Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 September 1888 — Page 3

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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST TO AMATEURS AND SCIENTISTS

Simple Experiments In Physic* That M»y Be Tested by Any One Without Expensive Apparatus, the Results of Which

Are Instructive nod Entertaining. A pretty fit rat' of cohesion—the force which holds mo/iles of matter together —Is shown in the first cat.

In the bottom of a suitable vessel Is placed a few drops of olive oil, and into the vessel is carefully poured a mixture of alcohol and water having the same specific gravity as the oiL The oil will be detached from the bottom of the vessel, nnd will, in consequence of tho cohesion of Its particles, assume a spherical form. Another method of performing this experiment is to introduce tho oil into the center of the body of dilute alcohol by meanc of a pipette. By careful manipulation a large globule of c«l may be introduce In Ml 0

way. Cohesion

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teiidi to cause RICH. liquids to assume a spheroidal form, but in the case of liquids in large nuuaes gravity causes them to assume the form of the vessel in which ^hey are contained. The tendency of liquids to assume a spheroidal form is seen in the rain and dew drops, in liquids dropped from bottles, also in liquids thrown in drops on surfaces which they do not moisten. Water spattered upon a surface covered lycopodium is an example of tfcia.

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NO. 2~A CURIOUS PHENOMENON. rrhe flrnt r«!prescnts volume of utfmixod alcohol and water. Tho second—Reduction of alcohol an:I water mixture.I

In tho case of tho mixture of water and alcohol, or water and sulphuric acid, a curious phenomenon is presented. Take alcohol and water, for example. Two equal volumes of alcohol and water, when mixed, occupy less cpace than when separate. If the sum of the volumes of tho two separate liquids is 100, tho volume of the mixture will bo only 94. In the case of tho mixture of sulphuric acid and water, the difference is greater.

An easy way to perform this experiment is to fill a narrow necked flask up to a line which may conveniently be marked by a rubber band around tho neck, then removing one-half of the water, measuring it exactly, and replacing It with a volume of alcohol exactly equal to that of the water removed. It will bo found that when the liquids are mixed, the mixture will not fill the flask up to the original mark.

A New Industry.

A new branch of industry, according to Iron, is to revolutionise tho loco trade. A New YwJ{ dealer is exhibiting a specimen of lace of an extremely delicate pattern, and so light that it can almost be blown away by a breath of air. This lace is made of steel rolled as fine as the point of a cambric needle. It is not woven, but stamped out of a sheet of low grade stool, so that it should not be too brittle. It was turned out of a small Pittsburg mill, and sent to the dealer to show what could be done in that line. In tho course of timo otlier patterns will be made, heavier, perhaps, but certainly more tenacious than this piece. There is said to be no question as to its durability, and its cheapness would make it the most salablo of all lncvfl on the market. It may create a revolution in the lace market if rust can be guarded against.

A Sand Storm at Sea.

The British steamship Glensuiel, from the East Indies, recently arrived at New York, reports a sand storm which occurred on the evening of July 10, while the vessel was making for Sues. When half way up tho Red sea a most terrific sand storm, which last«l nearly ten hours, suddenly swept down. It was impossible to see anything a ship's length away. The wind blow a gale, and it was found to be a dangerous experiment to stay on deck for any length of time. The sand was hot, and when It came into contact with the body, would sting like the point of a knife.

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Shot.

Under the name porcelain shot small white

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of velnin are made in Munich,

hese are di nned to take the placa of ordinary lead shot used for cleaning wine and medicine bottles, as porcelain is entn 'y free from the objection of producing I contamination. which is often the result when ordinary shot is used. Their hardness and rough surface producing, when shaken, greater friction, adapt the porcelain shot well for cutekly cleaning dirty and greasy bottles, and as they are not acted upon by acids or alkalies, almost any liquid can be

The t'nlted SttMs Vt»h

Commission.

Tbe United States flsh commission is tandcrta^'-? an extensive series of explorations of UM fauna of tbe river* of tbe Alleghany region. The work to in charge of Prole ™lX 8. Jordan,assisted by Professor P. P. akin*, Professor EL W. Ewrmaon and Mr. Barton A. Bran. Tbe basins of the Js », Roanoke, Holstom, French Bt JJ, Kin 1 Gatawba will be included In tbe work of

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•The Art of Paper Making).

Tbe art of paper took. .: has bed* pc'-r wbers- -rowing tw«iJ«ybee-iiown, inte *, and toraed ootasanewt* paper ail wtttin thirty««lx boars, carat lea* eo affirms Popular tSdsooa Hew*

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THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

A Project of Former Days—The Erie Canal—Completed in 1826. Tho Erie canal enterprise grew oat of the the Western inland Lock Navigation company, incorporated in 1792, with fifty members, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Mohawk river, and of opening a communication by canal to Seneca lake and Iflto Ontario. The route in question was carefully surveyed by Mr. Weston, a civil engineer from V-nghtnri, in company with Thomas Eddy. On the 4th of July, 1817, ground was first broken for the canal by James Richardson, on the middle section, in the vicinity of Rome, and from this date work did not cease for a single day until its completion in 1825. On tbe 23d of October, 1819, tbe first boat sailed on tbe Erie canal from Rome to Utica, with De Witt Clinton, then governor of the state, Chancellor Livingston, Gen. 8. Van Rensselaer and a large party of friends of tbe enterprise on board. This was a passenger boat named the Chief Engineer, in compliment to Benjamin Wright, and was dragged by a single horse. The work completed, the city of New York was naturally selected as the most suitable place for the canal celebration. On the morning of the 26tb of October, 1S25, the first flotilla of boats left Buffalo for New York, where the intelligence of its departure was received one hour and twenty minutes after, by the sound of cannon stationed along the line. The answer was returned in the same time and thus in less than three hours Buffalo had spoken to New York and received a reply.

On the 4th of November tbe fleet, consisting of the Chancellor Livingston, in which were Clinton and his party, with a long line pf canal packet boats in tow, arrived at New York and anchored near the state prison at Greenwich, amid the ringing of bells and the salutes of artillery. A grand naval procession was formed of all the vessels in port. Fireworks were set off in the park after a procession on shore.

Strong Maritime Powers.

Great Britain still has tbe largest navy, though she is closely pushed by France and Italy. Sho has one vessel carrying two 110ton guns, which have a penetrating power of thirty-six inches of iron four vessels with sixteen 68-ton guns, one with four 80-ton guns, five with sixteen 43-ton guns, and numerous other vessels. 8he has eleven seagoing vessels carrying from twenty to thirty inches of armor. France is her most formidable antagonist, with nine seagoing vessels with armor from twenty to thirty inches thick, and six with armor from eight to sixteen inches thick. She has on six vessels fourteen 75-ton guns that can penetrate twenty-seven inches of iron, on one vessel two 52-ton guns that can pierco twenty-five inches of iron, and on six vessels nineteen 48-ton guns that can pierce twenty inches of iron. Italy is a close third. She has five seagoing vessels carrying twenty 1

OS-ton guns that can pierce

thirty-two inches of armor and two with eight 101-ton guns that can pierce twentyeight inches of armor. Seven of her vessels carry armor from twenty to thirty inches thick. So, though Great Britain has the strongest navy alone, she has a bad show against France and Italy combined. Tho United States doubtless has the smallest navy of any nation of any size. Even whon our "new navy" is finished it will not compare in tonnage, in armor, in speed or in guns with the navies of the great European powers.

Presidential Candidates.

The following is a- complete list of the presidential candidates of tho two great parties: ir80. George Washington....No opposition 1798. .Georsre Washington No opposition 1700. .John Adams Thomas Jefferson 1800. .Thomas Jefferson John Adams 1B04. .Thomas Jefferson. C. C. Plnckney 1808.. James Bladlson C. C. Pinckney 1818..James Madison. De Witt Clinton 1816. .James Monroe. Rufus King. 1890. .James Monroe No opposition UiM..John Q. Adams Andrew Jackson 1838.. Andrew Jackson. John Q. Adams 1838. .Andrew Jackson Henry Clay 1896..Martin Von Buren William M. Harrison 1840.. William H. Harrison...Martin Van Buren 1844. .James K. Polk Henry Clay 1W8. .Zachary Taylor. Lewis Cass 1868..Franklin Pierce. Wlnfleld Scott I860..James Buchanan John C. Fremont 1800..Abraham Lincoln 8. A. Douglas 18&i. Abraham Lincoln Q. D. McCleUan 1868. .U. a Grant. Horatio Seymou) 1BT8..U. 8. Grant Horace Greeley 1870..R. a Ilayes. B. J. Tilden 1800.. James A. Garfield W. 8. Hancock 1884. .Grow Cleveland James G. Blaine 1888..Qrover Cleveloud Bcnj. H. Harrison

The Quarantine Act.

The Quarantine act approved by tbe president provides for tbe immediate establishment of eight new Federal quarantine stations at the following points: One at the mouth of Delaware bay one near Cape Charles, at tho entranco of Chesapeake bay )ite on tho Georgia const ono at or near Key Wert one in San Diego harbor one in San Francisco harbor, and one at or near Port Townsend, at tho entrance of Pugct Sound. Tbe aggregate sum appropriated for the establishment and maintenance during the present fiscal year is $611,200.

Porterhouse Steak.

Tne steak called porterhouse was evidently the steak sold in the public houses where porter was sold. Porter is a dark colored malt liquor, first made far and drank by pewters. It is heavier than ale, and has tonic properties which ale has not. Probably, then, the large steak, which is to tbe ordinary steak as porter Is to ale, was sold in porter houses, and so trained its name.

Pctttio Principti.

The phrase "begging tbe question," Is a logical fallacy, the first explanation of which iscm'" to Ar^^, who gives five ways of bej^ ngtbe n. Tbe earliest English work in which tho expression to mentic 1 is rr r- published in 13S4, entitled "The Ai'.c jf eke Piainlie set Forth in our English Tonga*"

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So Lab* Tides.

There is no tide on the great lakm, bat changes in tbe water level are noticed from year to year, and sometimes every season. Then differences are sometimes siderable affect the lading of ves~~. passing

the St. Clair and St. Mary* carnal.

Oflkwrs of niftfe Rank.

There have been five lieu tenant generals in the United States army—Washington, Scott, Gi ^83 and Sheridan. The gt- —als w«ve v. three In sasiher~?£**|iS» U& rmsnandSh

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Wct-fr *ad Wordstar give aid-de-camp sean .:.-h word. It issmustoassspeUed afcie-4 amp. •h forme ens eooordlngto the aotL—.ties, correct. The wwd means, literally, "aid on the field.*

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YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.

FOR THE SPECIAL ENTERTAINMEN"

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OF OUR LADS AND LASSIES.

Picturesque Architectural Gems and Interesting Spot* at Stratford-on-Avon, Associated with the Great Poet and

Dramatist, William Shakespeare.

Washington Irving*s description of Sbakespeare's old bouse as a "small edifice of wood and plaster, a true nestling place of genius, which seems to delight in hatching its offspring in by corners," no longer applies to Shakespeare's birthplace, which has been mutilated again and again by careless repairs, but has ultimately been restored to something like its original condition. Thus it is now far more like what it was when Shakespeare flayed about its door, though, doubtless, many of the minor details have been changed.

.AtfMC HATHA WAT'S COTTAOK. One of the most picturesque architectural gems of Stratford is the parish church. A lime tree avenue leads up to the porch of the fine structure, rich in monuments and stoqp carvings. Shakespeare's resting place, with tho monument and bust so well known to every lover of the drama, within the Communion table railing. He sleeps among his own people. On his right hand lies Anne Hathaway, his wife on his left, his favorite daughter, Susanna Hall—"witty above her sex, but wise to salvation." Further away is the grave of her husband, P. Hall, and of their only child, Elisabeth.

The spots of interest connected with Shakespeare are not limited to Stratford. A short mile away through the fields is Shottery, a small village, where is the old half timber cottage, the house where Anne Hathaway lived when Shakespeare wooed her for his bride.

Stlcfelebaclw and Their Nests. Nests are by most persons associated with birds as their architects and occupants, but they are by no means exclusively so, as many quadrupeds build nests, like the beautiful little harvest mouse, whose nest, raised high up on the stalks of corn, is known to most practical field naturalists. Many fishes are also nest builders among the best known of these are the sticklebacks. Tbe one illustrated is the fifteen spined stickleback, a marine species found in immense numbers. This is the largest of the three, attaining at times a length as great as seven inches. It is generally to bo found In rocky pools on the coast, feeding on worms, small crustaoea, and the eggs and fry of other fish. Its own eggs it protects in the singular nest figured in the engraving. In tbe early months of the year these fish select some quiet locality not apt to be disturbed by tho violence of the waves, occasionally selecting a place that is left uncovered by the tide for two or three hours at a time. For tbe foundation, or perhaps it would be better to say, for the suspension of its nest, it frequently selects an overhanging branch of aweed, or even the loose end of a rope hanging in the water, as shown in the central nest in our engraving. Soft fragments of seaweed and tougher corallines constitute tho structure, theee being fastened together by an elastic material that is likened to silk.

RTIOXLKBACKS A1TD THSXX IOCST. In this nest the spawn is deposited and watched over by tbe male parent, as are tbe young when batched and able to shift for themselves. Tbe fish itself, though valueless as food, is interesting, not merely from its nest building propensities, bat also from its chameleon like power of changing its color rapidly when excited. Tbe three spired stickleback is a much more familiar species than the one Just described and inhabits fresh water.

The Original Robinson Crusoe.

TOI_ All are familiar with tbo statement that "Tho Daniel De Foo founded his story of "RoMn-

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING* MAIL.

ad^tnres of Alex­

ander Selkirk, bat "Notes and Queries" gives an account of a wort by a German author, which De Foe may have copied.

This German writer, Qrimm^lshsnnpn, fifty yean before "Robinson Crusoe" was written, and nearly as long before the story of Selkirk was made public, published "Tta Adventures of Simplicics 8impUscixBSB," and tho coincidence* are interesting.

Simplictas is wrecked on an uninhabited Mend In tho tropics, rich in vegetation, with a warm climate and a periodical rainy seaIKXL He baOds himself a house, and be has a cave to retire into. He makes clothes for himself of skins, and be keeps a register of time byentting notches on a stick. Ho experiences an earthqoaka, -rod bo also moralises on tbe nscksnoscf rane money wtofcb he finds. The island is visited by savage* in boats., and also by a ship, the captain at wttchofffcrstotake &mpbcmsawsy.

This is certainty a striking parallel, and mggusts that De Foe did not draw on hie own imagination so ranch as tbe world has heretofore gives him credit for. And itako {•madeto appear that Simpltriaa, and not Betkirfc, was the original Crneoa.

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

of an Insufficient Quantity of Pood Upon aUnd and Body. In a lecture on "Food and Digestion" Professor Miles, of the University of Maryland, speaks thus of tbe effects of an insufficient quantity of food: ». "Hie fat disappears first, then the muscles waste away, and finally the bones come through tbe skin. Tbe brain, tbe spinal cord and tbe nerves are nourished to the last. Like a king in a beleaguered cifcv to whom his loyal subjects give up their food, tbe nobio* organs arc longest nourished. In starvation there is not simple hunger of the stomach, but hunger of the whole body. It is not strange that when hunger presses on people they will do strange things. It produces insanity, and they have been driven to eating what has been called "strange flesh 'that is, to cannibalism. There are millions of people who have not enough to eat. It is at tbe bottom of anarchy. Tbe police may give them a loaf of bread, but the whole body is ill nourished, and a restless feeling results. Not much can be done with the grown up people of the criminal classes, but tbe child criminal comes first. The criminal classes are called dirty, lazy and ugly. Of course they are. They are dirty because they' have uo spare heat to let go they are lazy because the muscles are weak and nature tells them to keep still when hungry. You feould be astonished to know how much of the beauty of the fairest [woman is made up of fat. Tbe criminal classes are ugly because they have no fat. How could a child whose muscles and nervous system have been partly starved be expected to have all the sympathies and instincts of a higher class of society? An everyday Sabbath school, with a breakfast before the lesson, would be a capital thing for the poor children. Some say the poor themselves are to blame for their condition by living too luxuriously. One of the most intense cravings of the Greely arctic party was for sweetmeats. Tea and coffee do more good than harm. They stimulate not only tbe brain, but the activities of the whole body. There will be a groat mission to thepcor some day to see that they get enough of good food." _.

An Old Superstition.

The belief that warts may be charmed away or removed by various superstitious practices, such as stealing a neighbor's dish cloth to rub the wart with and then burying it, when the wart will gradually waste away, has a certain attraction for many people of a non-scientific turn of mind, to whom it may be a pleasure to know that so eminent a man as Lord Bacon was not without a little weakness in this direction.

After telling in one of his works that he had a wart on one of his fingers from early childhood, and that when a youth in Paris at least a hundred grew upon his hands in a month's time, Lord Bacon adds: "The English ambassador's lady, who was for from superstitious, told me she would get away my warts and, in order to do it, sho rubbed them all over with the fat side of a pieco of bacon with the rind on—and, among tho rest, the wort I had from m* childhood—then nailed the bacon, with the fat toward the sun, upon a post of her chamber window, which was to the south and in five weeks' time the warts went away, and the wart I had so long endured for company. At the rest I did not wonder, because, as they came in a short time, they might go away so too but the vanishing of that which had remained so long, sticks with me."

Food for Young Children.

For supper, milk toast, bread and butter and a glass of milk, with possibly a little stewed fruit, will be quite sufficient for youhg children. Hot bread, cheese and hashed meat and vegetables, so often the»supper of the hearty workman,are altogether too Indigestible for young children. In fact, it should be the duty of the mother to learn what foods are easily digestible, and none others should be allowed. Her own powers of digestion, or those of the father, cannot by any means be considered a safe guide in the selection of food for her little ones.

Helpful Hints*

The most exquisite cleanliness should prevail in tbo sick room. "Infants intelligently fed have nearly as good a cbanco of life with artificial as with natural food," asserts a medical journal.

The babit of slow deep breathing—thirty or forty inspirations a day—is "a great preventive of that terrible disease, consumption.

Physicians say tbe number of patients cured in hospital rooms exposed to tbe rays of the sun are four times as great aa those confined in darkened rooms.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Accepted Laws of Correspondence Among Well Bred People.

Don't conduct correspondence on postal cards, advises a popular m^pthly on social matters. A brief business message on a postal card is not out of tbe way, but a private communication on an open card is almost insulting to your correspondent, is questionable whether a note on a postal card Is entitled to the courtesy of a response. Don't write on ruled or inferior paoer. Dontose paper with business headings for private letters. Tasteful stationery is oonsidered an indication of refined breeding, and tasteful stationery means note paper and envelopes of choice quality, but entirely plain. One may have his initiate and his address neatly printed on his note paper, but there should be no ornament of any kind.

"Xoblesse Oblige."

According to Mrs. Sherwood there have been hostesses of a singular turn of mind, who ask people to their houses apparently to insult them. They are not common, bat they are not altogether unknown. This assumption of a mock dignity, this supposed addition to one's importance by a disagreeable and atrocious display of bad manners, is sometimes dooe to ward off insolence. It is repellant, bat it is not half the armor of proof which is a cultivated politeness. Tbe Arab knows better, tbe man who eats his salt is sacred. The Indian, in his dirty lodge, is more of a gentleman. There is no soch detestable use of one's principles as to be rode on ODA own ground. A hostea should be very particular to specify whom she wishes to see, bat if tbe person gets into tbe boaee awkwardly, or even presumptaoasly, she must be polite, noblesse obliga

Tho Well Bred OfrL

She never accepts a valuable present froot a gentleman acquaintance unisas engaged to Mm 8be never wears clothing so singular or striking as to attract particular attention in

She does not permit gentlemen to jotnbsr en the street anises they are very intimate w\„

THE JEWS OF MOROCCO.

A MOST INTERESTING AND MOST TRYING RACE OF PEOPLE.

Despised by the Moor* and Subjected to Every Imaginable Degradation—The Terrible Punishments Sometimes Inflicted on the Hebrews—The Jews* Quarters.

The Jews of Morocco are to my mind at once tbe most interesting and the most trying raoe of people I ever met. Subject to* restrictions In their life and business which would exterminate an ordinary race of people In two generations, they have grown, prospered and in many places are masters of their inasiers.

No one knows just where tbe Moorish Jews came from, but of course they have been connected with the lost tribes and all that. Tbe main facts are. they aro in Morocco witbont knowing themselves jnst bow they got there. Among the anomalies connected with them is that they are bated and despised by tho Moors, subject to every insult and degradation that can be imagined yet they are recognized as such necessary members of society that there is ft law, which is actively enforced, forbidding Jews to leave the country under any circumstances. The Jews, out side of ono or two coast towns, aro treated worse than the meanest and lowest animals. and, whether iu the way of retaliation or tho means which in the fi. st place secured them this brutal treatment 1 am not com potent to say, they in return treat the Moors with fairly devilish cruelty when they get them in their power, ns they often uo through money transactions for lias. as in other lnn3s, tho superior cunning of tho Jews makes them the bankers of the country, and. with a debtors' law which allows the imprisonment of a man until his debt is discharged, there are ample opportunities for the Jews to act as fiends Incarnate.

KtLtrxo A JEW.

In return for this a Moor thinks no more of killing a Jew, if he can do it quietly, than of killing a rat and as for dishonoring the family of a Jew, it is looked upon as the natural course of events, and truth compels me to say that the husband and father looks on tho trans action with a fair degree of complacency,

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rovided always it helps along some end has in view. The Jews are not allowed to carry arms of any kind, nor to ride upon a horse, mule, donkey or bullock, but must make all journeys on foot neither are they allowed to wear any foot covering outsi'de of their own quarter, where tTioy aro horded together liito animals. their dress being regulated nnd re stricted so they may always bo known from tho believers at a glance, nnd they are forbidden to build any places of worship or to hold religious services of any kind, which command is religiously disregarded, services being held regularly in their houses, with, in somo cities, a guard posted to Inform of the approach of strangers. If there is any nasty work to be doue, as for instance the embalming of the heads of executed rebels so that tney may hang tho longer at tho traitor's gate, the Jews are pressed into the service if the sultan or one of his officers wishes a few thousand dollars to moet a sudden demand, some wealthy Jew, who has paid the least for protection, is seized without notice and thrown into a dungeon until he hns been squeezed out of a proper sum.

If a Jew meeta a Moor, no matter how low tho position of the latter, he is obliged to step barefooted into tho filth of the middle of the street so as not to touch the garments of a follower of tho prophet, and he la not allowed under any circumstances to enter the street upon which a mosoue is aituatod. Tbe punishment for tho disregard of any of these laws is simply terrific, ranging from burning to death to bastinadoing.

TITE BATH CNKKOWJT.

The use of the bath either for tho face or tho body is totally unknown among the Jews, except the hand bath before eating, at other times tho face being simply rubbed with a dry cloth when it bccomes unpresentable. Tho Jews of Morocco IOOK upon themsolves as a persecuted race, but from my own observations I think 1 had rather a Jew than a Moor as far as

ErsocutionboMoor,

gtlqnntts asd «wn vumwa* »b |w Whatever tlwre is any donbt as to fbs best contributed toward its parchasa. A very Hi Hi iliat ItvM mrmW A# nUfifli In OlA dtf ifV way to do a thing it is wtm to follow that which is most rational, and that wiliahnosfc invariably be tad to be fnt

Of the Jews' quarter in Alcazar much cannot be said, except that it some thing dirtier than tho rest of the city, and the inhabitants decidedly hospitable. For some reason all white skinned people are looked upon by tho Jews as their friends, consequently there is no limit to a Jew's hospitality, or to his requests for political favors after you havo received ft. As tho most interesting event that coaid be shown, it was at once suggested that I attend a Jewish wedding then taking place and while I feared to offend the proprieties by coming into the presence of the timid bride in top boots and a flannel shirt, Jacob insisted that she would not mind if I had no boots at all on, or wore them around my neck. I was a little afraid we would arrive late, until I learned that it was tbe playful custom of the Jews to keep the poor bridegroom in suspense by stringing the ceremony out for a week, and tliat this edding ay.—Mi day

had alread ibrocco Cor t*

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is concerned, for his deadly

tred of the conplod with his own superior cunning, gives him in the course oi his lifetime a chance to return oppression for oppression, and to my certain knowledge tne dungeons of Morocco are filled with Moors rotting to death in pay ment of debts owed to this some perse cuted race.

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Method* of the Pimno Club.

The latest thing Is a piano club, which is far better than the watch club. Two of them have been formed here lately, and it strikes me as tbe best way to set a piano, aa the purchase Is taken oat or tbe dealers* hands and an association some thing like a building association is formed This is the idea: A good piano costs $400 Now, if 850 persons will agree to purchase 890 pianos from a manufacturer he will give them a discount of $50 on each piano and time to boot. Hence a club or 350 people are formed, and each cool 1 a week, so that each week a piano

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paid for. A drav. tog takes place, tbtjucky number taking the piano, but atill contributing a dollar a week for tbe In strument until his $350 is paid. When everybody has a piano is this way the dob dissolve*.

Ton may say ft is harf on tbe one who draws last, as be most wait 850 weeks for his piano. No. he would scarcely miss tbe dollar a week, as anybody can afford that sum. Moreover, many pay tbe total sum after contributing for a time, or an arrangement is made by which a piano can be bad immediately by doubling the contribution. Thus tbe rent which otherwise be paid tar a piano Is

large number of pianos in the city are rented, and soch a system tends to supplant renting.—"H. B." in (Hobe-Demo-

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A CONVALESCENT PATIENT

Tells the Story of His Experience with the Yellow Fever. A convalescent patient, a newspaper man, furnishes the following as his experience:4'lb was one week ago yesterday when the fostivo microbe knocked at tbe door of our liver and~ said, 'Now is the accepted time.' I only asked for an hour in which to finish an editorial on the doctors, and by vigorous work succeeded in saying about half as much as I had intended. I then gave the "devil" a few directions about how to manage things in my absence, when I quietly hied down the back street home, there to lie down to pleasant dreams for a few days, but with a resolve to never close both eyes at the same time. 1 made some othor resolves, too one was not to have a doctor, another not to yield to tho torture of a sweat. \Vedncsday afternoon I stood firm, and so did tho fever, which, by night, had reachcd, at a galloping rate, tho acmo of heat. •Gradually I relented, and at first consented to take moderate foot wash, but my wifohad the mustard in the water before I knew it. Presently I felt little drops of perspiration oozing out hero and there. I again yielded a little and drank a cup of orange leaf tea, and in a few minutes was unconsciously floating in a sea of moisture. My head was bursting and my back breaking. What could I do? Nothing but lie thero and submit to frequent orange leaf teas. For about Ave hours I suffered the tortures of a miniature sheoL I called lustily for ice water, but there was none to give. I asked for lemonade, but it was refused unless it was hot. Twentyfour hours was enough for thorough medication. It had a softeuing effect upon my feelings oven toward the doctors. I knew that the crisis had been passed, but I wanted somo* body to take the temperature then. "It was thought that in the'dim, misty future a certificate of acclimation might come handy in dealing with quarantines, eta, and at tho earnest entreaty of my wife I consented to let a doctor come in and feel my pulse. He came, ho saw and declared that the fever was conquered. I only asked him for a prescription of ico and lemonade, and out of tho hardnoss of his heart ho said it could not bo had. This was the evening of the second day. My appetite hod returned, but on being informed that nothing but chicken broth could bo had for at least fortyeight hours I concluded to go back to bod for a few days. After being

reduced

in strength

by tho heroic 'sweat,' I was ixnvcrlcss to resist any edict that the kind nurses saw fit to promulgate. I took the broth and let the well folks havo the chicken, but it will be but a fow days before I eat tho chicken and give them the broth. Somo people say I had only a mild case. That may be, but I know when I have had enough. I have filled the spirit if not tho letter of the law. Now let this thing stop."—New York World.

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A Good Appetite

Is essential to good health but at this season It Is often lost, owing to tho poverty or impurity of the blood, derangement of the dlges-

tonlng the digestion, and giving strength to the whole system. Now is the time to take It. Be sure toiget Hood'sHarsaparllla.

SWIFT'S SPECIFIC la entirely a wgeUbto preparation cootaints* no Mcrcnry, Potash, Arsenic, or otbes paliomunbituoM. SWIFTS SPECIFIC

HM cared hundreds of MM of Epithelioma or Cancer of the Skis, thousands cf cases of Icmae, Blood Hntnors and Skin XHscises, and hundreds of thousand* of cases of Scrofula, mood Poison and Blood Taint. SWIFTS SPECIFIC

Has relieved thousands of cue* of Kerenda! Poisoning, jfthewmallem and Stlffseis of tbe Joint*.

CfUTTAiwooA, T*jrx., Jane 37.1SSS flwlft's BprdOe Co., Atlanta, Oa.—Omtlemeo: In the earl? part of the present jmr, a had case of Mood poleon appeared upon me. 1 began taking S. S. S. under adv)oe of another, and to-day faal greatly laaproved. I am still taking the mealolne and shall continue to do eo until I an perfectly welL XbelieveltwUl effect a perfect core. Toun truly.

Doc. P. HoWijso, 111 West Sixth St.

OounanA, 8. O, JTaly 1. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Oa^-OenUemen: 1 was a great eutrercr from muscular rheumatism for two yearn. I oould get no permanent relief from any medicine preeerltwd br my pbyelcian. I took orer a dosen bottles oi

four sTsTa,

sad sow I am as well as 1 ever

was in my Ufa. 2 am sure your medic*&* eared me. and I would rsoomme&d It to any one esfferteg fr«n any blood dieeasa. Yours truly, O. S. Hcowzs.

Condceto? C. Sail JL

Waco, Texas. May t. MM Gentlemen: Tbe wtfe of oa* of my cuetomers wee terrltf wit* a loatheome sfan disease, tl eorered her whoic body. She was sonflu sr bed for eevaral years by this aflUcdon, oouid net b*Ip herself at all. 8b* oould it sleep from a nolent Jt*bliw and sttsgtaff the skin. Tbe disease badled theskfllaC physician* who treated It Her hnabaad can finally gfvlag hia wife Swift's Spectfle, she oommeneed to improve almost naasedletaly. and tea few weeks aba was apparently WML She la now a hearty finesiady, wtth so trace of the affliction fours very truly. J. K. Sa^aa,

Wholseafu Draggtot, AaeOn Amsa

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is on file In Philadelphia at the Newspaper ttbdiar Agsgcy^of Xnaan