poured on until it is nearly a quarter of
an inch deep. The affinity of the quick­
Queen Elizabeth, during her last ¡11-
silver for the tinfoil, and the obstruc­
nezs, wore around her neck a charm
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALRES IN
tion made by the strips of glass, pre­
made of gold which had been bequeathed
vent it from flowing off. The plate of
her by an old woman in Wales who de­
glass having been carefully cleaned is
clared that so long as the queen wore it
now slipped in upon the quicksilver
«he would never be ill. The amulet, as
through the side where no glass strip is
was generally the ease, proved of no
placed, and is held firm while the table
avail; but Elizabeth, notwithstanding
is inclined by means of a screw, so as to
her faith in the eharm, not only sick­
let the superfluous quicksilver run off
ened, but died. During the plague in
into the groove along the edge of the
Ixmdon, people wore amulets to keep
off the dread destroyer. Amulets of ar­ table.
That having been done, the table is
senic were worn near the heart. Quills
brought back to a level, heavy weights
of quick silver were hung around the
are put upon the glass, and it is then
neck, and also the powder of toads.
left for several hours. The next step is
to take the glass from the table and put
PIPING COAL.
it in a frame, the coated side up. The
The old idea of piping coal to market
coated—or amalgam, as it is sometimes
has been revived and reduced to a prac­
caller!—soon becomes so dry as to allow
tical basis. The coal is first pulverised the plate to stand on its edge, but it can­
at the mines and purified by washing, not be used for several weeks longer.
and when all the sulphur, iron pyrites, This method of making mirrors is the
slate, etc., have been removed, it is run treat in use, and was invented by the
into pipes with half its volume of water Venetians in the sixteenth century.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
and thus transported to market. The
An Oklahoma girl was recently mar­
expense of transportation by pi|»e line is
very small compared witii that by rail. ried by a judge, divorced by the same
Instead of its riding in a caron wheels it judge, and married to the same judge,
rides in water in a finely atomized con­ all in six months.
dition. The quantity of coal that can
An apple, grown near Portersville,
Corner Olive and Eighth Streets.,
l>e carried in this wuy in a given time is California, is reported to weigh almost
astonishing. A pipe of four inches in two pounds, and measured fifteen inches
diameter at 1200 pounds pressure |>er in circumference.
EUGENE,
OREGON.
square inch will deliver over 300 tons
A mushroom was found in Marine City,
|s>r day; a twelve-inch pipe will deliver
Michigan, recently that filled a bushel
5000 tons, and a twenty-four incli pipe basket and weighed fourteen and a half
will deliver 28,000 tons per twenty-four pounds.
Will Pay, through its Advertising Col­
hours. It is proposed, in carrying out
An inmate of the Rates county (Mo.)
this principle on a large scale, to have
umns, a larger Dividend for the Money
poorhouse died lately whose head was
pumning stations from twenty-five to
Invested *han can be realized from any
three feet ill circumference and the 7-
inirfy niif^s ap&rt, according to grade.
weight of his brain was said to be 144
other source.
ounces.
QUEER NOTIONS.
A gricultural
implements
ENGINES, THRESHERS,
-— -B IN D E R S and MOWERS.
REAPERS and BRILLS
Vehicles nf all kinds.
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A J e l l y P a l a r « f o r t h e W o r l d 's F a i r .
The women of California are going to
build a Jelly palace at the fair—not a
shivering, unsteady structure like a new
custard pie, but a solid building, with
sides of glasses full of jelly. These glass­
es will be of transparent and of ruinbow
hues. The building will be thirty-one
feet high, surmounted by a glass ball,
two foo In diameter, full of jelly. The
four arched entrances will form a shrine
twelve feet aquure. The frame of the
structure will l»e the lightest possible
steel. It will carry plate glass shelves
its entire length. On these shelves the
txrttlcs containing jelly of every color
will tie arranged. Some of them will l»e
set upright and others horizontally, ac­
cording to the effects to lie produced.
In the decoration of this novel palace
iftM-l glass««», 2\. inches in diameter, will
Iwiistsl; MM1 four inches in diameter,
ami 1018 of assorted sizes, making a
total of 4088,
A Tennessee liveryman fell off a bridge
recently and landed on a pile of rocks
fifty feet below, while intoxicated. He
escaped uninjure«!, hut got red hot and
made a vigorous kick because iiis watch
crystal was broken.
A marriage of more than ordinary in­
terest took place in Golden City, Mo.,
recently. The parties were both blind
and their romantic engagement extended
over u period of seven years before their
patient hopes were realized.
Mrs. Dennis Garrigan died and was
buried at Amsterdam, N. V., twenty-five
years ago. When the grave was ojtened
the other day, the body was found to be
petrified and in perfect preservation.
Every feature was perfect and was recog.
nized by people who had been acquaint­
ed with her when alive.
I here is a peculial case in northern
New Hampshire where husband and wife
are both preachers of the Gospel, and
The women estimate that this palace each is settle«! over a parish in that re­
will e«wt $2.400, of which $1,000 will be gion. Their parishes are about ten miles
fot the a(««el frame.
apart. The pastors frequently exchange
with each other, and it is a very conven­
HOW A MIRROR IS MADE.
ient family arrangement.
A large "tone table is used, which lias
In Austria an application has been
underneath it a screw, by means of made for preserving trees and plants
which the tabic can be inclined when from the ravages of insect
The pro-
desired. Around the edge <»i the table cess is very simple, consisting only in
is a groove, the use of which will b« placing two rings-one of copper, the
known presently. While the surface of other of zinc—attacl
H‘«l together around
tl.e table is perfectly level, tinfoil („ the tree or plant. Any ¡„sect touchin
carefully laid all over it. A strip of >t m *ivea an electric shock that •
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glass is then laid on cadi of the three It to be either killed outright or fall
sides of the foil, and quicksilver b ' the ground to die in a short time
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