Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 January 1888 — Page 3

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

ENTHUSIASTS ON PERPETUAL TION NOT ALL DEAD.

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Trowbridge Asserts That Birds

I Sleep on the Wing—The Scientific Toy Known as -Magnetic Oracle Illustrated and Explained in Detail. •.

The Jxnentiflc toy shown in tho subjoined cuts, taken from La Nature, while far from sew, is nevertheless ingenious and clever]/ tiiodernized by the constructor.

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THX MAGNETIC ORACLE.5

To make the oracle speak, write upon twelve prepared cards a series of questions relating to history, geography, science, customs, etc. One of the company takes one of these cards at random and reads one of tho questions then the card is placed under the magicians feet, in a groove mode to receive it Immediately the dracle turns on its axis, and after some oscillations becomes fixed in a ccrtain position, its magic wand pointing to ono of the numbers by which it is surrounded. Ou referring to the corresponding number on a list is read an admirably exact and accurate answer.

By varying at will the cards of questions and answers one may obtain from tho oracle an indefinite number of replies. Nothing can be simpler than the process by which this result is obtained. The base of the toy, into which the cards slip, bears a vertical pivot on which resta the body of tho magician, whoso robe conceals a vertical U-shaped maghet, having its two poles near the base, as shown in Fig.

DETAILS OF MAGNETIC ORACLB. In each of the canlH there is another magnet concealed, a straight rod, occupying a different jjosition for each of the twelve cards. We see that in virtue of tho well known laws of tho attraction of magnets for each other, each time that a card is placed with its magnet in the base, the figure will turn round this axis and effect a series of oscillations round its own axis until tho poles of tho U-shaped magnet holder under its robe nro opposite tho contrary poles of tho straight rod hidden in the card. If the base has Iweu correctly marked previously, the divining rod will indicate the corresponding number of tho answer. Anybody with a little genius and a few tools can make art oracle similar to the ono shown in the illustrations.

Illrdit Sleeping ou the Wing. The very interesting discovery announced bv Professor Trowbridge, that birds have a power of sleeping on the wing, brings to mind, says a correspondent in Science, that it is not a recent observation, but was. anticipated by Edgar A. Poe. In a poem which he saj's was written in his youth, and published more than thirty years ago, are these lines:

O, is it thy will On the orwejies to toss 1 Or cnpriclouxly still

Like the lout albatross. Incumbent on night (As she on the air).

To which he appends this marginal note: "The albatross is said to sleep on the wing." This poem, however, was criticised by another philosophic writer, John Phoenix, who gave it as his opinion that the poet inveuted the fact in natural history because bo found there were no words to rhyme with "toss" but "hoes" and "albatross." This is now happily discredited but the question remains, Who first "said itf

Perpetual Motion Inventory George Stephenson, England's great engineer, began his experience as an Inventor with the perpetual motion problem, for which he constructed a machine. His biographer describes it as consisting of a "wooden wheel, the periphery of which was furnished with glass tulps filled with quicksilver and as the wheel rotated the quicksilver poured itself down into the lower tubes, and thus a sort of self acting motion was kept up in the apparatus, which, however, did not prove to be perpetual."

Not a-year passes but some new enthusiast lodges at the patent office the specifications of some machine for perpetual motion. This is not in itself considered evidence of insanity, but it is unquestionably regarded by some as proof of mechanical aberration.

latent Maple Sngar.

Numbered with curious inventions for which a patent has been granted is one to an Indiana genm- for patent maple sugar. Tho patent sugar in question made by mixing an extract of hickory with any ordinary syrup, such as cane syrup or sorghum. This hickory flavored syrup is boiled down in the UKU&I .manner, and a product resembling maple sugar, in appearance as well as flavor, is the result. A decoction made from tho wood ot maple, it apjxsars, has been used for (be same purpose. The inventor, therefore, claims as his invention the use of the hickory extract wherever it may be employed to impart an agreeable flavor.

A New Application of Electricity.

If. Oarel has invented an electrical method of preparing paper stencils for letters, circulars etc. In this apparatus apiece of very thin paper rests on a carbon block nneeted with one pole of a small induction c**., while the style, with which the writing is done, is cantM&ted with the other pole. On using the apparatus a r-*?* of spark* psn between the style and oarbc,-* ukck, perforating the paper, which can then be used as a sfcendl in the ordinary way.

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THE CURIOSITY SHOP

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Origin of a Singular Ceremony tort In Obscurity. It has been suggested by some who have written on the subject that it is possible the three volleys fired over a soldier's grave represent the three sentences in the regular service for the dead—"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" Some time since we remember to have read an observation on this subject in a military paper, in which the writer speaking from recollection, his authority having been forgotten, said the three volleys were designed to symbolize the asscription: "We lay thee in the grave waiting for the resurrection. In the name of the Father (volley) and of the Son (volley) and of the Holy Ghost (volley). Amen." The Army and Navy Journal some time ago said:

The number of cheers for salutation of a multitude is tbe same. The earth to earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes is preceded by a pagan custom referred to by Horace, who ends cme of his elegies with aslfing the visitor at the grave to piously let fall a threefold gift of sacrificial sand. Right oblique, left oblique, front, covers the ground. One volley covers nine three is embracing, but one is not.

The origin of the practice is not only difficult, but, at present, impossible of explanation. Notes and Queries makes the following reference:

The earliest account of tbe procession, etc., that 1 have been able to trace is contained in a folio entitled "The Compleat Body of the Art Military," by Richard Elton, lieutenant colonel, published in 1688. In chap. 25, lib. xii, pp. 190-103, A. C. Lomax will find full instructions for the "ordering of a private company into a funeral service,*1 and in chap, 20, lib. iii, p. 198, similar instructions, though more brief, "for the ordering of a regiment to a funeral occasion."

"United States Chief Justices: John Jay was chief justice from 1789 to 1795, and was succeeded in 1795 by John Rutledge, of South Carolina, who presided for one term only of the court, his appoint* ment not being confirmed by tbe senate. Oliver Ellsworth was the next appointment, serving from 1796 to 1800, when he resigned, and was succeed by John Marshall, of Virginia, who served from 1801 to 1835. Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, was next, and be presided over the court for twenty-eight years, from 1836 to 1864, and in the latter year gave place to Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, who served for nine years, and in turn made woy for Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio, who has held the office since 1874.

The Inventor of tho Guillotine. Dr. Guillotine, a member of the national a8sernblv of France, aud ono of that merciless "Committee of General Security," first proposed the use of the instrument which now lear8 his name to infamy. It was really not such an unmerciful mode of death, since its woiHt was instantaneous, but it is said that tho inventor, Dr. Guillotine, was so overwhelmed with remorse when he saw the number of victilns who daily perished under its stroke that he gave up his political offices and devoted his life to his legitimate art of healing.

A Time to Stop Fighting,

The "Truce of God'1 was a regulation prohibiting all private warfare or duels on the" holy days from Thursday evening to Saturday evening in each week also, mring the season of Advent and Lent, and on the "Octaves," or eighth days, of the great festivals. This rule was first introduced in 1017 then in Franco aud Burgundy, and later in Germany, England and the Netherlands. It was the protest of the church against evils which thus might be mitigated, but which it was powerless to wholly repress.

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lies on American Coins.

Tho die of the Goddess of Liberty on American coins was originally cut by Mr. Spencer, the inventor of the Spencer lathe. Tho first die was from a portrait of Mrs. Washington. Gen. Washington was not pleased with the head of his wife as a medium of circulation, and at his request the die was changed, only a few coins having been cast from the original design. The die as it now appears was made from the former one by placing a cap ou the head and altering tho prominent features.

Rich People.

Doubtless the Vanderbilts could command within twenty-four hours more money than any other family and perhaps Mr. Russell Sago could command in two hours more money than any other single person and perhaps the capital of the Rothschilds is larger than that of any other family, but not so easily to be realized. The Vanderbilts, ,Tay Gould, Russell Sage, the Astors, the Goelets, D. O. Mills, C. P. Huntington, Sidney Dillon and many others are each worth over $5,000,000. _____________

The Short Term in the Senate. The short term in the United States^ senate can only occur once in the history of a state. On tho admission of a territory into the Union the first United States senators are elected for four and six years respectively this in order that the election of their successors may fall on different dates. From this time forward the senators are elected for terms of six years coch, and one would only fill that ofilee for a'shorter time to fill the vacancy made by the death or resignation of some senator.

Origin of the Englishman's Sobriquet. The name John Bull, as applied to the English pee pi i', is first found in Arbuthnot's ludicrous History of Europe," a book sometimes erroneously ascribed to Dean Swift. In this satire Arbuthnot calls tho French Lewis BtMon and the Dnt~h Nirholap Frog.

John Hiiiy'aCT'uJ.'dy, by Gf»•!%.-« S- inan the younger, was performed in 2S0& The John Bull, a Tory newspaper, supported by Theodore. Hook, was first published in l$i0,

A Short Cat.

The Panama canal, if it over reaches completion, will save 10,000 miles in distance between Europe and the Pacific ports. Its length is to be forty-six miles, including tunnel of four miles, which will be 100 fa. I wide and 160 feet high. The original estimated cost of the Panama canal is $14i,4«5,000, but enough has been done to show the estimate to teW. 1^ 5^V»

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The use of the letter'T to represent the has become common with religious writers, and is taken by them to symbolise Christ. Other words of the same root are Often abbreviated thus: Christian, Xtn Christianity, Xnty, and Christ, Xfc Christmas is often pedantically written Xtnaa.

The Panhandle.

'The Panhandle* is a fanciful name for the most bony f- rti.tn of the state of We«l Virf. "a. It .. i..og, uarron projection H* the river and the western .ry or 1\ n:\lvania.

Tar.

Thee. :.K Becher first proposed to malr tarfr id coal ia 11SL Mineral tar was first credatCokibrookdate, Shropshire, Bn|__-, -a 1779, and la Scotland, October,

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TEREE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING-MAIL.

YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.

AN ENTERTAINING AND USEFUL LITTLE SCOTCH TERRIER.

Btlr Dressing Among the Hebrews* Greeks, Bomsni and Egyptian*—Accidental Varieties of Birds, Such as the

White Thrush and White Sparrow.

A white sparrow, a white thrash or a white partridge are seen now and then, and they appear to be merely an accidental variety of some commoner birds of this kind. But such birds do not appear to lead very happy lives, as their fellows do not= approve of this white raiment and taka every chance of pecking tho bold bird who thus dares to dress unlike every other one of his species.

A WHITE SPARROW.

You may have seen an escaped canary flitting about from tree to tree, or perched on the top of some garden wall, erecting its crest and chirping joyously over itB new found freedom but very soon, if not secured by some friendly hand, the silly little thing is also pursued by other birds and destroyed.

The reason of this treatment appears to be an instinct implanted in birds, and indeed in all tbe animal creation, which prompts them to destroy any one of their species which is different from the ordinary kind, as such birds, or animals, are liable to propagate others similar to themselves, and thus perpetuate the confusion.

The Most Celebrated of Song Birds. One of the most celebrated of song birds is the nightingale, or night singer. It is migratory. This famous bird is common in nearly all parts of Europe. It migrates in winter into Egypt and Syria. It has been seen among the willows of Jordan and the olive tn.es of Judea. In no partsof Europe is it more common than in Spain or Italy but even in these southern regions the bird is migratory.

The nightingale is shy in its habits. Its nest is placed low and hiddai from view. Its eggs, five in number, are of an olive brown. Its food consists of insects. In color it is brown with a reddish tinge on the back and tail. As a-songster the bird is unsurpassed. Though its notes are heard at intervals during the day, they are poured fourth in their greatest perfection on quiet evenings, an hour or two after sunset and when the moon is very full, and the weather is serene, the melodious song of the nightingale may be heard till midnight.

Short Hair, Long Locks and Wigs. Few matters connected with every day life uave received more reverential attention than the hair of the headand face of -iuman, kind. The Hebrews wore their hair short, excepting always the case of the Nazarites, whose hair a vow kept long. The Greeks wore their hair so long as to win from Homer the distinction of "long locked," aud the Romans were even more fastidious than Greeks in the culture cf their hair. The Egyptians wore not only false hair, but false beards, and are credited with the invention of wigs. In the wigs preserved in the British and Berlin museums, tbe upper portion of the wig will be found made with curled hair, the plaited hair being confined to the lower part and sides. These wigs were worn both within the^house and out of doors. At parties the head dress of the guests was bound with a chaplet of flowers, and ointment was put upon tho top of the wig, as if it had really been the hair of the head. e,»

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Johnny's Composition on Medicine. 'There Is two kinds of medicine besides the kind you Rub On and the first kind is tbe Soft Kind which you take with a spoon while A man holds your Head and you kick and Riggle some because it Tastes so and the other kind is the Hard kind which is called Pills and it is the Hardest of the whole because it is so hard to go down but it does not make any Difference which kind you Take when you get it Took you wish you had not for it makes quite a Row in your Stomach and Riots Around.1' ,.

Lassie, The Little Scotch Terrier. "I think," says the little girl who owns the dog shown in our cut, "that Lassie is tho cleverest little dog I know. She is a gray haired, shaggy Scotch terrier. If she does anything disobedient, we say to her, 'Beg pardon Lassie,' and she at once stands on her hind legs and puts her forepaws together, just as though she was surely begging

pardon.

OUEVKK UTTUI SCOTCH TKMUXB. "She always goes with ua in ocnr walks, and is a great foe to all shabby appearing people, whom die has an idea she mart protect as

'Bat, I think, at all ber ways, the most ver is the following: Whenever the postman sounds his whistle at tbe door, away rum Lassie, returning soon, often with the letters in ber mouth. After a little coquetting, idle allows these letters to he taken Croat her, so you see she is not only an anmsin« dog tart a raefolooe aba Indeed, I am sore, if you knew Lassie you would be just as fond of her as I am."

A Rhyme of the Xostk January: Jamaty! Tboogh eold fan have no law, Ton Rtake as freen

Just whea you. pfcaae. And thn you go and thaw.

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

What to T)o and What Not to Oo in Case of Apoplexy.. Apoplexy may readily be distinguished from fainting by a little attention to the following details: Fainting is of short duration, and is characterized by pallor of the face, a weak or imperceptible pulse, and no paralysis. Apoplexy, on tbe other hand, is longer in.duration, the face may be flushed, the pulse is usually strong and slow, and paralysis is frequent. The snoring character of the breathing in cases of apoplexy will also serve to distinguish the two conditions. And the circumstanoes under Which the attack cranes on may likewise be of aid.

To the above statements Good Housekeeping adds, that a person seized with a stroke of apoplexy should have the freest access of air windows should be opened wide and all crowding about the patient avoided. The clothing about the neck aud chest should be loosened, so that there may be no impediment to the breathing. The belt should be unfastened, and anything which in any way confines the body. Tho head should be raised somewhat, and if it bo flushed or hot, should be bathed in cold water. Bottles of hot water or heated bags ef salt should be placed at the feet if tho latter are cold, care being taken not to burn the person who is incapable of protecting himself or of remonstrating. He should be allowed to remain quiet, no violent efforts being made to arouse him until a physician be called, for great harm may be .done by inexperienced zeal for his welfare.

Any unnecessary motion of the body may increase the amount of bleeding within the akulL

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New Nineteenth Century ^Ctire. What with colleges, universities and newspapers, with political campaign and tariff debates, with reform in politics and constant changes in social customs, with social clubs and clubs political, with art culture and the decorative mania, we are cultivating, says The Philadelphia Press, every side of man's nature but his physical side. Learned physicians are experimenting with us, haaling some of us, and failing to heal others but few or none of these tell us how to keep well. We believe in the bed cure it is better than the hot water cure, or grape cure, or gymnastics and other exercise. It is not exercise, but rest, we need, and we hail the bed cure as the greatest discovery of the Nineteenth century. If hard worked people would a day in bed now and then less would be heard about nervous prostration.

Cream as a Medicine.

As an antidote for a consumptive tendency it is claimed that cream acts like a charm, and serves all the purposes intended to be served by cod liver oil, with much greater certainty and effect. Besides persons consumptively inclined, those with feeble digestion, aged people and those inclined to chilliness and cold extremities are especially benefited by a liberal use of sweet cream.

Cutting Short Neuralgia Pains. In those who are disposed to neuralgia, attacks of pain are frequently brought on by fatigue or unwonted exercise. Journal of Health advises such people to live very regularly and to observe this rule in eating: When the pain comes on in consequence of waiting too long for a meal, a cup of hot drink, such as milk, cocoa or beef tea, will very often stop it.

Treatment of a Fainting Fit. The common practice of lifting fainting people to a sitting or upright position is sufficient to destroy the spark of life that remains. Radical authority has recently emphasised the fact that such persons should be kept in the prone position while restoratives and local means are employed to return them to consciousness.

Stimulant for the Hair.

A fragrant preparation designed to stimulate the growth of the hair can be made of tincture of cantharides,\two drachms castor oil, one ounce alcohol, half a pint. To this the druggist should be directed to add a few drops each of the oils of bitter almonds, orange flowers and bergamot.

A Mistaken Idea.

The old adage, "Feed a cold and starve a fever," is characterized by Journal of Health as very silly advice. It anything, the reverse would be nearer right. "W^hen a person has a severe.cold it is best for him to eat very lightly, especially during the first few days of the attack.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

How Unmarried Men May Cancel Social Obligations. Opera or theatre parties represent a fashionable form of entertainment by which unmarried men in cities cancel some of their social obligations. According to the social etiquette of New York these parties may include a dinner preceding the amusement fuad light refreshment after it, or merely an after supper. The theatre party that includes only tho after supper is the more popular, as it is the least expensive and troublesome it is still, however, quite a formal affair.

In this instance the host calls upon his anticipated guests and after receiving an acceptance of his invitation (which should include a gentleman member of the family, or a near kinsman of the young lady, or an elderly lady), he leaves entrance tickets and the party meets at the place of entertainment. If the invited guests do not keep carriages tho host may send one if he ohooses, but this is not strictly etiquette. In some instances a private omnibus is sent out to collect tho guests.

After the amusement the party is conveyed to a restaurant or to the house of a friend where a supper is in waiting. After supper it & not uncommon to dance a little while if the bouse or roam is private, and a piano is sufficient for the music. Tbe chaperons of the party decide when it is proper to go homer There is no objection to such parties in their most refined forma and usages, but a hotel dinner and supper lacks the charm which domestic hospitality should hold for highly bred people.

The CMof MIO or Mr. Without a Naaae.

la writing to a young lady do not address ber as "Dear Miss.'" The use of Misswi{j|iout the name is a vulgarism and, though it is doubtle* awkward to address a young woman as "Dear Madame," it is preferable to the exceedingly objectionable term referred to. The use of the prefix Miss or Mr. without tbe name is equally to be avoided in conversation. To salute a young lady, for instance, with "How do you do, Missf" reveals a painful lade of breeding.

The iMcriptioa of the Vlaiting Card. Always use the prefix Mr., Mrs. or Miss, whichever it may be, on your visiting card. Though it is by no means uncommon for men aad young women to have their !sa:nes printed on tbe card without any prefix, the bast social usage docs nc% sanction tbe custom.

Some of the women at Vanity Fair are wearing button shoes with tops of the socio material as their dress, which, of course, must be made to carder, aad thus do we get our ex dwh* footwear.

BhAVERS AT WORK.

HOW THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN FAMILY PREPARE FOR WINTER.

An Old Grayback Tugging Away at a Maple Log—The Family to the Reverie—AH Unfinished Hat—- Habits of

Beavers.

"You would be surprised at the intelligence shown by these animals. Some of tL-mseem to be almost human, they are so clevor.n "And industrious?" "More industrious than many people. Just now they are pegging away day and night. Usually they work at nijht only, but this is building time, and as there seems to be si.ow in the air they are hustling double time to get their winter quarters in order. Just look at that fellow trying to roll down that big log there."

And Hoadkeeper Byrne, of tho Zoological garden, leaned over the iron railing round the beaver pond, his fine face lighted up with interest, as he watched the quaint, hairy creatures so hard at work. The log was a heavy limb of a maple tree. It lay upon the bank a yard or two from the water. It was almost as thick and three times as long as the beaver that was endeavoring to move it. The animal pushed with all his strength, but vainly. He stopped, half hopelessly, walked round and rouud the log, then squatting resignedly on his haunches uttered a low cry. Instantly another creature poked its snout just above the water's surface and waited. The cry was repeated and the animal in the pond struck out for the shore, reached it, And scrambled on the bank. "That's old gray back's mate," said Mr. Byrne. "Tho two of them will work the log together." And they tried it. But it was a tremendous job. An animal got on each side and shoved with their noses and fore feet for all they were worth. But the log didn't budge an inch. Still they pushed and tugged and tussled. "I imagine thcy ll give it up," said tho reporter. "It looks like it," replied Mr. Byrne. "But, 'egad, not now for here comes their two little ones."

THE WHO LB FAMILY OUT.

As he spoke two young beavers that had been swimming rapidly across the pond clambsred out on the bank and each took a turn at the end of the maple bough. All four, taking a sort of bark from old grayback as a signal, started in simultaneously. Just the least little bit did the log move, but enough to encourage the beavers to dash at it with a will. A little more it gave then more and more. Presently it struck a deep decline in the bank and began to roll down. The beavers were on it, tugging and pushing. In a moment or two more it was at the bottom and lying on the narrow, fiat surface round the edge of the pond. Before the momentum had altogether left it the beavers were on it again, making their last big spurt. And in another second—splash! it tumbled over into the water. The delighted beavers sprang on it all at once. For the rest it was as smooth as soap, and with Graybeard leading on one side and his mate ou the other and the two little ones pushing at the other end, the big log went through the water like a fast yacht before the wind.

The beavers got it over to a hut made of boughs and mud in the middle of the stream. They laboriously pushed it up half out of the water, and satisfied that it was sufe set off in quest of other material. The hut was nearly the size of an Indian wigwam aud much the •amA in shape. It was tnado of many layers of stick*, logs and mud. The flooring was of logs, supported just above the water on other logs and stones. The boughs of trees and broken sticks were showing through tho mud. Bat that is because the house was not complete. When it reaches a sin great enough to satisfy the animals they will take one good day and night to give it a finishing touch, and walking over it will smooth out the mud with their broad, flat tails as nicely as if the work was done with a trowel.

And what is greatly to the credit of the Hamate, while ail the beavers in tho pond work upon the hut, the house is really intended to bo the' quarters only of the grandfather and grandmother beavers in the colony. All the young ones have their own abodes, and the ground all about tho pond is burrowed deep with subterranean private residences.

AN ENTERPRISING COUPLE.

Two beavers on one occasion burrowed a home tor themselves thirty-four feet under tho pathway round the pond. When the Zoo people discovered the fact they had a hard time coaxing tbe beavers out of their quarters, and a still harder one filling the place up. Now there is a stone coping under ground all round the pond at some distance from the water, and when the beavars have worked their way as far as the stone they are forced to be satisfied with the extent of jtheir dwelling.

All afternoon younger beavers, each with his mate, taking such time as they could from work on the hut, were busy at work on their own residences, huntiug sticks, digging up and carrying mud and placing each element in its proper place. Some of them showed almost a mathematical nicety in their calculation. One busy fellow who wanted to cut a large stick in two would nibble a little here and there, then walk around the stick, examining it critically, then nibble again rind walk around once more. At last, wtien apparently satisfied with his calculations, he set to work with a will, aud in the twinklihg of an eye, as it seemed, he had gnawed tbe stick through.

All the wood used in building is stripped of its bark, which forms the principal food of tbe animals. Now and again a beaver, com ing on a particularly fresh and juicy willow twig, would stop work long enough to resale himself with the bark, first, by tbe way, washing the twig well in the pond. They treat all their food in the same way, and when someone threw a big fellow an appls yesterday be spun it round and round in tbe water before eating it. They lay up heaps of bark for winter use, and now and again when they find a fine, big log they bury It, bark and all. It* the mud, nibbling off a sup ply as they require ft during the winter days.

They take plenty of rest, however, as well work hard, and along about feeding time swaral of them caftw out and lounged ia the sunshine ou the grassy bank, waiting for the keeper to cwne. They know him perfectly. The oldest and btggmt of tbe colony- he patriarch- i* stone bliud. But somehow be, too, kiM*»* the keepcf at feeding Urn*— Philadelphia Time*

The Oktut Magaxtne..

I know ot no gitabtr pleasure for a who is fond of reading than to talcs home with hint anew number of uoe ot our modern magaxino* with the leaves all uncut, and sit down to it with his mind free from cam while the stanrtny winds do bk*» datM§ aad the fire burns brightly within. Then is tbe time for tbe *utiest chair and a good paper knife The old lady food of whist that Charles l^anah tells abbut liked a good fire and a clean hearth and the rigor of tha game, don't play whist, but I Kke the first two ingredient* and for the rigor of tbe game,i the rustle of the roagarine lee v«a—Lake Sharp ia DeUoit Free

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A Mad King's Amusement. feasant shooting is tho favorite amusement of tbe mud king, Otto of Rnvaria. But no peasants are killed, althotigh his majesty fancies that ho lins brought down several. The way they manage the royal sport is very simple. A tine hunting rific is handed to the king, and he immediately posts himself in on* of the windows of his castlo The rifle ia loaded with a blank cartridge. A man is birod to post himself in a thicket and to emerge from it at a given signal. Immediately on his appearance a royal bead is drawn upon him. Tho king fires tho man falls, and tho servants put him upon a stretcher and carry him off, while his majesty rubs his hands in delight. The "asant receives his pay aud puts in his application for another joh. It i.s a fine thing to have a crazy king.

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Mortgages Upon Farms.

For many years mortgages upon improved farms in New York and New England have been regarded as the best kind of investment for savings banks deposits. But they are no longer so regarded. Connecticut farms, far instance, many banks will not look at, aad the shyness about loaning on New York and Westchester farm property is greatly increasing. Good city property is regarded favorably.—New York Sun.

Lowest Human Temperature.

A jvoman dying from myxedema is reported to havo had a temperature ranging from 00 to 70 degs. Fahrenheit, tho normal being 98.5. This is probably the lowest recorded human temperature. Arkausaw Traveler. •,.

MAKE NO MISTAKE,—If you have made up your mind to buy Hood's Harsaparlll do not be Induced to take any other, Hood's Sarsaparilla is a peculiar medicine, possessing, by virtue of Its peculiar combination, proportion and preparation, curative power superior to any other article of the kind before the people. For all aflectlons arising Irom Impure blood or low state of the system It Is uneiiualed. Be sure and get Hood's.

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Emerson's sense of humor preserved him from the extremes into which many of hid friends were betrayed. On one occasion in the midst of a transcendental discussion, the arrival of a load of coal was announced. Emerson excused himself to attend to it with the delicious apology: "You sec, we must treat these things as if they were real"—Ths

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A Gorman author, saying thut women ia somo departments of literature have entirely supplanted men, gives as a reason that womea ore carried away with the current of tho day. "In art, as in life, they always follow the latest fashion, are realists today, idealists tomorrow, and therofpro always sure to appeal to the tastoof the moment."—Chicago Tirnea.

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Oauses its victims to be miserable, hopeless, confused, and depressed in mind, very Irritable, languid, and drowsy. It is a disease which does not get well of itself. It requires eareful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the dlgestlve organs till they perform their duties willingly. Hood's Sarsaparllla has proven Just the required remedy in hundreds of cases.

I have taken Hood's Barsaparllla for dyspepsia, from which I nave suffered two years. I tried many other medicines, but none proved so satisfactory as Hood's Sarsaparllla.'* TITO*AS COOK, Brush J^T$°fWght Co, New York City.

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"For the past two years I have been afflicted with severe headaches and dyspepsla. I was induced to try Hood's Baisaparllla, and have found great relief. I cheerfully recommend It to all." MM-

ANNABLB, New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, tttass.,' was a sufferer from dyspepsia and sick headache. She took Hood's Sarsaparllla and it be re us

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