THE SEfi'rrNEL.
s
SOUTH NUR\\'ALK.‘JAI\'I'AI{Y H.
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Jenner made the first experiment of in.
occulating a cuildft‘roai u cowpox pustulc
in lftlrt.
(‘allfuriiia claims the largest srpta~h of
the sea-0:1. It was raised at Lompoc.
Ind weighs 231 pounds.
A resident of §tl\'alllli\ll exhibits one
hundred and twenty-four large sweet
potator} \vl icli were grown on a single
Vine.” Th -y completely fill a barrel.
The inrth is supposed to lose time a:
the rate of half a second in a century.
Therefore. if the earth ever ceases to
revolve on its axis. it will he more than
ni\ lllolhund million years before it will
.top.
‘rltisclicnbroeck found that. a human
hair iffy-~e\‘ett times thicker then a
silkworm} ”thread would support a
Weight of new grains. and a horse hair.
srurii times thicker than this. 7,1)?0
gratin.
:\ blew llavcri infant over two iirdiitlis
old woghed only two and one half
pounds. She \\ as well feyriied and
healthy. and of time vocal cfpiipiimrit.
llr'r lieidtt was thirteen inches. liet‘
\\:i>t sen-n rights of, an itich in cir‘
Cwlllfl‘l't‘lli‘tl. the back of bar head
ii crs ii d o '0 inch across. and lll‘l‘ foot
Wu~ oin- and one fourth inches long.
Hire of illc lliilsl prevalent of medical
Slitt‘rsllllttlh in nlrlt‘lt times was that
ertr li attributed healing virtues to rings
larder-f certain metals and lubricated
alter certain fashion. It was a custom
isi l nglnrid. as early as the time of the
I‘lniitag nets. for the King. on a particu
la inniday'ryeg’y year. to bless camp
rings at the church at \Vl‘fillllillslel‘.
“lilcli rings were ilrl‘Sl‘r\t‘d by Illt"l\t‘t\»
plrr with tho greatest c.re. as specitit‘s
hgdd‘t the di~o dcrs fir iii which they
tukl‘ their name.
A little g'i’l was shot iii the head re-
(“It lly at llior kwa-virle. l'eiin, The bid
l:: a tea! y penetrated the brain matter
.rrd the brain oozed out the :lllt‘:‘lllr.t
Iroctore also p obcd to the depth of three
in. in"; iii seat: ll for the ball. l‘K-i‘fi time
p :‘iljw's fz-lloiyvrl the rupture of the
irzarii. but gradual? It wore nun). ntid
at but accounts the criiid was in perter tly
rurairl candilam e'u’cpt the iiiilrcnled'
'l‘lic nieertal functions ~eciii to
be ill :in way lllllll‘ll‘ll.-tlllll no danger
las r-auitrul from irrtlrriiiiii iliott. Such
( the-l have b ‘Ull heard u: b. l t‘ '. but they
a v 2e y l‘llll‘
ope ‘l! g.
Aer ordirrg to the llelgian ~avant. Que»
tr ‘ct. a i. an attains his run lllt‘llll
wright alum”. his t‘o.t.c!li y:- r. and ic-
g‘rtis to [omit t mard his si\tn~tli year.
.\ w» irari. how'vicr. rim-s not attain Ili‘l‘
lllt lll‘llll wr iglit until her liftivtii year.
'I liv Wi‘ glit of pr-rmi‘rs of the s true age
in rl.i.'e t‘lll ulass s of society :ilsu-illlcrs.
lri tli ri‘llur-nt classes the air-rage rirax1~
l‘tlllll weight is ll": pound". and is at
turned at titty years 01 age. hi the nr~
tirantlnss It is ifll liltllllll‘. attained at
forty. Among fal'lll laborers it is lit
jouri-ls. attaiiie l at sixty. [ii the gen
cral classes it is int p itllul‘. and is
ircach- d between forty and fifty ytazs of
rage.
.
Plate Glass.
Plate gloss is only male in the very
lurgcxt fact vries.~ The plate glass works
at llavcnliead. England. are. in a build.
mg nexus feet; the "telling furnace is
priced in the center of the b ii rlrrig.\vrth
openings on two parallel sides for work—
ing purposes. \vltil'e along two stilt-s of. E
the building are arranged lll‘.‘ aiirirnling
ovens. which are often lllllllt‘ very large
to receive the itiiineti-o plates that are
male. The irizrtezin's of \Vll.\'ll the best
ivlste glass is‘iiiridc are pure silica or.
curboiiat~ of sula.
cul-
plate
rpiiirl'! sand. pure
slaked lime. and plate glass
let. that i~. b.t_s of broken
glass.‘ 'l‘hc~c iiiatcitals. in .
proportions. are put in the lllelll‘llgrpot.
where liiev are nllmro l to remain from
ten to sixfci-n ho rrs. or even longer. uri~
til the whole has be ~~une fused and the
soda is thoroughly \ itl.lIlll/t‘tl.
the last the tciiipr‘i'ntrst'e is allowed to
fail. and the ghi“ then a quite»- the \‘isw :
lti some he .
citlity suitable for casting.
torlcs it is thcp triiiisf rred to another
vessel. where it
\sfore casting. but in many t‘s‘lfllllhlh
tii‘~iits it is poured directly from the melt-
ivig-pot upon the casting-table. 'I‘liistuble
cousins of a‘ nias~ive slib.usaially of cast
iron. supported by a frame. and generally
placed at the mouth of the annealing
nt‘t‘Lt.
\ylthiri p OE'Q‘I‘ limits. and by their height
~d. termini.- the Illlt'klll‘sh of the. plate. A
~ upper or bronze cylinder about a foot.
in. diatn- tcr. lies across the table upon
ti 0 side bars ‘~ The table is heated by
having hot coals placed upon it. and is
then carefully cleaned.
melted glass are then lifted from the fur-
nace. skimmed with a large copper
knife. Convcycd on wheel-racks to the
table. and being swung up by iiietrns‘of‘,
'Illo l
across the vts» .‘
a crane. are emptied thereon.
iylirider now rolled ‘
cii mars spirals the glass out in
a shot-t. of uniform breadth and
thickness. ‘Nhile the plate is still red
hot its end is turned up like a flange,
and With it rake it is thrust into the tui-
neriltrig oven. which is heated to a dull
red heat. Other plates are now immedi-
stcty cn~t upon the hot table. until the
annealing oven is filled. when it is closed
and slowly tooled for five days. Taken
. from‘ the oven. the plates are "round
smooth with sand and writer. on after-
ward with emery paper. They are_ then
polished with owder of red oxrde of
iron. under consrdursble ,ressure. This
work of grinding and po ishing is done
by machinery. by means of which a most
;l~}illiant surface is readily secured.—-lu~
rer- Ocean. -
vii. might of Europe.
Accordln to a German Geographer
the nvorsgeieight of Europe may be oath
matcd'st on feet. Switzerland shows
the greatest mean height—yin: H.624
feet. and the Netherlands theirs“. or
St. intermediate are Spain’nnd Portu-
gal. 2.898: Austria. 1.695; Italy. 1.698;
France. 1,393; British Islnn is. 714;
oermnny. 70f; Russia. 54“; Denmark.
1! w-these figures being given. of
course. approximately.
The Singer‘s Reward.
Ho son of midnighta loomy.
or i‘l‘iu bngb‘ t. and y.
«mud wars. of urns and shone;
Hebrew he in: ins , .
He lived on helgbtrElvsion: .
Ho ‘5 fancies charmed his Vision;
6 won some tome. In“ no cub come-
This lut fact made him tired.
"Itutollgwm'bideols t ‘8 7 ,7 '
.Whon no on s on ‘ ‘
hunch agimomtloonmw: time:
He did not thrive on hope.
iii; '3 rich by misfits.
' w
an ”a: to an! the timer
ban 1 mt soon. . - 7
proper _
'l‘ o W a rd 1
is allowed to stand'at
“the samehightcmperature for some time ‘
Uri eat lrside of the trble are ribs 5
. r bits of iiir-tal. which he -p the glass .
The pots of .
l TH I OLD MBBTXNGHOUSE
1.“ stood there on the sloping green.
l Near the margin of the wood.— ~
; The narrow gmvoynrd lay between.
I Wheroflio gray stones silent stood:
Beneath them slept. the true and kind.—
And—mh. how near and dearl
3 Nay. none ‘noath those green mounds cou~
.' fined
i Were buried without a tear.
. The old house walls were warped and seamed.
And the roof was frayed and worn.—
Thc low door. where the sunlight streamed
r In the summer Sabbath morn.
l Bore iinprem of the ceaselszs tread.—
Through the iinrcniemlxared years.—
; Of priming pilgrims. long since deal.
! And gone from a vnlo of tears.
In fancy—lo. the ptilpit plain-
l The b nclies of yellow pine;
‘ And hark the simple. sweet refrain
' of music that swirled divine;
Songs more iitelmliousto my ear
3 Thou strains of entire lrnl grand;
' E‘en now their echo I seem to hear.
Float back from tliohenv‘uly laud.
' My father‘s voice there road the “'ord.
There my mother set so meek—-
‘ ller fair fir is told llt‘r heart was stirred.
t And her tiod no! for to suck;
(lb. blcm that iirotlirr. sweet and mild.
Her days lia‘. it been lctigthenul long;
She‘ll not torgr-t her is envy child
r \\ hen she joins the angel throng.
. That. chapel Olll-lll'l. nex ertnoi‘e
l Will it. sound wi:li praise and prayer;
Those scenes are no“ forever o‘er—-
i It s niidcth no longer there.
‘ And they who stitl.1l:t. in yearsogons.
Those but) hes ~ if yellow pine.
Ilnx o bid farewell and ,ourneyed on.
To the ioiigo l-mr‘ borne dtviu \.
——r'. .-l. Mini tax. in Boston ('r’tll‘ff')’.
M. SZsSON's VALET.
Boulevard de Neriilly. l’aris.
lpcrulatur and financier and about 3|!
‘ years 0: age. lie \\':I\ marred and had
I 8 daughter ("Ul‘lllkc and a son l harles.
' He kept up an expensive establidi l.l‘lll
l and was reputed rich. I nrly in the year
' named lie bccrine I’L'Rcl'vcd 1nd tin-rose
Ind wa~ constantly talking to his faintly
about tl cir extttuag nice and the ricccs
sity of reducing" expenses. .-\t length he
grew alrr.o-t \‘:ohtit in his cr-tidurt to-
ward his fatiii.y and the gtcatcst for-
bearance had to be cum isrd by thr iii.
(let il .‘l. .rawori “cut to lllt‘ city
early. About no n he return d with n
» van. and set several llll ii to Work reinov-
ing the pirtures from the parlors. lle
. was Very stern. and took no iroticeofliis
'ftiiiilly. who did not cxpostrilite. llc
retiirirr d t . ill” r ity. and nits not borne
until late. The irr~\t morning iit break
fast llt' irilor‘iiied his fnriirly ‘lrsit he was
about to curtail iris cstablisliiiir‘rit. rod
to that end linl I't"t‘l\‘t‘tl to mine into a
timber and less pretentious dwelling
r “ Have you sutlcrrd such heavy lrwsru
as to render this rivcessriryl" his wife
asked. “ It is very iriopporturie just at
this juncture. whent’oriiinc’mpechsoon
to receive a proposal of marriage "
lie was a
replied. roughly; “she will soon bring
him to poverty with her e\trav-ig:iii(‘C."
“She is- >t‘A-glll. by it worth. gentle-
man.“ the Mill said. "and the connection
is in eiery way desirable.“ 7
' “It i~ proper for you not to interfere
in such matters.“ the father said; “you
i will have enough to doto attend to your
i own can a ru lit'c.
failed in two exrinii ntions at college.
and have shown your-elfincompetent for
.rinylliin ;.“
i “I am competent.“ the son replied.
with warmth. “to protect my tr.othcr
and \istcr." '
“Ill<t)ll iit .“ l‘Xt laiiiicd his fallter: and.
rushing towail it‘ll). be clenched his
fist as tli nigh to strike Ililll. 7
; Mme. Sasson interpowd her pcr~oti
br-twecn the irate man and his son. .\l.
Sassoti ground his rc~th wrtli rage. and
their struck his wife :r violent blow over
.‘the sde. of the head. The son was ready
i to grapple with his fn'licr. bait his
‘ mother ctiti‘catcd hint to frirbcar. Soon
nfteward .\l. Frissoti quilted the house
After a brief coirulla ‘oii Mine. .‘l\\"
' son resolved to seek refuge wth her sis.
ter. and her children agreed to accom-
pany her. Trunks were hastily par kcrl
_, and preparation»: made forini:riediatc dc-
partrire. While her children were (11‘
gaged in this work Mme. Sasson Wr-iit
. to a bureau where her husband kept a
. revolver.
“If he should I‘t‘illl‘ll arid sic us prru
pining for departure he might do soiuc~
'5 thing desperate." she said to herself.
she took the pistol from the drawer;
and holding it. among the folds of he:
dross went to her :i itlrtitieuts. As she
quilted thelibrary s c found .\l. Siissori‘s
"alet at the door. llo turned aside and
made nosr‘eiiiark. and she paswd on in
Silence. tlii reaching the apartments oc~
cur ied by herself and her husband. she
found h r ch=ldren busy pricking. She
placed the revolver behind a vast~ on the
niniitelpicr e \\'llll=‘lll being observed.
\thn .\l. Sa~soii returned home iii the ,
chiiing he found his house deserted.
'lho valet told him that his wife,
children had departed together. having
first packed several trunks. which they
‘ had taken with them. '
sion of his story. ,
M. Sasson went to the library and ex-
amined the bureau.
.‘éhly revolver has been removed,“ he
sat .
valet said. “holding by her side some-
thing which was concealed by the drop
or ."
. In the evening .\lme. Snsson discov~
erod that she had left it lirgo sum of
money in her boudoir. She had immo-
diste need of this sum, and how to get it
was the subject of'mueh thought. She
determined to say nothing of it to her
children for fenrt‘harlcs should insist
upon oiiig to their former residence for
‘ it, on thus pork. be brought into col~
lision with his fat. en. Finally she do-
vised a scheme. She-had the keys of the
side entrance to the garden and of a pri-
vate entrance from the garden to the
_ house. She thought that in the darkness
she could easily find admission to
the‘ dwelling-house. reach unpre~
lccivcd the boudoir. procure the
money. and return Without any
one‘s being the wiser for her adven-
ture. Togct her children out of the
way she suggested that they should visit
her brother, who ioddcd a mile away.
and communicate to him the step she had
taken. As soon as they were gone she
quilted her sister's house unknown to
any one but her maid. whom she had
taken with her. and. procurin a cab.
went to within a hundred s s of her
former residence in the clown! dc
Neuilly. Directing the driver to wait
for her return she went toward the
dwelhn . opening the gate into them
den wi caution; she left it sjsr and
crossed the lento a side door. 11"“.
she also left njsr. being afraid that the
i _ cloning of it might. nmuse the inmates.
Without “Vanity or molestation the or
“I saw madnm‘c quit the library.“ the ‘
ecuded the stairs and succeeded in gct~
ting ession of the money. She nit-
ted t e house. still leaving the side oor
ajnr. but on passing out of the garden
she closed the gate and hastily walked
toward the cab. She reached her sister‘s
house before her children returned and
without her absence having been no‘
ticed.
The next morning M. Snsssn failed to
call for his valet as usual. After waiting
for so no time. according to the valet‘s
statement. he went to his iiiasterk spart-
ment and found him lying iti bed with a
bullet hole in his head. Uri the coverlet
lay his revolver. Ilis watch and purse
were mi‘smg. Ilis wardrob: had been
ransacked and his cscritoire broken open.
There was no doubt that the ussmfiin had 2
been at work. .
The Judge of Instruction and his of—
ficers investigated the case and arrived
at the conclusion that murder and rob-
bory had been d me.
The. vn‘et toll what he knew about the ;
family troubles and the fact of lime.
Sassun and her ch ldrrn having left their
home the previous day on account of
what had passed between lllOlblCll!‘ and
his wife and son. Then the valet rc-
latedrthe incident of the revolver.
llut how had any one entered the
house? .b-an (‘hanbam the valr't..testi~
fled that early in the iiiortiitig. as he was
taking the tiiilk at the garden floor. he
observed that the side door of the house
was sat. and going in that way closed
it after Illlll. 'l he garden was high. btit
an expert eliriibcr could easily scale it on
either side.
'l‘lio gendarmcs on duty near by testi-
fied t‘nt between N and l1 0'. lurk the
previous night he saw a cab standing
within a few hundred feet of the house.
He spoke. with the drivi-r. who said:
“.\ very comely wr~man has just _dts- :
appearel by the side of that house."
The cabtiiaii was *asily found by the
police. Did he know the lady? .\fo.
Where did-lie take her up? On th floor
nor of the. line tie Morn; and the Fau~
boiirg St. Ilono.c. Mme. Sassnn‘s sister
‘ ‘resid d on the [lite dc Horny near the
In ism .\I. l‘ari‘r Sasson rvsrdcd on the .
llue dc I‘outlicu. It was a very painful
colic rrsi-iri to reach. but tlicrcwas iio
avoiding it —.\lme. Sassori lird :rssas»
siualrd Ili'f‘ husband and the missing ar~
ticl-s were taken merely to turn aside
>ll<irlt'iilll. rhe llllrl liir-d uriliappily with
him; he had determined to reduce
llis‘ csluldKliiiit‘ltl; ll~ brill. struck lil'l’l
.\li tlir-w facts were testified to by domes
tics. 'l‘lirii came the episode of the piss
tot. narrated by tli~ valet. :llltI the fur—
.tlier fact. admitted by Marc Samur‘s
maid when she was clevc‘ly capturel on
the street rind re r (H‘i‘tI to the ollice of
Illt‘ Judge of Ill‘fl‘iltffltlll. that “me. Sa<~
son had a key to lllt‘ garden and the side
. door of the li l1\‘l‘.tllltl that she had ltl‘t'll
“la-t her lttatty \\ lioiii slie pleases.“ lie ‘
\ou have alreadyg
ins.
lll'Sl‘lll from her sister‘s libuse for two
liwtir's lutnccu 1‘: at and ll :::u the night
of 0 to“ r “3‘3. .
lth‘I'yfllill‘: icing IIIII< clear. .‘Itiie
Saswii was arrested and charged with
the . ll-‘llt‘ of murder. .‘Illlt‘. ‘:\~<t>ti dc
irird the accusation and told the story
as the reader has it br‘fr-rc lrini. omitting
the er ivode of the pistol.
“llri you remember goi'rgtotlu bureau
in the library before you left the h use
(h-mbet‘.‘;‘;“ the Judge of iistrtiction
asked her.
“Yes. I do “
“You took a revolier out of the.
bureau. and you haven‘t. mentioned the
fact.“
"‘“I did; but I refrained. from saying
anything about it becaris‘ I did not wish
to have to say that I was afraid iii‘y hus‘
baud might shoot one or the other of
0
“What did you do with the pistol? ‘
“I put it behind a vase on the Inantcl-
trim“ in my husband‘s npartirietit.
tending to l‘t.'lllr)\e it. bait I forgot it
In Consultation afterward» the Judge
said to (buipe. a dctct‘tive- ’
”This woman does not talk nor lonk
lkcn gui ty person. If she is not guilty
, and. mark you. she has just the sum
of morn-y she says she w cut for to her
lmudoir. and the “tithing watch has not
been found near her or ab rut l er» *lffillt‘
is not the assassin. how (time the inur-
derer'to lind the pistol hidden behind
the vase? You hare (‘r'll the vase. and
know lust how and where sIl‘.‘ lrii-l it. Is
it possible that any nirewhrim Mme. Sas-
sori l-ft behind hrr di l the devd!‘
This suggestion put the detcctivc on a
line of inquiry. and lie pttrstt'al it with
vigor. but found no clcw. Mine. Sasxou
was convicted of the killing of b -r hus-
band niid sentenced to fifteen yrars‘ iin~
prisoiiiiictil.
Jean (‘hanban the fr rmcr va‘rct of .\l
Sisson. assumed the name. of Honor inc
and opened a wineshvip in the llne \ :Tellir‘.
near the llois do llonlogrie. Six months
after .‘luie. Sasuui‘s corivirtion. in the
spring of 156-3. Detective lloupe was-
’lookitig for a wandering swindler who
and ‘
“I saw madame go to your bureau in :
the library.“ the valet said at the conclu~ I
had cheated sev- ral charitable ladies in"
the suburbs of the city. In his wander~
itigs Goupe dropped into the wincsliop of
Jean liO‘tllllllllt}. and was soon on friendly
terms with that gentleman: for lie irn<
iiicdizitely identified hini. elaboratr ly
transformed as he was. as .\l Susan‘s
former valet. whom he had watched for
n month. in various disguisr s to see.
whether Ill‘ could connect him with the
crime of October ‘l‘ld.
Ill. llonriinirie had a splendid gold chain
on his vest. and “cope asked him the
time. He pulled out the. elegant repeater.
which (loupc had no hesitation in saying
exactly answered the description of the
watch stolen frotii .\l. Susana when he
was murdered '
“A tine watch.“ said the orlicor
“Yes—a present from a dead friend.“
answered llouiiiaine.
“Ah. very precious, no doubt.“ said
the olliccr.
“.\ sad rcrnembranco.“*wu the reply.
with an assumed look of sorrow.
“ I once knew a gentleman who had a
watch just like that." said the detective.
‘and. strange to say. he is dead also."
“ A coincidence." said the valet.
“ Won‘tinonsieur drink :"
“Thanks,“ was the reply. ”It is a
strange coincidence. and. would you b:-
lievo it. my friend was murdered. \Vhy,
niorisieur. hat. is the matter w.th you!
\Vas yr-i riend murdered also!“
“No. no. not that. monsienr."was the
answer; “ but your words startled ma.
Murder. you see. is such n dreadful
thing. and one never knows. in this
great city. who he has near him.“ .
“ That is very true.“ said the officer.
"my poor friend. for instance. didn‘t
know. Listen, it is very strange. The
jur said that my friend'was murdered
by is wif «think of that: but I say he
was murdered by his valet.“
ltoutnaine. Ile as a ghostwas staring
with alarme gaze right at the oflicer
and clinging with both hands to the
counter.
“Lo‘ us drink." said the oflicer. op-
parcntly not noticing the state in which
lioumsine was. Coupe filled his glass
wi.h brandy and Roumaine did the lame.
“ You feel' stron and refreshed?“
asked the ofiicer. “ not so; now. it you
please, you will. put on your cost. and
come along with me. do an Chsulzsn. for
you‘re wanted for the murder of M.
senses."
. As Gonpe covered the man with his
revolver at the moment no t ttsrcd these
words there was no, but for Hm.
Quiet! and without any show of resist-
ance. cunning went with the oflicer.
in- .
The watch in his possession. the money
which he had invested in the wineshop
were evidence against him. and at length .
he broke down and confessed his guilt. ’
“i saw madame quitting‘her boudoir
on the night 0." October 2‘). and followed '
her to the garden.
door ajnr and go out by the gatden. It ,
at once struck me that. here was a good
chance to rob mymastcr and lay it to his ‘
wife. After she and the children had
quitted the house I searched for the pis~
tol and found it behind the vase. After .
l was Mire that mensieur‘was fast asleep .
I got the. revolver and went to his room.
He had drank heavily before retiring. bat
to my snrpris- he awoke as I was rum~
aging th: wardrob ~. {0 cried: "l‘lrir-vesl‘
and was about to get out of bid. when I
! tired and he fell back dead. Then I
l gathered all the plunderl could lud hid
it away. I did not \oluntcer too much
information during the investigation, be~
cause I thought the evidence would con-
vict .‘lmc. Sasson without mud: say on
3 my part.“ .
i It is needless to say that Mme. Sasson
was released and Jean tilinuban sent to
the gallows. ' ' l
-fisfi
Rules for Building-
;é'j‘he (awn-y Gclrffc‘lfit gixcs the fol-
owirig rules by way suggestion for
‘ country residents. farmers and others
spring:
t hoose a good spot for the house— ‘
healthy. dry. with good drainage—and .
if possible. with a good prospect. land-
scape and tzces. Surface water should '
X'rlll MI in every direction.
Secure p-ovision for pure water. if not .
by Wells and springs. then with tiltr-rcd
rain \\ ater. Many lose their lives by us- .’
ing impure water. ;
l‘laee the house‘wliere it will be most
ascrssible from all parts of the farm, as?
“(‘qu‘ as may be. for the convenience of,
the owner and his riien'in their constant.
labors. .
l‘eginniiig at the Iilltit'ull‘llf. or cellarh
let it be well lighted. with double gland:
wrnd-nvs. and always kept dry and cloarr,‘
so as never to need cleaning. ‘
l 0’. the cellar extend under the wholer’
house. for preserviig Ill“ timbers from
rotting. and affording the room. t
For country bruises wand is usually‘
bc~t and chi-ripist. Stone on! s are cold
and damp. uaies well fudel. hithed arrdl
pl meted. All brick \i:ill~ should have
air spices. Iii building with 'wuod.
adopt balloon {runes with air spaces lies
tw.cn rztit~ide and interior plastering.
with tho additi .rinl s-‘cni'ity of using
build its paper or brick itis’dc. and use
plenty ..l‘ "all“. as they are the cheapest
stir tlgllit‘ticrs.
if the cellar has not perfect natural
drainage. lay a ti:e oatsidc all aruur \
the wall. who! and ahal: l‘t'l\)\\' tire wall.
with .rc- discharge and dra ti
ititu it to kc. p the co lar free frost damp:
lit‘s“.
row 53:. Chris windows are better than
many c dllll‘fll‘il'll cries T
.\void'lia:i‘girig do rrs to swing outside
or; stair landings. and never place them
so in to strike each other when opened.
lie lrrroiiis short d be large rnririgli It)
avoid placing the bed agairi~t a window
ur‘s‘lo-el dour. .
Plenty of rlrrsets should be providiri.
and hang the closet door so that the
closet uiay reu-ivc light from the nearest
window. .
.\ :jorniug the kit. lien. dining or liv~
in: room; should be a small room ncces.
'sible troiii outside. for workingtricn t9.»
have iiiuddy boots and overeoats. and
to wash tlte.r hands. '
In the country. avoid basement kitch-
cus. and place kitchen. living room and
conirrroii bedrooms all on one floor. for
ready am css "
‘l‘o dcadeti the floor between the cellar
and room above. nail flooring on “the
lower sides of the joists. place on this
t\\ o or llltct‘ inches of concrete and then
lay the floor This will \cludr- sonni s.
prevent ”trig cxhalntiuris from fruit.
room orccll ir. and prove additional ic~
cirruty ant llsl tire. .
Kitchen w.ridows. bring in constant
use. sl;o_ii7d be hung on weiglns; and
they should always be on opposite sides.
to giic {till light and free ventilation:
A ~r,ll1tf‘0 or rectangular liou e gites
the lllihl to iii for the same :itiioutit.0f
outside walls: but some c\ceptiriii mils:
be made in order to obtain light and side
ventilation. ’
.\ void receding angles in roofs a~ mar h
as p «sit-c. as they are a frequent cans.~
(if lr‘il\:l;r'. '
l‘:i~ily a. i‘t‘sa‘lllle veranda; may . be
made with high ceilings. to prevent
.dziikcnirig windows. 3
.\ iziglr ceilirigto rooms poorly vetnti-
latcd is not so good as one of liioderntc
height. but wellvtntilatcd.
l l‘liss
About the Crescent. l ‘
Noth‘rig positbe can be traced n.‘ to
when the c Cw‘l‘lll became the Turkish
symbol, but there are several legends
which giic the rennin for its adoption.
One of thesH siys that I‘ltilip. the father
of Alexa-«d i. meeting with great ditli~
culties iii the s.»ige of li)‘.‘:lllilllll\. set the
workmen to undermine the walls. but a
crescent moon discovered the design.
wh‘ch mirtllrllt‘d; consequently the By-
ratitirics erected a statue to lliaua, and
the crescent moon became the symbol of
the State. Another legend is that Dth- ‘
mandthr- Sultan. saw in a vision a cre-fcent.
nioori.whicli kept iiicrca~ing till its horns
extended from East to West. and he‘
adopted the t'RCSCCnt of his dream fort his
i standard. 3 l
l - -~ A ~~— :
‘ Smalls and Echoes.
i As the car cannot distinguish between
[two sounds occurring at an interval of i
less than oiic-si tet‘tlth of a ‘econdp that
l time must necessarily elapse between 2
the utterance of a sound and its return l
rto form an echo. .-\ri echo is simply a
sound reflected from some 0 ing
body, ’which must be thirty-live? feet'
away from the cause of the sound. The
sound will have to pass through severity.-
fect. and th‘s will take about onesix-
i tecnth (if a seeond~since sound ovels
lat the rate of 1.100 feet per seco —so .
i that the direct and reflected sounds may ,
be distinct. The further the reti'cetin ‘
body is away the lou er of course wil
the sound take to rose the car after re~
fiection.
Resolution. _
Resolution is the mother of security. A
good resolution will make any port. [at
not the sword ‘of resolution be blunted.
When a resolution is once formed: halt
the dilllculty is ovet'.‘ A heroic resolir
tion never permits life to pass pray in
trilles. A statue stands firm on mousse;
n virtuous man on firm resolutions. For.
turns though a frowning fortress. smiles
at those whose resolution forces. open
her gates. ltesol‘tious taken without
thought brine dis ~..er without remedy.
A good rose ution is the most family-
i armor is good man can wear. lRea~
outiou is necessary to guard in
agalnst dojectton. A quick.
courageous resolution 3
better than a. retinal
deliberot on.
Sudden roo-
olutions
like the .
sudden .
rise of the
morcu- .
rylntno 1‘
bumme-
tor. indicate
little else than
the
the weather. 7 .
of
I saw her leave the ‘ :
, done to save tlicrn.
AGRICULTURAL. ‘
tones or INTEREST RELATIVE
, 'ro FARM AND GARDEN.
How to Judge Sheep.
Purity of blood is invaluable. as c-
tully in the male sheep, as he is chiefly
to be relied on when cr05sing or improv-
ing the breed is desired. The English
'flowns are considered the be~t for ~pro—
ducing lirst~class mutton. while the me—
rinos are. remembered for producing the
truest wool. The principal points sought
for in sheep are these that give evidence
bf their fattening properties. 3 st night
back. brood loins. roundness of body
pro valuable points. A good formed
animal is one with plenty of flesh. evenly
lput on. and as little bone as possible.
The following gives requirements for
tmutton sheep: llcad moderately tine;
ino~trils wide; eyes prominent: ears
gbrrrad, moderately long. thin and cov
lercd with short liairj collar full from
[breast and shoulders. tapering gradually
gull the way to where the neck and head
gjoln; neck short, thick and strong and
free from coarse and loose skin; sliouh
dcrs broad and full. and at the same time
‘ joined so gradually to the. collar forward
. . . 3 nd th i . : . . . ~ 2
who [mend to enet dwellings m the ‘n 9 eh m birkward ‘1\ not to leav
the hast hollow in either place. fore legs.
ithe mutton on th‘ arm or fore. thigh
should come quite to the knee; leg with
heavy bone _niid upright. clear from su~
'pt‘rlluous skui. should stand Square and
well apart; breast. broad and well for
. ward. keeping the legs wide apart; girth
or chest. full and deep; fore flunk quite
full. no: showing hollow behind sh-itil-
der; back and loin. broad. tlat end
straight. from which the ribs must spring
with a tine circular arch. ll ~lly. st ai .‘llf
on under line; quarters. long and full.
with mutton quite down to the hock;
hock should stand neither tti not out.
but straight: twist or junction inside the
thighs. deep. wide and full. with a broad
breast. wrll keep the legs 0 ion and up-
right; the whole body slioulr be covered
with wool. of a close texture. of good
length and tine quality.--1‘r.rr:in:!
Farmer.
Preventing Swine Plague.
Dr. lletmers of the who l‘riiversity. a
griitlcm in well known fir-iii his iii-esti-'
gatiotis wrtlitlre microscope. air-l caper: nl- !
ly in swine fever. in a late address upon
this subject. held. and correctly. that
once hogs are all ll‘kt‘d l it! little can lc
ttrily at tli * begin
tiirig. or before extensive morbid clrriti-cs
are produced. is it feasible to treat
them.
tho-ugh the digestive raunl it inry be
worth while to try an eriictrc of [owu
dernl white Ill.‘»ll‘ihllt‘. l't‘otn two to
llflt‘:'ll grain“. nee ~iding to the age and
size of the hog. would b: about the
dose. It may be given iii a boiled
potato. or Ill the snrtscc of a little milk.
If neither the r-iie ii -r the other is voluti»
tarily taken. the hog is far gone and may .
be given up as a bad e:r~e. If one d we
should not cau~e the tlZIlllltll to vomit. in
say twenty iiiiiiulrs. another one may be
given in about half an hour. This treat»
men! may be followed by a few doses of
Calotiiel. also to be given with a boiled
potato. of other medicines tried, he
lays: '
"l have had the best success with car-
bolrc acid. and have obtained good for
Stills -—tli:it is. a prevention of a plain
outbreak of the disease s-by g vitig once
oday front rught to ten drops of :i :03
per cent. solution of catholic acid for
every 100 rounds of live weight in the
water for rinking. Iodine in a watery
solution—ten grains of iodine and twelve
‘grains of iodide. of potassium to otic
(Min-'0 (If water—arid that given in small
doses. has n so prayed to be very ctlec» ‘
tive. bill the daiiiago done to the pig by
this iodine trcatrii:-rit be. oiiies very soon
apparent. ’
also been tried. and has given favorable
results. It may be given in doses sulfi-
cictitly large to loowri the bowels. and
be dissolved iii the water for drinking.
“The most obvious physiological effect
of carbolre acid upon a Log is a reduction
of the tcziipcrature. \Vlicthvr it is this
or some other property that retards or iii-
tcrferes with the propagation of the
swine plague ge tits I am not preparid to
decide. and to discuss theories would
lend too far and be of little use. tniny
therefore sullh e to state that the rcsril s
of such 3 treatment have on the whole. »
been favorable. If. lluVr-Tt‘r. the organ—
ism is already p rvarlcd by the di~ca<c~ .
gcrms, or if ltlliorltllll morbid changes
are existing. nothing whatever can [)3 ex-
pected of the carbolic acid treatment.
because the propagation has alrea iy takr it
place. and the- 3 id. most axsnrcdly. can—
' not repair the cxis:irig morbid changes.
Neither can any other triednine. For
disinfecting ptir.po\es we hive. however. '
cheapcr sibstan is than carboli- lcid; ‘
for inst nice. chloride of lime and a one
per iiiillo solution of rorrosive’ subli-
mute.“
hr Salmon, (‘hief of Illl.‘ Animal Bu-
reau of the l'iiitel Statdx. says that for
disirifc ting. corzosive snbliniste. one to ‘
Wheel) parts. will kill the bacteria of
swine-plague. 'l‘lie solu ion not used for
drinking should be freely sprinkled over
the lot. ~\ard. or peas in which the swine ‘
are kept. Sulphuric a id. one to 2,030
parts. is also recommend : d.
Farm and Garden Notes.
ForIcows. one of the best supplemenb
sry feeds with corn fodder. is wheat
bran.
It take: six cords of hard maple wood
, to produce the some amount of heat that
four cords of hickory will.
An Indiana farmer. after experiment.
says the Cotswold is the most profitable
sheep to kcelffor mutton and wool.
Some dairymcn save the last fourth of
the milk from the cow in a separate
yessel, and pour it directly into n crrnm
)dl‘.
Avoid top ventilation in the poultry ~
house. It will cause croup. swelled
head, closed eyes and other difficul-
ties.
. The standard for a good cow is said
to be 500 gallons of milk a year. and of
this there should be ten per cent. of
cream.
An authority says slight elevations are
safer places for the grape than bottom
lands. on account of the early and late
'rosts.
Plant- trees for wind breaks it you live
in thinly-wpoded districts. They will
serve as use nl rotoctors of to and
stock. 1) [73
With proper care and 5 ill a well se~
lected flock of the right k d of sheep
can be made to pay 100 per cent on their
cost every year. .
A contemporary sugacsts that a cow
can be easily led by nah-nor thst corn-
Innnds her nose. but with difficulty by a
rope around her horns.
Mr. F. H. Israel says the last colony
of been should have at least thirty pounds
of scaled honey to start in with, the
packs in double-walled chat! hives.
Coll-sham otnovslnoulmnuro.
0:: very heavy soil, however. they are
volunble as n dividero! the elods, oct-
tng in the some manor as slurp and.
If ill" lilil‘t‘llrlll hrh taken Pigtt"
llypephosphate of SJdJ has"
Itis useless to hope to destroy the
acidity of certain soils by the .npplicn-
tion of lime and other supposed correc~
tiveo; only drainage will accomplish it.
“'hrn fruit: trees are sprayed with or-
conical solutions, to operate ainst the
coddlin moth. curculio. etc.. o it early
enough in the season to avoid poisoning
the fruit.
“'hen a horse is taken into the stable.
tired. muddy and sweaty. he ought to
stand to hay at first. be gently ba‘hed in
warm water and then rubbed with cloths
till thoroughly dry.
A good agency for keeping the air of
the cellar sweet and wholesome is white-
only. Lime in whitewash greatly pro-
motes the complete oxidation of etlluvia
in the cellar air.
After frost has pinched the grasses
they are no longer sutiicient for cattle
that must be kept in good flesh. not for
cows giving milk. Add enough grain.
:llldLIhc grass will serve much better to
maintain good condition.
In preparing food for stock. such as
cooked vegetables. chopped food. etc.
always season with salt.
craves. and mud have. a certain amo ;nt
of saline matter introduced into its sys~
tem to enable it to thrive.
Green food.
plenty of water, dry dust. broken bones.
gravel and egg shells. crushed up line.
meal wet. with warm dish water in the
morning. sour milk. ctc . are good for
causing hens to lay in winter time.
No kind of farm stock cost so little or
pays so large a proportionate profit assow
pigs kept until they have their first litter
of pigs. A sow due to furrow in March
or .\ pril is always salable at a handsome
advance on her valri~ for in ikiiig pork.
Guernsey grades are yearly growing
more popular among dairymcn and {Lirtll‘
ers. and their merits make thr m worthy
. of attention. There are hit: few chcn-
rial differences among the littertisey<.
;.lersr-ys and Aldcrrieys—they all come
5 from the same group of is‘nnds.
In it \ other country in the world are
the feathers of the barnyard fowls ~o
l rccklc~sly wasted as- or own. In France
no part of the fowl is wasted. unless.
. perhaps. it be the intestines. The feet
l and heads are used at the cheaper rests
aurants t i give body to their soups. etc.
It is advised. says the Cir: r: n‘r
than urv‘wrl'. not to allow peach trees to
b ‘ar fr'iit until after the third year. \\ c
think it b-tlxr to allow tht-tn to bear
uh: nr‘\02‘ they can. and to plant young
trees cvi-ry \l‘.’l"1!l")lilk(‘ the places of
those killed by frost. accidents or care-
le~~ne~<.
Seed corri intended for next season
should be tlior ugaiy dried or it will not
answer. If pcrzict y dry it will in lzirc
very severe cold. but if containing much
w it-r in its Cllltlpl‘nllirln the, cxtnm ly
cold weather \vrli injure the germ. Dry
it Well. and hang it tip in a dry place of
Chen lt‘llllit‘rtllurt‘.
A new t yiiry l‘l the vegetable line is
now on the market. It is called the
Sp .iii~li,od \rless onion: i~ im' orted {rem
Spiiii; varies in sire from siv to thlVe
inches. and in looks closely resuiiblcs
tlicordinary onion. They are \‘Yt‘f‘ffirhd
can be can it as apples at airy times with
little tear of an offensive breath.
lly plowing under a crop when it is
full of sap and water it very rapidly dc-
cziys and enriches the soil. while if it is
not plowed until the plant has become
matured it will have a tendency to cure
and turn into straw. and it will Crill<cr
qnctitly take it a long while to sufficiently
. decay to become a fertili 'er and be in :1
Condition to be taken tip by the soil.
(‘hl turkeys and old geese are deemed
worth much more as breeders on the
farm than young ones We once saw a
goose wli'cli had successfully led forth a
large batching of young from the same
hollow sycatii 're tor over thirty years.
ehe had “the hang of the barn.“ links
are :IHOI tili tlrree years u‘d; a tlll‘kr‘)‘
is in liwr prime at five. and a goose at
twenty.
Toni-ikc superior hams and bacon.
says l‘ohnan‘s Rural. corn should be
mixed w.th oats or barley. or perhaps
rye might answer, at the rate of one-half
to atliird of one of the latter to the
former. and ground thus tng.~ther. Such
feed increases the pmportion of tender,
juicy lean streaking the fit. which is
r-sscnti .1 to proirn-e a tine quality of
barns and bacon.
The old-fashioned. “wet-scented pot
evergreen. hll.v\\‘il as daplitie iiidicri. is
st ll everywhere popular. though as a
general thing; it is kept too warm. .\
temperature of fr -iii forty-live to fifty-
live degrtcs is enough for it. It is an
a Illlll’dblt‘ ror» v. plant or tor cool con »'::'\‘~
stories. They are natives of (‘hirza and
require aIlJlll. the same .nipcrature as a
. camellia.
Iii filling a box with ordi :ary house
plants, it is better to have the plants in
pets. for then the boy is perfect at c in
nienccmetit. and will be more likely I“.
remain ~o. ly being plunged in earth
are no: liable to szzflcr from
~ .glit. and will not grow so fast as to
“draw up" and Lenora-.- unsightly. The
plants being root-bounl will be far more
prolific with bloom.
~ A window box can be filled with
plants that will thrive without sunshine.
land afford a vast amount of nleaoirc.
‘If palms cannot be employed. a r nll ev-
ergreens, such as dwarf arbor vitr. can
i be employed to good advantage. Fer-as
'- can be used with these. and form a
Ebcslitil’ul combination. If a climber is
ldcsirablc. the English ivy wiil till the
place. For the sunny window there are
4 many other ilnnts than those we have
mentioned, w ich can be nod to good
advantage. Let the box be tilled with
dow cases. and a beautiful effect will be
produced.
A lillion in Money.
“'hcn General Moitcullcl. in 186G.
levied a contribution of 23.000.000 flor—
ins (810.000.000) on Frankfort on—the—
Main. Boron Mayer Karl von Rothschild
was indignant and demanded: “Does
your Excellency realize the full meaning
of the‘word million? Has your Excel-
lency ever seen a million of moncyl"
The General was nonplnsscd, as, indeed,
he had never seen such a sum at once.
and to get out of the ickle he alto-
gether remitted the contri rution. Frank-
fort thereafter alwsys considered Roths-
child “a bigger nun“ than Manteutfel.
Before that General Vogcl von Falken-
stein made an assessment of 5.700.000
florins 62.280.000) upon the city, and
sent “two soldiers with a wheelbarrow“
to fetch it. He was much surprised to
learn that the sum of money weighed
about fifty tons. —- Chicago Herald. .
The Water in the Body.
How much water does the human
body contain? [It has been calculated
that three-quarters of the mm of the
human body is made up entirely of water.
A nun we ghing devour stone, 01-464
undo. has 111 pounds of m in his
3. or about fourteen sellout. Water
is the most universal solvatwioh which
the chemist ls sequined. and food can
only word nomilbment by being dis-
solved in it.
wash made of good white lime and water '
livery animal ;
well-seasoned meat. .
Tom Thumb nasturtiums. with a tall'
growth at each end to run up the win- .
A SHOT TOWER.
AN EXPERT EXPLAINS HOW
BULLETS AllE MADE.
. Accidental Discovery of the l‘riuci.
i ple of Shot. Towers—A Rain of
Molten [marl Falling Many
l“ et~Finishiug Touches.
' Mr. C. (I Tr’acy‘is superintendent of
i one -.f New York‘s snot towers. l Ileting
the factory the first, liirig seen is an
en irmous fly-wheel. nearly as large as
that of the great (‘orliss engine. which
is a part of the sitting and sorting mn-
; cliitacry. l’;l\.\ing t‘ rough and leaving
. behind the rutnb‘c of tee lieivy engine.
a patter like tliat‘of hail is heard Look—
ing d iwn one secs a tank of water-twelve
. feet deep. Into this the shot coatinunlly
rain.
“ This is So. 6 shot.“ said Mr. Tracy.
“It falls from the first landing. 3 dis
tance of 110 feet. About thrce~forittths
: of it is found to be of the desired size.
X0. ti. as it comes from the water. The
; remainder is of tiffIl'rt'ri'. sixes. and a cer-
i tnin s. ...il fraction is imperfect and must
, be melted again. .\‘o-.v. if you are ready
. for a hard climb. we will go upstairs.
.\t thejirst landing xtwod a man with
leather gloves. leather apron and sponge
at nose. before a vast cauldron filled
with m ilten lead. llc was rising nlnrge
ladle. with which be replenished I cast-
iron pat standir g in a ~ort of bit like a
cistern 20p. Down tl.r --rgh the bottom
of this pot. perforated like a colander.
the globules of lead fr- 1
“You know." said Mr. Tracy. ‘that
the discovery ~of this process came about
all by accident. So'nc roofers were re-
pairing 3 church ~pize. Hut of the
workmen liappcmd to notice that the
solder which fell from his lofty perch
_ was found in tiny :1 law upon the ground
bencith th‘ ~teeple. ‘ roar thisrfact he
. argued that the rOlln'lll0\S of shape must
be caused by the e feet of the long pis-
sage through the air. and the principle
of the shot tower was evolved. Till that.
ti l‘.\‘ all shot was in .Id-d. lead melt!
at about 5 0 degrr- s i‘.rliretihc't. This
lead. which the man is handling. has a
term eratnrc cf Sonic-t mg like 1.500 de-
grees You may illlilgill - it is [ixctty hot.
J'lris little kettle holds 1101 [stands of
lead. n‘nrmi all guts down in (out two
lilt‘ll'". \\‘r- grt pr; fe .1 :rom t tniahs and
Newark. (Generally We carry n73 tons
of s': ut iti stwck“
.‘lr. Tracy cliiidual to the second
la'rciiti a l~5 feet :rlw e the ground.
There the writer w s introdizcr-d to it
furnace uni caullr n for larger-sized
shot. “Z on! slat-t.“ <=irl ‘Vr. Tracy.
“though Stlnll‘tllilt‘s made of lend sin: e.
I<Apllll u"! :i‘nays font-cl of an alloy of
arsenic aid Brad. 'l‘ir-~ arsenic is intro
duvcl in thr- form of :ll‘xCllInn“ acid or
the sululrurr :._ 'i'lir- oln'cvt of the addi-
tion of the arsenic i< to render the It .z‘d.
brittle «:ttaiities of ti.- lead sober and
Ill-bfi‘ drrc‘ilo. and of the proper con-
;i ten-e to talc th‘ glol ular form.
Owing to the rapid dc umpsition of
the arsenic. i' is treated by ilseif
in the bottom oftla‘ m lt‘ng kettle. A
tuner is placed out tl.c mllktance. and
is stern. whirh ri-e~ 1p through the
kcttl-a is first nod down The lead is
tired nddvd above the c -vr~r. did when
melted the ewe: is lifted out of the
liqrii-l mass. uli‘cli i-rs arrtly becomes
p: rin- atr d with the arsenic beneath. The
alloy this prod rec-l contains forty-five
pounds of arsenic to the tcn of lead. and
i< known as ‘lenin r.‘ This again is
added. in the propc-riim of one per cent.
to the pure laid. and tlrrr< the shot alloy.
car mining a very sriia‘l pe“centnge of at-
.~crriv. is produced. The 'tcmper-pots‘
hold about a ton of trctal each. Aft: r
2113 dint have rent‘l‘cl the bottom of the
w. ll they are at once lFftvd out by an
clv-‘stor tin-i thrown I'pnn an inc‘incd
dry in: table. over whi h t‘rey slide. fall-
ing finally into a wire gauze rotatingcyl-
i'ulc“. Then they are rolled and ground
togrtlicr: end in this way the minute
burrs upon them are rrnioved From the
cylin-lcr another elevator lifts the shot
upon a screening table. Tliiscons’sts of
In series of planm‘ arrange] at gradually
ricer :l<‘.ll'_: lirights. Between each two
tli re is an interval. The shot bong
«ta‘tel :it th-‘liesrd or rile hi ~hcst plane
will. if per’rct. roll from one plane to
another. jumping 7-.ver the inter-
m diate Spam-s. if buyer-fret. how«
ever. it tiiran-s and g --s back to
the 'trc‘ti:':: ki-irln. The are ml shot. after
p- ssiitg this - r b ‘ll. rem li tih' separators,
It ~lrori'd be t‘\;i‘.:ii' oil that there .irc us-
rrrrlly sev. ra‘. whys. each bein: devoted
to a d‘tfcrcttt si e . 5 shot. The little
lcridr-n g‘obcsn'e I" \t elevated to the
(up cylinder (if :\ ~cr: S. fir Angeli on 311
in litre. 'Ilmy are .4 ur‘ al in form. and
core-ed with ll‘Ii-Ill'litil slrcrvt brass.
i‘avli czliiidcr s t‘\‘t‘~ ‘ a sieve forapar-
ti. lilflf si.-e dint. H'.:t :irig t‘ at and 17‘
lowing all smaller <3 0" 1., escape. The
shift-rig gnu: on until nie‘i cylinder has
p3. kr-d out the i-tirti u‘ar- ‘:i~'s of shot to
which it is :idn‘ ls l The e? ~93 of 51.0;
'0 standard Tli" tn lcct is know as
dust.‘ and then r'. ll.r‘~' ‘NO. l",' whi h
is At? inch in dialliti --. ‘52 10? shot going
to the oari c. 'lla- sixes thrn increase
by one litrzicircdtlis of an inch up to twen-
ty tlirec hundreds, of which there are
tw--nty-four Khot tnihe mm c. Theth
hair}: asmrted. polishing alone remains
to be done. This is ac omi-li‘hcd by
pla ing the shot. togethr with plumb!»
no. in a box. whi h is rapidly rotated
'l‘iie glossy bla k ~mootlrrrcssi~ thus im-
parted. The shot are then weighed.
I bagged and ready for sale.“—.Vru‘l and
qun’u.
I In Bed With a Corpse.
A well-known West Countrymsn. who
was in Xewc’astlc a few nights ago. hav-
ing lost his train. rcturn’d to the pub~
'lic house where he had been imbibing“
extra _dose of liquor. and =e urn-d a bed
for the night. A candle was handed to
him and he was directed to his room;
but beingsomewlint “fan," his unstead-
inc 3 of gait jerked the candle out of in
socket. and he was thuslcft in marine...
He stumbled on till he found a bedroom
—-though not his own. Deming his gar:
meats he groper! about cu-ceufully for
the bed. but found that it bird trendy
accommodated another ledger. He felt
that his bcd~fcllow was a more then
usually “cold subject.“ 7
“Dion." said “you‘re no c‘ld ll
clay: yer feet‘s like ice 2" He con-
tinued to push his uncomfortable neigh-
bor along till the hirer fell out of bed
altogether. “There. noo." exclaimed our
. hero. “ye can lie there.“
' sound asleep. -
Next morning hows: awakened by the
noise of two stalwart men fumbling with
the handle of his bedroom door, and
than noisily entering with a coffin. The
indignmt corpse suddenly at up and
denuded to know why he had been dis-
turbed. This was too much for the two
joinery. who dropped the coffin and fled.
The sight of tho collie reminded our
hero of his bedfellow. He looked ova
athim forerunners: end then realized
that his fellow-lodger- wu o corp-0.. Bo
Jumped out of bed, butin snatched up
his garments and rushed, from the house.
half dream. I. toeompleto hismht' Ind.
theEortieo of the (fatal Shh—Nae-
rur (£99.) Gin-i is.
He norm fell -
Norwalk Chronicler