The Clinton New Era, 1898-04-08, Page 10April 8, 1898.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
The Greatest Things in the
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From April Ladies Home Journal.
The largest sheep ranch in the world
Is in the counties of Webb and Dimmit
in Texas; it contains 400,000 acres, and
pastures 800,000 sheep annually.
The longest word in the English lan-
guage is proantitransubstanttationist,
a jointed word of 28 letters. Transub-
stantiationableness is the next longest.
The greatest distance that shot has
been fired is a few yards over 15 miles,
which was the range of Krupp's well-
known monster 130 -ten steel gun, fir-
ing a shot which weighs over a ton and
a quarter.
The wonders of Nature and the mech-
anical triumphs of man cannot be more
vividly presented than by noting the
greatest things of the world—those
that stand out -preeminently as surpas-
sing all others of their kind.
The largest library in the world is
the National Library in Paris, which
contains 40 miles of shelves, holding
1,400,000 books. There are also 175,-
000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and
charts, and 150,000 coins and medals.
The greatest cavern in the world is
Mammoth Cave, 85 miles southwest of
Louisville, Kentucky. It is about ten
miles long, though to explore itsm
multi-
tude of avenues, chambers, grottoes,
galleries, domes, rivers, and cataracts,
entails 150 miles of travel.
The largest cask in the world is the
Blatner Cask of Nuremburg. It is 105
feet in diameter, and 51 feet deep, and
its completion a few years ago was
celebrated by a ball, at which over 500
persons were on the floor of the cask,
excluding musicians, waiters and assis-
tan t.s.
The most magnificent work of archi-
tecture is deemed to be the palace Tem-
ple of Karnak, occupying an area of
nine acres, or twice that of St. Peters,
at Rome. The temple space is a poet's
dream of gigantic columns, beautiful
courts, and wondrous avenues of
sphinxes.
The largest geyser in the world is the
Excelsior Geyser in Yellowstone Park.
Its basin is 200 feet across and 380 feet
deep. This basin is full of boiling wat-
er, from which cloua`-of steam are
constantly ascending. At long inter-
vals water is spouted into the air, to a
height of from 50 to 300 feet.
The finest gardens in the world are
the Royal Gardens at Kew, England.
They cover an area of abort 270 acres,
and are visited by about 1,500,000 per-
sons a year. The gardens contain the
finest collection of exotic plants in the
' world, a palm house, a winter garden,
a museum, an observatory, and a
school for gardeners.
The greatest suspension bridge in the
world is the Brooklyn bridge, which
also leads the world in the number of
its daily passengers. Its length, includ-
ing approaches, 1s5989 feet, the distance
between the towers 930 feet; its weight
$470 tons; its cost was over $15,000,000.
The bridge cars carry about 41,000,000
people every ye»r.
The largest dwelling -horse in the
world is'the Freihaus, in a suburb of
Vienna, containing in all between
1200 and 1500 rooms, divided into up-
ward of 400 separate apartments.
This immense house, wherein a whole
city lives, works, eats and sleeps, has
thirteen courtyards—five open and
eight covered—and a garden within its
walls,
The largest history ever published is
the "War of the Rebellion," issued by
"Uncle Sam," in 120 huge octavo vol-
seimes, or1000 pages each, with a gigan-
tic atlas in 30 par ts. The books occupy
30 feet of shelf -room and weigh one
uarter of a ton. The series cost $25.-
800,000, is limited to 11,000 sets, and has
been idcourse of publication for over.
20 years.
The largest search -light in the world
was exhibited at the Columbian Expos-
ition in Chicago. The reflecting lens,
60 inches in diameter, weighs 800 lbs.,
and is mounted in a brass ring which
weighs 750 lbs. The reflected light
from the great electric lamp is equal
to that of 375,000,000 candles. A news-
paper could be read by its light a hun-
dred miles away.
The largest Crater in the world is
that of Haleakala, in the Sandwich Is-
lands. The circumference of the crat-
er is about 20 miles, its depth, in places,
being 2000 feet. If the interior were
cleared of its debris, New York City
could be placed on the black lava floor,
and from three to five other big cities
put over it before their spires would
protrude at the top.
Tie greate,t structure ever raised
by i he hand of man is the Great Pyra-
mid of Cheops, founded 4000 years ago,
and measuring 746 feet square on the
baso and 449 feet, high. It took 20 years
in construction; 100,1100 men worked
for three months, and, being then re-
lieved, were succeeded by an equally
large corgis. The massive stones were
brought from Arabia, 700 miles away.
The cost of the work is estimated at
$145,000.
The longest tunnel in the world is
that of St. Gothard, on the line of the
railroad between Milan and Lucerne.
It is 9 1.4 miles in length, and cost over
$45,000,000.
The largest insect known to entomol-
ogists is a Central American moth,call-
ed the Erebus Strix, which expands
its wings from 11 to 18 inches.
The greatest bell in the world is in
an edihce before the great temple of
Buddha, at Tokio. It weighs 1,700,000
pounds, and is four times greater than
the great bell of Moscow, whosecircum-
ference atthe rim is nearly 68 feet,and
whose height is 21 feet.
The highest monument in the world
is in Washington, D, C. It was erect-
ed in honor of George Washington.
It is 555 feet high, 55 feet square at the
base, and contains 18,000 blocks of mar-
ble, 2 feet thick. In thee interior is au
elevator, and 50 ffigh' s of stairs, 18
steps each.
The greatest canal in the world is
the Suez, opened on Nov. 16, 1869. Its
length is 95 miles; depth, 26 ft. Its an-
nual revenue is $15,000,000, its cost was
$100,000,000. Its stock is five times its
par value, and the average time taken
to pass through it is20 hours, less eight
minutes. The depth of the canal is be-
ing increased, at a cost of $40,000,000.
The world's longest canal is the imper-
ial Canal of China, with a length of
1000 miles.
The greatest banquet in history took
place on Aue-ust 18, 1880, when the 40,-
000 mayors of France sat at table in
the Palais de l'Industrie in Paris:
There were three relays of about 13,600
guests each. To prepare the feast re-
quired 75 chief cooks, 1300 waiters,
scullions, cellar -men and helpers, 80,-
000 plates, 52,000 glasses, knives, for ks
and spoons in proportion, 40,000 rolls,
and fish, meat and fowl by the ton.
The banquet was part of the centenary
celebra'.ion of the events of 1789.
The largest map in the world is the
ordnance survey map of England,;con-
taining over 108,000 sheets, and costing
$1.000,000 a year for 20 years. The
scale varies frons ten feet to one-tenth
of an inch to the mile, and the details
are so minute that maps having a scale
of 25 inches "show every hedge, fence,
wall, building, and even every isolated
tree in the country. The plans show
not only the exact shape of eyery build-
ing, but every porch, area, doc•r-step,
lamp -post, railway and fire -plug."
The largest city in the world is Lon-
don, lying in fourcnrmties, and having
a population of 4,250,000, egnalline• the
combined populations of Paris, Berlin,
St. Petersburg and Rome. To walk
through all the streets, avenues, lanes
and alleys of the city, never traversing'
the same one twice. would require a
ten -mile walk everyday for nine years.
The streets, placed in a row. would
reach round the world, and leave a
remnant that would stretch from Lon -
cion to San Francisco.
The largest statue in the world is
Bartholdi's "Liberty Enlightening the
World," at the entrance to New York
Harbor, presented by France to Ame-
rica in 1885. The cost of the statue
was about 240,000; its height from the
base to the top of the torch held high
above 1 he head of the goddess is 151
feet. The statue, standing on a pedes-
tal 88 feet high, is made of repousse
copper, and is so large that 40 persons
can be accommodated in the head,
while the torch, reached by a spiral
spiral staircase, will hold 12.
Although a very busy man, Dr R. V..
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., has found time to
write a great book of over a thousand pag-
es entitled, The People's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, in Plain English, or Med-
icine Simplified. Few books= printed in
the English language have reached so
great a sale as has this popular work, over
680,000 copies having been sold at 51-50
each. The profits on this enormous sale
having repaid its author for the great labor
and money expended on its production and
he bas now decided to give away absolutely
free, 500,000 copies of this valuable book,
the recipient only being required to mail to
the World's Dispensary Medical Associa-
tion of Buffalo, N. Y., of which company
he is president, 81 one -cent stamps, to cov-
er Dost of mailing only, and the book -vill
be sent post paid. It is a veritable medi-
cal library, complete in one volume. It
contains 1008 large pages, and over 300 il-
lustrations, some of them in colors. Th
Free Edition is precisely the same as those
coldest 21.50 except only that the books are
bound in strcng manilla paper covers, in-
stead of cloth. It is . not often that oar
readers hoye an opportunity to obtain a
valuable b000k on such generous terms,and
we predict that few will miss availing
themselves of the unusual and liberal offer
to which we have palled their attention.
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They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per-
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Mess, Ilad Tastein the Moufh, Coated Tongue
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Small PM. Small DOB®.
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His Rebuke.
Tho Rev. Mr. Burwell, an old Methodist
minister of Tennessee, went to Kentucky
in the year 1852 to visit a relative, the
Hon. William Bolton, and wasinvited to
hold family worship every evening during
bis stay,
Ono do Judge Cone and his wife from
Nashville name to pass -the night. Mr.
Bolton said to the old minister, as ire
brought out the Bible, that he would best
make the service short that evening, as the
judgo was probably nob accustomed to
such things.
The old man said, "Very well, very
well," though he looked pained. Ho road
one or two verses, and then knelt down.
"0 Lord t" ho prayed, "wo aro vary poor
and needy creatures and wo know thou
art able and willing to supply all our
wants, but Cousin William says that
Judge Cone and his wife from Nashville,
who are with us, are not used to family
worship, and however needy wo aro, thorn
is no time to stare in tolling thee our
wants. Amen.''
Tho judge was greatly taken aback and
so was his host. Between them they per-
suaded
arsuaded Mr. Durwell to continuo his prayer,
which ho did with great earneetnese and
eloquence. --Youth's Companion.
CASTOR iA
For Wants and Children.,
The Month of April a Color-
ing and 1te-creatin%time
Diamond Dyes Make Old Things
Look as Well as New
This is the great spring month for using
Diamond Dyes. Old, faded and dingy
looking dresses, costumes, skirts, blouses,
jackets, napes, shawls and suits for men
and boys are usually looked over with a
view of fitting them for; another season's
wear.
The dyeing operation is an important
one and demands care. The great point is
to get the right dyee —colors that are pure,
bright and warranted fast to washing and
sunlight.
The Diamond Dyes—the only guaran-
teed dyes in the world—possess all the im-
portant virtues for the production of per -
feat colors. The popular and tented Dia-
mond Dyes have such an immense demand
all over the world that unscrupulous deal-
ers, for the sake of large profits, sell vile
imitations. If you would have your gar-
ments and goods colored richly and per-
manently, avoid all such imitations.
Refuse all goods the dealer tells yon are
just as good as the "Diamond."
Write for book of direotions and -color
card; Bent post free to any address by the
Wells a Richardson Co., Montreal, P. Q.
In loving Memory of Miss Willard
cm invisible Clew.
"There was ono time in my housekeep-
ing career," said the lady who had had
the experience, "when I thought there
was no use of locking doors, for thieves
would break through anything.
"We wore sitting at dinner one night
when I heard a noiyo that sounded as if
some one was walking around in my room.
I went up immediately to see. No one was
there, but every drawer in the roan] was
open and all my jewelry and valuables of
every description that 1 kept in my room
wore gone. It took five or six keys to get
at them all, as I had been very particular
about keeping them locked up. I bad not
been out of the room more than 15 min-
utes, and how any ono not familiar with
every inch of the house could have accom-
plished such a piece of work was a mys-
tery. Thera was ono thing I noticed upon
entering the room and that was a peculiar
odor. It was like a mixture of cheap per-
fume. I had never' smelled anything like
it before.
"We notified the pollee and they worked
on the case for weeks, but could make
nothing out of it.
"Ono day when 1 was passing through
the laundry I noticed that same strange
odor.
" 'Mary, what's that you are ironing?'
said I, for it seemed as if the odor name
from the ironing board. -
" 'It's some of my brother's handker-
chiefs,' said she.
"We investigated, and of course found
that the brother ens the thief."—Detroit
Free Press:
Ewald and His Prayer.
In the new polychrome Bible the name
f the Deity is given as Jhvh, this vowel -
ss form being as near the original He -
(FROM THE NEWMARHET ERA)
The world in sadness bows her head, in grief profound she mourns,
For the demise of one she loved, gone whence no one returns;
That she, a queen of heroines, with purposes so high,
Whose life was so much needed here should fade away and die
While in her work she was engaged,
The message she received,
To work no more on mundane shore;
Her part had been achieved,
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Her life was spent in noble deeds, with long persistent zeal;
From year to year she labored on, for mankind's greatest weal;
O'ercomin • many obstacles, that seemed to blocer way;
Ne'er yielding to discouragements, God was her help and stay.
She trusted in His mighty aid,
Her counsel was His Word;
She e'er believed she had received,
Her mission from the Lord.
Through all her native land she went, traversed from shore to shore,
In every state the truth proclaimed, the temperance banner bore;
Reclaiming with persuasive force, the poor inebriate;
In every place grand trophies won, her joy was to relate.
From East to West the flag unfurled,
O'er territories large,
O'er prairie.plains of great domains,
Fulfilled her sacred charge.
So forcible her arguments, so winning to persuade;
That very many were reclaimed who shipwreck would have made;
And many live, who bless her life for happiness she brought,
For joys restored and peace regained, by loving labor wrought;
And in her soul she did rejoice,
That she was understbod;
And soon became in deed and name,
A prodigy for good.
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In other lands beyond the sea her potent voice was heard,
Where friends she loved now sadly weep o'er friendship's broken cord,
God bless them there who were so true, in Queen Victoria's realm,
Who toiled with her so earnestly, let not their grief overwhelm;
Soon they will meet where love abides,
On Eden's golden shore,
Where she awaits at heaven's gates,
Where death divides no more.
The chariot of temperan.e will, for a moment, stop
And in the hands of charioteers the slackened rein will drop,
The prancing steeds will silent stand, will cease to onward move;
To give the occupants a space to drop a tear of love;
A moment only to relieve,
The burdened hearts that mourn,
In grief sincere that one so dear,
Will never more return.
Then forward charge with increased speed her purpose to complete,
Urged on to conquest as she would, hell's power to defeat„,,
To raze the traffic, dealing death, and extirpate it's woes,- ,1
Till freed at last our world will thrive, and blossom as the rose.
When plenty and prosperity,
Will over all preside,
And woe and want with visage gaunt,
Will slink away and hide.
The great petition which she planned, a wonder to behold,
Wherein for Prohibition were ten million names enrolled;
Gathered from lands afar and near between the distant poles;
Of huge dimensions when compared with all preceding scrolls.
What e vast army would it bel
If all who wrote could stand,
In phalanx strong to right the wrong,
That curses every land.
On l on ! ye brave true hearted one, nor slack your onward march,
Inspired by her fidelity, around the state and church,
Let not your efforts flag until the traffic is outlawed,
And Prohibition's banner waves o'er our Dominion broad.
And on the ballots of our hearts,
Miss Willard's name engrave,
Who gave her all at Jesus' call
A sacrifice to save.
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yon anything else en the plea or promise that it
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Ask druggist for Wood's Phosphodiner if
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price in letter, and we will send by return
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General Builder and Contractor.
This factory is the largest in the county, and has the very latest improved ma-
chinery, capable of doing work on the shortest notice. We carry an extensive
and reliable stock and prepared plans, and give estimates for and build all class-
es of buildings on short notice and on the closest prices All work is supervis-
ed in a mechanical way and satisfaction guaranteed. We Gell all kinds of in-
terior and exterior material.
Lumber Lath, Shingles, Lime, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc
Agent for the Celebrated GRAYBILL SCHOOL D1;" SK, manufactured
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RAISINS—Malaga, Valencia, Sultans. CURRANTS
California Prunes and Elime Figs.
CROSSE & BLACKWELL PEELS, Lemon, Orange and Citron.
NUTS—Filberts, S. S. Almonds and Walnuts. Cooking Figs for pound
NICE, OLD RAISINS fore 50 a pound. Headgaartere for
Teas, Sugars, Crockery, Glassware and Lamps.
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of Canada and pay express charges ourselves.
Write for descriptive circular and references. Wholesale and
retail. Agents wantedeverywhere. County, township and state
aaenj rights for sale. Apply to
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but without effect. I noticed Milburn's
Heart and Nave Pills advertised, and as
they seemed to suit my ease, I got a box Ind
began their use. Before taking them I was
very weak and debilitated, and would some.
limes.wake out of my sleep with a dis-
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The War of Cutting Rates
Is not monopolised by the C.P.R and G.T.R. .A call will satisfy you we are fol-
lowing suit in out rates. Housecleaning time is drawing near, note what you require in
following list. We sell the leading brands of the finest Soaps, Gold Duet, Sapolio, Pear -
line, Washing Soda. Brushes of all kinds, Brooms, 6lops and Handles, Wash Tubs,
Wash Bbards, Pails, Butter Bowls and Prints. Also preparations for Fumigating,
Crockery, China and Glassware at Cost. Ask for Monsoon and Blue Ribbon Tea (these
Teas are never peddled.) Highest price for Butter and Eggs.
N. ROBSON'S, - Clinton.
WAGGONS AND BUGGIES
We Keep in Stock and ]make to order
Waggons artd Buggies di all kinds,
ItEALL,
How about that suit you want made to order? Call in an
see our tweeds -before you ,,buy.
$10 buys a nice suit.
12 buys a better one.
13.50 gets you more style.
14 leads you to higher grades.
15, splendid value.
16, elegant styles, beautiful cloth.