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The Exeter Times, 1884-4-10, Page 6The Deadly On. Kerosene becomes more (1C•adia eves? year as the hours of evening lamplight lengthen. and the trequeut lighting of Ares become • a. daily_ duty. Tito fact that these accidents are utterly iumeces• sary. renders theta the more lamentable. in the hope of preventing some of these accidents, we state a few facts which everybody ought tdkuow. It is 'not the kerosene that explodes. but au invincible gas that rises frenl it. If the oil is poured into a lamp that .needs tilling, this gas rises out of the lamp or .can, or both, and espltitles, often with deadly forte, if there be any fire within reach. Pouring oir from a eau upon a burn- ing are or into a lighted letup ought to be followed by a terrible esl> onion. Sometimes it happens that no t=x- plasian occur' but the risk iri frightful. The only safe rult: i, never to pour oil on a burning tire or into a lighted lamp. Now, you may give Braga't i osi;he orders with regard to the fire, but when Ito one is at hand in the enoruitig hours, the temptation i.. strt.olg to assist the suloulderiag blaze by the aid of a little kerosene. She has done it without injury formerly, why not do it again? So the nose of the can is tilted over the range org r:ett', there is a t:a,h,ascream, and poor Ili Liget will never 1►aat. chance to disobey orders. Pesitap., it would be better, it Bridget kttist be al- lowed ace ss to the can at all the suggestion is timidly made. --to show her bow she may aid the fere with eonl- paratiV-t' eafety, All. she has to du is to pour the oil from the cup mem the Are, It is not likely that she will suffer mach injury froth the comparatively mild explosion that may follow. . Mine+ of I'reclous Stone. Gems of all hinds possess a rodeo% interest to human 1winga. From the earliest tines i>re ious stones have had :t stringeattraietion for the wealthy and powerful Mahe earth. So fir no dia. fuouel fields have been diseoacred in the• finite+d States. lint precious stones arts founts in :Teem! gut„pities. In New Mexico there is a famous turquoise mine whieh inti,: have been worked literally it thousand years ago, for it yielded up its treit,uies el; they. Aateen mid tel other prelli;,turie recces which domhiatei1 in Mexieo and adjoining Countries. It is believed thi.s mule e;tn hint he used for bringing out its p eenliar treasures, but in the eager hunt for gold and silver mines, the mating of in nes is overlooked. In Alexander County. North (Awakes,. • they are dis;eeveriug emeralds, arni iu such (malitlties that the mining of them is likely to become a, prt►fttabie industry. :1 fir. Hidden has suck a shaft some thirty-six feet on the Stevenson plan- tation, anti in it discovered numerous pockets e•i emeralds. These are not of touch eomrerejal value, as the colors are defective. and flaws iu the gcius are numerous. but further mitiiw<; may • develop a. great wealth of these geom. Au maim i.t t muted Bryne, in Mott' Haven. New York, is even now investi- ating the snbjctet of diamooti nr:ticing, Ile thinks be k on the point of dueling out the secret ed nature in the production of eiiansesoi. But this is probably us Wiles a dream a'7 that of the alchemists of the middle ages who supposed they could triltisnnite the baser o its into gold. ---- OEa warin hoarier evt"ttiri ; • e.. • :.g t n sees the clouds of the liurizte, lit up with brilliant glows of lightning, tilt. accompauied by any sound of thunder. To this appearance the name of " heat lightniug" has been given, and the warm weather i5 often. assigned as its cause. In point of fact, the heatdight- niug is only that of a thunder Shower so far off that,while the observer can see the flash no sound of the thunder reaches him, and the ink:rot:uing clouds veil and reflect the flash until it becomes a glow, instead of tate sharp streak usu- ally seen. Where the flash, starting from oue point, branches out and divides iuto several parts, it has receiv- ed the nacre of," forked lightning." This is usually seen when the discharge is near the observer. Single dashes, bear- ing a zigzag or crinkled aspect, are denominated "chain lightning," pro- bably frons their resemblance to a cltaiu thrown loosely on the ground. Again, when several discharges oecar front about the sante place at the same time, and aro scrcentai by rail or clouds so . as to light up the heavens with a broad, bright glow, the title of " sheet light- niug; " is applied. These four comprise all the common forms. There is, how- ever, one . manifestation called " ball lightning." In this phenomena a small globe orball of apparent lire rolls slowly along the ground, and after a time sud- denly explodes, scattering destruction around. 'There are fewinstances of this ou record, and no"vary satisfactory - explanation has ever accounted for the curious appearance. --Smith Islet Brown on the avenue with his bride. They have just returned, from their wedding tout. " Where are. they going to live ?" "I don't know. Ile told me he had been house -bunting since yesterday morning, andintended. to take a flat." "Ah 1 indeed l Ile has that decided to follow his wife's ex, ample." - She brushed away a ringlet, A poet's ringlet, long; She seared upon a winglet. A poet's winglot—song. She thought a little thinglot And put it into rhyme, She jinglers now a jiuglet, 11 brought ten cents a lint. LITTLE S;v()ll N CITIES. • _ •....F.,. .ae ot:.ahr p'J.4'3 Ic'. ofttbc Mo :aired*• o [!actin. The English are beginning in a vague way to rt aline the magiritude of India, and to comprehend that it contains some 50.000,000 more people than all Europe west of the Vistula. POW, however, ere quite aware of the number. of its cities, or believe that it includes sixty-two with , more than 50,000 people, and tweuty- ttro with more than 100,000; namely, Bombay, Calcutta, :Madras, Hyderabad, Lucknow. Benares, Delhi, Patna, Agra, Bangalore, Umritsur, Cawnpore, Lahore, Allahabad, Jeypore, Rangoon. ,Poona, Ahmedabad, Bareilly, Surat, Howra. and Baroda. \\e give theta iu order of population' but, properly speaking; in ' the l:uglihlt way of counting, Bowra, the Southwark of. Calcutta, should ho included in the capital, which with it contains above $60,01.0 soul,, and it is the greatest, as it is by far the wealthi- est, city in the Empire. Below the limit of 50,000 the towns become much more numerous, and there are hundreds with populations above `?0.000. The majority of the latter are quite unknown to Europeans, au active magistrate or two excepted; and, so far a, we are aware, utero is no book in English which gives the slightest ea - count of their organization, or of the life and people in thein. Yet many of them have lustories of 2,000 years, and in all flourish families which think them- selves bottle, ;tad have long pedigrees !and stirring tales to narrate. We hear • every now and then much of Indian princes who, in India, are hardly Taco - ;toned. .and of "educated Retire,,” .t sorest' Perceptible class, but of the true " British India" as lite:e is known t .lt !tole as of the tea -tent provinees of rt'rtt.--luadua S'(rt'eettef'. YHO'L'O(*RAPH1IN(i? THE BABY. f They enuii at telt a. ut•—tiro baby, his gflatahnother, bis papa and mamma, tend two aunties. Thev ranted to have his ttietu'ra taken, `I be obligiug artist got everything in readiness, brought out the little velvet -lin- ed high ehclr. in which babies are usually photographed; awl theu the trouble began., ;<lhl'teliuns Chanties of fifty Years. Fifty years ego there was not a steam xrail\vay or au electric telegraph in the l world. Now there are 10,1100 guiles of r:eill c',ui and 300,000 miles of telegraph this country. Fifty years ago- there leas nut an email steamship ai?oat. Naw' the greater part of the foreign trade of the Muted States. is done by stcalu.hipx. Tliat trade in the \•ear lt'SO a. utetl to more titan $1,500,000,000 - Fifty ifty years ago the population tit the United States was about 13.000,000. I1 1#110 it was mem than .;1.000,000. Fifty years ago there was not a friction Match, a revolver, a brecch- leadei', a percussion call, or a st:\via;; waehil:e in the weed.. Fifty years ago Bessemer steel. the .photograph, the power -press, the mower and reaper, the process of electrotyping and stereotyping were unituown; silu- rninating gats had, been introilnat'tl but eight years. Fifty years ago the production of anthracite coal was but 174,784 toesi ; in IWC the een,tnuptiun was more than 25,000,000 tons. The Latest Flyilig-Mttehiue. The retold of the flying -machine with which Mr. Linfield, the English in. s elntpr, expects to navigate the air at the rate of sixty utiles =hour resembles in elongated tricycle with a cigar -shaped body far the engine, fuel, and navigator. It is twenty feet long, fifteen feet wide, tight and .oue-half feet high. and ,weighs 310 pounds. The lifting gear consists of twa square frames about- three feet, deep containing parallcil sails like an open Venetian-- build, and so placed that the air impingea on their lower surfaces.," Tho source of motion is a large wheel with canvas -covered spokes shaped like the screw of a steam vessel. Tito rudder is kite -shaped, with the point at the extremity. The machine was lately attached to an engine on the Great 'Western! Railroad, and when a speed of thirtyfiveutiles was attained it rose and flew through the air, the total forward pull amounting to only twenty- four pounds. Treadles are attached to the wheels so as to allow a gradual start. For power the inventor is dis- posed to rely more upon high-pressure steam than upon electricity or com- pressed air. Why She Didn't Consume as Mitch Gas as TJsnal. " How is it that my gas bill is smaller than usual? I certainly consumed as much last month as the month pre- vious." "The bill is according to the meter. You are not burning as much in the parlor as you did during the previous, month. "On the contrary," said the man of the house, " we are burning more. Month before last my daughter was absent from home and the gas was never left burning later than nine o'clock in the parlor, but Last week 'she returned, and it is often twelve o'clock now before I hear the young man who calls on her take his departure." , Well, I am unable to explain it. I only know that I pass your house every night and I notice through the window that the gas is turned down, very, very low." " H'm, yes; just receipt the bill, Please." „ Very Accommodating Disposition. " What time will you come home to. night, my dear ?" asked Mrs. Colonel Yerger•of`her husband when he was go - mg; down town to attend a meeting of the vestry. " Whenever I get ready," answered the husband crossly. " Oh. Well don't come any later, please.,' Brooklyn ladies are proverbial for their accommodating disposition.' The baby's papa wanted to take off its aeque. because it 1 1 emelt pretty fat arms, but its mamma ,ca ftaid that it might take 'old. Theo one le uti't thought it would be so tercet to take off his little sioeltiugs and t -it hint iii a big arm -chair, but hie other auntie 'tnnught that such a performance would be very immodest, indeed. and a conflict seemed imminent, Finally it wa., a„teed that they should take the artist's advice and strap him up in the high chair. Anter touch ringing of bells the baby was induced to look with favor on the DPW state of affairs. The artist prep:lied to take too negative, but just at the critical moment, the infant doubled himself cross the snap nod scream- ed lustily. His papa jingled the beils auew, ►Ii' artist set the iuucie.box ;nine, while tI►o mamma drew him nut of his chair, and his auntie called him a "patsy utzy ittle sing.” Pewee being rost.,r. 4, another negative was taken, this time ritll tolerabie snecess. But •iue auntie did not like the exptessiou of the face, anti flit* mal,,30 t thought that it did not ego jestiee to itis eyes. The next time lie stuck both .fiftts lite his u,outh and dint one .,ye; and the next his graudmia. who had been watching him intently. ran hastily for- ward and began shakiug hien and slapping him nu the hack. It was twelve o'clock. awl the thermom- eter Steel( Itt ninety-eight d,gro•'s in the shade and that artist ground Ilia teeth and looked to .ce how far it was from the wiudow to the aidow'ielk. Three orfon c noire unsatisfactory attempts were made, mmol at la t the baby, who had been taken out of the eltair se minty tithes DWI )vas nut properly secured slipped down on the flour with a tlenmp. :1 grand hubbub followed ; everybody ,,creamed: the timid auntie fainted and the nap, swore ; while the trtnnhliug it, tilt. fear- ing for his life, secreted himself behind a screen ii, the corner. where be waited until Ile tea' mire that no butes were broken, and thou he carne forth. Fal ing that be had been suddenly called downstairs to see n man. He wits ,o unfelt relieved on bei:ig toad that they wind l out try a ain that day that he forgot to lire up to his rules and demand opal adieu the i,t g•ative is taken:' As they started down the stairs the Bead of the fondly infertile -d him that they wonld eail + em iu a few days. and Ili' has hired a small boy to sit at the font of the steps and bang hart word at their al+roach. 80 that be may LINO time to leek the door and hang ont a notice.•"(=Line to the Centennial." You will have no such trouble as this if you go to W. T. RUINS' Exeter (north), let 113' t:dtt's ehlldr.•u itl les, Than one s;ennd. '..en( Iei.'t n ATDULI) SAY To those wh utend purchas:us to at so front the luanufaotul•er, The dealer who buys to sell again must necessarily have a probt. \Yo claim Eck giveshe purchasers the benefit, which cannot fail to meet the views of the Grangers. Our expenses areloss than those of cite menu lecturer* consequent wo can selloheaper. C.& S. 'G'TUI:EN and .16 rnitu re ;\2a truth etun'e44 mo %[r>; W O ULD i: r R oallapecinlatatetiiip to our 'undertehri.g depart tnent,,whieb Lk 11104E Coin: plus thate v erns se hove added severe 3 new desiene 'e of late 53 a bef't ooaina casket!' ahrc ads,aud every 'anent' requisite at the tax est 1•r•it t • Our new A Roar eis prououaaedbr corul>eteut judge: to be second to pore in the axaviuc'F Emblems of all the Different Socz ties. .J.IViI,.V UNDERTAKE AND Funerals furnished a,.A eoneueted at the very low est rater illy Stock of iJndertaking goodsis large, coteplete and wo Resorted, and any person :squiring auythino to this line will audit to theiradvautage t0 give ine a 00.11 and examiue fry themselves, CABINET-MAKER. f t av 3 test retie ved a argo stock lYa.1nut and. Rosewood Caskets, also 1'eilius of ryery deaerip. amt. . complete stool: of Robe. ,tad ` i'rinimings elft. y ea t h,tud. 'My 141001 styles of Chamber a"tl Parlor *Wits 411 kinds of Furniture at tan towestratos, TUE BEST IIEA ltf t IN TUE; COON Inn Remember the place--NNearlyopposite lfctnp's'iobacco Store, 1141u -street, Exeter. .T01 -1Z" 1311..IiA.17 fiT. Ezeter Post Office Time Table.. 1TAI1.S !nekton,,\oodham,\Ytn.helseaand kliituville ... .. ..- ...815 a.in.SLO ata. ` South,oasbAna wosl,tnolud1ugOondou,Iiainfltore Toreuto 3foutreal, 3Tauid oho, United States, English and foreign moils ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... .9.8O a. ni .9.00 a. MSoutb, ea1taud ...•west ... ... ... .. ...!0.15 t'.m :4.20 r. in. :,orth alai east inentatug cod'rich, \Vinghatu, Kincardine teal oll tyro snorth., 8tznttoid,loiauta, uotttr'ai,ttud 4'asterm States.. . , t• ,r.t'gaan Oa a. m IQazth' .. 1 dnnlYIE I cuter. :•.gra tem. see p.»t, O.S'ig,. tn. f..co p. w. MONEY tlltnEllS issued an,l paid an alai from an ltoneyOrder Onlee 113 the po:uinion of eann,la,Croot Britain aed r2e11%no,urit i11 13141141, tiewrnuuetlan4,ilermany,.ustria.Italy,Australia, and the rutted Ata. tes. POST OFFICE SAWN Gana \X. itoposit,will horeceived, at.thisvibeefrom a1to$3elt. Repesiter; obtaining thel'osttnaster- Geueral's special permission eau deposit $1000. Deuositrou Savhigs lBnuk account reeelved team %in.to ip.m. 01aeo}to>nxf.wl:tVia a.1u.t0 i 1',m, Lettersintendod for registration omit he posted Li minutesbctaro the elon.ing or each mail. N It—itis eartfealaryrequested thattho senders of ratter will Lindij' add the i>arites of eh Counties to the add, eases. nos pApER 11711 GOR eostmeeter, IYowrr,u ,k Co'a .-..-.. Nowsp.per hdvertl''hg Bureau t10 Spruce etre' l,onuueativer-NEw Yt Rv tieing dee contracts may ARNICA and OIL LINIMENT CURS ALL Pains and Aches, AND iS THE MOST PERFECT FAMILY MEDICINE in tho WORLD ! SOLD BY ALL DEALT RS. PRICE, 25 AND 59 CgNTS PER BOTTLE. Rev. Father W11th EXPERIENCE.* The Rev. Z. 1'. Wilds, well-known eft!. missionary inNewYork,and brother o/ ti: • Late eminentJndge Wilds, of the :tlassaelii.- setts Supreme Court, writes as follows: "78 E. 114thSt.,Nets Foil.•,.U,ep MESSR1. ,T. C. AYES .i Co., Gelttleine11 Last winter I was troubled with a most vino der- fortable itching humor affecting more espeeia.ly my limbs, which itched so intolerably at r•igrht, and burned so intensely, that I could scarcely t0 xr any clothing over them. I. was also a sufferer from a severe Catarrh and catarrhal cough ; iuy appetite was poor, and my system a good deal r.•.:1 down. I{nowing the value of Altrrit's SAns , r,l- ItiLLA, by observation of many other ens; ::nd from personal use informer years,I began to .ing it for the above-named disorders illy apps tate improved almost from the first dose. Ater a short time the fever and ftchiugwere allayed!, sand all signs of irritation of Closing) disappeared. ley catarrh and cough were also cured by the 551110 means and my ,general health greatly improved, until it is now excellent. I feel a hundred per cent stronger; and I attribute those results to the use .of the SARSAPARILLA, wbich I Al.coillnieiid with all confidence as the' best blood medicine ever devised.;, I took . it 3n small doses . three times a day, and used, in all, less than two bottles. I placethesefacts at your service, hoping their publication may do good. Yours respectfully, Z. P. WILas." The above instance is but one of the many con- stantlycomingto our notice, which prove the per- fect adaptability of Avan's SAEsArAnTZLA to the sure of all diseases arising from impure or hp- , povorished blood, and A weakened vitality. • Ayer's Sarsaparilla cleanses, enriches, and strengthens the blond, stimulates the action of the stomach and. bowels, and thereby enables the systsm:to resistanaevsr come the attaekB of all Scrofulous,biaditady,;Er+p- tions or the Skin, Itheurnatis+t, Catairh;..Gencrel Debility, and all disorders resulting frdn.poor.or corrupted blood and a low state of the system. • PREPARED BY Dr. J..0 Ayer ,& Co.; Low 'II;•Mass. Sold by all Druggists; price 51, six.bottlos for 86: AYER'S CATHARTiC„ PILLS — Best Purgative Medicine, rune Constipation Indigestion,.RIeadaclae, a+llf1F . all Bilious Disorders. e Sold everYwbere. Always r° aillet •' ` ARMERS' ATTENTION %i rIIT .'S IMPROVED ca W c1 SLIDING GATE, .•• ;.a A DRiVE AND FIELD GATE admired, by every Far- mer: Desired by all who use aatea. Its chief merits are CONVENIENCE, DURABILITY SIMPLICITY: AND CHEAPNESS. It takes up no conn: on the road or sidewalk. It opens down the fence. I1 Locks opt•ti and when. closed, Iocks stmt. A child six years old can open and close it from a wagon or horseback, or afoot. It is not liable to get out of order. So simple in construction that any farmer can make it. It can be ,Wade of lumber, iron ar wire -netting. All who see it admire it. CRn be opened with one finger from Wagons, Buggies, cfrC, It.backs out of the way down the fence, taking up no loom, Has no lever- age on posts. Can be opened and closed 80 times a minute. Makes a secure look with- out tt latch or pin. A downward pull opens or closes a gate of any length or weight, as the.bandies have a double action and always up out of the way. The cost above the or- dinary gate is from $1 to V. I can furnish GATE Inovs, no hinges to buy. 'price of FARM RIGHTS from $5 to $10. Call and see the:(xate at Centralia and Exeter, and secure a Farm Right. TO AGENTS I I own the Right of this Patent for HURON COUNTY, and as I am otherwise gaged and.oannot canvas each Township in the County, I will sell Township Right. atprices that 'Will enable the purchaser to make money at the business. From $10 to $20 per DST can be 3d 6.1)E Bya good canvasser in selling out a Township Right iu Farm Bights. Can you mase more at anything else with a Small Capital Invested. I mean to sell so • you can make MONEY, • A Rare Chance—Speculation. The selling qualities of this gate cannot be questioned, The Inventor has sold ----OVER, $60,000, WORTH. ALREADY-- Secure LR +'ADY.Secure a Township Rigbt, and ma) o money easily and rapidly. If you do not, souse oue will, and you will lose the chance. Call and see me, .or write for 'terms, A.. Q. $OEX t, Centralia. For County Eights in Canacla write for terms to 0. W. JONES, London.