IVago-a-ago bur Lor, iu fcauioa, will speedily be converted iuto a first-class coaling station for tho American Navy. Uncle Sam owns some valuable real estate aud riparian rights in the Sa rnoau Islands, and he mauifests a be coming determination to supply the property with modern improvements. The census authorities have, by the use of means that space will not allow the explanation of, supplied deficien cies and additional data that enable them to deduce the true annual aver age death rate of the country to be about eighteen per one thousand. This is lower than that of any Euro pean countries save Norway and Sweden, which fall slightly below it. Great Britain, on the same basis, has a death rate of 19.4, Ireland of 18.2, France of 22.5, Germany of 22.1, and Austria of 29.4. Hungary has a death rate of 32.1 per ono thousand annually, the highest found in Europe. Advance sheets of the Consular | j Reports, issued by the State Depart- j meat in AVashiugton, treat of the de- | i velopment of gardeners' schools in ; Russia. The principal part of the j pamphlet is occupied by the report of the Consul at Odessa, who writes about the schools iu the province of Ekaterinoslav, iu tho south of Rus3ia. The principal object of these schools is to improve the farming methods in use by the peasants, who are exceed ingly backward. It is said that with the tilling of the soil in a proper man ner it could be made to yield at least three times as many bushels per acre as it does at present, and the import ance of the efforts being made in this direction is shown by the annual pro duction of grain in Russia. From 1893 to 1596, the yield of wheat alone ranged from 370,000,000 to nearly 450,000,000 bushels j>er annum. Boston has had a daily medical in spection of her schools for the last three years, and the system is pro nounced eminently successful in its results. The city i 3 divided into fifty districts for medical visitation, and to each visitor from one to five schools are assigned. Teachers report the cases of children who seem to bo ail ing, and the medical inspector decides whether the illness is sufficient to justify sending the pupil home again. A report of this inspection for one year shows an examination of 8904 cases, of which 1150 were found to be too ill to remain in school. The Presi dent of the Board of Health bears testimony to the efficacy of this system of inspection, aud says that by the promptitude and thoroughness of its action it has arrested epidemics of diphtheria, scarlet fever and other infectious and contagious maladies. The system is worthy of adoption else where than in Boston, and it is rather a wonder that something of this sort was not thought of long ago. In seeking an explanation of the success of our ships in the present war, foreign critics are turning to the last report of the Secretary of the Navy, in which tho following passage occurred: "It is a vital necessity, from the standpoint of the Nation, to have our naval service perfect at every point. To provide target practice for all ships of our navy now necessitates 8300,000 a year. This allowance for target practice should be increased, ! not diminished; for it is all-important to have our ships at the highest pitch of military efficiency. Aud for the same reason there should he no hesi tation in providing for the necessary increase of officers and their proper payment. There is no use in having the best ships and the best guns, if these ships are not to he handled in the best way aud the guns served with the utmost accuracy. Sluch depends upon building ships aud guns; but even more depends upon using them aright after they have been built. We can hardly pay too high a price for tho highest performance of duty afloat; aud the best use of material—that is, the most perfect training of tho per sonnel—can only he obtained by the expenditure of money. The men must bo drilled aud drilled, aud drilled again; the ships must be manoeuvred in squadron month iu aud month out; the practice with the great guns at targets must*go on without ceasing. Only in this way can the best results be reached, and in this way they are ceriain to be reached. Tho personnel is tho vitally important point in the navy. It pays to wear out the mater ial in training the personnel; for the result is that the personnel reaches snch a pitch of perfection that it can respond to any possible demands made upon it. It is wiso to expend money freely upon the tools with which the officer work; and tho most important of these tools is tho officer himself." Now that the value of our methods has been demonstrated, we may ex pect to have plenty of imitators. PERSEVERE. If at first you Jo succeed, Try again! Life is more than just one deed; Try again. Never stop with what you've done. More remains than you have won, Full content's vouchsafed to nouo; Try again! If you've earned a hit of fame, Try again! Beek a still more honored name, Try again. Sit not down with folded hands, Cramp not hope with narrow bands; Think what prowess life domands! Try again I If you've won on lower plane. Try again! Life is more than one campaign; Try again. Send your guidons to the fore, Strive to seize ono standard more, Still ungained aro palms gulore; Try again! If at first you do succeed, Try agniul For future harvests sow tho seed, Try again. Else with sacred discontent, Realize that life Is lent On highest searches to ho spent; Try agninl -C. A. S.Dwigbt, In Youth's Companion. 8 A STAMP FIGHT, j Q By Eleanor Kirk. Q booaooooocooooooooeooooooo to mo, an B able-bodied fellow I<s W '* ke ou hoi'dfi l "! rfgv C something to do if I he tried hard > Albert Duryea, % a youth'of eight- L flfw i oeu ' a Hank, TmR V*- handsome face, tffl aQ d a sturdy, well- VLJn ®-- r' knit frame, looked ' uvt W-'/ somewhat grave '' J?, and discouraged as these words fell from the lips of the rich merchant to whom he had applied for a position. "That's what everybody says, sir," the boy replied. "And that's what I thought myself when I started out. I have good references," he added, with a brave Btruggle against disappoint ment, "and I will do anything to earn a little money to keep my mother with. She isn't very strong, sir." Albert Duryea had spent nearly a month in the endeavor to find work, and at this point it was about all the poor fellow could do to keep from breaking down ignominiously. He had always supposed that if it was necessary for a son to support his mother, everybody would be interested in helping him. The mothers who suffered poverty and hunger either hadn't any sons, or their sons were not willing to work for them. But he had not walked the streets for four weeks without finding out his mistake. "Your mother's a widow, then?" The merohant glanced up from his bills and surveyed his companion again from head toloot. At last—and Albert's heart gave a quick, joyful leap —somebody was interested in his mother. "Yes, sir," he replied. "Perhaps you remember Hamilton Duryea? He was my father. He failed in business about six months ago, lost everything, and then—then he was taken very ill, nnd only lived a little while. I was all ready for college, but of course I had to give up that and try to see what 1 could do." "I remember your father very well," the gentleman responded, with consid erable iuterest and respect in his tone; "but where are your father's friends? I should think that among them all a position might be scared up for you." "But they say there are many young men wanting situations nnd times are so hard. They tell mo there doesn't seem to be anything doing," the youth answered. Tho grim face of tho merchaut re laxed a little, and a ghost of a smile played about his mouth. "Times are always dull, my boy, when a man wauts work," lie said. Then he put his hand into his pocket and drew out a roll of bills. "I don't feel justified," he went on, "in making room for a clerk I do not need. I should like to give you em ployment, nnd if there was a vacancy I would set you to work to-day. This," extending hi 3 hand with a five dollar inclosed, "will help your mother a little, perhaps." Albert Duryea drew back as if he had been struck, while all tho blood in his body seemed to have rushed to his face. He opened his mouth to speak, but the words would not come. Tho man of business dropped tho money on tho counter and resumed his work. The boy stood for a moment a pic ture of helpless wretchedness, thon, unable to say anything but a low ami almost innrticulato "Good-morning, sir," turned and left the establish ment. Uf course, ho must have looked like a beggar, aud acted like a beggar, he said to himself, or ho never would have been taken for a beggar. He sup posed his clothes looked rather out of date, but they were clean and cer tainly not ragged. All this time ho had been laboring I under tho mistake that he presented > the appearance of agentlomaulyyoung . fellow. This was a revelation, in , deed. He must have been looking too high. His former social standing did 1 not count, aud his education seemed i to be going for nothing. He had never once thought of shov eling coal, or asking for a porter's or a waiter's position. Suppose he got a J chnuco to put ten or a dozen tons of t coal iuto somebody's cellar, would he ' do it? he inquired of himself. He 3 would. Was there anything honest he would not do for his mother? There was not. Some way, he grow stronger, and the ache left his heart, as ho assured himself that there was 110 occupation so menial that he would not welcome it for hi 3 mother's sake. There was one oiler that he had de clined. It was to canvass for a pic torial volume. He could not recall the name. He remembered that in his former home the servants were al ways instructed to dispose as speedily as possible of all such applicants, aud he had never seen any house where canvasser were welcomed. He was glad to think he had always been sorry for those poor people. Now everything else had failed, and he could not go home again with the old story of hard luck. His mother was growing weak and ill for the lack of the nourisheng food she had all her life beeu nccustomed to, and he could n't bear it another day. He would canvass for this book. If folks slammed their doors in his face, he would try to be ashamed of them, aud not of himself. It was ahardjob, and when at last, equipped with his book aud his circulars, lie climbed the first flight of steps to the doorbell, ho was in a state of excitement which none but the sensitive can ever under stand. Hut he rang the bell, aud the summons was auswered. "I have a book to show the lady of the house, please," said Albert, polite ly, but firmly. "Go show it to the cobble-stones," was the inspiring answer. "Tho lady of the house ain't in." And bang went the door. It would take too long to relate the varied experiences of this amateur can vasser, but out of three hours' consec utive and conscientious ringing of bells, Albert managed to interview two ladies and one little girl. One lady already had the volume. The other would think about buying it. If the canvasser was around that way in a week or two, she would talk with him again. The little girl wanted to see the pic tures. The servant, kinder or more unsuspicious or intuitive than the rest, let the boy into the hall, while she went upstairs to her mistress. Unfortunately, the lady was asleep. Albert lingered a few moments, aud let tho little girl examine the book,and then, tired aud sick atheart, turned to leave the house. "I wish you'd stay longer," the child told him kindly. "When will you come again ?" "Some day, perhaps," the hoy an swered, as lie turned his head away to hide the tears that had filled his eyes. jir%s£!> The little girl's recognition of his true charcter had softened his heart, aud made it easier for him to ring a few more doorbells. Hut it was all of no use. Albert Duryea was utterly deficient in all the qualities that make a successful can vasser. It was getting late in the afternoon, and there was nothing to do but to take the book back, and con fess his failure. But how could he go home to his mother with such a story? He had walked miles and miles. He was foot-weary and soul weary. How could he give up' when this canvassing had come to be hi 3 only resource? So he spurred him self on again, and went to house after house, but with the same unfortunate result. ' There was only one more residence on the block that remained to be tested, and as he ascended the step, a coal cart was depositing its load upon the sidewalk. A middle-aged, rather sharp-featured woman opened the door, and passed down a receipt to the driver; as she did so, she gave the boy a quiok glance, and shook her head. "We don't want to buy anything," she said. "Have you engaged any one to put your coal in?" Albert asked, respect fully. "Xo. Why?" the woman inquired. "Because if not, I wish you would let mo do it." "You? You want to put in that coal?" "Yes, madam." "But you'll spoil your clothes." "Are you willing I should put it in?" "Willing? Yes. There aro three tons on that sidewalk. I usually give twenty-five cents a ton. I'll give you n dollar for the three." "All right, ma'am." said Albert, cheerily. "Thank you I Will you please take care of this book for me. and tell me where to find a basket and a shovel?" The lady took the book, looked the youth over again, and then gave him the desired information. "Take it easy," she said. "It's back-breaking work for one that's not used to it." Thn gratitude of this boy for the opportunity to earn a dollar by the hardest kiud of work was indeed pathetic and gave his employer a sharp heartache. "Oh, I shall get on very nicely, I am sure," Albert responded, his fine faco aglow; "and I'm so glad I hap pened to come along in the right time." "Well, don't break your back, that's all 1 And if you get too tired, don't be ashamed to let me know." A smile was the only answer to this kindness. There were sympathetic people in the world, after all his rough experience, Albert told liimsolf. Every pleasant word had been an additional inspiration, and the way the coal flew into the cellar would have put to shame many a professional shoveller. Occasionally the laborer straightened himself up and gave the overtaxed muscles a little rest; but it was only a little. It was growing duskish now, [ and very soon his mother would be anxious about him. The last half ton | went hard, but it was in finally, and i then r servnut came outwith n broom. - "You are to go in the laundry and | wash up," she said, as Albert was going to take the broom, "and then the mistress wants to see you In th back parlor." Never was toilet made in speedier time. Albert wondered if all the coal men went to the back parlor to see the mistress, or washed and brushed. He knocked on the (floor of this apart ment. "I asked you to some in," the lady said, "beceuse my brother wants to see you. Come this way." And Albert followed her into an ex quisite dining-room, where, at the head of a small but elegantly ap pointed table, sat the merchant who had offered him five dollars in the morning. The boy's face was on fire again. "I thought I recognized you," the gentleman remarked, with a smile. "And so you have been putting in my coal?" "I didn't know it was yours," Al bert replied. "I suppose not," said the merchant. "I want you to sit down here beside me and have some dinner. You have earned it, goodness knows! so please don't refuse. And, Albert, I wish 1o say also that the boy who preferred to earn a dollar by shovelling coal to taking five that he didn't earn, is just the young fellow I need, and I cannot afford not to make a place for such a one. You can come to work to-morrow morning at eight o'clock." "I'm afraid you'll think, sir, thnt I haven't much gift of language," Al bert responded, when he could com mand his voice; "and the fact is, I'm too astonished and overjoyed to know what to say." "Never mind about saying any thing," said the gentleman. "Sit down and have some dinner. That's the most practical thing to be doe now." Albert had had nothing to eat since breakfast, and his recent exercise had made him frightfully hungry; but he was loyal to the last. "Mother will be waiting for me and worrying," he replied, simply, and I know I ought to be going, if you'll please excuse me." "Very well," the gentleman assent ed. "Here is your dollar, and sister has packed a basket for your mother. Don't refuse it, my boy." "No, sir, not for the world!" said Albert. "And, .oh, I am so gratefnl to you both! Perhaps, some day, 1 can show you better than I can tell you. Good night, sir! Good night, ma'am!" Mrs. Duryca thought it was a young whirlwind that had rushed into the house that evening instead of her son. He could usually tell a straight story, but now, shoveling coal aud a five-dollar bill were so mixed up with canvassing for a hook, a dear little girl and a splendid situa tion, that it was a long time before she could make head or tail of it.— Golden Days. Reporter and Lawyer. The lawyer didn't want to be inter viewed. He had tried to impress this fact upon the mind of the reporter in so many words. But the reporter was very persistent. He was endeavoring to convince the lawyer that it would be to the advantage of everybody if he would talk. The mau of law interrupted him. "Just have a seat for a moment, young man," he said, motioning to a chair ut the other end of the office. The newsgather congratulated him self on the fact that his cause was as good as won. The lawyer beut over his desk, and for a moment or two there was silence in the room, save for the raspiug scratch of his pen. Then he sat erect, and after scan ning the sheet of letter paper on which he had been writing affixed his signa ture folded tho sheet, and handed it to the reporter without a word. Here is what the reporter read: "Mr Reporter: Dear Sir—lu reply to your request for information about the matter to which you refer, I bog lenvo to apprise you of the fact that I have absolutely nothing to say. I re iterate, I have nothing whatever to say; therefore, I presume yon wilt grasp the idea that I do not wish to say anything. Y'ours, etc., "JEKEMIAII H. BLACKSTOXE." Not wishing to bo outgeneraled, tho reporter took an old envelope out of his pocket and soribbled the followiug on the back of it: "Mr. Jeremiah Blackstone, Attor ney at Law; Dear Sir—Yours of to day received aud contents noted. In asmuch as tho letter itself deserves publication as tending to hear out (he old saying thnt it takes a lawyer longer to say nothing thau nuy living being, my mission has not been entirely futile." This he deposited on the desk in front of the lawyer without comment of any kind, and departed forthwith. —Chicago Journal. After the Honor*. They sat on the beach, and he had been talking to her very earnestly. Now he was waiting for her to speak. She dug holes in the sand with her parasol aud blushed aud hesitated. "George," she said at last, "your attnek has been almost irresistible, aud I feel that I must surrender " "Dearest!" he interrupted, and it was evident then thnt the maueuvring was to bo at close quarters. "Provided," she went on, "that it is understood thnt I am to be accorded all the honors of war." "Which are?" ho said inquiringly. "A diamond engagement ring," she replied. Having agreed to this, the final de tails of tho capitulation were soon settled.—New York Journal. Stcel-llarrienml Gins*. Through persistent experimenting a process has been discovered by which glass can be hardened to the consis tency of steel and its first practical ap plication is being given to the mauu ! facture of skates. The Colt's Feet. Neither the bones of the colt's leg nor the muscles and hoof of his feet have acquired sufficient firmness to enable it to be put on stable floors of either wood, stone or cement. If for any reason the colt cannot run with its dam while she is at work, let it have a yard by itself with a turf floor ing, rather thau put him in a floored stable. It is while the colt is young that the future character of his feet is being decided. A Market-XVaKon Box. Few farmers have a covered market wagon with inside arrangements for transporting different kinds of farm products. The cut given herewith shows a simple box that can be set j—jeesjLJ; p=Y Wmm\ liML A FARMER'S WAOOX CONVENIENCE. inside an express or farm wagon, giv ing lots of room, aud a kind of room that keeps the different products by themselves. The doors in the rear open into a roomy closet,where bulky articles can be stored, while in the drawers on either side can bo carried snob articles as butter, eggs, eto. The railed space on top will accommodate bulky vegetables—such as cabbage, eto., and bags of other articles. The advantago of such a mnrket box is thnt no separate wagon is required. And when not engaged in mnrket uses the box can be taken out and the wagon used for other purposes. Comfort For Sheep. ■While it is true that the mutton breed of sheep suffer more from parasites than the Merino, it is by no means true that the breed named is wholly exempt, as seems to bo tho general impression. Thanks to per sistent and careful experimenters, i sheep raisers now handle the tick \ readily by dipping, but the internal parasites are more difficult to over- j come. This trouble is usually more severe on lambs, and the best way to avoid the difficulty is not to pasture I lambs on fields, that were occupied by sheep the previous season. This is more or less troublesome, but it will be easy by having two fields to alter- t nato yearly as pastures. Suit and tur pentine kept before the sheep at all j times will do much to prevent the j ravages of parasites. Plenty of pure j water, shade and salt are also neces sary during the summer with sheep, whether on the range or partially con fined, and with tbeso and the precau tion against parasites, the animals will keep in a thrifty condition. A Siirplng of Drones Prevented* We should govern the supply of drones, aud au over-production of i them is sure to follow if the bees are I allowed to build their own comb. In natural comb-building the bees build a large amount of drone comb. They do not do this solely for the purpose of rearing drones, but build drone size comb to store surplus honey in, hence a large amount of it will be found in every hive, aud when the colony becomes strong during spring ! tho queen will fill all available drone ' comb with eggs, aud the result is thnt ; a large force of drones is hatched. I This is easily prevented by tho use of foundation comb. This is made all worker size, and when the frames are properly filled with it all drones are excluded. While it is important to havo some drones to fertilize tho young queens, these inny be provided for by using a certain amount of drone comb, and the beauty of this is that we can use it in any colony we wish and by this means select our breeding stock.—Agriculturist Epitomist. Buckwheat in Orchard*. The only grain crop that can he profitably grown iu au orchard is buckwheat. It is not exhaustive, aud the 3hade which its broad leaves fur nish to the soil during July and August helps to preserve moisture quito as much as to tako it from tho soil. Whenever there is n cool night, a great amount of ,dew falls on the broad buckwheat leaves, and this dropping to the ground moistens the surface soil, and supplies tho shallow roots with the water needed during the day. Wherever buckwheat is har vested enough grain is scattered to make a voluuteer crop the following spring, which can be plowed under iu June in time for sowing buckwheat the followiug season. The only trouble with keeping orchards always iu hack wheat i 3 that tho soil is made too light, and being left naked every win ter it is often deep frozen, and tree roots nearest the surfaees are badly injured. Where buckwheat is grown every year most of tho feeding treo roots wilt bo found nsar tho surface. Ornamental He Ig-es. A hedge wherever planted or for whatever purpose may be a delight to the eye and of practical use, or decid edly the reverse, owing to the amount of care bestowed upon it. It matters little of what plant, shrub or tree it is composed, any one of tho plants used for that purpose will look well if kept neatly trimmed. Tho man who sets out a hedge of thorn or similar trees should consider tho matter awhile before doing 80, as to whether he will, for lack of time, allow it to grow undisturbed for years, then expend a goodly sum to have it grubbed out after deciding it a nuis ance to himself as well as his neigh bors. I would not, however, discour age hedge-plauting, for where is tho iron worker or carpenter who can fashion a fence to be compared with a well-planted and well-cared-for hedge? Among the many suitable plants for hedging is Cydonia japonica (formerly erroneously called Pyrus japonica), or Japanese quince. This is a strong growing, thorny shrub belonging to the quince family, bearing in the spring a great profusion of beautiful bright crimson flowers, followed by quantities of small quinces, whiob, although generally supposed to bo of no domestic value, when used i.n small quantities with the regular quince im part a delightful subacid flavor which seems to be lacking in the cultivated fruit. The flowers of the Japan quiace are so bright and borne so abundantly that the shrub is often called "burn ing-buab." The honey-locust is a very desirablo hedging-plaut, the foilage being of such a dear, refreshing green; and as the young shoots and wood are rather tender and succulent, are easily trimmed. The well-known Osage orange is used extensively for hedges, and when kept under control serves its purpose admirably; but if neglected it soon becomes a curse to any laud. Privet, a thornless shrub easy to control, free growing and quite at tractive, is used considerably and with good effect. In California, where the climate per mits the rose to attain a high degree of perfection, the La Prance rose is very popular for hedging. To say that the effect is flue, when the bushes are iu full bloom, would be putting it mildly. In the same State the com mon white calla is used for the same purpose, aud makes a very pleasing hedge. Very effective hedges, or covered fences I might call them, are mado by growing such vining plants as wild grape, green aud golden leaved honey suckle, woodbine, etc., on light wood or iron fences.—Woman's Home Com panion. flrlnJlnj Mowing Machine Knivcn. There is propriety in all things, and the grindiugof mowing-machine knives is not to be excepted. Most farmers, however, hold the knives out at arm' 3 length and grind them on the top of the stone, similar to the way that the scythe is ground, thus not only mak | ing the process a slow and laborious ! one, but producing a very poor edge | indeed when compared with that which is obtainable by the method shown herewith in the illustration. Iu order to achieve the purpose at issue, one should have a good stone— a stono so hung that it will run true. It is preferable to have it mounted I upon common friction-wheel bearings. Why? Because these raise the centre of it just high enough from the frame to admit of the inch-board rest ou each end and make it r.bont right for i grinding the mowiug-inachino knife when the back of the knife section is held in position ngaiust the rest. Thus constructed, hold the knife section as described, but with the i point pitching a little toward thestone | aud at such au auglo to the face of it , as will result in producing the re ! quisite cuttingbevel—a position easily GUINDINO STOXE FOU THE FAIIM. ascertained by tbo operator after a few trials. Grasp the section bar with one hand, and with the other press the kuifo against the stone. Then let the stone revolve toward the knife, and when that is ground, which will be surprisingly soon, try another, aud so ou consecutively until all the knives on oue side have been served alike, whereupon change the other side onto the other side of the stone (a thing necessitated by the crank being in the way of the end of the section bar), aud in a very short time you will have all the kuives in the most excellent con dition. It is advisable, however, to grind a few of the end knives occasion ally on that side of the stone next to the crank, for this, together with the scythe and other grinding that there may he, will tend to keep the surface of the stone worn off evenly, which is of the utmost importance. When once a person has acquired the art of grinding bevel-edged tools in this manner it will afford him a world of pleasure, iu that ho can thus grind ohisels and all sueh tools to per fection, his greatest care beiug to give those that do not reach across the face of the stoue a side-wise motion, so as to wear the stone off' evenly. In deed, it will encourage much the sharp ening of tools, and this is just vhal ought to bo desired, for nothing is more out of place than one's endeav oring to use advantageously a dull im plement of any kind..—Xew York Tri ' bune. NEW CURE FOR POISONING. l\I.r 11 Uil Almost to Death to Save IIIi Life. The bleeding of a man almost to death in order to save his life seems like a contradiction in terms.but it is, nevertheless, a fact, according to the statement of the chief of the medical staff of a London hospital The case was a common enough one, a poor wretch tired of life having taken a large dose of laudanum in order to put an effectual end to his miseries. As soon as he was taken to the hos pital the physicians set to work with a stomach pump and exhausted all the usual methods known to the fraternity in treating cases of poisoning, but to no avail. The poison had passed from the man's stomach into his blood, and in spite of everything he sank lower and lower, until he was actually breath ing only five times in five minutes. The patient, according to the physician, was practically dead, his blood, which was circulating slowly in his body, being impreguated with the poison, when suddenly, with a brill iant inspiration, which it is believed marks a new era in the treatment of this form of poisoning, the physician decided that the only way to get the poison out of the man's body was to remove the blood which contained it. He knew as everybody knows, that the body ordinarily is equal to any demand made upon it, and will soon manufacture blood for itself, provided that the quantity of blood withdrawn from the veins is made up by a corre sponding quantity of a solution of salt and water of the same degree of enltness as the blood itself. The risk was, of course, enormons, but the circumstances warranted the taking of it, for such life as there was in the mau's body was good ouly for a short time, and was hardly life at all, sseing that consciousness had almost, if not entirely, vanished. Accordingly, two pints of blood were taken from the man, and it was found to be "as black as ink." Two pints of salt solution were then injected into his veins, and in the course of a few minutes he began to breathe more rapidly, and one by one the organs seemed to begin to resume the nor mal exercise of their functions. For days the man had to be care fully treated, but now he's thoroughly well and without any suspicion of having gone through the valley of the shadow of death. POPULAR SCIENCE. A single candle, to give its full light, requires 101) cubic feet of air per hour. Professor Alsuel says that between the ticks of a watch a ray of light could move around the globe. If the suu was to be divided into smaller plauets, it would make 1,310,- 03d, each the size of the earth. Professor Bilslik says: The right hand, which is more sensitive to the touch than the left, is less sensitive than the latter to the effect of the heat and cold. All deserts are situated where the winds from the ocean, before reaching them, are exhausted of their moisture by passing over mountains or across extensive tracts of land. In France tuberenlosis causes one out of every six deaths, and claims twice as many victims as typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, small pox, cholera, and all other infectious diseases. The Foraminifera are protozoans which secrete one-or-many chambered shells. They occur in great abun dance at the surface of the ocean, and iu fossil in most of the geological formations. An eminent Prussian statistician, Sussmilch, estimated iu the time of Frederick I. of Prussia that aboutone twelfth of the population of Europe died of smallpox andthatnearly every body had the disease. Sea IVafer as Medicine. "Sea water isn't as palatable as chocolate ice cream soda," remarked a young doctor with a merry look out of the corner of his eye, "but neither is castor oil or quinine or any medicine, so far as that goes. One grows really fond of it, however, and in time longs for it. The trouble is that most peo ple take their sen water as they would a bite from a mad dog. They make faces, get excited, fairly froth at the mouth, and then ckaso off aud take a drink of something that doesn't go with it. All mixod drinks are bad for the stomach, you know. "The way to take salt watev is to take it quietly with your sea bath and leave it to do the rest. I followed the sea when a boy for years, and went to many strange countries with mauy green crews, aud I never yet saw an old sailor who was a dyspeptic, who suffered from insomnia, biliououess, nervousness, headaches or auy ol man's every-day ailments, and why' As soon as an old salt feels tho slight est symptom of any sort of physical derangement he lets a tin pail down into his medicine chest, tho ocean, hauls up a pailful of l'resli sea water, blows off the foam with the airy grace of a Bowery beer bibber, and takes a high ball. Sailors are good-tempered and even in their dispositions, and 1 believe it is duo to their fondness foi and faith in the effectiveness of se{ water as a medicine. Yon people all give it a fair trial and if you areu'l benefited iu body and mind I'll tear Uj my sheepskin."—New York Sun. A Dangerous Ittver In China. The Y'ellow River in China has changed its channel four times in the past 1000 years, and the point at which it empties into the sea has from time to time moved up aud down the coast a distance of 303 miles. Its floods have drownedover 10,000,000 persons during the past three centuries, and the destruction of property has been proportionate.
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