Gold Hill news., July 08, 1899, Image 2

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z—^ 1118 is the way to compute the am ount of gas used in your nouse (luring th i
*1| mouth, says the Sau Francisco E xam iner. T he m eter tells the tale and the
<S method is simple. On each m eter a re four dials. T he dial ou the left hand
■hows the hundreds of feet consum ed; the one In the center the thousands; th*
third, the tens of thousands. T he dial above the three does not concern you. It
is merely for testing the m eter. E very tim e the hand in the first dial moves one
num ber 100 feet have been consumed. W hen the hand reaches 10 1,000 feet have
been consumed; then the hand in the center dial moves one num ber. W hen the
hand in the center dial gets around to 10 the hand in the third moves one number.
T he gas com;,any never gives a m eter to its consum er on which the hands of the
dials point to nothing consumed. T he hands are alw ays well along in the uumbers.
T his is done to confuse, but the com putation of the gas consumed is none the less
eimple.
In the accompanying illustration the hand on the third dial points between 3 ano
4. This means th a t over 30,000 feet of gas passed through the meter. On the
center dial th e hand points betw een 4 and 5, indicating th at more th an 4.000 feet
of gas has leen registered by th a t dial. Ou the first dial the hand is on the figure 0,
showing th a t the dial registers ju st 000 feet.
This would make altogether the
num ber of feet registered by the m eter 34,600. Now th a t is the condition of your
m eter when it is placed in your house, say on April 1. Following the dotted lines
which represent the hands of the dial you will find on the third dial the hand still
between the figures 3 and 4. the hand at the center dial between the figures 8 and 9,
th e hand of the first dial on the figure 8. T his gives you dS.Sixi feet consumisi. You
sta rte d w ith your m eter w ith 34,600 feet consumed. The difference, 4,200, F*'es
you the num ber of feet th a t has passed through your m eter from April 1 to April —7.
G IR L F O U G H T W IT H
N e b ra s k a
FIR EB U G S.
T e a c h e r W h o Saved a U n i­
v e r s i t y B n lld in s r .
All N ebraska has united In paying
quality of courage
L ether E. W atson,
a rt teacher at the
C otner U niversity,
who defeated the
plans of tw o d eter­
m ined Incendiaries
who attem p ted to
destroy a l l t h e
s e ml n a ry build­
ings. T he facu lty
voted th e y o u n g
w o m a n a han d ­
some m edal, ap­
propriately Inscribed, recounting her
courageous action; the citizens of the
village, in m ass m eeting, passed resolu­
tions com plim enting Miss W atson,
and G overnor P oynter h as w ritte n her
a letter In acknow ledgm ent of the
services rendered the S tate, and th a n k ­
ing her in the nam e of the people.
Miss W atson w as in her class-room ,
on the fifth floor of the university
building, late in the afternoon, when
she heard voices in the hall and dis­
covered tw o m en preparing to burn the
place. T hey w ere discussing the plan,
and suddenly discovered the girl. She
had a penknife in her hand, and a t­
tem pted to escape, a t the sam e tim e
a tta c k in g the men w ith h er delicate
weapon. T hey caught her, though she
cut them both a num ber of tim es. A f­
ter binding her, they attem p ted to
m ake her tak e an oath not to try to
leave the building for several hours,
and to reveal nothing she had heard.
This she refused to do, and w as told
th a t she would then be left to perish
In the flames. Both men w ere m asked,
and at once disappeared. I t w as three
hours before the girl w as discovered
by passing stu d en ts and released.
Evidence of the efforts of the firebugs
w ere num erous around th e elevator
sh a ft of the building, but the fire had
been sm othered.
C H U R C H 2 0 0 YEA R S OLD.
est living m onum ent of P ro testan l
Episcopal fa ith In A m erica to-day. Il
Is the Holy T rin ity Church, colloquially
called Old Sw edes’, built 200 yenrs ago
by th e band of Sw edish Im m igrant»
who settled on the D elaw are. The erec­
tion of the buildiug w as commenced
1660, and the edifice w as form ally dedi­
cated on T rin ity Sunday, 1699. The
size of the church inside of the walls
w as 60 feet In length, 30 feet In
breadth, the w alls being of h ard gray
stone. T here w ere four doors, tw o w in­
dow s on th e north and tw o on the
south. T he roof w as arched w ith logs
an d plastered and covered w ith cedai
shingles. T he pew s in the church were
m ade of fir. The aisle w as seven feet
in depth from the chnncel to the door.
T he city h as gradually grow n around
the old church, until to-day the Quick
OLD S W E D E S ’ CHURCH .
and the Dead are in th e sam e spot.
A m idst the hurly burly of life stan d s
this venerable old church w ith solemn
aspects silently bearing testim ony to
the existence and piety of a generation
th a t has passed aw ay forever.
Much tim e and labor have been spent
on the old church in an effort to restore
it to its form er conditions. T he wooden
floor has been taken up and the original
brick floor, w here trod the zealous set­
tlers 200 years ago, restored to its
original appearance. T he pulpit has
been put back to Its old place on the
side.
Z u lu s F e a r M oth ers-lr -',a w .
Among the m ysterious custom s of
A n t q n a te d V o n n m e n t o f P r o te s ta n t
the Zulus is the dread w hich the m a r­
E p is c o p a l F f i t h in A m e r i c a .
ried man has of his m other-in-law. H e
R ight in the m idst of the busiest part is afraid to meet her and alw ays holds
of W ilm ington. Del., stan d s the grim, up his shield to screen him from her
tim e-stained old gray church, the old­ glance when he passes her dwelling.
N E W OUTDOOR MODES.
A SEC R ET LANGUAG E.
a responsibility In und ertak in g to maln-
| talu the high stan d ard set by tils pre-
Jo h a n n S trau s» W ro te th e M u s ic t h a t ' d e e e u o r. But he speedily proved him* t h e J u r g n n H i n t V b l 'd r e n M u b e U p t o
C o n v e y T h e ir S e r r a t e .
C h a rm e d M illio n s .
' self the right m an lu the right place,
The secret-language period Is a thing
The recent death of Johnun S trau ss am i under his guidance the church has
a t his home In Vienna closed the career enjoyed continued prosperity. As a of child n ature. T here are three dis­
tin ct periods 111 language learning by
of one of the w orld's g re atest and p reach er he Is eloquent nud forcible.
the child. The first Is the acquiring
most successful m usicians an d com­
posers. So long as m usic will have PA SSIN G OF O L D -T IM E COOPER. of the m other-tongue. The second pe­
riod conies shortly a fte r the tim e of
charm s for hum anity, the rippling glide
B a r r e l s A r e N o w M m lc O u t o f H h e e t beginning to learn the m other-tongue,
of his “ B eautiful Blue D anube”
M e ta l by M a c h in e r y ,
and Is a language math* up by elilldreu
w altzes will quiet the listening soul
An effort to get lairrels and cask s In
like the m um urlng w aters of th e noble som e cheaper form than they are now who, perhaps, find them selves uuuble
river from whch they derive th eir m ade Is found In the m etallic b arrel d e­ to m aster the m other tongue. Very few
children have a complete language of
name. At the age of 6 years he w rote
signed ami patented
this kind, but till children have a few
his first waltz. Ills m other encouraged
by J a y <}. t ’omler-
w ords of such.
him in his m usical studies, but his fa th ­
mim, of Kill leliim 'er,
T hen comes the seciet-lnngauge pe­
er, who was a leading m usician of the
Wls. The sides of
riod. Although In u very few cases the
day, used every m eans to prevent him
th is b arrel are p ress­
learning of secret languages began
from becoming a m usician, and ca r­
ed out of u single
nliout
the sixth year, and lu some In­
ried his anger to such a degree as to
sheet of m etal, und stan ces the period ran till a fte r the
entirely sep arate him from his wife.
th e proper tap er Is eighteenth yeur, yet the vast m ajority
By the aid of his m other am i a few
secured by u series
of cases are covered by the period be­
friends he continued his studies, and in
of length-w ise eor- tw een the eighth and the fifteenth year,
1844, at the age of 19, th e A u strian
r u g a t I o u s a t the while the greatest use Is betw ecu the
capital had gone wild over hint. He
ends, form ing In­ ten th and the th irteen th year.
w as the Idol of the hour, and w as pro­ w ardly projecting shoulders near th e
T here are m any reasons why children
claim ed “ W altz R ing Jo h an n S trau ss chim es, these shoulders being utlllztsl
| If'aru nud use these languages. Due
Second.”
to sup|>ort the head. B arrels of tills
Jo h an n S trau ss w as a most prolific kind an sw er m any purposes, am i can ludy confesses th at she originated a
language, and Introduced It Into a m ys­
lie very economically made, i\lF«The la­ terious set of ten, In order to w rite
bor being perform ed by m achinery.
notes In school, and she truly adds tlint
had th eir teach ers discovered the key
G E R M A N S O L D IE R ’S FEAT.
they would have learned m any tru th s.
It can never be known w hether these
H e l a M m le t o F w l m In I l l s C lo t h e s
j langm iges originated lu the first cases
a n d w ith A ll Ilia T r a p p ln - s .
N ext to the B ritish arm y there Is | w ith children. The nam es would In
prolatoly no force In Europe so well ' m any Instances Imply th at children had
train ed as the soldiers of G erm any, and ■ to do with them , as they show things
w ith o u t depreciating lu the least the fam iliar to the child and loved by him.
system s In vogue in o ur own m ilitary ! So lu the secret languages we find a n i­
centers. It may be said th at in certain m als playing an Im portant part In the
resp ects the train in g of the G erm an : nam ing. The hog, dog, goose, pigeon,
soldier Is of a more practical and useful l'lg. fly, cat nud o ther anim als are a t­
tached to these languages.
kind.
T he child In the old fashioned school,
In the m atter of sw im m ing, for In ­
stance, the G erm ans are pre-em inently w here all sat together, hearing the Ito
practical. It Is self-evident th at a thor­ him) senseless and unknow n Latin,
ough facility In sw im m ing under the would n atu rally atta c h th e nam e to
m ost difficult condition would be of the his language, and th u s give birth to
g re a te s t ad v an tag e to a soldier In w ar Hog Latin, Goose Latin, etc. Keelug
tim e. This ad v an tag e th e G erm an or hearing a language, oue letter m ay
J O H A N N ST R A U SS .
“Tom m y” Is enabled to gain by a Btrlke the child’s fancy, ns In one the
w rter. H e w rote day or night, w hen­ course of exercises designed for th a t I letter h la'*hush,” and so H ash language
Is th e result. In another "b u b ” (b)
ever th e fancy took him, and he had a
finds the funny spot In child n ature,
habit of jo ttin g down m usical th o ughts
and so Bub talk comes forth. The child
on his cuffs and collars. Some of the
in form er days, so frequently hearing
m ost popular dance music ever com­
i f the a-b-c’s, would upon the co n struc­
posed w as th u s fa r recorded. The
tion of an alphabet language nt once
S trau ss dances num ber n early 500,
recur to such, and so nam e this th e
and m any of them are fa m iliar the
A-Bub Cln-Dud language.-- C entury.
world over. In 1872 the w altz king
m ade his first visit to Am erica. In
T h e C a r r y in g o f M o n e y .
th a t y ea r he accepted the in v itation of
To
th
e Initiated, a m ail’s nationality
P atrick Gilmore to conduct th e Boston
is b etray ed by the way he curries hl»
peace Jubilee. D uring his presence he
money. T he Englishm an carries tils
conducted an orch estra of a thousand
loose In his rig h t bund tro u sers’ pocket
m uslcans. Ills audiences seemed nev­
—gold, silver und copper all mixed up
er to tire of his m usic, w hile the m ag­
together. H e pulls a handful of the
netism of the m an w ith both audience
m ixture o u t of his pocket In a large,
and orch estra w as sim ply astounding.
opulent way, und selects the coins he
C H IN E S E T Y P E W R IT E R .
has need of. T he Am erican carries his
SO L D IE R S J I MP O V B R D O A R D IN UNIFORM
w ad of bills In n peculiar long, narrow
T h e M o s t C o m p llc u t« »1 a n d W o n d e r f u l
purpose. W hen he Is proficient In the pocket, In which the greenbacks He
W r i t i n g M a c h i n e in t h e W o r l d .
a r t of n atation In o rdinary circum ­ flat; the F renchm an m akes use of a
T he m ost com plicated and w onderful stances, he is m ade to learn to sw im In leath er purse w ith no distinguishing
ty p ew rite r in the world has recently his clothes, afte rw a rd w ith all his tra p ­ ch aracteristics; while the G erm an use»
been InventtM by the Rev. I>. Z. S hef­ pings on, ami finally while currying Ids one gayly em broidered In silks by the
field, an A m erican m issionary In rifle.
fa ir hands of some Lottehen or Mina.
China. It p rin ts no less th an 4,000
The lialf-clvlllzed capitalist from some
W IN D SO R H O T E L FIRE.
distinct ch aracters, which are abso lu te­
torrid South Am erican city carries Ills
ly necessary for tran sa ctin g o rdinary
lo
lln rs In a belt with cunningly devised
e n t to I e P la c e d O v e r G r a v e «
business In the Chinese language. The M o n u m
pockets to battle the gentlem en w ith
o f th e U n id e n tifie d D e a d .
type is cast on th e under side of the
In memory of the unidentified dead th e light fingers. Some of these belts
who perished lu the W indsor Hotel fire are very expensive. Tlie Italian of
In New York a m onum ent will be erect­ the poorer classes ties up Ids little for­
ed In Kenslco cem etery, w here they are tune In gayly colored handkerchief
burled. The m onum ent will lie of g ra n ­ secured w ith m any knots, which he se­
ite, tw en ty one feet high and tw enty cretes In some m ysterious m anner
feet wide. It will consist of a life-six? ulsiut Ids clothes. A sim ilar course ba»
bronze figure of G rief, bearing a jmlm, charm s for the Spaniard, while tli<
and stan d in g beside three columns. One lower class R ussian exhibits a p re fer­
of the colum ns will be perfect, to rep­ ence for Ids boots or the lining of Id»
CII’ VRSK T Y P E W R IT E R .
re sen t those who escaped from the lire. clothes ns a hiding place for his sav­
wheel, show n in th e picture, which is T he second will be p artly broken, to ings.
reproduced from th e Scientific A m eri­ rep resent the Identified dead, while the
A N o v e l E x p la n a tio n .
can. On the upper side of th e wheel th ird will be broken off nt th e base,
A G eorgia revenue man had a novel
are pasted printed ch aracters, each ex­
experience recently w ith a m oonshiner
actly over the c h a rac te r It represents.
In a susjiected d istrict.
I t tak es four m otions to p rin t each
E arly one m orning he discovered an
ch aracter, but even then much tim e Is
old m an standing near a grave lu the
saved, for In w riting the Chinese ch ar­
m ountain region.
acters from tw o to tw enty-five strokes
B ut the trouble about this grave was
of the brush are required. Each ch ar­
th a t the revenue mam had observed
ac te r signifies not a letter, but an en­
smoke Issuing from the place where
tire word.
the headstone should have been.
He surprised the old man, who Im­
P R E S ID E N T OF BROWN.
m ediately feigned g reat sorrow, ex ­
plaining his presence th ere by the
A n E lo q u e n t P r e a c h e r C hosen f o r th e
statem en t th a t his brother w as burled
U n iv e r s it y o f P r o v id e n c e .
there.
Rev. Dr. M . II. P. Faunce, who has
A t the mention of his bro th er he
recently been selected for th e P resi­
feigned great grief, and said he "never
dency of B row n U ni­
would get over it—It wuz slch a hard
versity a t Providence,
dispensation of Providence.”
to succeed E. B en ja­
“B ut Isn't It peculiar,” snld the reve­
min A ndrew s, w as
W IN DSO R HOTEL F IR E MONUMENT.
nue man, “th a t I see n stovepipe nt
born In W orcester,
Mass., In 1859, and to rep resen t the unidentified dead. The the head of his grave, and smoke Issu­
w as g rad u ated from m em orial will cost $7,500. T he names ing th erefro m ?”
“S tran g er,” replied the weeping
Brow n U niversity In of those who perished In the fire, hut
th e class of 1880. H e w hose bodies were not recovered, will m oonshiner, "he died In his sins, a n ’
lilt's my opinion they 're a-roastin’ of
rem ained In th a t ln- be cu t lu the stone.
him down below!”
r e v . d r . fauxcr stltu tlo n
as an In­
An Arm y In c id e n t.
stru cto r lu m athem atics for one year
A F rench engineer lieutenant, neat
N ot A c c o r d in g to A g r e e m e n t.
and tlieu took a course in the Newton
Toulouse, becam e convinced recently
An Irish principal In a recent Im­
Theological Sem inary. He w as o r­
th n t one of his men had stolen. As the
dained to the m inistry in 1884, and soldier would not confess, th e lieuten­ prom ptu mill, realizing th at In* w as
th a t sam e y ear becam e p asto r of the a n t ordered him to lx? shot, and put him ¡»elng badly worsted, vigorously pro­
S tate S treet B ap tist Church, In Spring- through all the form s of a tnllltnry ex­ tested to th e b y stan d ers ag a in st the
field, Mass., the larg e st church of th a t ecution, save th a t th e firing platoon Jnethods of his adversary.
denom ination In the city. H e resigned used blank cartridges. The lieu ten an t , “ Sliure, a n ' w a sn 't It to be a fa ir
the p asto ra te In 1889 to accept a call lias been court m nrtlnled nnd sentenced ptand-up fight?" he excitedly ex­
claimed.
from New York to fill the pulpit of the to tw o m onths’ Im prisonm ent.
“ It certain ly w as,” retu rn ed an on­
F ifth Avenue B ap tist Church, le ft v a­
looker,
who had been a w itness of these
can t by the resignation of llev . Dr.
T a tto o e d Dogs.
(irrnngem
ents.
T hom as A rm ltage.
T attooed dogs are now the fashion In
‘‘An’ how, th in ,” retorted th e d efeat­
Dr. A rm ltage w as one of th e glnnts London. A coat of arm s or a mono­
of the B ap tist denom ination, and some g ram is m arked on the th ro at or b reast ed candidate, “can lie be expectin’ me
of Dr. Fnunce’s frien d s feared th a t the o f th e anim al. The process Is m ade Io sh tan d up nnd folght *lm fairly if lie
do be knockin' me down all the toim e?”
vtmntr m inister had assum ed too heavy alm o st painless by the use of cocaine.
«-Answer«.
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