Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 43, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 April 1887 — Page 3

SCIENCE AND^iPROGRESS.

AN AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECTOR AT TELEPHONES.

A French Scientist Tell* How to Descend Into Well* Without Accident from Suffocation—'The New Explosive,

Koburitf, for Use in Blasting. j?

Considerable interest is manifested in "roburite," a new explosive manufactured in Germany ami about to be introduced into this country for use in blasting operations.

The composition and process of manufacture of tliis explosive are kept secret, but the general understanding is that it consists of two non explosive and harmless substances, of such a nature that they may be stored or transported without special precautions or restrictions. These two substances may lie mixed together when required, and in combination become roburite, a yellowish substance.

EXPERIMENT WITH EOBUKITE—TIO. 1. Industries, in an illustrated and descriptive) article on the subject of this new •explosive, makes the following statements: Intense heat is necessary to explode roburite. In order to prove this the explosive, in recently conducted experiments at

Manchester. England, was placed between two plates, which were freely rubbed together and hammered, and a small quantity thrown upon a lire wns consumed without exploding.

EXPERIMENT WITH KOBUKITE—FIG.

In order to obtain an idea of the explosive effectiveness of

roburite,

night ounces of

tho

explosive were placed on a plate of the very best steel, nit tho point marked A in Fig. 1, which shows tho state of the plate after the explosion. This plate wns 3 feet square by yt inch thick, and a bulgo of about 1 foot diameter and !i' inches deep was caused by the explosion. Twelve ounces of tho explosive worn then placed at A (Fig. 3) on a cast iron plate, inches thick, and weighing nearly threo tons. After the explosion the plate was found to 1)0 broken transversely, in the manner shown in the engraving. Unlike dynamite, roburite is said to 1k in no way affected by varying temperatures, and if duly protected against damp, it may bo kept for years in any climate, without its efficiency becoming in any way impaired. It is also elaimcd by the manufacturers that roburite has an explosive forco greater than dynamite by at least 25 per cent.

In exploding rolmrito does not produce noxious gases, and, therefore, may lie used without intermission, while the poisonous gases given off by dynamite ofton necessitate "thostoppago of work, in some cases for a considerable time. This new explosivo is applicable for use in mines and quarries, and for torjxsdoos and blasting operations generally. _______

Descending Into Wells.

M. 0reliant mid paper recently liefore the Paris Biological society on ''The prevention of accidents from suffocation while dewending into wells." After referring to the cause of the suffocation, namely, carbonic acid gas and tho well known expedient of lh"st lowering an animal'into the well, he gave the following directions for ventilation: A stovepipe ten or twelve feet longer than the well is deep is to 1* secured by wires in thenvisof the well a grate on which afire can Ihj built is I hen to Iks placed around this pipe at the level of (he ground, unci a second pi|x\ larger than the first, is then to lie placed upon the grate, with tho first pipe inside, and on the grate and lietween the two pipes a fire is to bo built. The inner pipe being heated, a current is orented. resulting in tbo ascent of the impure nir of the well nnd its if placement by fresh air from without,

Collecting Toll nt Telephones. An automatic toll taking device has been Invented to be attached to telephones at public or pay stations. The mechanism in the telephone box is SO arranged that the tele phono will not operate until acoin of certain size and weight dropped into a slit in front acta upon a switch lever, thereby making electrical connection between the transmitter and the lino wire. The act of hanging the receiving telephone, after use, in tho place provided for it, drops the coin into ft till and releases the switch lever, thereby breaking the electrical connection and "setting the trap" for the next user.

New Method of Platinising Metals. In this new method the metallic object is covered with a mixture of borate of lead, oxide of copper ami spirit of turpentine, and submitted to a temperature of from 250 to 1130 degrees. This deposit, upon melting, spreads i» a uniform layer over tho object. Then a second coat is laid on, consisting of borate of lead, oxide of copper and oil of lavender. Next, by means of a brush, the object is covered with a solution of chloride of platinum, which is finally croworted at a temperature of not more than 200 degrees.

The platinum adheres firmly to the surface and exhibits a brilliant aspect, tf tho depositbe made upon the first coat the platinum wilt have a deait appearance. Platinixing in this way costs, rays Lp Genie Civil, about onetenth the price of nickel plating.

Cowboy*' Care for "Loco** Poisoning. Dr. Wilcox, of Washington, D. C., says in The Medical Record that the cowboys of Idaho treat animals affected "loco" poisoning by ampntalfftg the tails of the affected animals. The paralyses is due to congestion of the spinal cbortl, the posterior parts of the body flrst nfT«*ed. The plants which are ti^rged with producing this poisoning are oxytroplji kmWrtii, astragalus ittoUirtanss. and poariblyotl .- -tof the ksguroinom The cowboy* call plants "larkspur,** although, according to sek«es true larkspur i* not found in their line of march, nor at tho season when loco potioitiug occurs.

Imitating Ebony.

Ebon? may he imitated on wo *1 by iftnrt painting with a I per at. of sulphate of copper. When pt:-v'v dry the wood fas painted #w witH a Ife, of equal of a- ne hydr tawdds and •pirtS* of Tb uevitr action the aniline and form* ntgrosto, a Mack which oattnut bo affected by acids or alkalies. A luttrw can be added

tqr

•opal varnish.

coating wiU^stanpIs

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Queries from the People on All Sorta of Sat^jects. Plfeage^glve me a fuQ explanation .of

difference between a abtre and any Other town? Publishers caution contributors to write only on oneside of the paper. Why? Suppose I use common commercial note am I to write on one side of the sheet? (on the first and last pages) or on

one

ride of each leaf, on the first and third pages. STUDEHT. The difference comes from the early division of. England (by Alfred or ear lifer), into shires or counties, and the joining of houses in a neighborhood, for the purposes of protection in former rude times, and called tho borough. Each has distinct political privileges, which extend to the towns they comprise. Thus, in England, there are what are called municipal and parliamentary boroughs, the former being a town (Liverpool, for instance) having a municipal government, and the latter a town or district (sometimes including several municipal boroughs), that sends a member or members to parliament.

SJ. The object in writing only on one side of the paper is that the manuscript can be cut into parts, and cach part given to a different printer. The questioner will readily see that this would lo impossible when letters overlay each other on two sides of a sheet.

Queries.

Please give the origin or

"April

fool," and why

used on the first day of April? Also, the conceded cause of equinoctial gales and storms. R. A. S. 1. The custom of sending people on empty errands exists all over the world. Oriental «chotors say it wan derived from the nuli feast among the Hindoos, where there is a similar custom.' Others say it comcs fro.n a celebration of Christ's bein sent about, between Herod, Pilate and Caiaplius*

2. it has been supposed that there'is connection between storms liable to occur at the equinoctial periods (21st of March and September), and tho fact that tho ecliptic or apparent track of the sun as the earth revolves about it. vibrating as it does north and south of the equator about 23 degs.,) crosses it at these dates. If there is any foundation for the supposition it has never been demonstrated. *r

Origin of the Indian.

Please be so kind as to answer the following question: When Columbus came*to Anierico the country was inhabited by Indians. How came they here? Gums H.

Some say they came from Asia others, from the Phoenician and Corthagenian colonies. Some Biblical echolai-s have agreed that they descended from the lost tribes of Israel. One who has been much among them Bays that tradition, as well as what meager history we have in the premises, tend to show that tiiey came from northeastern Asia, and are an offshoot from the Murntchoo Tartars, lit the case of the Navajoes and Apaches it is clearly proved that they are known as Athabascans. Tho Shoshone race, from which ^otne tho present Shoshones, Arrapahoes and Comanches, came down from British America so recently that the source of their emigration is clearly proved. After them came the Cheyennes and kindred races. Next, tho Sioux, exjielled so recently from British America that tf,00Q still remain there. Then tho Cliippowas and Crees, who drovo out the Sioux. All these point to tho Athabascan basin as the place of their origin. Tho Mininis, who were our aborigines on the Wabash river, were ili-sb found by tho French In northern Iowa, and the Shawnees. who oiire lived in Florida, can be traced to the shores of Lake Erie. Races nearer the gulf a roof it different origin, I

Governor Cleveland's Majority. What was Cleveland's majority when elected governor ot New York? Willie P.

Tho vote stood: Cleveland (Dem.), fi3T,niS Folger (llep.), .112,404 Hopkins (Pro ), 25,783. Cleveland's plururity over Folger was 102,--m:

A Half Forgotten Matter. ,' A subscribe! has Kent us a cop}' of certain utterances attributed to Neal Dow, of Maine, asking if Meal Dow over wrote them. They have been referred to their alleged author, win* says that he did not write them, but adds that, be did write something somewhat similar. It was years ago tho matter has been in a measure forgotten. Mr. Dow seems quite anxious that it shall not be revived. "I sfjjlK t* Whlttler Lives.

Are linlpli Waldo Emerson, John 3. Whittler and William Cullen Bryant all living? N Emerson and Bryaut are dead. Wbittier is living.

The Prophetic Ooosebone.

Can you give me the marks on the goose

The ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians and Romans had a knowledge of seme things in chemistry which we do not possess. Such as to niako malleable glass. They also knew how to color and guild glass by a process unknown to us. Bronio and copper were tempered to the hardness of steel, and of this the Egyptians made their edged tools. Paints were mixed, whose colors imperishable at least they have existed fresh for 4,OOQl years. At Damascus they made blades of steel which could be bent into a circlo and would fly back into perfect lino. Neither this nor the gold tracery in their steel can we imitate to-day. We do not know how Kings Rameses and Thotmes transported monoliths and elevated them on to the Pyramids though we cookl do the same to-day by other processes. Artisans and chemists have in vain tried to reproduce iridescent glass which archaeologists have brought to light, litis dors not complete the catalogue, but it is enough to show that the ancients were by do orakilkd.

An raanowered Letter.

A genfV-ian who has been my corrwpoBflPBl for sou*- nnths has not awmrrd my lost letter. Sow, 1 vltli have the cormpoodrocc revived, tat not I: .r.k It is my place to write again till hear-»«*f*«•-v test letter, una jot please aditenetHMiM do without appearing to ha tooaaxioa*? Laux B.

If yoa are sore your last letter was received yoBcannotdo anything, so far as writing cuoosrwd. As to (bite advice, some oos bearer to yon %oold bo bstter pnpandto (tre it

YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.

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what a

Shire town 1st, also a borongb town. What is

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EASTER GAMES, AS PRACTICED AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Kites Used by Philosophers in Electrical and Locomotive Experiments The Boy's Kite for Fnn-»How the Lat#eg,

May De made In Faney Patterns. S The kite, so named because originally made in the shape of a bird called the kit®, is not orly a favorite toy with young folks, but it has occasionally beat applied to useful and curious purposes by philosophers. By means of a kite formed of a silk handkerchief stretched over a wooden frame, Dr. Franklin drew down lightning from tho clouds and demonstrated its identity with electricity. Jinny years ago Air. Podock, of Bristol, is reported to have travelled on the road between Bath and London in a carriage drawn by two paper kites supported at a moderate elevation and impelled by the wind. We do not, however, expect our readers to perform any electrical or locomotive experiments with their kites, but we are sure they will derive great amusement from, their little aerial machines, especially if they manufacture Uitni with their own hands.

FANCY KITES.

To make a kite, select for tbeupriglitagood straight lath, as A, B, in the plain kito shown in the cut. Next procure half of a thin hoop or cane for tho bow C, D, and then tie the hoop to the upright at A, and take care to have as much on one side of tho upright as on the other, otherwise your kite will be sure to fall on one side when flying. Notch tho two ends of the bow C, D, and tie a long piece of string to D, pass it round the upright at E and then fasten' it at next carry the string to A, pass it down to D, and tie it there from thence it is to be continued to B, passed round a notch there, and carried up again to C, then down the upright at and up to D, where it is to be finally fastened off. The skeleton being thus finished the next thing to bo done is to paste several sheets of paper so as to form a surface large enough to cover the kite and allow of a little turn over to fasten the outer edges after you have pasted the paper on to tne skeleton you must make two holes in the uprights as at G, G. through which tbo bellyband is to lie passed, knotting the two ends of the string to keep it from .slipping through the holes. The wings are to be inade of several sheets of paper cut into slips, rolled close up so as to bear some resemblance to a tas sel, and tied to tho sides of the kite at C, D. The tail, which should be about fifteen times the length of tho kite, is made by folding a number of pieces of paper so as to be about an inch in breadth and four inches in length, nnd afterward tving them on a string at intervals of three incnes, and is finished by nfBxing to the end of the string a large tassel made in the same manner as the wiiigs. Tie the string with which you intend to fly the kite to the bellyband, and your kite is complete and ready for service.

Ingenious bdys can readily make fancy kites. A very funny effect may be produced by painting a kite like a sailor, and attaching movable arms, instead of tjie ordinary t«ssel wings, to the shoulders. We present our readers with two suggestive forms which aro quite novel. All fancy kites should be painted with the most glaring colors, and the figures on them drawn as c-oai-sely as possible, as they are intended to lie seen at a great distance.

Easter Games hj»1 Cii

bone

which indicatc the temperature of seasons J. Among many people tho indications of the gocwebone are implicitly believed. Tho prophetic bone, it is said, can only be obtained from a goose that was hatched in the spring and not killed till tbo Indian summer has passed away. A breastbone taken from a goose whose time of birth and death fulfills these conditions is said to have a row of dots around the keel, indicating the temperature. The marks dividing tho bone arc said to indicate the three winter months, and the darker spots in tho row mentioned the colder weather that may be expected. It is not every one who knows how to consult tho bone and extract its secrets.

The Ixwt Arts.

What were tho lost arts? D. L. All we know of them it by indications of their practice, which we find in works that have survived decay. Of their nu uber only a few can be mentioned in our brief space.

The exact origin of tho pretty custom of offering fancy eggs at Easter i.j somewhat ««brouded in mystery, but tho custom continues just the same, for all that. In this roun try children who live in or near large cities are favored with Easter eggs mado of rich confectionery, or of china filled with sweet meats. In country towns the young people depend more for their eggs on colored ones prepared at homo. In far away Russia loys and girls, on Easter Mouday, play at the curious Easter game depicted in tho annexed engraving, which was originally designed for American Agriculturist

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KASTEH GAMS IN RUSSIA.

One of the.group, usually the oldest, starts an egg down-an inclined board, her object being to strike and scatter thonof the expectant playmates that He'on tbo ground. Each one in turn sends an egg down the inclined plane. The one. who hits or scatters the largest number of eggs of course wins the game, which, if one may judge by the earnest faces of the children as seen in the picture, must beta vary interesting ooe.

To Render We|er Luminous. Young stodenta of chemistry will be interested to learn how to render the surface of water phosphorescent. Wet a lump of fine sugar with pbosphoruced ether, and throw it intoabasin(6f waiter the surface of the water will become luminous, and show beautifully in the dark by gently blowing upon it, phosphorescent undulations will bo formed, which will illumine the air above tie fluid for a considerable space. In winter the water must be rendered blood warm.

Simple Exercises.

"Knucklo downf is «, 'very good feat It consists in placing toes against a line chalked or. the floor, kneeling down and getting up again, without using the bands, or moving the teat from the line. "Prostrate and perpendicular" is another simple exercise:

Ctosb yoor arms on yoar body. He down on yoor back, aod tfaon get np again, without using either your elbows or hands in doing so.

Iiwan'i Girl.

Rseemsa very funay thing, and yet I know lt"s true* that msmma wee al*tlegbi—UUle, Hke me sad you. She rolied her hoop and jumped the rope, asd dressed ber doO, 1 s*po9e Perhaps sometimes anewasa'Y good and tore her

Sunday dattos.

Bat mamma most ham been so very sweet, I

Would like to be jest like bar, and so I mean to try. And when grandma met me nod. shell say. "Dear nsfc, Tm mam that Jo is Exactly tike harsBOCher was Ixmt treaty yean qpf -OeMas Dajra.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIIi.

PH?$IOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

Mysterious Ailments—Brijfht's Disease. A Foreign Invention.

"A mvsterious dispensation of Providence, remarked a lady, returning from the funeral of a third victim to diphtheria, in one and the same house. "Humph," replied her companion, "Providence indeed! Mr. Blanks cellar is fuJl of rotting potatoes!"

When epidemics of diphtheria and the like break out in cities, they are usually attributed to faulty sewerage, bad conditions of tenements, etc. When occurring in the country— the supposed abode of pure air and pure water—their origin is to a great many minds "mysterious." "Mr. Blank's potatoes", however, would account for a good many eases. In addition to this canse might be mentioned the contamination of the water supply by abad relation of the well to the cess pool and other excavations or even its contamination from surface drainage. Toward the end of the winter we are accustomed to hear of the ravages of diphtheria in isolated households, in country neighborhoods and in villages. It is then that the filth that has been frozen up all winter is put into solution and carried by heavy ruins into the well or the neighboring stream from which water for household use is drawn—the pure, limpid brook of the poets. From such a well or brook people fill their systems with the germs of disease. Ignorance or disregard of sanitary precautions is too often the "mysterious something" that brings sudden sickness and death to households with tho coming of spring, gentle spring.

Bright'* Disease.

In an article referring to Bright's disease, Scmmola, of Naples, emphasises the remarkable sensibility of the skin of sufferers from this trouble to variations of temperature. Such patients are exceedingly sensitive to cold, and he would not allow them to come in contact with it in any preventable way. Violent massage and muscular exercise he disapproves of, as well as of cold baths. Each produces too great shock nnd depression. The hygienic treatment advised is to live ill a dry and equable climate, to entirely avoid exposure or going out in severely cold weather, and, rather than venture out for exercise into a temperature below 18 or 20 dogs., C., to practice mild indoor gymnastics.

Alleged Cure for Pulmonary Trouble. An apparatus to enublo a person to breatho the outside air while sitting indoors in a warm room is credited to foreign invention. It consists of a simple tube communicating through tho window with the external air. At one end of it an attachment to lit over the mouth and nose is placed. The inventor claims that tubercle bacilli are destroyed by a low temperature, and therefore pulmonary phthisis may be cured by breathing freely air through this apparatus.

ltcmedies People Advise.

Clam broth for a weak stomach, Fumes of sulphur to break up a cold. Hot cloths wrung out of a decoction of lobelia for neuralgia.

Cloths wet with a weak, lukewarm solution of°sal soda for rheumatism. -s., The juice of a lemon, taken three times day in a cup of clear, strong coffoe, for chill and fever.

Diluted lime water for a bad breath. Ammonia, applied with a bit of clean cotton wool, for an aching tooth.

A bit of grated wild turnip, the size of bean, and saturated with spirits of turpentine, for a felon.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Manners and Customs Practiced in Polite Soclcty. Wedding invitations require no answer. People who live at a distance and cannot attend send their cards to assure their hosts that the invitation reached its destination. If, however, an answer is requested, as is often the case where it is a home wedding, carelessness in sending one would be inexcusable. Where an invitation to a house wedding has been received a call is imperative very soon after tho wedding. Evening weddings do not differ essentially from day weddings, except that the bridegroom wears evening dress. The old idea that every one may kiss the bride is nearly exploded. To relatives only is the privilege accorded. The wedding tour is by no means obligatory. A newly married couple often issue their "At Home1' cards and begin housekeeping at. once.

First Advauees.

A lady who is fully assured of her own respectability, who has always lived in the lest society, is never afraid to bow first or to call first or to introduce people whom she may desire to know each other. She perhaps pre sumes on ber position, but if she possesses tact, rarely offends by so doing. No one of heart or mind, sayB a social authority, need feel afraid to talk and be agreeable to guests at a friend's hodse, whether introduokl or not even if she meets with a rebuff, she is iu the right In Europe the roof tree is sufficient introduction, and ir so considered by many leaders of fashionable society In this country.

A Widow's Mourning.

In England there is a strictly observed etiquette which defines the depth of mourning to be worn in any relationship and the time of its continuance. In our country all this is so much a matter of personal option as to become quite perplexing. Trustworthy authority informs questioners in regard to widows' mourning, that for the first twelve months the dress and mantle must be of Henrietta cloth or bombazine. The widow1* cap must be worn for a year and a day and for that time only. The bonnet should be entirely of crepe with a widow's cap tacked inside, and is worn with a crepe veil with a deep hem. Crepe cloth Is a good material for a walking or rough dress. After twelve montlis have passed, and the widow's cap i* laid aside, silk, heavily trimmed with crepe, may be worn for six months, when the crepe may be sensibly lightened, and jet fringe or passameateries used. After another three months crepe may be discarded, and at the end of two yean half mourning may be worn for four or five months, the change to gray and lilac being made gradually. For tb-» first yqpr the widow should accept no invitations, and it is in the worst possible taste for ber to be seen in places of public resort. Alter the first year she may gradually resume her place in society. Thus it will be seen that the lobgest period of mourning for a widow is thrae years.

How to Shake Hands.

There is a right and a wrong way to dhake hands. It is horrible whan one% onoffending digits are seized as if in a viae and wrong and squeezed until ooe feels as If they were reduced to a jeHy. It is not lew horrible to find them lying hi a nervekw, limp clasp that makes an response to your hearty greeting: Shake hands as if you meant it—swiftly, stresoomly. courteously, neither otitic undue pressure nor tailing wholly supine.

P. P. cards are the only ones it is neiranally conridsml pannlssihis to asad by 4- 'i i'••fir/ ri

UNLUCKY BUILDINGS.

HOUSES NOTED FOR FIR6S, SUICIDES AND OTHER CALAMITIES.

Tenements Whleh, for No Apparent Cause, Are Sure to Make Trouble for Both Owners and Tenants-vA "Hoo

dooed" House. "I am not superstitious, as a general rule," said a Liberty street real estate dealer, as he cruised about the exchange looking for unwary buyers the other day, "but in the course of twenty years' experience in renting and selling property in New York, I have noticed things that it seemed impossible to explain except by luck or fate. There are some buildings in this city, which for no apparent cause, are as sure to make trouble for their owners and tenants as the sun is to shine. No amount of care or prudence will make them profitable, while buildings right next to them, which are neg'octed by owners and abased by tenants will bo lucky all the time. There isabuildiug on Church street where a suicidc has occurred once in every twelve months for years. It is a good building, light, well constructed, desirable in every way, but you can't get half the rents for it that you can in tho next building, because it has the reputation of being what people who use slang call a 'hoodoo,' and every tenant who goes into it is haunted by the fear that he is going to fail or be burned out, or lose his mother-in-law. It's all on account of those suicides. They have given it a bad name, and that's a thousand times harder to drive out of a bouse than rats. "I know a tenement house on the east side that is given over to fires. Tho landlord has made tho most extraordinary efforts to prevent them, hired watchmen, put in fire proofing, automatic alarms, kept tho police on the alert, but fires aro the rule in that house, and now you can scarcely hire people to live in it. It. isn't incendiarism. I suppose it's what cool, scientific people would call mere coincidence, but most persons would say it was luck. The house is 'hoodooed' iii ^the mituls of tenants, anyway. s^ 1J

UNDESIRABLE TENANTS.

'•"There are some houses which none but undesirable tennnts will occupy in spite of everything you can do. I know a man who recently came into possession of a fine building not a stone's throw from this exchange, which had been given up to rag lofts in spito of the efforts of the former owner to get them out. He spent more than $10,000 in fixing up the building, made over the rooms into handsome offices, put in an elevator and mado tho rents low. The building is in a locality for office renters, and hi a short time it was full of desirable tenants. The man congratulated himself on his foresight and wisdom. In a month one tenant failed, another skipped to Canada, another elojied with his landlady. The signs came down, the people wout out, and in a year the rag lofts were back again. I don't know how to explain it, but you couldn't make money out of that building to save yotft* life. On the next corner wns a building not half as good or desirable in any way and the owner was clearing ing more than $20,000 a year from it. "One of tho most expensive buildings on lower Broadway is supposed to be 'hoodooed.' by the fact that part of the land it stands on is owned by an old miser who won't sell, but exacts an enormous rate for tho lease. Anyway, there are more failures in that building than in any other on the street tenants ore continually turning out to be defaulters, the elevator is continally falling on somebody, people aro always tumbling down stairs and breaking their limbs, children drop out of the windows, signs slip from their places, the steam heating apparatus is perpetually out of order, and the owner has worried himself to nfleshless bone.-—New York Mail and Express. '!'£».•'

Practical Kail road Men

Scarce.

When talking with tbo genial president of the New York Central railroad the other day tho conversation turned on the development of the railway systems of tho country. Said Mr. Depcw: "Few people havo any idea of the extent and complexity of tho railroads of this country. And scarcely any one but those who have tried it realizes tho difficulties in tho way of successfully operating them. Tho largo expense involved and tho keen competition met on overy hand render the problem of how to make a railroad pay one which comparatively few can solve. In fact, our roads havo lately grown so rapidly that the number of men who aro properly equipped to manage them successfully is very limited. When the interstate commission was recently created I gave it as opinion that it would be almost impossible for tho president to secure as commissioners practical railroad men of recognized ability, owing to tbo small salary attached to the office. This was taken up by pajicrs all over the country. "'How is this, Mr. Depew,' they said, 'when many of our ablest divines, judges and journalists don't get more than $5,000 a year? Why, then, should a railroad commissioner get moreP they demanded. "The reasons, I think, are obvious. Practical railroad men are already employed. Men who can make a railroad pay can command almost any salaries they choose. Stockholders of roods mast havo them at any price if they wish to keep their companies solvent. Professor Huxley would not be likely to make a successful business man, and a large mercantile concern would not bo very safe in his hands. In the same way tbo management of a great railway could not be safely intrusted to one of our ablest divines. It is the special ability to make tbo road pay that is valuable."—New York Commercial Advertiser.

That extreme tired feeling which Is so distressing and often so unaccountable in the spring months, is entirely overcome by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which tones the whole body, purifies the blood, cures scrofula and all humors, cures dyspepsia, creates an appetite, rouses the torpid liver, braces up the nerves, and clears the mind. We solicit a comparison of Hood's Sarsaparilla with any other blood purifier in the market for purity, economy, strength, and medicinal merit.

Tired all the Time

"I had no appetite or strength, and felt tired all the time. I attributed my condition to scrofulous humor. I bad tried several kinds of medicine without benefit. But as soon it I had taken half a bottle of Hood's gartaparma, my appetite waa restored, and my stomach felt better. I have now taken nearly three bottles, and I never was so well."

Mm. Jiwx F. Dolbkabx,

Pascoag,

Mia. a W. Marriott, Lowell, Mass., was completely cured of sick headache, which sM jhadw years, by Hood's Sarsaparilla.

MRS. BEECHER'S LETTERS.

How Site Spared Her Husband Pain by Keeping Tales of Woe From Rim. S. E. Adams, of this city, is in possession oT letters written by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecherin 1881 and 1883, in which she speaks of tbe trying times growing out of tho Beecher-TO— ton scandal* their own poverty and Mr. Beecher's arduous duties. These letter®, prove her sublime self abnegation.

Under date of Feb. 8, 1881, Mi-s. Beecher wrote: "You should seo 1 he immense pilo of unopened letters before me, the punishmeat» for a two days' absence from the city. Nearly nine-tenths

arc

addressed to Mr. Beechei\ but

he never reads letters unless there is som» matter that ho alone can decide, which is uofc often the case. Thousands come to us that he never sees, consequently they do not trouble his brain, or, what would bo more serious, grieve his tender heart. All correspondence is left to mo, one of the cheerfully accepted but onerous duties resulting from bering the wife of such a man."

On June 7,1882. she writes: "The pitiles» blackmail persecution to which my husband! was subjected a few years ago turned oiur heads white before our time and nearly broks» my heart at last That trial cost us $1G0,000l Wo were not worth $60,000. Tho impression* seems to bo general that he is a wealthy maix. Ho never was, but when comfortably well oflT his overflowing generosity enabled him to lay by nothing of any account. Sometimes no\w if 1 did not discreetly purloin tho contents of his too liberal pockets the household expenses* would remain unpaid. He cannot help returning moneyless because of the talcs of woe that, seem to lie ill wait, for hi in upon the* street Since that terrible trial ho has worlioA incessantly, to the detriment of his health,, preaching, lecturing, writing, hoping to lift, the heavy mortage fix mi our homo here (Columbia Heights, Brooklyn), but it had to be* sold in tho spring."

On Nov. 7, 1882, Mrs. Beecher alludos to tho "two or three bushels of letters that have* accumulated during Mr. Beecher's vacation^, to say nothing of all that followed us into the* country." She speaks of the innumerable petitions for help, and exclaims, "Oh, that~ the whole world could know that we arc* poor, poor, poor in everything but the ability to grieve for wo -s we have not the power to» aid. From the letters I havo classed ana genuine I find that tho sums so pitifully ploaded for aggregate over Sl0,000."

Referring to this subject, in another letter^ she says "What can I do but half break: my heart over sorrows that my dear hus'oandC could not alleviate were they known to him!? It would make him ill to read the letttorsw This suffering I can spare lu'm."

In bor self abnegation slu makes no moatxi "because this suffering is vicariously visitedl upon her." Iu a letter written in December.. 1882, she speaks once more of that "infaiuoaat blackmail scheme," nnd adds: "I am confident that history will refer to it as the mostu cruel and conscienceless of this or any other century."—Detroit Special in New Yoris. YVr.rl.1

Don't Get Caught

This spring with your blood full of Impurities, your digestion impaired, your appetite* poor, kidneys and liver torpid, and wltolrsystem liable to be prostrated by disease—bnt get yourself Into good condition, and reader for the changing and warm weather, bjr taking Hood's Karsaparllla. It stands unequalled for purifying the blood, giving aifc appetite, and for a general spring medicine. t-f

Oi l.Tin of Somo Political Phrases* "Where do you go from here?" "I go to my home in Mansfield, where I intend to take a solid-week's rest." "You're going home to look after yoor fences, of coursef

Tho senator laughed heartily. "Do you know." he inquired, "how thatecpression originated? No? Then I'll tell yent Whilo I was secretary of the treasury I coma* home to Mansfield for a few days atone time. As soon us 1 got there there wns an influx off newspaper correspondents from all partst. Somo of them announced that I was getting* ready to run for governor others that I wnns working up a boom for tho presidential uon»inateon. One of them came to mo and boldly asked me w,hnt I was doing in Ohio. It Jarib happened that on that day I had contmct«dl with a man to repair some fences on my pbcen» that were in a tumble down condition. when that newspaper man asked mo what was doing in Ohio I told him that I had comcs homo to look after my fences. He published# what I said, the expression was taken upfcy the papei'S ond went all over. It has e*i been used on some occasions in tho BrfUala parliament. It's funny how tlie» politka* expressions originate. In some city just 1 fore election the Democrats employed an temense uumlier of laborers to lay water pipi That's what gave rise to the expression 'laying pipes.' You remember that at one thm» the Democrats were called Locofocos. During a Democratic meeting in New York the pa ticipnnts lxxrani? so turbulent that it becaams necessary to extinguish the lights. The pa*»ticipants, left in total darkness, pulled locofocos, as tho old fashioned matches w* called. That's how that name originated*— Enquirer Interview with Senator Sbermwfc.

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