PHYSICIANS Different Opiniqns on Cooper's Remarkable 3ucc:ss Held by , Cincinnati Medical Men. ' 1 Cincinnati, O., A1rll 2;i. The as tonishing sale of Coopor's preparations id this city has now reached such Im nienso figures that tho medical fra ternity at largo have b-en forced Into open discussion of tho man and bia preparations. The phslclans as a whole seem to be divided with regard to the young man's success in Cincinnati soma be ing willing to credit him 'or what he has accomplished, while others assert that the interest ho has aroused is but a passing f ad which cannot last, and which will die out as quickly as it has sprung up. The opinion of those two factions Is vary wmII voiced in tin statements made recently by two of a number of physicians who wuio interviewed on the subject. , Dr. J. E. . Carass when questioned bout the matter said: "I have not been a believer in proprietory prepa rations heretofore nor can I say that I belloye in them at present. But I must admit that some of the facts re cently brought to my notice concern ing this man Cooper have gone far to wards removing the prejudice I had formed against blm when the unheard of demand for the preparations first sprang p in this city. Numbers of my patients whom t have treated for chronio liver, kidney and stomach troubles have met me after taking -!opi r's remedy and have stated positively that he accomplished won derful reau Its for them. I notice par ticularly in caws of stomach trouble A Study of the Circulation of the World's Atmosphere. FORCES THAT MOVE THE AIR. Contrasts In Temperature, High and Low Prestu'r and a Law of Nature Called the Deflecting Force of the Earth's Rotation. It is a mutter of commou observa tion that when" the window of a warm toom Is opened on n still winter night the cold air from without rushes Into the room. Nearer the celling the warmer air is forced out of the win dow, thus completing a general atmos pheric circulation on a miniature scale. These currents of air, which might properly be cftlled wind, would not ccur if the air within doors was not warmer nud consequently lighter than the air without. ' The range In temperature between the equator and the north pole amounts to winter to considerably more than 100 degrees P., and in summer the contrast Is also great. Moreover, In summer the continents are wanner than the oceans, but In winter the re Terse is true. Three examples will servo to Illustrate how such contrasts affect the winds of tho world. At the equator the temperature aver ages about 80 degrees throughout the year. Consequently the lower air flows in from regions of high pressure ou eaeii side, forming what are known as the trades. These winds cover nearly one-half of the earth's surface and blow with much steadiness the year round. Tho monsoons, of "seasonal winds," f India and the Indian ocean are the most Interesting of their class. In ummer the cooler ocean air pushes In 1 toward the land, while the warmer air ever the continents rises to a consid erable height and then flows out to sea, forming a systematic circulation between ocean and continent. In win ter the ocean is warmer than the con tinent, and the winds reverse their direction. The "lnnd and sea breezes" occur ..with much regularity near large bodies f water in some parts of the world. 1 The ocean Is cooler than the land dur ig the day and warmer nt night, caus ing on a small scale a dally Inter change of nlr similar to that caused by the monsoons. A clear knowledge of the term "air treasure" is very helpful In studying the causes of wind. Air, like a stone, pnesses againsrthe ground in other words, it has weight, amounting to no less then 2.117 pounds upon every square foot of the earth's surface at sea level but. unlike a stone, the at mosphere Is elastic to a high degree and also presses in all other directions. On account of this elasticity of the air, certain forces which arise from differences in temperature and the earth's rotation cause It to become dense or heavy In some regions and vara or light in other regions. - It is the effort of the atmosphere to vercome - these pressure differences and resume state of equal density that causes the winds to blow. The column of mercury in a barome ter tube) is always just balancing a column of air of the same diameter, reaching from the barometer to the ,. tip of the atmosphere. If the air is dense the mercury will of course stand high In the tulte. and to express this .coadltlon we use the term "high pressure," but If the air is rare the mercury will stand low In the tube, and we tbn nse the term "low pres sure." Over the I'nitfd States, Canada and DISAGREE. that the man has relieved several oases of years Btanding that proved very obstinate in treatment." I am the last man on earth to stand in the way ! anything that may prove for the good simply through profession al prejudice, and am inclined to elve Cooper and his preparations credit as deserving to some extent tho popular demonstration that has been accorded them in this city." Another well known physician who was seen took the opposite view of tho "Cooper-mania," as he called It, which now has this city in its grip. He said: ' "I can only llkon the present state of affairs to a certain kind of hallucination. For want of a better name I might call It "Cooper-mania." The people of Cincinnati seem to be firm In the belief that this man Cooper has health corked up in a bottle." "Some of them imagine that he has completely cured tbem of various ills judging from their statements. It Is beyond me to say why the city has gone crazy over the man. It may be safely put down, I think, to one of the passing fads that so often attack the American public" "Sooner or later the , people are bound to regain their senses and will then realize the reputable physician is the one to whom their health had best be trusted." In the meantime Cooper meets sev eral thousand people daily, and only smiles when statements of the above character are quoted to him. His charitable work still continues to be very extensive. other parts or ttie worm tie pressure Is ascertained each day at numerous stations. The barometer readings, ex pressed In Indies of mercury, are tele graphed to a central point and there charted on a map. The exact regions where the pressure is high or low may then be seen at a' glauce. It has been learned from such observations that these areas are constantly moving eastward at an average rate of about 000 miles per day. Technically the low pressure areas are called "cyclones" and the high pressure areas "anticyclones." They are frequently 1,000 or more miles In diameter. The little storms of great destructive force so often called cy clones are really tornadoes. t The higher the pressure In any par ticular region relative to some other region the greater will be the velocity of the wind. The winds blow much faster In winter than in summer, be rause the greater contrasts of tempera ture cause more decided differences in pressilre. Observations demonstrate, however, that tho wind never blows In straight lines, because nil bodies of air when In motion are acted upon by a law of nature called the "deflecting force of the earth's rotation." This force turns all wind to the right of Its course in the northern hemisphere and to the left In the southern. Thus If a wind In our hemisphere starts north it is soon turned slowly toward the northeast, or if it starts west it will soon turn toward the northwest When it Is remembered that at the equator the earth Is rotat ing at the enormous velocity of 1,035 miles an hour, one will not wonder that such a. deflecting force could exist All areas of high and low pressure, from whatever cause, therefore become whirling masses of air, and a little thought will show that they must thru In opposite directions. In the north ern 'hemisphere the low areas, or "lows,", as they are designated on the weather map, always rotate in a di rection contrary to that of the bands of a watch. Youth's Companion. The Imprestic.i Ho Gave, honor Judge Willis, on one occa k ;:i ging home in -nil omnibus which l.i. .iled him at uu iuu known as the (i.veu Man, as usual panned the time l:i friendly discourso with the passen ger. To one housewife who had been marketing he remarked tlmt. owing to live trade, she wn enabled to buy much more for her money than if she lived in a tariff eomitry. To others he talked freel)' and dispensed counsel an.) advice Indiscriiuiuutuly. Arrived at his destination, he Intimated to the c ::i l.n tor, "I wart t i g.'i cut at the iiiwii Man." Accordingly the omnibus slowed down, but as lie was leaving his seat a lady touched him on the leevo and earnestly Inquired. "My good man, don't you think you've had enough?" London Tit-Kits. - "Old Hundredth." "Old Hundredth" has Iwmi variously ascribed to Martin l.uther. Dr. John Dowland and William Kranck. Dr. towell Mason wrote quite a treatise on the old tune In 1S"2. saying em phatically that it was written by Gull laume (William) Frauck In 1543. But later musical historians and antiqua rians who have investigated more close ly say It was cotnoed by Louis Bour geois, born about 1300 and diod about 1572 soma say in the massacre of St Bartholomew, in 1551-52.-Musical Mil lion. Time's Change. "You," said she as she came down the stairs lelsnnly pulling on ber gloves "you used to say I was worth my weight In gold." "Well, what If I dldr be asked, looking at bis watch for tho third time In fifteen minutes. , "And now you don't think I'm worth weif of two minutes." Pjhtlnj For Fir. A great ceremony in Jerusalem is on Easter Saturday, aud commemorates the ancleut tradition of tho celestial fire that was Bald to rise from the tomb of Christ. Tho llreek patriarch enters the sanctuary of the sepulcher. the door closes behind him, and the surging, tossing, tumultuous multitude await the coming of the lire. Suddenly out of the right band window in lb' wall ot tho sepulcher shoot flames of fire, aud In an Instant every one of the thousands has produced a caudle uu:l dashes madly forward to light It at tin mystic fire. Tho light thus taken from Hio, holy Hopnleher Js Instantly curried to all tho Christian vllli:;tes round about Jerusalem, aud fleet fo.ited young men vie with one another In being first to light their local shrines with the dlvlno Hume. The writer hat seen two rivnl runners put down their candle! and Indulge In a sanguinary .Kittle with knives and sticks imlil the light of one of them Is put out. There is no Joko mount here, hut each Is striving desperately to extinguish the Ihime of the other. Travel Magazine. A New Orleans Dish. Tho greatest, the most toothsome and sustaining of all dishes is the gombo fllo one encounters In New Orleans lint nt public eating houses, but In prl vttto residences, it Is a strango yet halcyou compound of five different In tegers, each cooked separately ;md aft erward Joined in a , most delectable und fragrant mess. There are fried chicken, broiled bacon, stewed oysters, peppers and smothered onions, all pre pared with unutterable skill. These one by one are emptied Into n pot of most celestial "stock," and then when the conglomeration Is complete for service the presiding genius of the kitchen pours Into the ecstatic confec tion a shower of line green dust the powdered loaf of tho sassafras-mid there 'you have a plate that would have made Lncullus gasp In simple wonder. There Is none like It nor shall he till our summers nre deceased. New York Sun. Hammers. Hammers are represented ou the monuments of Kgypt twnty centuries before our era. They greatly resembled the hammer now In use, save that there were no claws on the back for the ex traction of nails. The Hrst hammer rits undoubtedly a Ntone held in tho hand. (Maw hammers were Invented w.ne time during the middle ages. Il luminated manuscripts of the eleventh century represent carpenters with claw hammers, Hammers are of all sizes, from the dainty instruments used by the jeweler, which welsh less than half an ounce, to the gigantic fifty ton ham mer of shipbuilding establishments, some of which weigh as much as lifty tons aud have a fullln.r force of from ninety to a hundred. Kvery trade has its own hammer and Its own way of using it. Queer Weather Forecasting. One of tile rites performed by the French peasants ou New Year's eve Is the forecasting of the weather. for the coming year by means of onions. When the bells ring for midnight mass lliey scoop out the middies of twelve onions, set them In a row ou the kitchen table, fill them with salt and nnine (hem for the mouths of the year. Then when they return from mass they examine the condition of the salt. If It has melted In any of the "mouths," those months will he rainy: If the salt remains dry. it indicates drought; If half melted, the first fortnight or the month will be wet. The peasants have such implicit faith In this means of foretelling the weather that they plnut their crops In accordance with the prophecy of the onions. The Iron Lsw of Caste. As an Illustration of the exclusive ness of caste, which a native of India will do almost anything to preserve, It might be mentioned that ivhen money passes between a low c-Mt' and n high caste man the coin Is thrown ou the ground by the one and picked up by the other tor fear of d'lilement. They may not stand ou the' same carpet or enter the same room. Neither must the low caste man cross the threshold of his superior's house or hut. If he wants to communicate with him he stands out side and bawls. An Invitation. Mabel," he sai l. "I love you. I place my happiness hi your hands" "For goodness sake." she cried plead ingly, "don't do It now!" "Why notr "Because I'm quite sure I'll need both bauds In a minute or so to keep ynu from kissing me." Philadelphia Press. i An Adage Vindicated. 'Where there's so much smoke there must be some Ore." . The boss was sieaklng. He hud Just detected the office boy consuming a cigarette on the premises. - - The adage was verified immediately. The boy got the Are. Philadelphia Ledger. ' The Very Worst , Schoolmistress Now, tell me the truth, Johnny Jones. You know what will happen If you tell a He, don't you? Johnny Jones Yes, ma'am: I'll go to bad place. Schoolmistress Yes, and that isn't the worst of It You'll also be expelled from school. Man' Character. According to an old French saying. "A man's character Is like bis shadow, which sometimes follows and some times precedes him and which is occa sionally longer, occasionally shorter, than be is.'.' There Is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. Seneca. A TANTALIZING METAC Peculiar Properties and Wonderful Hardness of Tantalum. A rare metal which bus attracted universal attention during the last two years while before It was scarcely known outside of some scientific labo ratories is tantalum, ho named by its discoverer, Kkelberg, on account of the tantalizing dilllcultles experienced In extracting the metal from Its ores. Only two years ago was It found out by Uerninn scientists that what the discoverer thought to be tuiilalum was au alloy of It and a carbide, mid more tantalizing efforts r -re lie essnry to produce this metal hi lis perctly puro state. But, this success once being reached, the metal Immediately became of such lmHirlanee that It Is now revo lutionizing at least one large Industry, that of the manufacture of Incandes cent lamps for electric lights. Although It has been tried to use tantalum as a steel hardening agent, Hie mechanical dlllicultles lu alloying tantalum with steel have been so great (hat wo shall probably see other applications come Inlo prominence Hrst. Tantalum Is one of the hardest sub stances known, and Its use for scien tific Instruments, where price stands always second to accuracy and dura bility, will doubtless be developed much sooner, inasmuch as tantalum also resists the corrosive influence of acids nnd alkaline solutions In a very remarkable degree. One of the most striking experiments to demonstrate the hardness of tanta lum was that for the purpose of bor ing a hole through a sheet of pure tan talum metal a diamond drill bore was used, revolving lncessuntly for three days nnd making (3,000 revolutions per minute, and the result was a depres sion of less than one one-hundredth of an Inch In the metal, but an entirely dull and smooth diamond. K Hchnaf Regelman In Engineering Magazine. "Please Omit Flowen." 'Tlease omit flowers." Those three words added to nn oblt uury notice deprive the florists of Chi cago of about $100,000 a year. Some of the larger establishments that cater to a fashionable trade are hit harder than the small concerns, but there Is no florist In the city who does not feel the loss entailed by the three words quoted above. "There were about 30.0IM1 deaths In Chicago last year," said a Madison street florist, "and at least one-tenth of the death notices printed Informed friends to 'please omit flowers.' When some person of note dies nnd flowers are to be omitted at the funeral, the big florists nre out all the way from $25 to $100 each. Those who request that flowers be omitted nre the very ones whose friends are well nble to purchase floral tributes nnd would oth erwise do so. Many persons come to me hi the course of a year to order a wreath or some floral design for a funeral, not knowing that the 'please omit flower'' has been published with the death notice. All the florists lu the city have the same experience, and I estimate that our losses In the year amount to $100,000." Chicago Kecord Ilerald. Be Kind to the Waiter. It Is one of the noblest functions of a trades union to vindicate the personal dignity of its members, but the waiters of Bucharest carry professional pride almost too fnr. Two customers In a cafe there the other day.n French pa per reports, Insulted the waiter who served them. The waiter reported the affair to the Wollers' union, nnd the union blacklisted the two customers, and In every cafe and restaurant in Bucharest they nre rigidly boycotted by the wolters. At one establishment the proprietor himself offered to serve them, but the waiters unanimously threatened to throw down their nap kins there and then If he did. The wits of Bucharest assure the two boycotted men that there Is nothing for It but to get married. And even then they will have to be very meek with their wives. Manchester Guardian. "The Worst Indian That Ever Lived." Ueronluio in his prime ran forty miles on foot In one dny, rode 000 miles on one stretch as fast as he could change horses and wore out the column that finally captured him until three sets of officers were needed to finish the chase, and not more than one-third of the troopers who started were In at the finish. Wrinkled and crafty and cruel Is bis swarthy face today, but the fire of his Infernal en ergy has died, and be Is no more than a relic of the Oeronlmo of whom Gen eral Miles said after their first meet ing: "Ho rode into our camp and dis mounted, a prisoner. He was one -of the brightest, most resolute, determin ed men I ever met with the sharpest Clearest dark eye. Every movement Ihowed power and energy." Outing Magazine. read Line For Americans, Mostly. A prominent clergyman at the bead of an east side and Bowery mission In New York is autbority for the state ment that the men who line up for free bread at the distributing places round 1 o'clock rery morning, men rbo bare no place to lay their beads for a single night's lodging, are nearly III from the Interior of the United States. Van Norden's Magazine. - Niagara's Reoeoeion. A recent examination of Niagara made by the Canadian geological ur--rey reveals that the recession of the falls (on the Canadian side) is perceptl- -bly slowing. The falls recede now bout two feet two Inches a year as compared with five feet three Inches, which was calculated to be the annual recession between the years 1879 and 1890. HINTS FOR FARMERS Salt For Dairy Cow. Extensive .tests and Investigations have been made by tho experiment sta tions to determine tho advisability of adding salt to the ration of dniry cows. As n result of these trials. It Is recom mended that dairy cows be given at least one ounce of salt per day. Ex ceptionally heavy milkers will require more than this. The uniform results obtained with nil cows employed In these trials indicate that salt hi addi tion t that obtained lu their food Is absolutely b'sentlnl to the co::t'iined health .of a dairy cow while producing milk. It Is evident, moreover, that tho amount of salt which must bu supplied directly will greatly vary In different localities. It being more at high eleva tions and nt places remote from the sea. To Keep the Horse Healthy. An unthrifty condition of n horse Is frequently due to sharp edges on tho grinding teeth, which prevent mastica tion of the 'food. Have those filed off. Imperfect chewing may be partly a habit, and the horso must be specially cared for to overcome It. Nail a four Inch strip nt the top of the manger so that he enn not throw out his liny, land sprinkle the grain through It so that he will be compelled to eat the grain slowly. Feed whole grain sepa rately from ground feed. Sometimes no other treatment than the foregoing is needed to restore n horse to good condition. The addition of a pint of ollmenl to the ration Is a help. Farm Journal. Manure Trenches. More mistakes nre mudo in the con struction of manure trenches than In any .other simple feature connected with cow .stalls. If loss than eight Inches deep, cows will stand with their hind feet In them and will step into them In passing In and out. If eight to ten Inches deep, cows soon learn to step over them, and very few cows will stand with their hind feet in them. The trench should be wide enough to admit a scoop shovel, and this means fifteen to eighteen hi-hes wide. Trenches of this size will hold two days' accumulations, which In case of storms Is a great convenience. Hoard's Dairyman. Dairy Cows Economize Feed. When It Is considered that the same foodstuffs fed to cows produces very much more nutriment In the shape of milk than when fed for beef it Is seen why the dairy Industry is so Important. As stated In the work on feeding by Professor H. It. Smith of the Nebraska station, "01 per cent or more energy Is expended by the steer In elaborating food In the form of meat than Is ex pended by the cow In elaborating the same qnnntlty In the form of milk." Of course It must be understood that the kln.l of cow to do this must be of the dairy type. k Swine Notes. Keep clear water before the hogs all the time. T)o not crowd the young stock un naturally. Have good shade during the warm weather. " Keep the hogs and their yard Ip a sanitary condition and wnteb the herd carefully In order that no disease may get a start. Given n tight roof. If the hog Is fair ly well protected from the wind, he will, unless he Is sheltered alone, need no litter. He Is better without It. Silage For Beef Cattle. Feeders of beef cattle have always bad a prejudice against silage. Be cent experiments have shown that steers will make an excellent growth If fed some rich feed along with corn silage and will gain quite as fast as when on good pasture. The dairy type steer Is not so profitable for beef, as he shows a low dressing percentage and a high percentage of offal. Fat on the Internnl organs Increases the weight of the cheaper parts. The beef steer puts on fat on the higher priced cuts. Milk Fever Prevention. Experiments In the feeding of car rots, beets nnd small potatoes to cows show that milk fever Is less liable to oecur when cows are fed liberally on root crops than when they are con fined to hny and grain. No corn shonld be given six weeks before calving. Linseed meal may be allowed with the hay, which shonld be cut fine and the linseed meal sprinkled over It Water For the Chicks. Many young chicks lie because they get wet when drinking, which chills them and causes them to droop and lose appetite. Always have fountains for chicks that permit them to insert Ihelr beaks only into the water. Plac ing the water before tbem in saucers, into which they tread and get wet un derneath, is dangerous. In the Orchard. Many fruit growers are coming to be lieve that it Is better practice to cut or rub off water spronts during the grow ing season than In winter. Many bad cases of water sprouts seem to be caus ed by overprunlng in winter or early spring. Ache For Horse. Keep a pan for fresh ashes In tlw stable all the time. Once a week give, about a tea spoonful of these wood ashes and salt mixed half and half. Your horses will not be troubled with worms. Fattening Lambs. Cornmeal Is an excellent feed for the young lambs that are to be rattened quickly. After this comes bran. Lin seed meal may be fed in small quantities. THE CRAFTY WOLF. Stories of Hi Man Eating Feat Said to Be Untrue. A skeptical person calling himself Pt. Croix has I ecu trying to -find out whether wolves uud bears ure malign ed by tho popular stories of their man eutlng ways and writes bis couch--l"tis for Itecrentlon. First ho trh'd running down the sto ries told lu newspaper dispatches. Polled in this (''ijit. he turned to the Indian. They knew the gray wolf, having v.lutuicd and siminieied with him. Had tlieyM'vcr known of it n 1 1 dliiu belug killed by one? N-uo, but Mlngan was very crafty aud very much to be dreaded. Julio so. Hi; t. once for nil. had .he ever to (heir knowledge 1:1";?.: it ntrt'lj No, but they hud heard i'.o It went always the sumo Inta-ig 'de, uncoil tinned rumor and the name absence of proof. "Now for a few fac'.s as to the wolf," writes ft. Croix, "lie can go eight days without food nud tan I 'sen eat forty pounds of meat at u Killing, s6 the Indiana say. ThU Is pretty fair for an animal weighing but eighty pounds. Yet we do not know the length of the sitting. "The wolf will not venture on glare Ice; he never cros::s it lake uutll there la enough snow to hide the Ice. To welting his feet ho is us averse as the domestic cat. Me will not kill bis game in the shelter of the forest, al ways driving It Into some 'open place for the kill. "When chasUig a deer, he g es at a leisurely lope, sltthig rev. u at Inter vals to give the most dolorous and bloodcurdling howls. T'.d i drives the poor victim Into n wild g.illoo and soon exhausts It. and as the v,oll' never tires he Is sure sooner or later to catch up with the quarry. "In winter tho deer often makes for some wild rapid, Into v.':I"'i K plunges, knowing tint the wolf .. VA ;i t follow. Too often the deer drowns, but better such a death thun one by the fangs. "In stnunier a couple of wolves will secure all the deer they need by very Fl::ip!e tactics. Hiving pnt up the q' :-rv, one wolf drives It by easy si;.,M to some little lake I spenk now of the I.ni'.reiitian country nnd on reaching (l:e t-horc the- ileer plunge: unhesltatlng'y In, for Its iii.ititxf tefls It the ciieii;;.' will not dare to follow. "So ou it swims. whi tin? pursuer' sits on his haunches and howls dis ni!:!'y, no '.."' t because be s.-et UU dinner escnpiu". At length the fired de:-r drays It ivf wearily from jhe water and shakes the drom from Its coat on the sun warmed strand. Then Hie companion wolf, which h.ts way laid Its coming. Kprin-.-i .'l Its throat, and when the first wn'f Jolm him they have u gorge tint uia'i-s them Inde pendent of fate for a whole week." , POINTED Ff'VT.P.ArUS. There Is a little wolf nnd n little rab bit In every man. One way to I e unhappy Is to envy the happiness of others. A lucky man iibray points with pride to bis good judgment. How many tilings t'yf.v are In a grocery store you never will mil fort If you want io oblige a friend, do something for him his way Instead of your own way. A great many eople see tliemselves as others see them, but they don't be lieve what they see. Ever occur to you that many of your siiiv v-s are silly .rnv that Is. sor runs t'.int are not Imp r.antV c aiioii is a great i.ii.ig. no douf), but the liest housekeepers didn't ict their knowledge out of hooks.- -fr For Bronchitis Take TOTOL1 tt heals the bronchial tubes and remedies the cough For centuries old-fashioned cod liver oil has been prescribed by phy sicians the world oyer for coughs, bronchitis, weak lungs and consump tion, but many could not take it oa account of its useless fishy oIL Anyone can take our delicious eoa liTer preparation, VinoL which, con tains all tho medicinal and curatlYa elements of cod liver oil actually taken from fresh cods' livers, but no oil, and wherever old-fashioned cod liver oil or emulsions would do good, Vlnol will do far more good. Try it oa our guarantee. Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. JOHNSON'S BLOOD PURIFIER rn Piles and Kidney Trouble. Bu permanently cured hundreds of caaeaand the demaixt foe t t liwe Ing every day. Cverv bott'e tf.iarnn teed to st re good results. Oa wl at Statu & Ftkht Drug Co, (tore, RcynoMsvillc, Pa.