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CHAS. O. MOREAU, Editor and Pabllihtr.
VOL. 11.
ODD ENTERTAINMENTS.
Somo of the Singular Sight* Which
Greet World’s Fiur Visitors.
International Boat and Swimming Itaoes,
jSS and Fetes—A Curious
■ i 1 '.Mingling of Many Strange
; * J Races of People.
[Special Chicago Correspondence. 1
VERY taking
. '*• ;%■ lyQmO gramme at the
jj-a world’s far of
f erent races of
■•Mw. the Plaisatice.
V \\ To provide some
V \ diversi o n for
' visitors who
KU the sights and whose in
in the exhibits was flag
he management contrived
leetings between the peo
l nation* in tests of aquatic
and that their efforts have been
tSd has been satisfactorily
demonstrated by tlje large and eager
crowds which have been present at
these unique entertainments. Such
bouts were hardly ever before wit
nessed as have taken place in the la
goon of the White City since the novel
qktaa was first introduced, a few days
ego. There have been entered in these
remarkable contests representatives of
Almost every race under the sun, ex
cepting the Chinese. John is not a
JwW’bf notoriety and prefers the re
tirement o i his own quiet quarters and
—ths Seductive fumes of his peculiar pipe
to the noise and excitement of a public
gathering. Besides he is not much given
to sports, beyond an occasional hand
at his favorite fan-tan, bung-100 or
some other game of chance which does
not call for much physical exertion.
■i ; > jMI STREETS OF CAIRO.
The course followed In the canoe and
swimming races is through the court of
honor before the Administration build
ing and' north to the wooded island,
Ijtad while the races are going on the
wiers and bridges along the line are a
-Iwlid mass of people. /
i- -Prizes ranging in value according to
3he difficulty of the feat to be per
formed are awarded to the successful*
competitor in each bout, and it is high-*
iy amusing to witness the efforts A the
different nationalities to carry off the
prize. Each representative has a fol
lowing pf his countrymen who urge him
to brs utmost exertion by encouraging
Shouts in their native tongues. This
raises a perfect babel at times, and to
the American obsefWer of timorous ten
dencies there seems to be imminent
danger of bloodshed, so den onstrative
do the participants in the turmoil be
come The contests are amicably set
tled, however, and the victorious party
departs in high glee, leaving the defeat
ed ohes to retire gloomily to their quar
ters.
The occasional parades of the hations
great attractions. The people qf
°'nlsanc<* all turn out in gala attSSl
hem take their musical Sn
d processional parapher
hey appear to be very
occasions there is
"entation from
">w, just out
' consid
■ cow
da
are quite prominent. There is a group
of Egyptians from the streets of Cairo
that cuts quite a figure with its don
keys, camels and a performing monkey
of prodigious size. The wild people
from Dahomey, South Africa, also are
a drawing card, carrying out as they do
the manners of their native jungles,
which for picturesque savagery sur
pass anything to be seen at the fair.
Within the last few days several fete
days have been enjoyably celebrated.
Several of the states have held their
days, as have also the negroes, the
grocers and butchers and several be
nevolent associations. On these occa
sions the crowd attains to mammoth
proportions and the grounds present a
holiday appearance. Bach fete day is
marked by some special order of exer
cises, and the members of the associa
tion or fraternity so honored lay aside
all business cares and flock to the fair
groivnds for a day of general jollity and
recreation. It is safe to say that no
world’s fair in all the history of na
tions has ever been so fully given over
to the people as is this of our Colum
bian year.
The daily attendance has reached
an average of nearly two hundred
thousand and there is a promise of a
large increase during the remaining
two months of the fair. A payment of
ten per cent, on the bonds has just
been ordered and it begins to look as
though there would be some profit in
world's fair stock in spite of the opin
ion of certain knowing ones to the con
trary. Retrenchment has been the
order in the management of late and
many large salaries have been reduced
or entirely cut off, and in other ways
the expenses have been reduced, all of
which goes to show that our great ex
position is in a fair way to prove a
financial success.
The history of the Sunday closing at
the world’s fair has been interesting
and highly amusing. First, the of
ficials declared, in private session, that
the gates must be opened on Sunday
because they “could not afford to waste
the day;” and in public they pleaded
the cause of the poor workingman, who
had no other day to come to the fair.
Religious exercises were arranged
within the grounds and the gates
opened, but somehow the .Chicago
workingman did not realize his advan
tages, or found that a day of sight
seeing was the poorest possible prep
aration for a week of toil. He did not
peed the Bible to counsel a day of vest.
’Experience became an individual and
potent teacher. The small crowds that
did come on Sunday were far more
likely to make their way to the theaters,
dancing halls and beer gardens of the
Plaisance, than to the Art gallery or
Horticultural hall, and few appre
ciate the advantage of paying fifty
cents to go to church on the fair
grounds when far more attractive
preaching is -offered free of cost out
side the gates. The majority of state
buildings, all the exhibits of Great
Britain and her colonies and hundreds
of others were closed on Sunday, and
the attendance slowly diminished.
Then the authorities discovered that
the “poor workingman” inside the
grounds needed a day of rest, end, on
account of this and other deductions,
decided to close the great gates.
In the little building erected espe-.
cially for the merchant tailors is a
blanket made of five thousand eight
hundred and thirty pieces of broad
cloth, which represents eight years of
odd half hours of a Washington knight
of the goose.
Just when the coffee thinks It has good
•’foundslor complaint, the egg drops iu and
les the whole business.
’ b learn everything else, but they
i to sneeze gracefully.
“X’RA.IIZjBSS I3NT AXjXj THINGS,”
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1893.
SUBURBAN COTTAGE.
A Neat Cottage That Can Bo Built
at Moderate Cost.
Although Costing Bat n Little Over Tsr*
Thousand Dollars It Would Be m
Credit to Any Village or
Neighborhood.
It is comparatively an easy matter to
plan a large house where the cost limit
is not rigidly defined; but to plan a
very small house, that shall be con-
A SCRUBS AN COTTAGE.
venient, that may be cheaply built,
and yet that will be a credit to any
neighborhood, is quite another matter.
There is a much greater demand for
the latter style of building, and in the
design here shown it is the belief of
the author that the problem has been
fairly solved. The design here shown
illustrates a very pretty cottage of
ample sized rooms, that could be
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
adapted for a village or suburban
home where one has land enough to
set off the house. The plumbing be
ing directly over the sink makes a sav
ing and is less likely to freeze. Height
of stairs 8 feet 6 inches or 8 feet 3
Inches; finish white wood or elm. Cost
82,000 to $2,400. Many additions such
as fireplaces, piazza on front, etc.,
could be made if one desired to pay as
high as 82,500 or $3,000. The archi
tects are J. F. &G. H. Smith, Boston,
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
Mass., and the designs here given are
reproduced from the Mechanical News.
TO MAKE A SUN-DIAL.
It Requires Some Thought and Consider
able Patience*
In reply to an inquiry, these hints
are given for the construction of a sun
dial. The essential parts are a style,
or “gnomon,” to cast the shadow, and
a perfectly level plate, with an arc de
scribedtthereofn f for registering the
hours. Nothing need be said about di
mensions, for these vary from those of
an instrument small enough to be
mounted on a pocket compass card, to
ten or twelve or even twenty feet in
diameter, where a spacious lawn is
used for.the hotir circle, and foliage
plants, strongly contrasting in color
with the green sward, form the figures.
A favorite design employs a metal
base two or three feet across.
The shadow may be produced by
either a slender pin of heavy wire or a
A BUN-DIAL.
triangular section of sheet metal. If
the former isused It is better not to
set it vertically, but to incline it due
northward, so as to be parallel with
the earth’s axis. In north latitude 43
the angle formed by the style and a
true level should be 47 degrees; in lat
itude 50 the angle should be 40 degrees,
And so on. If a plate be substituted
for the pin its plane should bj vertical,
the - slanting edge should form the
angle with the horizon, just prescribed
for a wire, and the edge which is ver
tical should be set toward the north.
When the job is finished the style, like
the dial-plate, should be immovably
fixed, as a alight change of position
would seriously affect the value of the
apparatus as a timepiece. The plate
should be placed horizontally. Upon
its face, by tools, acid or other means,
should be engraven the “hour-lines,”
which radiate from that point where the
pin (if one be used) is inserted in
the plate, or where the wedge
(if that form of gnomon be preferred)
tapers away to nothing toward the
south. The same center should be
used in describing the hour circle.
There are abstruse mathematical rules
for laying out the radiating lines in
•advance. But it is easier to locate
them by practical experiment. Watch
in hand, one should first mark the
noon point on the outer circle, using a
temporary pin to cast the shadow.
Then, in like manner, the points where
the shadow crosses the arc at 1,3, 8
and the other afternoon hours, and at
6,7, 8 and the other forenoon hours,
should be carefully indicated. Halves
and quarters may also be designated if
desired.
A sun dial is set up for poetical and
ornamental, rather than practical rea
sons; but in the interest of accuracy it
ought to be added that only on four
days In the year would local “mean”
time, or clock indications, agree with
: local “apparent”' time, or sun-dial
i readings. For astronomical causes,
there is, during most of the year, a
variation of from one to tea minutes;
and for a few days in November the
departure is as great as fifteen.’ More
over, most of our clocks and watches
nowadays, instead of registering true
local time, are set to accord with a
standard meridian east or west of us.
From eastern Maine to Cleveland, for
Instance, we go by the seventy-fifth
meridian. East of that the true time
is four minutes later for each degree
of longitude, and westward four
minutes earlier.—N. Y. Tribune.
MINES AND MINING.
Mexico has 350 mines, worked by 100,-
000 men.
Coal mines were begun in Pennsyl
vania in 1784.
Some of the Australian gold veins are
130 feet thick.
There are copper mines in every
country in Europe.
Gold was discovered in the Ural
mountains in 1745.
The first oil company was formed in
New York in 1854.
There are now gold mines in every
country in Europe.
There are gold washings in almost
every part of Idaho.
The great Nevada silver mines were
opened in 1859.
The tin production of the world in
1891 was 69,963 tons.
Spain is one of the principal copper
producing countries.
The world’s coal mines produced in
1889 485,000,000 tons.
Coax mining in the United States be
gan at Pittsburgh in 1784.
The British Mineralogical society
was established in 1800.
The British government school of
mines was opened in 1851.
Gold in paying quantities was dis
covered in California in 1849.
In every ton of sea water there is
about one grain of pure gold.
The annual production of gold and
silver is about 8200,000,000.
The United States produces 85 per
cent, of all the lead in the world.
Great Britain, Australia and Java
are the three leading tin countries.
Italy has 47,000 miners. The marble
quarries employ 20,000 more.
The first iron mine in the United
States was onened in Virginia in 1668.
Paint for Iron and Steel.
The invention refers to anew ma
terial, called “siderosthen,” for the
coating of iron and steel surfaces,
with a view to prevent the formation
of rust upon them. The compounds
used for the manufacture of this paint
are the tar obtained from works pro
ducing fat gas, "goudron,” which is
a mixture of about 85 parts of refined
Trinidad, asphalt and 15 parts of re
fined asphalt oil, or, instead of the
“goudron,” sulphur may be used. If
“goudron” be employed, this is dis
solved in the gas tar, in suitable quan- 1 ’
tities, and this mixture can then forth
with be employed for the purpose i*
view. If sulphur be used, 8 per cent,
of it is mixed with the gas tar, and
this mixture is then heated to about
1 00 degrees C.
HU Excuse.
“The amount of toil and ingenuity
you have put into your calling,” said
the city missionary tr the burglar,
“would have made you comfortably
well off if you had engaged in hlm
honest business.”
“Mebby it would,” answered the
burglar, “but a man in the bnrgl*:
business has the satisfaction that he
don’t have to ask nobody to give him a
job.”—lndianapolis Journal.
la Lightning Ceased by Ratfi?
It is popularly supposed that the
sudden downpour which usually fol
lows a bright flash of lightning is in
some way caused by the flash. Meteor
ologists have proven that this is not
the case, and that, exactly to the con
trary, it is not only possible but high
ly probable that the sudden inert ased
precipitation is the real cause of tbs
NEAT TRAVELING CASE.
Every Woman Who Visits the '
Fair Should Have One.
Constructed on the Plan of the Old-
Fashioned Needle-Book—Elaborate
Toilet* Out of Flace at
the Exposition.
A few weeks ago a lady asked for
directions for making a case suitable
for containing the articles of wear
necessary for a trip to the world’s
fair. I send a design for one which I
think will prove satisfactory. It is
somewhat on the plan of the old
fashioned needle book. Sail cloth is
most suitable for the outside, and the
inside pockets can be made of any
strong cloth —waterproof if desired. A
full piece is stitched in the center to
form a case for the parasol, and if a
place for two is wanted stitch through
the center of this centerpiece so as to
form two compartments or cases; se
cure the ends by a draw-string or a
rubber cord. The edges are to ba
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TRAVELING case.
( bound with braid, a shade darker than
the cloth of which the case is made.
They can be made plain, or orna
mented according to taste. Crewel
would be suitable. A monogram may
be added. A handle and straps can be
obtained of a saddler, or they may
be made of canvas and embroidered.
This case can be rolled or simply
folded.
If any person goes to the exposition
with the idea of displaying an elabor
ate toilet, she will be much out of
place. Wear your plainest dress. A
gray one is most suitable and servicea
ble, not showing dirt,’ dust and soot,
which last renders Chicago nearly un
bearable. “Hands off!” should be
placarded on every thing’ona is liable to
touch, and if you go with any definite
object beside simply seeing; if you go
with the object of enlarging your
ideas, or learning as much as possible,
you will not want to be embarrassed
with any superfluous frills, flounces,
etc.
A woman of culture and refinement
knows that true elegance consists in
simplicity of dress, and will show the
same taste and sense when in public
as in private. A true, womanly wom
an does not desire to render herself
conspicuous in dress. If you are in
terested in art, you will find much to
admire, and much to condemn—not as
works of art, for they are as near per
fection as it seems possible to get.—
Mrs. A. C. McPherson, in Ohio Farmer.
USE OF POULTICES.
It In Not Understood as Generally as
It Should Be.
Physicians are often surprised at the
ignorance of patients concerning the
use of poultices. The trouble arises
from a wrong idea as to the curative
action of a poultice.
In general, poultices are primarily
localizers of inflammation; they act by
softening and stimulating the tissues
with which they are brought directly
in contact. The fact that their value
lies in the amount of heat and moisture
which they radiate to these tissues is
the reason, probably, for their applica
tion by the laity in every case where
neat and moisture may happen to be
indicated as necessary.
Take, for example, says the Youth’s
Companion, two cases—a poisoned
wound and a finger swollen by muscu
lar strain. L manifest that these
two cases are not parallel, tnoUghTn
both the application of heat is indicated
as a remedy.
In the case of the poisoned wound,
we have the presence of a foreign sub
stance in the tissues. This sets up a
local inflammation, which by means of
the circulation tends to spread and
become general. We place a poultice
ewer the affected part, and immediate
ly the application of the heat brings to
it afyesh supply of blood containing
numerous leucocytes—white corpuscles
—whose business it is to make war
upon all foreign matter with which
they may come in contact, and pus is
formed. This finds a proper means of
escape through the softened tissues
under the poultice, and with it comes
the poison.
In the case of the swollen finger, on
the other hand, we have a simple irri
tation, and what we need in the way
of treatment is just enough heat to
draw a renewed supply of blood to the
weakened part for its nourishment.
But we do not wish, as in the first case,
to confine the heat long enough to stim
ulate the leucocytes to activity, as in
that event we should only have made
a bad matter worse, with an abscess to
take care of.
The desired result may be obtained
by simply plunging the finger into
water as hot as can be borne for a
short time, or by rubbing on a stimu
lating liniment., iw
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The moral of all this is that we are
to use poultices only where we wish to
localize inflammation. In sprains and
the like proper stimulation is all that is
required.
THERMOMETER FRAME.
Bow to Make an Otherwise Plain Inatrn
ment Attractive.
Every room should be furnished with
a thermometer, and, in order that this
may be ornamental as well as useful,
procure a small hoop six inches in di
ameter; wind closely with tinsel, and
across the middle from top to bottom
tack a half-inch ribbon, adding a small
bow at each point of contact with the
hoop. On the center of this ribbon
tack a small thermometer which you
must be sure to test before buying by
ORNAMENTED FRAME FOR A THEBMOIt-
KTER.
placing your warm Angers on the bulb
to see if the mercury rises. At the
left of the thermometer stretch three
rows of tinsel as shown in the illustra
tion. Fasten ribbon at the top to
hang it, by letting it rest perfectly
flat against the wall. A rectangular
strip of birch bark with a thermom
eter tacked in the middle and a bow of
orange, or deep rod, or golden brown
ribbon at the top is also pretty. The
ribbons should harmonize with the
furnishings of the room, but these
colors contrast prettily with the color
of the bark. Another odd way to
mount a thermometer is to fasten one
in the center of a piece of weather
beaten shingle that has taken on ar
tistic tints with age. Above and be
low letter with sepia: “I'm forty year#
old and never saw such weather be
fore.” Put a screw eye in the top and
hang against the side of a room away
from draughts,—American Agricultur
ist. r
USEFUL TOILET MAT.
It PntNli the Dresser Cover from Be*
coming Soiled.
The toilet appointments of the girl
of the period are so numerous, and
litter up a bureau to such an extent,
to say nothing of soiling its pretty
cover of lace and silk, that an ingeni
ous girl has invented the toilet mat
shown in the sketch. It is made of a
twelve-inch square of linen, with the
hem feather-stitched with colored
floss. While its dainty mistress ia
DRESSER MAT.
making her toilet it is laid over on
one side of the bureau and when she
has finished it is folded up,
the baby ribbons, fastened to opposite
corners, and laid-fttvay in the drawer.
American Agriculturist.
The Family Connell.
The table should be a cabinet coun
cil board as well as a place to eat.
Here the fathers and mothers meet
with all the family, as they seldom
meet at any other time. With nfowt it
is their only time for sitting down
together. Why should not the
head of the family at. this time
consider family matters and dis
cuss affairs of common interest? Is
there any reason why he should hold to
himself all the business affairs that *ll
are equally dependent upon and inter
ested in, and she, the mother, take no
counsel or get none concerning domes
tic affairs? I would advocate a formal
council once a day, when each Mae
shall ask advice of the other, and each
child in an orderly, way shall statfe his
troubles and his problems. In such a
way our families ay cultivate a unity
of feeling and cooperation.—SL Louis
Globe-Democrat. T>
The Wretch. •
There were moving along the streak
quietly, hi a stranger and she a resi
dent, showing him the sights.
“There,” she said, pointing out a
house, “is the place where I was born.”
“Ah?” he responded with deep interj
est. “It must be one of the oldest
houses in town.”—Detroit Free lTe.su,
NO. 41.