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year* e*per
thi* end by
«d electric m
hate fitoiil) r> in
of > machine w)
liing til* anti'
riding Urge '*yi
Bwl.rp power
The fir*t church fn th<-
probkbly iu the world, U.
this latest triumph of ei -
W® *t- Paul'* o! thi-
nearly a year hai of'- rv •
by mean • of k oii' h'/r- p.
C motor, where loin.' ■
were e jui?<-<; to -/ t .
of Orlt. It," ' *1 'it
watch'-d with great intern
trieten*, for it • «• ai
irif ol a large and r'-tri iti-
to Ban Ufa- ' ri re of
ha* pron d wn h a oomph
tbaft ■ .. , of r:
gan in Ne York have i.
•iiuilaily equipped. 1 ■
Patrick i Cathedral. tin-<
formed < «t,i M
Church. Tri' c. t. I tu
and Sl [gnat
The advani
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are to many a
the <ju*-'ion '<1 ; >!.<• t •
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three ti„ l;
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light I byt the v ^Pl
which i ft* .pot turned bright n
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•OB* I that ki.o« a ti ing oi • ■
p"* cbtrf r.g a g. •,! em fl r
re*tod (or fighting, be
by i
'.g§ lately
M -Jdleburj,
rattlesnake,
the venom.
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i agi Urate
la dU-
*a* ar-
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mark twain's remains.
Am OU J>rlt>u>r T*lu a *>• at the '
fUHVM MuiBOfWI,
J. H 5t«bbin« no old priiter. give#
this unpublished rem.nin^aoe ol Mark
Twain:
"It waa when h* was known only as !
SkJD Clement. He was loral reporter on
the Virginia City triterp^i«< and I
was a printer on the um« paper. ,
Clemens was writing humorous '
bkeV.hes, but bis fame as a humorist
was young yet. lie >u an inveterate |
science ano industry.
—i'tt rhirtiio motor maou'«.'t/iry
i th* I" ited States is -aid to '
PtlNCtKT PARAGRAPHS..
it II< flp
> its ato
H-
I ytm hadn t bit h in yo i otj/ht to have
ry, and I b«en bung.'"
vblHH
its organ
* C &cd
tour tfjen
. aixiounl
pcfi-
Held
it
jm,
of th<' rr
mplfijf ort'
tb
i' 1
saving ap|t!i:<i .. 11..
gar itt it Im •,<!< lit ol
the human oi
riea of the f . .. . II
himMiif ;ii I.
butt/,ti willi n ri ' Ii <if n
the motorr oh tlie
and fall, am! t: i in;' in. ii.
touch, gii"« f*.i th ii
the wor'u of ni i'i i
No longer i ii" n nior . % dread
that Hie «rtin i 1 k own. i- i|inr-
ifte inflijeiii'i" of !.m pluyit ■ in in the
■•i'iatft Ke-
nt Vjuiire
. < uivary
•<ir over
l. liellows
i it is but
before all
i electric
thelabor-
b the or-
te noire,
the vugtt-
:ow eaU
■n..*es a
ti iid, and
ijt lows rise
<li«nt to his
in praise ol
III (iod
beiii (poing around
p, Ohio, ipping the
defective wor irj uf tin
(fine, will (on !, in. It- i.
log. to whi-1 ■ (ill :
The U"| iif till *i.l r I
cheap' Nt ol .V k i -
nrniinu wind, w.m n, ,j,
this oil . so
the enorinotiH H it^ti of v
neeehnirily Involv i hi
inaormoualiiMe ul>j etii. t,
mt—1 on-
,, spi-ttk-
'nr. the
• for gen-
'«iible in
e.lllnl) of
which it
real and
the gas
engine Is that it U n fo <1 iutp./
slble. either to min ,iii/.e ot o reome
theftoi^anil tbegi'ent* -pivi n involved
both initial urd eim>titnt I n-it of
the e<|llippil nil (e ; .11 . il l
trie motor I.- I linn Ijulf i1 i for the
simplest kiml of gn- eiiL'ino i'liecost
of operating i- iimi d'-eideii , 4 |t
is not mini tii...ij ten dollar* n month
per hor..- pnwur. and ii- (ii. of the
motor is inere i I'd the reluti •. rant par
horse power in dimini-.in . Where
thechunli i. ili.iuiy Ht!• 1 with elec-
tric light wire,, the ' K[lr ■ 0f
courne, inueli red need The 1'liomiis'
church orgim, the inr/i i i in i(;ity,
is easily .urn «i>tisfni:Uirily run by a mo-
tor of four-hu . |i ,i
The sitntll hjiiu . ihni the motor occu-
pies. the evi nni-hi of ilt, bluwing, the
fuidlity of lt cAulriil in it-iiiin^ and
■topping, us well jih in ri y. iiintiug, and
the little attention rei|uir. d, are the
•IMtciul iidv;itHayos claimed for It over
any other powi r used foi tlii- pnrpoHo.
It runs with prnelidiliy mi nin <, is froe
from heat or odor, gives m. trouble
.. irom frost in i he coldest w. illnr, and
Is always to be de|M!tided upou to do
what U uslted of it. If an organ is
built for power, its attnrhiuoiit Is thi
work of a moment, if liuilt to he run |
by hand, it can easily ho tiannfiirmetl
Ink) ono ready for power. K, filiation
may bo etfn ted hy varying the speed
of the motor by the movement of the
bellows, or l)y using ii eon-1 nit M,red
motor iituploying a inech mn d move,
ment lo i-onneet or diseonne.-t tin
power by shifting a belt which I- acted
upon by the rise or full of the bellow*.
The one in use nt St. Paul'* Ii an
automatic motor connected to the main
drlv1^ pulley by u shifting belt When
tbn bellows riso to a certain point thib
belt Is made to work on oil. pulley,
tbu« disco ...ecting tlio metm from iht-
driv.ng shaft. When, lux , r, the |
bellow* full below this point (hy the
Kseiif iinnpre eli Iilr) Ihe '■ I i^ minln
jj•utomatlcally shift .in to iho'.ighl
pulh y, and die motor again 'm Its
work. Another method of regulation
i« by connecting the motor it' If with
bellows to regulate the power given
out by the motor. As the bollowa rise
tho spied of the motor I:- red in ed until
they are full, nt that point ihe motor
<1 at rest, mill starts as the bellow*
again 'alls N Y. Times,
I — A man t •
" ^ 1 Orange Towns!
h for Ii*lr off the ulU of b*ifs:s He turns
Out to l>«r iiivai.e. He ejcpl* -led that he
the hair to iu*k< h bed and
ttfOlc b.k i.aptors to a uir in the wood*
where he l.'ui iurt ■; tia/^ f■,iI of hair*
•"Italians are not very strong in
dcBiek'.U; t e4 (M 4 Itaiian* that
landed in C-stk- Cardeo last year, S4,
CO Wei* tu> ' - The emigration of
males from Italy i* smaller than from
Xr.y other country, averaging but thlr-
t**a per cent of the whole number
wllo landed from C'-rmany the per-
centage Uforty, fro'n Ireland lorty-five.
•-There are alleged to have been
many in*t*""'«nof t oioi' d fn ri>on*turn-
Irg white, but the < a^ of a Yarnviraw,
Ga.. woman is mott remarkable from
the fact that her niece a few ye;Ars ago
also became a Caucasian to all appear-
Alice*, and that ber skin drop* off in
b.g Bakes. 8hi U almost entirely help-
lass, her limbs being paralyzed. He
Illness began with b"r change ot color.
•-One of the cannon used by the
Ae.tr'Can colonists in ITfifj in defend-
Icg tbe.r i-ettlemenU from the attacks
of the Indiau chief Pontiac, is embedded
Ixl the foundation walls of a residence
a# Bethlehem, Pa., where it wa*
place:i l>y the offii^rs of the Moravian
dburch U) prevent young America from
firing It off oo liberty day*.
—A * thinner arrived at Philadelphia
Ui* other day with a cargo of fruit and
a Dumber of tarantulas on board. Mem-
bers of the crow were ofleu obliged to
Uoep watch at night and iwii«p the
tlpers iuto tiie ocean a* fast as they
ttftxwlod up on deck. *1 lie vessel was
loaned Uuth hatobway*. At times the
4eult was literally covered with them,
fc«4 soau were as big around tho body
aa a good sized orange.
—When General IJurnsidc wa* com-
asandliig In East Tennessee he was io-
TiWd to dinner by an elderly farmer.
The invitation whi aceepted. At tbe
table sst the mother of tho host, a
lively old lady, hut in appearance ex-
tramoty old. "Mother," ,ai<l the Gen-
eral, "may I ask ypur age? You appear
to bo quite old for a person who caa got
arouod ai lively us you do." She r<v
piled: • Yi**, my son, I am very old
I bave lived here all my life. I don't
Eow adzackly how old I am, but I
"* that 1 am a little over l.OOOyearg
•ML"—Columbus State Journal.
• ffhe new machine* for selling post-
Affe stamp* ;idds another to the long
Mat of nickcil-ln-the-Hlot inventions.
Uont men prefer to pay five cent* for
• two-cent postage stamp rather than
tubmit to tiie ordl. -•/ manner of the
4ruf clerk w'ho sell* stamps at tho
Goverament price. Why the clerks
•bould buy stump*, put a sign in the
wlhdovr, and then sell thorn with such
extraordinary ill-grace i* one of the
mysteries of the modern retuil trade.
It tea fact tiiHt most of the clerk*
oansider it a personal affront to have
any ono ask them for stamps, and the
machine is considered the more cour-
teous and apologizing.
~~A century ago only ,'tOO species of
orchids were known, and those very
lmperfectly. Now the latest authority
give* the extreme number of known
•pecies us 10,dm. This may be an cx-
ee*sive I htimiite. but it shown tho Im-
menoe advances which have been made
Id our knowledge „f these interesting
plaots, for which collector* now ran-
sack the most rcniot' quarters of tie
globo. It is said that the modern pas-
don for the cultivation of orchids
•prang from tho exhibition of iorr
markable specimens at the e . , K
log* of the English llorticu,.._. -i So-
ciety.
ipacitv to meet | ti.
eiertrlc power.
—i i.-'jrnu. it it now man j- i h
tar..ret n«*rij a.l the iron she need*, | pt
lb • «:h only a few years a^o she de-
peocifld oo tbe £a t for her supplr.
— Br tbe aew weld:ng process, la
which electricity i* u ed. tLe rail* of
street or steam railway* can be welded
•moker and smoked the fou,<.- t-ameli- j •' -• saul, after being piaced
I lag pipe la Virginia City, by all odds.
; Clemen'* office wai juit off the com- -A-ms-.y a« gallon* of
pj*itg-room and although printer*. J?11'' «c. med in the
■e* a rule, are not aqueamith about Lnitad States la-i year. Nearly all of
pipas and thing*, thi* pipe u breed-
ing a revolution. 1*. tmelled so infer-
new
*> Si*
a, for
••The
-Chicago
— As mar.y at Ti;
malt
L'nited States last rear.
it wu produced in the Republic, ooly
2,SO-'.OX gallons being imported
—In experiments made in Franc*,,
arn the
-N. O P
Daily bad that we always spoke of it
u 'The Kemaina' There were numer- wber! °r<oellu!,ji<1 *"e used for
ou* plots suggested to get 'The Be- ekea#iiug *hij) bottnns instead of
mains1 out of the way, but we he*.
tated about putting them into execu-
tion when we learned that it wa* a
pipe of considerable value, and one
that he cherished on account of its
association* or something It was
clear, however, that something
ha^t *o done, acd we finally
concluded to present Clemens with
a new pipe. We had suffered so
much from the old pipe of a thousand
smells that we felt justified in making
him the victim of a joke, if we could,
and so we scoured the town, and
bought the cheapest pipe we could
find that would pass after night for a
good one. I think it cost us thirty
cents. One night after we had tho
paper up, we ail filed solemnly out into
the local room and presented Clemen
with the pipe. We threw as much
ceremony into the presentation as pos-
sible. One of the boys made an ad
dress that was really, affecting. He
talked about the toilers in tbe profea-
•ion of journalism, their long nights of
labor wnen all the rest of the world
was wrapped in peaceful slumber.
Than he worked in some of the poetry
about tobacco and the solace it afforded
the tired brain. He spoke of the warm
friendship that existed between the lo-
cal department and the composing
room, and hoped nothing would ever
occur to sever those silken ties. Then
he banded him the twenty-live cent
fraud, wiped his fingers through his
eyes and sat down.
"Clemen* was knocked completely
out for a time, but he pulled himself
together, and returned his thanks in
very feeling manner. He said the
pretty gift from hin co-workers on the
paper touched him deeply, and he
would retain it long as a souvenir of
pleasant days. The old pipe bad long
been a friend and companion. It had
been a comforter in lonely hours; but
this handsome gift from friends he
loved made the parting eiiBy, and, as
climax to his remarks, he threw the
ill-smelling old-timer out of the win
dow. We accepted his invitation to go
down stairs with him, arid knowing
the miserable swindle we had perpe-
trated every dollar he spent gave us
a pang.
•Tho very next night, while Clemens
was smoking his new pipe, tbe bowl of
the cusoed thing split open from stem
to stern. We heard him growling to
himself, and looking out of a hole in
the wall through which he shoved
copy, we saw him brushing the aBhes
off his desk and clothes, and swearing
softly in a very picturesque manner.
He didn't say a word to us about the
pipe or its fate, and you bet we said
nothing to him. It was evident, how-
ever, that he had done some thinking,
for ho appeared at the oilice next night
complacently smoking 'The Remain*,
lie had gone down into the backyard
and hunted it up.—N. Y'. World.
A Machine for Paying Money.
\ M.',si*sippi Uirl * Revenue.
A young la.ly ol MiMsslppI wM
▼illting the bluu-grnss region of Ken-
tucky. and " ii- entertained at a dinner
•pnrty at the Governor' nuiii-iiin Dur-
ing the course of the dinm r a deguner-'
•te son of the Governor talked lounrly
alijiut things in get ■ ul. i . amoin;
them of a visit to Mlesitilppi, remark-
ing that lie hud not, seen .% pretty
woman in his tour through the State.
• The girl from Mittlnippi awaited hur
Kippoiiunity, and during a lull in the
conversation turned and asked tho
Governor if what she had heard of the
t fcntluniiui of Kentucky was true.
The Governor wanted to know what It
was, and the attention of tiie whole
company was dinvle I to tho lady's re-
sponse: '/Well,'1 said she, "I heard
that Kentucky gentlemen educate their
How Lobster* Are Gaffed.
The usual method of taking lobsters
Is by meuiiM of the pot. Tho pot is a
tra;> halted with ll„h. and which is
•Utik to a certuin depth. These traps
are wu.ked with buoys, loft for a tide,
and then the lobsierer goes out in his
boat, hauls up Ins trap, and secures
lils lobsters At. times, however, off
tlio ooust of Maim there aro estu-
aries, wh.oh are of great length, run-
ning between the ledge* of rock.
Pools are imiey and of considerable
dapth. When lobsters are plentiful, at
Certain Beacons, they run in fro..i the
•ea, and seek the o ectuariee for food,
small Huh being abundant As the
tide roeedet, the lob.iters remain in
•jmoof tho rocky basins, and can bo
gaffed. The gaff has a stout hickory
Stock, and tiie gall itnelf is generally
threo-pronged, and made out of the
be t steel. A good guff is rarely bought
ready-made, but is turned out by the
Tillage blacksmith. Its temper must be
excellent, as it must neither he too soft
nor brittle. To uso the gaff requires
no small amount of skill, for in the
water the movements of the lobster are
rapid. Ho can hack or turn in the
fraction of a second, and then in color
he assimilate* to the lhado of ea-
water. Many of the largest lobster*
are taken in thin
way, but are not
General Harrison, Inspector of the
money order branch of the Post-Office
Department is in town for the purpose
of making arrangements to put into
the post-office here a machine for pay-
ing money into the post-office. It h.
been found that the greater the num-
ber of persons who handle money the
greater the risk of loss. In the ex.
tensive operations of the postal order
system It has been necessary for sev-
eral persons in a large office to receive
or pay out money. Thi* machine trans-
fers all the responsibility to a singla
cashier. It consists of a small electric
motor which furnishes power to run
continuous belts from clorks issuing
orders or examining orders to be paid,
to the cashier, who pays the money.
The clerk making an order puts it upon
tho endless belt which carries it to the
Cashier, who receives tho money. The
clerk receiving an order for payment
satisfies himself as to the authenticity
of the pernon presenting it, has him
tlgn the paper and sends his name and
the amount to tiie cashier, who asks
tho person appearing to state the order,
his name anil the amount, which being
correctly given, the money is paid over.
The system has been introduced only
In tho larger cities, and this is tho first
where an ele. trie motor will bu used.
—Bt Louis (ilo!>c-I> emocrat
A Cautious Criminal. """""J
"Bill, said one burglar to anothor,
"I know where there * an A1 haul to
bo made,''
"Whore ik that?"
"Itiglit around the corner, second
house."
"Occupied by a rcal-e tato man,
lan't ItP"
"Yes."
"Excuse me. I don't want to tako
chances in meeting any more real-
eitato men. I vt had trouble enough,"
—Merchant Traveler.
oopper, it was found that the plate*
were intact and froe from it viae
growth, which abundant on p— ti
aot prop tod by tbe celluloid.
—So thoroughly hive electrician*
experimented that by a little calcula-
tion, they can compute—the number
of the ohms and the length of the wire
being known—just how powerful
battery will be needed to produce
electrical effects at tbe further end of
tbe line.
—A single kiln in the secluded town
of Sau Felipe, in the Mexican state of
Guanaxuato, is produced lustred pot-
tery rivaling in brilliancy tbe Gubbio
lustres of the sixteenth century. Dur-
ing his Mexican tour of two years ago
Charles Dudley Warner found specl-
mensof this ware, the making of which
ti ad been supposed to be a lost art
—A volt stands in the scale of elec-
tromotive force where an inch is In the
ordinary mode of linear measurement
—at the base. It may also be described
as one of the parts or sets of which an
.■lectric battery ia constructed, and
consists of plates of zinc, copper and
prepared carbon, immersed in a certain
number of acids, contact with which
generates the electricity.
—A new wooden pulley has been
contrived, the center being of cast iron
and the rim of wood, and it is made in
two parts. It is claimed that by its use
bettor belt friction is obtained and a
saving in power realized, the spokes
being formed in such a manner as to
offer but very slight resistance to the
motion. By means of a novel and effi-
cient paper bushing, keys and set
screws are entirely done away, and the
grip upon tho shaftiug is said to be
perfect
—Cold storage is a great help to egg
dealers as it enables the perishable
product to be kept in a fair condition
much longer than would otherwise be
the case. Dakota and Minnesota now
ship large quantities of eggs to New
York and tho eggs aro stored uutil
needed and the older eggs are disposed
of first. When the eggs are decayed,
there is but one ubo to make of them
and that is to sell them to morocco
manufacturers who use the yelks in
their way of dressing morocco.—Massa-
chusetts Plowman.
—An interesting variety of carbon is
gas carbon, obtained from the retorts
in whicfc illuminating gas is manufact-
ured. It results from tho burning on
of drops of tar upon tho interior walls
of the retort, anil'the long continued
heating of the crust thus formed. Gas
carbon is very hard, compact and
dense; it has a metallic lustre and con
ducts electricity like a metal. On ac
count of its high conducting power, it
ia employed in the manufacture of gal
vanic batteries and for the carbon
pencils of the electric lamps,
school of politic)
pa\ ing tbe way to
iuage of the p.
cayune.
pr lets her husband
'*• the housework
have been working
a married.'' Hus-
■ |*jor tougue has."
trattui
—Wife (who :
forget tha- *he ■
—"My poor ha>i
ever since I've b- ei
band -•'! know your
—Epoch.
—• Tqmmy," said a mother to her
•even-year-old hoy. "you must not in'
terrupt mo when I m talking with
ladies. You mu-t wait till we stop,
and then you can talk." "But you
never Btop." retorted the boy
—"Did you • i<t- me for a fool when
you married ti,. cried an angrv hus-
band, in the thick of a domestic quar-
rel; to which the wife meekly re-
sponded: "No. James, I did not; but
then you always said I was no judge of
character."—N. Y. Ledger.
—Said a phyeician, ' Good health
demands that the io,ith be kept closed
while asleep " We have known in-
stances where a man's health would
have been materially improved if he
had kept his mouth closed shut while
awa!<e.—Burlington Free Press.
—Enamored swain—"For you darl-
ing. 'I wad lay me doon and dee.'
Practical maiden—"That sort of thing
is clear out of date, Willie. What a
girl wants nowadays is a man who will
get up and hustle for her."—Terre
Haute Ex pro
—Down to hard facts.—Testy old
gent—"Huh! Do you think you can
support iny daughter in the style to
which she has been accustomed?"
Young suitor—"Well, no; but I can
support her in the style to which her
mother was accustomed a good many
years after she married you." Old
gent (ful>'Iued)—"Take her, my son,
and be happy."—S. Y. Weekly.
— Baldheaded and very homely old
gentleman to photographer — "Drat
such pictures. Can't you make me
ook any bettor than that after five ait-
tings? Photographer (thoroughly
exasperated)—"! think I can, sir, if
you will allow ine to take the back of
your head. It hasn't so much expres-
ion aa the other side, but It's a blamed
^ight prettier." — Burlington Free
Press.
are of throe
brought to a market became gaffing a
lob.ter generally kill. It, and a dead I —
liariaiapd turn their odb out to grow." JfUter in not marketable* Ilarncr'i ' —Electri« dltchat
—8an Francisco Argonaut. Weekly kinds Intermittent, continuous, osell- tlned to be during its Ufo."—iudU,T 7v
—latory or alternating, olUiNew*.
A STREAK OF BLACK.
Invariable Ituln by wlilcli to Delect th
Presence of African lllood.
Captain O. C. Terry has an almost
exhaustless fund of quaint or unusual
stories, incidents or information at his
command. Most of his stock he has
gathered in his own varied experiences
and observations. Let him lean back
in-a comfortable arm chair and get his
thoughts turned toward reminiscences
and he is sure to interest his auditors.
He was born and grew to manhood in
Tennessee, when the institution of
slavery was in its prime. He grew up
to believe it wrong, his mother instill-
ing the belief into his mind from in-
fancy.
"But I saw enough of slavery myself
to set me against it," said tho Captain
few days ago, in speaking of this
period of his career. "In several in
stances I saw slave child ren sold vv hoso
veins contained so much of their mas-
tor's blood that their skins wore with-
out a tirige of the African color except
the invariable stripe down tho spinal
column. Such things as that were so
plainly and horribly wrong that I
needed no teaching in order to know
Between selling human beings who
were partly white and those entirely
black, I some way couldn't tlnd any
lino where the wrong ended and tho
right began.
"What do I mean By the stripe down
tho spinal column? Why, 1 supposed
you knew the presence of African blood
In any person, no matter how slight
the proportion, can be instantly de-
tected by a dark lino along the spino.
Even an octoroon, with complexion
and features purely cauoasian, invaria-
bly has this lino of dark. It is a never-
failing proof of mixed blood. The mark
in not always black, but is considera-
bly durkor than the rest yf the surface
of the body.
"Since you didn't know that, per-
haps you don't know that a colored
child at its birth is as light colored as
a white one. You wouldn t notice any
difference in the color at all. In three
or four hours after birth the skin be-
gin* to turn dark, and in a short time
becomes as black as the child Is de>-
Snagsby, in his offioe ^to trim look-
ing book-agent)—"We don't want any
of your blarsteu literature here. Git
out!'' Agent—"I thought you might
want a copy of 'How to be Happy,
I hough Married.* " Snagsby—"Hold!
I'll subscribe for my wife. She's been
wanting that book these ten years."—
Drake's Magazine.
UNIQUE COMPARISONS.
The Number of Vibrations Mad* by a fTateh
In tli« t'oursf of a Year.
The balance wheel of a quick train
watch makes five excursions (vibra-
tions) every second. 3)0 per minute,
180,000 per hour. 432,000 per day, which
givesus the enormous sum of 157,680,170
per year. Each vibration of the balance
of a properly constructed watch
consists of IJ revolutions. If a bicycle
with a 60-inch wheel was propelled at
this rate the rider would cover a mile
in 53} seconds, nearly 67 miles per
hour, more than 1,604 miles per day,
or 586.716J miles per year.
Now, pause a moment and think what
condition your wheel would be in If
you attempted to ride it 586.716J miles
without occasional repairs or even
fresh oil! Yet this is precisely what is
expected of a watch. It is to be hoped
that wheelmen will have more respect
for their watches after reading this.
The smallest screw in a watch baa
220 threads to the inch and is so minute
that the threads aro not visible to the
Aa E*P«'I Tell* H ' . I .m.-Fleet* Cm I
K«|)l i IVrf*< Or Irr.
Hav ; ; y-«rv>eabl
article yo . J. n order to pro-
*•:'*? « , - ' ow (.'it
the e rule*: W d up your watch
every day at t 1 hour. This is
generally done nt th- hour we retira
to rest nr. p- • •> 1 -till, at the
hour we ri-e. Av 1 p itting a watch
ol a marb •- - ab aiy thing ex-
oe iveljr eold. The - . Iden transition
from heat to coid c rtr.e-.mg the metal
may sometir - mainspring
to break. Indee 1. tiie cold co ijulates
the oil, and the w if.-l * cl;* and piv-
ots working li - -fri t at? t the regu-
larity of the tiine-kee >er.
When we lay our watch aside we
ought to slope it on a wat • i case so as
tekeep it nearly in the-ame position It
hatia the pocket In tying a-ideyour
watch be sure that it rest- on its case.
By suspending i' free t!.< a 'ion of thu
balance may eau-e o-< lation, which
may considerably interfere #ith its go-
ing.
If you would keep your watch clean
you must be quite sure that the case
fits firmly and never put it in any
pocket but on" made of leather.
Those pockets which are lined with
cloth, cotton or calico, give, by the
constant friction, a quantity of fluff, '
which enters most watches even those
the^ases of which shut firmly.
If the watch is not a "keyless" one
the key should be small, in order that
we may feel the resistance of the stop
work; then we can stop in time with-
out forcing any thing It is al?.o nec-
essary that the square of the key
should correspond with that of the
watch. If it be too large it may in a
short time cause the wind up square
to suffer from undue wear and tear,
the rectifying of which is ra her ex-
pensive. The hands of an ordinary
watch can be turned backward w ithout
much risk. It is, however, alw ays bet-
ter to move the hands forward to ad-
just your watch to correct time.
A skillful watchmaker one day thus
reasoned with a customer <vho had
complained of his watch: "You com-
plained," said he, "that your watch
gains a minu:e a month. W II then,
you will congratulate yourself when
you have heard me. You are aware
that In your watch, the hanee. which
is the regulator, makes live oscilla-
tions every second, which is 432,000
a day; so that your watch, exposed to
all the vicis«itudes whi.'h heat and
cold occasion it, the varying weight
of the air and the shaking to which it
is subjected, lias not varied .-.lore than
minute a inonth or two seconds a
day. It has only a <iuir'd with each
vibration of the ba ance a variation of
the 216,000th part of a -e 'ond. Judge,
then, what mu£t be the extreme per-
fection of the mecliani-m of this
watch."
A watch can not jro for an indellnito
period without being repaired or
•leaned. At the expiration of a cer-
tain time the oil dries up. dust accu-
mulates, and wear and tear tiro inevi-
table result? to the whole machinery,
the functions t 'om j irregular, fre-
quently ceasing to net altogether. A
person possessing a watch of good
quality, and desirous of preserving it
as such, should have it cleaned every
two years at least, But care should
b# taken to confide the cleaning or re-
pairing to careful hands; an incapable
workman may do great injury to a
watch even of the simplest construc-
tion.—Chambers' Journal.
LUMINOUS PA i NT. "
Wherever II Can Absorb Light In the Ilay
It Will lllve It Forth at Night.
Dntil now the commercial manufact-
ure of luminous paint has been con-
fined to England, where a singla
factory turns out a small supply at a
price of about $3 a pound. This" enor-
mous cost seems to have prevented
the use of the
naked eye. Indeed, one can hardly I U?,e °r lhe Paint uxcePt
be distinguished from a speck of dirt. ^*7 ■?' is fort nate that a
certain firm named Mahron,atTriesch,
in Austria, has found means to pro-
duce it and place it on the market at
50 cents a pound, or about one-sixth
speck of dirt,
powerful magnify-
except by usl^g
irtg glass.
If we convert our 60-inch wheel into
theso tiny screws, of which it takes
253,440 to weigh a pound, we shall
have 13,939,200 screws, worth about
$130,000. Let wheelmen not*compl&in
of the cost of machines hereafter.
But the above is a mere trifle when
compared to what the value would be
if made up into hair-springs, which,
wheikof the best quality, aro wor'h,
when fitted to watches, $29,464 per
pound. In this case your wheel would
become worth the t-.iug little pura of
$1,355,220, and if tb" wire used to
make theso springs was drawn out into
one continuous [riece it would take
pretty good rider to travel from end to
end in a day, for the distance would
be 116 miles.—Wheelman's Gazette.
~<gsk,
\
Millinery for Early Winter.
A pre ay and becoming modication
of that old prime favorite tho English
walking-hat lias appeared, less narrow
on the brim front, and not rolled so
closely to Hie crown on tho sides,
making it. more than ever bocoming to
slender-faced women, to whom the
shape, like the French turban, la al-
ways : boon. The now felt bonnets
are beautifully soft and line, and dyed
in all tiie autumn shades, both dark,
pale and neutral, to match street cos-
tumes. Some are in princess shape,
others with small coronets, or In tho
Hat style of tha new English capote,
which n veals all of the waved or
fluffy mass of hair over tho forehead.
Some of tho crowns, low at the back,
are pinched iuto a few soft folds, thus
taking away the plain, straight look
usual to these shapes. Fancy figured,
motthd, heather-mixed and checked
felts are shown, to be worn with tailor
•uita of similar uattorn. —N. Y. l'o W
of the English price. Even at 50cents
a pound a substance composed of oyster
shells and sulphur might, we should
suppose, be manufactured at a goad
profit, but at that price it is likely to
come into extehsive use. Whenever
it can absorb light through the day it
will give it forth at night, and it ia 1
said that a railway car in England,
which has had its ceilings painted
with it, was so brilliantly illuminated
that one could seo to read a news-
paper in it during the darkest night
without other light. With all due al-
lowance for the enthusiasm of early
experimenters, there is no doubt that
cars with ceilings so painted would be
pleasant to ride in, whether one could
really see to read in them at night or
not; and for making key-holes, stair-
ways and sign boards luminous tho
paint would be invaluable. Its appli-
cation to stairways is a particularly
obvious one. and the Austrian manu-
facturers furnish a kind of wall paper
cn which the paint can bo used to
better advantage than on the baro
plastering. The paper, which is of
eathery texture, is first treated with
lime-water, and then primed with a
composition furnished by tho sama
Arm. After this is dry tw0 thin coats
ofrf,he luminous paint are applied,-and
the whole may thon be varnished.—
Philadelphia Record.
—A man sent in to the editor of
local paper an item to the effect that
his fiftieth wedding anniversary would
08 observed on a certain day. To his'
ilsgust, when the announcement ap>,
peared.it was found that, the printer*
cad left out the word "anniversary." I
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