanc mange and custard.
The main rule to be adopted is to proceed with caution, and in giving new dishes give little at first, and if there are no bad results 'the quantity may be increased.
Water and Digestion.
The old medical theory that water taken with food "dilutes the gastric juice and hence its power to disintegrate the solid food," is giving way before experiment It is now denied that water retards digestion, and is claimed that solid food needs a liquid for aiding its dissolution, for holding it in suspension when dissolved, and for facilitating its assimilation when ready for absorption by the body. It is also declared that water promotes the accumulation of flesh through better assimilation of solid food.
ETIQUETTE.
Use of Knife and Fork—Giving Up a Seat.
The question has been propounded, Can a gentleman escorting a lady on a street car or railroad car give up his seat to another lady who is standing without rudeness to the ono he is escorting?
It see ma impossible that any lady should object under any circumstances to such an attention to one of her own sex. No men is bound to give up his seat to a lady in any public conveyance. It is simply a courtesy. But should he dosoitshould not be construed as a want of respect to a lady he may be escorting. A woman who would feel slighted at such action does not deserve a similar attention when die is herself in need of a seat
Apologies.
A succession of apologies is most obnoxious to a guest And yet this is a breach of good breeding more difficult to avoid than almost any other. It is certainly a great temptatiou when one invites a friend to dinner, and everything happens to go wrong on that particular day, to speak of it and apologise for it but this does not mend matters, and only makes the guest feel uncomfortable. Tbe well bred host passes over unfortunate circumstances, such as tbe undercooking of a roast, the spilling of soup or gravy, the breaking of a glass with the least possible notice. An apology only directs attention to the mishap and does not do away with it
Some people will begin the moment a guest enters their household and make an apology for every room the guest enters—for every meal eaten It is, "I intended to have that sofa fixed last week," or "This fire should have been made," or "I am about to chango my cook," "My butcher will not have an opportunity to send me such another piece of meat" Such references are a mark of ill breeding, and a failure to notice all deficiencies is the marie of a gantloman or a lady. ______
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No question ever had better reasons on both sides than that, whether one sending a plate to be helped a spcond time should leave the knife and fork on tbe {date or hold them in tbe hand. If one sends them with the plate some one is liable to have them dropped on tbe soft spot of his or tier head in passing back and forth. They are liable to settle themselves on tbe cxact spot tbe helper wishes to deposit tbe article of food sent for then tbe helper most remove them or deposit tbe food on them. If one holds tbem in tbe hand while waiting be is in no graceful position. Think of one chatting with a lady beside him about orchids or chrysanthemums, or the Wagon- school of music, with a greasy knife and fork in his hand. Then, in which band ahafl be bold than Shall be rest his wrist on the table and violate a rule of long standing! or bold them up as an officer would carry a sword an parade? There are many knotty questions of etiquette, bat few man knotty Man rtifc
Profiuts Language.
A gentleman should never speak profanely. Beyond any moral objection there may be in profanity, one most remember tbat it is liable to grate on tbe feelings of another. Sir Isaac Newton, aas of tbe greatest minds the world has produced and most far teeing into tbe works of the Creator, is said to have never mentioned tbe deity without raising his band to bis bead in token of reverence. If Newton did not think himiulf competent to apeak profanely of tbe creator of the wrfverK, it is not lUtaly that there are others who may, with srfety, tonito.timwislm at Hbcrty todoao.
SMALL SELFISHNESS.
ANNOYANCES WHICH DIMINISH THE 3 HAPPINESS OF A FAMILY.
First Reading of the [Morning Paper. Letting One Daughter Do Housework While Another Remains Idle—List of
Other Selflshm
One does not particularly care to have the first reading of the morning paper, perhaps but when ono never gets it until another person, who has no more need or Lurry than rale's self, has not only read it, but studied it and committed the advertisements to memory, one possibly, through habit, expects nothing else, but just as possibly feels a slight indignation at the way things are taken for granted and one's self ignored. In tbe same manner one does not, perhaps, expect the most comfortable chair in the room as one's own set property but when another individual, and that always the same one, takes it as if it was an heirloom, one is exceedingly unselfish one's self not to feel like making that seat something less comfortable for its sitter, although one might be restrained by the knowledge tbat in such resort the sitter would take the next most comfortable chair, leaving others to take refuge where they might, and be no better off than in the beginning.
So, moreover, one sees no especial occasion for any one individual in the family to monopolise, whenever evening comes, the one place that has the most light for either book or work or play, regardless who sits in the dim corner, or who has a shadow thrown where the strength of the blaze should fall. "I really cannot see anywhere else," says the monopoliser, tranquilly, as if in full explanation, and as if the others' eyes were of a different lens altogether, innocent of the fact no one else can see either, and that it may not be positively important that the monopoliser should see at all, since such importance depends very much on what you see and how you look at it
A selfishness as bad as any of the other forms occurs among those members of a household, where there is insufficient help, who do not lift their fingers to assist in tbe lighter work that in such instances falls on the family itself, and who see others eking out the work and filling the gaps with dusters and dish cloths and brooms without taking part—people who certainly are not to be looked at in the light of promoters of that comfortable feeling which springs from the sense of equal rights and libwties to all. Why one daughter sits with her novel while another scours the paint is a question that may well perplex tbo observer, who fails to see that it is because ono will and tbe other wont, although the one who will cannot, in spite of herself, hinder a feeling of wrong done to herself, and some sensation of jealousy occasioned by the appearance of favoritism, which does not help to make family jars impossible.
We have known of mothers who carried tbe opposite idea so far that, ablo to keep no servants, as it chanced, they refused to let the daughters wait upon the sons, seeing no reason why the sonsshould not make the beds thoy slept in, and if they wanted to wear clothes requiring hard ironing, such as linen and duck and nankeen, should not do the ironing with their strong hands and muscles. But those mothers were exceptions in a world of over indulged sons, yet we doubt not that thoy made matters easy for their future daughters-in-law, who without wishing their husbands to do such labor, or to effeminize themselves in any similar way, yet reaped the benefit of those husbands' having been early taught to consider tbe rights of wivef and daughters and sisters.
But other selfishnesses as irritating as the grasping of the best seat and best light and best novel and first chance at book or newspaper can be met with at every turn in many families the selfishness, let us say, that, having views on any questions conflicting with the views of another, will give voice to those views in season and out of season, and obtrude them even to the injury of the feelings of others, and if not early and late insisting upon them, yet never failing to read the fragment from book or journal unpleasantly supporting them, and indulging in the audible sniff or sneer or outspoken innuendo, if such a thing there be, an every occasion where the indulgence is possible, a selfishness that shows a consciousness of the value of no one's views but one's own, and treats tbe individuality of all others with contempt
A similar selfishness is that which disregards engagements, which considers the promise to be at home on a certain day or a fixed hour as of no weight beside the inconvenience of keeping tbe engagement, and who, in this manner, disturbs the household arrangements by making meals wait, while servants grow impatient and unwilling, and eyes grow tired with watching ami ears with listening, just as much as the almost precisely opposite selfishness insists upon the keeping of such promises and engagements, even to the point of positive discomfort and injury to the other party, who perhaps cannot keep them without such injury, and could be excused by one with any unselfish care. One would find it hard to come to the end of a statement of these small acts of selfishness which infest tbe household, and hurt it through a burning sense of tho injustice done by them and it is a question if, with tbe present imperfection of human nature, we shall ever quite escape them they are as countless as gnats In a storm, and as vexatious.—Harper's Basar.
A 950,000 Catalogue.
eteran Librarian Saunders, of tbe Astor library, when asked by a reporter regarding the progress of the work on the new catar logue, said that be hoped to have tbe second volumo out in about six weeks. It is expected to have tbe two following and concluding volumes completed with greater speed and tbey will probably be done next year. Four men have been engaged upon tbe work for six years and tbe cost will exceed $50,000. volume is to consist of about 1,100 pages and 1,030 copies of each will be printed, tbe idea being, it is understood, to present a copy to each of tbe great libraries of this country and Europe.
Tbe first volume of tbe new catalogue has already been found vary convenient Special p{M have been taken to ascertain the full ratmtm of authors, tbe tjrp® is large, and tbe arrangement of titles and names is a decided improvement on anything heretofore attempted of this kind. The old catalogue, which was also in four volumes, was printed between tbe years 1857 and 1861. The number of volumes in tbe library at tbe end of last year, according to Superintendent IVihMm Little, was 221,490, an increase of 00,000 in tbe last ten years. The total number of readers a year is now about 5,000. Tbe fund for tbe maintenance of the library Is $411,550, and tbe endowment fnnd is $1,412,374.77. Tbo insurance on the books alone jrxsebet $230,000, and tbat on tha taffldftiff fa) $100,000.—New York Mail and Eipita
A Traveled Dog.
A traveled dog named Ned died tbe other day in Otis, Mass. He h& been over Europe, Asia and Africa. Ned was in his 90th year. He bad crossed tbe Atlantic sixteen times and traveled 30,000 miles.—Saw York Grapfcfc.
Switzerland Greatly Overrated./ M. Albert Delpit, cue of the petchroniquera of Tho Figaro, has been on a visit to Switzerland, and has come back with an attack of spleen, which he vents on that country. There is just enough truth in his strictures to give tbem piquancy. Ho says it is simply snobbishness that makes tourists go into ecstacies about them. Of course he is aware that he will be accused of sacrilege in attacking the country of William Tell, but thai will not prevent him from declaring that Switzerland is greatly overrated—that, la short, it is not only ridiculous, but grotesqna not only ugly, but hideous. Everything there is conventional. Its marvelous sights aro composed of a pieco of greensward, a torrent, half a mountain and afield of clover.
He cannot understand why tho Alps should be more frequented than the Pyrenees, whera the air is purer, the landscape more picturesque and life gayer. He complains that tha papers, which are full of the beauties of Switzerland, have seldom a word of praisa for the charm of the Pyrenees, There ara other parts of France which tourists neglect, simply because they are nearer home. Scorea of excursions might be named which for real beauty and pleasure throw Switzerland in the shade. M. Delpit could understand Brighton, or the Isle of Wight becoming tha fashion among French tourists, becausa France possesses no seaside places equal to them. But Switzerland, used-up, extortionate, methodical Switzerland, he will not listen to, and says if only a few of his broth* pressmen would join him they would sicken tbe world of it—Boston Transcript
A Preparer of Almanacs.
Lawrence J. Ibacb, a queer old chap,
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President Lincoln was an inventor. Tbo first installment of his "Life" in Tho Century contains roduced foe-similes of drawings in tho patent office, on which was obtained a patent for "A. Lincoln's improved manner of buoying vessels."
Consumption of Pig Iron.
A contemporary says: "Wo consumed much more pig iron the first six months of this year than during the corresponding period of last year." Better move back to the old boarding house.—Now Haven. Nwnk
The King of Holland.
The king of Holland is an admirer of American institutions. Ho heats his palace at Amsterdam with an American base burning coal stove, and he has his eye on a tin egg poacher.—New York Journal.
St. Jacobs Oil deadens pain and make*' tho larne walk. Major Arnold, of the Occidental Hotel, San Francisco, Cal., was complotoly cured of rheumatism by its use.
Sleepy Hollow, N. Y., has a widow 14 years of age who nana 2-months-old baby left to comfort her. v1
Lung troubles are speedily relieved and cured by the ase of "PomeroyV Petroline Plasters."
A Philadelphia sign reads: VTceth' pulled while you wait."
When irritation of the throat caused tickling cough, use Red Star Cough Cure,: which will effect immediate and permanent relief. One of Brooklyn** Board of Health officers recommends It as purely vegetable and perfectly harmless. Price, 25 cents.
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but wise, a blacksmith once, but now physical wreck, lives in Newniantown, Leb-"* anon county, Pa. He learned astronomy aft. odd moments in his shop, mastered the task of preparing an almanac, and now calculates .? for twenty-five almanacs. For all this ha only gets $500 a year.—New Orleans Tiinc*» Democrat
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"Papa," she said, softly and blushingly* "young Mr. Sampson is in tho parlor and wishes to speak with you.7' Then she sank into an easy chair, and her heart beat aa fiercely that it made the gas fixtures rattle.
Presently tho old man returned. "Oh, papa," she said, "did ho—was ha— whit did he wantf "He wanted to borrow two cents to over to Brooklyn with," said the disappointed old gentleman.—New York Sun.
-v A Corean Dwarf.:
We see by Tho Shunpao that there is ia, Corean dwarf measuring two feet and a halt in height His head is ono foot long, hia body is about tho same length, and his legr moasure fivo inches only. The length of hia feet is over a foot, and he is obliged to crawl in and out of his house. Tho Corean dwarf is 27 years of age, aud is a far moro wonderful creature than Tom Thumb.—Celestial Empire. Shanghai.
A Miss of 0 to Her Dolls.
Here's the queen, my dears, in her gQt coach, drawn by six horsos. Do you see her scepter poking out of tho carriage window! She governs the nation with that. And now look at tho beautiful bright water. There's tbe island whero tho ducks live. Ducks are happy creatures. They have their own way in everything, and they!re good to eafc wheat thevre dead.—Wilkie Collins in "Evil Genius." •$.
He Said He Could.
"Can you conceive," asked tho professor, "en eternal vaccum, a portion of space unoocupied, an empty void, into which nothing ever enters, from which nothing can over come, which maintains inviolato and forever its own eternal emptiness?" "I can," replied the student "I have a stylograpbic pen."
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