v CtNTUiIY OF WONDERS.
ITS SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES HAVE
PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED OUR LIFE.
Tin- Mii.t.enlli Will AI way. Tnke l'ooi
ll.m us Una ol' Ilia Mnut Mamorabln or
< i lilurlos— Tlio StaHlll Entitle Underlie.
All Our A1 (idem ITozre.a.
The following article was written
for the 20th century issue of the New
York World by Sir Norman Lockyer,
K. C. B„ F. R. S., author of "The
Sun's Place in Nature," etc.
There can be no doubt that in the
future history of the world, for thou
sands of years, the century that has
just passed away will he recorded as
one of the most momorable, if not the
most memorable, to which attention
can be drawn. This high position will
he awarded to it on the ground that
k. it is the one which has most profound
ly affected the life conditions of the
human race.
The salient point about the nine
teenth century is that it is the scien
tific century. Theology, art, learning
in the ordinary sense are at the end
of it pretty much as they were at the
beginning.
The gift of science to the opening
years of the century was the steam
engine then coining into common use.
Watt's patent expired in 1800. When
one reads how it was that Watt
achieved one of the most tremendous
revolutions recorded In history one
cannot help feeling that his position
as "mathematical instrument maker
to the university" (at Glasgow) had
everything to do with it; he lived with
his friend Black in an atmosphere of
research. The steam-engine, so close
ly are all scientific applications bound
together, underlies all our modern
progress, for the reason that hand
labor, thanks to it, has been replaced
by greater powers.
|( One of the first applications during
this century of the new source of
power was to locomotion. This was
done by Watt himself and Symming
ton on the Forth and Clyde Canal in
1802.
Our present enormous battle-ships
and mail steamers and our destroyers
going at 35 miles an hour, are doubly
the result of Watt's work. It is the
steam-engine which builds them and
drives them when built. It may even
be that Mr. Parsons at the end of the
century will porve to us that Watt's
method of applying steam to marine
locomotion can be improved upon for
some uses.
Land locomotion by means of steam
followed in 1829, the Rocket and the
Stockton and Darlington railway in
augurating the long series of engines
and railways which now make rapid
and safe transit possible almost over
the whole surface of the civilized
world, both speed and economy being
secured by James's invention of tho
tubular boiler.
Electricity comes next, with its won
derful record of electric telegraph,
electric light, electric traction, tele
phones and wireless telegraphy, and
all since 1836. Of the applications of
electricity, after what has happened,
he would be a bold man who would
venture to predict where they will
stop, or that no equality striking de
velopments are yet in store for us.
If they come it will be because tho
future will produce its Paradays or its
Kelvins.
The saving of the lives of our sail
ors by storm warnings and the study
of the laws of storms is one of the
applications of the science of meteor
ology which the century has brought
us—a result undreamed of by him who
first "weighed the air." Nor do the
Ik neflts of science to our seafaring
and seagoing populations end here.
Ocean currents as well as air currents
liav been investigated and charted by
hydrographers, who have added to
these benefits by maps showing
dcpihs, so that now the contours of
the bottom of seas and oceans are
nearly as well known as those of the
land surfaces.
More than this man himself has
teen proved to iiave been present on
the scene contemporaneously with
many now extinct animals at a time
long antecedent to that favored by
Archbishop Usher. This work has
been extended by the modern science
of archaeology, which has demonstrat
ed the existence of settled communi
ties and by no means rude civiliza
tions thousands of years ago, and it is
now evident that "in the noblest study
of mankind" the geologist and archae
ologist must work together to dive
si ill further Into man's early history.
But there has also been another
very practical application of geologi
cal study. Geography long ago gave
us maps of land surfaces; geology
has now based upon them geological
maps of priceless value to all inter
ested In the products of the mine.
It was formerly thought that the
study of organic nature could have no
possible application; that the study of
animals and plants led to classifica
tion chiefly if not exclusively.
In this region of thought wo find an
other revolution as striking, if not
more striking, than those already re
ferred to. The genius of Darwin haa
evolved from this study "the origin of
species"—that is the real cause of the
introduction of new forms—and has
brought us In presence of the work of
evolution in moulding the animal and
vegetable kingdom through the vast
geological periods, and, what is more
Important from the practical point of
View, in our own times. While I am
writing there is an international con
ference sitting on hybridization of
plants and animals in direct relation
to Darwin's work. This shows the way
in which the most abstract generaliza
tion of bcie.ice may affect industry,
ft was stated at the conference that
the whole ort age industry of Florida
must be abandoned unless a hybrid
can be secured which will stand frost.
Medicine and astronomy are cer
tainly the mo3t ancient of the
sciences, and yet, strange to toll, the
advances here have equalled any
other to which I have referred.
I am an old man now, but still I dis
tinctly remember how large in my
youth was the number of faces
marked with the small-pox encoun
tered in an hour's walk. Such sights
and the deaths and ravages caused by
this fell disease have practically been
abolished by vaccination introduced
by Jenner in the first half of the cen
tury. Pasteur and Lister have made
for themselves immortal names since
then, and at the end of the century
we find ourselves on the track of the
causes of most diseases. The germs
from which they spring are known,
and preventive medicine is now a
well-understood science. Hydropho
bia, diphtheria, consumption and
other dire human maladies show signs
of capitulation, while Listerism ena
bles the surgeon to succeed in opera
tions which were formerly never at
tempted.
Much of this tremendous alleviation
of human pain and the attendant in
crease in the span of life have depend
ed upon the improvement in the mic
roscope brought about by the study of
optics. Strangely enough, the last im
portant progress to which I shall refer
comes to a large extent from the same
source.
The earliest victories of astronomy
were achieved without any instrument.
The horizon formed the only point of
available reference; then came in
struments without the telescope and
clock; next these were added. The
steam-engine, improvements in the
manufacture of glass followed, and
permitted the construction of enor
mous telescopes. Finally we have the
optical studios, to which I have re
ferred, carried on in strict alliance
with chemistry. Celestial objects
which the human eye will never see
are now studied in a hundred ways
by mpans of photography, and the
heavens have been expanded for us
a thousand-fold, and chemistry has
not stopped there. The substances of
which the most distant worlds are
composed are now well within our
ken.
With hundreds of thousands of
firm facts at our disposal we can now
watch the gradual formations of
worlds and study both cause and ef
fect. Hence a new idea of cosmical
fevolution, and hence also an idea of
another evolution which deals with
the gradual formation of the chemical
substances of which our own earth
as well as the distant worlds arc built
up.
All the world knows of the many ap
plications of the old astronomy, some
of which have been so improved in re
cent years that a ship at 1G knots
speed can determine her position to a
mile in any part of the trackless
ocean. The applications of the new
astronomy are yet to seek, but they
will come.
Tlio Dlnturbingr Snore.
It was just at the most impressivq
point of the great Shakespearian pro
duction. The big audience gazed
spellbound at the massive splendor of
the stage, and drank in eagerly the
impassioned eloquence of the famous
actor. His subtle art had touched a
responsive chord in the hearts of his
hearers. The quiet intensity of the
scene caused men and women to hold
their breaths. The stillness was al
most death-like. It was a triumph
of illusion. And just then a man
snored —a gentle, peaceful snore that
told of refreshing slumber. The ten
sion was broken. People laughed hys
terically, as they do when sharply
contrasted emotions are brought sud
denly and unexpectedly into play.
Again ar.d again came that gentle
snore, and finally it was drowned in a
rustling of gowns and a buzz of com
ment. as people turned to look. The
great actor, who boasts the eccen
tricity of genius, knew that something
had happened, but it is doubtful if the
snore had penetrated across the foot
lights. He halted, paused a moment,
and then went on, but with a notice
able coldness of manner. Had he
known the truth he might have rung
down the curtain, for de does such
things.—Philadelphia Record.
Wafthlncton'ft Original Honndarioi.
The original boundaries of the "Ter
ritory of Columbia," as defined in the
proclamation, included a ten-mile
square, starting at Jones' Point, the
upper cape of Hunting Creek in Vir
ginia, the two lines beginning at an
angle of 45 degrees, and after running
far asunder uniting in a terminal
point at the junction of the Potomac
and the Eastern Branch.
The choice made by tho president
and his advisers having been abun
dantly justified by the experience of a
hundred years, the story of how this
choice was finally accepted by con
gress may be of some interest today.
Various reasons have been given to
explain why Philadelphia was not
made the capital, among these the
frequent and violent epidemics of yel
low fever in the Quaker city. In point
of fact, the most severe and prolonged
outbreaks of fever occurred when
congress was in session in Philadel
phia, after the whole question of the
residence had been finally settled, and
the bill in favor of the banks of the
Potomac passed.—Anne Hollings
worth Wharton, in "New" Lippincott.
Tli© Distinction of Mobile.
Mobile has her superiority as shown
by the last census. Mobile is boss in
the matter of marriages. More people
per 1000 of population get married
in Mobile than in any other citv
in the Unicn.
hm oc
A Love of h Toque.
A charming hat seen the other day
in New York City was flat and round
in shape, with large full-blown roses
of black velvet, each petal rimmed
with a narrow line of frosted gold, and
with golden hearts, massed closely
round the crown and covering the
brim, lightly veiled and black lisse.
The hat was lifted off the head by a
few white tea roses underneath the
brim at the left side.
The licit Ftinhlonuble.
The new broad elastic-webbed belts,
thickly studded with steel facets, and
fastened with a deep narrow oblong
buckle in front should prove welcome,
for they clip the waist so trimly and
close, and give just that neatness to a
blouse that it wants.
Belts of gold ribbon tissue are apt to
be spoiled by not being properly
mounted. It is quite useless to drag
this soft, loose fabric round the waist
like one would ordinary ribbon. It
should be pinned to the figure, prop
erly pinned and adjusted, and well
boned and mounted on a foundation;
then one secures a well-shaped corse
let belt.
Hiirc Sitfns of Old Age in Woman.
1. When letters to girl friends are
mostly addressed "Mrs."
2. When she begins to care a great
deal about the supper at an entertain
ment.
3. When she feels a sudden inter
est in church and charity work.
4. When she is attractive to very
young men.
5. When she realizes the folly of
dressing in sober colors.
G. When she compares the new way
of wearing the hair with that when
she first put hers up.
7. When —most fatal of all —the
gravity of youth gradually gives way
to incipient kittenisliness.—New York
Sun.
Ncik-wunr for Mourning.
Some very smart arrangements for
neckwear are shown in the best shops
now for mourning. The stocks are
very high, built up with soft folds of
crepe and chiffon, and trimmed with
ruches of crepe across the ends. Some
dull-finish silk is uwed, too, in their
make-up.
There are many new styles of neck
wear intended solely for mourning
which arc unusually attractive. Mous
seline de sole and chiffon are the fa
vorite materials, and far more becom
ing than the dull silk ties or the peau
de soie. A smart stock is finished with
a narrow ruching of chiffon, and the
tie is of folds, of chiffon with only the
narrowest ruching as a finish. Sheer
white linen collars and cuffs are worn
in the deepest mourning by widows,
while the narrow collar and cuffs of
hem-stitched linen are appropriate for
any one to wear who wears mourning,
whether for a near or distant relative.
—Harper's Bazar.
Helen Keller Mnken * Speech.
Helen Keller made her first public
speech at the freshmen luncheon at
ltadcliffe college on the Saturday pre
ceding Christmas. Her words were
heard quite clearly through the hall, a
remarkable triinuph over natural in
firmity in one who was once dumb.
What she said was:
"Classmates—lt is a great pleasure,
and 1 esteem it a great honor, to be
present here and speak to you. I am
glad to have an opportunity to thank
the class for their kindness in electing
me their vice-president, and I hope that
I may become acquainted with many of
you. Although I cannot see you, I will
soon know you by touching your
hanci."
The-e was long and enthusiastic ap
plause for the girl who hits overcome
so many obstacles in the course of her
college preparation. One sophomore
who can use the sign language quickly
communicated to Helen the warm re
ception her speech had received, and
the girl's expressive face quivered with
the joy of her achievement.—Cam
bridge Letter in Baltimore American.
Hints on I.nvr-innkinflr*
Too much stress cannot be laid on
this. Make all your leaves alike,
flowers the same, buds and filling.
Many lacemakcrn use such a variety
of stitches, which cheapens the work.
The beauty of the intricate labor is
lost in this endless variety, which is
a hodge-podge, standing for really
nothing. Take a rose leaf, hud and
background; the centre of the rose
naturally is a cobweb, the loaves cne
fine stitch, after the Valenciennes
school, the background a cobweb. Now
fancy, as I saw today, the daintiest
collar imaginable, each thread so care
fully done, a piece of elaborate work;
every leaf had a different stitch, each
petal might have stood for a rose or a
cabbage, and the background was a
little of every stitch in the calendar of
needlework. The poor soul who had
exhausted months of patient labor "to
have a real lace collar to hand down to
her grandchildren," had succeeded in
handing down a sampler of stitches,
but nothing to show whether she had
a guipure, vaienciennes, or a point-lace
collar. She was triumphant over tho
fact that "she could make stitches
with the best of them." So do, do, if
you wish to put any value into your
work, keep within the confines of a
certain type.—Harper's Bazar.
Tbl Tetania.
Table tennis is the name of a new
game which was introduced in Eng
land a short time ago, and has already
become one of the most popular of in
door amusements. It is the game of
lawn tennis in miniature, played on an
ordinary dining table. The net is a
tiny one, made of gauze stretched
between two uprights, which rest on a
bar laid across the table. The balls
are made of the thinnest kind of
pyroxyine material, and are conse
quently very light. The racquet has
a slender handle and a blade with a
frame about one-half inch thick, which
is covered on both sides with thin
drumhead material.
The play and counting arc practi
cally the same as in lawn tennis, but
according to the rules "the player serv
ing must not put his racquet over the
table nor have it about his wrist."
That is, he must serve underhand and
never overhand, but after service he
may hit the ball as he likes, but he
must not volley.
The contact of the light ball with the
drumhead racquet produces a pleasant
sound, and because of this sound the
game received the name "pompom."
Among the rules for playing the
game are the following:
No faults are allowed; if a fault is
served, that is, the hall does not go
over the net or goes off the table with
out touching the opposite side to the
server, a point is counted to the non
server.
If the net is touched by the ball, and
the ball goes over, and otherwise the
service is correct, it is a let, and counts
nothing to either side. If a volley is
taken, a point is counted against the
person volleying.—New York Tribune.
SnggeMinnß for u Taper Wedding.
The paper wedding, the first anni
versary of a wedding day, is occasion
ally observed among a group of young
folks, who turn it into a merry-mak
ing. They come adorned with gro
tesque paper caps extracted from
motto crackers and sometimes in en
tire costumes evolved from gorgeous
crepe paper. The paper wedding offers
an excellent chance for a masquerade
party, when paper of all sorts may be
utilized, from pert, pretty Yum-Yum
with a Japanese parasol to a frolic
some youth representing the yellow
kid in an impromptu suit made from
yellow journals.
There is the greatest latitude when
it comes to gifts. The offering may be
a dainty box of stationary or a book
in the most artistic of bindings. For
table decorations paper can be used
lavishly, with paper table napkins, and
even 0110 of those beautiful table
cloths in paper which can be found in
Japanese stores. Globes for gas and
electricity, or lamps, can revel for that
one night in wonderful paper shades,
and where an artistic taste would de
mand flowers and wreathings of smi
.lax or the delicate asparagus vines, it
yields to the harmony of things and
substitutes paper blossoms as true 10
nature as they can be found, with
Japanese lanterns and lengths of
paper ribbon for draping. If the deco
rator has fine taste, a house can be
made really charming with paper deco
rations, if they are kept in delicate
colors which harmonize.
At the paper wedding as in all other
celebrations, the bride ought to wear
her wedding gown, and after the pass
ing of only 12 months, it is possible for
her to be surrounded by her brides
maids in their year-old frocks. —Good
Housekeeping.
!ssyiif
Chenille is coming to tho fore as a
possibility for coiffure ornaments.
There are new evening gloves with
silk lacings and jewel-button fasten
ings.
Silk petticoats are being supplanted
to a great extent by the wash skirts of
dainty white lawn trimmed elaborately
with lace and embroidery.
Gaily colored feather eyes are
dotted all over different kinds of furs
in boas, capes and muffs, and make
elaborate and showy furs.
Black velvet is the material for a
stylish little bolero, with revers em
broidered in gold thread. A wide belt
of folded gold tissue should be worn
with this.
Angora felts are becoming popular,
especially in the gray and in-own
shades. A pretty example of khaki
brown, trimmed with bronze brown
velvet and biscuit color liberty, with a
shaded ostrich plume that combines
all the browns in the toque.
Among the novelties in veiling are
gold dotted and gold bordered veils,
red and royal blue. These are, of
course, only for ultra tastes and oc
casions, and black, browns and white
continue the ordinary wear, The green
veil has disappeared absolutely.
One of the handsomest winter toi
lettes imaginable has a gray broad
cloth skirt, with inset bands of chin
chilla in fan fashion at the two side
seams. The jacket of the chinchilla
is in bolero shape, with a wide belt of
dull blue velvet, on which are sewn
rows of narrow gold braid. The re
vers are of the same velvet, edged with
the braid, and the novel collar is of the
same cut, very high, lined with the
fur and decorated with braid oa the in
side.
Anticipating the repeal of the State
wolf bounty law, a number of stockmen
in the Bad river section of South Da
kota have contributed a handsome sum
from their pockets and will keep up the
warfare. The State has expended $30.-
000 for wolf scalps and the present Leg
islature is not expected to keep up the
appropriation.
Trj CSrnfn-O I Try Craln-O!
Aflk your grocer to-day to show you a pack
age of Graix-O, the now food drink that take*
tho place of coffoo. The children may drink it
without injury as well as the adult. All who try
it, like it. Obaix-O has that rich seal brown
of Mocha or Java, but it is mado from pure
grains, and tho most delicate stomach receives
it without distress. tho price of coffee.
15 and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The revenue of the Dominion of Can
ada for last year was $51,029,994, of
which $28,376,147 came from customs
and $9,868,075 from excise, the remain
der being collected from public works
and railways, postoffices, etc. The ex
penditure was $42,975,270. and the sur
plus of $8,054,719 is the largest on rec
ord since confederation.
(Coughing I.cadi to Coninmpllon.
Korap's Balsam will stop tho cough at once.
Go to your druggist to-day and got a sample
bottle free. Hold in 25 and 50 cent bottles.
Go at onco, dolays are dangerous.
Thirty-five prominent American sculp
tors will contribute to the embellishment:
of the grounds and buildings of the Pan-
American exposition at Buffalo. They
arc at work on 125 original groups of
statuary.
The average depth of the ocean is a
little less than three miles, or 15,000
feet.
Til pre I* a Class of People
Who aro injured by the use of coffee. Recently
there lias boon placed in all the grocery stores
a new preparation called Gcain-O, made ol
pnro grains, that takes tho place of coffee
The most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and bat few can tell it from coffee. It
does not cost over as much. Children may
drink it with great hdnofit. 15 cts. and '25 eta.
per package. Try it. Ask for Ghain-Q,
Lake Nicaragua is the largest fresh
water lake between Lake Michigan and
Lake Titicaca, in Peru.
In the police court in Cincinnati it
lias been decided that insanity caused by
liquor is 110 excuse for crime.
The Herb Cure For Headaches.
Unlike die majority of remedies for the cure
of headaches, the Garfield Headache Powders
contain nothing that can injure or derange
the system; they are made from herbs.
Spanish sheep are white, except those j
of LaMancha, which are black.
THE SSmWES OF W9EOEN
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That hearing-down sensation helps to make you feel 1
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You have backache and pains low down in the sido, pain |
in top of head, later on at the base of the brain.
Such a condition points unerringly to serious uterine
trouble.
If you had written to Mrs. Pinkham when you first ex
perienced impaired vitality, you would havo been spared
these hours of awful suffering.
Happiness will be gono out of your lifo forever, my sister,
unless you act promptly. Procure Lydia Ik Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound at once. It is absolutely sure to
help you. Then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., if
thore is anything about your case you do not understand.
I You need not be afraid to tell her tho things you could
not explain to the doctor—your letter is seen only by women
and is absolutely confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experi
ence with such troubles enables her to tell you just what is
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■ Rrwnrr of Ointments for Catarrh
That Coiitadua .tlcrcury,
; as mercmy will surely destroy the sense of
I smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
I Such articles should never be used except on
; prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good vou
can possibly derive from them. Hud's < aturrb
Cure manufactured by F. J. C heney 61 Co.,
Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken
. internally, acting directly upon the blood and
! mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
I Hall's Catarrh < ure be sure to get the genuine.
' It is taken internally, an I is made in Toledo,
I Ohio, by F. J. heney & o. T stimonials 1 ree.
i CSHSoId by Druggists; price, Too. per bo ale.
j Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Experiments are being made in India
with the locust fungus in the hope of
exterminating that pest.
Best For the Rowels,
No matter what alls you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CASOARKTS help
nature, cure you without a gripe or pain,
produce eusy natural movements, cost you
just 10 cents to start gettlDg your health
back. OASCARKTS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tub
let bus C.U.C. stamped cn it. Beware of
Imitations.
During the past year there was an
increase of nearly $30,000 in the value of
| monkey skins exported from the Gold
Coast. It is estimated that at least 1,-
000,000 monkeys were killed in that dis
trict alone.
Fane's Family Iflcdiciiie
Moves the bowels each day. In order to
bo healthy this is necessary. Actß gently on
tho liver and kidneys. Cares Bick headache,
Price 25 and 50 cents.
A proposition is being urged in Ten
nessee to increase the salary of the gov
ernor to $5,000 a year. It is now $4.-
000. It is thought also that the State
should supply an executive mansion for
his use.
Sclent* Discards ltrute Force
in modicino. Hoxsio'S Croup Cure contains
ONLY the spirit of drugs and detles Croup,
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Diphtheria. 50 eta.
There are irrigating -ditches at Las
Graces, New Mexico, that have been in
continuous service for three cenfrics.
When you have a headache, take a Garfield
Headache row dcr; it will cure the pain and
relieve the accompanying nervousness and
depression: it is the simplest and best remedy;
it in made from herbs; it cannot harm.
It is claimed that Canada furnishes
over 40 per cent, of the nickel of the
world.
Throw physic to the dogs—if you don't
want tho dogs ; but if you want good diges
tion chew Beeinan's Pepsin Uum.
American machinery will be employ
d in the mines at Mysore, India.