BEAUTIFUL DEADLY ORCHIDS
A Forest of Ueautil'ul Flowers That No
One Can Approach.
M. Serge Belaguine, a Russian ex
i/rer of Brazil, states in an interview
ent!y published in The Gaulois that
.■ L'\V degrees below the equator he dis
covered a forest of flowers that pre
vented him from approaching them.
With every deference to Mr. Belaguine,
that forest seems to have been discov
ered before, says Collier's Weekly. Two
years ago there appeared in a San
Francisco paper an account provided
by a bulb hunter returning from the
same region, who declared that after
noticing in a forest an odor, vague and
sweet at first, but' which increased as
he advanced, ultimately he reached a
clearing, and there, straight ahead,
was a wilderness of orchids. Trees
were loaded with them, underbrush
was covered with them, they trailed on
the ground, mounted in beckoning con
tortions, dangled from branches, fell In
sheets, and elongated and expanded as
far as the eye could reach. A breeze
passed and they swayed with it, mov
ing with a life of their own, dancing in
the glare of the equatorial sun, and as
they danced exhaling an odor that pro
tected them more sheerly than a wall.
In vain did that hunter endeavor to ap
proach. There was a veil of perfumed
chloroform through which he could see,
but through which, try as he might, he
could not pass. If held him back more
effectually than bayonets, and it was
torture to trim to see those flowers and
to feel that before he could reach them
he must die, suffocated by the very
splendors of which he was in search,
poisoned by floral jewels such as no
one perhaps had seen before. At the
time the place was known as the vil
lage of demon flowers.
Porto Itimn Filter*.
Water is filtered in Porto Itico in a
manner which affords an opening for
American enterprise. In the courtyard
of nearly every house stands one oi
two of the native filters. They are made
in two main parts. The upper is t
A NATIVR I ILTF.n.
ponderous porous stone, hollowed out
to the shape of a wash basin. By a
jlatwork of uprights it is supported di
rectly over a stone receptacle on the
ground. A gallon or two of water Is
poured into the upper, and falls drop
by drop into the lower. The water is
made clear as crystal, and, while the
method is slow, It if sure. An inspec
tion of the moss-covered lower half of
the tipper stone detracts a little from
the esteem which the water wins at a
first glance.
Ekk I'lnntM Hnrtl to Grow.
Of all the vegetables which come j
into the summer market the most dilll- i
cult to raise is the egg plant, and for ;
this reason few truckers care to take
the trouble with theTn. Few people in
the city really know how an egg plant
grows. The general impression is that
it grows egg upward on a stock like the
cauliflower and there are some who be
lieve it grows in the ground like a tur
nip. In fact, it grows on a bush with
a large leaf, and is never so large as
a tomato-vine. The plants must be
raised in a hotbed and set out in May
and require more than ordinary care.
A slight rain will sometimes cause all
the eggs to rot and occasionally they
rot without any rain. One egg in half
a dozen fit for the market is a good
average.
Italy'* I'oor.
Marvelous economy is practised by
the poor of Italy in looking after the
wants of the inner nmn. Coffee grounds
from the wealthy man's kitchen are
dried and resold to Ihe poor. In a sim
ilar way oil is twice, and sometimes
three times used, the drippings after
each successive frying being gathered
from the pan and soUl to the poor.
A Mextcif.n Lair.
The laws of Mexico provide that a
Mormon who wisher, to take a second
wife must present a certificate, signed
by his first help-meet, to the effect that
she is willing; and he must also have
the express consent of the sencond wife
and her parents.
Chealilre Cheeae.
Cheshire cheese owes its excellence
partly to geological causes, the red,
sandstone and boulder clay, with its
immense salt deposits, of which the
country is formed, producing an herbi
age peculiarly suited for cheese pro
duction.
Auatrollnn Miorlnlne*.
The Australian aborigines are now
ranked by ethnographers as fifth or
sixth in the list of so called natural
races, the Veddahs of Ceylon being the
lowest in the scale of savage culture.
Ulan* In Manila.
The best houses in the city of Manila
are of stone and are handsome resi
dences. Glass is not used for the win
dows, which are glazed with translu
cent oyster shells.
MOST REMARKABLE LAKE.
A Strange lilack Fluid Tliat lloars No ll«-
temblance to \Vnter.
The most remarkable body of water
ia the world lies In the vicinity of the
Colorado river, in Southern California.
In this region of ugly volcanoes, deso
late wastes and slimy swamps, ihe
strangest phenomenon of all is what
tne naturalists call a "lake of ink." Nu
other description Jits so well.
The strange, black fluid that forms
the lake bears no resemblance to wa
ter.
The pool of ink is situated about half
a mile from a volcano. It is about an
acre in area. The surface is coated
with gray ashes from the volcanoes to
the thickness of about six inches, thus
concealing its real nature.
Experiment has proved that the
black fluid of the lake is not poisonous.
It acts as a dye, and cotton goods soak
ed In it keep their color for months,
even when exposed to the sun. They
also acquire a stiffness similar to that
produced by weak starch. The fluid has
been analyzed, but its component parts |
have not been made known. \o the ,
source of the supply of the lal 110 t- j
ing definite has been ascertained. It ;
is undoubtedly of volcanic origin, but
nothing more definite is known.
This is a bad land that has never j
been traversed. Human beings have j
tried it, but they never return to tell
of their experience of their discoveries.
Need of Covering Durinn Sleep.
The reason that it is necessary to be
well covered while sleeping is that
when the body lies down it is the in
tention of nature that it should rest,
and the heart especially should be re
lieved of its regular work temporarily.
So that organ makes ten strokes a min
ute less than when the body is in an
upright posture. This means tiOO :
stokes in sixty minutes. Therefore, in '
the eight hours that a man usually
spends in taking his night's rest, the
heart is saved nearly five thousand
strokes. As it pumps six ounces of
blood with each stroke, it lifts 30,000
ounces less of blood in this night's ses
sion than it would (luring the day,
when a man is usually in an upright
position. Now, the body is dependent
for its warmth on the vigor of the cir
culation, and as the blood flows so
much more slowly through the veins
when one is lying down, the warmth
lost in the reduced circulation must be
supplied by extra coverings.—"Even
ing Wisconsin."
I,ardent Hotel In tlic* World.
The sultan is said to have nearly
completed the largest hotel in the
world at Mecca. This establishment
is to lodge t>,ooo pilgrims at once, with,
presumably, their camels and other
beasts of burden, and promises to be
one of the most picturesque places to
stay at in the world, although, of
course, inlidel dogs are not allowed to
approach it. Its vast size has drawn
attention to monster residences. The
largest dwelling house in existence is
in Vienna where there is an apart
ment-house with 1,500 rooms in it, oc
cupied by more than 3,000 people. This
building has thirty-two staircases, thir
teen interior courts and SSO windows
on the street.
The Mmiilii <'nl> System.
The natives of Manila has a unique
cab system. Not elaborate two and
four wheels with coachmen and grooms
in livery, high-stepping horses and
high seats —these are superfluities, they
consider. Only a single wheel, clumsy
A NATIVE ( All
and shaky, with the other parts on the
lines of an American wheel-barrow,
constitutes the cab of Manila, on the
top of which the passenger crouches.
They are propelled by attendants who
are strong, polite and speedy.
Aeenruey of limine Kinder.
So accurate is the range finder used
on American ships that in a recent test
with two shots the projectiles fell
within 30 yards of each other at a dis
tance of 12 miles. Both would have hit
the hull of a ship farther than the un
aided eye could reach.
Very Thick Skin*.
Kongo negroes are remarkable for
their thick skins. A case ia mention
ed of a black slashed with a razor in a
scuffle. The hospital surgeon broke
two needles in trying to putin the
stitches and at last was driven to use a
brad awl.
t'orean llat*.
The ordinary outdoor hat in Corea is
a curious looking thing, having a brim
a foot and a half wide, and being made
of a kind of stiff gossamer, of silk or
horsehair, dexterously worked in with
finely split bamboos.
Elrplinnt'n Kent »*e.
In India elephants over twelve and
up to forty-five years of age are deem
ed the best to purchase, and will gen
erally work until they are eighty years
old.
Tbicli Hoot Wall*.
j The outside walls of many of the
i houses In Mexico are from three to six
i feet thick to withstand earthquake
abocty.
Hindoo Tritil" ii"ii Uukr (ionil l'*o of Their |
IVit-il KYtr^mi(i«n.
The French <*thrc' ;ri.->t, Professor F. j
Jtegnault, lias m.ndo 1 senile* In |
the far «?asl in legr.rrf ;n ai ilily >ti j
the Hindoos to make >- <' i'.<
as auxiliaries r.t i . hand:-. T'-ts i
ability U iWtiiulni 1: ..(.••!• !
one watches llinitro •• men .Ir ir
work. Tho f.i'.r file: I''-
as a vise an<i ;iw ii gauge: i..r lm.-
maker holds the shoe between h:s !••• ,
leaving both Siis ban da lieo to work
Upon it; ihe Hindoo !u rcher holds a
knife between the :;r.d the o<ouU
toe and cuts his meat dt:.win;; it
across the knife and pie-- i :v.i !; down
with both hand.-. Ihe lieip of the feet
is most valuable in and it is
a wonderful tl.i: ID ITS tu nee a Hin
doo artisan ur.e loth his bards and his
feet in handlii: liis ioi.u. It gnault ,
also observed a child oHmMnv: a tree
and grasping the brane'-e.; of the tree
between the two first toes of either
foot whenever a hold could thus he
secured.
This collaboration of the fee; with
the hands, it would seem, is tli> result
i of several changes in the physical de
! velopment which the Hindoo race has
undergone in the course of time
through outward agencies. Their hip
! joints are much freer and more limber
| than ours, and will permit them to
I squat on the ground and at the same
time approach the feet so near to their
j hands that they can grasp with their
] feet the work i'i hand, and hold it
j with some exiieji.-i of strength. The
ankle joint limber, and work.;
' freely, and the toe i-s more devel
! oped and can In t; oved by th« m at will i
j as regards its betiding and stretching,
| its separating 112: m and approaching
| toward the second toe.
The normal t'i ■ ' of the Hindoo shows
a large space be: v. et-n the big toe and
! the second; this. • -w« ver, is due solely
to their wearing .-.at.dals, which are
held in place by a wooden peg placed
between these two toon. The constant
muscular exercise practiced in holding
the sandals naturally tends to
strengthen these toes, and the use of
the feet being a general custom and
tried even by children of the tenderer
age, has gradually changed the Hln
| doo anatomy.
FII II era IN In Arithla.
"One of the strongest and n;;jsi af
] fecting sights in an Arab town." ■>> - 1
| Tunis correspondent of London Sketch,
"is that of the funerals, which may be
met at any street corner. The corpse
1 is merely wrapped in a ii at of esparto
1 grass and carried eith .• on a h'< r «;• on
men's shoulders. The mourr.c: s iuuiue
I along, some in front and sona he'ait.d,
crooning verses of the koran in melan
choly tones, which haunt one for days
afterward.
"This wailing is. liowi ver, nothing to
that which on iu the hoi s, of the
deceased. When i was staying in the
country near Tunis .I heard i: V:"j>t ap
during a whole night :'u a : a .s
village, and I tan conceive . :a...
I more desperately depressing than lu.se
strains of lamentation w.-fted through
the darkness ! y the : r .? .M 1 g
stood it even .e than 1 ■al
felt constrained :u join in tit" . . ;
chori's until 1 wa» half-tempted ,>-r.
i a bullet through If.- head. I' . ,i
j the strongest of ail the ftfticral- I .-av.
I was at Bizei'to. ! was th; of a lml»v.
! which was being carried • i - pave
I In an esparto basket."
Sln\ i'N i n Fin I u ml.
A regular slavr-mait exUis iu
many country districts of Finland.
Once a year such paupers, lunatics, and
aged people of each parish as cannot
support themselves are put up at pub
lic auction, and consigned to those
families or farmers who will hoard
them at the lowest price offered by the
parish authorities. The helpless erea-
I tures are made to work as much as
possible by their owners, who have the
right to chastise them.
I'lrat I'mier Mill.
The first paper mill was e.e.ted in
1690 at Roxboro. Pa., on a stream since
called Paper Mill run. which empties
into the Wissahickon, by William Hit
i tinghuysen, who emigrated from liol
: land. He, in conjunction with Wil
liam Bradford, was the proprietor in
I the manufacture of paper, made from
linen rags, the product of liax grown
in the vicinity, which had been nianu
j factored into wearing apparel.
Fnli* for OIM* aN tin* Oilier,
Country roads iu China are never
by fences, but are entirely un
defined. While the farmer has the
j right to plough up any road passing
through his land, drivers of vehicles
have an equal right, and they exercise
| it, to traverse any portion of the eoun
! try at will.
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Students Hot mi furnished with hrtts
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vides such tuxurious /mine comfort*.
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\VIXT Kit TKI:M OPENS JAN. '99.
j Add res <>EO. P. BIREE, A. M.,
Principal.
■' are lhc chi! * •
, 1 |«| dren this summer? 1
.' Iw I Are they doing C
» «= ' well? Do they c
" ( get all the benefit they /
I' ( should from their food? > |
Are their cheeks and lips \ |
of good color? And are y
,» they hearty and robust in v
» everyway? c !
", If not, then give them /
•; Scott's Emulsion >
,' of cod liver oil <with hypo- { ,
( » phosphites. < _
! It never fails to build \
!up delicate boys and girls. ',
It gives them more flesh * > j
and better blood. ('
It is just so with the ,'
baby also. A little Scott's ■
. * Emulsion, three or four '. I
, * ti:ties a day, will make ',
► the thin baby plump and <
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'» /MIIL urn ' s^es 'he ,' '
• Jjjfeffl young body with »
• JO just the material '. j
j, l fl IT] necessary for j
( > 8/i 11 growing bones <
'» and nerves. ( ' j
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Gonsti" |
pati
and you cure its consequences. These are t
some of the eonsecjuences of constipation :
Biliousness, loss of appetite, pimples, sour
stomach, depression, coated tongue, night
| mare, palpitation, cold feet, debility, diz- I
I ziness, weakness, backache, vomiting, j
1 jaundice, piles, pallor, stitch, irritability, j
| nervousness, headache, torpid liver, heart- I
burn, foul breath, sleeplessness, drowsi- :
ness, hot skin, cramps, throbbing head. ;
/Iyer's
If A Arm a Sue* Ourm <
112 for Conmtlpatlon
Dr. J. C. Ayer's Pills are a specific for
all diseases of the liver, stomach, and
bowels.
" I suffered from constipation which as
sumed such an obstinate form that 1 feared
it would cause a stoppage of the bowels.
After vainly trying various remedies, I be
gan to take Ayer's Pills. Two boxes effected
a complete cure."
D. BURKE, Saco, Me.
"For eight years I was afflicted with
I constipation, which became so bad that the
doctors could do no more for me. Then I
to take Ayer's Pills, and soon the
bowels recovered their natural action."
\VM. H. DELAUCETT, Dorset, Ont.
THE PILL THAT WILL.
Stove v . MT
Season
is upon us again. We are better
prepared to serve you than ever.
The factories have greatly improved our Heaters
and Ranges. No Range can equal the RED
CROSS assortment. No COOK STOVE does
better work than RED CROSS Champion.
Single Heaters Double Heaters
RED CROSS
Office Heaters Fully guaranteed.
For Wood Room Stoves we can give .vou none better than
the MAPLE CLEMONT, keeps good fire all night: burns
green or dry wood,
Stove Repairs a specialty with us.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
Our Declaration of War
Has been in effect for a number of
years and our
Bombardment of High Prices
Has created havoc of late in the sale of
MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS,
PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES,
and ROAD WAGONS
all at the lowest cash price.
PHOSPHATE, ThiJty tons of different grades will be
sold at a low figure.
W.E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa.
Jlsk no Questions
Why We Sell So Cheap.
All We Ask You
is to come and examine our large Fall anil Winter stock of Clothing. Shoe*
and Ladies' Coats and Capes, nnd convince yourself about our prices beinj;
the lowest in this section.
Thousands of people have been convinced that we are the lowest priced
store and we surely appreciate your trade. We are always studying aboui
giving the best goods at the lowest prices. Head and see for yourself.
Men's black suits at 2.75. Youth's suits at 2.50. Children's suits
well made, at 1.25. Overcoats in black and blue, best ever offered, at 5.00
Children's overcoats at 1.25. Knee pants, 35c, are strictly all wool.
Top undershirts at wholesale prices. Heavy cotton undershirts
at 25c.
LADIES' COATS AND CAPES
at prices when you see them you will surely buy them. .Shoes lor
ladies. Shoes for men. Shoes for misses nnd children, at spec in I
low prices.
Our store is crowded with new goods and we are still getting iu more.
We must sell the goods and the prices will suit the purchaser. Come and
see. We advertise exactly as we intend to sell.
In/V/\l% I)A« The Reliable Dealer in Clothing
jacon rCI Boots and Shoes.
HUGHESVILLE, PA.