Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 January 1889 — Page 3

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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

VARIOUS TOPICS OF THE DAY WHICH ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.

Bcmarluble and Destructive Voleamo Eruptions In Various Parts of the World—A Brief Account of the Recent Explosion In Japan.

The past few years bare been remarkable for the number of destructive volcanic eruptions in various parts of the world. The explosion of Krakatoa, where an entire island was blown into the air, occurred only five years ago, and a short time afterward a tract of country in New Zealand, several miles in extent, was converted into "a land of fire."

Via. 1 —RECENT VOLCANIC EXPLOSION IN JAPAN. The latest volcanic catastrophe is reported from Japan, where, on the 15th of last July, a large-portion of Mount Bandai was broken up into dust and fragments, and scattered over tbe adjoining-country. The accompanying illustration (Pig. 1) shows the appearance of a form rly fertile valley after it was filled with debris from the explosion, and is from a photograph taken by Sir. W. K. Burton of Tokio, who was seDt by the Japanese government to investigate the explosion, and whose report to published in The British Journal of Photography. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the part of tho mountain destroyed by tbe explosion.

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2—EXPLOSION

IN JAPAN.

This phenomenon, says Popular Science Hews, is properly spoken of as an explosion rather than a volcanic eruption. There was no trace of lava or igneous phenomena of any kind. It was simply an immense explosion like that of a steam boiler, where tho overlying mountain was torn apart by tho force of tho steam generated by tho,terrestrial heat. Clouds of steam escaped from the ground in the vicinity of tho mountain for -some timo after tho explosion, and when the pressure was first relieved by the destruction of tbe mountain, torrents of water and mud rushed down tho valleys, causing immense loss of life and damage to property.

In some respects this explosion is similar to the eruption which destroyed Pompeii, when a large part of Mount Vesuvius was destroyed but in that instance the usual igneous phenomena were more evident, although tho loss of lifo was apparently much less. Tho dwollors at. tho foot of Vesuvius had ample warning of tho eruption before it took place, but tho unfortunate Japanese appear to havo had uo opportunity to escape the catastroohe.

What tlic Indians IIuvo Cent Us. The amount expended in Indian wars from 1776 to Juno 80, ISSO, can ut best bo estimated. The several Indian wars after 1776, including tho war of 1812 in tho west and north went, tho Creek, Black Hawk and Seminole wars, up to 1850, woro bloody and eostly. Except when engaged in war with Great Britaiu and Mexico, or during the rebellion (1800-1865), tho United States army was almost entirely.used for the Indian service and stationed .largely in tho Indian country or along the frontier It will bo fair to estimate, taking out the years of foreign wars with England (1812-1815), $66,014,012.34, and with Mexico •(1846-1184S), ^3,941.735.12, and the rebellion (18&lil865) and reconstruction (1805-1S70), $3,374,350,25102, that more than three-fourths of tho total expeuso of tho army is chargeable, directly or iudirectly, to the Indians.

Tho total cost of the Indians of the United States, «g set forth iu tho Smithsonian report, is as follows: Indian department proper, from

July 7, 1770, to June 30. IS8C $832,000,006 84 Expeaded by war department for Indian wars and incidental thereto from July 4177(Kto June ft), 093,330,277 G8

Total §9S9,3S9,!334 09

Claims Made by Astronomers. Tho claim that tin* planet Mars hussnow aifl rain and evidences of animal life is cot a now one. But now Signor Schiaparolli, of Milan, who hus been taking observations through one of tho finest telescopes of the world, is credited vrith baviug made the wonderful discovery of a series of canals in that planet. They are nearly a hundred miles^ wido and run from the sea coast to tho interior. Acconiin to Professor E, A. Boyle, of St I/outs, other astronomers have seen the same phenomena. Siguqr Schiaparelli claims that Mars is inhabited by a peopta somewhat like ourselves.

Fecundity of the Eol.

Mr. Fred Mather, the well known fish cul.turist. has been estimating the number of eggs in a six pound eel in November (in what is known to fishermen as "eel fat," but which are really the ovaries), and credits that eel with fully 0,000,000. Uudor the microscope ho found that they measured eighty to tho linear inch, and taking one ovary and dividing it by means of the most delicate scales known to science, he halved, quartered and further divided the mass seventeen times, until be bad a section small enough to count the ears in it

Gold Md Silver.

The director of the United States mint has reported that, according to his established methods of computation, tho gold production of tho United State* tor the calendar year 1S87 W05 £33,GS3tX», compared to $S4.860,£!0Q for iSSa, oad tbe prods an of silver 553,408,800, compared to $5l,«~i,9QQ for 1&S& The world's consumption of gold and silver in the arts for the v©ar 1888 iseetimafcoJ at $46,000,000 gofcl cad 1ST Tbe wort".* production fori:--gold wad $128,457,500 silver.

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THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

Eflbct of the Emancipation Proclamation on States Not Seceded. President Lincoln, in considering the question of emancipation, felt constrained to regard the in:erests of those slave states which had not seceded from the Union. In his message of Dec. 1, 1863, he recommended the adoption of three amendments to the constitution, providing for the issue of bonds to compensate states which should abolish slavery before 1900 for the validation of the emancipation proclamation and kindred measures, and for colonizing free negroes out of the country. Bills to compensate Missouri and Maryland for abolishing slavery were introduced by mem tiers from those states early in 1863, and received favorable votes in both houses of congress, but the shortness of the session prevented the final passage. In West Virginia, by constitutional amendment adopted March 26, 1862, gradual emancipation rafter July 4, 1863, was secured. In Missouri the state convention which had originally been called to consider an ordinance of secession, was reconvened, and passed, June 24, 1863, an ordinance of emancipation, taking effect gradually after July 4,1870. Congress, by act of Feb. 24, 1864, emancipated negro soldiers, a compensation of $300 for each being paid to loyal owners, and by act of March 3, 1865, emancipation was extended to the wives end children of such soldiers. This measure closed the record of attempts at gradual, partial or compensated abolition of slavery. Oct. 12-13,1864, Maryland adopted a new constitution, whoee twenty-third article finally abolished slavery in the state. Ordinances of immediate emancipation, without submission to popular vote, were passod Feb. 13, 1864, by a convention of delegates from those portions of Virginia within tbe Federal lines, and Jan. 11, 1865, by a new state convention in Missouri.

An Affecting Poem.

Richard E. Burton is the author of the poem, "The City o£ the Dead." It is as follows:

They do neither plight nor wed In the city of the dead, In the city where they sleep away the hours

But they lie, while o'er them range Winter blight and summer change, And a hundred happy whisperings of flowers.

No, they neither wed nor plight, And tho day is like the night, For their vision is of other kind than ours.

They do neither sing nor sigh In the burg of by and by. Whore the streets have grasses growing cool and long

But they rest within their bed, Leaving olKheir thoughts unsaid, Deeming silence better far than eob or song.

No, they neither sigh nor sing, Though the robin be a-wing, Though the leaves of autumn march a million strong.

There is only rest and peace In tho city of surcease From the failings and tho^aillngs 'neath the sun

And the wings of the swift years Beat but gently o'er tho biers, Making music to the sleepers, every one.

There is only peace and rest But to them it seemeth best, For they lie at ease, and know that life is done.

Rank of General.

Washington, in the army register of 1780, is set down as ^'commander-in-chiefwhile in the register dated Jan. 1,1782, he is described as "general and commander-in-chief." The rank of general was revived by the act of July 24, 186S, under which Grant was promoted on July 25. Grant had previously, March 2, 1864, been promoted lieutenant general, under the act of Feb. 29,1864. Sherman was promoted lieutenant general on July 25, 1866, when Grant obtained his generaloy he was promoted general March 4,1869. Sheridan was promoted lieutenant general on the same day. As tho grade /of general had been limited by an act of congress to Sherman, and that of lieutenant general to Sheridan, the latter was not promoted when Sherman retired. In June last, however, a law was passed reviving the generalcy of the army, which was signed by President Cleveland at once under it Sheridan was promoted on Juue 2,1888. Tho rank became extinct on his death last July, the rank of lieutenant general having become extinct on his promotion. The highest rank of our army now is that of major general commanding the army

Who Would Be Inaugurated? Query.—Whether Levi P. Morton, vice president-olect, can take the president's chair, if Harrison was to die to-morrow?

If the president-elect should die before Inauguration Day, the vice president-elect would be inaugurated, and act as president, but if the qualified electors had not cast their votes, the coso might be different, as the electors can vote for whom they please. In the case of Horace Greeley, congress decided that the electors could not vote for a dead man and so the three votes for Greeley from Georgia were not counted. The other Democratic electors divided their vote thus: For Thomas A. Hendricks, 43 for B. Gratz Brown, 18 for Charles J. Jenkins, 2 for David Davis, 1. Accepting this precedent it follows that if Harrison should die before the electors act iu February, the Republican,electors could choose Morton or any other man and if they should divide, the election would fall to the house of representatives. In other words, tlfe people do not elect a president that is done by tho electors.

How Fast Can He Count?

United States Treasurer Hyatt says: "At tho New York office, where the receipts of gold con are the largest, unexperienced man can count and bag 4,500 $20 pieces an hour, including the tying and marking of the tags to each bag of $5,000. For a day of ten hours the average would be 45,000 pieces, or $900,000. The above is considered good work, without an effort to do the greatest amount possible. One of the female employes of this office has coun* in a day of six a onehalf hours 32,- silver dollars, which is a considerably largo* average than that stated above."

Progressive Charity Schemes. Some of the "chain" or "pr 'ressive" schemes for raising money would l~.ro. curious results if carried oat. For instance, on* of them calls upon "No. 1" to r.d 10 cents, and send the appeal to ten oi^cr pawns, each of whom is to do likewise, the process being repeated fifteen times. Now if this "chain" should not bo

"xjken it would reach

1,111,111, 111,111,110 .tie, an impossibility of course, and would net the author of tbe scheme $111,111,111,111,111.

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Tho Prophet Mohammed's Pet Cat—'Xfce Superstitious Veneration In Which Cats Are Held by the Citizens of the City of

Damascus.^ Mohammed, when he was at Damascus, had a favorite cat which he daily fed, fondled and carried about with him in the wide sleeve of his kaftan. One day, when pussy was fast asleep, the prophet was obliged to rise and attend to some public business, and rather than disturb the repose of his pet, be cut off the sleeve of his garment and left puss sleeping there.

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Cats have always been favorites in the far away east, but this circumstance is said to be the reason why they are held in superstitious veneration at Damascus. In that city there is a hospital for cats. It is a large house with a fine courtyard, in which latter the furry creatures sun themselves on bright days. In this hospital hundreds of cats of various breeds, ages and conditions are supported-by the voluntary contributions of their faithful friends among the human family.

Daniel Webster's Blue Suit. Daniel Webster went to college in atitflriespun suit, of which probably every thread was carded, spun and woven by his mother's hand from the wool of their own sheep. It was a dyed-in-the-wool suit, and the color was indigo blue—the old New England color. In the south it is butternut but, though our Yankee grandmothers and great-great-great-grandmothers knew all about what butternut bark would do, and the subtile power for slate color that lay in sumach berries and bark of white maple, and the various dyes that root and flower, -bark and leaf, could be made to yield, through the agency of vitriol and alum and copperas to "set" them fast, the univeral stand by was tho blue pot—par excellence the "dye pot"—that stood in the chimney corner of every kitchen worth naming.

So Webster was fitted out in indigo blue from collar to ankle—unbecoming for his swart skin—and set off grand and sophomoric. Before reaching Hanover, there came on one of those drenching rains which, like the Scottish mists, wet a man to the skin. The suit held its own (for has not indigo blue been "warranted fast" since first indigo was heard of?) but it had parted with enough so that Daniel, too, was dyed blue from head to foots

Daniel Webster, says Wide Awake, from which the above was taken, had a liberal stratum of sentiment in his make up and for some reason this color of his young manhood became his favorite wear through life. He woro blue coats to his dying day. If any one ever saw him in a different one, tHe fact has not been put on record.

Three Twittering Chaffinches.

Twittering at the top of the tall ash tree, Gilt with the sunlight, are chaffinches three Three little heads fledged with close downy scales,

Three pairs of pinion* and ihreo xhining tails.

AN lOTKHESTINO TRIO.

Three voices issuing from three tiny throats, Three artists testing tho strength of their notes, Three little spirits, bright, happy and tree

Where can you show such a trio to me*

How and Where Some Toys Are Made. Some curious toys are made of cork. One of these is the w&Lknown little tumbler, such as is generally constructed of pith but cork, especially if it be hollowed, will answer the purpose. Make the puppet of three or four corks shape and paint it as skillfully as yoo can, and glue to the feet or under them a hemisphere of lead. When thrown into any position, the figure of course rights itself, and, like a cat, always falls on its feet It is quite possible to make a cat also of pith or cork, which will indeed always fall upon its feet.

Many of the wooden toys that come to this country are made in the vicinity of the Black Forest, where men, women and children earn their livings in making what are known the world over as "Dutch toys." It is said that half a million dollars' worth are shipped from there every year, and, as they come to tii through Holland, are christened "Dutch

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HVGIENE

As Much Danger of Contagion from Diphtheria in Mild Cases as in Severe Ones. That diphtheria in all its forms is contagious seems to be an undoubted fact, and in severs cases every precaution is taken to prevent its spread. But the danger in mild cases is quite as great, from the fact that fewer precautions are generally taken. A physician claims that what is oommonly called follicular tonsilitis in one patient may produce the severest kind of diphtheria in another member of the family.

On this point Dr. Jacobi is quoted as follows: What has been called follicular tonsilitis is mostly diphtheria. It is seldom dangerous to the patient, as the tonsils have but very little lymph communication with the rest of the body, but it is contagious. This form is frequent in the adult, in whom it loses nothing, however, of its contagiousness. Diphtheria in the adult proves dangerous to the community, mostly because it does not restrain the patient from communicating the disease^ It is apt to last long First, because most cases occur* on a surfaes covered with pavement epithelium (tonsils) secondly, because of the constant exposure and neglect on the part of the patient. Even without it, diphtheria may last weeks and more with it, it is subject to sudden relapses. As long as it lasts it is contagious.' As diphtheria is but a mild affection in many adults, who disregard it and frequently do not care to mention its existence, pain in swallowing and moderate malaise being the only symptoms, tbe question of transmission by means of clothing, etc., on the part of third persons is capable of becoming more difficult to answer than it ever was. Many a case which has been believed to be thus carried is probably one of direct contagion from a patient to a second person, from this second to a third.

Another authority explains that the contagion of diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough and measles is due to microbes given off from the skin or breath of the patient. They either float in the air of the room, or become attached to the furniture, walls and bedding. Infected rooms and persons should, therefore, be avoided while attendants are advised to keep their stomachs in an active condition with digestible food, but should not overload them. Most microbes are digested and rendered harmless by a vigorous stomach.

A Cure for Bound Shoulders. Annie Jenness Miller, of dress reform fame, tells that she has seen a stooping figure and a halting gait, accompanied by the unavoidable weakness of lungs incidental to a narrow chest, entirely cured by tho very simple and easily performed exercise of raising one's self upon the toes leisurely in a perfect perpendicular several times daily. To take this exercise properly one must take a perfect position with the heels together and the toes at an angle of 45 degs. Then drop the arms lifelessly by the sides, animating and raising the chest to its full capacity muscularly the chin well drawn in, and the crown of the head feeling, as our professor used to put it, as if attached to a string suspended from the ceiling febove. Slowly raiso upon the balls of both feet to the greatest possible height, thereby exercising all of the muscles dt the legs and body come again into the standing position, without swaying the body backward out of the perfect line. Repeat this same exercise, first on one foot and then on the other. It is wonderful what a straightening out power this exercise has upon round shoulders and crooked backs, and one will be surprised to note how 600n the lungs begin to show the effect of such expansive development.

The Abuse of Milk in tho Diet. The advantages of using a great deal of milk are very generally urged, but a Cana dian physician now claims that there may be an abuse of this usually healthful bevdtage. It is especially contra-indicated in cases of acute rheumatism. In a number of cases cited, all the patients had been large drinkers of milk and their respective temperatures were over 103. The pain was also extremely severe. They were put upon a diet of thin water gruel flavored to taste and a mixture containing ten grains of salicylate of soda to be taken in half a tumbler of weak lemonade every two hours till relieved. Inside of thirtysix hours the symptoms had, in every case, almost entirely disappeared.

Serviceable Suggestions.

To cure a felon keep the finger in a bag of Salt. j,_ Honey in a little water is excellent to smooth and whiten some hands.

To avoid a wrinkled skin use tepid water. In case of a severe sprain immerse the joint in water hot as can be borne for fifteen minutes.

Boil your drinking water unless it is known to be absolutely pure. Don't sleep on the ground floor of the house, if it can be avoided.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Minor Morals of Society—Unpunctuallty Causes Much Discord. Mrs. Sherwood discusses in The World some of the minor sins against the etiquette of good society, and among other things she says: Nothing is more common than the immorality of keeping one's friends waitiag. It is the privilege of a few people in this world to be so fascinating and so worth waiting for that we are all willing to be sufferers ii^ this cause. The anticipated pleasure of seeing them when they do come is so great that we ore willing and anxious to have that anticipated pleasure put off until they are ready to appear. But the rest of us are not so fascinating—perhaps it is a birthright of which we have been defrauded— and we find if we do keep people waiting that we grow decidedly unpopular,. and people can do without us very welL Perhaps we keep a friend waiting who is nervous about her horses they take a severe cold, because we are not ready at the hour appointed. Does she call for us again? No not unless we are unusually fascinating. We promise to play the accompaniment at a frlsnd% house for a singer. We are not punctual, and 860 people sit with the added anxiety which a postponement causes, and tbe whole music becomes a discord because we are tardy.

We intend to go to a reading, but we are late and enter after the silence has fallen on the crowd. Perhaps we overturn a chair, and all the company is disturbed. We promise to be papent at a business meeting, where six or seven ladies, all as busy as bees, are waiting for us. We are late, and tbe six other ladies are defrauded of a day of time whidb is more precious than diamond dost The sands of the hoar glass in our crowded lives are all diamonds. We cannot afford to lose one of them.

Among men the business of being "on time" is a peremptory one, but in society and among lad.^5 .i a very decided and eco-

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QUEER LANGUAGES.

CONVERSATIONS CARRIED ON

WEST

AFRICA.

This reminds one of the drum language of the natives of Cameroons, mentioned in Buchholz's book on West Africa, by means of which the most complicated messages can be conveyed to villagers at a distance when occasions necessitate it For this purpose a peculiarly shaped drum is employed. By dividing the surface into uueven halves the instrument on being struck may be made to yield two distinct notes. By these and by shortening or lengthening tho intervals between each note, a code is established, with a regular sequence of taps, strokes and intervals capable of expressing every syllable in the language. All the natives understand this code, and so highly elaborated is it that a chief can by its means summon to bis presence any villager whom he desires to see, intimating to tho latter at the same time the purpose for which he is required. In this way, too, messages can be sent from village to village over wide stretches of country—the drummer in ono hamlet transmitting to the next the signals he hears—and with extraordinary rapidity. Buchholz had proof on one occasion of tho utility of this drum languago aud, its capabilities as a medium of communication. Tho negro who had charge of his canoe got leave one morning to attend to some privato business of his own, which took him to the other side of the riv^r. Tho man remained away an unreasonable time, and Buchholz got very angy, as he was waiting to leave the place. Another negro suggested that they should drum for him. The drummer was sent for and instructed to inform the missing servant that his master was very angry with him, and that he was to return at once. In a few minutes the man returned, with the inevitable apologies for the length of time he had been away. He had perfectly understood tho message drummed out to him, as Buchholz ascertained by inquiring of him.

TO PREVENT MEDDLING.

Equally curious is the so called sign language, or finger speech of Oriental traders, largely employed on tho east coast of Africa, in tho direction of Zanzibar. Walking through a market place in this region of tho world the traveler will often witness a strange sight. A couple of grave, longbearded Arabs trill step aside, each will put his hand up the other's capacious sleeve, and the poii' will then begin apparently to pinch each other's fingers for a few minutes. Often the performance will be varied. One will unroll his long tfarban cloth, or perhaps lift np his long mantle and then cover his hand, and concealed beneath this the pinching of the fingers will proceed as before. The initiated know that this is a method of bargaining by means of a code of finger speech understood by eastern traders from southern Ai abia and northern AlTica to tbe borders of Persia. It has been adopted in the first instance for a simple reason. In the east, especially along the coast of tho Red sea, Zanzibar and southern Arabia, all business is transacted in the open air. And in all such transactions tbe bystanders, idlers, riffraff and meddlesome busybodies generally contrive to have a good deal to say, tendering their advice to both buyer and seller. The unwritten etiquette of tho east requires that such friendly counsel should not be resented. But as the merchants and dealers find it an unmitigated nuisance and a great hindrance to business, they have adopted a certain code of finger signs, which they exchange when bargaining, with their hands concealed under their sleeves or turban cloth. Each finger and each joint of a finger represents a certain figure. So tho pair can bargain by the hour, as they often do, to tbeir heart's content, and' none of tho noisy and gaping busybodies around them will be any the wiser for it.— St. James1 Gazette.

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At one of the recent meetings of the Berlin Anthropological Society, Lieut. Quedenfeldt, a German officer, who has lived on Gomero Island, one of the Canary group, described a whistling language which is used by the inhabitants. The language does not consist of any arbitrary series of signals or sounds it is described as ordinary speech, translated into articulate whistling, each syllable having its own appropriate tone. The Gomero uses both fingers and lips when whistling, and Lieut. Quedenfeldt asserts that he can carry on a conversation with a neighbor a milo off, who perfectly understands all he is saying. The practice is confined to Gomero Island and is quite unknown in the other islands of the archipelago. The adoption of the whistling language is said to be due to the peculiar geological construction of Gomero Island. It is traversed by numerous gullies and deep ravines running out in all directions from the central plateau. As they are not bridged they can only be crossed with great difficulty, hence a man living within a stone's throw of another in a straight line has often to go round many miles when he wishes to see and speak to his neighbor. This, it is conjectured, led to the adoption of whistling as a useful means of communication, which has gradually assumed the proportions of a true substitute for speech. It is described as being anything but unpleasing to the ear. "DRUMMING UP"

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cup of coffee or tea

without th«knowl '!^e of tbepernon taking It lu abBoluleloy h:u rule**, ana will effect a permanent and »peody cure, whether the patient l» a moderate drinker or an alcohollo wrecK.

ThouiiandJi of drunkard* have been

made temperate men who have taken Golden ^i-eclflc In their coffee without their knowhiJ?* and to day believe they quit drinking of tli-lr own free will. IT NEVER FAILS. The system once Impregnated with tbe Hpelflc, it become* an utter Impossibility for tho liquor appetite to exlnt. For sale by

JAM. E. SOMES, DruMlut,

or. 6th and Ohio utTerre Haute, Ind.

FOXJTZ' S

HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS

Bo Horn *ni VX*. If Fonurtl 1 I'.,-*

i~( FOUTZ

Yr." will per

1 i- "owdwiwillroriwrrreTent sfinest «Mttnrr!j«lcsrt Kittfect. 1 -•:/.•• •. «n tittincrMK. tvni

D4VII £. TOUTZt Proprietor, KAXTUEOKZ, ICQ.

am HOLER

HOG a

vi uu Cash paid for dead Hoes at my factory on anil etiall !-""t-'i- ,4 T2 :H! r\.-• jf i'i initio. DinaAt» !''-US

.m„v, ,| OfflCO KOs. 13 8 2nd.

"alt-eow I HARBISON SMITH. .if silll