The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1896, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 419, 1896 Ty Dispate arm electrical motors are a cess and in the time of emergen would become vastly more so, says a writer in the Pittsburg As far back as 1884 two French cers showed what could be done respect, big balioon ly operated ffocating Recent ny shown that it is well r impossible to train and hit a balloon, ationary.” Balloons ¢ motor can go ship. even if steered shore. Hslf a dozen of them would be worth untold millions, but the very finest bad for $100,000 apiece, fully forts are a feature worthy of con- n to coast defense. AVIGABLE balloons operated by | recly regain the | five and a half | bal- | 1t is not new | down at intervals found to occupy the same space asone at the foot, and this effect can be much in- creased by a_gradation of color upward {rom dark to light. To make a room ap- pear narrowe accomplished, to a certain extent, by making it appear highaer, but whi this is undesirable or insufficient, it can be obtained by adopting a strongly drawn large pattern in strong color for mural decoration. e a room appear longer is to an but where this is un- esirable or inefficient the effect may be obtained by de ing the scale and h of color of the mural decoration t the ends. e a room appear shorter isac- :d to an extent by making it ap- her, but the effect can reasing the scale and nd narrower compli pear wider and s e streng adopted at the ends. ] Any of these effects can be modified or increased by the treatmentof the floor sur- face, whettier by the carpets, the rugs or painted boards, or by parquetrie flooring; lines running acro room, or rugs laid i having the effect of THE TROLLEY FORT IN OPERATION. omotive and car, and run z, but it would be new to 1 toas h covering o be handled comfortably The recoil even of 1 If th ordnance coi | down a mile NUMBER OF WORDS IN USE. Those in General Use Are Few, but Some Men Command Many Thousands. It is generally recognized that the num- ber of wi is which we commonly use in y lives is comparativel s not more thar 3000 words, - larger vocab . Some stenographers ared that they have memorized nstant use of as mar 5000 or d signs, while others in spe search have acquired lar gene Murray-Aaron, in his enter- Butterfly Hunters,”” has brought ther an interest collection of facts s regard. The volume is not one takes particular note of language, isone of adventure in the Antilles. loctor, who has charge of a party of boy natura. mation rmati taining k hee tor, in instru Hugo ng the boys, “that Victor remembered and used accurately ¥ words in his ordinary work as a Juvier, the French naturalist, and , the Swiss zoologist, could the names, according to 1 es, of over 5000 animals, in addition to the crdinary words they knew perfectly. It has been said of Dr. Asa Gray, the great botanist of Harvard, that he knew quite 8000 plants by nameand at sight. “But by far the most remarkably trained memory with which I have had acquaint- ance was that of Dr.Joseph Leidy, for many years, and until his death, president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Pniladelphia. Dr. Leidy was not only a foremost geologist and mammalogist, having hundreds upon hundreds of the terms of these sciences upon his tongue’s end, but he was a very good student of birds, reptiles, fishes, insects and lesser things, and remarkably ready in remem- berineg where their different species be- Jonged in the great order of nature. ides this he was an authority on opic life, especially minute para- sites, was a fair botanist, oné of the lead- ing physicians and anatomists of his time, and s perfect encyclopedia of geography and exploration. Aad to this a_good memory for names and faces, and a fa- miliarity with several forei:n languages, and you get some idea cf this man’s pow- ers that respect. After a long con- versation with him one dav on this sub- ject, I estimated that his meruory enabled im to use 25,000 words at will.”’ Dr. Murray-Aaron gives the details of this estimate, which allows for English, geological and general science, 3000 words each; three foreign languages and geo- graphical, 2000 each; and technical and n.edical, 5000 each. This estimate does not seem to be an extravagant one.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Decorating a Room. To make a room appear higher the plane guriace of the ceiling should be Gecreased by the moldings of the cornice, by panels, or, in the absence of these, by bands of color performing the same office. A verti- cal systerc of lines should be adopted in mural decoration, and the mantel should be lower. To makea room appear lower exactly the spyosite treatment should be adopted ; that is, to increase the plane ceiling, adopt a horizontal system of mural decoratiou, ith u dgdo and 2 high mantel. 0 make a room _apuear wider is accom- plished, to a certain extent, by making it appear lower; but where this is undesir- able, or where it isinsuflicient, the effect can be reached by adopting a mural dec- oration on a graduated scale of form, de- creasing upward, so that two or mcre pat- terns at the top like those at the foot are Is who are ac- | | shortening, and consequently to an extent | A Car In Denver Especially for the Use of | 1w and widening a Toom. | ng in the length increase this nsion, and to an extent reduce the width. A polished floor in- rent height of an apart- | 1l vertical lines and h Mechanic. ent by prolongi T A FREF RIDE. Horses. 5 Here is a street-car for the accommoda- tion horses which is the very latest thing in the West. Such a car is now in opera- tion 1 Denver, and it is pronounced a great suec vall able to give an opinion on the subject. The horses themselves are dumb, but if their judgment could be had it would no doubt be favorable. The riding car for the horses consists of a platiorm mounted on small wheels, pro- tected at the sides by a sufficiently high ing, while the front and rear are pro- vided with gates. These permit the horses to get on and off the car without backing. When the regular pa: ger car has been drawn to the top of the long ascent, the horse car is hooked to the forward end, the | horse turns of the brake the descent is made t the horses showed some hesita- embarking on what appeared soon aid to There i not There are many car lines which run for s no reason why this plan should ccomplished by making it appear | th of color of the mural decoration | | Whi are driven aboard, and by a few deft | ¢ the experience, expressing their | by broad smiles and prolonged | be adopted with profit elsewhere. | NC AND RATURE__ ART: Church, Ellicottville, N. Y., has an inter- esting history. It hung originally in a | monastery in Malaga, Spaip. The monast- ery was sacked in 1832, and this bell, with others, was shipped to New York. Nicholas Devereaux, agent of the Holland Land Company at gEllicm,willc, bought it and | sold it to St. Jonn’s Episcopal Church. The inscription on it is as follows: “Abe soi labos del angel gve en alto svena Maria Gracio plena Bargas Mefeci Malaga, 1708.”” The meaning of this was a mystery for a long time, until Bishop Coxe studied it, and saia it was in corrupt Spanish, in which b was oiten | used for v, and which changed many other | letters. *“Thus,” he said, “‘abe” should be | “ave” and ‘‘labos” should be ‘‘la vos.” | The inscription put in pure Spanish fol- | lows: *‘Ave (soi_la voz del angel qve en alto svena) Maria, plena gracia.” The | English translation he made thus: *“Hail | (Iam the voice of the angel who on high | stands forth) Mary! full of grace!” The | last words, of course, mean Bargas made me, Malaga, 1708.”—New York Tribune. Victor and Vanquished. T | Through the crowded streets returning, at the end of the day, Hastened on his way; In bis eye w gleam of triumph, in his heart a joy siicere, And the voice of shouting thousands still resound- ing in his ear, Passed he 'neath a stately archway toward the goal of his desire, Till he saw a woman's figure lolling idly by the fire. “I have won!” he cried, exultant; “I have saved a | cause from wreck, Crushed the rivat that 1 dreaded, set my foot upon his neck! Now at las: the way is open, now at last men call hom all saluted as he sped along me great, leader of the leaders, I am master in the | 1am | State!’ Languldly she turned to listen, and decorous was Ler pretense, And ber coid pacrician features mirrored forth fn- difterence: “Men are always scl end,’” said she: awn suppressing, “What Is all of heming, striving for some petty Then, a ittle this to m | I | Through the shadows of the evening, as they | quenched the sunset glow, homeward, with dejected Came the other, faring step and slow, Wistful, pe *nrough the darkness, till he saw, ore, oman stood impatient at the threshold door. he faltered faintly. “All is over,” n; sed and gazed expectant st the face n, e turned upon him with a ng about him witha pas- ate caress, Aund a voice of thrilling music to his mutely ut- tered pl Said “If only you are with me what s all the rest to me2” 111 All night Jong the people’s leader sat in silence and alo Dull ¢ 2 brain unthinking, for his heart 4 all unheeded till the hush ed And the sholy cast other, the defeated, laughed & laugh of | rrimy t returning flecked the melan- | Each ‘had grasped the gift of fortune, each had counted up the cost, nquis| at 108 And the hed was the victor, and the winner TON PECK In the Bookman. NEW SYSTEM ¥ COUNTING. Numerals Represented by a Series of Motions With the Arms. Here is something new in the way of a deaf-and-dumb mode of represent figures by analogous movements of the forearm itk the upper arm beld horizontally. In No. 4the forearr_n makes a right angle with the upper arm, in No. 5 an acute angle, in No. 6 an obtuse angle. Then lowering the UPPer arm, so that it will _make an acute angle with the body, and, repeating the movements of the forearm, executes the series of 7, 8and 9, Having thus regulated the units the tens are next provided for, and the very simple method of determining these is by the movement of the right arm exactly simi- lar to t}xut which we have just seen in the left. For the hundreds the same move- ment is gone through with the left leg and for the thousands with the rigt leg. Now for the application of these indi- vidual figures to make up a complete num- bsr, say 1895 for example. It must be understood that these numbers are sep- arated into units, tens, hundreds and thousands, and we make them represent a thousand and eight hundred, not 1800. an insular kingdom, possessing far more consolidation at_home than it had ever known before. When, after a few years, France recovered under the guidance of Fleury from the serious blows she had re- ceived, and it seemed that the age of Louis X1V was to be followed, as it had been pre- ceded, by the age of a great cardinal, the total result of the remarkable transition which England had undergone became measurable, and the Europe of the eighteenth century displayed its chief in- ternational features. Looking about bim, Frederick the Great expressed the conviction that all the states of Europe were drawn in the train either of England or of France, and that the standing hostility between those two states ruled everything. This grand riv- alry between Englishmen and Frenchmen reminded Frederick of the Punic wars. The French, restored to their old influence by Fleury, struck him as the modern Romaus.” Great Britain, he admits, cher- ishes no designs of Continental conquests; she desires only to push her trade. She is, he sees, the modern Carthage; but to his mind it is a great evil that all the states of Europe alike are forced to take partin the grand rivalry which em- braces the globe. Frederick was thus the very first to form the conception which in the first years of the nineteenth century possessed the mind of Napoleon and led to a Punic war indeed, which had its Hanni- bal, and bad also its battle of Zama. The international situation which led to Thus one thorsand is indicated by the right leg being elevated to a right angle with the body; eight hundred by the left leg being raised to an acute angle with the body and the knee bent so that the foot hangs down perpendicularly on s line with it; and ninety by the right arm held at an acute angle with the body and the forearm at an obtuse angle with the upper arm. . What the practical utility of this method 1s supposed to be is not disclosed, but as it affords the children in the French schools considerable amusement and at the same time impresses the numerals upon their mind, it ‘has doubtless been found useful in their training. Several efforts have been made to formulate an alphabet in somewhat the same way, but that hasbeen found thus far too difficult, because of the large number of characters to be repre- sented. An Ice Bicycle. A bicycle has been invented for travel- ing on ice orsnow, says a New York paper. The long runner or skate, which replaces | the front wheel of the bicycle, in itself is made for ice alone, but when the machine is used on snow-clad roads a metal shoe is e R o The Ice Bicycle. fitted over the skate, and it is claimed that the machine will carry a rider over the ground, or rather snow or ice, at a greatex ] than the regulation wheel. Miss Davidson, who is young and en- thusiastic, mounted the ice wheel at arink last evening with but little difficulty, and, after a few “wobbles,” started off around the rink gracefully. The half dozen spec almost their entire length on more or less steep inclines. guired to be exerted indrawing a car up the car beg: the descent. This force might well be employed in giving the horses a ride, and thus saving wear and tear on their feet. . It might be supposed that the addi tional puil imparted to this human p: senger-car,when on the down grade, might cause the brake to slip, but this is not the case. It is only necessary to make the brake a little more powerful than that on the ordinary streetcar. Having arrived at the foot of the incline, the gate of the horse passenger-car is un- fastened and the animals once more take their places in the traces, drawing both cars behind them up the hill. The entire load is not much heavier than a single car on a level street, as the car in which the horses ride is very light. Story of a Bell. The old bell of St. John’s Episcopal The additional force re- | hill is turned into a propelling force when | Il [ ( : 3 4 ‘ © 7. 8 9 TELT L {0 204 30 L id 5 6 700 80 90 100 200 300 t}) 00 f; 00 800 900 (000 .2000 3000 4000 jo ifl 000 3gpg 9 o;) THE QUEER NEW SYSTEM OF COUNTING. { and numbers, says the New York World. | | bling in no respect the Arabic or the | Roman, being less simple than the first | and more simple than the second. The | children in the Krench calisthenic schools | have become so proficient in it that they | can strike an attitude that will represent | any familiar date in French history or in any other history, as far as that goes. No. 1 is formed by extending the left arm in a straicht line from the shoulder | 50 as to form a right angle with the body. | No. 2 is made by dropping the left arm half | way between its former position and the | hips, 50 asto form an acute angle with the | body. No. 3is made by raising the arm | the same distance above the shoulder as it | has just been below the shoulder, thus | forming an obtuse angle. These are the | three fundamental rules, and all the fig- | ures that follow are variations of these. The series four, five and six are created THE CARHORSES' NV et TR OWN CAR. | showed a m tators were astonished at the perfect work Itis a new system of numeration resem- | ing of the machine. After two or three The Latest Thing in Bicycle Lamps. turns about the rink Miss Davidson did a few fa\;ncy moves and then dismounted. GROWTH OF BRITISH POLICY. The Modern Carthage Was Founded by William IIL. The unparalleled settlement accom- plished or at least organized by William 111, which dealt so successfully with ques- tions so fundamental, which at the same “time settled the succession of the crown, waged war viztoriously against France and Spain and established the state of Great Britain by the union of England and Scotland, had created, as we have seen,a commonwealth predominantly commer- cial, The British policy which, in spite of some Hanoverian excursions, had ceased to be dynastic, and had established itself upon the national interests, recognized those interests in trade. The eightesnth century was to show ihat in the notion of trade was involved the empire of the seas and a vast colonial dominion. But thiy was not, as ygt, distinctly comprehended. During the eayly part of the eighteenth century, that is in the reizn of Anne, it was only visible that the Britannic state and diplomatic skill which was wholly new, and interfered in Continental affairs with ‘more decision than bad been its wont under either the Tudors or the Stuarts. When the period of war was over the house of Brunswick speedily succeeded to this result was already visible before the middle of the eighteenth century, and had begun to exist earlier still. Itis the con- sequence of that transition which is con- sidered in these volumes, and the outcome of which was the establishment of a com- mercial state, including the whole Britan- nic world. The modern Carthage was founded when the revolution of 1688, fol- lowed by the Hanoverian succession, had established a secure Government with a na- tional and no longer a dynastic policy; and when this had acquired Britain, instead of England, for its territorial basis, and was able also to draw in its train Ireland, not, indeed, united or satisfied, but pacified and withdrawn from the influences of re- action. When, as time passed on, this great Britannic state defeated in the field the combined powers of ¥France and Spain and began to be acknowledged as the leading maritime power, while, at the same time, with omnivorous energy, it devoted itself to trade, a state appeared which resembled the ancient Cnnfiage as much as the great states of the modern world can resemble the small states of an- tiquity. — Review of Professor Seeley's ‘S:Growth of British Policy” in New York un. ORIGINALITY ON THE BENCH. How a Nebraska Judge Justice. No more unique figure is to be found in the American judiciary than Judge Gashn of Nebraska, and many are the stories told of this interesting vpersonality. When first elected to the office he was long on sense of justice and a determination to bring about a more orderly condition of affairs in his district, but somewhat short on his knowledge of law. The latter he remedied in later years by persistent study, but the former characteristic he still retains. His methods of administering justice were decidedly peculiar and original, but seldom led him amiss. Criminals brought before bim were tried and bundled off to the penitentiary with such celerity and given such severe sentences that he made short work of the lawless element. Succeeding these came the shark who sought to rob the honest settler by the forms of law, and the Judge soon became recognized by this class as no less an enemy than he bad proved himself to be to the criminal element. Concerning his methoas of dealing with them the follow- ing story is tol A 4-per-cent-a-month money-lender had, through the instrumentality of a small loan, secured about everytiing a home- steader possessed except his farm, but with all the payments the loan refused to grow less. Finally action was brought 1n court to enforce payment of the alleged balance by means of a judgment against the man’s farm. A jury had been secured which uunderstood -1ts business, and in spite of the instructions of Judge Gaslin, which favored the defendant, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff. The Judge looked surprised, but was equal to the emergency. “Mr. Clerk,” he said, ‘‘that verdict is set aside. It takes thirteen men to steala man’s farm in this court.” On another occasion a man who had drifted over into Nebraska from Colorado, who was not familiar with the manner of administering justice on the Nebraska side of the border, appropriated a horse which he found hitched to a post in front ofa country store. The horse happened to be the property of Judge Gaslin. The thief was captured and later bound over to await trial in the District Court. A few days after Judge Gaslin met a fellow Judge from another district and requested him as a favor to come into his district on a day specified and_sentence a_horsethief, as Gaslin said he felt a little delicacy in sentencing a man for stealing his own horse. The fellow-jurist assented and incident- ally inquired when the offender was con- victed. +Oh, he isn’t convicted yet,” replied Gaslin, ‘‘but I'll 'tend to that part of it,”’ and he did.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A QUAINT NEW ENGLAND TOWN. Dispenses ‘Where the Individualism of Early Days Is Experienced. The very name “Salem” is an index of its character, as well in sound as in signifi- cation. How differently does its measured cadence strike the ear, with how much more of dignity, comfort, tranquillity than that of its brisk neighbor, Lynn, whose sharp monosyllable causes one an inadver- tent shock as the brakeman announces these two contrasted sister cities to the traveler upon the Eastern Railroad. The story is told of Phillips Brooks (with more authenticity than belongs to most of the stories attached to him) that coming into Salem from Boston one evening he re- marked to a friend: *“What do you sup- pose I saw coming up your quiet street?— a little dog going over to Lynn to bark."” The adjective which is oftenest used of Salem is ‘‘conservative.” It is well ap- plied. Her very appearance is expressive, not of decay, but of conservatism. Her old buitdings and dwellings are not left to disuse and ruin. Far from it. They are tenanted with as much complacency and pride (and_at as high rentals) as if there were no finer upon the continent— and, indeed, there are not, if you accept the criterion of those who say that the best house is one that has been the longest lived in. 1n truth, many of the old houses are vossessed of great charm and beauty. Old and exquisite carvings, generous fire- places (too often walled 1in), wide hall- ways, handsome staircases, old-fashioned plate and china, antique furniture and bric-a-brac, brought home from distant lands, combine to lend many of these old Tesidences a rare attractiveness. In others are to be found tokens of age of a different kind, such as low ceilings, narrow stair- ways, uneven floors, diminutive window- panes and other tokens of the inefficiency | of bygone days. One virtue they all Fos- sess, the beautiful and the ugly alike, and’ that 1s individuality. Nowhere, certainly, can there be found clear- er expression of the individualism of early New England than in the diversities in appearance and construction of the dwellings of this old Puritan city. Fronts of a thousand d.ferent designs; ells and lean-tos of the most peculiar pav- terns; roofs of all descriptions, hip-roofs, curb-roofs, gable-roofs, shed-roofs; win- dows of all sizes and shapes; doorways of diverse types, many of them quite artistic; chimneys that often look as if they were the original structures and the houses built round them, and interiors of equal diversity amuse as well as interest those who have not been accustomed to these old dwellings from their youth up. There is a deal of picturesqueness about them as well as a deal of distortion and homeliness, much as it was doubtless with the humanity which built them.—Boston | Transcript. THE OLDEST JEWELRY. Specimens Made Before the Days of Abraham. It isto J.de Morgan, the antiquarian explorer and historian of the Caucasus, and now director of the important excava- tions at Dashour. near Memphis, in Egypt, that we owe the discovery of what must at present be accountea the oldest specimens of the jeweler’s art known to exist. Until his first find of last year the most ancient pieces of jewelry known were those discovered by M. Mariette, that had once belonged to Queen Aahotep, mother of the King Amosis of the eighteenth dy- nasty, who lived about 1700 B. C. Mr. de Morgan bas brought to light, is used in a strong wind at an angle, ana even then it is impossible to keep on schedule time. The wind most disastrous to travel on the Consolidated road is that from the northeast. It strikes the trains cornerwise and makes the engines strugele and strain to counteract its force. This is felt especially in crossing the Connecticut River, where the wind has a full sweep, and all the New York trains are a few minutes late when the southeasters are in force.—Springfield Republican. People You Have Heard Of. The young man who cast his eve on a young lady coming out of churc h has had itreplaced, and now sees as wellas ever. The man who could not trust his feel- ings is supposed to do business on a cash principle. s The lady who went off in hysterics came back on the L road. The gentleman who went too far in an argument was brought home on a stretcher. : The man who wrastled with adversity wore out the knees of his trousers and got worsted. The man who jumped on the spur of the moment was soon glad to sit down again. The girl who burst into tears has been put together. X The young man who flew into a passion has bad his wings clipped. The young man who was taken by sur- prise has returned. The man who painted the signs of the times is now out of a_job. It is rumored that distance lent enchant- ment to the view and now the view refuses to return it. The man who was moved to tears com- plains of the dampness of the premises and wishes to be moved back again.—Life. A Toy Railroad. There is in China one of the smallest railroads in the world. The gauge is less than two feet, the cylinders are 5x10 inches, the drivers 24 inches in diameter and the water-tank holds 90 gallons. If this was the standard-sized engine in this country hardware stores would keep them, same as thev do sausage-cutters. Railroad managers would order ,them by AN ENGINE ON THE TOY RAILROAD, among other things, so many specimens of jewelry that we may now be said to possess a complete knowleage of the art as it was before the time of Abraham, which, according to the most received chronology, was about 2300 years before Christ, while the dates to be assigned to these finds range from the reign of Amenemhat II, who began to rule 2714 B.C., to that of | Amenemhat 111, who died B. C. 2578. The period was for Kgypt one of expan- sion and conquest. The unruly tribes of the Soudan and of Sinai were brought into subjection, and were compelled to pay a tribute of gold and gems. Much later we learn from inscriptions that even Assyria was obligea to forwara to Egypt ?num es of lapis-lazuli and other stones. n the Dashour jewels Ingis&azuli. tur- quoise, carnelian’ and the Egyptian | emerald are most frequently used, and ail | except the latter came most likely | from countries beyond the borders of | Egypt. They were used for engraved | beads, which were strung into necklaces, | bracelets and netted breastplates of the richest effect; but were besides set in solid gold, wrought into cloisonne-like com- partments to receive the stones, which were cut to the shapes demanded by the design. One of the most beautiful of these jowels of gold and inlaid stones is the reastplate bearing the cartouche of Ousir- tasen II. The royal cartouche, with the beetle (signifying immortality) and other signs, is supported by two crowned hawks, banded with turquoise and carnelian. The sacred asp is coiled over the back of each hawk, bearing on its neck the ‘“‘tau,” another emblem of immortality. The whole is inclosed in a frame of an architectural character. In addition to this breastplate and that of Amenembat 1IT were found the jeweled clasps of Queen Noub-Hotep’s necklace, in the form of hawk’s heads of solid gold, a hawk with wings spread, and a clasp made of two izv]veled lotus buds of exquisite workman- ship. The inscription on the breastplate reads: “‘Amenemhat IIT, the good god, the master of the world and of the two countries (Upper and Lower Egypt), subduer of the nations gnd slaughtererfof the Mentis and Satis.”’ These two specially mentioned tribes were inhabitants of Sinai and Arabia. The de- sign represents the King crushing with his club these bitterest enemies of Egypt, while the sacred hawk hovers over and rotects him. This is the oldest page of istory written in gold and gems. The minutest details of the figuresare engraved ,with the utmost skill in the gems which compose the ornament.—Art Amateur. Trains Delayed by the Wind. Trainmen say it is not the ‘“‘head-on” winds that delay the cars, as the engine presents a small portion of itself to it, and, breaking through, the train can be easily pulled along afterit. But wiien the wind strikes the train at an angle of 45 deg. the? trouble begins. The wind uses the whole side surface as a leverage and gives the engineer lots of trouble. The cars sway over to one side and are dragged along with difficulty. The engineers estimate that in going 100 miles an extra ton of coal BREASTPLATE OF AMENEMHAT I FORTY:FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. (TWO.THIRDS ACTUAL SIZE.) ABOUT the fiqoss, and locomotive engineers wonld be thicker than flies in a dog-kennel.— Locomotive Engineer. Aluminum Coffins. Coffing are now made of aluminum. Like the modern square burial casket, the aluminum coffin is made of uniform | width, with square ends and vertical sides and ends. It is finished with a heavy molding around the bottom and at the upper edge, and with pilasters at the cor- ners, anc has a rounded molded top. It 13 provided with extension bar handles. The aluminum casket is not covered, but finished with the metal burnished. It is lined in the usual manner. The weight of a six-foot aluminum coffin is 100 pounds. A six-foot oak casket weizhs about 190 pounds, and a cloth casket of the same size with a metal lining about 175 pounds. Other metallic caskets weigh from 450 to 500 pounds. The cost of aluminuin coffins is from $750 to $1000. NEW TO-DAY. A TOBACCO HEART. Thousands of Americans Can’t Qet Life Insurance Because Tobacco Has Destroyed the Heart Action and Wrecked the Nervous Syse tem. Engineer Bates Discovers a Never-Failing and Easy Remedy. Delanson, N. Y., Jan. 18.—Engineer O. H. Bates stepped off Engine No. 275 to- day, with a long oiler in one hand and a bunch of waste in the other. Not a by- 4! 7 stander there could help remarking his youthful, healthy look and active, vigor- ous movement, and contrasting his ap- pearance with his condition of two months ago. “‘Say, Colonel, how well you look!” ““Yes, I am well; better than I have been for years.” “What have “Qh, not mu the tobacco habit, vou been doing?” ; No-to-bac cured me of after using it 43 years, and braced me rilemally and physically, in fact, made me a new man in more ways than one. I had no appetite; couldn’t sleep; now I sleep like a baby and eat three times a day with a relish, for the first time in years. My heart action is regular and no longer a bar to increased life insurance. You know throttle-pulling requires a pretty steady nerve, and my nerves are O. K. now. One box and a quarter of No-To-Bac cured me completeiy in ten days, after using tobacco forty years. No-To-Bac is sold by all druggists. I see the No-To-Bac stander on nearly every druggist’s counter, and made by the Ster- ling Remedy Co. of New York and Chi- cago. You ought to get one of their little books called ‘Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away,” and post your- self. They send them free to any one that rites. It cost me $1 to get cured, and I spent three or four dollars a week for to- bacco. If I had failed to get cured I would have gotten my money back, as the makers guarantee three boxes to cure any case. I have recommended the use of No- To-Bac to many of the boys on the line, and every one of them who got the genuine’ article, so far as I know, has been cured. Look out, don’t let some of the imitations be palmed off on you for No-To-Bac.” he cab bell rang, the encineer climbed up quickly on the footboard, stuck his head out of the cab window, pulled the throttle half an inch and the big train rolled away.