Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 October 1896 — Page 3

CHUMS WITH SNAKJES.

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WHO HAUNTS TUB MARSHES OF VEST BiVBB, MD.

iae Only Has to Appear With His Snakes to Get 8omothl»g to Eat —Settters Afraid of Blah

The extreme hot weather of July and August has brought disappointment and failure to many of our sportsmen, says the Philadelphia Times. Swamps and marshy places that have boen sure shooting grounds for the last ten years have not produoed a Bingle woodcock, and are. In fact, dried out.

Three Philadelphia sportsmen, after trying -localities near home, took rail for Baititnore and from there proceeded down the bay in a sloop, taking with them a full cooking outfit, a cook and provisions, as there was no hotel at their destination— iWeat River, Anne Arundel county, Maryland.

This is an ideal bunting ground. The country around is mostly swamp, and old pine clearings, and here and there are umall negro settlements, almost as much Isolated from the world as if in Central Africa. There are very few men about, but the women and children seem to make a living somehow.

The weather was clear, but fearfully hot "birds were hard to flush and stuck to their covers persistently, and the dogs took to the (water whenever they had a chance. So, after a dozen cock and a dozen curlew and willet were bagged, all hands went home and spent the rest of the day under an awning rigged up by the boat crew.

Dinner was over and pipes lit, when we lieard a yell outside, followed by the rush of feet. In front of the cabin stood a tall, thin 'negro lad, black as coal, with ahead like a hammer and flat as a torn cat's, his only raiment a tow shirt stained with mud—in his raised hand he held a snake a yard long that coiled around his arm, writhing end striking, and in the other, a short, thick one that shone like a brass rod—in fact, a genuine copperhead, the most dangerous of our native reptiles, as It bites without provocation or warning. The boy

Jabbered incessantly and without coherence. Our cook—a Baltimore negro—intrenched himself In the kitchen, yelling: "Keep outen yer nigger, wid dem snakes. Oh, Lord, Mass Hart, get de gun and shoot •em," and'fjlii^boa/t crew got into their pungy and pushed off. But the most striking effect waB tm our doctor, a man who had seen ell the fhorrors of the hospital dissecting tables. He was blue with fear and screamed: "Send him away, or I'll put a load of shot in him if he comes nearer. I will, by the eternal."

Then Tliey Fed Him.

The boy threw his arms around, and the pnakes hissed and.struck viciously. An old negro, who had come down the river to beg some provisions, spoke up: "Don't be skart, gemmon dai's 'Hornish,' the snake doctor he lives in de marsh ober yander !he won't do you no harm. Gib him somefln to eat and heMl go away."

A big chunk of bacon and half a loaf of bread were laid on a stump then everyone cleared out. Hornish dropped his snakes, seized the food, and tearing it like a wild beast, made for the swamp, which was almost up to his middle. He then disappeared among the reeds, leaving his snakes behind. They were shot instanter, .and everyone drew a long breath. "Well," said the doctor, "I thought I had lost the faculty of being surprised, but I'm mistake^. There is always something new und«r the sun. You soern to know him, old man?"

Pintedly, sah I've been acquainted wld Hornish since he was a baby. I disremember how many years dat is, sah, but I don't trabel wid ,him much, as I ain't no use fur snakes. jfoos' of the folks round heah is 'fraid ob him and jess leaves an ash cake out when he comes around, and he gets outen de way quick. "He was born a mile south of yer and his mother is a mighty spry yellow gal. Old Sam Blake is a hoodoo doctor and he took a shine to Dina, so one day be takes bold on her, and she up and chunks his head with a light vcood stick. He was mad as a haroet, goes home and 'makes a spell' just when Hornish was night bein' bawn. Now der's snakes, 'blowin' adders' they call 'em, in this mash .seven eleven feet long. So Dtaa went out ,one mawping to get some calmus for de wind. She was wuckin' and heard somofln' j^Litle in tfae reeds, and right looking at her was a snake wil a head big as a bucket and eyes shinin' like fire. Then she hear old Sam Blake laff. Well, she makes tracks to de cabins, and at night 'Hornish' Come into de world. "l)on'i Know JNothlii' Itut Snaked." "He's a plum idyot and don't know nothin' but snakes. He kin talk to 'em, and he goes to the edge of the mash and calls and dey'll come. Adders, rattlers, Congo, but don't make no dif, and dat's 'Hornish.'

A curious story, but without precedent ell but the "hoodoo." Next day was very sultry and the dogs worked slowly, but we got thirteen cocks and throe teal ducks. About noon, coming through a dense thioket, one of the party stopped and said, "For God's sake, look herel" and the branches were pushed aside.

It was a clear patch of white sand, and on a log sat the negro boy jabbering and waving his right arm. Directly under his hand was an enormous rattlesuake coiled and Bounding his rattle, coming out of the log was a big reptile crawling over his feet, a swollen moccasin coiled around a stump, end another, head up, was crawling through the grass. Ths rattler followed the motion of the boy's hand, moving his head from side to side, but made no attempt to strike. We liad a good look at the negro's head: it was purely reptilian, and the dull, deep, sunken eyes seemed covered with a film. Except the doctor none of us was especially afraid ©f snakes, but we were seized with a fit of unmistakable funk at the horrible sight, end some one fired both barrols in the air. With a harsh growl Hornish sprang to his' feet, dropping a big moccasin from his lap, and vanished, all the snakes following but the rattler, who retained his coil, making jlils tail go like a sewing machine.

A

shot

settled it, and when stretched out it measured over eiglit feet, was thick as a stout man's arm and had thirteen rattles.

When wo got home and one of the crew told us that a Baltimore doctor had tried to corner the boy in a neighboring tobacco barn for examination, but he gave out such a horrible smell that he was let go. Anyone familiar with a rattlesnake knows that when enraged it exudes a noisome cucumber stench that is very offensive, and, moreover, no dog will go within 100 feet of him, but clear out at once.

NASBY'S VIEW OF SILVER.

Jl«Ter Sketch That Hits the Popocn&tlr C*»« Todny. (-"Petroleum V. Nasby" ID 1878.)

Confederit Roads (Wich is in the state ©f Kentucky)' Jan. 22, 1S7S.—I ain't so certln that I want the silver bill to pass ez I •was. The faot is, the thing don't work ei I sposed it wood, and I ain't clear onto it. There is sutUe principles in these flnanthel questions which require* a great deal uv thought, and there is underlying prin­

ciples wich a man has got to understand afore lie is competent to set hisself up es authority.

One I'm certain uv, Bascom. ain't no financeer, nor never will be, and I told him so. "Wat's a finanseer?" asked he. "A finanseer," said I, assooming the look uv Dan'l Webster, "is a man wich kin pay his debts with nothin'—a man wich kin git suthin' with nothing." "The Corners, then, is full of financeers," he remarkt, bitterly, castin' a casual glance at his slate, wich was just full enough to turn over and begin on the other side.

But he hezn't aay of the science uv it. I wuz argoolng with, him the other day in favor of my noehun uv a leather currency, though I am to hi silver wuz much the same thing, and, for example, I would asoom that silver wuz to be the currency of the fucher. "Now don't you see, Bascom, that ef I hed twict ez much money, I could drink twict ez much whisky and pay for it?" "How much is- twict nothin'?" wuz the unfeelin' answer of the tyrant who holds the destines of the Corners in hez hands. "That's wot yoor capitle hez been ever sine I knowed you. "Parson," sod he, "I don't see wot earthly difference it's goin' to make whether silver is currency or anything else. How are you goin' to git silver ef it ez made legal tender? Ef silver wuz ez plenty ez bricks, w'at hav you got to git eny uv it with?" "Troo, G. W.," wuz my answer, "but can't you see that to hev silver wood releeve the dettor class? Even now, afore it is legal tender, it's only wuth 92 cents on the dollar, and when the country is fio'oded with it it will go still lowej. Then we—or rather such uv us ez hev property to raise money on—kin pay off "Eggsactly so," retorts Bascom "you kin pay me for the good, honest liltkur uv mine, wich you hev consoomed, in coin which is less than the dollar you promised. All rite. But look here—come in here all uv yoo. I want yoo silver men to know exactly w'at yoo are rushin' into."

And this feend led us into the back room —that back room wich contanes the subsistence uv the Corners. There, in long rows, was Bascom's stook. There, in bT-

scarcely rold yit. There it lay and ez my

the last drop wuz gone.

Bascom p'inted to an immense tank wich

rils jist eggsaotly three and one-fifth

water. And so on down. Ef silver goes up,!

I she! add whisky eggsactly in propors un.

many times to git the same amoun uv

ried consulashun at the Deekin house and

I sejested that we emane pa ourse ves

from the dommyon uv this tyrant by start-

in' a grosery uv our own on the joint stock

principle, which wuz agreed to, each man

agree-in' to contribbit $10 to the capital stock,

DISGUSTED STUDENT.

Bandy Letter Writer Fails to Flease a Tenant for Oood Reasons. The proprietor of a second-hand book

store was awakened from a gentle doze by

I don't see what there is offensive about that book. You wanted a 'Handy LetterWriter' and I gave you the best one of the market. There aren't any opinions in it about politics or religion, and I'm blest if I can see what you uld find to bring you raging and hammering around as if you'd been insulted." "I don't blame you for standin' up fer your own wares. But when a man goes ter buy a handy letter-writer he makes a confession. He want6 to buy sense. He ain't got sense enough ter write a letter the way it orter be, hisself, an' he wants tor git somebody's knowledge ter help him out." "That's very true. But it's no reason for your getting out of patrence with mo." "I ain't sayin' anythin' about you. It's the feller thet got out this book thet I'm talkin' about. I set down with it in a studious frame o' mind ter write^a letter ter my landlord, an' the fu3t model I struck went like this:

Dear sir I take my pen in hand "I didn't git no furder'n that. I read it over two or three times an' then I shet the book up an' brought, it hero ter see ef ye wouldn't trade it off fur some 'Jack Harkaway' or 'Deadivood Dick' stories, or most anythin' thet ye keep in stock ter palm off on folks that don't know no better. They might bo purty bad, but they couldn't be no wuss'n that there." "I don't see what there is so very objectionable about that." "Don't 4say any such thlnsj. Ye ain't so innocent ez not ter notice thet a feller cz went ter work serious an' put thet on paper would jes' be makin' a fxl er hi3self. The idee o' tellin' a msn ye take yer p°n in hand! What did he s'pose ye wus goin' to take yer pen In? Yer ot? Don't my landlord know dern well thet I ain't no armless phenomenon like ye sre trr tbe sideshow in the ^ircus? Mebbs it's lnt nded ter be *unny. but er feller thet's writln' ter 'Is* landlord don't wanter ter get frolicsome. I like ter bo entertainin' when the occasion comes, but when I'm tellin' a felU th«»t the waterpipes is leakln' an' »hct the plaster is comln' iff the parlor eellin', I don't wanter m»kc I monkey of myself an' I don't wanter pay nobody 25 cents a volume ter do it for me, neither."

To Cere a Cold In One Day.

Take laxative Brcmo Quinine Tablets. All irvggttiUs refund tbe money if it fails to cure. 2Sc.

an(j

see that tank?" sed he. tfae depot to catch the train for Chicago. "May I ask wot that ez for? I se Before the train had pulled Into the sta"That tank will fill with ranewater, se

was

man(jg at

In short, my whisky is jist a goin to er jpjje captain had already disobeyed in his currency, and nothin' shorter. Yoo ers keart by returning and like a true woman wich work for wagis may swet, but I won t.

"But yoo'll increase the size uv your

sequences

glasses?" sed I. They concluded to get married at once "Not eny. But yoo may dr as

and

pardon 0

drunk ez before, by payin for eac then "went to Captain "Ward, of whom And Bascom stalked haw ac an lieutenant asked not only pardon, but took his position behind the ar. also her money allowance from the funds

There wuz consternashun in the Corners

sich ez I hev never seen. Ther wuz a hur- I

Frien

the book which was slammed down on the being sent to the guard heuse by furnish-

counter in front of him, says the Detroit Free Press. He jumjed to his feet and exclaimed: "Has something tumbled over?" "Take it back," said the man who had made the noise. "I don't want it." "But we never exchange goods after they have gone out of the store." "All right. Ye kin keep it ez a present from me, then."

TERBE mTTTBTfEPRTKR, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER is, 1898.

WAB DIDN'T PREVENT

OLABSKCE SIBCMONSAKB BWIMi WEST ffOVLO WED.

A Romance In the Lives ef Two Volunteers of America—¥ona( Cenple Kept Apart by the Horrors of War.

The marriage of Clarence Simmons of Chicago and Miss Emma West of this city by Judge Hammer in his office at the court house yesterday was the culmination of a little romance that is at present the chief topic of conversation among the members of the garrison of the Volunteers of America in this city and also in Springfield., says the Decatur Review.

Clarence Simmons is, or has been, the captain in command of the Springfield post of the Volunteers, while Rmma West was until yesterday lieutenant of the Decatur garrison, under command of Captain Clara Ward.

Several months ago the couple plighted their troth while both were stationed in Chicago. As the war against the hosts of Satin progressed and outposts were established the lovers were separated, the captain being sent to take charge of the Springfield garrison, and the lieutenant coming in course of time to this city.

Of course like dutiful soldiers the lovers told their commanding general, Brigaiiej Fielding, of their engagement, and intimated that they would like permission to married, but that fierce old warrior told them that they must wait, there were other engagements to be brought to a close, and the horrors of war kept the couple from I their heart's desire.

The impatient captain broached the subject of marriage to the brigadier again when that high official was In Springfield last week and set forth eloquently the advantagis to be derived from his having to assist him in his charge a lieutenant upon whom he

could depend in any turn that the war

rils, piled one on top uv another, wuz the take, but his plea was without avail, dilishus whisky uv Louisville, uv different,

ancj

ages, rangin' from that uv two weeks old to should persist after having once been given that wich hed Jist left the still, and wuz

general, angered that the captain

un(jerBtan(j

unyi

eye ranged affecksbun&tely over it I felt ef captain to report at Chicago today, the! I cood hev the drinkin' uv all that likktir jntention being to transfer him to another I wood be content to lay down and die when

that the wedding could not

the end of twelve months, ordered,

perhaps less desirable post as punish-

men

for demurring against the orders of

hjs higher 0

fficer.

he hed erectfl within a few days, with a pipe, jn accordance with instructions Captain running in from the roof. Simmons started from Springfield Friday "I shan't raise the price of likkur in con- jor Chicago and he came by way of Decatur sekence uv bein.' paM fer it in depreshiated

tQ gpend just Qne day with the young lieu

currency!" sed he. tenant, who was the one girl that could I fell on Bascom's neck In an exta^y uv him happy. delite, while the others shouted, ah for that time he was firmly resolved to do Bascom!" his duty, though hard it might be, and tha "G. W.," I remarkt, while teers suffoo3e ^wo reconciled themselves to wait twelve my eyes, "I nevor placed yoo much be ow: j0Qg

m0

the angels, but this generous act has celebrated. At midnight Friday Captain yoo a hundred per cent in my estimas um. gjmnions ^id the lieutenant good bye and Bless yoo, G. W., bless you.

an(j

he. "The moment yoo git to pay me in result of such flagrant disobedience silver, I shel take out uv eeoh uv them ir-

Ions uv likker, and fill it with water. f0un(j jjjm

whisky and fill her up with 25 per cent uv

nths before their wedding should

with a

"But I'll tell yoo at I shall do. yoo gUitar

sigh buckled on his armor, slung his

across

his shoulders and set out for

the soldier, fully realizing what might

on

jers from high authority, retraced his

steps

toward the city, and early morning

on

"Merciful hevings!" we a.11^ exc a me {ght before for what both had resolved "and poor likker so weak now! should be the year commanded by the gen"And when silver gits down to 75 cents

graL

on the dollar, I shel take out 25 per cent uv ,d

hig way to the girl he had left

not (take much entreaty to

guade

pgr.

Lieutenant Ward to fall into his plan,

jjey should set all com-

defiance and get married at once.

she stood by him

no matter what the con-

tjjen hoth go to Chicago and ask the

(jeneral Fielding. They did so,

pardon a

Ward QUt

patience even at the diBobedi

enc0 Qf tfae coupl6r and she refused both

nd money, and might have even

threatened

to have both shot if she had had

aut

hority

wheQ the money was refused fte

wedded couple put their purses together to see if they had enough to get to Chicago on. The groom had not figured on having to buy two tickets and he was short. The bride had spent most of her money for a fevr little things that even an Army lassie needs for her wedding day and the two together lacked $2 of having enough to buy tickets,

ds of the lieutenant ran the risk of

ing her money enough to pay fare and at 1 o'clock last night the newly wedded soldiers left for Chicago to face a possible court martial before General Fielding.

If you would always have splendid cake use Dr. Price's Baking Powder.

THE LIMESTONE FIELDS.

The Annual Report of State Geologist lllatchley. The main details of State Geologist Blatchley's annual report are being compiled and a review of the material that is to go into it shows that it will differ vastly in point of interest from the usual technical and uninteresting reports of the state geologist, says the Bvansville Courier. The new report will be divided into two main branches, consisting of a dissertation on the oolitic limestone deposits of the state and another on the new oil field and the extent and value of the oil deposits.

Regarding the oolitic limestone fields there will be a good deal of interest. The geologist has had two men at work during the summer locating and making a map of the oolitic limestone area. He finds that it lies mainly in Lawrence and Monroe coun-' ties, although the area extends largely into Washington county. The work of the geologist and his assistants in this respect has been arduous and consists of traveling over the territory and tracing out the deposits, boundaries being determined by the lines where the stone crops out of the ground. The report will show that the Indiana limestone deposits are of the richest and most valuable character.

Connected with the report on the oolitic limestone deposits there will be an interesting report on Indiana caves. During July and the early part of August the geologist and a party of assistants made a thorough investigation of the caves that lie along the western border of the limestone belt A large number of photographs were taken of the interior chambers of the caves, showing the stalacites and interior recesses. These will be embodied in the annual report and will be a feature of interest. The geologist also made a collection of many interesting forms of animal life found in the caves. These are now in the state museum. Tfcey consist of blind crawfish and blind fish of all descriptions, the latter being white and without scales.

That part of the report which treats of the new oil field will be one of the most general interest, however. The geologist spent the entire month of June In the oil field, getting the records of the individual wells put down, vteiting the weiis and ascertaining how the oil is holding out, the extent of the area, etc. This was before tne excitement in the Broad Ripple oil field, but since the gushers were developed in

that territory be has spent much of hit time there gathering materials for the report, and he is at present investigating in •that Vicinity. Regarding the informat'on that he has gathered to date in connection with the new oil territory Mr. 1 llatcfcley Bays: "I have a hopeful view of the development of Indiana oil territory. Tho field i3 holding out well and the known area is gradually increasing, especially to the north, west and south. It is a difficult matter to find the exact extent of the oil field, and the only practical way to do so is «u locate 'a pool. "It is 'my opinion that time will show that the Indiana oil field will be found the equal in every respect of the famous Ohio field. The Indiana and Ohio fields will, in fact, be found to be continuous. There are now 1,800 producing wells in the state. I am not able as yet to form a complete idea regarding the newly opened Broad Ripple field, but am of the opinion that it is on the very southern boundary of the gas and oil field of the state. A careful investigation of the field substantiates the opinion advanced in my last report that oil will be found in most of the territory in Indiana where gas is. The Broad Ripple oil is about the same in quality as that found further north. That found in the western part of tb# state, notably near Terre Haute, is of a better quality for a lubricant, but not 30 good for jeneral illuminating purposes. My report will contain a special map of the oH area as far as determined with dati of interest to those who arc engaged in the oil industry or are contemplating engaging in it."

RACE ACROSS THE OCEAN.

Three British Salllac Vessels Speed From China For a Prlsec of 885,000. On September 6, 1866, the most extraordinary race by ships across the ocean came to a close by their arrival in London within a' few minutes ol one 'another, after very long voyages as regards distance, says the Pittsburg IDispatch. On May 30th of that year the three competing vessels, the Serica, the Ariel and the Taeplng, pass-id the bar ef the harbor of Foochow, on the east coast of China, a port which since 1842 has been open to foreign commerce and is one of the principal tea markets. They were preceded On the previous day by the Fiery C'rcs^, and were followed on September 31st by the Taitsing, both of which sail 3d from ihat same port. The next news heard of thoci caxui by teiegtaph from Anjer, an island in the Straits of Sunda, in the Malay archipelago. The Fiery Cross passed there on Jurie 19th and the three racing_vessels on June 2Sa, all within a few hours of each otheiV having run the distance from Foochow in twenty-three days. On Septv.nber 5, 1SGC, Lloyd's agent telegraphed the arrival cf these three ships in the Downs, the Ariel and Taeping having arrived at 8 s. m. and ..lie Perica passing Deal at 1 p. m. They had all steam tugs In atendance and were pushing on for the Thames with all possible expedition. The distance, 14,060 miles, had been run in ninety-nine days, and it appeared that the Artel and Taeping ran almost neck and neck the whole passage, the Serlca following olose in their wake. The result of this extraordinary race was declared to be as follows: The Taeping, docked in London docks 9j45_ p. m., first the Ariel, docked in East India docks 10:15 p. m., second ths Serica, docked in West India docks 11:80 p. m., third. The Taeping,. therefore, was winner of the prize, which was about ?25,000 In value, to be paid in the form of new teas from Foochow to the one of these three sailing vessels which should f»e first in dock.

THE BANK ROBBER CONFESSES.

It Was

His Brother W1 Wa* Killed His H. y. Lake Mills, la., Oct.

12.—The

young man

under arrest here on a oharge of having been implicated in the double murder and bank robbery at Sherburne, Minn., has made a confession acknowledging that he was associated in the affair. He says that the nyin killed while resisting arrest near Elmore was his brother. He will not reveal his true name or the location of his home. The confession was secured by his captor, Marshal Ruby. In it he declares that his brother planned the robbery and killed the two men in the Sherburne bank.

After the killing he said he and his brother were greatly alarmed lest they bs penned up in the bank, and both agreed that th9jr,must work rapidly. Ha continued: "J Tvent' to the money drawer and took out the money. I thought there was about $700 in the bunch that I had. I put it in ,a sack that we had for that purpose, and then we cut the screen to the back window and left town on our bicycles. Just as we got on the bicycles I handed my brother the money and he put it in his bicycle bag. We separated about two and one-half or three miles out of Sherburne. My brother, being the best rider, mpde south for the state line and I took a southwesterly direction until I got south of Jackson, and then I struck out south along the Des Moines river to Algona. Then I crossed the country around by Britt and Forest City to Lake Mills. I had a pretty hard time getting through."

After making the confession to Marshal Ruby, the latter wanted the prisoner to tell his right name, but he shook his head and said: "I don't wish to let my folks know anything about this. I suppose I shall plead guilty under an assumed nanpe." The name he first gave upon being taken into custody was Jim McMullen. He now says that it is fictitious, but will give no other, so that is the name under which he will probably be arraigned. He will be taken to the Blue Earth county jail, located in Blue Earth City, for safe keeping, as it is considered dangerous to lodge him in the county jail at Fairmount, the county seat of Marion county, in which the Sherburne affair occurred.

Yellow Fever Continues In Havana. Washington, Oct. 11.—Dr. Burgess, sanitary inspector of the Marine Hospital service at Havana, in a recent report says that yellpw fever continues to be epidemic there, and he is informed that it iB so in most of the places where the Spanish soldiers are found. During September there were 1,034 deaths in Havana from the -disease. Smallpox, instead of diminishing, increases daily, not only in Havana, but .in the suburbs. »The doctor expresses the fear that it will be many months before this scourge Is over.

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Remains Taken to Brazil,

The remains of Mrs. M. J. Wood, who died Saturday afternoon in this city, were taken 'to Brazil yesterday afternoon and there interred. The funeral was attended by a number of friends and relatives of the family. Mrs. Wood leavos two sons, Fred an engineer on the Vandalia, and William, who lives at Lafayette.

Peace on Karth.

This is one more enjoyed by the rheumatic wise enough to counteract their progressive malady with Hoe tetter's Stomach Bitters. No testimony Is stronger than that which indicates it as a source of relief in this complaint. It is also eminently effective as a treatment for kidney trouble, dyspepsia, debility, liver complaint and constipation. Use it with peresistance fw the above. .* .......

YOU CAN SEE SOUND.

EXPIRIKENT8 WITH THK PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS IN NEW FIKJLDS.

Arrow-Headed W»TM In the Atpaosphere That Produce the Soand Photographed.

If the human eye goes on increasing In usefulness as it has been doing of late it is not at all improbable that eyesight will usurp the functions of hearing. In the past a sound has been "heard" only. Marvelous to relate, it has been found possible to see a sound and to photograph it in its course. This discovery, following closely as it has upon the ray and other remarkable discoveries, has set the scientific world to thinking what new problems are left for men to solve.

The latest sensation in science, according to the Vaughn and Cornish M. Sc., shows that if a photographic lens be turned on a Martini bullet in its flight through the air the photographic p'ate shows that a dark line of compressed air can be seen in front of the ball. In the path of the bullet on which a lens was turned, in the course of a series of exhaustive experiments just made public, the hole cut in tha air by the projectile could be distinctly seen closing up as the atmospheric waves subsided, and the separated air came together again. It being necessary to bring some sort of light to bear upon the bullet in its flight, an electric spark was formed by an ingenious method, and by sending tfce bullet past two wires, that completed an electric current a photograph was obtained by the light of the spark thus created.

Fhctogriiph of the Hamming Soand.

This showed an interesting state of things, comments the New York Herald. Besides the dark line formed by the piled-up atmosphere in the front of the bullet and the smoke-like air waves in the rear, there appeared on the plate ah arrow-headed wave that was caused by the hum of the bullet. This hum broke the atmosphere into arrowheaded sections that could be distinctly seen on the plate.

A comparison 'with the time when the sound was heard with the time when tbe sound could be seen on the photographic plate proved that the soldier who "ducks" when he hears the whiz of a bullet is wasting energy, for the bullet 1MS passed when the sound is heard. Experiments with bullets of greater velocity showed that the ar-row-headed air waves were always of the same shape, but with an increase of impact they became sharper at the point.

The difference between waves of the sea and sound waves, as shown by these interesting experiments is that there is no noisy moving backward and forward and tossing tumultuously as with water. The air particles, burst asunder by the impact of the projectile, scatter into the atmosphere thus producing a greater density..,- This action goes on continuously in front of the bullet and on either side.

The air wave transmits its energy to the neighboring layer of air, which, being thus compressed, becomes in its turn the wave front.

The air waves, now that man can see them by teh aid of a photographic lens, are shown to be regular and systematic in their habits. When distributed by the flight of the bullet they scatter in arrow-headed waves until the disturbing element has passed on, when the layers of air recoil into their former position. The motion of the air particles was found to be wholly forward and back to rest along the same path.

Sonnrt Waves From a Piano. Experiments made to ascertain what condition of the atmosphere caused the sounds that are made by the striking of the piano key revealed the facts that the vibration sent out a succession of pulsations of the atmosphere, each of which is an elastic air wave independent of those which precede and follow it.

The photographic lens showed that the crests are separated by distances of about four and a half feet. The particles of air, it could be seen, were caused to make a forward and backward spring. During the former the air is compressed during the latter, it is rarefied, each pulse of compressed air being followed by one of rarefied air.

Experiments with the vibration of a violin string showed that the air is compressed and released very suddenly,» which gives the sharper sound of the violin as compared with that of the piano.

An atmospheric disturbance on a large scale has a very different form of wave front. The eruption of a volcano, if the photographic lens could be turned on it, would show a great rln^-shaped wave front radiating out to all points of the compass and going half way round the earth. Then this wave

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lieved of the pressure and return to the region of the volcano again. From observations made during the final paroxysms of the Krakatoa eruption, Mr. Cornish is of the opinion that the great air waves, if photograph apparatus could bp constructed that would take them as it dees the aerial disturbances made by a bullet, would show that the waves spread out with diminishing intensity at each journey until they had made several complete circuits of the globe.

In Florida, the land of flowers, Dr. Price's Baking Powder is favorite.

FOOTBALL DENOUNCED.

A Chicago Pastor Says it Is a Mean and ?Mmoral Sport. William H. Manss preached in the Church of the Redeemer, Evanstnn and Aldine avenues, last night on "Football and Religion," says the Chicago Chronicle. He said in part: "I do not wish to condemn football. I am an old football player myself. I graduated in 1887, however, and the game has changed greatly since that day. I see in football as played today certain tendencies that are not to the best interests of the mind and body. There are tendencies, for instance, to overstrain certain parts of the body that will result in the end in the destruction of the whole body. "As played today football does not develop men as it should. Then, too, it is rough to the point of danger. The first accident of the season resulted day before yesterday, a young man being fatally injured in wedge and flying mass plays in which he was forced to participate. Many college men can testify that they have lost for life the use of some part of the body through such accidents. Football as played today is also not conducive to morality. In the heat play we forget the laws of honesty, the standards of right and wrong and of fairness. Some of our own number are now confined to their beds because brute force overcame reason. In that heat of play the man's standard of morality must suffer. "Our football games today are really pugilistic encounters carried to an extreme. Then, too. we lose all patience, and with impatience comes an anger near to rowdyism that recks not of human limbs or life. "Again, football plsyed on Sunday is destructive of our ethical code. We as a nation are founded on a Sunday that Is not .puritanical. I fear that the desecration of

the .day will go so far th*t all observance of the day will pass. The factories Will cpsa and Sunday will be like every day. We aa a people should stand for Sunday observances When Sunday is given over to sport, gymnastic exercise in the parks,football and cycling we are Introducing into our American life and Institutions that whicfc will baing destruction to us. I do not regard the Baloon as a greater danger to Amerlean civilization than Sabbath desecration as it obtains today. It is time for the pulpit to raise its voice against football on the Sabbath and the opening of park gymnasiums on that day. Bisaaxok said: A nation's future is to be judged by the observance of its Sabbath.' Another thing that I oppose in football is tbe gambling feature. It Is now largely a gambling sport. Men take part In It for the chances of sudden gain. Another thing is the absorbing way in which football Interests college men from the opening of school till Thanksgiving. In college studies, religion, reading, are all forgotten and football alone is thought of. Football as played today Is against religion, because it places Itself above religion. I favor football as a recreation, without gambling, unier the old Rugby or assooiation rules, obviating tbe dan-f ger to 11* and limb, and when so played that it advances morality. Instead of inciting to underhandednsss, to mean trickery. Football has come to be a mean sport, is which men forget their better menhocd. It militates against our being temples of Osd^ against morality, against our religion."

SPECTATORS RECEIVE A SHOCK,

Army Officer Sends a BuacSjr Into the Air Tied to a Big Kite. New York, Oct. 11.—Lieutenant H. D* Wise, United States «my. stationed-at Governor's island, has been experimenting lor some time with kites for use by the *i( corps cf the army. He has observed a silence regarding his work, but the sight oC the kites has frequently attracted the at-1 tention of boatmen, ferryboat passengers and persons along the battery.

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There was an exhibition of kite flying yesterday which attracted unwonted attend tion, for attached to one of the kites was the dangling form of a man. It was suspended fully a quarter of a mile above tha earth, aad when once tbe kite took a sudden lunge downward it is safe to say that many a witness at the battery frit hi* heart jump.

The experiments of Hargreave and this announced intention to make the ascent byj means of a kite to demonstrate Its useful-«j ness in military reconnoitre may have pre-] pared some of the onlookers for the sight they witnessed. Investigation, however, showed that the form was only dummy.! It was dressed in unitorm and weighed forty pounds. A weightier dummy will be tested before alive soldier essays ti» per-' llous ascent.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

When clothing has acquired a close, un-T pleasant odor from being packed away where the air cannot reach it, a few pieces of charcoal laid among the folds will soon remove the odor.

When roasting small birds always fasten the beads under the wings and lay a thin slice of pork on the breast of each bird and a piece of bread underneath. A bird would not be complete without its bed and blanket.

An egg that has been boiled soft and become cold cannot be copked again and mada hard but a soft-boiled egg that has not had the shell broken may be reheated by cooking three minutes In boiling water, and it will taste as well as if freshly boiled.

Save tea leaves for washing varnished paint. When sufficient have been collected steep them for half an. hour In a tin vessel and then strain through a sieve. This water gives a fresher, newer appearance to varnished wood than ordinary soap and water.

Among decorative plants for the house the African asparagus, commonly called asparagus fern, is most useful. The graceful fronds last a long time they are rarely troubled with Insects, and gas and furnace heat do not affect them so quickly as many other plants.

To make ones own extract of vanilla secure five Tonquin beans and one vanilla bean, clip them-end put them Into a bottle with ten ounces of alcohol, six ounces ot water and three of sugar. Let the mixture remain from six to eight weeks, shaking it frequently then strain and it is ready to use.

The small stone crocks used by many for holding butter should always be well washed and freshened before being refilled. The best way' to freshen them after washing is to fill them with boiling ammonia or borax water, allowing a teaspoonful of ammonia to a quart of water. Let the water

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resnain all day, and then fill the crock with sweet milk and h»t it stand over night. Among the simple remedies which should be in the family medicine closet, one of the most useful in mutton suet. For cuts and bruises it is unequaled, as well as for chapped hands and faces. It is best to procure tbe sunt at the butcher's and try it out at home, turning it into small molds t® cool and then roll It In tin foil. A camphor ice may be made by putting a piece of camphor gum the size of a walnut with half a cup of mutton tallow and melting them together. Pour the mixture into a little cup or mold to bscome cold.

Housekeepers desirous of making their own baking powder can do so with very litle trouble. The following formula is one that has been used for many years: Weigh six ounces of flour and thoroughly dry it, without browning it, in the oven. Procure six ounces of tbe best so3a and thirteen and one-half ounces of cream of tartar. Adl them to the dried flour and rub together half a dozen times through a sieve, then put them in airtight jars or tin cans and keep tji

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da«*k cidSet, uslag the powder from a small jar so that it will retain its strength.

Dull Day in Police Court.

There was no excitement in police court yesterday. One case was not concluded in the morning. It was continued until the afternoon. The case in question was that of George Kress and George Hollingshead for fighting. Kress was fined $1 and costt and Hollingshead was acquitted. J. C. Ha'.l wa3 fined $5 and costs by Mayor Ross for malicious trespass.

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