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Tnt "Rattleweed Plant. The rattleweed or rattlebox, is a hairy annual plant from three to eigh teen inches high, having small yellow flowers. It bears seed pods about an inch ki length and they make very cunning little rattles, when the seeds in them have become detached after .ripening. Th- rattlebox is native in low, 6andy soils all over the eastern part of the United States. The poison ous constituent is unknown, but it re sides both' in the leaves and seeds. Animals that eat the seeds and leaves juffer from a general decline of vigor. New York Sun. What will Become or China? None can foresee the outcome of tho quarrel hetwoon foreign powers oTer the division of . China. It ts> Interesting to watch the peing to Sleces of this ancient but unprogresslve race, [any people In America are also going to pieces because of dyspepsia, constipation, blood, liver and stomach diseases. We are living too fast, but strength, vigor and good health can be retained if we keep efl and cure the above diseases with Uostettor's Stomach Bitters. ^_ In Costa Rica canary bl rds! bullfinches and paroqaots are special table dainties. Don't Tobacco Spit ?nd Smoko Tour Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, bo mag netic, full of life, nerve and vicor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50o or fl. Curo guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Kemedy Co., Chicago or New York. In a recent book on China the author says that Chinese burclar* are difficult to catch, ns they oil their bodies all over and twist their pigtails into bunches stuck full of needles. -1-. - To Cure a Cold In Ono Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if lt fails to cure. 35c. The only soap which the Hindoos of the orthodox type empiov is made entirely of vegetable products. But soap is little used in Iodia. being almost an unknown luxury with the natives. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the ?ums. reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wi nd colic. 35c. a bottle. Forty years ago the first missionary was eaton on the Fiji islands. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarots Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money. Over 400 diamonds are known to have been recovered from the ruins of Babylon. After six years' suffering I was cured by Plso's Cure.-MARY THOMSON, 29^ Ohio Ave., Alteghany. Pa.. March 19,1894. W. H. Griffin, Jackson, Michigan, writes: '-offered with Catarrh for fifteen years. ^Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me." Sold by Drag ? gists. 75c._. Fits permanently oured. No fits or nervons ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatisef ree. DR. FL H. KLINE. Ltd., 931 Arch Sir, Phlla.. Pa. Tho totsl nnmber of United States vessels . encircling Cuba is 77. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit euro makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c, SI. All druggists. The Victoria cross carries with it a pension of $250 a year for life. Lyon ACo'i "Pick Leaf "Smoking Tobacco ls the "best of the best." 2 ounces and cigar ette book for 10 cents. Try it Swallows have been met at sea more than 1,000 miles from land. Educate Yonr Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, caro constipation forever. 10c, 23c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund monoy. Savaces, on the whole, live longer than civ ilized people. You Can Get Tired By working hard, and then you can get rested aguia. But ii you are tired all the lime it means that your blood is poor. You neod to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, the fcreat euro for that tired feeling because lt is tho great enricher and vltalizer of the blood. You will find appetite, nerve, mental and digestivo strength in Hood's Sarsaparilla Hood's Pills curenausea,indigestion. 23c Japan's First Skyscraper. Over in Japan the people never have dared to build their houses or stores or office buildings more than two or three stories high. If they did the next lively earthquake that came along would tumble them ail down. And yet Japan has recently made long strides toward civilization and is introducing many of the wonders of human indus try which have characterized the civ ilization of America and Europe. Recently an architect has drawn - pians for a fifteen-story "skyscraper" to be built in tho city of Tokio, and the money has been secured to. com plete the work. It will have the usual steel framework and its architect thinks that no earthquake ever will shake it fiewn. No doubt when it is completed it will be a remarkable sight ; standing, as it will, among the low buildings of the city. It will be pro- j ?Ided with elevators, and the Japanese will have an opportunity for the first j time of experiencing the sensation ot falling ten or fifteen stories and land ing safely.-Chicago Inter-Ocean. A Three Mile Bridge. The proposed iron bridge over the Amu-Daria river, on the Central Asian railway, would replace a wooden bridge built when the Transcaspian Railway was built. The site is about 130 miles northeast of Merv. As the river overflows its banks, the new bridge would be 13,887 feet, or almost three miles long, and seventy-two feet above the normal water level to keep clear of the drift coming down. The estimated total cost of the bridge is $2,500,000, and a Russian firm has se cured the contract for the metal work. 7N??V0US DEPRESSION. [A TALK WITH MRS. PINKHAM.] A woman with the blues is a very Tin comfortable person. She is illogical, unhappy and frequently hysterical. The condition of the mind known as ** the bines," nearly always, with wo men, results from diseased organs of generation. It is a source of wonder that in this age of advanced medical science, any person should still believe that mere force of will and determination will overcome depressed spirits and nerv ousness in women. These troubles are indications of disease. Every woman who doesn't under stand her condition should write to Lynn, Mass., to Mrs. Pinkham for her advice. lier advice is thorough com mon sense, and is the counsel of a learned woman of great experience. Read the story of Mrs. F. S. BENNETT, Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol lowing letter: " DEAR MRS. PIXKHAM:-I have suf fered for over two years with falling, enlargement and ulceration of the womb, and this spring, being in such a weakened condition, caused me to flow for nearly six months. Some time ago, urged by friends, I wrote to you for advice. After using the treatment which you adwsed for a short time, that terrible flow stopped. "I am now gaining strength and flesh, and have better health than I have had for tho past ten years. I wish to say to all distressed, suffer ng women, do not suffer longer, when there is one so kind and willing to aid yon." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is a woman's remedy for wo man's ills. More than a million wo-, men have been benefited by it Bretelles Are Worn. Bretelles are ene of the features of the new gowns, and they are plain, scalloped, cut out in squares, plaited or gathered, as y.-n like. They follow in regular order th J sloping shoulder, which must be cultivated now, since they assist in producing the desired effect. Plain Skirts Still Worn. Skirts that are tucked, ruffled, flounced, braided or decked with mellings of lace,or material are adrift over the world of fashion, yet tho severely plain skirt is not out o? style, but appears in graceful lines and,with out any marked difference in its gen eral o'utlines; but, of course, it invites decoration, as this ?3 so essentially a trimming season. Patent Loather Fad. A new bolt is of patent loather. The buckle and eyeholes are of brass or silver gilt aud very large. Hat bands of patent loather come to match, and, of course, the purse must match also. Very swagger is the appearanco of a gi-l wearing the newest thing iu pa tent leather, especially if her skirt and shirt waist are of white duck and hat of plain white straw. With such a costume tan sh 63 must be discarded, and as patent leather draws the feet in warm weather, the shoe must be black kid, heavily trimmed in patent leather. A Bevival of tho Plain liodice. Without doubt we are started on the road to light-fitting bodices once more, and the autumn will see street gowns made in this style, which is necessarily the proper accompaniment for the sheathliko skirt that now has a hold ou woman's fancy. Of course they will be trimmed, but the trim mings will be flat and more severe thau have been seen for some seasons past. Many of the early summer street costumes were paraded in this style, which, after all, is more suit able for street and shopping wear. Womau's Home Compaufon. A Woman City Clerk. Mrs. Flora Hays, at Fraukton,Ind., is the first woman in that state whoso name has ^bceu officially placed upon^ an election ballot. She has been nomi nated by the Citizens' party of Frank ton for tho office of city clerk, and this year the office heads the tickgt. The campaigu therefore will be fought out under her name. ' Mrs. Hays has also the honor of being the first woman to hold a city office in Indiana. Two [.years ago her husband was elected city clerk, but shortly after his election ho died. She circulated a petition ask ing to be permitted to fill his place. She was qualified aud proved to be a? efficient an officer as the city has ever had. Mrs. Hays is 20 years old. Her knowledge of business is as thorough as that of any man who has ever held this office.-New York Tribune. Tho Benefit* of Wheeling*. With the stores cutting the rates of bicycles, it is within tue power of every woman to possess a wheel. The society woman has the plainest wheel of the most standard make, and the little cash girl, on hor salary of $3 a week, rides to her place of business on a reliable wheel bought on the instal rtymffp1nn Wag Shaj^flspRRro gifted with second sight when he said: "AU the world's awheel?". The wheel is?*ertainly "man's best gift to woman,"with apologies for the paraphrase. It has enabled the wom an, whose horizon has been bounded b.y brick and mortar, to get a glimpse of clear skies, fresh fields, and fill her lungb with air untainted with the city's dust. It strengthens the muscles, makes tho flesh firm and sends the blood through the body with health ful, even foii?e that is lifo giving.- j Now York Journal. Tho Matter of Height. If you ?re tall and slender how well you look in those 15 flounced skirts, each one edged with the narrowest of black velvet. They all dip a little toward tho front, and when "made up" iu white gauze or \Vhite silk or gandie they are looked upon as some thing smarter than if built of colors, because the craze for black aud white ?is not yet on the wane. Taking it for granted that your choice is white,with black for trimming, yonr bodice must be gathered into a b?ack bolt ana your neck be cut out iu such a pretty V back and frout ; the two narrow flounces matching the skirt will trim it well with full niching of tulle for heading, the wholo giving you such fine width across the shoulders and showing off the lovely lines of your neck and the graceful pose of the head. Your arms are rather too long aud slender un covered, but seen through the trans pavent material in mousquetaire shir rings they are faultless. As you walk across the room your black gauze sash with its long plisse ends.in the back and its bunch of short loops, with a big diamond buckle in thc middle, is really quite a perfect ipuch. Your golden hair, raised up high on the top of your head, adds to your height and you excel in the way you have it waved, and the knot at the top, to gether with just the right kind of short, loose curls, arranged so becom ingly on yonr brow. Of course you wear your pearls-nobody's neck is dressed without them-and your jew eled ornaments exceedingly choice,, and you never overdo the matter. Philadelphia Ledger. Look to Your tittle Finger. The fact that the baud looks shap lier and more graceful when the mid dle and third fingers are slightly curved away from the index and little finger is shown by tho models in tho glove store windows, aud while it is affecta tion to hold the hands in such a posi tion, yet this exercise, to make the pose natural, should be practiced. Some one has said somewhere that tho number of cultured generations back of an individual may be judged by the degree of curve in the little finger. Observation will jprove this more or less true. When one so?, s a person holding a glass or cup with the little linger thrust out and curved until it resembles a hook, a little in vestigation will almost invariably show that the desire for culture has just awakened in that particular fam ily, and in its newness is somewhat overstepping the mark. Affectation is a sign of lack of breediug. Some of the old painters understood hands to perfection. Long, rounded hands, with slightly curved fingers and gently bent wrists, are character istic of the women whose beauty they have made memorable. Sometimes, perhaps, the beautiful hands were those of some other model than th"> pictured one; but the painters knew that beautiful hands were as neces sary as beautiful facea in order . to Hake a barmoQioug pioture. The people of almost every other nation have more graceful hands than we have; and those who use their hands most freely M'hen conversing are by far the most graceful. The hands which make no superfluous movements, which appear to obey readily and easily their owner's will, whose movements are free, rhythmic and gentle, are the really graceful ones.-"Woman's Home Companion. Summer Fun? nn<l Hat Pins. Fans to match evoiy costume are what the fashionable woman must now provide. There is an iramopso vari ety to choose from, so this should not be a formidable task. With the slight increase in the size of the preseut style of fans, the os trich feather fan has again returned to favor. Almost every womau has one of these handsome faus stowed carefully away, and now is the time to bring it forth. Ostrich fans are peculiarly graceful, and make a hand some adjunct to the most elegant toi let, A late fancy is the violot fan. Tn the shops these are very expensivo," but the girl with quick fingers and artistic eye can easily manufacturo ouotat home. The foundation is a white silk or satin, fan, with ?yither long, plain sticks. Medium silk vio lets are chosen and are glued carefully on. They must not look stiff, but as if they had fallen carelessly upon the fan. The fan is laid fiat while, the violets are fastened on, and is then pressed with a heavy weight until thoroughly dry. It ia not intended to close, but hangs as an ornament from the side. Other small Howers, forget me nots, heather or lilies of the valley, are used iu the sam? way, and the flower fans are among the pretti est of the season's novelties. More gorgeous are the lace fans, embroidered with spangles, with jew eled sticks. Fans of this variety are very costly and very frail. More dainty and varied than ever aro the Japanese fans. They are truly the friends for hot weather. A num ber are quite handsome enough to be carried with fashionable gowns. The summer home is not complete without a large assortment of every size and hue. Flics, bugs and creeping things are most popular for hatpins. There is a huge bumble bee enamelled in its own brilliant colors, with jeweled eyes. Dragon flies which sparkle in the sunlight aro very pretty fasteners for the dainty summer millinery. Long green lizards, tho bodies studded with emeralds and the eyes of rubies, make costly and coveted hatpins. Butterflies, too, como in for a good share of popularity. Both in genuine and imitation brilliants they are shown in every conceivable variety. Yery chaste are the pins of huge American pearls rising from a chalice of finely cut rhinestoues. Jade is a novelty for hatpins and is beiug used extensively. . The jade stone is" con sidered a talisman against evil. Here again is noticed the craze for military buttons. Mounted tx : burnished, they are worn in po*5 , one on either side of tl ' A cheap, flashy hatpin will spoil thi appearance of the most eyj?usivo hat. The.sensible woman buys a solid gold or silver pin with a handsome and substantial head. The purchase proves a good investment in point of looks and durability.-San Francisco Ex aminer. Fashion Notos. . Bracelets and bangles are again in vogue. Soft hato will take tho place of the derby for wheel wear. Children will wear tan stockingi and shoes with their summer attire. Brown and tan stockings will De the 'proper color with shoes of a like color. Batistes with colored grounds will be covered with loose floral designs. Small checked ginghams in all colors are finding favor with the fashion ables. Fancy hosiery still continues popu lar, judging from the sales at the stores. The wool golfingstockingaarc giving place to the ?ilk and cotton ones ol summer wear. Bed chambray with black embroid ered designs will be a favorite design for summer wear. Black cotton hose, with fancy col ored silk welts, are selling well this season for golfing." Plain black hose will be worn much this season by those who do not care for fancy footwear. Black dotted Swisa gowns aro made up over color and trimmed with rows and rows of black lace insertion. All tho light tints will bo in voguo this season, and will be elaborately trimmed with lace and embroidery. The English walking hat still holds a place in fashion, and is often pro fusely trimmed with plumes and jet. Among summer hats a chip with white mousseline de soie and sweet peas will bo a chic headdress for young women. A pretty hat now popular is a white Ieghoi-u with yellow plumes, white duchess lace trimming and long streamers. A pretty bit of dainty underwear is a short chemise of the finest crepe de chine, finished around the neck with a lace trimmed frill of finest white lawn. Sailor hats will be worn with low crowns and narrow brims this season. A fashionable trimming will be a fold ed scarf wound around the crown and tied at the left side. The woman who wears chiffon would do well to use mousseline de soie in 'its place this summer, for it is as nearly indestructible os a pretty, soft material can be. It will stand pack ing well and dampness does not ruin it. But every woman who does her own shopping with care knows that. How Fugles Fish. Down among the oaks aud other timber that lines tho shores of Merry Meeting bay a colony of eagles has lived for generations. During tho summer months they subsist largely on fish. The mode of procuring them is very ingenious. Most any day they may be seen perched upon a conveni ent stump or bough near the water's edge like gray, grim sentinels silently waiting for something to turn up. That something is a fishawk, and when he makes his appearance and slowly circles around in search of his prey the eagle eye is following him, and when at last he succeeds in bring ing up a fish the eagle starts in pur suit. Being swift of wing, ho soon overtakes tho hawk, who makes a slight effort to get away, but without avail. The eagle scales under the hawk, who by this time becomes so thoroughly frightened that it drops the fish, which is easily caught in the talons of the eagle, who flies Bwiftly to the shore aud devours the stoiea meal.--KoaiiQ* bec (&?.) Journal. ROBSON'S HEROIC. FEAT. A THRILLING NARRATIVE OF NAVAL HISTORY'S BRAVEST EXPLOIT? Commander Miller, "Whoso Ship, tho Collier Merrimac, Was Sank at Santl as?, Describes Ute Feat of Hob ,on and His Couiradcs-Herocs Worke-l C!oollyi Commander J. M. Miller, whose ?hip, tho collier Merrimac, bottled Up Admiral Cerv?raV fleet in. Santiago, harbor, reached Key West and told the story of the seven heroes led by Aa sihlant Naval Constructor Richmond P. jobson, who cheerfully held lift as nothing while accomplishing one df the greatest strategic feats in the. his-' tory of naval warfare. Officer's and men, from every, ship of the fleet, he said, implored that they bo allowed a place on the forlorn hope. Commander Miller himself bogged that lie might at least remain on his shjp till the moment came to sink her, but in tbe dead of night Ad* mirai Sampson waa rowed from his flagship to the collior, and when he returned Commandor Miller was with him. Hobson was the man whoso braih conceived the plan of placing a ship . three hundred and thirty--eight feet long broadside across the bottom of ? four hundred foot channel, and Ad miral Sampson decided that no pos si* ble honor should bo kept away from a strategist so daring. Hobson was in command, With him wer? three men from the Merri mac. They were Deignan, who is the best coxswain in the navy ', .Phillips, tho best machinist, and Kelly, the.best." water tender. These were; chosen by .' Commander Miller from the for ty rf our ? of his crew who clamored fora chance to give their lives to bring them and their country glory, for none who. went through the hell that poured from Morro and Zocapa expected to complete the mission and live. Beside those from the Merrimac there were three others chosen from. other ships. . . }A How well these seven' did their work the Spanish admiral testified when he sent his chief of staff aboard the flagship to tefl Admiral.. Sampson that never had ho seen a deed so dar ing, never lind ho. seen such . magnifi cent strategy so coolly and perfectly carried ont. Admiral Sampson thanked the Spauish admiral for his courtesy and had an abundance-of money ?nd clothing sent to the gallant men.' "Hobson," said Commander Miller, "is one of the grandest heroes in the world. Tho way tho mnu weht about sinkiug thc Merrimac was absolutely astounding for audacity, cleverness, coolness and success. When he started I know ho never expected to get ont alive. He said so, but he was calmly confident that ho could fix the Span1 ifji like trapped rats. "He had suggested the plan to Ad miral Sampson as soon as it was known the Spauish fleet was in - Santiago harbor. The plan became known to the entire fleet, and I don't believe there was an officer orman on any ship" who didn't try to get a place on the Merrin)ac. it was Hobs jn's scheme, and by ri gi*! H was his to carry dut?. "The night w..o intensely dark? We saw a light from shore. Hobson coolly told his plan to Admiral Samp* son and left us. In a few minutes tho Merrimac was under way toward tho narrow entrance to the "harbor, while wo stood well ont, straining our j eyes through tho darkuess and wait ing for the grnnd crash which we'; thought would toil us of the destru?^ .tion of tkoso seven daredevils. / "Straight to the point did Jiobsoh and his chosen orew on the gloomed collier go. Not a nouud earae from the Spanish batteries. Wo, thought we must have silo.icod them, "out soon* learned our mistake. A long thin flash caine from Morro. We could not hear ?he roar because- we were loo far ont, but wc know it was a signal gun. Thc Merrimac kept on just as though she was going to land a picnic party in whose honor fireworks were being exploded. "In Tess than a minute after that signal gun wo saw the gallant ship well in toward the east of the channel entrance, in the centro of what would pass for a living picture of an inferno. How those Spaniards fired. It seemed to me as though all the forts on earth had been massed at Morro and Zocapa to slaughter''om- sev?n heroes. It was a scene- of heroism and heroes. "Tho Merrimac got well;in shore and dropped her stern anchor. Then she swung around and pointed.across tho channel to-the eastward. /Th? bat teries ou shore kept on pouring shot at ho?-. A rain of iron fell all around her, but sh? kept' on. At last she] reached just the position for whjch lfobsonhad planned. ' She lay straight across thc channel, 'with thirty-one feet of water both forward andiis^arn. She lay well insido tho torts.- ^ "Next anchors wer?f put "out ?rqm tho bow, and she was .'ready for ?de struction. I ne ver .saw a ship that had moro watertight compartments than she, aud tho means to sink her had to bo elaborate and complete. . Nearly everything of value had been taken out of her, but to help her sink A lot of coal had boon left a"board. f "With missiles falliug-nround them almost as thick as snowflakes in a win ter gale, Hobson and his men went calmly to the completion of their work. They wont Over tho side and ona catamaran, every, one of them,, and they carried torpedoes, eight I think, and electrical apparatus for dis chargiug them. "The torpedoes were .fixed along the port side, ten feet below the water linc," and connections made with a ma chino on tho catamaran. The ship by that time was beginning 1J settle.' Tho men on the catamaran shoved off,' and all was ready for the touch off. Tho torpedoes were., placed so as to tear to piucos all tho transverse bulk heads, and so make it impossible for the Spaniards to send down divers to patch them up, and by closing all tue cargo ports to raise tho ship aud make thc channel clear again. . "When Hobson got far enough away ho set off the torpedoes. The Merri mac went to the bottom with a roar. She was not smashed'to pieces. Her bottom was torn out *and she was left there an impassable barrier. "When, they saw their work had been accomplished Hobson and his men made a dash to escape. They'did not row ashore and surrender. They did their level best to get back to ns, but it was impossible. The Spaniards ashore, who stood amazed - Ot- their daring, put after them as soon as -the torpedoes exploded. They were cap tured after a hard fight, in which, I believe, two were slightly wounded. "That's the.entire story of one of the greatest acts of courage since the world began, an act which every man on the fleet was eager to perform and which every mau would imitate if there was a chance." Tn Sweden the railway stations where meals ni e served arc known by the pic ture.of a cr?sso i kuife'and fork uppo. ?il-j ilic uilltt? ?? iii? ?Uiiiuu. NAMING OF THE MONTEREY. Story .t)f th? Manlier in Which thc Mon itor Received Its Christening; $he Story of the naming of tho big coast defense monitor Monterey, has lieyer been told in print. When prep arations for her launching were being hiadeat San Francisco* Irving M. Scott, general manager of the Union Iron works, was at Washington, and a number of Californians wired him to us?" his influence with Benjamin Fi Tracy, then secretary of the navy, io have the ship named for some Califor nia torwnj and Scott hit npofl Monte rey as .a, name that appealed to him as appropriate and the request was ac cordingly preferred; "I'll-seo what Icftn do," said th* amiable secretary and, ringing a bell, he summoned.the head of the war de partment having the matter in charge; When the matter was explained the chief~of bureau replied: "But you knowj Mr, Secretory? the rules require that ships of that class shall be n?med in honor of some naval battle in which the Americans have participated. ' So far as I know there has never been a battle of Monterey." This rttle has been changed since, but Mr. Scott, seeing the coiner he was in as the matter stood, retorted promptly; lIYes, it is true that there has never b?eh a battle at Monterey? but let mc tellson a story. In 1816, When we were having our little unpleasantness with Mexico? an American man-of-war was lying in the harbor of Mazatlan. Sear her lay an Englishman, who had an Uncomfortable way of keeping her guns pointed in the direction of the Amorican. Now, the Yankee Bkipper, who was typical of his class? got it into his head to raise his flag at Monterey? Cal., which wus the capital of that territory, and it so happened th at-the Englishman got the Bamo no tion just about the same time. The Yankee suspected somefhing of the kind and made up his mind not to bc outwitted. "Late that afternoon he sent a lol bf .his men ashore and when tho boats returned to the ship without them thc Britisher made up his mind that they would not bc back Until the following *??'.*yi Satisfied with this conclusion? he sat down to wait; But the Yankee was a hustler, as Yankee sailors always are4 The night was as dark as a stack of black cats, and ulong about 10 o'clock the American boats with 'muf fled oai-3 rowed the crew bac:k to the Ship, and in the inky darkness that .Yankee skipper slipped his cables and warped his ship out of the harbor without tbe fact even being suspected by the Englishman. When day broke he was fifty miles up the coast, scud .ding along before a ten-knot breezes "Tho other fellow saw ho had been outgeneraled} but ho made an effort to rectify his blunder. He had a smart crew and a fast shlp; There was no reason} he figured, why he might not overtake his rival and beat him to Monterey. He tried it and came very nearly making a success of it; He sailed into Monterey harbor just two hours behind the American and dropped his anchor in time to see tho Btars and stripes rise to the head of tho flagstaff in the plaza and flutter to the breeze. Monterey and California were ours, *' . "Don't say another word, Scott," said Secretary Tracy. "That ship shall be the Monterey." - And Monterey she is. * THE ATMOSPHERE OF LONDON. ?,t-Con tnii-.t* -Mnr?-Titlnff?:Xluin Aivy O Mi or f City-Dust Enough for Food. Only by degrees are the marvolous qualities of our London atmosphere becoming known. No city in the world can boast s?ch a peculiar aerial composition as that which thc inhabi tants of the metropolis have served to them daily and nightly, without money and without price-for neither thu government, county council nor ves tries have yet attempted to tax the highly nutritive air which we breathe. Most people think that our atmos phere consists of practically nothing. Quite a mistake. It is both meat aud drink. A paper contributed to the "Transactions" of the British Insti tute of Preventive Medicine states that even iu a suburb thc dust parti cles number 20,000 pei" cubic centime te'in the open air, and 44,000 in a quiet room; while in the city-O for tunatos uimium !-the totals per cubic centimeter were 500,000 when taken from a roof, 300,000 iu a court, und about 400,000 in a room. In other words, the air of the square mile is 900 per cent, thicker than in the suburbs, which is in accord with tho general experience that fogs are both more dense and moro frequent over the centre than in the outskirts. But what is especially interesting is to learn that although dust is the great carrier of micro-organisms, there is only ono of these articles per 38, 000,000 atoms of dust. Thus it is* calculated a man could live iu the metropolis for several years and only absorb 25,000,000 microbes into his system from the air, or about the same number as ho drinks in half a pint. of unboiled milk. Of course, there are other serious objections to dust; but it is something to know :that there is only ono microbe to many millions of motes.-London Tel egraph. After All Thean Years. The fulling of a barn door on an aged minister at Macedon Centre, New York, a few weeks ago, has brought to light information which a Canisteo couple have for nearly half a century tried to gain, and the occident with the barn door hos played one of the most important parts of their lives. Forty-seven years ago there were married in Penn Yan Mr. and Mrs. V. Reimann. The ceremony was per formed by a Rev. Mr. Kellogg. Cer tificates were not granted in those days unless asked for, and although the couple asked for a certificate, they never got it, as it was neglected by the couple, and finally forgotten by the couple, who moved to Canisteo, where they now reside. Subsequently the Kev. Mr. Kellogg moved from Penn Yan and all trace of him was lost Ever since that time Mr. andMrs. Beimaun have been look ing for the minister who* made thom -ss one, but failed to leave written proof to that effect. Recently they read an account in a ButTalo paper of a barn door falling on an aged minis ter named Kellogg, aged eighty-four years,of Macedon Centre. Thecou]>le talked the matter over and decided he must be the same minister who had married them. An examination of Mr. Kellogg's records was asked for and made. Their thoory was correct, and they found that forty-seven years ago the records announced that they were made mau and wife. The wit nesses of the marriage were W. L. Sutton and sister, of Jlornellsville, N. Y., and as they are still living, the certificate of forty-seven years' stand ing has been duly signed and received by Mr. and Mrs. Reimann, who have placed it in a. framg PU (he wall of SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Tt ia said that women criminals hava iarger bands and feet than average women.' # A cube of cast iron one inch eaoh way will be crushed under a pressure of ninety tons. The heart beats ten strokes ? min ute less when one is lying down than When in an npright position. Some scientists assert that the pur est air in cities is found about tweflty five feet above the street surface. An electric door -mat has been in vented, which rings a bell as soon as nuy one steps on it, thus making it sale to leavo the doors open. The occasional discovery of fossil plants and bones in the Arctic regions shows that at some period of history an almost tropical climate once pre vailed in the far north. It is reported that a huge central station will be constructed in Saxony to supply electricity throughout tho tho kingdom ; 168 towns will be con nected with the statiom Padlocks are being manufactured with au auxiliary chamber, which car ries an explosive to be tired by a ham mer inside tho lock and give au alarm when the lock is tampered with; Swiss postmen are delighted with a new electric arrangement introduced in some of the cities, by the use of which they send letters to the upper stories by simply placing them in a box. Their weigut startd a current, which lifts thom und rings a bolh Machine guns are mounted on A pnoumatic-tired motor carriage in a new English patent, the powder being obtained from oil motors, which will run thc carriage at a fair speed on the road and may bo geared to the firing mechanism of the guns when in action. With an apparatus called the niyo phone a French scientist has proved that tho Uervos may live many hours after the death of the body. The sound in the instrument shows that a nerve may act on a muscle, in a state of electric excitability, without pro ducing more thau simple molecular "ibration. A German inventor has produced what he claims to bo a burner for acetylene gas, on which soot cannot gather, as is sometimes the case. It is merely a small cup" covered by a plate containing au opining corre sponding to tho usual burner. This device) it ?3 claimed, secures a strongei pressure of gas and a more perfect combustion. How Long Docs It Tuko to Think? Professor Eichet says that it takes a man about one-?lcvouth of a second lo think out oach noto of a musical scale. Ho explains the practice that people will often follow of bending their heads iii order to catch each minute sound, by tho fact that the smallest intervals of sound can be much better distinguished with one ear thau with both. Thus the separ ateness of the clicks of a revolving toothed wheel were noted by one ob server when they did not exceed 60 to the second, but using both cars he could not distinguish them when they occurred oftener thau 15 times a sec ond. Among the various ways in which. Professor Eichet tried to ar rive at conclusions us to the amo?nt of time necessary for realizing any physical sensations or mental impres sion was the touching of the skin re peatedly with light blows from a small hammer. The fact that the blows are separate and not Continuous, pressure ^an-bq"tlioi?Dgw^ho<T-whjan-i3iay--f<>llnTif. . ono. another as often as 1000 a sec ond. The sharp sound of the electric spark from an induction coil was dis1 tiuguished with one ear, when the rate was as high as 500 to the second; The sight is much less keen. When revolved at a speed no faster thnn 24 times a second, a disk, half white and half black, will appear gray. We also hear more rapidly than wo can count? If a clock-clicking movement runs quicker than ten to the second we can count four clicks, while with 20 to the second we can count only two of them -St. Louis Globe Democrat. Surgery With a Magnet. A physician of Canal Dover has just performed au extraordinary surg ical operation hore by means of oleo-? tricily. A girl of five years of age while romping on tho floor acciden tally ran an ordinary sewing needle into her leg at the right knee joint. In attempting to pull it out the father broke off the bit of stool, leaving more than half of it imbeddod in the flesh, amj when she was taken to the doctor repeated jjiobing failod to locate tho fragment of needle. At the latter's suggestion the child was taken to tho power hotfse of the local electric com pauy and placed on the dynamo in such a manner that the right knee joint pressed against a powerful mag net of 125 horse power. The little tot was kept almost continuously in this position for eight hours. The treatment was heroic, but tho joint had boeome so painful aud swollen that the magnet treatment was resorted to in the extremity of saving tho limb. This powerful force failed to draw the needle to tho surface, and a smaller magnet connected with the dynamo rind having its full force was made in such a form that it could bo iuserted in an incision at the joint. The baby was chloroformed, tho leg laid open with the knife, and the magnet intro duced. When it was withdrawn the troublesome bit of steel clung to it, and the experiment was a success. Cleveland (Ohio) Leader. Antarctic llores. The first Antarctic ice passed in several years by vessels bound to the United States is reported by Captain Pando, of the Norwegian ship Prince Edward, which arrived at this port re cently from Carrizal, Chile, with man ganese ore. Between Cape Hom and the Fulklaud Islands the bergs ap peared in the distance like mountain peaks, and for a time it waa thought that laud was near. The error was not discovered until thc hugo masses began to roll with the sea, showing that they were ice which had been broken away from some far distant, and perhaps unknown shore. The An tarctic ice is different from the Arctic drift, being harder and of a deeper blue in color lt is slower in melting. Both bergs seen by Captain Paude were in the direct path of vessels rounding Cape Horn.-Philadelphia Record. No Telephone* in the Orient. Turkey and Greece are the only European countries into which the telephone has nut yet been introduced. Sweden has tho largest number of telephones per capita of any country in the world, having one to overy 115 persons, and Switzerland comes next with one to every 129. Kite flying has been popular in Japan for many centuries, the kites depicting the most absurd figures, generally of RSG,1 (jwMwn?o, birds or Ijulipy dogtt. " Doctor, what Is free alkali?" 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NY women are under the impression that the diseases peculiar lo their sex aro natural and incurable because so railer constantly from them. 3 his is a \ Few women are so badly diseased bat they cannot bc-cured. It is true, hat had they taken a remedy that was fHcient when thefirst symptoms of dis ase appeared, a more rapid cure would lave been the result. No woman should .eglect herself. When the monthly pe ted becomes too frequent, painful.pro-, use. obstructed, or irregular in any way. tr if shesu flers from fallingof the womb, [hites, or any other female trouble.she hould at once rcGort to the use of lale Panacea edy ever offered her. Even if she has iten itself upon her she should not de ? a purely vegetable tonic, containing a remedy for sn fl'ering women. 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