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KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
A I'hllHilelphln lloetor I'luyn the Srnmtrl
tnn with Qtietlonililo Suece.
A good friend of mine, n kind
hearted man, loving and gentle nd
quiet, although a Philadelphia!!, held
me the other day until I missel n
train while ho did a plain, unvarnished
tale, perfectly rigid with cold fact un
fold. It scttns that Dr. Armluther. for
it was he, wont homo tho other evon
ipg I forgot which other one nnd
found awaiting his homo coming, cow
ering in tho vestibule of the palnce,
a plain, ploboian "ynlla" dog. the
sands of whoso life wero liable to run
out through his ribs unless they wero
soon caulked with bread and meat and
some sort of food. Dr. Arinluthci'
stooped upon the pebbly strand, as it
were, to examine tho inscription on
the dog's collar and there read: Dr.
Mayiield, Lnnsdowne." Not alone pro
fessional courton-, but tho promptings
of a kind heart anil the inlluence of
early education urged my friend to
give the dog "rest and a guide and
food an.l lire." When a boy many and
many a time had he rend stories of
boys who had befriended lost and
homeless dogs, giving them shelter
fcr the night and crusts of bread
despised of all boys and most
os to eat and has then, leading
the dog homo to his master,
gone straight away and married
the banker's daughter, or olso paid oil
the mortgage on tho farm for the poor
old father, or had been elected Gover
nor, or something of that sort. Never
failed. Well tho doctor decided to
keep the dog over night. Hut the cat
objected. Such are tho narrow results
of a lack of early education. Nobody
over read tho "lost dog and good boy"
series to tho cat when she was young.
She had always viewed tho stray dog
question from tho safe vantage ground,
of the shed roof, and when this lost
dog came into tho dining-room for a
simple repast, tho cat of tho household
cried out witli an exceeding loud voice,
and snuglliip up to tho dog like a
house afire, made it interesting for him.
It as only a few miles out to Lans
tlow ne, m) tho doctor decided to take
the dog home at once; he could send it
t by tho messenger. Ho tied a string
to the collar and went his way to the
station, dragging the reluctant dog,
who seemed to bo a stranger in town,
shy and bashful when he met a big dog
or a grown man. but insolent and ag
gressive when he met a pup or a littlo
child. Arrived at the station, tho
train and tho messenger were gono.
Never mind: another train in twenty
minutes. All aboard; brakoman orders
uog to baggago car. Doctor kicks;
agrees to go into smoker, but draws
the lino at baggago car. Conductor
comes along, tears coupon out of com
mutation book for passenger; "twenty
five cents for tho dog. doctor.'" "Mon
strous: why tho fare for a grown man
ir. only ten cents." "Can't help it;
dogs ai'o not humans; twenty-live
cents." "Well, tako itoutof tho book."
"Can't do that; the ticket book is not
good for other members of tho family."
Doctor groaned and paid tho fare. All
out for Lansdowne. Dog gets into a
light in tho station. Man is found at
last who knows whero Dr. Mayiield
lives. "Yes. I know him: used to live
.here: moved into town last week. Lives
on Walnut street." Train back in an
hour: dog whiles aAvay the timo by
lighting other dogs, snapping at wait
ing passengers, making himself fresh
with ovory body when he is looso and
howling like sin when he is tied. On
the car, makes a ru'di for two peacea
ble setter dogs belonging to a hunter;
licks tho dogs but gets tho stutling
kicked out him by the huntor. Crawls
under the seat and mutters all tho rest
of the way to city. Drunken man, at
tracted by dog. insists on crowding in
to seat with doctor, who is a Prohi
bitionist, and entertaining him with dog
lore and stories of his own dogs; large
ly apoehryphal. Another twenty-livo
cents for dog faro. Some trouble Had
ing Dr. Mayfiold's residence. Doctor np
pears; bonevolent man says: "Doctor,
I have brought your dog homo after a
great deal of trouble, many annoy
ances, sorao cost in money and a great
loss of precious timo. I wish, in
return for all this, you would
either tako olT this collar or put on
it your correct address. "Dr. Mayiield
looks down at the dog with undis
guised contempt: "Why, bless you, sir,
1 hope you don't think I ever owned
such a our as that? Como now, that's
too bad; I wouldn't have tho bruto
about mo for any money." "Hut it's
your collar?" "O yes; tho collar which
you see is a fine one, belongs to mo.
It was on the nock of a handsome
spaniel, which belonged to my daugh
ter; some follow stolo tho spaniel and
evidently sold him, hut kopt tho
collar. I will tako tho collar, if you
please, hut you aro quite wolcomo to
tho dog.1
There was nothing more to bo said.
A moment later Dr. Armluther stood
on tho marble doorstop, under tho still
.shining stars, cold and clear in tho
blue skios of tho winter night, alone.
All, all alone. Tho dog had not como
down yet. I don't think ho is expected
down before about tho middle of Lout.
A cold, bittor smllo played ovor my
friend's gonial face as ho walked down
tho deserted street wrappud in his own
gloomy thoughts and limping a littlo
with his right foot, llkoa man who had
just kicked a goal from middle Held
a;d wasn't used to it. That dog, if
over it dbos como down, will never
rush into tho lire, or dig into a snow
hank to snvo Dr. Armluther's life. Nor
will tho doctor bo Governor of Ponn
frylvauln this year. Nor will ho marry
the banker's daughtor. However, as
he married a million dollar wife some
years ago, ho won't mind that failure
of precedent and tradition. Hob Hur
dut'fl. In Brooklyn Kaglo.
ABOUT CIRCULAR SAWS.
now the rtnte rrom Which They Are
Mode Arc Trent eil Btiil Tempered. q
Ordinary circular saws are of all
sizes from six inches to six feet in
diameter. The plates from which they
aro shaped come from steel mills in
circular form, almost round, If not
perfectly so. The first thing to be
done is to see that each plate is made
a perfect circle. A hole is. then cut In
the center, and tho teeth aro marked
around the rim. Tho plate is then
taken to a machine on which the teeth
are to bo cut. It is placed upon a pin
at such a distance from the machine
that tho edge comes beneath the die.
and tho operation of teeth-cutting be
gins. Tho steel is cut cold, each tooth
being made by one blow. All sizes and
descriptions of dies aro necessary, as
the style of saw and saw-teeth are
many. After the teeth have been cut
the next operation is that of temper
ing, which is the most ditllcult and Im
portant process In the making of a
saw. Several saws aro placed in the
furnace at a time and allowed
to remain until they have reached
the proper tomporature, a light
cherry red, when the plates must be
taketrfrom the oven and plunged into
a vat of whale oil, heated by pieces of
red-hot iron or steel, which are place 1
in the vat one after another until its
contents are properly heated. As each
piece is dropped in, a brilliant llama
leaps from tho surface of the oil, and
continues to burn until extinguished
by stirring tho liquid with a long iron
rod. The large glowing plates are
then cautiously slid into the vat. Leav
ing the tempering department, tho saw
goes back to the main shop to bo ham
mered and straightened ready for
grinding. This work is done by hand.
After i!ie plate, which has been more
or less warped during the temporing
process, has been made perfectly
straight again, it is placed in the grind
ing machine, which is a carriage be
tween two wheels which turn it, and at
the same time press its sides against a
rapidly revolving grindstone. The car
riage is fixed in automatic bearings,
and is moved back and forth at tho will
of the operator. It usually takes about
two hours to grind a largo live foot cir
cular saw, though th timo varies ac
cording to the kind of saw that is being
made. Tho next operation is that of
polishing, which is done with emory
wheels. To polish a hygo circular saw
the plate is secured to a large wheel or
tlange, which turns, carrying the saw
with it, tho workmen meanwhile press
ing an emery ball (attached to a handle)
against the side.
Tho saw must then be "rounded;"
that is, caro must be taken to prevent
one tooth projecting farther than the
others. For this purposo tho saw is
placed in a bearing, and made to turn
slowly. It is then gradually brought
in contact with an emory wheel, tho
latter turning very swiftly, until the
edge of every tooth touches tho wheel.
The saw is next sharpened and sub
mitted to further hammering for the
purpose of "truing'' and straighten
ing, and is then eased ready for ship
ment. One important part of tho saw
maker's business is the. renovation of
old saws injured in tiros. It is straight
ened up, tempered overagain. and pro
vided with a now set of teeth.
This article has dealt only with com
mon circular saws, tho teeth of which
are not separato from tho plate. Other
saws, however, supplied with insorted
tooth of various kinds, aro made in
largo numbors. Tliese aro all patent
saws, and can bo supplied with now
sets of falso tooth as often as necessary.
Mechanical News.
QUAINT WORSHIPERS.
How Clergymen Uteri tit lt:il from the
MiiuIm Hook on lliiiul.
This was in tho pool old das of
Methodism when tho solemn congrega
tion was not supplied with hymn books,
and in all probability could not road
them if they had boon.
At Wollorsburg, a quaint old country
town in tho heart of tho Hluo Moun
tains, along tho Maryland State lino,
tho minister, as had boon his wont for
full forty years, arose to read a few
lines of tho hymn from his solitary
book, when it was tho duty of tho wor
shipers to sing tho linos and await their
cuo from tho next.
The good and holy man nppeared
somewhat nervous on this especial Sab
bath morn, but oven his nervousness
could not causo him to deviate one
single inflection in his seo-saw-crackod
Intonation as ho leaned forward, as ho
had dono many a time and oft in giving
tho opening hymn, and said with the
old-time drawl that sooms forever lost:
My ero3 uro dim, I can not sou.
I left my specs ut homo.
Tho quaint, simple, faithful congre
gation dutifully sang:
Mnw aw uvr ileum aw caw naw saw, etc.
This slightly rattled tho dear old
relic, and his voice trembled somewhat
on tho rising iulleetion, but not enough
to create a suspicion in tho minds ol
the slow-thinking congregation, as he
said:
I did not mean that you should sing,
I only n.oant my uyos wero dim.
Away wont the congregation again
to tho sweet tunoof "Old Hundred:"
Aw d olniw tneon thaw yaw shaw saw, etc.
It has been many years since the
littlo throe-eornorod plot of ground
back of the old church has held the
revered form of tho faithful pastor,
hut even to this day there is a legend
in those mountain wilds that tho quiet,
holy man had onco laughed outright in
tho pulpit, and for no apparent cause.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Atlantic liners nccomplisl
their high speed with a consumption
of ono and u half to ono and throo
quarUir pounds of coal por horso power
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Hrooklyu mnn is so modest tnnt
ho never changes his boarding place
until after dark. Time.
"If nny ono calls for me." wrote
tho escaped convict to tho warder of
the jail, "toll him I am out and you
don't know when Pit be back."
Tho records kept In Paris hospi
tals show that fewer deaths occur be
tween seven and eleven o'clock in tho
evening than during any other four
hours of "the day.
On eight of the ballot slips used by
a St. Paul jury recently the word
guilty was variously spelled: Grellty,
gilty. guildy, gcalty, gealtoy. galdy,
guldy. polity.
A jug of cider thirty-two years old
was unearthed in Camden the other
dny. and of tho twenty men who got a
swallow of the smooth and deceitful
liquid sixteen were made drunk within
ten minutes.
At a church fair in Troy. N. Y.,
they blindfold the men and let 'em kiss
the women at fifteen cents a piece. One
man kissed his wife seven different
times, and when he ascertained tho
base deception he demanded the return
of his money and got it. Detroit Free
Press.
Pawnbroklng. or the busino's of
lending money on pawns or pledge,
appears to have originated with tho
Italians at a very early period in tho
world s history. Tho groatoit pawn
broking establishment in the world is
tho Mont de Piete in Paris, established
by royal command in 1717.
It is stated that the smallest steam
engine over made was recently com
pleted, after two years of labor, for tho
Paris exhibition. It is composed of
ISO pieces of metal, Is a shade under
three-lifths of an inch in hoiphth, and
weighs less than one-ninth of an ounce.
A watchmaker made it.
A convict who was lately released
from tho .Joliet penitentiary after serv
ing a six years' sentence, took with
him i?r:U which he had earned by
stonecutting as "overwork." The
man knew nothing about that industry
when ho entered the prison, but he
soon became skilled in the work, owing
to tho energy with which ho entered
into it.
Kurope can not compete with tho
United States in tho loftiness of her sta
tions for taking meteorological obser
vations. Thero are only two stations
on tho Kuropean continent which reach
any great height, being about 10,000
ind 11.000 feet respectively. Among
the stations in America is Pi'.co's Peak,
which has an altitude of 14.100 foot
or only about 1,000 foot lower than tho
summit of Mount Hlanc and exceed
ing by more than il.OOO feet any mete
orological station in Kurope.
The New Kngland Farmer recently
published an instructive table of tho
number, size and productiveness of the
farms in twenty-six States. Tho revo
lations made by this table aro surpris
ing. The Now Jersey farms lead all
the others in tho value of their prod
ucts per acre, it boing $10.2(; and tho
Dakota farms rank the lowest In that
respect, they yielding an average value
por aero of$l.S. New York comes
third, and singularly enough, Connect
icut, llhodo Island and Massachusetts
follow in successive order. Hut West
ern farms aro so large, and so easily
worked, that the gross results satisfy
their owners hugoly.
THE AUSTRIAN COURT.
Siihxtunt lil rerijtiUlteH KiiJoye.il hy Km
4, peror FriiiieN .I.iKepli'n ServautH.
Nothing except the linen, plate,
china and glass is ovor served twice at
tho court tnb.es; but tho full meaning
of this can not well be grasped by any
body who has not seen tho system at
work. Some of tho servants have as
their perquisites tho bottles which
have como up to tho dining-room but
have not been uncorked; others, tho
uncorked bottles; and others again tho
wine that i cumins in tho glasses.
Therefore it is the interest of ono set
of servants to keep tho glasses full; of
another set to draw as many corks as
possible, whilo parting with as littlo
wino as they can: and of a third set to
draw corks sparingly. Tho result is
that often a groat deal of unseemly
whispering ami nudging goes on at the
sideboards. As regards tho food, there
aro ditTeront orders of claimants for
perquisites; ono man having a vested
interest in tho joints, anothor in tho
poultry, a third in tho sweet dishos, and
so on. Then thero aro the men to whom
wax candles belong, and theso natur
ally make a rush to blowout tho candles
the moment the last guest has walked
out of tho room. Altogether, this sys
toni of perquisites causes tnc imperial
banquets to bo served in double-quick
time, so that tho longest of them sol
(lout lasts beyond three-quarters of an
hour. Tho Kmporor's dining hour is
five o'clock; but it is etiquette for tho
guests to arrive a clear half hour bo
forehand. After dinner colTee and ci
gars are served in a smoking-room; tho
Kmporor lingers about a quarter of an
hour and tho guests separate soon after
G.-;t0. Hut another curious result of the
perquisite system is this that tho
court servants make opon traffic on tho
imperial leavings. Incredible as it
may sound, there is a basement corri
dor in the palace, which is like a ba
zar full of shops. Hero not only tho
keepers of small hotels and restaurants
but tho cooks of many ladles belonging
to the second-class official world como
to buy cold meats, pastry, sweetmeats,
wines and candles. Thero it ono sort
of Tokay which can only bo bought
from the court servants, as none is
made except for the Kmporor. It is
to be presumed, however, that the un
cocked bottles of champagne and othei
fine wines are generally sold by tin
dozen, and they must form a substan
tial perquisite. Chambers' Journal.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
"A Kansas apple has tho flavor of
i bannna, tho tart of a lemon and the
'ragranco of an orange," says a Knn
las paper.
'Che Mnh," tho Chinese dwnrf. tho
imallest liliputian on earth, aged fifty
(ears, is so small that you can cover
aim with an ordinary plug hat.
A church at Almont. Mich., raises
aioney In a novel way. A box Is placed
.11 the church, and tho members on
their birthday dropped as ninny cents
into the box as they aro year out.
An Ohio farmer mortgaged his
farm to get his wlfo some diamond
?ar-rings and she lost one of them in
the suds the first wash day ami at
tempted to hang herself In the bnrn-
An intoxicated man, who died on
i New York doorstop the other day.
was identified as an ex-mlllionaire m m
?hnnt of New Orleans. Four years be
fore ho began dissipating, and his wlfo
an that account loft him.
A farmer was rather noted among
his friends for a complaining disposi
tion. One year the crop was excep
tionally good, and some curiosity was
felt t see how ho would nieotthocase
"I am afraid." said ho. "that such a
pre it crop will be a powerful strain on
tho land."
An intelligent taxpayer of St. Paul,
Minn., was asked to buy his daughter
a geography, and ho wrote tho princi
pal of the school: "I do not see any
use for a girl to tako geography les
sons, for it is of no use to them, be
cause they can not bo any officer in tho
army or navy."
The barkeeper of ono of tho large
Now York hotels has decided tho in
teresting question of tho value of Now
York "swear-olTs." Ho says that ho
has noticed that immediately after tho
first of the year the receipts for drinks
fall olT on an average of ;$ per cent,
hut as tho month advances they gain
steadily, and by February 1 they aro
buck to tho starting point. A "swear
on." therefore, will generally last
about thirty days.
A diver at work on tho Welling
ton. New Zealand, harbor Improve
ments, was down in h s diver's dross,
placing blocks between tho piles that
had just been driven. While thoro ho
was seized by an octopus that grabbed
him with some of its logs and the piles
with the other. Do what ho would
tho diver couldn't get away, so ho
stood perfectly still, and pretty soon
tho octopus released its grasp on tho
piles. Then tho diver gave the signal
and was drawn to the surface with tho
creature clinging to him. 'ft was
killed. Its logs measured nine feet In
length.
A farmer, who recently chopped
down a hollow beech treo at Anna
Station, O., which was apparently lf0
years old. had his attention drawn Jo
a peculiar-looking earthen jar, which
was woll sunken in tho center of tho
hollow butt. A fow blows of tho axo
liberated it from its confined position,
and. after securing it, it was opened
and found filled to the brim with silver
coin. They wore all of Spanish mint
ago, with a fow exceptions. Some of
tho coins wore ovor 1100 years old, In.
all tho Spanish silver pieces wore
about 200 years old. Tho face value
of tho coin was about !?.r00.
A PLUCKY MAIDEN.
DirliiK I'Viit of a I ten illy of tho Colirornlii
font-Mill.
Near Forest Hunch, in tho mountains
above Chico, resides a young lady who
for grit and pluck we'll take olT our
hattoovory tlnu. The lady in question,
Miss Kate Lucas, resides on a mount
ain ranch witli her mother and
brothers, tho hitter being ongagod In
furnishing tho meat used by tho largo
lumber crows high up in the Sierras.
Miss Lucas is a tall, lltho and woll
built girl, with red, rosy checks, jet
black hair, bright. Hashing eyes, and
is the acknowledged belle of that vicin
ity. She is an intrepid horsewoman,
and rides fearlessly and alone over the
mountain slopes and through the ra
vines. Sho scorns a snddlo and at
times rides a fiery mustang without
either bridle or blanket, simply using
a lariat, the end tied around her
horse's head and neck. Sho Is a cap
ital shot with tho rillo and has worsted
many of tho crack shots thoro by hor
unerring aim. She has been out with
hor brothers hunting, and vory raroly
.'alls to bag a deer or other wild ani
mals which so abound in that section.
Sometimes tho young miss assists in
capturing tho wild cattle when they
aro required for tho market, and then
tho lariat is twirled with a precision
that often puts the vaquoros to shamo.
A fow weoks ago, after a daring rldo
aftor a particularly wild and Hoot
footed steer, which showed fight from
tho start, tho young lady laughed
at tho vaquoro who seemed to be
afraid of tho animal, and smilingly
challenged him to throw a ropo ovor
the animal's head and rldo him. Tho
vaquoro declined with thank. Miss
Lucas then displayed a piece of cour
age and daring worthy of tho ancient
Human arena. Springing from hor
horse, sho wont up to tho bound and
bellowing beast, quickly and doftiy
tied a ropo around his head and neck,
then told the vaquoro to lot him loose.
This ho did reluctantly, and tho en
raged steer was quickly on its foot,
but equally as quick the fearless lass
was on its back. Then commenced a
rldo that is raroly witnessed. For half
an hour the wild chase and ride was
continued over hill and dale, through
brush and canyon whon tho steer
gave completely out 'and the triumph
ant girl lod her captive to tho house.
It was a bold feat, and tho daring rider
has made herself famous in that sec
tion of the country. Chico Kntor-prlao.
' FESTIVAL OF THE BATH.
How the yueen of Matlncnirnr Olxerre
Peculiar Ceremony.
Tho Progress do l'lmna, n French
journal published at Tananarive, gives
an Interesting description of tho an
nual ceremony known as tho Festival
of the Hath, which is held at Madagas
car on tho 22d of November. Tho
foreign Ministers and foreign residents
aro always invited to this eeremony,
which takes place in tho royal palace.
Tho Progress de 1' Imna describes the
Queen of Madagascar as being draped
in a tlowlng robo of red. seated upon
the throne, with a young Prince of tho
royal family at her feet. Tho Prime
Minister was seated at her ripht, and
to tho loft, upon a red velvet cushion,
was tho royal crown, with several of
the princesses and principal dipnitarios
of tho court seated, as usual, on tho
ground. The European spectators
all stood facinp tho throne, the
only one allowed a scat being
M. Le Myro do Vllors, the French
Minister. Hehind tho Kuropeans
stood tho ladies of the court, a
number of officers and tho choir of
singers. Tho (neon's bath was placed
In a corner of tho room, railed oil with
curtains. After the Queen had taken
hor seat on tho throne, a number of
persons camo in with tho water and
other objects to bo used for the bath,
while underneath tho bath itself a tiro
was lighted. As soon as tho water was
sufficiently heated tho Queon camo
down from her throno and took a seat
to the left, while a prayer was being
recited and a hymn sung. Sho then
went into tho curtained enclosure and
proceeded to tako hor bath, a salvo ol
artillery announcing to tho people that
tho sovereign was going through the
most Important part of the ceremony.
At tho end of about a quartor of an
hour tho Queen camo out from tho bath
dressed in a scarlet robo trimmed with
lace, wearing hor crown and a magnifi
cent diamond necklace, and holding In
her loft hand tho horn of an ox tipped
with silver, insido which was water from
tho bath. Accompanied by hor Prime
Minister, she walked to tho principal
door of tho throno room, sprinkling
tho spectators as she passed along.
Salvos of artillery wore tired all the
timo and until she had taken her seat
on tho th rono again. The Princes ol
tho royal family, tho representatives
of tho dlttereut castes of tho no
bility and tho Ministers thou came
to pay their respects to tho Queon
and call down upon hor head all the
blessings of heaven. Speaking in the
iiaino of tho people and tho nrmy, as
woll as his own, tho Prime Minister
said in substance that they wero all
very pleased that tho Fandroua had
como round, that they all hoped her
Majesty would live long enough to sec
a thousand such ceremonies, and that
tho Queen could count upon tho dovo
tion of all her subjects. Ho concluded
his speech by saying that tho relatione
of Madagascar with foreign nations
wero most satisfactory, to which tho
Queen replied vory briolly: "These
bolng your words, I am vory pleased
and hopeful for tho futuro. May you
live long, gentlemen, and may (Sod
bless you!" ltlce, milk, with piocos of
beef preserved since tho previous year's
festival, wero then sorvod, and aftor
another hymn tho coromony ondod.
For three days before tho festival it ia
unlawful to kill oxou or shoop for food;
but tho day after tho festival thoro Is a
wholesale slaughter of oxon, It bolng
estimated that from four thousand to
fivo thousand beasts aro killed in the
twenty-four hours at Tananarive alone.
It Is the custom for each family to send
a quarter of beef to its relatives and
most intimate friends, the meal at
which tills meat is eatoa being followed
by sports and national dances.
ABOUT ELECTROTYPING.
A I)errlptlon of tlm Simple mill Yet Won
ilorful I'rocens.
A solution of chlorldo of gold in cy
anide of potassium is usod for gold
plating, and a small plate of gold, in
stead of silver, is suspended In tho so
lution at tho positive polo. Niokol
platiug is a more recent invention, but
Is olToctod in tho samo way, and has
become an Immense and profitable in
dustry. It is equal to silver in beauty
and brilliancy, and has superior re
sistance to those impurities in tho air
which tarnish and discolor tho more
expensive motal. Kloetrotyplng Is a
modification of tho samo process, by
which any nunibor of reproductions of
a "form" of typo can bo obtained in a
solid block of motal, thus saving the
wear of tho typo and allowing it to bo
distributed and used for other work.
Aftor tho typo Is sot up into a "form"
a wax mold is taken of its surface. The
face of this mold is dusted with liuuly
powdored graphite or black lead, to
render it a conductor of electricity,
and is thou suspended in a solution of
sulphate of copper, so as to form a
part of an electric circuit. Metallic
copper Is deposited upon tho faco of
tho wax mold, giving a perfect repro
duction of the original form of typo,
and when it has reached the requisite
thickness it is removed, strengthened
with a backing of typo motal and
mounted upon a block of wood or motal
reiuly for uso in tho printing press.
This process is a vory cheap one, and
where a large number of copies are to
bo printed provonts tho rapid wearing
out of tl expensive typo. Wood-engravings
are always printed from these
electrotype reproductions, as tho soft
wooden block would bo rapidly de
stroyed in an ordinary printing press.
In the process of stereotyping the
plates are cast directly in type metal
from a mold of tho original typo in
phiBtor-of-parls or napor pulp, but, ox
cept in the case of dally newspapers,
or Inferior work, tho oloctrotypo pro
cess lias nearly superseded it. Popu
lar Scloiico News.
GERMAN FAMILY LfFE.
the Ilelatlon of MIiium anil Maid a4
Parent and' Chlhrren.
Tho lifo of Gormoniscrvnnts Is very
hard, their wages aco-snwill. tholr food
is not rich, and their mastors aro vory
exacting. With nil. this, howovor, thojj
share In tho happiness- of their em
ployers far more than do those horo,
and this alono does.moro to koop them,
at home than tha prospect of high
wages does to calL them away.
Tho real children! como in for n treat
ment almost as severe as that of a sol
dier, but here, of course, tho lovo ot
the parent is vastly more powerful
than tho bonovolunuu of tho military
wporior.
The parent most keenly realizes that
school-training is- tho foundation of
nearly all future progress, and watchoa,
therefore, carefully ovor the child's
work. Ho hears tho child rcclto his
lesson before going oil" in tho morning,,
ind takes the' greatest interest in tho
reports from school. Tho schools ot
Germany boing nearly all day schools,
the children and their parents aro vory
ranch together, and thero aro thoroforo
many opportunities for the child to
absorb lessons of a moral and intel
lectual kind lu the most natural way.
Tho school work being to tho child ot
great Interest, and tho parent knowing
from day to day tho progress made,
nothing Is easier than for them to dis
miss tho work of tho day in their walks.
In this way tho parent can smooth
away many of his boy's difficulties, and
make his studies oven more attractive.
Tho family circle of an evening is in
fSerinany a picture of happiness, ono
whoiv each is able to contribute some
thing to the uiitertaiument of all.
Music takes, of course, first rank, and
hard, indeed, would It bo to find a
family of even vory narrow mentis
whero this accomplishment was not
cultivated. Somo of tho children play
on an Instrument piano, zither, violin
or guitar; all will sing. Tho family
room is the largest room of the house,
where the sowing is dono in the day
time, whero meals aro served, and.
whero tho family congregate for an
hour or two's diversion boforo bed
time. On anniversaries a family colobra
bration is always arranged. Tha
youngest tot recites a fow lines; an
other of six performs on tho piano; a
third reads an essay relating to tho
festive occasion; tho noxt, perhaps,
has a violin obligate; this will bo fol
lowed by a song; a moro ambitious
piano piece will succoed, and tho ovon
lug close with somo Latin versos, or an
oration by tho learned one of tho
family. Kueh ono brings his sharo to
tho family ontortalnmont, and no ono
is allowed to admit that ho or sho can.
do absolutely nothing to entertain
others
In this manner Germans of small
means, nut with good education, maKO
their lives happy, givo pleasure to thole
children and pave tho way for n suc
cessful career whon thoy como Into in
dividual or intellectual competition
with men of other countries. Poult
ney Hlgolow, in Chicago America. t;.i
. f.u
SUBSTITUTE FOR WAX. '
Au Kxtoimlvn Deposit of Ozocerite lie.
eently l'liiinrt III Utah.
A carload of a peculiar minora! ar
rived In this city a few days ago. Ik
was ozocerite, or mineral wax, and it
camo from Utah. Until recently this
substance has not been known to oxist
lu any quantity oxcopt in Moldavlaand.
in (Salieia, Austria. Throo years ago,
howovor, a doposlt of tho quoor sub
stanco was discovered on tho lino ol
tho Donvor & Klo (Srando railroad,
about 11 1 miles cast of Salt Lako City.
Tho mine is known to cover at least
150 acres, and ovor 1,000 tons por yoac
can now bo produced.
Ozocerite resembles crude beeswax la
nppuaranoo, and can bo usod for nearly
all purposes for which wax is em
ployed. It Is now largoly usod in tho
manufacture of waxed paper. It on
enters into the composition of several
brands of shoo polish. Mixed with
paratllno, it produces an oxcollont
grade of candles. Ono of tho largest
fields for the now material is tho in
sulation of olectrlc wires. It Is claimed
that ozocerite is proforablo to any Hub
stanco previously omployod for this
purpose. As the mineral wax comes
out of tho ground in condition to bo
used without refilling, unloss it Is re
quired for someo special purposo, It is
much cheaper than tho product of tho
honey bee, and Is evidently dostlnod to
lie extensively used in the future.
N. Y. Mall and Kxpress,
A Crow That Kept Bar.
Out in Monroo County, Miss., tho
crows have lately made thomselvos
obnoxious by their perslstont invasion
of the corn fields. A man who hod
boon hired to watch a particularly
promising field and inform theso birds
that it was against tho rule to pick up
any thing therein, bethought hlmsolt
how ho could make a "soft thing" of
it for himself and at tho same timo
meet the requirements of his contract.
Finally, by a beautiful instinct, ho hit
'upon tho plan of soaking some corn lu
whisky and placing It in the field, so
that the crows would eat it and got
drunk, and thus onablo him to have
sure and easy thing of killing them.
He had tried the shotgun, but crows
smell powder a long way, Aftor soak
ing somo corn over night ho put a good
supply in the fluid noxt morning, and
In two or three hours went out to boo
how things went on. One of the crows
a little larger than the rest had takon
possession of nearly all tho corn, and
built himself n bar out of dome olods
of earth, und was retailing tho whlsky
soiikod corn to tho other crows, charg
ing thoin throe grains of sproutod for
one soaked grain. The man thought
tho wholo proceeding bo human that
he killed not a crow, but camo back to
the houso and took a "nip" hlmsolt
Philadelphia Times.
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