TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Ad Epitome of the Principal Events Now
Attracting Public Interest
Police officer Kobinson, of Chicago
was shot nnd killed by a Chinaman.
Dr. W. K. Perkins was killed by
Indians in Sierra county, New
ilexico.
Fifteen persons were drowned by the
capsizing of a yacht hi the English
Channel.
One person was killed nnd several
others injured by a railroad Occident
near Alliance, O.
E. J. Baldwin's well-known race
horse Lucky B. died in New York of
paralysis of the brain.
Immigrants from Hamburg to San
Francisco, by the southern route, get
through fpr $24 each.
John Albeic, a well-to-do citizen of
Omaha, shot his wife and then killed
hiniEelf. The cause is said to have
been jealousy.
The money in circulation in the
United States has been increased in
the past twelve months .$70,000,000
from imports and coinage.
. Charleston. S. C, Iuih been rebuilt
tince the earthquake over (J000 build
ings have been rebuilt or repaired, and
281 new ones erected at a total cost of
-$1,300,000.
Dick Bu'ckalea, of Chambers county
Ind. beat his wife, and a eherifTs posse
went, to arrest him. lie killed and
desperately wounded three others be-
fore ho was himself killed.
The schooner Niagara was foundered
on Lake Superior, and her crew of ten
men lost. It is also feared that the
schooner David Dows, with a crew of
listecn, suffered the same fate.
There was a riot at a tobacco fuctorv
in Pressburg, Spain, growing out of a
strike of 300 female employees. The
strikers expelled the police from the
factory and fortilied the building
Troops wero summoned to dislodge
them.
The shiD Falls of Bruar, of Glasgow,
foound from Haml urg to Calcutta
with a cargo of salt, foundered off Yar
mouth, the caro having shifted, live
of the crew were recoiled, and twenty
four were drowned, most of whom
were Germans and Swedes.
Thomas Kelly, Michael Crowe and
a man named Walters were buried
alive in the new aqueduct at North
Yonkers, New York. The earth above
caved in on them. They are under
110 feet of eartli and there is no pos
sible chance of their having escaped
instant death.
Information comes from Honolulu
by the steamer Alameda that on one
of the outlying islands of the Sandwich
group theie lately occurred u massacre
of three boatmen belonging to the
schooner Man- Anderson, under ex
ceptionally brutal circums ances. The
boatmen were first severely wounded,
to render them helpless, and tied
hands and leet and taktn in canoes
over to another island and sold for
pigs. The purchasers then finished
piem, and had a cannibal feast on the
IIOU1US.
Dr. Pancoas-t, who some time ago
organized a company to seaieh for the
hidden treasure of the privateer De
brakk, which is supposed to have sunk
oil Cane Ueiilonou in H'Jb, is very en
thusiastic over the enterprise, lie
says: :" After many vioissitunes I
think we have located the Dobrukk,
.about live-eights of a mile from the
breakwater. We explored the bottom
for about a mile square, and at List
found a mound. When we sank our
probing iron into the mound we met
resistencc about two feet below the
sand. Then our rod suddenly plunged
through something which felt like a
rotton deck. If the vessel bo the De
brakk, and I have no doubt it is, wo
will tret the treasure out in a short
time. There is at least .$9,000,000
there."
The mystery of the whaler Ame
thyst, which has not been seen since
September, 1S85, and about which so
many tales have been told, appears to
be clearing up. The mate of the Angel
Dolly, one of tho sealers seized by tho
Richard Rush says when ho was cruis
ing about the northern islands of the
-Choumngin group tho hull of a vessel
was sighted high up on the beach. It
was found she was tho Amothyit and
that she was broken in two. Two
boats wero swung from the davits, but
everything was deserted and tho cabin
was in confusion. There was nothing
to indicate the fate of the crew, but
hopes are entertained that some of
them may be alive. Tho Amethyst
was in command of Y. 11. Cooty, and
Closes Walker was first mate. Thore
wero forty four persona on board of
, her.
A theoter at Exeter, a London
suburb, took lire during the perform
ance of "Romany Ryo," and 110 per
sons wero burned to death. Tho vic
tims were mostly working people. As
soon as the fl.tmes wero put out a large
force began searching for bodies. Tho
stairway leading to tho gallery was
literally packed with bodies, while at
tho head of tho stairs thero wore scores
cf others piled ono on top of anothor,
Tho unfortunate viotims had ruehed to
the door when tho alarm was given,
but found tho stairway blocked and
escape cut off. Ih a 6hort time the
litres had reached thorn ami they
suffered a horrible death. Thero wore
pitiful scenes in tho vioinity of tho
burned theater as fiionds and relativoa
of supposed victims waited tho recovory
; of tho bodies. In many casts fathors
and mothers both perished, and nu-
lerous children are thus left without
. . ..
support, several oomcs wero umuuu
to that only small cinders remained.
COAST CULLINGS.
Devoted Principally to 'Washington
Territory and California,
Frank Gorham committed suicide at
Vallejo, Cal.
In Idaho rabbit ears aro called
"poverty Hat scrip."
Los Angeles is to havo a new city
hall to cost $150,000.
Tacoma is to have a free mail de
livery November 1st.
The Montana Legilatuio has con
vened in special session.
A fire at Calico, Cal., destroyed
$100,000 worth of property.
Chinese are doimr all tho wood
chopping near Lake Taboo, Cal.
Frederick Reed, a pioneer, com
mitted suicide at Grass Valley, Cal.
Tho President has appointed Chas.
O. Stacklagcr receiver of public moneys
at Hailey, Idaho.
G. S. DeGarino of Los Angeles, has
becamo heir to a Tennessee estate
worth $2,000,000.
John Taylor, a Justice of the Peace
of Sonora, Cal., was killed by a cart
load of wood capsizing on him.
George B. Crawford fell or jumped
from the fifth story of a San Francisco
hotel and was killed instantly.
Good men, miners, laborers, etc., of
all kinds are in great demand at Sel-
hginan, v Into Pine county, Nov.
A baker named Tonoy was burned
to death at Spokane Falls in a fire
which destroyed Rudolph's "bakery.
A partially insane man named Jos.
Watkins, suicided in the Columbia
river, live miles below the Cascades.
Alfred Kreizer was killed by falling
into a deep cut on the Mountain rail
road near rtulte, Montana. His horce
was also killed.
John Glenn fatally stabbed Theodore
Olds in a quarrel at Glenn canyon,
Sun Bernardino county, Cal., and then
left for parts unknown.
V Chinese at Oroville, Cal., Fold
whisky to two Indian brothers, and
one ot them stabbed the other in a
probably fatal manner.
Mrs. 1 tittle, aged (0, was turned out
a San Francisco hotel because she
could not pay her bill, attempted sui
cide by jumping into the bay. She
was rescued.
Tho new smelting woiks in Tacoma
will employ 400 men and occupy 25
acres of ground. The new sawmill
and sash, door and blind factory will
employ I!00 men.
Rev. John Alonzo lusher, .a Metho
dist minister, committed suicide at
Los Angeles bv shooting himself
through tho heart. He had certain
financial demands to meet and his not
being able to fulfill them unbalanced
his mind.
A jeweler named Peterson, living in
Alameda, Cal., while attempting to
take a gun from a boat in which ho
had just returned from a trip on the
bay, pulled the muzzle towards him.
1 ho gun was discharged, killing him
instantly.
Tho Fair Association of Kittita?
county, W. 1., has purchase! eighty
icrcs ot land about two miles and a
half from Ellensbtirg, fnr the fair
ground, and will proceed at once to
make a mile track lor the showing ot
hue horses.
At hnioky, Idaho, a new saloon was
dedicated with a dance. In lieu of
music a Cornish man was hired to
sing for the dance. Towards morning
tho orchestra gave signs of approach
ing death, but he was kept alive on
whisky until tho dancers were worn
out.
Tho dividends paid by six mines in
Montana, during the first five months
of tho current year, aggregate .$1,0111,
500. This is nearly one-fourth the
mining dividends paid in the entire
united States, and larger than in any
single state or territory. It is twice as
large as California's and four times
Colorado's. Montana leads tho Union
in her mineral resources, but in duo
timo will bo checked up by dividends
fiom Cieur d'Aleno.
t Ilolbrook, Cal., Sherifl' Owens,
shot into tho houso of widow Blevins
and killed young Sam Blovinc, and
also mortally wounded Andy Cooper
and M. B. Roberts, and slightly
wounded John Blevins. Robeits had
no connection with Cooper, but had
topped in tho house to write a letter.
Owens had a warrant for Cooper for
horso stealing, and him only. Owens
ays Cooper resisted arrest, while
Cooper says ho shot him and tho others
through the houso without warning;
that tno warrant was issued in March.
1S8G, and that ho had met tho sherifi'
several times since and no efl'ort was
made to arrest him. Tho coroner's
jury is investigating.
Examination of tho records of the
courts of San Francisco for soino
twenty-live yorrs proves that in some
thing like 1000 cases where the court
has granted a divorce, and a minute
rdor mado, no decreo has been signed
by the judge, and no judgment entered.
Persons interested doubtless behoved
that all that was necessary was for tho
court to announce orally from the
bench "divorce granted on grounds,"
tc and the matrimonial bonds were
ibsolved in law. This is preliminary,
ind tho law requires tho decree to bo
signed by tho judgo granting tho di
vorce and that this decree bo entered
upon tho docket boforo tho proceed
ings are complete. In how many of
the incomplete records referred to tho
parties have ugain married who wore
not legally entitled to do to is a ques
tion almost impossible of solution, but
there are doubtless very many such
cases. J itlo to a valuable piece ot
property in that city is now in question
because of the incompleteness of di
vorce proceedings instituted many
years ago.
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted to tho Interests of Farmers
ana btocKmen.
I'rcHcrvIns.IlKSs.
When fanners or poultry dealers
only wish to keen eggs in good condi
tion for a few weeks, it is not necessary
to use any particular mode of preser
vation. All that is requisite is to have
a good cellar, lardoi or oven closet,
fitted with perforated shelves. The
eggs should bo placed broad end down
ward. Tho reason for this is that
when so kept the air space does not
increase in ize, and the egg seems to
keep better. It is a very good plan to
arrange the eggs in uniform rows from
front to back, so that those laid first
can be used first. Another plan, much
advocated by some writers on tho sub
ject, is to keep the outside air as far as
possible from the egg. This is dohe by
wrapping each egg in wadding or cot
ton wool, packing them in jars and
sealing a waxed paper over tho top.
But it is no less essential in this case
that the eggs bo stored in a cool place,
for eggs are not in so much danger
from tho germs of decay in tho air
without as from those within tho egg
itself. And these will certainly grow
and destroy the quality of the egg,
however carefully it may be covered
and sealed, if the necessary condition
of a high temperature is furnished.
Gypsum is said to bo a good pre
servation for eggs. It is stated that
they have 'been kept packed in finely
powdered gypsum for six months.
But this was in a cool place, and per
haps tho cool air had as much to do
with keeping tho egg as tho gypsum.
In fact, whatever substance is used fir
packing the egg, tho place ot storage
should be cool for the reason that we
have given above, to protect the egg
from the development of its own in
ternal germs.
Tho most generally used mode of
egg preservation is that of keeping
them in lime water. This is undenia
bly tho best for practical purpose-',
whether for house use or for sale. It
involves the least expense and the least
trouble and has the least objection
able c fleet upon the taste of the egg.
Pack tho eggs, with tho small end
down, in casks or jars, and then pour
over them a solution of lime water and
salt. Take a bushel of lime to fifty
gallons of water, anil add six quarts of
salt. First s'ack tho lime with part of
the water, then add tho rest of tho
water and the salt. Stir at intervals,
and when the solution is cold and the
sediment is settled, dip out the liquid
and pour it over tho eggs.
Tho objection to packing eggs dry
in sawdust, bran, oats and the like is
that tho egg absorbs through its porous
shell something of the musty tasie
that seems to belong to these sub
stances. This may bo prevented, how
ever, by dipping the eggs first in a hot
solution of alum. When cool thoy
may be packed in any dry substance,
the pores of the shell being now so en
tirely closed that no gases, tasto or
smell can be absorbed.
I'rotfrtiiiy; .Intimitis From S'lles.
The annoyance caused to animals by
Hies and mosquitoes often amounts to
positive agony, and at times it is suffi
cient to prevent tho stock eating
enough to keep them in good condi
tion. The animals will stand in tho
water or pass the greater part of the
day in the shade, rather than expose
themselves to tho sunshine, going out
to eat only whon driven by hunger.
They quickly lose llcsh, the How of
milk shrinks, and a loss is incurred
that cannot easily bo made good again.
At all times a good feed of grain is
beneficial to stock, but it is especially
so when Hies aro very annoying, since
it will do much to prevent shriukago
of llesh and milk. Horses and milch
cows may bo protected, in a great
measure at least, by wiping them all
over with a spongo dipped in soapsuds
in which a little carbolic acid has been
mixed.
Although as a rule farmers aro in
clined to find fault with having poultry
about the promises, because of tho in
jury they will do to growing crops, it
will be found that hens will do much
bettor, bo healthier, and lay more eggs,
if allowed their liberty. It is natural
for them to roam to some extent in tho
pursuit of insects, to forage upon
grass and secure gravol; for that
reason it is better, if the conditions
aro favorable, to have the poultry
houses so situated that tho fowls can
have an occasional field day. A small
yard for them soon becomes so troddon
that thoy do&iro a change to soino
fresh liold, which should by granted, if
possible.
In Sioux city, Iowa, arrangements
havo been completed for tho eroctiou
of a corn palace, and a grand jubilee,
m celebration of tho immense crop of
corn, will he held Uct. oth to tub. Tho
corn palace will bo a structure roared
of corn. The principal streets will be
arched and decorated with corn, ladios
will wear corn as a decoration, and
veritably corn will bo king. Tho ex
hibition will not bo confined U Iowa
alone, but tho great cornfields of Ne
braska, Minnesota and Dakota will
send their quota.
dipt. S. H. Miller, of Klickitat
county, W. T has a Shetland stallion,
weighing only 500 pounds. Tho ani
mal is as docile as a eat, and his owner
can go into tho pasture, whore ho is
grazing, and pick him up by both
hind feet, standing him on his head,
without interrupting his nibbling of
the grass.
Tohama county, Cal, has 181,205
acres devoted to prunes and olive
trees.
Tho farmers of Washoe, vulloy, Nov.,
will harvest about 75,000 tons of al
falfa this season.
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest in a
nnndnTiwH T?n
Tho Union county fair begins
her 3.
Octo-
A military company is to bo re
cruited at Hillsboro.
The taxable property at Astoria is
assessed at $1,015,0(53.
Sam Englo, of Molalla, was sovorcly
injured by a kick of a horse.
Samuel S. Preston has been com
missioned postmaster at Wallwa.
The grand lodge of tho K. of L. will
meet in Pendleton on October 11.
A private bank is to bo established
at Joseph with a capital of .$25,000.
Thos. Washburno, who died at Junc
tion, is Ixdiovcd to have been poisoned.
A sixty pound watermelon has beon
produced in Gilliam county, near
Fossil.
A rattlosnnko was killed insido of
the town limits of Pendleton some
time ago.
At Centcrvillo Bruco Robinson shot
and fatally wounded Joo Norman die,
a half-breed.
The fishermen havo buoyed the
Coos river channel, and also "marked
sunken snags.
L. Pettyjohn's rcsidonco near Salem
was destroyed by fire, having caught
from a fruit dryer; loss $1.'I00.
A now postofiice has been established
at Medical springs, Union county,
with M. Wright as postmaster.
Seaside lodge No. 12, A. O. U. W., of
Astoria, the banner lodge of tho order
in tho Northwest, has 2S0 members.
A new postollioe has been estab
lished at Dundee Junction, Yamhill
county, with Wm. Parrett as post
master. Mrs. Josiah Flynn, aged 50, living
near Sweet 1 Ionic, was badly beaten
by a tramp who had been refused
money.
Chief of Polico Twombly, of Astoria,
shot and dangerously wounded Road
Supervisor Walker, tho result of a
quarrel.
Frank Welch, of Highland, Clacka
mas county, had his grain and 100
bushels of peas destroyed by incen
diary lire.
Tho Baptist organization will erect
a church building 20x1-1 feet with ap-1
propriate church stylo of architecture
at Grants Pass.
Davo Jones has found a bod of borax
under bis salt claim in Warner valley,
Jackson county, that assays 75 per
cent, pure borax.
Tho Astoria board of trade has
started a subscription of .$150,000 as a
bonus for a railroad to connect with
the transcontinental lines.
A dog belonging to a Mr. Pierce,
near Junction city, was bitlon by a
rattlesnake, but tho dog por-dstently
ate dog fennel until cured.
The pioneers of Linn county met at
Crawfordville and cfi'octed an organi
zation, to bo known as the Pioneers'
Association of Linn county.
The rcsidonco of W. Crabttee, of
Mehaina, together with the contents
of the building, including .$000 in
greenbacks, wero destroyed by lire.
Tho farm rcsidonco of M. Moses
near Traneont, Lane county, was
burned with nearly all its contouts.
1 ho tiro originated from a defective
flue.
Thoro aro in Crook county 1120
hogs, valued at $2505 ;
09;:
!5!17 Bhcep,
valued at .$:J0O,:i2O ; 20,17!) cattle,
valued at .$.'i2:i,2(JS ; 12,050 horses,
valued at $:Ji(i,US2.
Snow has fallen to tho depth of
several inches in tho mountains, says
a Pendleton paper. Persons down
from the Green Horn mountain report
snow to tho doptli of six inches, and
was still falling when thoy loft.
Mr. Ed Hanloy, residing near Burns,
states that after harvesting his barlny,
which was a magnificent crop, tho
second growth from the roots is now
two feet high, nicely headed, and bids
fair to ripen and mako a good crop.
lure-destroyed tho Harrison street
school house at Portland. Tho build
ing cost $25,000 and tho damage is es
timated at $1,0,000, with $1:1,80 J in
surance. J ho school hou-o was de
stroyed by firo on May 20, 1S79.
A couplo of women living in Crook
county becamo incensed at one of
their neighbors, and, in order to havo
revenge', caught his two dogs and satu
rated them with coal oil and then sot
tho oil on fire, literally roasting them
alive.
A cougar was killed by Mr. Ghor
king at his shingle mill near Silverton.
The animal had been in the habit of
coming to Ghoi king's oamp about
throe times a week to whip a hound,
which had been badly clawed and
chawed by tho truculent cougar. Tho
boldness of tho animal caiiid it to
meet with a feaat of lead, which it
could not digest.
The Bakor City Jhmoamt says a
shoephorder camo into town and gave
the report that masked mon milled his
camp, and, besides burning up bis
outfit and killing twenty-seven head of
sheep, shot at tho herders hovoral
times. It is presumed that tho perpe
trators of tho deed are settlors in the
neighborhood who aro incensed at hav
ing sheen in their locality.
Cougars aro bold and numerous in
the Noliama valley. Rocontly two
boys named McCauloy and Stoddard
wero hunting cows with a dog, whon a
cougar sprung from tho brush and
carried off tho dog. Shortly aftorward
another cougar walked leisurely up to
tho storo on tho Clutskanio road,
looked in at tho door and thon slowly
walked away. Hovoral mon wero in
the storo, hut no one had a gun, and
tho anim il got away.
WEDDING ANECDOTES.
I Clrrcj-nmn's A hum In 5 Clint on the Sun
Jrrt of Miirrlnan IVi-n.
"Speaking of marriage fees," a
prominent clergyman said, "recalls a
very embarrassing blundor which was
perpetrated upon an innocent brother
clergyman recently. The groom, who
was not a very nervous fellow either,
carelessly poked an old plantation
negro ballad in his vest pocket with
the live dollar bill which ho intended
as the marriage fee. During the ex
citement which followed tho ceremo
ny, the young man placed the planta
tion ballad In the palm of the clergy
man. After a fervent God-speed, tho
officiating clergyman left without in
specting the negro song. The divine
was indignant when ho discovered
tho nature of din bit of paper which
ho had stowed away in his wallet. Ho
felt insulted. II iwover f rionds inter
ceded, tho young man fouifd tho livo
dollar bill hi his vest pocket, mado a
bullied explanation and succeeded in
allaying the iro of tho indignant
clergyman.
"Whon in California," tho ecclesi
astic continued, "I had a little experi
ence with a presumptuous groom. Tho
witness, a prominent physician, re
quested mo to conie to a hotel to marry
the couple. 1 complied, and after tho
ceremony the groom began to funiblo
a twenty-dollar gold' piece, about be
tween his thumb and index lingers. Of
course, all present observed the coin.
Finally the young man sidled tow aril trio
piazza door and beckoned mo to follow.
When the door shut us from the brldo
and tho doctor, the young Benedict
lipped tho doublo eagle into his trous
ers pocket, and fished out twenty shill
ings in silver as my fee. I said nothing,
hut when 1 eani'! to forward a cer
tificate 1 filled it out 011 a piece of
foolseap paper. 1 heard from tho
groom's friend, the doctor, in duo
time. lie demanded an explanation of
my effrontery. When 1 meekly in
formed tii.it I could not afford to fur
nish a tir.-'-elass certificate when tho
fee was so small, 1 received live dol
lars from th" groom for a proper state
ment of the marriage."
The clergymen then narrated how on
returning from prayer meeting with
his wife he found a couple seated in a
buggy waiting before his door. Thoy
desired to he united in tho holy bonds
of wedlock, and whon tho ceremony
was concluded, the groom, who ap
peared rather dull, continued to linger
and semod greatly embarrassed. TI10
gleeful brido nudged him in the sido
occasionally and looked hard at tho
door. The young man only grow more
and nnvo uneasy. When all tho topics
of conversation had been exhausted
the clergyman's good wife proceeded
to enterta 11 tho young couplo with
cako and refreshments. At last about
one anil a half hours after tho cere
mony had been concluded, tho bride
crowded tho groom to the door and
was seemingly determined to get him
out of the room. .Just as t lit door was
about to bo swung open the groom
plunged his hands into his trousers
pocket, drew forth a fifty-cent silver
piece, blushed violently and hurried
from the house, "llowtiver," said tho
clergyman, "I had more respect for
this poor fellow than I did for tho im
pusitor who gavo 1110 two dollar.s and
fifty cents after ho had given his brido
and friends to understand that
I was to receive twenty dollars. I
furnished tho groom who compensated
me with fifty cents with a lino mar
riage certificate." Album Journal.
SNAKE-CHARMING.
Cot of Tuition mill Clin Kuplillty Wltli
Which tlm Itt'iitllcx I. en ri.
There aro 111011 who teach snake
charming as a business. One of them
talking tho other day said "women
learu the accomplishment quicker than
(ho sterner sex and follow it in tho
museums. Tuition costs, ho said, from
f.'lOO to $500, according to how rapidly
they learn. This, of course, includes
tho whole thing, nut only how to han
dle the snakes, hut also to do different
tricks with thuni, v 'ileh aro nil com
bined in what is km 1 as the snake
net. This consists in making a cap or
turban of the snnko and putting it on
die head, making a sash of one by ar
ranging it around the body, a bolt by
placing it around the waist or a pair
if wristlets of small snakes. Tho net
lso includes putting nil theso on t.ho
person at 0110 time so that the body is
covered with, snakes, eight ornino of
them at a time. When covered with
lliein in this way the woman supports
about two hundred pounds uf snakes
anil can scarcely walk.
Thero is a great deal In knowing tho
nature of snako, particularly the posi
tion they get in when they are about
to btrike. After thoy strike onoo thoy
never get over it. When thoy onco
bito you thoy will try and do It again
every chuticn they got. No, wo don't
give them any drug nor ruhthoin quiet
beforehand, as many people suppose.
All that is noeesiaiy is to show thorn
that you aro not afraid of thorn. So
after tho woman gets confideiieo in hor
work, sho can got along all right. I
get the snake I teach thorn with undor
control, and then allow tho woman to
begin to bundle it.
You sec, snakes havo brains as woll
as other animals. They never oloso
their eye?, anV. watch all tho time. Tho
cost of tlm snaked varies from .8ft to
?150 and $200 apiece, and In weight
they run from one huiidrod pounds
down to thirty, ton and ovnn five
pounds. All tliis alk about feeding
a simko to mako It tamo and easy to
handle is iioiuuiisu, Thoy aro simply
like any other wild animal. In charm
ing them wo use 110 mesmerism or any
thing of the kind it's only to mako
tlioni know that yo1' aro master, to go
at thorn without tonv.rhiluiteljtMa
Call.
AMERICAN MATCHES.
SUty Thotufinrt .Million Proilnroil Anna
ally In tlm United StatM.
The statistics gathered by the boanL
of underwriters for New York City
show that nearly one-third of tho fires
are caused Iry tho careless use of
matches. Whether tho safety match,
now in common use docs away with
the danger of firo is a disputed ques
tion. Their chief merit is that they
will not take firo when stepped upon,
and rats and mice can not light them
by nibbling. Tho invention of tho
safety match dates from the introduc
tion of red, or amorphous, phosphorus
in placo of common phosphorus,
which caused serious ill-health among
the match-makers. Hed phosphorus is
harmless to tho match-maker and to
the child who may mppon to taste it.
Hut it will not mix with chlorate of
potash, and so finally the splint was
tipped with chlorate of potash and tho
phosphorus mixed with very fine sand
and put on the box. A German named
Kainniercr was tho first to mako them,
and it was once thought that thoy
would drive tho sulphur match out ot
use. In England tho uso of anv(othor
ind was forbidden by act of Parlia
ment. In Sweden and Switzer
land they are almost the only matches
used. The necessity of carrying
the box with tho matches is. of course,
their great drawback, and many at
tempts to make a safety match which
could bo lighted without tho box havo
been made. A match with the phos
phorus at ono end and the potash at
the other was once introduced; tho
splint had to he broken in two and the
ends rubbed together in order to light.
Imported safety matches made in Swe
den and Austria aro beginning to mako
much headway owing to their extreme
cheapness. At present they can bo
bought, notwithstanding tho duty of
ilfi per cent, on tho matches and 100
percent, on tho boxes, for almost tha
same price as the commonest sulphur
match. One dollar a gross is an aver
age price, or about 12 1 matches for :v
cent. The box containing each hun
dred matches is an ingenious affair,
being composed of a thick shaving ot
wood with notches cut where the cor
ners come. Safety matches in boxes
containing fifty matches aro retailed at
spventy-fivo cents a gross. The Treas
ury decision lovying a duty of 100 per
cent, upon the box is duo to tho plea
that the box is really part of the match;
without it tho splints of wood aro not
matches in the ordinary sense of tho
word. There is but ono firm in this
country whieh makes safety matches.
The price of Amorienn-inado matches
is higher than that of tho imported ones,
but it is said that thoy aro of a far bet
tor quality.
One firm in this country makes wax
matches, the machinery being ingenious
and almost automatic throughout. Hut
owing to the competition of Italian and
French wax matches, it is a small bus
iness still. The little fancy boxes of
wax tapers sold for a cent can not bo.
mado at all 111 this country for that
orice, mid our mnuufneturors do not
know how they aro imported and sold
for that prion at a profit. Ono maker
in Austria is said to make wax matches
at the rate of ton miles of taper a day,
using several tons of phosphorus evory
year.
According to the census of 1880 thoro
wero then thirty-seven establishments
engaged in making matches in tha
United States, employing a capital of
$2, 11 -1,850, and turning out $f,6G8.44G
worth of matches. 'Phis represents
about sixty thousand million matches.
At present tho number of establish
ments is smaller, hut. the capital and
product much larger. Since the removal
of tho revenuo tax of ono cent 011 overy
hundred matches prices have fallon
about one-half, and tho cou.umption is
said to havo increased noarly one
third. Tho largest match factories in tho
world are in Austria, two Austrian.
Urnis making almost as many mntohos
as aro mado in this country. Franco
makes more matches than tho United
Stains, having a large export trade.'
'I hey are made by 0110 firm, which, in.
1872, agreed to pay the Government
$!,200,000 a year for the exolusivo right
of manufacturing for twenty yearn.
Our American match manufacturers
say that tho improvements to bo looked
for in matches will concern quality
rather than cheapness. A match that
will resist water is much to ho desired;
also a safety, non-poisonous match
which can be lighted without tho box;
a match which will give out a pleasant
perfume Is desired, and, lastly, a match
of some other material than wood, but
which must ho as cheap. Some curi
osities in the way of matches have been
made of sandal and cedar wood, and
perfumed with camphor; they woro
very expensive. Some of tho Japanese
paper matches burn with a delicate
scintillation and without odor, but they
also aro expensive. All attompts totlo
away with phosphorus havo boon un
satisfactory; soino mutches havo boon
inndn in Germany without it, but wore
condemned as more dangerous than
tho common kind. AT. J'. 1'ost.
Mr. Hurdotto ways that the South-,
eru pootojjs who rhymes "corn" with
"gono know what she was doing, and
made a correct rhyme, for in the local
ity where the poem was written, thoy
say "coan" and "goan." Also, tnat
In Vermont "loss" rhymes with
"boss," and that the Arkansas poot
would rhvino "a kiss, did he," with
"yesterday" pronouncing it "yistiil
dy." Thore is a miet in Gnmdon, N.
J., of whom Mr. Hurdotto miiVi hava-
heard, who rhymes "cornucopia" with.
"homogeneous. in isow dorsey
homogeneous may be pronounced
ttliniiwwr.tiiln liflt It must lift n fdfrllt
fill strain on tho United States lan
guage, Norrlstown Jkrald. ,