SILK-COTTON TREE. One of the Most Interesting Weatured of the West Indies. Among the interesting natural ob- jects of tropical America the gigantic silk-cotton tree is one of the most rominent features in the landscape. t is widely distributed, but i>seldom geen to more advantage than bn the grazing pens in the high valleys of Jamaica, where it is a most impos- ing giant, when its smooth, straight trunk is seen towering like a great lighthouse from some commanding hill, with its majestic crown of spreading branches outlined against the sky. A young tree is protected by sharp thorns, but as it grows older these disappear. When the tree is some four or five feet in diameter wooden brackets begin to grow out from the trunk under the branches. which thus become strongly braced as they begin to spread. At the same time the trunk becomes ventricose near the ground and soon great buttresses arise between the trunk and the roots. These but: tresses run close to the surface of the ground for a great distance, some- times 50 feet. Between these but- tresses the Spaniards used to stable their horses Above these buttresses the trunk is smooth and cylindrical, sometimes twelve feet in diameter and 100 feet high. Just be- bare, but after the fruit has set the great pods until they have swelled to their full size. Then the leaves fall and the sun beats down pods until they are fully ripe, when bundles of cotton. vary in shape, and solitary trees in ground; but in a well-grown typical tree the trunk runs straight up, without branches, like a massive cylindrical tower, well above the heads of all ordinary trees or even the tallest palms. At the top it car. ries a crown of branches stretching out horizontally to an incredible distance. C—O Ventilation. Just as sure as a man begins in the poultry business with a number of fancy chickens, he wants “a nice hen- house with a cupola on it,” which he explains to you, is for fresh air. In this many make a grave mistake, says R. K. James in the Portiand Transcript, as a top ventilation io a hen-house is of more injury than no ventilation at all. Especially is this so in winter. Hot air is lighter than cold, and consequently rises to the ceiling. When there is an opening in the ceiling this air escapes and the cold air takes its place. Under these circumstances it can casily be seen that a hen-house with a top ventila- tion is always a cold one in winter. When ventilators are put in they should come down to within one foot of the floor, and will then take out foul air without removing the warm air. Most houses in this need po ventilation, as they are open enough to insure a circulation of fresh air at all times. If as much attention was paid to getting warm houses by the average farmer a is no ventilation there would be complaints swelled heads and many other diseases Lo ous to mention. country 3 or i good & there jess of roup, numer —— cn II sci ns Europe's It is estimated reil that whereas at the tim Crimean war, the last Eu gle in which this country the aggregate of the great powers of Europ exceed 3,000,000 in round day it is more than 20, Without including the final reserves and only reckon ng those have been thoroughly soldiers and are yond the frontiers, Russia hae numbers 5,000,000, of men Germany 4,000,000, Austria 2,500,000, and Italy 20000000, Andthesen are being continually increased. Lately France, by lengthening the duration of liability to service from a period of twenty to twenty-five years, made an enormous addition to her military strength, and the present German army bill contemplates a large increase in the numbers of the German army. London News, Twenty Mililon Soldiers, bv MaiorGeners Whasengagn strength of the armies not rs, Lo- did num be MONK (Nn, men trained SO ry icy who as liable for Fue round France and “Formerly | suffered with neuralgia but it has not troub od me since | have taken Hood's Sarsapariiia, | gave Hood's to my little girl for throat trouble, and it gave her immediate re. lief. My brother has also taken it and it his cured him of asthma. Pre viously, hs coud no eat much, and got only § a little sleep. Now In has a good appetite, can breathe easily and sicep soundly at night. He has regained his former strength and weight. We are all ine ra. West, debited to Hood's Sarsaparilis and will nee no other medicine ® Mus. Reneccs Weer, Ores. town, Pa. N. B. Get only Hoon's. HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable, careful iy prepared from the best Ingredients. 2 conta Sosombion, “ MOTHER'S : FRIEND ” Robs Confinement of its Pain, Horror and Risk. “BARU ARLE BBG LATON Cos ATLANT, BOLD BY Al MONSTER STRUCTURE. seks BIGGEST EDIFICE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. THE All Watlons Represented in the Won- drous Bullding of Manufacturers and Liberal Arts--The Most ble Exhibits. This is the giant of them all. of the world's architectural Though not having acreage as the Inrge structure erected at the New Orleans Cotton Nota Itis one wonders, and has much more available space. The New Orleans building covered a little more than 33 acres; the Liberal Arts building but 81. If to this be added will be 44 acres of flooring. During the time it was being erccted, 1 was very think it is more wonderful than any ex The iron and steel re bridges. The Eiffel is very high, The Eiffel Tower could Tower feet, Liberal Arts building, with a few hun Six games of base of the games would interfere with each other. Five car loads of nails were used in laying the floor. The immense arches The object of so setting them was to leave the arches at liberty with the heat. Few people can form ideas of how the iron within this is affected by the changes of the temperature. 50 carloads of glass have been spread o over the immense roof. The glass hs all been set in the spring. Just as soon as the weather began to soften up and we had those frequent sudden changes that ususily oe and June, the roof suffered to tent I remember 18100 par ticularly of a certain cooling in the atmosphere that broke handreds of panes of glass in the roof. Ewen it is a difficult thing to keep the roof in repair. In the immediate centre of the hall stands a high clock tower whose chimes frequently fill the air with sweet sounds, This tower is about 130 feet high Al pavilions may be readily located | points from this structure. For instar at the N. E. corner Germany Immediately north of this is Austria and At the the AIVLIRRIA, Some KROQ fi great ex on He oo sudden stands still farther north comes Japan, 8S. E. corner is France, followed on south by Belgium and then by At the southwest corner and diagonally opposite to it is space allotted to oar home England is Great Britay the exhibitors has the most unpretentious pavilion of all. Indeed it They have merely en space alloted to them (rermany and Fraves tentious. Which nati exhibit is answer, I kh clined to think the y If France leads in some things Gers does in others and vice versa Ne nation has spared mor preparing for the display Each tion is con pletely represented If there isa Fre: restaurant, a German The disp repress 3 ti * ee nLry is po pavilion losed the BooOY a tine P UesiIon ive seen there 18 also exhibits ne to dress ip the men an omen who fill these i Fair fo sce the cence each these pes ples has on as Those with money will find much to buy and many suggestions as to interior that will be positive ly fascinating, Itis the hardest thing in the world to pass gions, —ail is represented at the i delight every visitor of representative r decorations to see and examine all that is displayed Thirty governments are here represent ed. Siam and Persia, Cevion and and Japan, Corea and Morocco, France and Germany are side bs on this neutral ground in friendly rivalry There is something in each exhibit pe culiar to the peuple them some particular work which no other nation has, some national industry in which they lead. : side equal to the display of glass work from Austria. It is simply exquisite. The in the beautiful bhandi The method finish of these decorations must be seen. Then Switzerland is there with her jew. Geneva watches Some cases containing them are always crowded like myself, are Imagine a set of jewelry worth $30,000, con a beautiful sight. A gigantic spider had woven s wondrously delicate polygonal net and some fairy finger had hung it The sun was peeping through an opening on the opposite side of the bower, and the rays that passed in fell flashing on the spider's net and lit it into flames of gold and purple and yellow and indigo. This little scene thet 1 had almost forgotten was recalled to my mind when | saw the set of jewelry to which I have re. ferred. There was a necklace, quite small; a pair of earrings, not large, and two unpretentious-looking bracelets, Then I read the legend below, which said: “Price $30,000.” 1 had no idea that ®0 much value could be wrought together in tiny pebbles so very small, But they were diamonds and that some- what quieted my astonishment. The wood earving snd the music boxes here are equally wonderful. One piece carved from a solid plece of wood, fs the most delicate thing of the sort imaginable, It is a bouquet of flow- ers standing in a flower pot. The carve. ing proper is not more than 10 inches high and 6 inches wide. Yet it took the author fifteen months to complete it, its label reads $2,400. Spain was allotted a very poor place in which to make her display in this building. Yet did her architect make the best of it. Itisa reproduction of some of the halls of the Alhambra. The effeot is ve tiest statue of the ohi d Jesus I have ever seen is shown here. It represents the Divine One when He was about eight years of age. He is seated in a large chair whose back is a gilded oross that rises far above lis head. extended over the sides of the chair. His face is uplifted; His mouth partially open. In this, as in all the Catholic statuary displayed in this exhibit, the leasing. The pret. woman, encrusted with pure gold. and the figures are beautifully laid on They have an exquisite finish and the contrast between the gold and centre ornaments for parlors. It will take dollars will buy them, twenty figure on the other, Siam has a very small pavilion, but 1 nation’s display. affair. glitters in gold and cut glass. pieces of glass about one inch long and that five of them maken star, are all over the little building sand the uncovered places are gilded. play beautiful carving on elephants’ tusks, maguificent silver work, and that peculisr ware which they make of papier mache inlaid with pearl, a degree of culture that | did not think existed in Siam. Some beautiful needle work {rom the art school of Lady Bhas Karawongoeza is shown, I did not think they were already struggling fo markedly for the arts of European civili- zation, I'he Nether magnificent panel have a They have pictures that are simply exquisite, The Danes have a notable and complete exhibit, the most in teresting features they have are relics of Christian Andersen With just tory in the man whose fairy nus CErsmIics, very tine of KE re delighted the children of every ack of forces exhibitors into I'ney sre placed, like Spain, inder the gallery, and the darkness pre vents thelr wares {1 being seen to the best ady intace "nde ubtedly they I the most nfortunatelr a » Italian aqunrters space very crowded are Bristle opie in rope, weir exhibit I am ¥ ish @ yn without Every time I get nea £4 bi drawn to if, and t cannot to admire wonderful, They have le positions, and in every in th an 1 iifeslike, fascinstin 4 80 CxXOuIsIte ti Fought to the Death. aw an few day Ye A visitor at t f between a woodchuck iUrious o OB inusKrat BO He was walkin: toward the creck, on the posite he saw a huck shaking his thirst near a pool ] birch tree. The at his ap on Choke Creek a side of which ining veilow Huck DeECame Rare rh, gave whistie and v canter for y fhe ink its burrow, & fi At the same i IsKral,. w Had Hoe und in the grass and weeds yuck’s hole, made a dash under the leaning birch riled animals ran into one to reach their abiding places, and the coliision instant ly made them forget all fear, to become as angry as horne them to fighting like bulldogs. Each animal seemed to think shat the other was to blame for ruoning against it, snd, instead of apologizing and trying to pass one another, they began to bite and scratch, bristle and squeal angrily and roll and tumbie In grass, a though they were bound to kill one an other. The muskrat kept working th neler m another in haste respective CRUSE dad them ts, and set tae and fur flew, apd at length the wood. It hadn't taken five steps before the pugnacious with renewed vigor, but the latter knew its business, and in less than three min- utes it caught the woodchuck by the throat and dragged it over the bank into The tighting animals churned the muskrat held the woodchuck’s head under water How to Hear a Color. light produces sound. According to Milling, ® beam of sunlight is thrown through a lens on a glass vessel that con- tains lampblack, colored silk or worsted or other substances. A disk, having flashes of light and shadow, On puttin the ear to the is falling on the vessel, been mad caused to pass through a prism so as to produce what is called solar spectrum or rainbow, The disk is turned and the colored light of the rainbow is made to break through it. Now place the ear to the vessel containing the silk, wool, or other material. As the colored lights of the spectrum fall upon it sounds will be given by different parts of the spectrum and there will be silence in other parts, For instance, if the vessel contains red worsted, and the green light flashes upon it, loud sounds will be given, 1 fecble sounds will be heard if the and blue part of the rainbow fall upon the vessel, and other colors make no sound at all. Green silk glee sound best in red light, Every kind of material gives more or less sound in different colors and utters no sound in others, — [New York Advertiser, IT WRITES ON CLOUDS. Chicago Has the Biggest Search Light in the World, To America belongs the honor of constructing the largest and most powerful electric search in the world, pow in Chicago. Some idea of its size may be gained from the compari- son made between it and the men of height standing by it, shown in the illustration from a pho- tograph. It stands about 10 feet 6 ventilator on the top of the drum, and the total weight is about 6,000 pounds, but so perfectly is it mount- ed and balanced that a child can The maxi- mum current at which this lamp op- erates Is 200 amperes, and at this tensity of about 90,000 to 100,000 candles, the reflected beam a total luminous intensity of about 375,000,- 000 candles, an Intensity which the eye cannot appreciate. In looking at the side of the beam the spectator only distinguishes a stream of light of comparatively low intensity, but in looking at the beam directly its is absolutely blinding. Before the projector wus sent to the World's Fair a pablic test was made at Middletown, Conn. scurity swept around. which it was of the night, the countryside for bringing every object upon directed into brilliant and distinct relief. It {lluminated the roofs of distant villages and scared the inhabitants, apd lighted up the sign boards miles away, so that they could easily be read by means of a glass. The projector was turned upward toward the sky, and the beam, like a supernatural divine finger, wrote words upon the clouds Messages light to the populations. It was a ma manifestation of man’s invasion the realm of Phoebus How far the f this instrument can The ip by the General Electric Company Mt. Washington, in the White Mountains, has a diameter of onl) thirty inches and a from the f randie power, ye be read in its be of starry este of powerful beam of lig be seen is od ht ol if- fieult to state search light set On reflected about 1H News] aper can miles awar, and the light can be seen from points 100 miles away How much farther could this 375.000 0060 power light be phere free from projector could be y mirror o the im ten then cardle seen In a clear atmos moisture. if the mounted Upon an D em nigh to clear ali THEY DANCE IN WORSHIP, Fantastie Ceremonies of Some of the Der vishes of the Orient. The dervishes enuntries are a religious class ponding in respects to the monks of There are many orders, distinguished by pecu. ltarities of faith tume live in others dwell in village humility COTTres anime christendom and cos monasteries, %, but all pro ana ceremony Ome fess poverty and chastity i mortification, but their practices are often Ince with thelr fessed standard Many of iead a vagrant life, trave i the countries of the E sme heir religion prescribes vers nisistent wow supported by convents o The Mevievis are the They indulge in fantasti which they whirl around w rapidity to the music of erally not ceasing until they come by exhaustion and ground. This ceremony in honor their founder, who is said to have whirled around for four days without any nourishment, while his companion played a flute. Often these dervigshes are found in cities playing the part of jugglers and sor Cercrs. (GAnces th great a flute, gen- (Yi Ir the are Gron on of III NS Skeletons in the Sand. A thastly discovery was made a few days ago by a fisherman on President's island, two miles south of Memphis, Tenn. Six human skeletons were found on the sand bar opposite Jacksonirount Park. Their identity is a mystery, but river men believe they are some of the crew and passengers of the ill-fated steamer Gold Dust, which burned a few YOArs ago. The skeletons were found six feet apart, imbedded in the sand -— Millions of House= keepers RE daily test. ing Royal Bak- ing Powder by that most infal- libleof all tests, the test of practical use, They find it goes further, makes lighter, sweeter, finer-flavored, purer and more wholesome food than any other, and is a/s soays uniform in its work, Its great qualities, thus proven, are the cause of its wonderful popularity, its sale being greater than that of all other cream of tartar baking The March eof Color. In the early months of summer white flowers predominate in the northern field and garden. In July yellow tiowers begin to prevall and their reign seems to culminate in August, which is the month par ex- cellence of golden hues. In Septem- ber and October the ascendency passes to blue and purple blossoms. One cannot help noticing that this carrying them from white in spring to blue in the autumn, recalls the supposed progression of age among It has generally been though the ract has not yet been low stars represent the mid-season of solar life, and that the deeply colored which are fast passing into decadence, If this is true, then in the the season of decay. scmm——— Ra ————— Pens, made brass, can be steel, Pens out of copper. gold, num. Aluminuin pens are still a novelty and are said to last much longer than any other metallic pen - ss IN on Erare or Onto, Crry or TorLeovo, | Lucas County { Fraxg J Cnesey makes oath that he is the renior partner of the firmof F, J. 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As a tried your ROOT, and antl Nothing hurts me, a a good might's sloop, Swamp-Root Cured Me. Any one doubting this statement oan write, Mre. G filler, Springport, Mich, I will gladly answer.” Dc, 20th, 1882, rasan T * Trealldy’ Guide to Tieallh ” free Oomesltation free, Dr. Kilmer £ Co., « Binghamton N.Y. Dr. Kilmer's PARILLA LIVER PILLS Are tte Best 42 Pills, 25 cents, — All Druggists, By J. Hamilton Ayers, A. M., ND, This is a most Valuable Book for the Household, teaching as i does the ensily-dteingu shed mptoms of different Disenses, t Causes and Means of Pw venting such Diseases, and the Simplest Remedies which will al. levinte of cure, Js y ve, Profusely illustrated, . The Pook is written In plain every-day Fagieh. and is free from the techoloal terms which render most Books so valueless © the penerality of readers. 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