A Land «l Xamiiles.
' The first impression of the Bcrmndn
Inland* to one expecting a semitrop
leal appearance is disappointing on
account of the cedar. Thin is tbepre
vailing tree; indeed, all the islands are
covered with this scraggy foliage. The
trees for the most part aro small, and
Btiftgest to us a Northern lntitnde and
a poor soil. It is true that they aro
Southern cedars, which originally
drifted over from Florida, and some
people might try to call them cypress,
aad give them a botanical juniper fla
vor ; but to us they aro Northern, and
in such contrast to the cerulean waters
and soft blue skies and genial atmos
phere that we are not easily recon
ciled to them. Yet they aro the only
thing that seems to be native to the land.
Every other tree and shrub lias an
exotic appearance—even the man
groves, which grow in the salt marshes,
putting down their branches and drop
ping their long seeds, loaded at one
end, into the slime, and creating an
impenetrable thicket, and finally land.
It is, indeed, called the continent
maker. Palms grow here of several
sorts—sago, palmetto, cabbage and
date—but they are little more than
specimens. The banauas of small and
fairly good variety flourish, but not in
quantities sufficient to supply the
wants of the islands. The oranges and
lemons have succumbed to the scale,
and the few other semitropieal fruits
are of no consequence. The islands
are at times brilliant with vaiious
flowers, but not in the vigor or pro
fusion of Southern California. Very
fine, indeed, are the great fields of
lilies in bloom (the export of the
bulbs is one of the industries of the
islands), and occasionally great fields
of scarlet amaryllis excite the imagi
nation like a compact regiment of red
coats. Brilliant also are the tall
hedges of scarlet hibiscus, and every
where the oleander grows wild in pro
fusion. Much more might be made
out of the islands in the w»3' of gar
dens and small fruits if there were
more good farmers and horticulturists
and more enterprise; but Bermuda is
a sort of child of the sea, and looks
beyond the horizon for help. Upon
many things there is a sort of blight,
at least periodic, audit lias even fallen
upon the pungeut onion and the po
tato, so that the anxiety of a short
crop in these great staples ia added to
the worry about the American tariff.
—Harper's Magazine.
The Cloth Cannot be Sewed.
The bullet-proof cloth invented by
T)owe, the German tailor, about which
so much has been said recently, seems
to be of very doubtful value, after all.
It is said that it simply cannot be used
as wearing apparel, as its thickness
and composition forbid its being cut,
or shaped, or sewed, as is necessary in
the manufacture of clothing. Every
one who has thought of the bullet
proof cloth has associated it with
something a man could put on when
he went into battle and take off when
he left the field. It appears that the
material must be carried in the knap
sack or in the blanket roll, and wound
around the body where protection is
needed. Perhaps, after all, the
"cloth" will be found more useful for
shields'and torpedo nets than as a
species of armor for the soldier. The
material is said to be about half an
inch thick, and not flexible. One ob
server, who has reported to the war
department on the stuff, describes it
as a wire netting, incased in what ap
pears to be a cement substance. The
"coat," or garment, which was re
cently used in experiment abroad,
weighed about six pounds, and costs
about fifty cents a pound to manu
facture.—New Orleans Picayune.
Hints to Athletes.
When a man dies from heart failure
after excessive exertion it is because
he rests too completely after the ef
fort aud allows too great a rush of
blood to the leit lung and the region
of the heart. When an athlete is in
good training he runs no risk at all if
he lies down after a hard race, but
when he commences training every
spring he learns by experience that he
must rest up gradually after heavy ex
ertion. If a man runs a mile rapidly
when overburdened with flesh, and
then lies down or sits down, he ex
periences a choking sensation which
sometimes leads to the rupture of a
blood vessel. If, on the other hand,ho
walks around the track until he cools
oft a little, the unpleasant sensation is
not felt at all. When a man runs
rapidly to catch a train he ought to
keep on his feet for a few minutes af
ter he is through with the exertion,
and if he cannot conveniently keep in
motion, he should breathe as freely as
possible and be careful to keep the
whole of his lungs busy for at least
several seconds. When he does this
all risk is averted. New York Dis
patch. v _
| Dr. Kilmer's B\vAMp- It oo T cures
nil Klitncy ami lllailtler troubles.
Pamphlet ami Consultation free.
Laboratory Biughamton, N. Y.
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REMEDY FOR OMOS MAGGOT.
Half a pint of kerosene is well
mixed with a pailful of some dry ma
terial, preferably wood ashes,but sand,
sawdust, or even dry soil will do fairly
well, and after the plants are well up
and the trouble is at hand a sprinkling
of this mixture along tho rows about
twice a week during the time the fly
does its work will be found a sure pre'
veative.—Scientific American,
FOOD THAT DRISS THE MILK,
A good cow will not bo hurt iu her
milking by any of tho ordinary foods
in use, if given in moderation. But
(here are cows that will rather turn
their food into fat than into milk, and
such cows may bo dried by overfeed"
ing such strong food as cornmeal or
other grain. Braa will not be apt to
dry a cow under any circumstances,
and thus it ii? a safer food than meal
for such cows as Rre too apt to fatten
when well fed. Every owner of cows
should carefully test each ono to dis
cover lier character in this direction*
for it is very true that a largo propor
tion of cows do not pay for their feed
ing, aiut ot course such cows aro not
profitable. More cows of this inferior
kind for milk and butter will be found
among the shorthorns and other breeds
commonly fed for beef, thau among
the special dairy breeds, as the Ayr
shire. the Jersey aud tho Holstein.'
New York Times.
cransfl OATS.
Oats should bo cut for fodder at
about the same stage of growth that
other grasses aro cut, which is When i
in bloom or very soon after, writes a
correspondent. If cut too early the
fodder will lie-hard to cure, and if cut
after the kernels have attained much
size the fodder will be poorer, beside
being liable to much injury from rats
and mice in the mow in winter. This
rule holds good for time of cutting
oats, barley, millet and wheat for fod- I
der. Bye should be cut before it |
blooms, as it becomes tough and un
palatable Very i„ I jidlv alter it reaches
the blooming stage. When the weather
is favorable I have found it well to !
let these coarse, heavy fodders lio a ;
day or so to wilt after cutting before
putting in the tedder. It hardly pays
to handle green stnft of this kind till
part of the water has had time to dry
out. Never cut when the dew is on.
—New England Farmer.
MAKING AS ASPARAGUS BED.
Of all the crops for the market gar
den, especially if conveniently situat- j
ed to a large city, asparagus is ono of |
the most satisfactory, ' because it is
easy to cultivate, easy to gather and
easy to sell. The land should bo lieav ]
ily manured and wbrked up to a !
depth of at least ten inches. Trenches j
are then opened up to a depth of nine !
inches with a plow, The plants should I
be set about three feet apart in these j
trenches, and enough earth packed
about the roots to cover them well, |
and the harrow will complete the job, |
throwing in a little additional earth
upon them as it is drawn lengthwise !
over the rows. This work may be done !
in the fall or spring. At tho end of
the season the trenches will be
partially covered in and during the
next year may be cultivated level,
leaving the roots eight or nine inches !
below the Burface of the ground, j
Every spring tho whole surface should ;
receive thorough cultivation with the
plow and harrow, and be well ma
nured. Mr. Garfield, of Michigan,
who has had eminent success in grow
ing asparagus, states that ho applies
stable manure and refuse salt al
ternate years, the former st the rate
of thirty-two tons per acre.—Canadi
an Horticulturist.
IREVEN'TION or POTATO DISEASE;
Experiments in the prevention of
potato disease were made at the Albert
Farm, (ilaslievin. and at Garrvhill, j
County Car low, Ireland, in 1892.
According Ic the recently published
report of the Agricultural Depart- 1
meut, tho Flounder, a Variety ex- '
tremely liable to disease, was select- !
ed, and tho experiments were made j
with a view to nseertftin whether the
mycelium of tho fungus reached the •
tubers through the tissues of the
plant or by means of the spores falling I
upon the earth and then washed down
to the surface of the tubers iu the !
•tsull; Tho* ground was covered early
in June beneath the plants with cot
ton wool, carefully placed around the
stems, with the object o' filtering out
the spores that might fall upon the
ground. The disease appeared in July
and the leaves of the plants were bad
ly affected When the potatoes were
lifted in October it was found that 1
there were no disxased tubers beneath
tho cotton wool, but a considerable
amount of disease in tho unprotected
ground. Hence, it is provisionally in- i
ferred by those iu charge of the ex
periments that disease spores reach
the tubers by pawing through the
soil, but further experiments ate nee
i s»ary before slating definite conclu
sion*. If this point be established,
the adv Ullage of high moulding, an
sdvoca'ed by Mr Jeuseo, ill provid
ing ■* layer of earth of miMcieut thick
iicss t i filter the r,tiu water as it
descends I lll, High the earth, and there* I
by srri»t tho spores before they could J
reach tile tubers, will reeeive further
proof. Tho potato crops iu COM aly
Dublin are Kent-rally morn free from
■ llM'iise than tli IMJ growu in other
psrts •' Ireland. Thu comparative
immunity is attributed to the earlier
planting of tin- crop, keeping thi< laud
tree from w"«*d», aud the general *v*
twill'of chatig'lig lh> well from which
the crop g-own t«ir by yesf.
1 1 j'-» it i<av I ■ Itati It eli ink a aftur
the tt I at Iter tiir., * *r<i. aud the P»H.
go do aII ' litis ~u only lm aiaiitad
lliu p|, Utlljt. IM| nil low llu ol
lUu wbslasiee lit a IUUI u lUs I ttiet* is
quite a large loss of chicks due to
[ cold, a singlo case of neglect some
. times entailing entire loss of the
brood. In summer this difficulty is
not met with. Then, again, in winter
, there must bo moro labor bestowed
■ and a greater proportion of food al
■ lowed, Tho prices in the winter are
• high because tho chicks cost more
and are consequently scare and difficult
to procure.
In summer a good price is paid for
largo chicks. Last year roasting
chicks of about two and a half to
thrco pounds each sold at eighteen
cents a pound as late as October, and
twenty cents is the usual price from
June to October. This moans that a
chick of such weight) if of good quali
ty when dressed) will bring fifty
cents) or a dollar per pair. What the
cost may be depends upon circum
stances! Under some conditions the
food shottid Cost almost nothing; If
graf s, seods and insects are abundant)
aud the chicks can have access to a run
or field where they can assist them
selves after they aro abandoned by the
hen that hatched thein, the c'ost will
at least be at a minimum. Experi
ments have demonstrated that tho
food required to produce ft pound
of poultry meat should not ex
ceed five cents. In tho summer sea
son three cents will cover tho cost of
the increase of each pound in weights
If the chick reaches two and it half
pounds weight the cost for food
should liot exceod eight Cents, Will
it not pay then to expend eight Cents
to procure fifty cents? Granting that
I the chick may sell for only ten cents
a pound, there is still a large profit
in proportion to food consumed.
Many farmers are frightened at tho
low prices without considering tho low
cost of food and the small amount of
labor required, aud they ceaso hatch
ing chicks after warm weather sets in,
which is the very time they aro in tho
best condition for meeting success. It
| will be worthy of au experiment this
i summer to hatch a large number for
the market.
Corn will make tho hens lay in the
winter, but is detrimental to laying in
j the summer. A small allowance of
t corn may do no harm, but when the
very warm days come it is too heat
ing. When hens aro laying they aro
capable of utilizing food for producing
eggs, but when on the range they have
uo difficulty in securing all they de
sire. Wheil hens are confined iu yards
and fed on a large ration of corn daily
and are also exposed to high degree of
warmth, they are liable to die from
: apoplexy or from overheating tho
j body. This is especially the case with
largo breeds that are in a very fat con
dition, Corn possesses but a very
i small proportion of mineral sub*
j stances, aud is too stimulating as ft
] summer food, If the liens are kept
| in enclosures it is better to feed them
I lean meat and ground bono once a
i day, with a plentiful supply of
j chopped grass, especially of clover)
j rather thail graiUi A mess of grain
j may bo given three times a week, but
such a meal should bo light, ground
grain being excellent. Scatter whole
i grains, however, so as to induce tho
hens to scratch.—Mirror and Farmer.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTE 3,
One rooster to every ten hons is
about right.
j A horse that is a small eater does
j not generally amount to much.
Duck eggs, when hatching, require
less moisture than do the eggs of
hens.
Tho valuo of a breed is based upon
tho earning power of its representa
tives.
OnC great advantage of artitical
hatching is the freedom of vermin on
chicks,
llatd-shelle I eggs produce tho most
vigorous chicks. Those from soft
shells are apt to be weakly.
If strong chicks are desired, see to
i it that the eggs are from healthy stock
that has not been overfed.
Who cau name n farm crop that has
I been less affected by tho constant
: downward tendency in prices thau tho
| potato?
Resolve now, if yon have not before,
to spray your fruit trees next soason.
i Spraying is tho salvation of tho fruit
j grower. < *
Galls are quickly healed by apply
ing taniiiu, keeping saddle on collar
away from tho gall, meautiuio by the
use of pads.
The pig is now one of tho most val
uable allies of the dairyman, and will
probably remain so for au indefinite
time to come.
Horses whose shoulders and backs [
nr.. often washed iu strong brine aro
seldom troubled with sores when plow- I
ing and planting.
There is more profit in raising j
ge.'se than chickens, and it is surpris- j
ing that progressive farmers do not go
in for them more.
In licit ions goto show tint many
farmers are going to raise onions this
yp.ir who have uovor bvifore grown |
them to any extent.
breeders will increase their chalices !
of obtaining early speed bv breediug !
their mares to stallions who have j
shown early speed themselves and
have produced early speed.
A lb. 'W of sheep at thu season will 1
keep down the wee-Is and glass ou a
small plot, nu I will also ilistributu
tll-ir droppings evenly over the Held. 1
Hheep are considers I renovators of j
Horn-out laud
Colts ure generally fe I too iiineti
Inv and not enough other things, i
riie/ should be given more brm, o«U,
roots, oil cake, linseed meal, ensilage, j
«lover hay an I pi lure lit a t.elil ~112
So manure is ii«e.-»s»rv around
young tn> • ike rli.i y. ir I'liey »ill
list. ittKfe au I bell, r nwis tb« second j
IMI. and will tin it m«ki> ta»l< <-
# i •• ill, a (tils itisitttre that is applied I
Ilut lilil U'«f Will Itfiiwu |UJ MI liiuii* I
MvMl IU IhkH 'Wt
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
do tottr own marketing.
There is far more satisfaction in (I
woman foing to market herself than
by doing this part of the household
duties by proxy. It is genuine satis
faction to pick out tho choicest and
best for home consumption, and be
sides that in seeing so much, many
now dishes are suggested that would
not bo thought of if the buying were
done by telephore or through the
medium of a third person.—St. Louis
Star-Sayings.
MATS FOR THE TABLE.
It is too bad to huve ono's polished
tables and stands covered with little
rings where a vase has stood and tho
water has overflowed. There is no
need of this, either. Everybody
should havo on hand au abundant sup
ply of these mats. These need not bo
obtrusive in design. In fnct, no om
wants any more the elaborate confec
tion that were once wont to call at
tention to their crocheted splendors in
our drawingrooms. Make the latter
day vase mats of small rounds of olive
greon felt, preferably not ornamented
at all except for a "pinked" border,
No one will notice them, but they will
keep your rosewood and mahogany
from harm. —Detroit Free Press.
PAINTERS' I'IOKDE.
Painters' pickle is used for remov
ing old paint. It is useless to waste
time and money applying good enamel
paint over old paint, for it quickly
cracks and grows shabby. Mix one
pound and a half of stone potash, ono
pound oud a half to two pounds of
soft soap, and half a pound of wash
ing soda together, and stir into about
a gallon of wnter. Tho pickle should
then be boiled till the potash is
molted, Apply this with a brush,
then let it stand for several hours.
The work must afterwards bo washed
thoroughly with Strong, hot soda->
water, using no soap. This pickle
may bo applied equally well hot or
cold. Ctreat care must be taken in
using tho pickle, as it discolors tho
finger nails and takes tho color out of
anything it touches.—New York
World.
SPOTTING A BAD EOO.
The most reliable method, as well
fts the easiest for determining the de
gree of freshness of an egg, is to hold
it to the ear and shake it. The egg
shell is perforated by small pores,
which can only be seen by tho nid of
a microscope. Through those pores,
day by day, the albumen inside tho
egg evaporates, and its place is taken
by air. AVhen the egg is full a fluid
passes Constantly toward the pores,
and is the principal agent of corrup
tion, the corruption being manifested
more rapidly in warm than in. cold
weather. An egg absolutely fresh is
entirely full, but stale eggs have all
au empty space in proportion to their
age, caused by the loss of albumen by
evaporation. Thus, if any sound can
be heard when tho egg is shaken, it is
safe to throw it aside as unfit for use.
—New York Sun. t
—* , i •
RECIPES.
Lemon Custard—Three well beaten
eggs, three cups of milk, tlu'ee-fourths
of a cup of sugar and a tablespoonful
of lemon extract; Bake in custard
bowl or tin milk pan.
Pudding Sauce--Beat a teaspoonfnl
of cornstarch with a half cup of milk
until thoroughly mixed. Stir into a
pint of boiling milk, sweeten und fla
vor with vanilla or any extract yon
chance to have.
Cream Pie—One-half pound of but
ter, four eggs, sugar, salt and nutmeg
to your taste and two tablespooufuls
of arrow-root. Wet with cold water
or milk find pour on it a quart of
boiling milk. Stir all together. Bake
your pies in a deep dish.
Broiled Mutton with Tomato Sauce
—Cold boiled leg of mutton, if not
too much boiled, is very good cut iu
rather thick slices, sprinkled with
pepper and salt and broiled; to be
served very hot with a thick sauce,
flavored strongly with fresh tomatoes
or tomato sauce.
Tomato SoUp—Boil a small pieco of
meat with cabbage, parsley, celery,
pepper and salt, onions and allspice.
When they are well boiled add a goo'd
quautity of tomatoes and a dessert
spoonful of butter rolled in flour.
Strain all through a colander and serve
while hot with toasted bread, An
excellent tomato sortp.
Fruit Salad—Six oranges, threo
bananas, one pineapple, two cups
desiccated cocoanut, ono cup pow
dered sugar. Slice the oranges and
bananas and cut the pineapple into
bits an inch square. Put into a glass
dish alternate layers of tho fruits and
sprinkle sugar and cocoanut between
tho layers and on the top of the wholo.
A handsome and delicious dessert.
Egg and Cheese Omelette—Cut tho
cheese into small pieces, using
about a dessertspoonful to two eggs,
and for tho rest proceed iu tho ordin
ary way. Parmesan cheese should be
grated and beaten up with the sea
soned eggs, oil being used for frying
it. Gruyere cheese should be cut Into
dice ami strewn upon tho eggs directly
after they are poured into the pan;
a little fresh butter, chopped up and
added to tho eggs while they ate being
beaten, is a great improvement.
Snow l'udd.iig—One-half ounce, or
one-third box of gelatine, disolvedin
one pint boiling water, with the juice
of two lciuous. Add one cup
Let it cool. Take the whites of two
eggs, Hud beat to a stiff froth with a
very little sugar; beat this with the ;
gelatine until all is white, ami put !
into a mould. Seald one pint milk,
add the yolks of three eggs, one cup
one tea»poo|i corn starch. Fla
vor with vanilla. NVhen cool, put the
suow iu a gla*s dish and pour the 1
custard arouud it.
Kuncical IHel,
What is known as a surgical diet U
worth trying i»n<'e tn a while for the
«• <uifort of the stoma •'» au I the com
pilation. It includes milk an I br«ti|
and butler, broiled beuf, old mutton,
>»|| pum Milk, bull ian I arn
arn r«gar Iu I as tlm hunt annual
t,...|5, iHMiaiuw l"*w for.M is lVp«ll|.<(
in tlii'ir >Hifi'stnui, au important lt<m
in nodical and surgical work. - Now
York World.
I'll il ll ball lliit i b|
i'a 11.b.u«, an Italian H ib
Si--
Straps for slippers come in satin.
Somo of tho new French veils are
kilt plaited.
Antelope skin is the latest novelty
or tailor-made waistcoats.
Blue in various shades will be ft
fashiouable summer color.
Checked silk makes the blouse of
tho moment very frequently.
A number of women in Clay City,
Ind., have organized a brass band.
Pleasanton, Kan., has elected as
Mayor ft Mrs. Austen, who weighs
240 pounds.
The art of dressmaking, as distinot
from tailoring, originated in the pres
ent century.
In 1510 Francis I. gave to his Quoen
the equivalent of #IO,OOO in our monev
to buy a hat.
The latest occupation suggested for
the fair sex in England is that of "girl
auctioneers."
Mrs. E. D. E. If. Southworth, Ella
Wheeler W ilcox and Marion Harland
do not want to vote.
Mile. Gorwitz, a young Russian
lady, was received as Doctor in Modi
cine by the Faculty of Paris in April.
Chatelaines hung with all sorts of
jingling trinkets, such as miniature
flasks, salt bottles, seals and pencils,
are to be worn again.
Sashes of moire or satin are much
worn. They are folded about the
waist in front to <orm a narrow belt
and tied in an enormous bow at the
back.
There is a return, if desired, to
white stockings with white slippers,
for white gowns, though black hosiery
and footgear is still worn under tho
same Conditions. - •
The folded soft velvet stock collars
women have all been delighted to put
about their day drosses nre now trans
ferred to fashionably and becomingly
decollete gowns.
Leather colors are the newest things
in stockings. Cotton as well as thread
and silk goods are now made in the
russet, tan and wood-browns to match
the summer shoes.
Suits of black serge are seen with
waistcoats of white cloth, satin or
moire, and thoso of black moire or
saiin often accompany dresses of blue
whipcord or brown liopsacking.
Vines, sprays, dots, flowers, stripes
and geometrical figures are the best
selling designs in white and tinted
lawns. The natural linen shade, with
neat colored designs, are also in great
demand.
Philadelphia has an "artiste in
dimples." She produces artificial
dimples by a scarifying process, which
is very painful, but is submitted toby
a great many young women anxious to
appear piquant.
A lace belt, to which a lace flounce
is sewed, and an aljustable Bortha
liko capo aro among tho minor
elegancies of tho season. Thoso may
bo worn with any dress and will add
to its appearance.
Women who value jewelry from an
nrtistie standpoint rather than accord
ing to its intrinsic worth are wearing
antique looking nocklaces of Chinese
silver set with coral, titrquoiso and
garnet cabochons in pendants.
The twin Mercury wings, which aro
arranged exactly liko thoso on tho
classical cap of tho messenger of the
gods, give a piqumt expression to tho
new hats and add to the low, broad
effect which is sought for this season
in bonuets and hats.
Tho new bangle is made of a narrow
band of gold, set across the top with
five emeralds framed in diamonds.
Other designs show the narrow baud
ornamonte.l with a single four-leaf
clover in emeralds, tho stem twisted
about the gold band.
Panama straw is the new idea for
hats. It is fiat and shiny, blocked,
not sewed, row upon row, and will bo
worn of various shades, toning from
white to deep coffee color. Tho boat
shape is certainly tho best, with tho
brim turning slightly up at tho side.
There seems to be at present a per
fect craze for lace. The dainty after
noon tea cloths, table ceuters ond doy
lies of finest linen aro edged with
deep borders of fine Hattenb.irg lace,
and they are the most beautiful of all
the many decorative things of this
kiud.
Bridesmaids' dresses of sheer plaiu
muslin, made over silk an I trimine.l
with lace insertion putin perpendicu
larly, and deep frilling* of lace, are
pretty for weddings. With these aro
worn large, girlish straw hats. An
other fancy is to have the bridesmaids
wear different colors.
A new material which is destined to
become popular in place of brown
holland and linen is a mixture of silk j
and linen which has u beautiful luster,
and comes in all the bright oolors. It
will be made up into dainty afternoon
gowns and freely trimmed with satin, j
velvet, lace and embroidered inunliu.
The rod vests iu vogue are made of j
fine cloth in various shades, from scar- j
let geranium to a rich dahlia tint. The ;
military effect, when tho vest is but- |
toned up to tho high collar at tho
throat, is perhaps the most ultra j
fashionable, but it is seen open
at tho nock to display a four-in-hand
tie.
(lay girls and tailor-made women i
have the shirt erase. The last utraw
is a colored English percale iu rose, ,
pink, blue, custard or lilae with white
duts, rings or disks, link-hole cuffs
and collar band*; with them a stand
ing or turn-down collar of white liueu 1
Ik worn. Tho shirts are made by a
regular slurtuiakcr ant so are the
c.liars.
It is bee-lining qtlile fashionable for
ladu-i too - upy importaut congrega
tional pulpit* 111 l< tuiiou on Hnuday, .
'l'wi,*ii i ti«l><r of th<> lat« Mr '
S|l H ; 011 li»« I»ru» -In- I lo crowded i
Kolinrt-KfttlolM at tin liftiidwt uu elmreli ,
in lin<N|wtivi I road in ouui**oliou with
Dm anniversary » rviee. Nil" ts very
no|ir »iTe iu U«r Mtauiu-r, and m not
without |hi i*l i • mlitaii tlo l».>r
latu ••nun-lit biothef, from whom,
h .olio dltf< red, aiuoitj olbvi
lttiug*, vit tU«i jawlivu w< bapluta.
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Royal Baking Powder makes hot
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The "Counterblow."
Tlio "Gepenscbein," or "Counter
glow," is n very faint, Lazy iuminos
ity, which always keepa opposite to
the eun in tho sky —a nearly round
»pot varying from ten degrees to
twenty degrees in diameter, usually a
little brighter at the middle, though
une observer has reported seeing °it
with a darkish center. It is so faint
that when it happens to fall near the
Milky Way, or even near to any bright
star, it is quite drowned out, and, of
course, therefore, can be observed at
nil only at stations where tho sky is
perfectly dark, and not vitiated by tho
illumination of gas or electric lights,
tt seems to have been first noticed by
Brorsen, in Germany, just forty years
ago, and since theu lias been more or
less studied by a number of observers,
who, however, have not fully succeeded
in solving the mystery. It is quite
certain that it is in some way con
liected with the zodiacal light ; in fact,
it is only rt brighter and wider portion
of the faintly luminous ring which
bears that name. At present a num
ber of observers arc watching it care
fully in this country, as well as in
Europe and South America, in hopes
to determine its distance from the
earth. It ought to show a notable
parallax if it is really a compact cloud
of any sort and Hearer than the moon.
Barnard, of the Lick Observatory, has
recently published his last year's ob
servations, and they rather confirm the
hypothesis that it is duo to the reflec
tion of sunlight from a multitude of
small meteoric bodies, which are mostly
far beyond the moon, and brighten up
one by one as they come opposite the
«un, just as the moon does when it is
full J for, as everyone knows, the moon
exactly at the full is much brighter
thau tho day before or after the full.
If this theory is correct each observer
fees his own "Gegenschein, - " as he does
his own rainbow, and parallax is out
of the question.—New York Indepen
dent.
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ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
ttie needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial projicrties of a jterfeet lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and l fevers
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the' medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by tho California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every ,
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, '
and Ix-ing well informed, you will not
accept auy substitute if offered.
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Tho Sliah of Persia's Great Pearl.
Ihey say the Shall of Persia pos
sesses a pearl which was originally sold
to the then ruler by Tavernier, a great
J traveler, for $500,000. It is now said
1 to be worth $G50,000. The Iman of
, Muscat has a pearl weighing 12 V carats,
k worth about $165,000. Years ago I
t remember seeing a beautiful pink
■ pearl set as a rosebud, with leaves ire
. green and gold enamel, savs au Eug
, lish writer. It was given, I think, by
t somo royal personages to the mail whi>
112 wore it as a scarfpin ; but pink pearjtf
. are less valuable than white or black
, ones, the latter being, I presume.
! sought after because of their raritv
like black swans. Queen Victoria.
r however, has a very tine necklace «
j pink pearls, worth mauy thousands <>•!
. pounds; while the Empresses
i Russia and Austria carry oft the palnr
) as possessors of black p-jarls; and for
, white pearls, perhaps, it >vould bo
hard to match the necklaces of two of
i tho Baronesses de Rothschild, one of
, which is valued at over $200,000
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I Rumple collar «n l pair of ruffs by mall for « cents*
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