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By JOHNSTON & CHRISTY.
FRANKLEtt MACON CO., N. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
1888.
VOLUME III. NO. 2T.
A
A FEATHER CLOAK.
. The Gorgeous Rclyal Mantle ol
_ the Sandwich Islands.
Its Manufacture Took a Century
^nd Cost a Million.
The Washington Si
ar describes tha
roval feather cloak frdm the Sandwich
out fan-shaped in
museum. This
Islauds that is spread
a case in the National
cloak is computed to have cost in labor
$1 000,000, Tho nativj name for it is
Ciims. In the dayi when n Hawaiian
beau or belle wanted jlittle clothing, but
wanted that gorgeously colored, this
c’onk or mantle wouljl have been con
sidered of more valuai ro’tthetienlly and
ihtiiuiicallyptiia)i asjiip'.oid of Worth
costumes, a id its happy possessor might
tiny bo said to bo in high feather.
Since the natives} have adopted
wile trouseri, latan-tennis shirts
and four-in-hand ties, its valu
lies chi'fly in tihe traditions that sur
reuadit. Thfc man
circular, is four foot
lie, which is semi
on g or deep, and
it i • 11 l-2Tect wide at the bottom and
p where it goes
e entire outer sur
n ol line texture,
appearance of
"cJtorp are red
o. The body is
ii ;ures, crcscoat
: yellow feathers,
atcral borders are
1 with alternate
t yellow feathers.
23 inches at th'p t
around the neck. Th
ftfce is madj of feithe
giving tho
plush. The \ iuvA
and v. llow or orang
decorated with largo
fhaped, ol either red
Tho upper and
corded and dec rate
tuts of red, black an
A legend on a label stutos that this
feather clonk formerly belonged to
Kehiinrkalatii, one of (the highest chiefs
of the Sandwich Isjland*. Alter, tho
.abolition of i lojatry; in 1819 that chiof
rebelled agaiust tlie Ireigning King anil
attempted to rc^estal lidi the aacient re
ligions. A sanguinary, battle was fought
and Kchuarkalani wtts slain, and this
clonic, which ho them had on, fell into
the hands .of the cohqu ’rors, «nd thus
bee ime the property of King Komc
halnclin, by whom it! was presented to
Cipt. J. II. Aulick, t jU. S. N., in 1811.
The cloak ir now tha property of Capt..
Auliclifs grandson, Jlichmoad Ogston
Autick, who deposited it ia the N i
Ths greaf value of tho
oag'timo required
lional Mus.uin
• cloak ia due to tlie
to secure lire feathers thib compose it
an 1 to miiiu'acfure the cloak.
’i he . foundation i
olona, or native hrnn
tachcd by line thread
a net-work of
and to it are ut
of the saint ma
Jpriid tlie feathers of
in the Hawaiian 1 -land, end
there. Rccat write
that ti e i ild is c
feathers arc w ven in
o' her arid li’u flat,
plu-h-liko i ui fuc ■.
without linin':*, and' eh
work and V the
the feathers. The
weiu .
feathers afe obtained ireRfT»i«i
Uho, and,fas stated", are of great vahje,
birds dound only
vny rare
rs have declared
ow extinct. The
to as to lap each
turning a , smooth
h ■ inner surface is
nwr the dona net
qui 1-cnds of
cord of the
ed so as to serve
Um ; i:-i is rard v
tult to Capture/ and
small tuft of these fpatliers upon each
slitu'tder. The black
the head an l back o
.V,
-blaak.
in u n air
The Of. i;
means ef birl-drtic; the yellow feathers
arc then plucked ail'd
Ti;c red feathers are from tin body and
t cck of the Drcpanis
abundant bitd of the
sbgt ni..r di
ll as, but a very
feathers are from
the same bird—
icing a gl03sy
r aught alive by
the bird released.
The Hawaii 11 8 >e< t.itor, a newspaper
publi-hed in 1839,
similar mantle, at
keauli has the mans or feather war
cloak of l.is father, (T.e-Moha-Meha. It
wuis not completed, u
iug tceupie 1 eight
its* fabricatio i. A
v bn 1 at $1. 50 was
of live of .the yellow
esliunit-, the value
equal that of the
several .-.of the Tl ir<pean regalia, and,
i. C uding the .prico of the feathers, not
less than n mij’.ior
lal or tv is expen led
Coceinca, the most
Smd'wich Islands.
refers to this, or a
fo'lows: ‘‘Kawi
ntil his reign, hav
rccocdiag ones in
piece of nankeen,
formerly the price
feather1. .15/ this
sf the cloak would
urest diamonds il
tlollat’s worth ol
upon it at tin pres
ent'rata of torn| utirg wages.’’
Anoth r ; uil.orily states that two yel
low h ethers only are obtained from each
O'*, and these arc found under the wings.
When the mucli-brized feathers an
plucked the bird is set at liberty. Th<
pticc of the featlnn, according to tbit
o
authority, was $1.50 for three, and th<
time occupied in muki ;g tho cloak wat
estimated from fifjty to ono hundred
year”.
Shared 15)' a Bullet.
Gee oral Siuirt, ijs u.ual, greatly ex
pose I hii ow i pcrsbn on horseback, bj
riding ou‘ of tlio wood into tho opei
field, and I felt it jny duty to say. t<
' » lull' that, in iny opinion ho was not it
his proper •p'no.: aij in a few minutes tin
whole Are of tho onemy would ba con
; ccutrattd upon him.
I3iit lie was i:i a
nnswen d cuitly
seemed body to b
1 was ;.t liberty to
rery bad humor anti
that if this plact
coma too hot for m<
leave it; whoreu'poi
I ma le response that Sinco my duty at
tached me to his side; no placo coulc
b too hot for mo whero ho choso t<
go.
N-vertheless, I ((hanged my position,
nu 1 cautiously brojaght a large tree, in
Iroat ol which I hi*d bean standing, be
tw.cn myself and the enemy.
In an instant the firiug began anc
. three bullets strueje the "tree at mst th(
h i dit to show tl ft, had I rffnainec
where I was they tvould certainly hav<
pone through my body. Looking a
Blu rt I saw him.pass hiftfimd quickly
across hi; face, am} even at that seriou
moment I could j not help laughing
ht artily when I discovered that one o:
the numberless buffets that had J^eei
whistling arcuid Aim had cut off nal:
of his beloved moiistacho as neatly as il
could have been dino by the h%nd of at
experienced barber.—[Youth’s Com
pauion.
Important if True.
- First Baseball Clank: How does th<
game stand, Billy!
B Cond Baseball Crank: Eight t<
foil: teen.
Fir. t Base-Bali ('rank: Who’s ahead'
8.cond Baseball, Crank: Fourteen. -
l [Time.
From Within.
Not by the sea tide,
Nor the swift river,
Nor the stars that sweep thro’ waste of
hoftven,
Side by side
Forever and over,
Do we mark man's life with its loss and
gnin. H
Not by the leaf’s fall,
Nor by ipring rain,
Nor tlfe atoms that drift thro’ endless forni3
Changing all
Tho’ they changeless remain,
Do we count man’s life with its hap and
bane.
Not by the strong things,
Nor by things sw< et,
Nor by t : . f : r ID t.t ' f aln that ,1s far
On swift wings,
Nor the wild winds that meet,
Do we time man’s life with its dusk and!
day.
But by the strong will,
But by the soul’s grace, !
But by the yearnings that thread night and
;;dny
Soft and still,
Till they glow in his face,
Do we tell nun’s life forever and aye.
—[George Lo Moine in. Overland'.
A SMART WOMAN,
I BY HEI.EX rOKHEST GRAVES.
“Thai woman, ” said Squire Dockley
within himself, “ought to have been a
man I”
The Elglish langu age, as tho squire
interpreted it, had no higher form of
praise than,this. The Squire believed
implicitly ih his own se x. And when
he said that Maria Poole “ought to have
been a man,'’ ho did homage to her ca
pacity.
Squire Dockley, was on his way to the
postoflice. lie liked to go in the early
morning, before tho thermometer had
mounted to too high a degree, and
while the dew yet sparkl d upon the
close, tdiort grass along the road.
Old Mr. l’ooie had been postmaster at
Sassafras Gap for 12 years, but his
daughter Maria performed all the duties
of the position, as the old man was bed
nuuen, ueai ami nc:pic9s. maria also
worked the faint, with the aid of a va
cmt-faced, red-haired auxiliary, r-i;m d
E ias Smith, who came for halt’ wages
Y>® rWli»» all out on the
tUu tqijiro. -*‘A.a*i not a weediV the
garden, and nobody to raiso a ll-.ger
about the place but Maria! I declare
that woman ought to have been a man 1 ’
Cose beside him was the well, shad
owed with a canopy of blue-cupped
morning-gloi ias which had not yet
folded their silken tents away from tho
sun.
The squire stopped to get a drink of
Water, when suddenly a human head
popped up before him like a jack-in-the
box.
“Je-ru-sa-lcm !’’ ejaculated the squire,
.-starting back. “Why, it's you, ain’t it,
Miss 1\ o e?”
“Yes, it's, me,” said Maria. , “I’ve
been down the well to clean' it. A tin
trumpet, two doll babies, a spelling
book, a cocoanut shell and fourteen ap.
pic-cores—that's wh.t the boarders’
children have dropped down since this
day work. I sometime^ think,” giving
herself a shake, and sending the. sur
plus moisture < f the well flying in all
directions, “llu.1 King Ihrod wasn’t so
far wrong as foil-.s pretend to think. If
you want a drink, Squire Dackley you'd
better go down to She sp:ing,house. The
well’s sore o’ stirre 1 up.”
Tho squire meekly followed Maria
Poole down to the cool, sweet-smelling
spring-house whero a living stream
flowed‘bclicnth the shelves, all laden
with pa&s of milk an 1 a glittering
spring bubbled up in the corner like a
magnified diamond.
“Made much lutter tbit year?” the
squire inquired ns he slaked his thirst.
j_ “Two hundred and nine pounds,
packed down a’rendy,” was Maria’s ro
om account of d limp in one leg; and
^shp kept bor.rJers in summer. .
sponse. '
‘-‘Well, I declare!” admiringly ccm
mcnlcl the squire, as.lie laid down llii
gouid-shell. '.Ycu'd ought to have
been a man, Miss Maria; aud so Ivc
said ng’in and ag’i i.”
' Humph;” observed Maria. “If I
csuldn’t armade a smarter man than
some I know of, I would give up. Well,
squire, I don’t want to hurry you, but
its ’most time to open the post cilice
and see about the morning mail.”
“I was n- thin kin’ of calliig.for my
letters and papers,’’ said Squire D.ck
1 ley, wij icg liis mouth with, a red baa
dan na pocket-handkerchief.
“Can't nobody get into the post< ftiqe
—not if they had a letter for the presi
dent himself—afore 8 o'clock,” said Miss
Maria, curtly. “Business hours is busi
; ness hours!"
| “Yes, I know—Ikuowl'' apologized
\ the squire, as he followed Miss Poole
' up the winding path; “but 1 was calcu
' litin’ to spenk to you,-Maria,”.
“Well, what is it? D’on’t keep me
long!”
The squire shifted from one foot fo
the other. Was ever lover credited
like this before?
“I was a-thinkin’, Merit,” said lie,
“that it wan’t in place for a woman to
be k; epin’ postcfficc—’
1 ‘-‘Oh, that’s your came, is .it?” re
torted Maria. “You’d like to get the
office away from father, would you?
, And y.u re gettin’ up a prtition to edge
some friend o’ youru in? Will, it won’t
, go down, Squire Doekley. All the folks
hereabout) know father well, a; d you
won’t get no'signutures to your p: p rs.
Ar.d I should think youd b6 ashamed
of yourself to go and—«” ,
‘'Hold on, Maria--hold oni” gasped
Mr. Dockley, instinctively steppingbach
apacoortwo. “I mistrust you don’4
quite apprehend me. It’s-quito another
tack as I’m op. I'm a ryeli-to
do man, Maris, without no incumbrance
lutihy son Leonidas, and I've reason tc
think he’s plannin’lto get settled & life
pretty soon. And lately it’s been ibornc
in upon me that I’d orter have hsfecond
paidacr. The Scriptcr says i| |s not
well for man to be alone, and tkp 6>rip
ter is generally rigljt. And you’re the
pardner I’d like to hav , Maria Poole!’
The squire bcameJ. Evidently, in
his opinion, there was no sort of |loubt
but that Maria would accept him, put of
hand.
Was he not ‘‘The Squire?” and was not
Maria Poole a hard-working, ungainly
woman, just overstepping the border
land where people would begin to jeer
at her lot of “single-hiessedmes^?I1
Maria viewed him out of hep ljjjonest,
gray eyes with utter amazemeSti 1
‘‘You see, ’ went on Mr.; Pejckloy
“you ain’t so young as you was,
Mari *’ . Hi
“No,” thoughtfully observed Maria,
stroking her ediin in a man-like jf^shion.
“And you ain’t what *fol!jw call
pretty?” • I j‘
‘No,” wincing a little, in s|ite of
herself. it
■ j I
“And therojs your father. Most peo
ple would object to your fathfr; be
cause—”
“Squire, look here, none 6-’ this 1 ’
curtly interrupted Maria.’ “P’jrSps you
think you’ve dono me a favor, lijut you
ain’t!- An 1 I’ve no more time it& stand
gifl-gufling here, aforo the mail is
opened. I don't want you. . |Aud I
wouldn’t marry you at no price.
There!” ■ j |
“Very well, very well!” cried the
squire, in a great rage. ‘ l)j jest as
yo think best. I’ve no more to say.
But ;it ain’t likely a plain, humbly old
maid like you. will get aaothaj- ;chmco
if, indeed, you ever had one afore,
which I doubt. I only hope yojh won’t
live to regret it, that’s all.’’ ’ { -j ■
And Squiie Docklcy whisked; him e’.f
away, never stopping to inquire; for his
momma’s mail. rl
“A plain, homely old mni ill’? Mam
Poole was only a woman after ill, and*
the old man's orutal words stung liirio
tdte y«ry ayick. ' 1 ®
'vl:. -*
i took t
Was she, then, shut out forever frofij*
ail the prospects that opened' thenselVes
to the eyes of other women? tj
Nevertheless, she went bravely about,
her manifold daily duties. She dn
tributed the outgoing letters, stamped
the incoming ones,' and frAd&liiS daily
report as usual. She saw to the dinner,
made her old father comfortable, super
intended the atliiri of the dairy, gave
audience'to Elias Smith, and looked
after the boarders; and by theiimethat
the soft dusk descended over the hills,
she was tired enough. Sho^ had often
been tired before, but this w is a diiler
> Tf?
cut kind of weariness. It seemed-to
strike to her very heart.
“I wonder if this sort of thing is to
go on forever?’’ thought she, as she
went out into the garden to see if the
tomatoes, would be ripe for’ the morrow
morning’s breakfast.
?h: w.tS stooping over the vines, when
a shadow cam) between her. and tho
moonlight. Sin looked up—it wa3
Lr.onidas Hockley—a tall, well-made
young fellow of ’ cight-and-tweuty, a
most striking contrast to his father.
“Maria, what is tho matter?’’ cried
he,
‘•Nothing is the matter,” I: answered
Maria, with a little hysterical: laugh. I
’suppose you’ve come to scold me about
your father. But I couldn’t help it.”
‘•Has ho been meddling .about tho
po. totiicc again? ’ said. L?onictis, sooth
ingly. •‘Well, don’t mind him, Maria,
n.'idon’t mean anything. Ids only his
way.”
’“But, Leonidas--”
“Ye;.?’
“lie says—he say3 you're
m,:.irijd
;oing to bo
II
Leonidas- looked against the picket
fence, looking thoughtfully down at
tlie scirlct spheres of the tefmatoes.
“So I i.in,” said he.
“Oh, Leonidas 1"'
“You know, Miria, we have never
been formally engaged.”
“No, but—” '
“And I can’ t go on with tilings as
tht-y are now; it's too uaG.ttain.’’
“But, L.-onidas—’’
“So I’ve, made up>my mind to marry
you tiiii fall whether you consent or
not; And; if you can’t leavejyour father
and tile post-office, why, 111 come hero
to live. But as for letti ;gjj you drudgo
on by yourself as you're dping now, I
won’t stand it, and therefif an end of
tbc matter. ” ®
!
■4
“But, Leonidas, your father sa
“1 don’t care what he says!”
“That lhn a “ildn, j homely, old
maid.”
‘My father isn’t a judge of the
tide,” calmly asserted Leonidas. “Be
cause it isn’t he .that wants to marry
you.” |j • ,
“Yes, it is Leonidas." j:
And then Maria told lum the tale of
the squire’s wooing.. mq- ,
' Leonidas listened with a queer curve
of the lips, a twinkle in his eye.
“Anyhow,” said he. 'fi ve got the
start of.him this liin\ He will have tc
content himself with the 'Widow Biess
ngtan.”
The squite’s amizembnt when he
heard that M iria Poole Idas to bo his
daughter-in-law exceeded description.
“Sho ain’t young," said be slowly,
“and she ain’t pretty; but I tell you,
Leonidas, you’ro going to get a smart
wife—yes, you arc! ’
As for Maria, she could hardly com
prehend the ups and downs of her own
ortun e. She had lived such a droary,
arid life siaco sh3 was a child. She
had tasted so little of the sweets of love;
and now late in the day, as it werOj the
flower of existence had burst Into blos
som at last!
“Every one says I ought to have been
a man,’’ said she to herself, with a
smile on her lip and a tear in her eye;
“but if I were a man, I never could be
so happy as I am now, in a man's
lovel" '
For there was a good deal of tho wo
man about Miria Poole, after all. —[Sat
urday Night.
“Girls to Pack Robes."
“Girls to pack robes” was the queer
advertisement that attracted a New
York Sun reporter’s attention, and this
is what Henri Chigraysaid about it:
“There are about 300 girls packing
robes in New Yor k Oily. A robe is a
lady’s dress. It is a garment for sum
mer wear, .made of white cloth and or
namented with imported embroidery.
A few yean ago, when .tho fashion was
pew, these rob s were made abroad en
tirely, the importers brought the cloth
and the embroidery done up together in
boxes ready for sale. These goods were
expensiv, costing from $10 to $25 and
more a dress. Then thero grew up a
demand for lower prices and varied
styles. Seme importers put up their
robes in various ways to suit their cus
tomers.
“Of course, all the ladie3 liked tho
beautiful robes. Competition setin and
new ways of getting them up came in
vogue. One cut after another was made
in the prices, until now you can buy a
rphe with imported embroidery for fifty
nine cents. It is done up in a neat box,
there is the exact amount of clothneccs
sary to make the dress, and a fashion
plate showing how it looks when made
up--all for nfty-nino cents. I should
say thero have been as many as half ,a
million of these robes sold in a single
year. We bagin to get out tho next
summer styles in February.
‘ But tho importers found that they
could not^do ^io packing in their owu
places as well or as cheaply as I can do
it with my machinery and my trained
and fold it neatly, and fix in the em
broidery and fasten it skil. uily, and drop
in the fashion-plat j in a taking way, so
that the woman can’t help buying the
robes. The poorest woman can buy a
fifty-nine cent robe that looks a little
like the expensive alliir) that were first
imported. The latest dodge is to put in
American cloth. The embroideries can
not bo made in this country. I do not
know why, lut the attempt to make
them has not yet succeeded. Of courso
the packing requires a girl who is neat,
quick iand handy, aud they get to be
very expert. The wages are as high a?
ia any other br inch of miuual labor.’’
Determined Not to be Pleased.
A bright little story told by Fran-,
cisque Sarcay, if true, shows how diffi
cult it is to satisfy great composers or
dramatic authors, for, though Meyer
beer appears as the actu'il subject of the
anecdote, he really figure; therein as a
type. Tire story tuns in effect:;
“Itobcit le DiableT wa; in prepare-*
tion at the'opera. Meyerbeer, who was
not yet famou>, nor imbued with llio
power backed by wealth which after
ward enabled him to rule the entire es
tablishment, complained to the dir. etor,
Dr. Veron, that lie was too niggardly in
his stage appointments.
' “Ah,” said ho, bitterly, “you nro
afraid to spend money; you have no
confidence in my music.”
Dr. Veron made no answer. lie had
an idea.of his own, and had ordered,
unknown to Meyerbeer, the famous
scenery for the apparition of the nuns
which was so long considered a marvel
ia its way; he wanted to surprise the
composer with it and enj >y his as
tonishment. At the dross rehearsal tho
curtain Went upon tho scene, and there
arose one cry of admiration from tho
few spectators scattered through the
hou3C. Veron smilingly throw a ques
tioning glance at Meyerbeer.
“Ah,” sail the composer, “the
scenery is too loautiful; you havo no
confidence ia my. music.’—[Chicago
Times.
A Singular Growth.
R. Compton, postmaster ot Volo, LI.,
c’.aima to Wave discovered a peculiar
phenomenon ia the woods in Fremont,
Lake county. As described by him, it
consists of tho natural ingrafting of a
burr-oak tree upon a white oak. The
burr oak-leans ngsflfet tho other from
thogrounl up, and is dead. The dead
trunk, however, seems to go right
through that of the living white oak,
and the branches of both varieties of
tree, all green and vigorous, mingle to
gether in about equal proportions.—
[Waukegan (111.) Patriot.
Easily Discouraged.
‘‘Yes,” sail a base ball man, “I’m
discouraged, and have given up the
business forever. Why, in the very first
game they got onto mo in the second
inning, and pounded me all over the
field.”
“That ou-.'ht not to discourage you,
Mary a pitcher has had similar luck. ’
“Yes, bfit I wasn’t the pitcher; I was
the umpire.”—[New Sun,
-[New Vork sun.
m
FLAKES OF GOLD.
Means Jewelers Adopt to "tre
Valuabie Auriferous Sweepings
from Factory Floors.
Gold and silver even in tho most mi
nute parlielt^s, explained a New York
manufacturing jeweler to tho Graphic,
are worth extracting from such easily
worked material as tho lefusc or the
flocr of a shop,and no man ever thought
of * asting this flotsam and jetsam of
ini*. u-TnWj. Tuen he explained the
interesting processes by which th> sav
ing is effeclcd.
“Of course,1' ho said, “it is, practi
cally impossible to savo all tho gold
that gets scattered; that is, Bomo es
capes xC (ways that might' perhaps be
stopped, lut it would cost moro than
the gold is worth to stop them. Every
time yta walk through a jewelry manu
factory you arc likely to carry some
gold away with you on your clcthing or
your shoes. I took off my shoes flic
other night, and noticing that they
were worn 1 turned them over and
lor'-ed at them. Stuck in the bottom
of ouo of tho heels was a little lump of
gold, which J picked out with a knife.
A certain amount of -gold, no doubt, is
carried off in the clothing and shoes of
the workmen, and no attempt is mide
to savo that. But in regard to tho floors
and benches and tables it is different.
“You notice that you are standing on
apeculiar flooring, do you not? It is
comparatively a new practice to cover
the fl cor with.shecti of tar roofing. It
is paidown just like a carpet, for the
reason that it is easier and cheaper to
burn it than to burn the floor. When
I lift a shop in Fulton street that I had
occupied for six years I burned the
floor nad got enough gold out of it to
pay for a new floor, which I had to put
down, and leave me $200 ia cash be
sides.
“The sweepings and refuse of the
shop yield a T3Ty considerable amount,
and so djo tho washings. Tho dry dirt
is sweat up two or throe times a day and
•ilero ho Opened the top of a “chow
der stove” and showed a pile ready to
he burned. Tho chowder stove is a
'{ontrivance with . a small chamber for
underneath ar.d a largo coro
‘ You see,” be PlfplUiffPS?''
underneath and burn it until the
serve Precious Particles. 9
Ifcisnc catchei fire. That will smoulder
a iopg time, for there is ho draught
through the chamber, merely a pipe above
it to allow'''.'or the escapo of the smoke.
Finally it is reduced to ashes, and the
gold and .silver can be easily washed
out of it.;
“With our waste water the process is
different. The aprons and caps the
workmen wear are washed over the
same sink where they wash their faces
and hands and any vessel or tool that
needs cleansing. The water runs into
a barrel and then through pipes below
the Water line into a second and a third
barrel before it ir allowed to escape.
The object of running the pipes below
the level of the water i; to prevent the
ninuto flakc3 of gold from floating off,
for though lit y wi 1 float on top of the
Veter, they will silk to the bottom
vhen they are drawn below the surface.
We throw a little quicklime in from
time to time, and that curdles all tho
greise and soap so that it sinks to tho
bottom and the water that runs off
frem the third barrel H as clear and
bright as runs from tins faucet. The
turd is taken out when^ enough is ac
cumulated, and the precious metals
are washed out by u,sual methods.
‘Tho ctuciblei which wo use for
melting.gold arc broken up and thrown
into: an octagonal revolving chamber,
in which is abo put a heavy iron cylind
rical bar. The chamber is tightly
closed, a belt ii attached to tho main
shaft and tho whole thing set whirling.
In timo the crucibles nrj ground into a
powder as flee as duff, and this powdpr
is sold to the refiners, who treat it with
mercury. I used to do this work in tho
place, but I gave it up, for I don’t like
to have mcrcu'y around. The fumes
are very unhealthy.
! gold th ,t wo get by these, var
ious processes is of really the same fine
ness of the av rage of that we usejn
the work. The first alloy is destroyed
or partially destroyed, I supiosc, but
enough alloy is gathered to nearly keep
the standard.’’ 1
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A Drill by Sightless Soldiers.
^ Forty-five sightless boys went through
the evolutions of company drill with all
the precision of trained veterans recent
ly on the trimly-kept lawn attached tc
tho grounds of the blind asylum! al
Twentieth and Race streets. Thej
c imprjsed the cadet corps attached t(
tho institution. The boys carrie J
dummy muskets and marched with
; perfect step. “By c »lum:is of fours,’
shou'el M ij. W. King, tho command
1 ant, and from single file the boys ma le
the movement without a ' mistep,
“Company front" was formed With
equal perfection, and the wheels wen
made without a break. E .cb boy kepi
his distance by pi cing’ one hind lipatj
(he shoulder-of tho boy ju t in front o
him, and 1 y this means went thrpugl
the drill with but o: e mistake. Eiqua
ptofici ncy was shown in the manuij
of arms, the youtg soldiers liandlin;
their wooden mu kets like Wbst-Point
| 9xs _ [Philadelphia Record.
i A Word About Teeth.
As regards the teeth, it must be ad
mitted that in relation to the subject
in hand they literally and truly cut
both ways. In the complete set of 32
there are 20 for grinding, eight for bit
ing and four for tearing. Grinding teeth
are required for animals which lire on
grains and other hard vegetable sub
stances; biting teeth aie necessary for
animals which nibble soft substances
like grasses and some fruits; tearing
teeth are essential for animals which ac
tually tear tough and resistant struc
tures, like flesh, to pieces. In man the
grinding t^eth largely preponderate;and
how well fitted these teeth are for
grinding seeds, grains, acorns, and the
I\ko, the tee]th of our very old fore
fathers tell a significant and trus tale.
In man the biting teeth have a conspic
uous place and a very decisivo function;
with them, even to tho present, the
skilled biter can cut through tho finest
thread, a foat equivalent to dividing tho
most delicate filament of food fibre that
grows from tho earth. The teeth are
vegetable weapon -; they are the best of
weapons which the out-and-out vege
tarian caa use; they assist him
both in practice aad ar
gument. But thou there remain
those four tearing fangs, those canine or
dog’s teeth, so firm, strong, and savage.
The canine or tearing teeth stand out
strikingly in favor of the view that man
is foimed for eating flesh; but it cannot
bo said by the stanchest flesh eater that
the flesh-eating tendoncy is the strong
est altogether. ; No; it is coTtnin that
the balance turns fairly tho other way.
It taay, however, bo argued that the
very fact of the existence of only four
tearing teeth gives countenance to the
belief that caturo has supplied the
human animal with fangs for devouring
animal flesh if he is obliged or-desirous
so to do. This is true, bu' only to a
limited extent, because wo -tow know
that even tho teeth, firm as they are,
become, by constant habit of life,
changed in form and character The
canino tooth itself, even in tho dog, lia3
been exceptionally so modified from this
cause as to lead to a chai acter'istic type
of structure indie stive of the ieflumee
of manner of life on growth-when ex
tended through -many generations.—
[Longman’s Magazine.
t Taper Flowers.
P®er flowers can be m ido so natural
that When put in proper place?, they
to be reflected in it, aro quite as effec
tive in point_ of beauty as the lovely
owners themselves. A birch bark bas
ket of many hued pansies, with hero
and there a saucy leaf, can be not only
beautiful but odorou°, by sprinkling
orris root powder in cotton in the bot
tom of the basket. Snow balls with
glossy foliage, when mounted on panels,
arc ornamental. A branch of dogwood
in a dark corner is very effective and
easily made. A j ir of poonics (the rose
scented white one) can almost defy de
tection if a drop of oil of rose be put
in the cotton at the basn of the pink
seed vessel?.
L .'avqs of all sorts may bo made of
waste leather from saddleries or
harness sh ps, and cost but a tuft:. The
outlines of the leaf should be marked
with pencil; then gone over with stun
sharp instrument to leave tho impress.
Dip the, leather in warm water. If
thin, a moment will suffice; but ii
heavy, several minutes. Thon, with a
stout pair of scissors or sharp knife,
cut tho leaf, always leaving the stein
attached. With a round pointed in
stiument, such as the head of a steel
crochet hook, draw tho voin3 in a
natural m inner, unless it be a rcse leaf
or s< mething requiring fine, sharp lines.
While tho leaf is wot, pull, curl or roll
it into a natural appearance (flat leaves
are not natural), aDd pat it to dry
quickly near, but not m the mouth of
an oven. When dry paint with oil; if
the leaves shoull bo light, like thoso of
sc mi hot house roses, i aint the leather
white first. Pond li'i s require very
thick lea'her, so do magnolias, while
quite tbin leather is best ior roio
leaves, pansies, snow balls and dog
wood. Hyacinths and peonies may bo
cut from thicker leather. Rubber stems
may be had at most paper flower de
pots, hut the tubing sold at tho drug
stores for infants' i ursing bottles ii
excellent for pond lily stems, and thick
leather may be cut and rolled to
answer at less expense.— [Good House
keeping.
Novel Process of Justice In Belgium.
A curious st;p has just been taken in
the administration of justice to crimin
als in Belgium M. Ljsnnc, mii
istcr of justice, is the auther of s
law according to which criminals o' *
small type will receive no punishment
(or the first offense. F<r-t offenders
• will be tried, lccturel and sentenceci
but the sentence will not be carried out.
If convicted a second time, however,
the criminal will bo treated with th(
greatest severity, and in addition tc
s rviag out tho sentence meted out.tc
him for his secon 1 crime, he will un
dergo the punishment from which hi
was.first let off. Tho law wilt releasi
thousands o' King Leopold’s subject:
’ who aro now in j dt. It is believed i!
will have a wholesome effect in prevent
t ing criminals from becoming hardener
l and repeating their wicked toss througl
l dread of sentences behind them.
! A buckwheat c.kn and a homo ru
depend largely upon tho batter.
Colored Seas.
It i» a curious mattor of interest to
note that-there aro several largo scat
which are named from their color. The
White Sea bears its name with perhaps
the best reason of any. Its shores aro
covered with snow for the greater part
of the year, and its frozen surface is for
that time a snowy' plain.
The Red Sea it also ontitlod to its
came. Through its clear w-aters the
reefs of red coral are cleariy to bo seon.
Much of its rocky bed is the growth of
tho coral insect. Another reason, and
probably tho true one for tho name of
this soa, is tho fact that along its east
ern shore lies ancient Edom. This narno
signifies Rod. It .was given to tho re
gion not from tho color of its sandstone*
hills, but from its people. Those are the
descendants of him who came in, faint
and weary from hunting, and said to
his brother, “Feed me, I pray thee,
with that sams red pottage, for I am
faint; therefore was shis namo called
Edom.’’
In the caso of the Yellow Sea, its
name is sufficiently accounted for from
the appearance of its water. Tho sea
receives a great doM of mud from the
rivers of Chino. Moreover, it is. shal
low, and the sandy bottom gives its own
color to tho water a long way out from
tho shore.
The Black Sea affords us no intelligi
ble account of iti name. Its waters arc
not black, they are described at of a
deep blue, liko that which is scon in
sunny weather off tho r^athwestem
shcros of England.
Crickets In Algeria.
Accounts are published of the devas
tation cau cd by crickets in Algeria.
The insects rcsomljle but aro not iden
tical with either locusts or grasshoppers.
Last year swarms (>f grasshoppers rav
aged the colony. This year the.crick
ets have taken tlietr place. They spring
like grasshoppers, 1 lit itavo a more
rapid and sustaihoj fli y fit. They form
clouds which shut out the light of tho
sun. When they alight on the ground
they destroy every trace of vegetation.
They sometimes fall exhausted on tho
ground- in such numbers as to covjt it
with a layer of dead bodic, from which
pesti'enti Ji xhalations arise. The cor
responleat of a Paris newspaper, in a
letter from Algeria, published tonight,
says that tho railway trains have been
stopped ,by the iascots between Con
stantine i n i 15utn a.
digging long"Trou!l?fWlyHWyiS{^b’epnj» of
to tho advancing swarms, and placl
on tho most distant side a sort of fenco
formed by a web of cloth. Tho ad
vancing insects strike against the cloth,
fall into tho pit, and are thcro covcro 1
with lime or mold. The Algerian au
thorities have spent 700,000 francs in
destroying them, and now contemplate
a flirther expenditure of 1,000,000
francs to completo tho work.—[London
Times.
Smothering Flames with a Bare Hand.
John Smith, the Ford-street plumber,
has been a terrible sufferer with his
hands ever since tho incipient fire next
door to hi3 shop, three weeks ago. It
may bo remembered that a gaspipo
parted and the gas was accidentally
lighted and a volume of flame-poured
into the room and would speedily have
had the whole building in dimes. Mr.
Smith, with groat presence of mind,
and a disregard for personal conse
quences which few men wou'd have
shown, ran to the place and smothered
tho flames by deliberately placing the
palm of his hands against tho burning
pipe. It was an efbdual remedy, all
,danger being over boforo tho firemen
^arrived. Naturally Mr. Smith's hands
were horribly burned, and ho ha3 boon
a sufferer under tjio doctor’s caro ever
since. People Who appreciate bravery
might romcmlor that Mr. Smith is a
good, honest plumber, whe has enjoyed
a good deal of hard luck with com
mendable p uck!—[ Hartford Courant.
A (Jucer Thing About Owls.
A Kingston man has made an addi
tion todiis collection of bird*, a largo
owl, lately caujght at Ilurloy. “Owls
aro deceptl e bird**," sai 1 a citizen to
day. “I hat one, a few years ago,
with which I played a trick on the pub
‘ lie.* I kept thO owl in a cage. It was
an attraction, Onl many people saw it.
Onoday the bird died of ‘colt poison,’
and a taxidermist stuffed it. I then put
it back on its perch in tho cage. Peo
ple who had seen the owl alive said that
they could see no difference in iu ap
pearance, and they would como and ad
mire tho bird just the same. That is
the reason why I say the owl is a pc
cu iar bir I. p ad or alivo, they look
j about the ifcimb” —[Kingston (N. Y.)
! Freeman.
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Two Friends.
When the Duke of Wellington was
fighting in Spain, thero were two horse*
which had always drawn the same gun,
and had been* side by side in many bat
les. At lest one was killed, and the
i ther, on having his food brought to
im a? usual, refused to eat, but turned
is head round to look for hi sold friend,
and ncichcd many times as if to call
him. All the care that was bestowed
on him was in vain. There were other
^rses near him, but he would not
notice them; and ho soon afterwards
died, not haying once tasted food since
1 his former companion was killed.
} [Picayune. ^
) Paris now ordains that stockings shall
! match tho shoe instead of the costume.
CHILDREN’S COLUMN.
Blotaonaa,
Out o( my window I could see
But yesterday, upon the tree,
The blossoms white, like tufts of snow
That had forgotten when to go.
And while I looked out at them they
Seemed like small butterflies at play,
For in the breez< their flutterings
Made me imagine them with wings.
I must have fancied well, for now
There’s not a blossom on the bough,
And out-of-doors ’tis raining fast,
And gusts of wind are whistling past
With butterflies ’t:s etiquette
To keep their wings from getting wet.
So when they knew the storm was near,
They thought it best to disappear,
—[Frank D. Sherman, in Young People.
A Straight Uue,
La Roy F. (L illi :, L.ko Foroit, 111.^
communicates tho following iucidont to
the Popular Science Monthly: ‘Some
6ix years sinco, it oief of the Njw Eng
land states, a pig five weeks old was
carried in a closo box about four miles,
circuitous, with several sh trp turns, and
the pig was removed to tho box after
dark. The following day near noon ho
disappeared, and about throo hours
later was found at his former homo.
Curiosity led to the examiuntion of the
route takon by .tho pig, and his tracks
could bo followed nearly all tho way.
He had started on a straight line for
the place from which ho was brought
th^day.befor^. and i\ad followed that
line. At ondpoinYan impassable lenoe
turned him from tho course, but ho lmd
moved along the fenco on one side until
ho found an opening, and thon had re
traced his steps on tho other back to the
original line." Tho writer doos not at
tompt to nccouut for this seeming in
stinct in animals and birds which give
them tho powor of directing their
movements accurately for long distance)
through an unfamiliar country.
A B«il»lu’« I'wtcriiHl Inillnci.
That animat instinct is lively in tha
bird was exomplifiol by the robin nfow
days ago. 0 1 one of tho beautiful sugar
maplo trocs which grow in the yard of
n well-known citizen of this place, a
mother robin had tuiit her nest, and as
timo went on sha was re.warde 1 "by a
brood of you ig robins. One- evening
when sho had nestled herself for tho
night a chicken hawk observed tho
harmless redbreast, and with a swift
dart sho caught tha mother and took
her flight. When tho father robin
eirne back to seo that all was well for
tho night, ho found the young birds
without protection. He iluttorcd about
and bis JoeWailing song told his bereave
meat. He seemod to realize that some- 1
thing droad fu' had bofq(l»p *lj;|Jj>dftnor,
for ho began to make preparations *o
act the part of a raothor for tho night.
The owner of the property who had
observed the events, arose early tho
next morning and he noticed the malo
bird taking it3 flight. The bereaved
widower soared high and was soon loft
to sight. lle remained away the entire
day, and when ho returned at nightfall
ho brought with him another wife, Tho
strange bird was guided to tho nest,
and readily comprehending the
creatures, while tho male
bird darted off to And some food. There
was great rejoicing when ho returned.
Tetit*Wlrg»«ttecJias since taken cxcol
tho father robin’s oohg '^llfiyen, and
cates his happiness.—[Hollidaysburg
(Canada) Dispatch.
J-paiMtaf Battle*.
Tho babies in Japan have sparkling
eyes and funny little tufts of hair; they
look so quaint and old-fashioned, ex
actly like those doll-babies that are sent
over hero to America. Now, in our
country very young babies are apt to
put everything in-their mouths; a but
ton or a pin, or anything, goes straight
to the littlo rosy wile-open: mouth, and
tho nurso or mamma must always watch
and take great care that baby does not
swallow something dangerous. But in
Japan they put the small babies right
down in tho sand by the door of tho
house, or on the floor, but I never saw
them attempt to put anything in their
mouths unless they were tol4 to do so,
and no one seemed to be anxious about
them. When little boys or girls in Japan
are naughty and disobedient, they must
be puuishcd, pi course; but the punish
ment is very strange. Thero arc very
small pieces of rice-paper called moxa,
and those are lighted with a match, and
then put upon tho flogcr or hand or
arm of tho naughty child, and they burn
fc spotgon the tender skin that hurts very,
very much. ' The child screams with
tho pain, and the red-hot moka sticks
to the skin for a moment or two, and
then goes cut; but tho smarting burn >
reminds the little child of his fault I
do not liko these moxns. I think it is
a cruel punishment. But perhaps it is
better than a whipping. Only U wish
little children never had to be punished.
.—[St. Nicholas.
A Marvel in StceL
Tliero are ono kuidred andfifty thou
siid 1 miles of railway in tko United
States: tlireo hundred thousand miles
ol rails—In length enough to malco
twelve steel girdles for the earth’s clr
euinforcnce. This Uagth of
rail is wonderful—we do not really
grasp its significance. But the rail
itself, the littlo section of steel, is an
engineering feat. The change of its form
from the curiout and c umiy iron pear
ls ad of thirty years ago to the present
rtfi icd section of steel is a scientific de
vclojm'nt. It is now a beam whose
every dimension and curve and angle
arc cxictly tuited to the tremendous
work it has to do. Tho loads it carries
are enormous, tho blows it receives are
heavy and constant/ but it carries the
loads an 1 brars the blows and docs its
ciufy. T-c locomotive and tho modern
passenger and freight cars are great
: e' lev,men's; and so is the little rail
which carries them all.—[Scribner’s
Magazine. '
Right in Ills Line.
• Where did ypu get that new boiled
thirt?" asked one tramp of another.
“I came by it honorably in the line
t,f n.v piofes ion.”
“The line of y<ur profession f ’
• ■Ye*, sir. The clothes line.”—[Mer*
chans Trav.L-r. ’