. . .Ishe can new on a covur in five minutes.
"llrapc turn“ is practiced in t‘r-ncc
' Several men’werc very b
snow? shown-R§W~ I”; I
I awoke one winter morning. .
And I found my garden white
With a host of shining blowoms
. That had not been there at night.
SUFTII SUN“ .-\ LR. .IANl'AIlY L‘l. un.l was covered
77.. And the link 1 br
THE SEN'I‘INEL.
FAG 1‘5 FOR THE ('I'RIOIIS. Flying softly to and fro.
' ring to the gates of heaven
Spirits from the earth below,
Had let fall upon my garden
Lovely garlands»—tlowers of snow.
—.llinm'é Irt't'u‘], in New York News.
Foot-lull by electric light is the latest
thing in Canada. It is veryqioptilar.
(Eur country is bigger than China. \Ve
have :aouamu square miles, and China
' has only 2.0tl0,tlllO,
. .\ Pennsylvanian has figured it up and
says that L‘samu divorces are granted in
this country annually. -
The Roman cooks used to serve a pig ‘
broiled on one side and roasted on the
other. at great ban ,uets. . ’
t‘hatsworth. Ill.. is proud of one of its
citizens. who at the age of ninety is cut-
ting, her third set of teeth.
in ticrtnnny women go from house to
house dusting furniture and tending to ,
drawing room flowers and plants. It isa ‘ .
r...:..1,,,1,..3;.,t,‘., _ 1 The case was stated in a nutshell.
,. q -. . ._ , Mrsfl’ieree. a widow of wealth. and a
if: 31f:S'T“?“3:233:33?filipéflsfim ‘ Woman who trusted licr servants alto-
b' l ‘ 2 y ‘ ‘ ~ v - . ‘ . , , . ‘. “”0 "3 gether too much. received one day from
spluumgs of the ipidct‘. lhey tll'Blllt‘l'f) l s l . .. . H. ...
liefoh- the dt‘bosit of thefde'w but are l t w L)“; 3" \ I‘m“): “ Pa» k) I or money
“Ht observed ., . , amounting to st Lilli“. .~ hal b en
‘ ' ' tn the habit of sending her butler to the
\II the colonic-t now forming,' the l'ni- bank to make ill-politic for her, and Ili)\\'
It‘ll States. the English nation settled and then to debt in our labor written
sexenteeu. the Americans six. the Dutch ' ‘7
order. He had been witl tor for smera‘
one, the Sum-dos one. the French ten and ; years as a s rt of m it) «if all work in the
the hp titsh three». . ; house. and she had found him strit fly
1'}... urges. 2...“, 3.. p..g1....q i- known honest, 's‘h . gave hi n th‘.‘ motivy to do
as llizlllen. It lltllltl“ in the clock WW" l‘ “3‘ “ “hm” “ “mi“ l“ “Vi“i! “"“l""‘l
oi the new House of Parliament in Lon. He was not >e it all ‘1 he left the house.
(i -n. The weight of this belt is more ,7 He did not to lo the bank. and for thrt c
that thirteentom.:unl is lielulit its seven . UP I" l“ "i3.“ ‘3‘“ I'll‘l‘Vl‘ and “”“Ti
ten; l0 [—4 I!l\‘Ilt‘xl|lltI its diameter at the ‘la‘h‘l‘l‘l llll‘lt‘l‘ ill“ l“ll“f ”‘1“ h“ had
mouth :l l-‘.' feet. been r .l b d and murdered. The hunt for
his drad body was going on when I
refill-wt \lil\\':i\lkcu. I
The name of the butler was John
Lane and he was described tormcns a
' sandy hair d. red food man. ne‘ghing
I was in the active employ of Pinker-
‘ tonfor many years; and I took my full
- Ihare of risks incident to det=-ctive work.
but the very first case assigned me had
mote pet-.1 in it than any four others
combined. 1 had (lonesome “spotting“
.and “shadowing." and had helped on
two or three cases. whenl was Sent to
Milwaukee to lo wk after_an cuibcrzler.
and Hermany in the lithium. and is re~ ‘
run dt-d as a cure for many diseases «lue
l.‘ huh lending The patient is given a
pnuud ot‘ grapcstm-at lltelirst day. This “I!“ hundred and Si“? pounds. ““‘l
am urn! is added to Illllll the person can “““ll‘lilg i‘ “ml." "‘“li‘fi‘ h“ His “3“ I3
' i‘lll live or s:x bounds a day. The other “9“" declared l“ 1" “l“w“ reproach.
and Mrs. l‘ierec indignantly resented my
tunnestmn that he might have run
away. So did tile local dete tixe who-
had the case in hand. ' I h ‘ll from the
first to the the try that hchad run away.
He had been told to hurry back He
could reach the batik in a walk of fifteen
minutes. having only two or three turns
to make. It was at '3 o‘cl ck in the all
tern» on. and he could he in no personal
tlangt r. No one loiild be found who
had seen hitii’bt-twn‘n the house-’and the
bulk, although he \\ as well known. llul
the b~st rlue wasfound in Lane's room.
There was a handful cf sandy hair in :l
paper on b r the lll\ at my There was ans
other paper spotted \\ :th la‘her. in \\ hich
loud is gradually lessened. and the diet
at last countsts entirely of g'npes. It
wires "broth and inanymtlicr complaints.
and starts the person off on a new lease
of life. l-‘ruit is necessary in a rational
idler. and of immense value in dietetic
the licine.
t‘anton. (‘hina prnlum-s more than
nine tenths of all the tire crackers used
tn the World The principal inanu»
facturct‘s cont ac? \\ ith the (‘hinese
lim’vrnnix'nt for the scrxiceso! convicts.
yuylng at the raw ..3‘ three \‘L‘tlll a day
for each tonvi t; .\ll the work is done
in detlieprisous 'l‘hw piper employed
in he manufacture of firecrackers is
made. of lxitubn.) lilmfnnd is without
d. til»: the SH‘UHLIV‘I lanes" male. Each were “pin-“3‘ hri‘m‘.‘ 4" “Wk“ 3 "“m“
‘. ark: r H nl t-\l_ rrvlledgtind pasted by tn lll‘i; l.. hind an if d tttink was a bll.
haul 'I'ltv pund' ~r is quite as powerful ‘ “9““. I‘ll}: {I}? ‘ “blind“: ' In" ‘i-\"“
q. our 1. st in! ls'lllL: p »\\dor. The I”. L“ ”A lit.‘ rllxlh u the money ab \lll
agiahtil)‘ “r lire ‘ ra hers (‘ntts‘uuu-d (ltbh k In thv toren- on. and she ie
markrd to that would li:l.i\
him ileposi‘ it after dinner
1 due
she
:‘.r wrgli ill the World is something aural»
is: hurt"; l\\l t‘pwaiwls of half a 0“ ‘1 ‘ l‘ 7 I . I“. “an”?
ll Elton rows we're- “nil-red in the l nited ‘fini ‘ Ii“); . “I now... Jul :Jt‘h‘l \\ =I~ t1»
. . : ‘ t t.‘ t I c: 2:. ‘ \ E A -‘
>tat:~~‘.. I :u-h box contar ed fortv paek« ‘9 i ‘ ll 1' ‘1 l l L' :11 l “"3.“
» . that time and l\\'-) lac shaved all his
age . :tmkiu; iii‘nll 'Btl.mHl.t'Htl packages.
Unr uvernrnent charges a duty equal
t the cost of the'irnv-ds in t‘liinn.
ntuuslnvhc. cut (ll a lot of his hair. up
plied the dye. and \.rs I‘ierx‘t- rommu
bored that he was ritualloi up as he went
””W'.‘ ' ""—"' out. leaving: by the shirt .1...”-
Rlukm: lutbrellns. = Now came the llnttl‘st part of tlzc
i iz‘stof all, there are more things now 5 W‘Wk' “ 1““ 3“” k"‘“" “ “Wk ““3 ll
“Hr... to the "like “1, ”f an unibrtlla criminal is lcnling it. is quite. easy to
'Ilit‘. one would Nllhllllit‘. 'I‘hx-ro‘s the; )‘f‘Pl' “‘8 ”all‘.b‘”.“'h“l 30“ 9-“ l 5“."
Hi. k. generally of maple or iron-wood. , whether in. m H“ Rf“. .‘(l‘rk or llmalia.
up... stretchcrs and ‘l’lllh‘s'i nf my“; the : or .hat he may :not ot- balmy.r \\-}Ill:i| two
runner. runner lunch. the terruie, cap. ¥ bl "1‘3.0f~‘"“' ‘l 1“ ‘l‘llw i‘_ ‘3 “9”“ “I“!
hand. and tips 14f brass or Illl kel; the trr: l mm ”W "Til“n“ ”1 ”l“ l‘l‘“‘~‘“ l
(0“,,ng of s‘lk.‘ gingham. “unnqh or Limp d thatlptncflnad always ‘di-elnrsd
tlr lllil‘;llll?rlllll10l :.vuird oflo'ither, tho . U ‘3‘“! “‘9 ”3’3 33‘” 0f “‘59“ “"14
. ’ towns, and be havl no care for llfl‘
insidi- cap and the fancy handle, which ‘ . .
Inav bent“ oxidized silver.” horn, curious Chm“ “ “I“! S"““"-‘" “9“,“? had “ gm“
1.; larvcd \v ,0“, inwthcr-of—pearl. or» any horror of the wab r. lhis seemed to
shit truce that the runnin;r artifice rah argue "13M {1“‘V‘lul‘i “z“ head f‘“: l‘Z‘lmllih
tie. ic ~o: shape. The runner. ferrule, rap. . “El will?" lean-(1.: h ""3“ ‘_"“ll k”;“"“
band and such parts are iminufactured :l‘ m "la a hid-l horror 0.1 ”I" “ 3‘5“
elsewhere. .,d still another factory g, ,3 ‘ld\lllg read of savage Indians. prawn.
out the steel ribs which have supplanted nf‘s‘ grizzly bears, ’“tt1““"‘k°3- “9*
th: old rattans. The goods for the c’ov- 'I hatscemed to argue that he. would not
effing are mostly made in this country. a .“ Bali-l \\ ould he :.t» North or south.
except the tine silks. which are almost I‘d“ Lv‘l’u‘l out “f “‘3" d”"‘“““‘ ‘“ ll
all imnorted from France. Having guts curious :way. I had «been at cow}- steam.
ten t mother the materials. how does the. “9}," “‘l on and "”hmd depot. 3“.”le
umbrella get along? The stick is turned, 1"” l “9 limit?“ and ll” Hamil“: m
stained and polished, the handle is put "ml "‘ l 0‘ 53“”“1 I‘“”""“‘ Bank “2““
on, ,1“. “”10 brass cap on the end is riv- a tanner looking man accosted ‘lllt“\\‘llll
etc-d 12“,, and then two slots .‘h. cut in ‘ )Y‘Iltll do you say abo it this hill 1. ‘l
the stick which receive two springs.ovcr :31“le 8"0‘1 ““d “1“ 01d “01‘1““ 5‘133 ll 3
which slides the thin rulnbob that kee is ‘ ‘ _ .
the umbrella either “5be down. A badd h was a live In: had. ““1 the ”(dd
is then fastened onin which the ends of woman sat "l a ““3”“ 0“ “"3 OPPOHW
the ri‘is of the umbrella are to slip.when Side of “w “NW“ , . ..
it gets ribs. The fratnemnker then takes , ,“ by does she “NW“ n. to he had!
the stick. fastens tho stretchers’ to the I asked. "3.15“""3‘fpd the hm’ . .
ribs. and Strings the top cord of the ribs “ ell. ‘t “ a‘ give 1" m“ four "I "V"
“n 2‘ wire which is fitted in the days ago by a limp who rode out home
. “Hui“ notch H He then strinws With us. had supper. and then cut across
. the” ‘lowgcr ends of the ”sue, '1’). to the railroad station. I shouldn't have
Ni. on' a wire and fastens them ctrarged hnn oytr seventydive. cents at
in the “runners." and . when both t a must. and his lilieraltty seems due”.
I wasdcad certain from his first words
that I had got track of my man. We.
went into the batik to satisfy him that.
the billion all right. and then crossed
to the wagon.
runners are securely fixed he turns it
0 or to the covercrs. Around the room
are hanging X-shaped wooden patterns,
brass bound on the corners. The cutter
lays his silk or gingham very smelthly
out on a long co inter. folding it back
‘nnd forth until there are s‘xtecn thick-
nesses. He then takes on'ejof these pat~
terns. lays it on the pile of cloth. and
w th a keen-edged knife he slashes
cruelly into the fabric. nocotding to the
pattern. These piccm are then carefully
scanned by a woman. who rejects every
one having a hole or tlaw. in it. Then a
man takes the pieces' and lawfully
strett-het t.“e edges. l‘uloss the whole
length of the edge is p *operly stretched
the‘ cover will not fit smoothly. Next
the pieces go into the sow rig-room.
where they are sewn together on machines
in what is called the pudding-bay stitch;
Then awoman sews the co or on the
frame. keeping the umbrella half open
with acontrivancc made for that sole
purpose. If she is a good workwoman
above the average city residents in the
matter of observation and in remember—
ing what they see.
this man. ‘ said the wife. “was bceanse
his hair wasdreadfullv haggled and then
dyed. Such butch work you never saw.
His hair was all in streaks of black and
red. and he‘d got the dye on his cars and
.. nerk.” ‘
leaving the city by one of the highways.
but. accident had revealed his trail. Ile
had taken the train at astatian about fif~
the start of me.
he had taken the train.
that he had'niade many inquiries about
beddes stitching on the to. This edges
of the umbrella are/then smoothed with
a flat-iron. Once more a woman holds
the umbrellau i to the light and searches
for flaws. If- It be all rightrthen the
cover is "holy folded round the stick
and in‘o the salcsroorn it goes. to take‘its
c ea ,5 :-
into the inclement world. And how long
does it take soim taut a thing as an
umbrella to come into being: Just about
Mtven minutes. —— Chimgu Mail.
Explosive Shavings.
An explosion in a tnillrin this city
whcr- shaviugi were used for fuel has .
been almost exactly reproduced in lios~
ton. where a steam~poit er company‘s
boiler house was demolished. The boil-
eri’did not ex lode. but there was such
rapid combustion of shavings and 'saw-
duct u to produce ex have effects.
ly burned, two
of them fatally. The obvious lcesop,
. that‘grcater care should be exercised in
the m of this fuel. in worth mentioning,
“OWE“: 'ndgiug b, experience, it ‘3 39‘ one off his trail. There was no one :1:th
likely tthave much effect—Pfiuadelplua him. and he could not argue that the
W. 5’ boy would hold the marked folder
ngainat him. Ithcreforc changed my route
to Portage city. and at the junctionl
not track of my man. He had no ticket.
at had paid his far.- ll each. It was
for Fond du Lac. The description of
him was good. and I was about to buy a
ticket for the some place and take a train
1.1m". bought his ticket. Ile'was a lad
'i' l " . I l t . . l .
was plain that he had a good deal of na~
tive wit. .
“Yes, that chap bought a ticket for
Fond do l or, but. I don’t think he went
thére.“ replied the lad when I began to
question him.
"What makes you think he d‘d not.”
“Because. “ he answered. as he handed
down a bidet “Bill the rack. ‘ he w s
studying this route. which goes to Port-
age city. I think he meant to take this
folder along. but dropped it. See how
he has marked it with pencil.‘_‘
So he had. lie could run up to “'ater-
town and go through by way of Beaver
Dam. He had marked the time of ar-
rival at the junction and of the arrival
at Portage. and it could not be that he
would take all that trouble to throw any
K '3 latest sends a ball two
toa'amgp wei ht {gush thirty-eight
.bcbuof
has.
A DETECTIVE’S STORY.
;\.
I want to tell you that 1
country ‘eople are head and shoulders
« “Well, one reason why I suspected'
The follow had tried to play smart in ‘
tecn miles away. and he had four days ‘
The first move was to :
run out to the country station at which 5
I there found f
the northern and western pint of the .
Stab. and had finally purchased a ticket 3
due indialf an hour. when in come aboy 2
who had been there on the evening when .
l spoofing a huge log
: night. and the state of ‘hisrhsir‘had not}. other end wa:solid.
been noticed. but the conductor dc~‘.
scribed Lane‘s general. appearance, and 1
said that he had changed a $20 bill for '
.him. He might gone further than Pea
ver Dam, and I got off there and looked
: around for a few hours. No trace of him
5 had been had. and I was at the depot to
take the train. when a conversation be—
twccn two young men became interest— .
inu'.
“You ought to have told somebody.“
protested one. * L
“Yes. and been laughter] at.“ replied
the other.
“And he had ten thousand dollars.”
“Yes. double that “
“And he was counting it on the bed?“
“Yes." I l .
. “I‘ll bet he was a robber."
“May be. but he was off early in the
morning. Well, so 1011:. 'l‘o:n~~—herc‘s
the train.“
The one who had seen someone count—
ing money was going west byany train.
and l sclicmiai to no. a Seat with him and
draw him out. He was a porter at- one
of the hotels in Portage. and he had seen
a guest. answering;r Lane‘s description
counting such a lot of money that it co:-
cred half the bed. The porter had made
his observations through the keyhole of
the door. and. being ashamed of himself.
_ tad hesitated to gutu the tan llord. The
mm had arrived without baggage, but
hal there purchased a valiwmud his ner-
vous tnannerandthe sight of so much
money in his possession had lei the por~
tcr to finally conclude that there was a
mystery there somewhere. although he
ha I not spoken of it to any one around
the house. The man had purchased a
suit of coarse clothes; with hat a» d shoes
to match. and in leaving had taken the
highway lending toward Ushkosli. He
had p‘trrha edanuthcr bottle of hair dve
in Plunge. but had appntently given his
red hair up :lsn bad job. ‘lle not only
left the bottle in his roe-in. but by means
of soa \ and water washed oh“ what dye
h-.- but put onat .‘liln‘auk‘ c. 7 '
I one iad'given the landlord to under
stand that. he was a hard working young
man who had started . ut to look for a
.ltll). but he had departed \\itho .t fixingr
on anything definite I did not believe '
he would not -. Ushkosh. lie was acting
like a man who reasoned that if he could
hide himself away in tlr- country for a
few we ks his crime and his ident ty
would both be fcrg itten. 'l‘o catch the
embenler without capturing his swag
would have been no credit to me. He
had sevt ral (lays the start of me. and had
by this time got a job of some sort. I
procured a rough suit of clothes, hired
a horse. and st‘I o‘t on his trail. As he
had gone on foot with a large valise in
his hand it was easy to hear of him along:
the road. He headed toward Ushkosh
for live or si\ tu les, and lllt‘lL turned di-
rectly north. It was in the. fall of the
your. and t u- roads were in bad eon li~
t on. but he ma le twentyfour miles that
first day. not stopping at all for dinner.
ll . ‘th'LI m the nwrtlieast for si\ miles.
to the n ‘l‘lll for ten miles. and their
h~~ :urtn‘d duo west. almost on a line with
l :i l r-use. ntilwcnt right mill-s before
stopp n; at an inn Iliad only made the
>illlltf numb ‘r of miles on liorst-b wk. but
as he ll~ll t . lie by the next forvtmou on
account of the ruin. while [fluid good
Weather. l gained half a day on bun. lle
prom edt d toward l ti l ‘rosse for ten miles
more. and thogi went north two miles.
:ll‘ul stay (-tl twl r night with :i [as lnvr and
talk (l::llltl:ll g ungto \vorkin :l saw mill.
.\e\t «lay he headed dan- \\cst.. and
reached the Wisconsin lliu‘r at u hamlet
called Little. limid. It \\'l\‘ on the si\tli
day after he leit Sli‘wnukt-c that lln
«nit-d him. and he had then been at “01k
in a saw mill for it day and a half. I
cult-red the hamlet on {IL-I, as he hal
lone. having a «few cum llt‘Illl‘< in a»
bundle. and it was ~ovsn known ,to the,
seventy live or eighty ps'pulnllnu that I
was in snatch of Work. The owner of
the only store in the Illilil‘ alsnkept a sa~
loon null tavern. and. under pretense c f
being;r I<‘OI.‘~~l'i‘ and used up. I r niuiucl
itl‘t- for two or three days. although the
mill owner was short of hands and lle~
sired mo to go to work titrt‘nce.
It may b.- thought strange that I did
not at once arrest lane and have done
with it. Had I overhauled him en route
that would have been the plan. for the.
money \\ onld have lu‘cn in his valise. He
had taken board at the tatern. and dnr~
in; my first half day there I had found .
llls‘ rottm open and his \alisc unlocked. .
'l‘ucro was nothing'in it. which any one
would want to take away. He had. likeg
a sharp man. taken his money out and j
plante I it. He could not justly suspect
that I was afzer him. for after three or
four days I went 'to work alongside of .
him and held him at. a distance. He
tried hard to get ac plainted with me. i
but I was taciturn and nnswial. llel
gave me an opportunity to ask him ques«
tions. but I refused to prolit by it. I ‘
admitted, for a purpoae. that I left Mil» f
\vaukec fo :r or five days behind him, 3
and after seeming to retlect for a while,
he asked:
“Was there any special news when;
you leftl“ t.
“I don‘t remember,“
“No murders or robberies?“ l
“l‘hcrc was a mystery of some sort, I
beliete. Somebody drownelot of money .
out of the bank. fell into the hands of
sharpens. and they were looking in the.
‘ river and lake for his dead body." .
.‘il‘ml“ he coughed. and that ended l
our conversation, though I did not fail .
to notice thelook of gratification which -
: crept over his face That he had hidden
the treasure was certain. That he would
visit. it sooner or later was dead sure. I i
watched him closely during the day, and .
I saw that he was nervous. and preoccu-
pied. I expected he would go out to in» 3
spcct his treasure at night. and I took?
zany precautions that he should not es-i
cape me, but. he made no move. He. went 5'
to work on Friday noon of one week and i
I on Thursday of the next. When Sun- E
day week came it; was a bright, warm.
day. and I made upmy mind not. to loose i
sight of him for an hour. There. were:
several acres of logs in the yard. and
3 after breakfast 1 went to the_mill.climbed l
iup in the attic, and had the yard andl
the hamlet. under in eye. At about to?
o‘clock Lane came own into the yard. '1
wandered about in an aimless sort of:
way. though all the time keeping his:
0 V S
. ' l b =
. apple tree. which was the only tree eri
3 bush in the yard. I had been hauling
Hogs with .the cattle to the bank and;
5 dumping them off for the elevator or car '
Ito carry them up the incline into the“
, mill, and had noticed the big log. It .3
3 had been there for years. and Wm worlh« f
4 less. ' Now that I saw I one. in the vicin» '
ity I made up my mind that he had Illll~
den his money close by. and I slipped out
and went for a ramble in the woods.
That night at midnioht. without nny~
thing having happen to create suspi~
cion on Lane‘s part, I dressed myself and
crept out of the tavern to make a hunt
for the meney. 0n my way out 1 paused
at. his door, and he was breathing like a
man fast asleep. I had my revolver and
a pair of handcuffs ready to take with
me. but missed them after I get outside.
Ever hing about was so quiet that I act
off, i: inking to be back with the money
in a few minutes. The big log lay within
twenty feet of the bank. There was a
below in one end. but no money, The
lying near a thorn~ .7
I
I climed over it
and passed around it. and bad just dis«
covered a hollow which had been the
base of a big limb. when I got a blow on
‘ the neck which rolled me over and over
for ten feet, Before I could get up,
Lane was upon me. He was a good deal
the larger and stouter man. but he could
not hold me still. I could roll under
him. and. while his object seemed to be
to clutch my'throat, Igave himtwo good
blows in the face and got to my feet.
Not a word was spoken by either of us.
\\'e stood for a moment gaspiiw for
breath. and then be rushed at me Ii ‘e. an
enraged bull, and we both clinched. Ho
handled me. almost as if I had been a
boy. and it wasn‘t over a minute before
we were on the bank above water twelve
feet deep. There was a thin skim of’ ice
over it. and the man who went in there
could not live long. '
In a boxing match match I could have
got the better of Lane. In such a clinch
tage. Ilis obect ‘0
was. of course,
pitch me into the river. but I hung to .
him so well that he was bailed.
were stlll strungliug onjhe brink. when
a great slice of the bunk gave way and *
both
Lane
we went into the ice (old water.
havmq a firm bold. but I on top.
must have had his mouth open. for he i
began to strangle at once. and if I ever
worked ha d for three minutes it was to
save him. lie was unconscious when I
got him to the bank and pulled him up.
while I was {is good as frown. ly a
liberal use of my voice I aroused three
or four men, and we got I ane torahotel.
and worked over him for half an hour
before le opened his eyes. Then I
Ill ked him up. have him a bit;r drink of
hot uh‘skey, and went out and gottlte
money. He had spent about $40 of it.
Not a Word did he reply as I t tld him
\\ ho I was. wha he was. and showed
him the money. Not, a Word did h-~
utter all the way back to \lilwaukce.and
it was only after .\lrs. I‘iercc had re}
fused to proselnte inm and he was
turutd loose Illll he sullenly muttered:
"l wav inst foul enough to argue that
no detective living could overhaul inc.“
”A'swr lurk Mm. ‘
lluw Valentines Are Made.
A factory in this city has. during the .
past ten months. turned out. l~‘\,tlt)i|‘lltm 3
comic and .‘~.otltl,tlo=) sentimental valen-
tines. ‘ The many operations
which toy books and valentines pass be-
fore. they are ready to be delivered t l the
reiadcr are interesting. The first liner
of the factory is occupied by paper eut-
Illlg and embossing machines. The pa
per on which valent nits are painted is
received from the manufacturer direct.
and is not in coxdition for use. It must
be cat in pit t'cs. 5': id fe t. and on which
we 'stzitnpcd ~i\t:~cn comic valentines.
After lfi'lllg cut the paper is taken to the.
second llo r and printed. Thrrc hun-
dual l-u! « f llicrt‘our hundred rmployes
in the littory’ an; “union and girls.
\\'li.il- the maxim!) of the nwrk is «It‘ll-t
by skdix d ‘abor. same il-‘iv:l?llllt‘lll3 ai-
opcratel’ who ly by ma l. he _
l n the sixth or top I‘IJUI' ha a doren
artists draw thc l3ll’l?ll‘(‘~ usml in val ~ur
Ln 5 and toy b wigs Aftzr a drlwiru;r
is made and photograph 'l the negative
is Coated with a solution and exp ~scd to
the sun. The negative is again coated.
this time with lithographi~ ink. and
placed in a basin of \\'a or barely deep
enough to cover it. The ink is washed
nil. except that pzut of the plate on \\ llll h
the drawing h is been phwt uraphcd
negttivc is then ready for the. t‘l(‘ll~'r.
The. etching pt'ot ess is to \ Well know it to
bear repeating here. .\ fter the draw ing
has been ‘ tehed on a zinc plate it is ready
for the press. The operation by whilli
rough kinr is made smooth is interesting.
The 2‘an is planet un lcr movable emery
papers. which are changed half hutrly
..
.
l‘iiesz- p ipezs vary from hard in soft. The i
constant friction of the cup rv wears away
the zinc. so that in time it. bectunes as
smuoth : class Seven papers, differing
in quality
operation. li‘rvol‘fyn Eagle.
Breakin: llalky “0 saw.
.-\ correspondvnt of the Allentown
.P.n l‘.\ci‘c.v‘ l) .\'. Kern, of Slllllltlfs~
vllvx~ writ-s; Swine time ago. while
driving throig't I.‘.‘lii“‘h county. linet a
man who but a very bulky horse. 'l' ll.\\l?
been so lutky that I have never had a
balky horse but ifI had one. I Would
know half a d sen ways how to star.
but
l- irst—~I‘at the horse on the neck. cx~
amine him carefully. first. one s dc. then
the other; if y u can get a handfd of
guts; give it to him. and ape .k cncour~
ngingly to him. Thea jump into the
V: on and give the word go, and he
will genera ly obey.
Second—inking the horse out of the
shafts and turning him around in a cir‘
cle until he is giddy will generally start
start him. .
'I‘liirdr~;\nothcr way to cure a bulky
horse is. place your hand over his nose
'and shut off his wind until he wants
to go.
lt‘ou tit—Then. again, take a couple of
f turns of sto it twine around the fore legs .
just blow the knee. tight enough for '
the horse to feel it. tie in a bow knot; at
thetirst click he will probably go dancing
off. After going a short di lance you
can get out and remove the string, t
mm on! injury to the tendons. ‘
Filth Again, you can try the fol-
lowing: 'l‘akethe tail of the horse be~
tween the. hind leg< and tie it by ac rd
to the sadd‘e girth
Sixth—"rho last remedy I know is a~
follows: Tie a st ing around the horse‘s
ear. close tothe head; this will divert
his attention and stint him.
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A Sheep‘s Big- Jump.
Abram Cretis. of tlrant County, W.
Va.. sends to the South Brunch Gareth
the following account of a remarkable
leap lately made by a sheep. He says
he was out the other day after a bunch
of sheep belonging to Amber Harper.
which ranged on the mountain near
l‘etersburg Gap. Six sheep ran around
the rocks over the precipice. and in
order to get them out the shepherd dog
was dropped over the rocks to where
they were concealed. They all came
out but one. which appeared to be
chasm an u landed ‘15,! to l .5 feet below.
strange to say. unin‘ured. except. breath-
less for a time. \Ve watched it in its
flight and found that it passed the tops
of several tall pines. leaving little tufts
of wool in memeutoes. and appeared to
light: inn top, when it. was thrown back
against the mountain and there struck
another top. and so on until it reached
the ground.
Costly Books.
In one Broadway store you can get a
fair Shakspeare for 52.7.3, or, if your
purse is large one u" on can go up to
the stupendous fig‘dfioffllflfio- Thifi in
the highest of the whole list. The catas
'logue of one house only quotes Scott in
setsfrom $6: to $450; Cooper, from $15
to $225; Carlyle, from $9 to 8200; Dick-
ens. from $8 to $17.3; Thackerary, from
$6.75 t“) $165; Irving. from 84.75 to
$135. and Hawthorne. from 320 to §°0.
The sale of the expensive edition- ia, of
course. limited, and the of each
set has to be largo—Nan or}: letter.
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through ;
'I‘llt‘ .
.nd thickness. are used in the '
AGRI‘CLHURIEM
T9PICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
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Feeding- \'alne of Oats.
Orts contain a larger profOlthtt of
husk than any other grain: the kernel
yields only on per cent. of meal, the
husk forming 3l.per cent. of the grain.
But the kernel itself contains some branny
matter, and the meal has at least 11 per
cent of this .s-ibstance. which, however.
is largely digestible and contains a larger
proportion of phosphoric acid in the form
of various phosphates. For feeding cab
tle oats are very valuable, but alone do 1
‘ not give as good results as when mixed.
This is due to the fact that a larger
amount of the nutritive elements ofrthc
food. Oats cautain 971-3 per cent. of
, the orgsnic matter contains 17 per cent.
of albumiuous or‘lleshforminis matters,
:6 19.2 per cent. of fatty matter, 53 per
cent. of starch. sugar and gum, and
‘23 lv‘.’ per cent. of woody fiber.
grain has both found most usteful when
gr. and with corn in the proportion of :3
bushels. or mu pounds. with .3 bushels,
or not) pounds. of earn—Aria ).0."“
Times. '
Best Varieties of Bees
.\t the recent meeting of the Michigan
Slll!‘ lleekeepers‘ Association the ques-
tion as to best varieties of bees was dis-
: cussed.
‘ the Syrians a trial. found then hard to
”handle and finally di~earded them in
. favor of the Italians.
’ had experimented with the l‘arinlans,
~ which he found gentle enough. but not '
enp rior to the black bees. which are his
pretercnce
. A. .l. lloot's remarks were listened to
iwtth interns-t, inaanuch as having had
i large experience it naturally fell nvs he
ought to know just what he was talking
ab ut1 In regard to the (‘nriolatis. he
. said that his colony of this variety was
' strongest in the spring: and began rearing;T
brood first. but it stored no surplus.
Many of his patrons would have hybrids
only. an i he questioned if it was prolit—
able for honey producers to breed for
any pure race.
Mr. Taylor agreed with the above re~
. marks and said he felt certain that the
.t'imc was at hand when :ipiarists must.
’ feed bees for business, regardless of color
or markings. He had found Ital ans
very cross at time of hiring.
Professor (‘ook said that no one variety
of bees pitsst-s~t‘s all the good qualities.
. but that we must cross the best sorts and
thus cimiuato thunndesirable charactcr~
istics and trumotc the 3. od ones. .Vew
York "Dr i.
N ”no ...
The l'sc‘si of SI rant
The value of straw is too little
into account either on or oil the farm.
says the l‘it-~-.. Too
many farmers set in to act on the principle
thtt ti slioitid be led to earth This rs
the least imp =ttant of its uses. Its value
as find is snsliglit that cattle tell t!\-
i‘ltisivvly on straw would die about as
scan as when fed on any such substance
i as dead ltavrs. for instance. thconly use
of \vh'ch is to lul‘wpz‘lly disteud the
» stomach. "I he It‘t‘tllll: use of straw,
therefore. is only in connection with
(uiit‘cmralcd food.
Ilut there are other uses of the straw
of t‘t‘irtll grains n bit It n-ndcr it an im-
taken
Ff 9.3.12“! .\'~-« lunar}.
pot-taut iiztegtr in farm cvonamy. t‘ue
of 1h 5:: is the covlring of sheds. .\n~
other we to which it in :y be profitably
pm. when cold and nindl are severe. is
in forming an impervious barrier by till-
ing a Sltll‘t‘ n foot wide between two
f rough walls of sheds. These Walls may
be ntadeof any rough matrifnl. as slabs.
poles. but nrar t-uatuh togetlnr to pre-
’ vent the ll‘illlll: out or straw by the
enunals. Thus sheds and stables may
be rendered as wazm as much more cost-
ly structures. ' .
The use of straw is too much ignored
as a means of comfort used as bedding;r
for animals. I rider sheds it should le
; laid a foot thick. and in the yards not
less than six int hes. In stables that are
regularly cleaned it should not be less
than si\ inches in thitkness. Thus it
will fully soak up and hold the liquids
and retain them while spread on the
land to be plowed under. 1! takes no
more mater a1 as bedding six inches in
thickness than less. for only the soilel
portions need be removed. The added
value to the animals in couch-in},r
warmth is not ge:.erally estimated.
It not only keeps animals comfortable.
but as manure straw is valuable print i-
pally in proportion to the liquid manure
it has soakct up. It \\ ill pay to use l.b~
orally in the directions we have men~
tioned. and less so as a food in winter
than is generally practiced.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Loy in your stotk of seeds for s iring
now. livery preparation shouh be
made before the busy season opens in the
Ipring. s ’
Cows that have no bedding are often
injured in the knees by getting up or
down. especially if the floors be wet and
Ilippcry.
Beets and parsnips may be kept fresh
by packing in sand. This will pre-
serve their flavor and keep them from
drying up.
Lime is a purifier and slould be used
often as a wash to coops. perches and
nest boxes. Sprinkle the place most fro
quented by them with airslackcd lime.
with kerosene for three or four weeks
and the legs will become perfectly clean.
Sheep will 'eat more, be more contented
and thrive better on a new than an old
range. Frequent change of range for
them is impoitant at this season of the
year.
Instead of selling old cast ir;n at half
a cent per pound, place small pieces near
the roots of grapes, currauts, goose
berries and fruit trees. It is very bene-
ficial.
A good way to kill out sorrel is to salt
the sheep on it. Care should be taken
manure.
Do not sacrifice gain» best lambs and
ewes because the butcher otters an extra
price, but retain them for breeding pur-
poses. tirst securing a pure bred male for
grading up. .5
(‘ooking feed for stock is a subgeet
much discussed at presant, and as good
authority as Professor Stewart is reported
as advocating it. for all kinds of domes-
tic animals.
This is the season when the horses‘
Iega should be well looked after. fin re-
turning from a muddy drive wash them
well and at. once dry thoroughly by gen-
tle rubbin 0‘.
Although a large tree can be trans-
planted to snow location, yet it will not
w as rapidly not as large as one that
E occupied the some place Iinoe it
sprung frdm the tree.
Ute the’soot from'thc atove’pipe’a and
chimneys. It is excellent for flowers and
young plants. Mix it with water. about
cats is digested when fed w.th other?
. . - orvtnic matter and ‘3 1~2 )cr. cent of ‘ ; f
Ills brute strength was a terribleadvan- - ° I am
This l
I). ll. “'ood. who had given-
\\'. 7.. Hutchinson ,.
Kerosene will cure the scaly legs on:
fowls. -.tiinoint the legs once a week:
can be carried to other points in the
Ia pack of sodt to a barrel of water, and
' apply with a watering pot.
Cider vinegar may be quickly made.
when the cider is pure, by removing the
latter to a high temperature and pouring
from one barrel to another, to bring it
into more direct contact with the air.
A French horticulturist, M. Nobbe,
has found that the seeds of the finest
variety of grapes germinate more quickly
than those of commoner sorts, and that
seeds fresh from the fruit germinate bet
ter than those which have been dried.
0f the varieties of ducks the Pekin
.stand confinement best. but they are not
as tame as the common kinds. They
‘ grow very large. often reaching eight or
nine pounds each, and yield feathers of
a white color and equal to those of the
goose.
' The nearer the free ‘ing point the cel-
.lar can be maintained without actually
«endangering the stored fruit the better
1 for apples. Heat and light do more dam-
, age than cold. Alternate. fre'ing and
: thawing will soon destroy fruit and veg-
; etablcs.
An exchange advises planting peach
Vtrees closely, not over twelve to four-
. teen feet apart, and cutting back strong: '
,and putting only planted crops among
, themrfor a year or two. and then giving:
lthe ground to the orchard, keeping it
l well i ultivattd.
l The cherry is about the only fruit tree
which can be recommended for shade in
past ire along roadsides. as the hardy va-
rieties of cherries are not affected by the
tramping of sin. I: or passing of vehicles.
\Vllll it would prove injurious to most
other fruit trees.
‘ Those who fed their cows liberally
, during the drmith. are now reaping the.
benefits. t‘ows that ate llv‘l‘lnlllt‘ll to
run down in milk are cvecedingly hard
' to get. back to a g sod llnv. ,ln Itlrzst in~
stances. however good the feed and how
much the quantity. the Cu“! will not re-
gain “but has been lost. '
A North (‘arolina farmer has a silo
built on top of the ground of hoary
plank. It has double walls four inches
apart. tilled with earth to exclu le the air.
'l’h" cnsilage is covered with herds and
the boards covered with earth, “I ordi»
nary roof keeping oil. the. rain. It is
ltlxitl fest, and cost only $5".
Urchards may be pruned at any time
from the present until the b :ds begin to
swell. but thetarlicr the. work is done.
the letter. Irape vines may al be
pruned now and should be. lost the
be deferred too late. In the 13‘ lys.
the vines will bleed IUD much and
this reason it is best not to delay thi
work.
Fl air of sulphur is the great remedy
employed in l anada to check mildew on
'grape vines. but the Rational Agricul-
tural Society of Frame, in its session of
a few \vce 's ago, brought into promi-
nence another re. t e ly. which \I. l‘sstc..r Elie surrv-iznding \ oT-l l-y its expansion f
says is so edertual that the inventor the :85 W3“ h l‘N‘M‘d [0 the 90mph“ i n
sh tu‘dbe discover“: if px-ssible. and 3 pumps 3: d reduced again into liti‘l .1
suitable reward conferred upon him M‘um- tfa All improvements “Pull the
The remedy is a mixture of milk and s stein oft'arre and 'l'wliin; have been
lime and snlp‘attc of copper. made chie'iy in the lite of greater mg»
Iron is an :tiizimtant part of the 1.100}. ' :lmuicai p-;rfc. that (31’ the Condensing
iivir! its red hour. but this does: not “”1 “‘lhm‘l‘”l “97‘“ 5 -\ i’rrf‘T‘ 13”“
int. Sgh“.,.‘3ak»..g 9.5330,}; (.f iron f...- tliint- would lo e ll‘ :zis Whatever. 13;:
he .lth. All well developed vcgt‘t ition \xottid “imam“ {hi3 5; the 5am” gas ”I‘ “I:
contains some if-‘ll. It is the (‘o'orfng nix-I‘mcr 3.53”” ,
tnlttcr ,.f 13m“ 1....“ 1., s >i§s from ‘ I.iqu.d azumwn a an ..‘mo-t (‘nlrll‘lt‘ s
whEch every trace of iron has been re [hill-‘1 “‘ 1‘ ll_b=’l'=9 3E ti-I’3}""i:ll' dt‘E‘Y‘ “‘
moved see is will -‘ "minute. but they ‘\ ill 1”“) ‘I ‘ ‘5 “I! 35‘"? mu“ I" 1‘1“““92
be white. l‘ouriu; a soiu'ionof copra-ms “hi i: ll ‘ “”‘l 3““ ’ 2‘ “ii."jrll l”:“l‘l‘ i "i"
(if sulphate of iron nntlm‘vil willchathc .“‘”LC‘1 “0'“ the 2:" “M‘h ”"35 “0'“
th~ lc;l\'«.'.\‘ to a (Ifl'kLIIL‘Jlt color. ‘ 3 2‘93 till-“11”)” 5 ill” _" head-d. This
A cross of the Darling and light llrah- lur‘u‘ afflinf‘ffi‘al“ f“ flu”! ,‘f‘“_ qnantzlx‘ec
tna makes excellent rnpons. They should I ““'1{"‘\.“‘;‘ 1‘. Ili‘i‘i.“ ”"03 9! “till“!
be hatched as early as [lossib‘e and RC!“ I aniamnia or Elana.“mgrmachmes, was
until full grown. The best time to sell ‘ “"5“”? “kiln“, uh. “AH?“ by the g“
is in Febriizuv and .‘larcli. during which L “‘fxrk“ "775’.“ in; a great “BMW“: "hm-it '
pvriuds tlzc 1‘}. V“ are often as high a“ , but. a Illllil'ull poundsof i:~._ 2rd :utznpania
titty cents per p wind, while CliOlz‘t‘ callous “if ”if?" “N ‘1', en.“ 1T :‘T “1 "(“3 "TR'
w.ll \\‘l“_:;'ll from to Uh“ to IUIII'AItCll rt .t.:..2.; . “in!" an ;:.V..'n!ro to [to gas.
iounds each. The p‘tttlvrl io~scs should to?) f 539' i" f"? 0‘ 'TL up :.‘im” 5‘
be used in order to produce large capnns. T piss), .H‘Wh’ “am“ it a “Tiny”: by”
l cghorns. Hatuburgs. black Spanish and E “£2 lm‘lit n?“ _ m” H -\_ um; ("592 I!
otln-r small breeds are worthless as car E ‘1“ ,m‘ . “f.“ thfmhnutfl.h.m “0d '1“ n
p ms. Unly the large breeds should be ‘3 {1e lllt‘rllll‘)‘sltl ‘ {03" ‘u’ ““y I" “I"
“ml ~ xonly dcgtccs blow ciao. If a little is
1 thrown on an iron surjarc‘, the (‘IIt‘t'I 2",
Without doubt the greatest and most . inst as if water had heft: thr--wn on r vi.
Common loss in t rain management is lrorn i but iron. and the 4 old is so ultras - that it
keeping.r pour horses unable. at any time is p .inful toplaee IIlt‘llI'lllI where the ant-
to do a full day‘s work. It is the most l monia (‘Yap-iratcd; a drop of ammnn'a
‘ difficult thing possible for many farmers ‘ falling upon the flc-h produ c.“ a blister
to get the idea into their heads that a l similar to a burn.
horse capable of doing but little is value- l At the brewery of George Ehrct. the
less. An old. \\'~*I'Il out horse will always l I( e house in use ten yeam ago was .130
soil for something. no matter how poor " feet long. fill feet wide and ‘24 feet high.
he may be. and alw ivs for agriatcr price i It wa: not unusual for the~to k on blind
in proportion to his value. when mos: gm weigh 20.0““ tons. and the labor of
3 worthless. I- or farm purposes, with the ‘ handling was immense. Ice had to be
’dcar wages now paid to farm help. it inscd in evtry part of the bnsiinSs-ain
does not require much reduction from n g making of the wort. the coding of the
foil day‘s team work each day to make t beer. the cooling of the reliars.‘ To-dav
up the value of a firstclass team in every refr‘izeratinf;r machines do the work
respect. which would require the melting of am)
i If hossiblc celery Should I. stored in I‘m“ of 1" e a a“: d" ." I?“ ”m" l‘erk‘d‘
; the soil where the Crop grt. v, for it is I" and at a great “Fm": "f “1.0“! One
3 found to do better stored here than in l" the essential "q“:r‘ m mg m the mak~
l other, and different soil. For family "3&1 “f ”1‘" *5 3“. “WW temper-Hurt
. use. it would be an advantage if it could I-oruzcrly (I& p cellars w- re dug, and ice
by sutiicientl protected just where it was resorted to. At irescnt no cclzar is
grow, over igfinq and packing aw»: broiled, and the “hole. brewery can, be
, elsewhere. And this can easily be done (9°de to the “‘3'" “‘3’ “ 1‘00 I?“ “I“!
by setting up boards along and two feet kept at that "ml“‘nmrf “.1“: 1’ regard—
, from the row. and filling in the space less “f the ““31“" 1 “"0 15 “‘5" ely 3
: between with leaves. or other litter. to large. brewery m the ““1"": which “0'
' kee ) out the frost. Then it can be taken “523 ice. ‘ . .
, up Irom one end as wanted, always res l' “led": “:9 ‘0”?qu ”m5 m the
I turning a good coat here. each time some . t mtef t it‘ls flirt“? ‘ 111}!th manufac-
~is dug. In storing large quantities. Itl ureo "3 “m“n'k‘i "m“ ""e.“ ““‘i an
. will be better to bring it with’nasmaller “m?“ 0‘ WE "”4"" “fl“? ‘3 ““W 5”
Ecompass, but the protecting should also up w the Nuttbcrn flutes. I“ most
. be. done, with a view ,0 making the (,ch places the machines sr . inn mled to make
cry easv accessible at all times. 3"". {0' sale mdmmt" “Trifle"; A5 yct.
. ' it is not. posstblo for ice-n skint: ma-
; . chines to compete 'with .‘ack~ Frost
~ Moon Blind. in the neighborhood. although it
“'hat with the glorious round full costs ““137 3‘ I 19“ *0 "38k? ”550381308.
E moon, the electric lights, and the gag, Fhete the plant is large enough for turn-
'_ the leading streets are as bright as, or "'5" 0‘,“ seventy and ”filly 10’“ 1‘ day.
seemingly brighter, than day. But one EI‘Ch'D“ 3’9 “Will” "0* of“! ‘0 the
of Montreal‘s bravest young cititcns ran 5mm). but to foreign countries.
Irishman, of course) dare not stir out It has be”: suavested that the day is
alone. He is moonb ind. A few years “Gt fl." 03 .Whefl 8 00013“: mixture~
ago. having met with a and domestic , ““492 lrine. 00M air, PW-- Will be
less, and inducemd by his long and en- "WIN”? t“ everv 110““ from street
. joyable experiences as an amateur yachts- l “131113. morder 10 C001 Ofi: the house in
man on the English coast. he éetermined l summer, J“St “3 steam .‘3 supplied for
to try “two years before the mast." It . warming purpo-ea .1" “mt"- Perhaps
was a case of “out of the frying-pan into the same cells which now serve for
the fire,” or as the Dutch more comically “PM“ "1 wmter ma? be “‘06 for brine in
put it, "out of the rain under the eaves- summer. 03° 0‘ _°‘"' large apartment-
spout." An A. B.‘s life in the northern hmires already has a system in use for all
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grumbling. swearing wretchcdnesa, and
accidents of every kind.
wind is fair it is an understood thing in
some ships that if any of the night
watch (except the "lookout“ and
“\\‘hcel.“) select a soft plank and sleep on
deck, the officer on duty when he passes
near always happens to look the other
we .
hiuiself in the main hatch in the full
glare of a tro ical moon. An old salt
woke him an told him be risked moon
blindness. H replied with a forcible
maritime monosyllable and slept again.
Next night he began tumbling over
everything on deck and mold not see
the ropes. The Captain said he was
sliammiug and set a trap for him (sailor~
like) which nearly broke his neck. He
has been moon blind, or twilight blind,
ever since. It in said to be the first and
only case of “moon blindness" on re-
cord at the Neutral General Hospital.
aud'the manor seen by filament ex‘
perienced physician at St. Thoma‘l
Hospital, London—leaked Tum
When the i
Our vschtsman one night curled 3
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lNATCBAh ICE SUPPLANTEI’ IN
MANY PLACES.
Liquid Ammonia Doing the Win-k
l of Ice'— flour IcesMaktns Ma-
; chinc- al-e Operated~Cooling
, Mixture for Dwellings.
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Within the last ten years the banned
: of producing artificial cold for the pur~
, pose of brewers. meat packers and? the
. refrigeration of storehouscs has attained
enormous proportion, not dreamed 0!
when the business was in its infancy.
An expert thoroughly familiar with the
whole. misiness estimates-ti at if it were
not for the rertigera: ing machines in New
. York at present, it would be necessary
to use 3,000 tons of he a day. and this
enormous saving in labor is attained by
L means of apparatus de’vistdchiel’. within
‘ the last few years. .1 rem-rs. w 0 were
fifteen years ago the largest consumers
of ice in this c ty, no longer take ice at
all: mtat lockers use but very little.and
the whole enormous business of refr‘ig‘
tinting food products, which now (11)-
ploy: nearly LOZl firms in this city. is
' made possible only by thee machines.
i The artificial [rodurtion of coid is of
cour~e Ann new thing. As far back as "*3!
Perkins, and twenty yea: s later Twining.
made experiments with aview to pro-
ducing: ice by me hauical means. In
1 1‘3) Twining built a’ machine in (‘lcvw
lsnd. Ohio. in which. by the use of sul~
pittiric ether. aluut a tun of ice aday
was produced. In lent) t‘azre made icc~
’niaking a practical buvncss by. the in-
vention of his ammonia absorption ma-
chine. with h pro-laud :: great suction
at the Paris Exhibiti not lam. (‘arrc‘e
principle remains today that of the best
L‘t- d producing niaclixma. , Liquitted
ammonia. the pr- duct of the c‘mpression
of ga~eous auunonia :.t a 'lowtemm-rm
late. in evaporating :.nd returning to its
gaseous state re piucs an immense
amount of tent. and w"ll- take it from
, any surrounding material. 'lhc problem.
therefore. was to c express the gas untal
it liquefied. and tlun cairy the liquid
ammonia to some place where its cvapo.
ration would absorb heat not wanted.
Thus. if ice \\ as desi'r-rl. the li iuid nin-
monia « maid he cant- d intos coil of pipe
placed in a tank of water: the absorp
ti n of heat bv the uni of pipe would be
such as ta freeze t‘~e \\ lime mass of
“‘nter. If Ci‘id air Simply was desired.
ap'pc carryingr liquid ammnnia, or any
substance cooled by the ammonia. could
be carried to the a; a l'i.e!it which it was
dL‘.erd to cool. (:‘rre . first machine
was simply a Strong pump which (Cm.
pressed 1.4-. gas.x.us ammonia to’ the
- p-giz.t of liqtiefact'oa ad a st-ti s of
pi; es or rltorts i: M “hich the liquid
3 lmlllfibitl this formal. Iiav ng :rbCOibed
. _ _ A small coil
is in each refrigerator. and if actual ire
is needed forany purpose it is only nec—
essary to place a pitcher of water very
close to this coil. l‘or the purpose of
keeping meat and food. I’lCl’i refrigera~
tors are infinitely p eferablc to those in
which ice is used, for tlcv are always
perfectlvdry.—£Vm York Putt.
number. in the building.
Striving to be Honest.
Woman (to tramp)——“You might saw
a little Wood for that nice dinner.“
Tramp (reproar-hfully 2—3 'Madam, you
ought not to throw temptation in the
way of a poor man.”
Woman—"Temptation?"
Tramp—“Yes. madam. If I were to
saw some wood. the chances are I would
carry 03 the saw. ‘I‘m an honest man
now. and I want to stay so.”—-Bacar.
Many Grand Army.” in Ddotauc
being abandoned for hat of fund: to
keep them up.
Norwalk Chronicler