Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 August 1888 — Page 3

SCIENCE A.ND PROGRESS.

ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM TRUSTWORTHY SOURCES,

Optical IllusionTHtutrated nitb Interesting Variation* of Professor Thompson'* Stroboscopio Circles, Tint May Be

Experimented with bjr Any One.

A correspondent in La Nature suggests several interesting variations which may be given to the experiment with tbo stroboscope circles discovered by Profeaor Thompson about ten years ago, and familiar to most of our readers. Two of these variations are depicted in the cuts here given.

no. I—OPTICAL nxtrsiox

These two designs are intended to be copied on cardboard four times larger than tbo original, and rapidly revolved on a pin or wire passing through the center. Under these conditions Fig. 1 will be curiously transformed. The four circles will disappear and change into a single circle, the circumference of which is bounded by the centers of tho real circles outside of this speotral circle numerous half circles appear.

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S—OPTICAL ILLUSION.

When Fig. 2 is rotated on its axis the parallel lines disappear and become converted into concentric circles.

Haw to DM Glue.

For glue to bo proporly effective, it requires topenotrato tho pores of the wood and the more a body of gluo penetrates the wood, tho moro substantial the joints will remain. Glues that take the longest to dry are to be preferred to those that dry quickly, tho slow drying being always the strongest, other things being equal.

For general uso, says Scientific American, no method gives such good results as the following: Break the gluo up small, put it into an iron kettle, cover tho glue with water, and allow it to soak twolve hours. Aftor soaking, boll until done. Then pour it into an air tight box, leavo the cover off until cold, then cover up tight. As glue is ixv quired, cut out a portion and melt in tho usual way. Expose no more of the made gluo to the atmosphere for any length of time than is necessary, as the atmosphere is very destructive to mode glue. Never heat mado gluo in a pot that is subject to tho direct heat of tho flro or of a lamp. All such methods of heating glue cannot be condemned in terms too severe. Do not use thick gluo for joints or veneering. In all cases work it well into the wood, in a similar manner to what painters do with paint. Gluo both surfaces of your work, except in cases of veneering. Never glue hot wood, as tbo hot wood will absorb all tho water in tho glue too suddenly and leavo ouly a very little residue. _______

Salt at Malt Lake. Utah.

The manufacture of salt around the shores of Salt lake, Utah, is an important and growing industry. Nearly all tho land adapted to tho purpose has been appropriated by settlers.

A level meadow Is usually selected a few inches above and adjacent to the water of the lake.

The surface of the soil is scraped and mado level and hard liko tbo floor of a brick yard. A storm or high wind 'Till drive tbo water in from tho lake and cover it, and a slight dam prevents its return. It quickly evaporates and leaves a residue of solid salt six to ten Inches deep, that is shoveled into farm wagons and marketed.

This salt, owing to tho considerable per centn^e of soda it contains, is not considered det.ntblo for meat and butter, ami does not command the price of a pure article, but is la general use in the territory.

r*t»r for Cleaning Lenses.

Professor Gage, of Cornell university, recommends, as preferable to linen or chamois skin, the so called Japanese filter paper, the bibulous paper often used by dentists in filling tooth. It is soft and flexible, absorbs liquid* readily, is less likely to contain gritty particle* that are liable to scratch the tenses, and it is so inexpensive that when apiece has once been used it may be thrown away. Every director of a microscopical laboratory appreciates tho difficulty of getting students to exercise the proper care in clear'"- objectives and eye pUve*. Every large 1 ratory is sure to contain some students whose genius fori.'U'BtUletfv. *fl» \CW---V? laUM cane baatLu^x of -e •.. aratu*. Doubtless If in a microscopical laboratory each student were provi with a quantity of tliis taper, fewer valu,.. lease* would be injured.

The atysterfams Vinegar Well A story (ram Vtneennes, lad., i* gxitngtho rounds to the effect that a mysterious vinegar well which vai dug on .the farm of S. W. Williams, just cost of that city, 1MM been accounted for, after much disc.- 5oa by chemists and others. "Some tav~gr ymn ago the fans was owned by F. ML Fky, who had on extensive orchard. Tbo apple crop was large, and ho made several handnsd barrels of cider, to becoaturted iato vinegar. While the flak! was fermenting about 100 trr-ds bant end their cunteuts war* kafc. 1. cid«r sank into tbo groaad until it reached an taip«**tow*rmiaiaot clay .where it lay until the well was agoa the same *poLm ______

Weight of Doable

One hundred tfcowaad doable m&m te,000,000} should weigh S,«SS pounda 4 otxwt Tbe limit deviation from the co^ect walght allowed bylaw is oae-on*-tadtaxtUi of aa oaaas for every 13,000 la ga.' \o tUmii far W, Uubta

THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

The Garden of Edro-Pamdiie—Deriva-tion of the Word. Tbo "Garden of Eden" mentioned Gen. ii, 8. is also called from tbe Septnagint the "Garden of Paradise." The word "Eden" signifies pleasure and delight. Several places were thus called see Gen. iv, 16 II Kings tit, 13 Isaiah xxxvii, 12 Ezekiel xxvii, 27, and Amos i, 5, and such places probably had this name from their fertility, pleasant situation, etc., etc. In this light the Septnagint have viewed Gen. ii, 8, as they render the passage thus: "God planted a paradise in Eden." Hence the word has been translated into the New Testament, and is used to signify a place of exquisite pleasure and delight. From this the ancient heathens borrowed their ideas of the gardens of the Hesperides, where the trees bore golden fruit. And the gardens of Adonis, a word which is evidently derived from the Hebrew, Eden and hence tbe origin of sacred groves, gardens and other inclosures dedicated to the purposes of devotion, some comparatively innocent, others impure. Tbe word "paradise" is not Greek, but is of Asiatic origin. In Arabic and Persian it signifies "a garden, a vineyard," and also the "place of tbe blessed." In the "Kusbuf ul Loghat," a very celebrated Persian dictionary, the "Jenet al Ferdoos," Garden of Paradise, is said to have been "created by God out of light, and that the prophets and wise men ascend thither."

Celluloid.

Most celluloid is made in France. A roll of paper is slowly unwound, and at the same time is saturated with a mixture of five parts of sulphuric and two parts of nitric acid, which falls upon tho paper in a fine spray. This changes the cellulose of tho paper into pyroxyline (gun cotton). The excess of the acid having been expo led by pressure, the paper is washed with plenty of water until all traces of acid have been removed. It is then reduced to a pulp, and passes on to the bleaching trough. It is this gun cotton which gives it its explosive nature. Most of the water having been got rid of by means of a strainer, it is mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent, of its weight of camphor asecondmixturo and grinding follows. This pulp is spread out in thin slabs, which are squeezed in a hydraulic press until they are as dry as chips. Then they are rolled in heated rollers, and come out in elastic sheets. They are from that point worked up into almost every conceivable form. In Paris there is a room almost completely furnished in celluloid. Tbe curtains, tho furniture, tbe door knobs' and even tho matting were made of this material. To bo sure, no matches were ever carried there. Indeed, tbo room was never used. It was only a curiosity, and the man who owned it owned tbe factory where it was madei

Venus of Milo.

The Venus of Milo, or Melos, is in the gallery of tho Louvro, at Paris. This statue is thought to bo the work of Alexandros, the son of Menides of Antiocheia, or one of those sculptors who are called Asiatic Greeks. It is said that tho base of this statue, with the name of the artist upon it, was destroyed for the purposo of deceiving the king of France into tho belief that it is more ancient than it really is. It was discovered in 1820 by a peasant in tho town of Milo, on the island of tho. same name. It was in a niche of a wall which had long been buried. The Marquis of Rivere, who was French ambassador at Constantinople, purchased it and presented it to King Louis XVIII, who placed it in the Louvre. It is made from two blocks of marble, joined above tho drapery which envelops the legs. As it now stands it has the tip of tho nose and tho foot, which projects beyond tho drapery, as they have been rostored by modern artists. It represents a goddess rather than a beautiful woman.

Alabama Award.

rhe Alabama Claims commission met at Geneva, Dec. 15, 1871, and rendered its decision that Great Britain should pay to the United States an indemnity of 915,000,000 for tho direct injuries done to tho latter's commerce by three of the Confederate cruisers. This commission was composed of fivo members chosen respectively by tho president of tbo United States, the queen of England, the king of Italy, tho president of tho Swiss Confederation nnd the emperor of Brazil. The president appointed Charles Francis Adams the queen, Sir Alexander Cockburn tho emperor of Brazil selected Baron d'ltazuba the king of Italy chose Count Sciopis, and the presideut of tho Swiss Confederation appointed James Staempfii. J. C. Bancroft Davis was appointed agent of the United States and Lord Tenterden of Great Britain. Count Sciopis presided.

Sncexlng.

Some unimportant customs can be traced Dock to a very ancient origin, or, at all events, can be shown to have existed long ago. "Blrss you sotno on© says, on bearing a companion sneese. "Bless you

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tho exclamation made for the same reason in other tongues by several nations hundreds of year* ago. Moro than one ancient Greek writer speaks of this custom, but cannot say certainly whence it came. The man who snecsed when offering sacrifice was thought fortunate and sure to obtain his object. Wo all know how sneezing may be caused, but it is curious to notice that some people sneexe on coming into tbe sunshine.

UbcUnu Postal Cards,

By a recently approved act of congress any envelope or postal card bearing upon the outside "obscene*, libelous, scurrilous or threatening delineat is, epithets, terms or language, or retL-ting injuriously upon the character or conduct of another,* Is declared non-mailablc matter, and the sender Is liable toafiaoof not less than $100 nor more than #5,000, or Imprisonment at hard labor act tan than one year nor more tLan ten years, or both.

Tbe president of the United State* appoints all territorial governors, and their comm& ts bold good as 1 as it pleases tho but upon iL* expiration of thet ^dent's term tbe governor holds the office until his successor is appointed. Tbe «J~'~g*t*sto rr -went the trrrtterfce in congr sareek-cto !y the pee of the territories and must be confirmed by tbe senate.

UtfcograpfcJe at ma ss.

Hitherto all tbe lithographic stance need ih this ntry have no a Bavaria, where the u^ae# have k..— worked aad are fisst becoming exhausted. Now a perfect rr' sin la sheets has been U.v„u wil__ a hmMLwJ miles of Austin, Ttex.

Spceifle and A4 Valorem.

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HALF HOUR'S ENTERTAINMENT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

Peculiar Variety of CoH Fish. Including the Teleseopo and Doable Tailed Fish. Directions for Keeping Fish In Aqnarla or Globes.

The fish represented in tho Wit are varieties of tbe well known gold fish or gold carp, a native of China and' Japan, in which countries they have been bred and domesticated for centuries, and as the most bizarre forms have been carefully preserved, very singular variations have resulted, some of which possess buge double tails, others have their dorsal and anal fins enormously exaggerated. The most singular are perhaps those that have hideously enlarged eyes, which protrude from the head and cause tbe creatures to be called telescope fish.

TELESCOPE GOLD FISH.

Gold fish breed rapidly in ponds where the water is wormed, as by tho escape of wnste steam or hot water from a factory. Tho young are at first dark, but gradually change color, becoming silver or golden. When kept in globes they rarely spawn, and are subject to a fungoid disease affecting the skiu, for which no cure is known. In aquaria or globes they are frequently very erroneously treated bread crumbs arc thrown in, which decay, rendering the water turbid and unwholesome, and the fish become diseased. They thrivo best on insects, small worms, especially tbo aquatic kinds, or minute

DOUBLE TAILED GOLD FI8IL

shreds of raw meat, but at no time should moro food be given than is eaten greedily any excess putrefies in the water and induces fatal fungoid diseases. Large aquaria, with some growing vegetables, such as duck weed, valisneria, etc., aro far superior to globes. Moreover, if there is sufficient vegetable growth, the water bo not soiled with refuse food and a few .water snails and lymnea added to keep down tho excess of green confervoid growth, .the water will not require changing for months, or even, in a well managed aquarium, for years together.

8tory of tho Lost Ring.

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One evening a lady, while preparing for bed, laid three rings on her dressing table, where, among other articles, a small plate of oatmeal had been placed. During the night the owner of the rings was seized by illness, so severe that for nearly a week she never remembered her property, which had meanwhile been taken charge of by a nurse. On inquiry, however, there proved to b© only two rings, the nurse declaring that she had never seen tbe third, though she had removed the others immediately on entering the sick room. This not being satisfactory, a thorough search was instituted, but without success, and gradually tho ring was forgotten.

Many months afterwards there was an unpleasant odor in the same apartment, and a bricklayer was summoned. Ho raised the hearthstone nnd discovered tho dead body of a thin emaciated mouse, which, on examination, proved to have the lost ring firmly fixed round its neck. The death of the mouse had evidently been caused by suffocation, and the explanation of tho whole neems to be, that, on tho evening when the rings had been placed on the table, the mouse (which must have been very young), attracted by tbe smell of tbe oatmeal, had crept up to partake of this dainty, and, while moving about, had unconsciously pushed its bead through the circlet of gold. As the little creature grew larger, however, the pressure of the ring must have caused it much uneasiness, and finally strangled it altogether. The attenuated condition of the mouse was a proof of how much its health had suffered during the gradual process of straugulation.

Japanese Dabies*

Tho babies in Japan havo sparkling black eyes and funny little tufts of hair they look so quaint and old fashioned, exactly like those dolls that are sent over here to Amcrica. Now, in our country very young babies are apt to put everything in their mouths a button or a pin, or anything, goes straight to the little rosy, wide open mouth, and the nurse or mamma must always watch and take great care that baby does not swallow something dangerous.

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BABIES.

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

The Remarkable Mental Kfffcct Often Pro» dnoed by the Uso of Ether. Within a few years it has been claimed by various physicians and scientists that ether often prodnces a most singular effect cm the mind of the patient or experimenter who takes it, giving rise to what has been called the "anaesthetic revelation." Xenos Clark, a writer on this subject, affirms that just as the experimenter recovers from the anaesthetic, and before wide awake consciousness fully returns, he has an intense perception of what seems to him at the time the philosophic secret of existence, tbo true explanation of the universe. This singular impression, though intense, does not last long and, in spite of the subject's strong efforts to carry the "revelation" out into wide awake consciousness, ho finds himself unable to do so, but is left full of awe by his strange experience, and wonder at the nearness of the solution, which for so many ages has been sought so far afield.

The abstract, philosophic nature of the ether dream gives it a special interest to students of philosophy and psychology. By its intensely specific character it differs entirely from tho opium or hasheesh hallucination. The opium eater may dream of a thousand different things, but the ether patient invariably has ono fixed impression—a belief that the ultimate secret and explanation of existence stands revealed to him as finite knowledge never has or never could reveal it. The singular thing is that this impression may happen to a man who has never given one thought to philosophy, and whose mind, thereforo, is void of material for this impression. This fact, and tho specific likeness of effect of the ether on all who have mado the experiment, had led some psychologists to declare the impossibility of considering the phenomenon a dream, and to claim place for it as genuine philosophic insight.

The Function of the Rile,

Among the many mooted questions in physiology is tho functiou of the bile. Dr. Dastro recently reported his observations in this direction to tho Societe de Biologie of Paris. Ho said that ho had previously proven that the presence of bile in the stomach during different period* of digestion did not take from tho gastric juice its digestive power consequently it could not bo the cause of vomiting or of severe gastric troubles. At tho present time, owing to the success of two operations for cholecysto-intestinal fistula, he thought himself in a position to concludo that the bile contributed, as well as the pancreatic juice, to the digestion of tho fats— an opinion which is counter to that expressed by Claude Bernard. In fact, tho two animals being in good condition four months after the establishment of the fistula, they had been given a meal of fat and milk, and then slaughtered during full digestion. Tho examination showed with absolute clearness that the lacteals were transparent between tbe stomach and fistula, and, on the contrary, entirely white and milky below tho fistula that is to Bay, where the bile had been able to get, consequently, if observation on the rabbit shows us that the bile alone is unable to emulsify tho fats, the preceding experience shows us that tho pancreatic juice alone is also powerless. Tbey must be mingled in order to act welL In' other words, bile as well as the pancreatic juice takes part in the diirestion of fats.

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Smokers' Vertigo.

Dr. Decalsne is reported in The New York Medical Record as having recently investigated a number of cases of vertigo in smokers. Out of siKty-three patients fortynine were between 58 and 00 years of age. More than half of them suffered, in addition, from digestive troubles, with constipation alternating with diarrhoea, insomnia, palpitations, dyspnoea, and diuresis. In the third of tho number there was marked intermittence of the pulse, and granular pharyngitis, while others suffered from aphtha), amblyopia, etc. Thirty-seven were persons who smoked habitually on on empty stomach and these suffered from vertigo, principally in the morning. The vertigo generally coincided with suppression of perspiration and diminished excretion of urine. The treatment consisted mainly in regulating or suppressing the cause, but thirty-three out of thirty-seven patients ceased to suffer on merely refraining from smoking on an empty stomach.

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Don't Ask Invalids How They A row A physician, illustrating tho evil custom of talking to an invalid about his pains, says that once he requested a mother to mark a stroke upon a paper each time that she asked a sick daughter how she was. The next day, to her astonishment, she mado 109 stroke*. A tlirea months1 visit away from home was prescribed.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

The Wise Chaperon Is a Trang GlrT* Social 1'rovldenee. A girl's mother is her natural chflpertfn and should always be with heron her entrance into society. Thus tbe custom of tbe best society is voiced by Mrs. John Sherwood, who adds: It is she who has the instinct to take care of the delicate, imprudent young creatnre who may dance too long and sit in a draft afterward. Tbe mother must be first and foremost in everything, the pleasant factor at all tbe dinners, suppers and drives. But if a girl has no mother, or tbe mother is necessarily absent or ill, so that she cannot chaperon her daughter, a chaperon must be fonnd.

To a girl just catering society it is a bewildering place, aad tbe tinsel is as good as the gold. Tbe wise society matron knows it all, end she knows that a young girl's awakening from this dream of delight to a frightful reality is a thing which has often happened. Judiciously, wisely, truly a chaperon should shape a young girl's destiny by warding off evil aad encouraging all that Is good, sincere and noble in character aad conduct. If a young girl finds herself dogged, watcb& and suspected, if sbe detects her chaperon trying to open ber notes, or furtively watching ber, she Is very apt to tfciak that double dealing is the proper thing and to try to ootwirtbe detective. Here, as la all relations of life, booesty and confidence beget honesty and confidence young men and young women wbo are treated as upon honor rarely deceive parents or guardians. On tbe port of a chaperon there ^h mld be respecting letters a deboacy aad cantkn. Tbe sacredness of a seal Is Inviolable among well bred people. A mother, even, ^d think twice before she opens ber daughter's letter*. If a girl bat aot principle enoagh to confide ia ber mother no amoont of rcplanaga would make ber ounfldwntsl _____

Boles to Be Oaeervad*

The gentleman enters church or theatre first when escorting a lady to a seat. Address a letter to a mart I lady by her hasbeacTe name, as Mrs. John Brown.

A young lad] cold be married In dmrcfc or at ber own b_a. Her fiaaoeahcnld marry tr to their aew li a, battha ought aot to be performed thera.

It Is always propsr to fap'r- after the hostess of your friend or to tea tear! fir

THE FORLORN FALKLANDS.

ISLAND LIFE AT THE OTHER END OF THE HEMISPHERE.

Sea Breeses and Plenty of Them—Crippled Ships Lying Along Shore—A Peat Slide. Fortunes In Mutton—Lost Children—A

Mastery. Here is the place for New Yorkers who dread a hot summer sun and days without a breeze. They can save the trouble of bringing their summer clothing and laying away fine and heavy wraps. Here are sea breezes and plenty of them, for it is the exception Trhen a wild gale of wind is uot blowing. These islands comprise about 5,000 square miles, with a coast line continuously broken and having enough fine harbors to supply the whole of the west coast of South America and then havo plenty left over.

Ono large bay i$ called tho Bay of Harbors. Stanley harbor is aptly described in tfce South Atlantic Pilot as "a natural dock." It is about three miles long and a short half mile broad, with a heavy mud bottom, in which any anchor will hold a mud so heavy that ships that have an anchor down long in one place ruu great danger of breaking their capstans when getting, under way. Tht harbor opens into Ifort William sound, a body of water five miles long and one wide (itself a splendid nnchoragc), by a narrow pass a cable's length wide.

A LOST, STRAYED APPEARANCE.

When the pass is entered nothing is to bo seen except perhaps a few stray sheep on the barren hillsides. Not till a vessel is in the ij arbor docs tbe little town of two or throe hundred inhabitants becomo visible up the harbor. It has a lost, strayed appearance from tho want of any outlying farm houses or buildings of any kind. There aro a cluster of thirty or forty wooden buildings, a few cottages or villas and some storehouses, and out in the stream lie half a dozen square rigged ships, schooners, pilot boats and smaller craft. An English gunboat lies tied up at a wharf and another at anchor. Hulks lio along the shore and aro piled with lumber and coal, while closer inspection of tho shipping shows many to be "lame ducks" that have been crippled in trying to round the tempestuous Horn, which still keeps up its terrible reputation. One of the "lame ducks" is the Great Britain, an immenso iron ship, having 8,000 tons of coal aboard, recently condemned and tho cargo sold at auction to the Falkland Islands company.

A moro interesting object to the American is the hulk of the Snow Squall, now lying on shore and used as a storehouse for lumber. She was tho only sailing vessel that ever ran away from the Alabama, and a clean pair of heels she showed the southerner that day. The Alabama was sighted about 11 o'clock in the morning carrying English colors, and on a closer view the Yankee captain did not like her looks: so he made sail and tho Alabama's coal passers plied their shovels in vain, for the fine lines of tho American let her go through tho water so fast that by 5 o'clock the Alabama was out of sights Under her bowsprit and coiling down her cutwater was tho green dragon, her figure head, and that our captain removed and will bring home to tho land of the vessel's birth.

SPIKING DOWN THE HOUSES. There is not a tree of any kind in sight, and, what is more, tfcere Is not a tree on all the islands. Tbey will not grow- here, it is said, but the truth is they would do so if the bowling gales would give them a chance. It is all the people can do to spiko down their houses and keep them from departing for the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn. Having managed to keep them from blowing away, imagine their disgust when the peat slipped down the inside, carrying houses and pigsties along, like toys on a rug, and completely ruining the pretty little church, where tbe colonial chaplain prayed "for all those in authority" with such fervor during a Conservative ministry. Tho green hillside on which tho town stands is now disfigured by along black streak down its side, reaching nearly to tbo sea, and tho houses on and near the slip havo enough peat cut and drying to last them for years.

All the country, save a sheep ranch which has a name of its own, is called the "Camp," from tbe Spanish campo, field of plain, and in this region it is mostly bog. Tbe grass grows in heavy tufts, and the islands are admirably adapted to sheep gnuring. Here sheep havo no enemies to contend with save man and tbe refrigerator steamships. They increase steadily and thrive apace, and several Englishmen havo made large fortunes out of them. Splendid mutton they are, too next to the veritable Southdown, the finest in tho world.

But the Camp is not a good plooe for man or child to pass tho night in. A number of children have strayed away from homo, never to bo seen again. What could become of them is as yet a mystery, for tbe bog is so shallow and close to tho rock that it seems impossible that they could be completely mired out of sight in a few hours, while the whole town and the crews of men of war and vessels in tho harbor are searching thoroughly every foot of ground that a child could possibly have travelled in tbe time elapsed. In tbe little graveyard on the hillside, tbo first thing of civilization, by tbo way, that a venwl pasws coming in, aro several tombstones with inscriptions declaring that so and so, an officer in ber majesty's service, or i:i some other service, lost his way on tbe Camp while hunting and was found dead the next morning. In all kinds of weather, fair and foul, strong mm have lain down to sleep, wearied with walking, and never awakened. Sometimes their well filled flasks were untouched, sometimes they were empty their owners were dead from exposure. A theory suggested, but neither proved nor disproved, Is that tbo victims become asphyxiated by an exhalation of carbonic acid gas from the peat.—Cor. hew York Tribona

A Ilfat to Thcmftitfal Parents. An esaential Inequality of tbe sexes is bared on tbe tendency to lengthen girlhood and shorten boyhood. Tbe boy is prwsed forward into business five years earlier than bo need to be fifty years ago, while tho girl of 20 does not know as much of housekeeping as tbo girl of 15 of as long ago. In other word*, girls are petted and babied, while boys aro set to work. The effect Is not at all favorable to tbe desirable end of producing happy bs»rum There Is a good deal involved in the equalization of the sexc.. that 1s not taken Into account la the oratorical discussions of the question. It Is argued by Flake that a lengthened Infancy Ii the basis of finer character and home instincta. However, even iafan may be overdone, as precr" vjonett Tf««*y may bei—Globe-Democrat.

For mosqoftoorgnat bites an experienced tiaveier writes that be nses a solution at ahun water as strong as it can be made, add fng ODe-foortb of aromatic vinegar and oaefifth of glycerine. Shake well

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It will Instantly cure tbe blta.

As a dentifrice salt and water is very ad aim hardens the gams. It will also pnrvent the hair from fallifiuc oat. Canadw,

THE LADY'S MAID AT LARGE.

A Novel Business Run by Two Bright Women—They Work lor Big Pay. An original business in which two sisters have established themselves is that of lady's maid at large, to coin a phrase for a new trade. The elder was for a number of years maid to a woman of fashion and established something of a reputation for taste in arranging their hair, draping the gown, decking it with flowers and so on. She was unable, finally, to sub£iit to the exactions of her mistress, and instead of looking for a new place struck out in a more independent line. She had something of an acquaintance acquired during ber years of service, and utilized this to gather a clientage of her own.

She and her sister are settled cozily in a pretty five-room fiat, and the ladies whom they beautify know them respectively as, say Mile. Rose and 3111a Maria They are down east Yankees, but their Yankee sense tells them that maids must, of course, be French. Is a pretty girl going to a ball, a girl who hasn't a maid, or a maid who is to be trusted for ordinary toilets only, then Mile. Rose must be to the fore. Mile. Rose will catch together the masses of lace or tulle and put on delicate telling touches, producing effects which the pretty girl never dreamed of before. Then she will take a double handful of roses or other natural flowers and drop them over the gown and tack them up just where they happen to fall, making a very pretty flower of the pretty girl herself. Sho will do tho bud up in her wraps, ride to the scene of festivity with her and pronounce her all in order for conquest before the bello leaves the drawing room. Is a wedding on the tapis, then it is Mile. Marie's turn. Mile. Marie's forte is dressing a bride. Her bands can work niagio when she has them on a bridal veil, and the young wife who has the orange blossoms pinned by her rocommends her to all unmarried mates.

Miles. Rose and Marie attend to the toilets and decorate tho gowus of any number of dressy women and girls. Their order books are usually full, and their charges run from $3 and $3 well up into the twenties, according to tbe elaborateness of the design, or tho amount of service called for. They are going to divide the summer between Newport and Saratoga, and have already advance engagements, dates to be settled more definitely later, at both watering places. Tbey are very particular about tbe women they work for, and stand upon references. They say tbey can't afford, from a business point of view, to have any clients whose antecedents and present standing wont bear looking into. Rose and Marie aro bright girls.—New York Mail and Express.

LIFE IN CUBA.

Bandits and Police on Good Terms with Ono Another—An Incident. My three days' 6tay at a friend's plantation has enabled mo to see in all its shocking reality how intimately tho bandits and police are leagued. My host la a firm beliover in tho axiom that "prudonoe is tho best part of valor," and ho voluntarily doubled the tribute the bandits asked of him. "You can come to my place in safoty,"' ho wrote to me in answer to my question as to the probabilities of my being kidnaped, "for I i»y |my contribution regularly and the bandits have promised to respect my friends. My experience has taught mo to fear the police more than tbe bandits, for the latter, at least, aro satisfied with a stipulated sum and keep their word, whereas the former are Insatiable and never fulfill their promlaes."

The bandits and the polioo barefacedly parade the streets arm in arm. Seated on the piazza of the bouse at dusk my host pointed out to mo tho brigand chief, wbo, with,* group of friends, came to town every,«vening to visit tbe gambling houses, as tho stakes of their inferiors in tbe band are nob sufficiently high to excite any interest in them. Tho chief strolled into tbe grounds the evening after my arrival while my host and I were seated at our favorite place, and I was introduced to him. He greeted my companion familiarly and bowod low as my name was mentioned, eyeing mo closely all tbe while, though ho pretended not to see my outstretched hand. He was toll, spare and agile his long hair was thrown back from a high forehead, and the blackest pair of eyes I have ever seen illumined his swarthy face. His small and well kept hands, whoso dainty flngor tips revealed tbe professional gambler, toyed nervously with his black and flowing mustache, while be 1 old us of his losses at the gaming table tho night before. On learning I was to leavo tho following night bo promised to send one of his men with mo to see mo safely to the railway station. As I hesitated in accepting bis offer, be forced me to acquiesce by telling me it would be much safer for me, "for," said be, with a sweet smile, "all of my men do not know you as well as I. and the escort will only cost you an ounce." (117.) Without giving me timo to thank him be bade us good night and strode rapidly away. My friend calmed my fears by assuring me tbe fellow's word could be relied on, and while we smoked a good habano he entertained r.io with a rocital of this bandit's adventures and Crimea

As I expressed surprise at tbe bandit's recusing my proiTered band, be explained to me that hand shaking among that class is considered a most sacred thing, and signifies either an acknowledgment of debt and a promise of payment, or a sign of life long friendship. Tbey cannot shake bands while tbey are In debt, and, as bo bad told us of bis losses at the game, his conduct becamo clear to DO. At tbe appointed hour a rough and murderous looliiag wretch presented himself at tbe plantation and accompanied me to tbe train. Though everything passed off smoothly, I freely confess that when I reached my old quarters In this city I breathed easier. Tbe state of utter helplessness to which respectable persons have been reduced is one of the saddest results of this pernicious government, and it does not need much argument to prove that tho perpetually Increasing strength of tha bandits is a serious menace to oar social fabric.—Cor. New York Son.

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