Gold Hill news., August 11, 1900, Image 2

W o rk in g
W o m en
___ In v ite d to w r it e to
M r s . P ln k h a m f o r f r e e
a d v to e ab o u t th e ir h e a lth .
M r s . P ln k h a m Io a w o­
m an .
I f yo u h a v e p a in fu l
p e rio d s , b a o k a o h e o o r
a n y o f th e m o re s e rio u s
Ills o f w om en , w r it e to
M r s . P ln k h a m ; s h e h a s
h e lp e d m u ltitu d e s . Y o u r
le t t e r w ill b e o a o ro d ly
c o n fid e n tia l.
L y d ia E . P l n k h a m 'o
V egetab le C om pound Is
kn o w n w h e r e v e r th e Eng­
lis h lan g u ag e Is s p o ke n .
N othing e ls e o an p o s s i­
b ly b e so s u re to h e lp s u f ­
fe r in g w o m en . No o th e r
m any.
R e m e m b e r th is w h e n
Is
M r s . P ln k h a m ’ s a d ­
d re s s Io L yn n , M a s s .
H e r h e lp in g h a n d Is
a lw a y s o u ts tre to h e d to
Ham Salad.—Chop fine one cup of
ham; soak one cnp of bread crumbs in
one-balf cap of sweet milk; add one
teaepoonfnl each of dry custard and cel­
ery seed and a little pepper. Turn all
into a sauce pan and heat thoroughly.
Serve hot on a small platter, garnished
with slices of hard-boiled eggs.
T r y A l i e n ' s F o o t K n se ,
A powder to lx? shaken into th e shoes. At
th is season vour feet feel sw ollen, nervous
and hot. and get lire«! easily. If you have
sm arting feet or tight shoes, try A llen s
Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes
w alking easy.
Cures ingrow ing nails,
»woolen and’ sw eating feet, blisters and
callons spots. Believes corns and bunions
o f all pain and gives rest ami com fort. We
have 30.000 testim onials. Try it today.
Sold bv all druggists ami shoe dealers for
25c. Trial package FK EE. Address Allen
fcj. Olm stead, LeRoy, N. Y.
The director of the Carla Observa­
tory states that the map of the heavens
on which work has been progresslnf
for nearly ten years Is nearly com­
pleted. It will show nearly thirty mill­
ion stars down to the fourteenth mag­
nitude.
Frank M. Chapman, In speaking of
the migration of birds, says the birds
which do not fear attack may migrate
boldly In the daytime, hut the timid
birds of the forest wait until dark,
then mount high in the air, and fly In
large numbers, keeping in touch with
their fellows by constant calling.
The Pacific Submarine Telegraph
Survey, aboard the steamship Nero,
has takeu two deepest casts and regis­
tered the two deepest temperatures
ever recorded. The depths are 5,100
and 5.2(B) fathoms, and the tempera­
tures are 3fi.fi degrees at 5.070 fathoibs
and thirty-six degrees at 5101 fathoms.
The new double telescope of the Pots­
dam Observatory was recently dedi­
cated. It consists of two very large
telescopes arranged side by aide on one
mountlug. The larger, of 32 Inches
aperture and 30.4 feet focal length, is
for photographic use; the other, of 20
Inches a;x“rture and 41.2 feet focal
length. Is for visual observations. The
primary object of this telescope is to
measure, with all possible accuracy,
the velocity of stars that are approach­
ing or receding from the earth.
The California Miners' Association
has recently published a treatise on the
mineral wealth of -that State which
brings out some facts that are uot gen­
erally known, (»old, of course, holds
the lead, but it will probably surprise
many to learn that the value of the
quicksilver annually produce«! In Cali­
fornia Is 50 per cent, greater than the
value of the silver found there, and
that even the petroleum output of the
State exceeds the silver production In
value. Copper and borax rank among
the Important minerals of California.
The filtration of the water supply of
cities by means of sand filter-beds, or
mechanical contrivances, has rapidly
advanced In this country «luring the
past ten years; but it is far more gen­
eral In Great Britain than here. Allen
Hazen, an authority on sanitary engi­
neering, avers that the fact is fully es­
tablished that the death-rate from ty­
phoid fever is materially low’ered by
the filtration of the water-supply. In
Great Britain, cities containing an ag
gregate |x>pulatlou of more than 10,-
000,000 people use a sand-flltcrcd
water-supply, and the result, it is
claimed, is shown In London's freedom
from typhoid. In this country only
one-tenth of the towns and cities have
filtered water.
The discovery of the part played by
infected rats in the dissemination of
the bubonic plague has led to a new
interpretation of a passage in the First
Book of Samuel, describing a fatal
sickness which affe«-te«l the Philistines
after they carried off the Hebrew Ark
of the Covenant. Mice are mentioned
in connection with the epidemic, and
this fact, together with the descrip­
tion of the effwts of the disease, leads
Doctors Tidswell and Dick of the Roy­
al Society of New South Wales to the
conclusion that the epidemic described
in Samuel was an outbreak of the bu­
bonic plague. This carries the history
of that disease 800 years farther back
than it had previously been recorded.
throughout. In linu«l work no two
stitches are of exactly the »«me ten­
sion. but ou tlie machine they ara u»
Ilk»» ax no mauy peas- The result of
this uniformity 1« that the »hoe holds
it» shape better anil lasts longer. Tliat
is one point out of many? The only
question is that of being tith'd, ami
last-making has been redueed to such
an exact science that there I* no dlrtl-
cutty with any foot not absolutely tie-
formed."
G E N E S IS OF G LA SS W IN D O W S.
T h e y W e r e N o t U sm t Io D w e t lln a »
t i l l L o n » A l t e r 1 h e i r D is c o v e ry .
Tlie method of preparing glass was
known long before it was thought of
making windows of it. Rich people in
Rome bad their windows, or the open­
ing of their bath», filled with mlea or
transparent stone. It is supitosed that
glass was used for whitlows during tlie
reign of Titus, fragment* of glass plate
liaving been found at Pompeii, which
was destroyed in hie reign, but the first
eertulu mention «if tills use of gilt»» i»
fouud in writings of tlie third eetitury.
St. Jerome also sneaks of it us used A.
D. 422 Benedict Bl»cop Introilin-ed
glass windows in Britain A., D. «»7 4.
though they may have, previously ix'eti
brougllt in by the Romans.
Tlie oiliest glass windows at pres
eut existing are of tlie twelfth century
anil are in tlie church «if St. Denis.
They appear to have ix'eti preserve«! as
part of tlie old church, which was
erected before tlie year 1140 by tlie Ab­
bot Suger, a favorite of l.ouls le Gros.
Huger had sapphires poumleil up ami
mixed witli tlie glass to g*ve It a blue
tint. A writer of tlie period a« « ount»si
it one of the most striking instances of
splendor which lie tact lu \ letiua in
1458 that most of the house« bad glass
windows. Another authority. Fellblen,
«ays that lu his time (1000» rouud glass
discs were set in the windows of Italy,
ami we find that lu Fram e there were
glass wlmlows lu all the churches lu
the sixteenth century, though there
were few lu dwelling houses. The
manufacture of window glass in Bug-
land was liegun in (Tutched Friars.
London. early lu the sixteenth cen­
tury.
LAW AS IN T E R P R E T E D .
A M E R IC A N S O LD IE R OF F O R T U N E
H a O rg e n ia e U th e C h in e s e A r m y a n ti
G a v e I t H iy l« H t a u d ln « .
Au American is eutltled to the credit
—if credit it Is-o f reorganising the
Chinese army upou a basis approach­
ing Its pr«»scut efilclency. Frederick
Townsend Ward was a soldier of for­
tune tturl a itgilve of Massachusetts. In
1800, when lit«* Taoplng rebels were
•very w here successful. Ward, who was
2fi years old. ami hail served iu lit«*
Freuch army, found himself In Shang­
hai. lie organlz«*«l a hand composed
of uteu of various nationalities, aud of­
fered to capture a city f«(ir a fix«««I
price. Tin* first achievement of his
small army was tlie capture of the
walled town of Suiigktang. which wits
held by 10,000 rebels. As a reward he
was mad«' a maudariu of tlie fourth
ruuk. Wurd then cleared tin* country
around Shanghai, liclitg paid so mtjeh
cash after each victory lie wou. After
a while lie disappeared ami was next
heard of when tlie natives attacked the
city lit large force, when Ward appear­
ed at tin« head of three well-armed and
well-dHIled native regiments, wlto res­
cue«! Shanghai. Thereafter he became
one of tlie leading men in tlie defense
of Shanghai. He adopted the Chinese
nationality under the name «if llw a,
marrled'the«laughter of a wealthy man­
darin and was made
mandarin of
tin* highest grade and admiral general
In tlie service of tlie Emperor. General
Ward died ns tlie result of a wound
received' 1» directing an assault on
Taekie. 'The Chinese paid him the
highest possible honors after hl» death
by burying hhn In the Confudan ceme­
tery at Nlngpb. Ward's successor In
command of the Chlneae forces was
Major Charles G. Gordon—“Chinese**
Gordon.
SU N
D IA LS OF A N C IE N T T IM E S .
H o w th e n i g h t o f th e H o u r * W e e la-
d ic e ted t o C h ild r c n o f t h e D e s e rt.
It Is probable that the earliest sun
dial was simply the »pear of some no­
mad chief stuck upright in the ground
before ills tent. Among those desert
wauderers, keen to observe their sur­
roundings. It would not lie a difficult
tlilug to notice tlie shadow shortened
as the sun rose higher in the sky aud
that the shortened shadow always
poluted in the saute direction. The
recognition would have followed very
soou that this mxinday shadow chang­
ed lu Its length from day to day. A
six-foot spear wouhl give a shadow at
uoonday In latitude 441 degrees of
twelve feet at one time of tlie year and
of less than two feet at another time.
This instrument, so simple, so easily
carried, so easily set up, may w ell have
tx*guu the scientific study of astron­
o m y , for it lent Itself to measurement,
and scleuce Is measurement, and pro'j-
ably we see It expressed in perinuneat
form in the obelisks of Egyptian solar
temples, though these no doubt were
retained merely as solar emblems ag>s
after their use as actual Instruments
of observations had ceased. An up­
right stick, carefully plumbed, stand­
ing on some level surface, may, there­
fore, well make the first advance up­
on the natural horizon. A knob at the
top of the stick will be found to ren­
der the shadow more easily observed. -
Knowledge.
Statute to license and regulate tlie
business of com mission merchants. or
persons selling agricultural products
ami farm produce oil commission. 1»
held, in sta te ex rel. Beek vs. Wagener
(Minn.), 40 L. It. A. 442. to be a valid
exercise of-the police power, ami m il
an infringement of tlie constitutional
rights of such merchant».
A statute making it unlawful to work
After a mau passes 40 he is greatly
more than eight hours per day in mines
encouraged if lie has enough hair to
or smelters Is held, lit re Morgau (Folo.l,
get a tangle in it.___________________
47 L. R. A. 32. to be iu violation of con
stitutional guaranties of liberty ami the
right to a«'qulre, possess anil protect
property, notwithstanding a decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States
holding that the Federal Constitution
was not violated by such a statute.
Service ou a person of a notice of suit
against him iu another State, made only
five days before he is required to ap­
pear. and when it would take four days
of constant traveling to reach the court,
giving him but one day, aud that Sun­
day, to prepare for the trip, without
any allowance for acoidental delays, 1»
R IG H T A N D L E F T FACES.
held by the Supreme Court of the Uni­
ted States in Roller vs. Holly, U. 8. P h y s io trn o m ie s W h ic h A r e S t n m b lin g
B lo c k » to P h o to g r a p h e r s .
Adv. Sheets, 410, Insufficient to consti­
“One
of the principal obstacles In
tute reasonable notice or due process
of law, though the suit is for the fore­ the way of successful portrait photog­
closure of a Ih'n upon land within the raphy,” said an old-time local expert,
*is the asymmetry of the average hu
jurisdiction of the court.
man face. The features of ninety-nine
people out of a hundred are denlably
T h e In s u r a n c e o f C h ild r e n .
asymmetrical—in other words, the
Children are Insured In this country
right and left sides are different in
T H E S O U T H 'S S M A L L FEET.
with industrial companies lu tlie same
manner as adult members of tlie fam­ size, shape and general contour. We
N o r t h e r n F e e t a n d w it h
which grasps one w-ithout w arning, S h o r t e M r o T re h a A n r is
ily.
They are Insured as meuilx'rs of don’t notice this variation unless our
t o c r a t ic In n te p s .
attention Is attracted to It, but It Is
the mucous membrane which lines
the family for tlie purpose of providing.
the entire body suddenly becomes “There Is no doubt a marked differ­ In return for a weekly premium of there all the same, and for some rea­
said tlie manufacturer to the
son that 1 am not able to explain It Is
weakened in some spot and disease ence.”
New Orleans Times-Democrat man, “In either 5 or 10 cents, for a respectable generally emphasized by the camera.
is established. It may be of the the size and shape of the average foot burial at death, and for the expenses
lungs, the head, throat, stomach, north and south of Mason and Dixon's of the Inst illness. The average pre­ What I say applies, of course, to full
pictures only, for when the head
bowels, or any other organ. Where- line. A great deal of nonsense has mium at which children are insured is face
is turned slightly the deviations are
ever it is, and whatever it seems, it been written about the so-called “ere fi cents, while the average amount pahl scarcely ever discernible.
all springs from the same cause—
ole last,’ but the shoe best adapted to at denth of children under 10 years of
“Among men asymmetry often lends
high-class Southern trade does pos­ age Is about $30. This amount is great strength to a countenance. Bis
sess certain distinguishing features of barely sufficient to meet the ex|x*ns«!s rnarck was a striking example of that
its own. It Is shorter than the North­ of burial in the large cities.
fact, and so was Gladstone. If you are
The youngest age at which a child skeptical take a full-face picture of
ern shoe, to begin with, and has a much
instep. The difference in the In­ is Insured Is 2 next birthday, and nt this either and cover om^half of It with a
or inflammation of this delicate pink higher
step varies from one-half to one and a age, iu return for a 5-cent premium, tit" card. Then reverse the process and
membrane.
half Inches, which is equivalent to say­ companies will pay $8 If the child dies
the other side. You will be
The system is weakened in win­ ing that a man with a typical Southern during the first three months of policy examine
surprised. In fact, you will discover
ter. The delicate lining is more foot could not get Into a shoe made on duration; $10 If tlie child has been In­ four different m?n, all distinct types.”
susceptible to irritation or inflamma­ a typical Northern last. The creole sured more than three months, but less —New Orleans Tlmes-Democrnt.
tion, and thus we have pneumonia, model cuts less of a figure in tlie trade than six months; $12 If tlie child has
S q u ir r e ls by T h o u sa n d s.
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, etc., all now than It did formerly, for two rea­ been Insured more than six. but less
catarrhal conditions which may sons: First, people wear looser foot­ than nine months; and $15 If the child Colorado bus sold sixty acres of tim­
been insured more than nine ber near Devil’s Head Mountain, where
easily he checked by one catarrh gear at present titan they used to and has
months, but less than one year. At it Is estimated there are 30,000 gray
the
distinctive
points
are
not
so
notice­
cure—Pe ru-na.
the age of 3 years the amount which Is
T hat’s the only way out of it. able, and, second, an immense num­ paid after a policy lias been one year squirrels, which have lived and multi
ber of Northern folk have come into
plied there for years, protected by pub­
You may dose forever—you will the
South and the local manufacturers in force is $17; at age 4. $20; at age 5, lic sentiment. The squirrels will be
not be well until you try the true cater to their patronage with a consid­ $24—Increasing gradually until age 10 evicted by the woodcutters.
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You erable percentage of the factory out­ Is reached, when the amount payable
W o r k in g C h ild ren .
may think your trouble is some put. But the native Southern customer at death, In return for a 5-cent pre­
other djsease and not catarrh. Call still calls for a short, high-arched shoe. mium is $120. In other words, the In Coburg-Gotha there are 5,455 chll
“In the old days every Southern gen­ amounts gradually lnerense, although dren under 14 years of age employed at
it what you will, one thing is sure,
homes In making buttons, dolls
your system is affected and must be tleman had his boots and shoes tnude the premiums remain the same.—Les their
and toys for the factories. They work
lie's
Weekly.
to
order
and
the
impression
is
even
treated, and Pe ru na is the only
from four to six hours a day.
remedyr which reaches the right now pretty general that no factory-
The
last
request
a
woman
usually
made article can possibly be as good
After a man passes fifty, lie is sec­
place and does cure.
as the hand-built wares turned out by makes to her most intimate friend, is ond-handed as surely a» an old wagon
the antebellum craftsman. That Is a uot to tell her age.
that the owner is willing to sell at less
P IS O 'S C U R E FOR
great mistake. A high-class machine-
than half It» original value.
CUfttS WHkftt ALL l U t JA Ilb.
Every
year,
as
a
man's
rheumatism
made shoe Is better than anything pro­
B m t C ough Syrup . t m i m G ood. 11«!
In «tin». So'd by <1 r u g g ì« « .
A night latch is like a tombatons
duced by hand, for the simple reason becomes worse, It seems to take longer
C O N S U M P T IQ N
when it ts put up for a late husband.
that the stitching is absolutely uniform for spring to come.
Like the
Deadly
Under-Current
CATARRH
ÌStìK
’À*.*;*.'
GHOSTS
ARE
P L A IN L Y V IS IB L U
Hom s P e o p le Ho C o n s titu te d t h a t T h e y
Wee H u p e r n e t u r u l lle ln s R -
There Is uo doubt that a person utsy,
apparently see objects and hear words«
which another jivrsou close by caanoti
see aud hear. Such Impressions are to
lie referred not to actually existing ob­
jects. but to the uettou of the subjoCt’A
mind. Dr. Alwcromby tells us of on«’
patient win» could, by directing his at-
leutlou to an Idea, call up to sight lit»’
appropriate image or scene, though the
tiling called up were an object lie bad
never seen but had merely Imagine«!.
Wln'ii meeting a frleud lu tlie street It«
could not be sure whether the appear­
ance was his friend or a spii’tral Illu­
sion till lie had tried to touch It and bu»l
heard the voice, Goethe saw an exact
counterpart of himself advancing to­
ward him. an experience repeated by
Wilkie Colllus. Sir Walter Scott re­
lates that s«xm after the death of Ix»rd
Byron he read an account of the de­
ceased poet. <>n stepping Into the hull
Immediately after lie saw right bi'fore
him. lu a standing posture, tlie exact
representation of Ills ileparh'd friend,
whose recollection liad lieen so strongly
brought io his Imagination. After atop
plug a moment to note lite extraordin­
ary resemblance lie a«lvan«'ed toward It
and tlie figure gradually disappeared.
Some of tlie cases narrated by Sir
David Brewster are particularly In­
structive. Tit«' subject was a lady
(Mrs. A.) ami Iter liallueluatlona were
carefully studied by her husband ami
Sir David. Oil one oeeuslou she saw
her husband, as »lie thought, who had
gone out half an hour before, standing
wltbfu two feet of her in the drawing
room. She was astonished to receive
no response when she spoke to him.
Site remembered that Sir David had
told her to press on«* eyeball with the
finger when the Impression of any real
object would lie doubled. She tried to
apply the test, but the figure walked
away and disappeared. The simple
scientific experiment diverted her at­
tention from the creation of her miad,
aud this, no longer being lu sole posses­
sion, could not mulutalii Itself aud was
dissolved. Another hallucination took
the form of her dead slster-lu-law. The
figure apiH'ar«'«! In a «Ire«« which Mrs
A. liad never se««n. but which had been
described to her by a common fricad.—
Westminster Review.
TR A D E OF T IE N -T S IN .
A n I m p o r t a n t C o m m e r c ia l C it y o f
C h in e se C o ast.
th e
The bund, or water front, gives on«
some adequate Idea of the cointnerrlal
Importance of Tien-Tsln. The docks of
Liverpool or New York, although many
time« gréater lu extent, are not more
crowded ami busy. Here tho lighters,
anchor«*d In the river. Just across the
way from the great warehouses, am
loaded with cargo to be sent out or
which has Just been received irons the
ships at Taku. There are mountains
of bales done up In matting and boand
securely with Iron for their protection
iu their long Journey to the uttermost
quarters of the globe; there are boxes
ami «-asks of Chinese make marked
Ixmdon or Hamburg, and In the midst
of all this merchandise througs of half
naked coolies swarm like Insects, In-
s««cts furnished with lusty and never-
silent voices. There are tons of wool
from Mongolia, camels' hair, skins,
charcoal, and soda from Siberia, mats
and grain. One now and then lias whMfs
of musty perfume, the br«*atli of orien­
tal bazaars, «pice ami sandalwood. It
Is one of the busiest spots In the world
and can furnish a succinct object les­
son to one at all interested In the prob­
lem of our commercial relations with
the far ea«t.
Horn A m on g th e H ulrunhcs.
There Is a variety of grebe (colytnbus
minor) which liatche» It« young on a
regular raft. It» nest ts a maim of
strong stems of aquatic plant» closely
fastened together. These plants con­
tain a considerable quantity oT air In
their cells and set free /cases In the
process of decaying. The air and the
gases Imprisoned In the plant make the
nest lighter titan water. The bird usu­
ally sits quietly on Its eggs, hut If any
Intruder approaches or any danger Is
feared the mother plunges one foot in
the water and, using it as a paddle,
transports her floating nest to a dis­
tance, often dragging along with (A a
sheet of water plants. A naturathit
who frequently watched this remark-
aide removal suys: “The whole str ic ­
ture looks like a little floating IsBad
carried along by the labor of the grebe,
which moves In the center of A Mass
of verdure."—Clncluuutl Enquirer.
T h e C h in e se P o s ta l S y ste m .
The postal system of the Chinese em­
pire is still in a primitive condition.
It Is carried on under the direction of
the minister of war by means o f psst
carts anil runners. There are 8<000
offices for post carts in tlie eighteen
provinces, and there are 2,040 offices
for runu«‘rs scattered over the empiite.
There are also umny private postal
couriers, anil «luring the winter the
foreign customs office maintains a ser­
vice between Pekin and tlie outposts.
Every time a thoughtful man (hska
around Ills house he sees purchases
that convince him he lias been t foot
with his money.