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THE OKLAHOMA STATE -CAPITAL: STNDAY MOE2CIXO, 3JAEf'iI
man
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
To TroTcnt Fraud In Liquids—Fire-
Itefosrr Shutters—Albfiloi and lu
Uae«—3New Sound—Au Amiuonla Fir®
Extinguisher
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Asbesto* and Its Use*.
Asbestos is remarkable as an exam-
ple of a substance, long regarded as
♦eonomically valueless, suddenly tak-
ing its place among minerals of com-
mercial importance, and rapidly •om-
Ing into use, until its production ranks
f**,a staple branch of the industries of
this country. Asbo3tos is a fibrous
Variety of the mineral actinolite, and
consists essentially of oxide of iron,
BJumina, magnesia, silica nnd water,
and In appearance has a silky, vitreous
) luster, while its indestructibility by
/ fire forms the leading characteristic
on which is based the commercial and
utilitarian value of the substance un-
der consideration The mineral is wide-
ly distributed,the two principal sources
of commercial importance being Italy
and 'Canada; that derived from the
former country being the most valu-
able and being distinguished from
other varieties by its brownish tint.
The process in vogue for the manu-
facture, of raw asbestos into the vari-
ous i-articles for which it is now cm-
jployed may be Jariefly summarized. Ar-
rived in bags weighing from one to
two hundredweight, the lumps of crude
asbestos are put through an ingenious
Crushing machine, whose rollers have
a parallel motion an addition to their
rolling action over each other. This
action•effertually opens out the fibers,
■which are«then boiled in larjre tanks.
The shorterflbers. having been ground
down>and reduced to-a pulp, ere con-
certed into asbestos millboard by-ma-
nipulation on gauze netting, «i process
familiar to all persons who have visit-
ed paper-mills and witnessed tho man-
ufacture of ordinary paper. Asbestos
millboard forms a valuable "packing"
for engines, while its non-conducting
properties render it serviceable on
electrical work. A bare enumeration
of the many purposes to which asbes-
tos is now devoted would form a for-
midable list: "Packing" for all classes
of machinery, ropes, fire escapes and
firemen's clothing,furnacemen's gloves,
flre-proof putty, sheeting, boiler and
steam pipe covering, millboard for
every purpose, cloth for filtering acid9
and other similar uses; for covering
vrollers in print works where aniline
•uyes are employed, and it is necessary
to resist heat and the action of the
acids; for flooring and wallfelt, more
especially in timber-built houses; as a
lubricant for every class of engine,
portable fire-proof safes, lamp shades,
and a variety of other articles,in which
the fire and heat resisting properties
of the substance under consideration
render It of cspecial value.
thrown into the room by tho druggist
ts an experiment. To use his own
words in reporting the circumstance,
"the cffoct was instantaneous, torrents
of black smoke rolling upward in place
ef flames, and in a moment every trace
of Are was gone." I * ~
Fire-lief lige Slinttem.
A Pennsylvania man, of Waynesbor-
ough, no doubt actuated by the recent
pppalling fatalities of fires in mills re-
julting from operatives being compell-
ed to jump from the windows to es-
cape the flames, has devised a flro-
refugo chamber, to be built in connec-
tion with windows, which has many
meritorious features. The windows
are often the only means of escape in
case of fire, and in raising these drafts
are created, so that the flames and
smoke soon pour out of them, forcing
the unfortunate inmates who have
taken refuge on the sills either to jump
to their possible death below or to re-
main and be smothered or burned to
death. This chamber is formed of
6hutters of iron or suitable non-inflam-
mable material, their design being
such that when the lower and upper
shutters are respectively raised and
lowered and the side shutters folded
In against them a smoke-proof cham-
ber is formed. Iu it one may take
refuge and remain until the firemen
have an opportunity to raise ladders
or stretch jumping nets. This arrange-
ment effectually protects those who
have taken refuge in it until they are
rescued, unless, of course, the fire
To Prevent Fraud* In Liquid*.
A variation of the multitudinous
ron-refillable bottle patent is the idea
of an Inventor of New Yo~k city. Ho
does not endeavor to produce a bottle
which cannot be refilled, for it is
pointed out that dealers are adverse to
handling such bottles, as it reflects on
their honesty, but to produce one
■which places a premium on honesty.
The scheme is to place In each bottle
a small porcelain ball, small enough
to come out of the neck of the bottle
end mark it with the trademark or
brand of the liquid the bottle Is sup-
posed to contain, the bottle being of
course similarly labeled. These balls
are to be redeemed by the bottler or
manufacturer for a small cash pre-
mium, or its equivalent. As the in-
ventor states, this scheme cannot de-
feat a determined effort to substitute
a low for a high grade of liquor in
the refilling of a bottle fas the same
ball and bottle might bo used over and
over again), but by makin.T them re-
deemable lor a small consideration it
k
V
i -thought that such dishonest practice
Would be minimized.
Au Amunoulu Fire I it Ingulnher.
That flro cannot exist where oxygen
Is lacking is an obvious truth, and it
Is on this that tho success of the vari-
ous fire extinguishing powders depends
and also the ef&ciOut operation of
stoam jots, which latter have long
teen recognized as good fire lighting
media under certain conditions. Ac-
cording to Cassier's Magazine, aqua
ammonlao (ammonia water, or liquid
amnjonia) has recently been added to
i tho list of these extinguishers, as
would appear from an item telling of
fi case where tho vapors of a tank con-
tain Ingilfty gallons of gasolene caught
lire Inirtho .linen?rootn of a laundry.
JThe.j'odm wasflnstantly a mass of liv-
ing iflames, fbut a gallon*and a half of
ammonia /water thrown Into it com-
pletely and almost Immediately extin-
guished the lire The ammonia wai
Jn a glass demijohn lu an apotheciry'i
Ci; next door to the laundry, and wan
should first destroy that particular
part of the building. The very fact
that the window is thus closed helps
materially in preventing the spread of
the flames. Besides, it is operated from
tho in*ide of the building, and thus
forms a fire shutter that can be more
quickly placed In operation than shut-
ters on the outside of a building.
New Sound,
What the inventor describes as "a
new round" is produced by a device
just patented by Prof. Elisha Gray.
This sound Is produced by a method
of ringing; a bell by means of magnets,
and he c laims that it is especially
adapted to submarine telegraphy. At
present bells are always rung by the
impact of a tongue, a hammer, or ths
like, but in Prof. Gray's invention
there is no blow at all on tho bell.
Briefly, the method consists in excit-
ing magnets in relation to a bell, with
currents of a frequency corresponding
to the distinctive vibratory rate of the
bell; the magnetic force thus tuned is
caused by appropriate means to pro-
duce at regular Intervals a deformation
of tho shape of the bell, thus result-
ing in Its vibration. The receiver con-
sists of a stretched steel plate located
at a distance and tuned to respond to
the vibrations transmitted through the
water; a telephone attachment in turn
taking up the vibrations, which may
be broken in continuity to correspond
to the Morse code, and rendering them
audiblo in the ordinary telephone re-
ceiver. As Is well known, in sounding
a bell by means of a blow, much ofrthe
energy applied Is expended in setting
up objectionable overtones. By the
electro-magnetic means proposed].^
Prof. Gray, only such 'vibrationsA will
bo set-up as correspond to ..the normal
note of the bell, a.pure.tono thus being
produced, which, indeed, the inventor
calls "a new sound." The patent gives
110 indication as to the distances
through which messages may be .trans-
mitted in the manner proponed, and
practical experiments on tho system
will be looked forward to with much
Interest. As applied to the purpose
mentioned, the bell sounds only when
the speed of the alternater corresponds
to the normal vibratory rate of the
bell, and a delicate governing attach-
ment to the machine may bo adjusted
until ,the sounding of •♦•the bell indi-
cates'that the proper-speed is secured,
after which the mechanism is presum-
ed automatically r to maintain such
speed.
Food Preservatives.
The committee appointed in England
to discuss tho question of preservatives
and coloring matters in food has been
hearing evidence from many experts
on tho various points raised. It. was
stated by one- that the use of uorax
or boraclc acid for ham and bacon
was necessary on account of tho de-
mand for a mild-cured article, and that
it was a most effective preservative
and a buto remedy against lly-Llow.
Seventy-five per cent of tho ham aud
bacon 6old In Britain was treated with
this chemical, and after tho meat had
been cooked, most, if not all, the borax
disappeared. This last statement la
one which surely could easily be put
to the test of experiment; and, should
it be found correct, the use of borax
for meat could hardly be considered
objectionable.
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Not Ilia Choice.
She—1"You're Inclined to bo stout, j
aren't yon?"
Ho«(rather obese)—"No, Indeed. 1
simply rcan'tvhelp it."—Chicago -New* ,
HISTORY OF A HEART
"Yes. I have always said that the
dear women could get the best of us
every time," h« continued, "un-
less "
"Unless what?"
"Well, unless they themselves fall in
love In real earnest."
"Then what?"
"Then wc men win the game. A
woman In love is never a very wise
woman. You know there are two kinds
of women who fall desperately in love.
Tho cool, calculating, unscrupulous,
woman, who stops at nothing to secure
her wish; she Is usually discovered in
some of her underhanded schemes, and
thus foiled. Then there Is the quiet,
unselfish woman who loves deeply,
tr«jly, sincerely, but silently, often se-
cretly, because she believes she is in
thifr way furthering the happiness of
the one she loves. The world calls her
cold, unfeeling, because the world
judges superficially."
"Why, doctor! One would think you
had studied the human heart exclu-
sively. I thought you wero decldo^Jy
not a ladles' man. But pardon me, I—I
believe you, too, have some sort of a
love history, haven't you?"
"Oh, yes, most men do."
"Was she—do men usually lose their
hearts to the beauties?"
"Yes, and no. The young men of a
certain type are often carried away by
a pretty face. Seeing you are conva-
lescent, I'll tell you a bit of my own
experience, if you care to listen."
"Oh, yes, doctor, please do.'That will
be plea-santer to take than your medi-
cine, and may do as much good."
"I feel like talking of the past to-
night. It's a weakness men sometimes
show. Well, you have possibly heard
that when a young man I .fell in love,
or supposed I did, with a bright,. hand-
some girl. The love seemed returned
and the match in every way suitable.
Bo we were soon married. The result
was disastrous. We had nothing in
common. Could not agree. Both were
high strung, and'things went from bad
to worse. At last we agreed—which
we seldom did—to brave this opinion of
a careless world and live in peace sep-
arately. We were both anxious for
the separation. But neither asked for
a divorce. Each felt, I think, that one
matrimonial adventure of our kind was
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enough. I do not know who was tho
most to blame. God knows, I'm will-
ing to take my full shLre.
"Time passed on. You know the
world soon forgets such things or over-
looks them, especially in a professional
man with an assured position.
"In my practice and in soe'ety I met
many women—pretty, handsome, fasci-
nating and all that, but I never
thought of falling in love*with any of
them. Possibly I was on my "guard."
"Or, perhaps, doctor, you'dld not feel
at Jlbertyito fall in love."
"Bosh! Few men are.vgood-fenough
to question, liberty when*strongly in-
clined to mako love or be lovc<^
"Doctor," tvarningly, ."you^do not
mean what you say."
"Yes lido. You yet'judge theiworld
ideally. There's a^Jot of talk about
men's unselfishness?and "nobleness of
purpose. Well, in the -abstract-it's all
right. We mean to*do«right. Wo often
think right, but I tell you few men re-
main perfectly unselfish when4t comes
to dealing with a weak woman, whom
he loves but should not. Not often do&s
he sacrifice himself and show*hervthe
stern path of duty. It does^happen, of
course, but not one-half so*often aa
women lead men toward the<straight
and narrow way. Every day we find
women uplifting and helping somo
poor devil through his trouble, even
though she knows she must "thus loso
him forever."
"I'm not ablo to argue tho matter
with you now. but how did your case
turn out? The grand finale, doctor.
Proceed."
"One morning I was called to see a
patient, a widow, they told me, who
had to teach.for a living. She was an
insignificant'little person, dressed in
black, and suffering acutely from a
neuralgic attack. She anxiously in-
quired If It would keep her from her
work long, and 1 remember she had a
very sweot voice, and I felt a pity that
one so frail should have to battle with
the world all alone."
"And pity's akin to love!"
"Don't interrupt my story. I called
the next day and found her much Im-
proved, but plainer In looks than the
previous evening. I was called to tho
house again several times'profession-*
ally, and 1 grew to like her quiet ways
and to hear'her talk. But as far as
being seriously affected, that never en-
tered my head. I fait. perfectly «a£a
Ah, there's whore men make mistakes!
They will laugh and er.joy themselves
lu tho company of the popular beauty
or the fascinating coquette, but they
are always on the watch, so to speak,
and leave it to some young, inexperi-
enced fool to get singed because ho
doesn't know the world well enough to
| keep at a respectful distance from tho
alluring flame. The man of the world
will pass through the galaxy of wit and
beauty without a scar only to (all
hopelessly in love with some Insignifi-
cant person who cannot boast of good
looks or wit. It's her way, her man-
ner. and she becomes a very part of
his life ere ho Is half aware of it. Tie
does not realize to what extent he is
enslaved until he attempts to break the
chain. But she usually breaks it for
him. Duty is stronger than love with
such women."
"Oh, doctor, you aro moralizing
again. What about your case?"
"Well, I called there nonprofession-
al^ afterward. She never seemed to
I realize I liked.her or it was her I was
I Interested in. Wo were seldom alone,
I but one night, 0 ye gods; how well I
' remember it all. Sho was looking so
| sweet, but fragile and tired. Well. I
; just couldn't keep still any longer. So
j I told her my life, told her all, and
| asked her to let mo lovq and take care
; of her during the rest *£ my life."
I "And what did she answer?"
"I hate to think of it even now, but
she said, 'Your former wife may still
love you. If so, and should you now
suo for a divorce, think what pain,
what suffering for her. No, no. I can
not win myhappiness through tho suf-
fering of another.' I argued, pleaded
with her. Told her the theory was all
wrong. She supposed love where love
was dead."
"Ah, 1 know women's hearts better
than men do, even though they be doc-
tors," she said. "Separation does not
always-cause indifference."
"She remained firm. But suppose, I
pleaded as a last resort, suppose she,
my former wife, first asks for this legal
separation. What then?"
" 'Well, time will tell. But promise
me you will make no first move, but
remain absolutely passive in this mat-
ter. You will promise?'
"I promised, of course, would have
promised to go to Africa and become a
cannibal, I suppose, had she asked it.
And theu, finale?"
"No, not yet."—Chicago Tribune.
OLD SCIIO0 I j - S T A R. m"'h pasler ,Tmn 11 dld- 11(1 continues TS A RELIGIOUS BOD:
<4 with tho Athletics four seasons.
AN OLD HOUSE
In Which President Monroe Lived After
Leaving Washington.
"How easy it is to forget history,"
remarked the man who keeps posted on
the events of early New York days, as
eli as upon the things of the present.
"Probably not one in a thousand citi-
zens recognized in the recent salo of
the house at 63 Princo street, the old
residence of President Monroe when
be retired from the White House, after
his eight years of service as president,
lie died there on July 4. 1831. The
house is just a block east of Broadway,
and looks much tho saino as it did
when It was the residence of President
Monroe, only more delapidated. One
still sees the Colonial columns and flut-
ed arch over the doorway, looking now
like soiled bits of cast-off finery. Part
of tho house is the headquarters of a
furrier, and I am told that a few years
ago It was a billiard table factory, and
later a Viennese and then a Hungarian
restaurant. Tho house has suffered
badly through its changes, and before
another year has closed every vestige
of it will te gone. It is somewhat
pathetic to think of the last years of
President Monroe as being spent prac-
tically upon the bounty of his friends,
his fortune having gone at the end cf
his active political life. Ho lived in
the Prince street house with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Samuel L. Gouverneur, whose
husband, a man of wealth and high
standing in the social life of the city,
was postmaster when Monroe camo to
live with them. . President Monroe was
buried in the old cemetery on Second,
street, butiin 1858 hls'body was remov-
ed to the Hollywood Cemetery in Rich-
mond,-Va.—-New'York Times.
MATHEWS HAD FEW EQUALS
AND NO SUPERIORS.
The Noted Pitcher ltndc up In Skill aad
Ktratejcjr What llo I.ack d la Strength
— A Sprained .Sinew I n.led Ills Pro-
fessional Career.
Robert Mathews, once a star pitcher,
whoso strategic work In his day was
acknowledged by all other pitchers,
players and managers of the profession
to be tho most successful in the coun-
try, was in his forty-seventh year at
the time of his death. "Bobby," as he
was known professionally, had a large
and successful career on the green
diamond, and had few equals, and cer-
tainly no superiors, in tho profession
as a pitcher, llo began playing ball
as a junior at Baltimore,his birthplace,
in 38G7. In 1S69 he joined the Mary-
lands, remaining with them until tho
close of tho season of 1870. In 1871
ho accepted his first professional en-
gagement with tho Kekionga club, of
Fort Wayne, Ind., and his curved de-
livery proved puzzling to tho best
batsmen that season. In tho opening
championship gamo on May 4, 1871,
when the Kokiongas defeated tho For-
est City club, of Cleveland, by tho
then unprecedented score of 2 to 0,
Mathews pitched with such telling ef-
fect that only five safe hits were mado
off him, and three of that number
were credited to Jim White. Ho re-
turned to Baltimore in 1872, when ho
pitched for tho newly organized pro-
fessional club of his native city,known
as tho Lord Baltlmorcs.
Joined tlie Mutual*.
In 1873 ho joined tho Mutuals of New
York, taking the place of Arthur Cum-
mings, and it was while playing with
J tho "Mutes" that "Bobby" Mathews
, lirst camo into prominence as a pitcher.
He remained with the Mutuals for four
consecutive seasons, and much of the
success that club then obtained may
bo attributed to his very effective
pitching. Mathews officiate^ at pitcher
for tho Mutuals in 243 games, and his
pluck and endurance in a long up-hill
light were amply demonstrated on
more than one occasic-o especially
in the prolonged strugglo with tho
Louisvilles in 1S7G, when fifteen in-
nings were played one afternoon, and
sixteen on .the following day, before
tho question of victory was finally set-
tled in favor of Mathews' men. Ho
was engaged in 1877 by t'.-j Cincinna-
ti, who opened as a National League
club, but when they disbanded, about
the middle of June, ho united his for-
tunes with the Buckeyes of Columbus,
Ohio, ana aiternate'd an pitcher with
McCormiclc, who afterwards gained re-
nown with tho Cleveland, Chicago and
other teams. In 1878 Mathews joined
the professional team located on the
Union Grounds, Brooklyn, known as
the Brooklyns, and remained with
them until early in May, when ho
joined the Worcester, Mass., team, and
on Aug. 15 of that year, in a game with
the Bostons, he once more practically
illustrated his skill in that position by
blanking tho then champions, who
were able to make only two safe hits
off him. In 1S79 he was engaged by
the Providence club as its change
pitcher, and he took past in forty-two
championship contests, officiating in
his old position in nineteen of said
games.
Flayed in California
In 1880 he was with the Star club of
San Francisco, Cal., making his first
appearance in that city May 2, when
he succeeded in striking out twelve of
his opponents. He remained with
that club until it disbanded, and then
returned east. At tho commencement
of the season of 1881 he was engaged
by the Providence club, but after play-
ing a short time with that organization
he was released, and at once joined tho
The Sentackjr Mountaineer*.
There are no more strikingly inter-
esting people in America than these
isolated;raountaineers wbo.-make their
homes generation after generation
among tho.%fastuesses of-the- eastern
section«of the "dark and bloody
ground." The waves'of civilization
which swept westward along the St.
Lawrence, the: Erie canal and'.a dozen
other routes seem to > ve found at
this point in .the Appalachians an«in-
surmountable>barrier and rolled back,
leaving the descendants of tho pio-
neers of a century and a half*ago with
many of .the same habits and customs
and traditions dear to the hearts of
their forefathers. A man who knows
the wholoicountry as a ehlld«does his
first picture, book told me that if any
person took the trouble to go through
a copy of Shakespeare and pick out all
tho obsolete words he would find near-
ly all of them in common use among
these mountain folk. Iu their phrase-
ology we flnd "holp" for "help," "hit"
for "it" and other words which, far
from being corruptions, are the pure
old Anglo-Saxon. Even their ballads
are mementos of ages gone by. and I
know of one man who, after riding 200
miies through the mountains for the
purpose, finally picked up. from hear-
ing the women sing them, the full
thirteen verses of an old Scotch ballad
which proved to be identical with
those recorded in a diary-bearing tho
date 1GG5.—International Magazine.
The Fatal Curloalty,
Husband —But I should noMlke you
to go on tho stage. There are so.many
temptations there for :i woman. Wife
—But 1 mean to go. How can I tell
that I'm proof agalnst'temptation until
I've been tempted."
BOBBY MATHEWS. ,rr-fm
i lu IMO.)
Bostons. He continued with tho Bos-
ton club In 1882, during which season
more men struck out off him than off
any other pitcher in the National
League, and ho certainly never pitched
better.
In 1883 he was engaged by the Ath-
letic club, of the American Associa-
tion an<> pitched with wonderful suc-
cess up to Jsly of that year, when he
unfortunately met with an accident
which prevented him from playing in
many important games, and hampered
his team materially in tho race for the
(hampionship. lie started off in fine
form on May 29 of that season, retir-
ing the Cincinnati for only two safe
hits, besides stroking out,nine men,
and only 'for the accident mentioned
his club -would "have won tho-pennant
Downed the Old ISrowni.
In the spring of 1885, which was the
last season he played with that club,
ho started out by doing as geod work
as ever, and when the St. Louis
Browns, champions of the American
Association, made their first appear-
ance at Philadelphia for that season
on May 27, he beat them by 3 to 1,
pitching one of his very best games,
holding the visit^rv down to four scat-
tering safe hits. His work that day
was the talk of the town that evening,
and President Von der Abe and his
players said it was the fittest exhibi-
tion of strategic pitching they ever
saw. But if wins in that contest that
he hurt a small bono in his right arm,
which bothered him more each day,
until it required him to retire from
the diamond, and he was only seen
after that season with eo-operativo
nines, which ho continued to play with
until his permanent retirement, rrom
tho game in 1890. He probably mado
his best pitching record wit'h tho Ath-
letics in 18S5, when h« won 42 out of
49 championship contests, being hit
ordinarily hard in only two games. It
was wonderful how he heLd out so
long, as he was then the smallest
pitcher in size and wei^^f^n the pro-
fession.
Who was it at creation's dawn
Awoke to scratch himself and yawn;
"I've slept so long my back Is lame;
It must be time to start the game?"
Pop Anson!
Who coached young Abel, Adam's
sou,
And taught him how to hit and run?
In Adam built an umpire's nerve,
And showed Cain how to pitch a
curve?
Pop Anson!
Who on the ark with Noafh sailed,
Tried to sign Ham and Shein, but
failed,
Surveyed the flood, said, "I regret
The game's postponed—the ground's
too wet?
Pop Anson!
Who was it bade Methuselah
Sit on the bench because he saw
The former lacked, so it appears,
Experience and also years?
Pop Anson!
Who in tho time of Jonah said
When he arrived there sick and sore:
"The whale has pitched you back to
town;
I thought he couldn't hold you
down?"
Pop Anson! *
Who in tho time of Pharaoh led *
The old Egyptian league and said
He"d win the pennant or he'd play
Until the dawn of judgment day?
Pop Anson!
Who In the crusades got in line,
And 'mongst the knights patched up a
nine
That played a mighty stiff old game,
And who was captain of that same?
Pop Anson!
Who In tho days when freedom
shrieked
TInto the front full often sneaked
To make the British drain their cup.
And4bade the minute men smoke'up?.
Pop Anson.
Who is it in this latter .day
Still.played-and playedlbut could not
play?
Who tried the stage to elevato
But found, alas, he was too date?
Pop Anson!
Who while the world existsiwill spear
His-team's not equaled anywhere
And who will win the rag-one day
Some fifteen years away?
Pop Anson!
—Baltimore News. **
Haae Kail Kiddles.
Some of the. greatest baseballs rid- i
dies that over came down>,thfspike;have j
been reeled ofT since tbeSclose of the (
lato campaign. Listen to thiB plaintive j
tale from Ben B. Johnson: "With tho
American Leaguo as a nucleus four
Western clubs would be wanted—
probably Chicago. Milwaukee, Detroit
and Cleveland. Franklin of Buffalo
would be cared for in the Eastern sec- j
tiou. Loftus, being manager of the
'Orphans.' would probably b« willing to
pell out Grand Rapids. Saulpaugii of
Minneapolis likewise would sell his
franchise. This leaves only Jimmy '
Manning of Kansas City, and lie would
bo offered an Eastern berth. If the !
scheme does Sot materialize frouv the I
present tangled conditions then an I
American League club in Chicago Is
sure." Han Is like the little boy who
only'wanted some land, boards, bricks,
Iathavand mortar, and-some one to put
themjiogether, to own a nice house,
etc.
| THE MARONITE CHORCH
THE MlSSrSSfPPl,
Its Teachrm Claim That Thell* ©W
Ih Directly Connected With the AK
tolle Time*—Lun^-na*" of the Cerem(
lc® the Saiue an That Spoken 'by Cb^
Ono of the most peculiar rolIgBj
bodies in tho United States ia \
Maronito Colony ofSt. Ixiuls, the pi
tor of which Is Father George Eli
manuel, who comes from the Aslat|
ehoro of tho Mediterranean* Most ii!
teresting is tho history of th!3 people
They aro tho representatives of t
faith which for ages haa resisted
attempts at suppression, and, In tin
mountain fastnesses of Syria, has'heH
its own alike against the persuasioi
of the Greek Catholic church and tin
oppression and persecution of Islam
They aro Maronltes of the Mount La
banon range, whoso fiercest conflict!
with tho Druses of tho same localitl
have more than once disturbed th(
peace of tho east.
The Maronltes are so'called Jrora S|
Maron, a hermit, who lived in the Le
banon range, not far-from Tyre, in th(
fourth or fifth century. Hero St Maroj
and his followers erected a fortress. 0
was speedily followed by others, aa
cording to the fashion of the day, hal
castle, half monastery, and the Maroa
He rito soon spread over the entire Le
banon range, from the Mediterranean
to the Lake of Gennesaret, and fron
the early Christian centuries to tin
present tho Maronites have been urn
conquered. Tho Saracens did not sul>
duo them, and the Turks, after man3
years of war, finally left them in peace
They share their mountains with thi
Druses, a fierce tribe of fanatical Mo«
hammedans, but with the exception o!
an occasional outbreak of fanaticism,
commonly culminating in massacres
the two discordant elements have mam
aged to live in peace, and not infre*
quently have joified their forces to re-
pel foreign aggression, for Druses and
Maronltes alike aro mountaineers,
alike aro lovers of liberty and, like, th«
different clans of Highlanders or Swiss^
forget their mutual animosities when
their common liberty Is threatened
The language of the Maronlte churcU
is the. Syro-Chaldaic. which, according
to tho belief of the Maronltes, was tlu
language used by Jesus Christ in hii
teaching and preaching. That this
language should be used today on thf
M
Mexico buys more extensively of
electrical goods from the United tftatea |
than .does any othor country . in tho
western hemisphere.
FATHER GEORGE EMMANUEL,
banks of the Mississippi is not thd
least interesting l'act about this
strange people.
r*nconnclou* fiufferer .
There are numerous cases on record-
where men suffering from somo form
of paralysis have been charged with
drunkenness, and have suffered in con-
sequence most severely in mind, if not
In body. It i3 far from being an un-
common circumstance for a man to re-
ceive in some street row, or, as tho
result of some practical joke, an in-
jury to the head or spine, not serirus
enough,1 perhaps, at the moment'to dis-
n/blo him, but certainly dangerous if
not attended to at once. Ho may leave
the vicinity where he received the
hurt, may possibly walk'for miles, go
into a restaurant and tako something
to strengthen his nerves; then go out
and gradually sink into a state of un-
consciousness and be found in a door-
way or lying in tho road, being-every
Indication of intoxication. Theforeath
may smell of the stimulant ho has
taken, he is stupid and helpless, and
at once the nnpracticed eye stamps
him as drunk and incapable. Locked
up by himself, he speedily becomes fe-
verlsh'and seriously ill, and,dies with-
out assistance. This Is no "highly col-
ored picture—cases occur over and
over again, and v>o regret to say that
it appears to be the common practice
of tho ordinary policeman to arrest
and take to the station house any per-
son who is acting strangely or atiiipidly
on tho street, or who exhibits «igna
that are generally accepted as indi-
cating the use of intoxicants. Tha
proper place for these unfortunp+es.is
not the police station, but tho hos-
pital.
Thero is u ear line, propelled toy
sleepy mules, running from Klmberley
aloug Dutoltspan road to Dntoltspan, a
suburb. Tho day I arrived In Kimber-
ley I beheld tho apparition, and was
mule. Tears--patriotic tears—gather-
ed In my eyes; for, lo and behold! on
tho sldo of the car stoodrforfh(<ln bo!d
American letters. "Battery to^lContral
Park." It was an , old Broadway-ear,
redolent with«the perfume of 'Jaks
8harpe—mlsiinderstood man and his
aldermen. The world la .small,, indeed*
my masters!—Harper sfWeckly.
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