Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|wTvwo~b?Ioii ot^bonx xdiTie"acres of soil in the southern portion of tho colony. The Bottlers in the neighborhood of th< swamp whero tlio plant had eBtaldislieil itself wero inclined tojocdf'with dis tinet disfavor upon tlKo "weed," whiel the horses jinjl, oatU^ would not est. aud-whicli spread so rapidly. It wni presently found, however, that the weec was no other than the lavender plant, which though of no use as a fodder, was otherwise a most profitable crop, as two or three tons of green stuff taker from it will yield when distilled by u very simple process $500 worth of la Viniilnr nil Ttv Oflilitinn it wmil/1 ?... .. "?"??? (S'M 1600 pounds of lavender -water wort! sixteen cents per pound, after tlio tirst distillation, and thirty-six cents pel pound after further distillation. Tin settler who was shrewd enough to make jucjuiries before rooting up his un known crop has decided on the advice of the Agricultural Bureau, not only tc carefully cultivate what lavender hehas, lmt to plant several acres more The soil, of a light, sandy nnture with clay beneath and fnirly moist, is enii nently suited to the growth, not only of lavender, but of nil soent-producinp plants, and many of the colonists art proposing to devote part of their h?n<l to such cultivation.?Courier-Journal, Restoring a Withered Arm. Tho story comes from London of n wonderful surgical operation that promises to be successful. Five years ago a workman injured hiB right arm, and a careless Burgeon so treated it that it withered and became useless. Recently it was decided to examine the arm, nud it was accordingly opened and explored. The nerve was found to he partially divided. Two fresh ends were made and a section of the sciationerve irom ii live raoint wan Htitcued iu. "JLlie patient 1ms now recovered the power in liia arm, which is regaining itn original size, and he is following his employment.?Philadelphia Record. To Cleanse the SrMrm Effectually yet gently, when costivo or bilious, or jvhen the Mood is impure or sluggish,to permanently euro habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, to dispel headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of figs. The number of buQaloea running wllfl At tho beginning of the year 1891 vii estimated at 10UQ, For Impure or thin Blood, Weaknoss, Malaria, Neuralgia. Indigestion and Biliousness, take Brown's Iron Bitters?it gives strength, making old persons feel young?and young persons strong; pleasant to take. At Vernon, "Mich., n hen 1ms i&lten to watching over a litter of young pigs day and night. A. M. Driest, Druggist, Shelbyvlllc, Ind., aAtikevs; tail's Catarrh Cure gives the best of eSSisfacnyu. Can get plenty of testimonials. It cnrcs'cvery one who takes it." Druggists sell it, 75c. Tho lenthor-dcnling firn.s iu ;hUnited Btntofi number 48.00'5. If your Back Aches, or you are all worn oat, giM.il for nothing, it is general debility, Brown's Iron Bitters will cure you, make you strong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good appetite? tunes the nerves. Tlic most roninrkftble impostor Was (?ror#o Psulmnnazar, who invented a language and wrote a literature in it. Impaired digestion cured hy Boeeham's Tills. HeccliauTs?no others. &> cents a box. Nails wero made by hand prorious to 1810. - - If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Tbompm)b'? ICyo-wator.DrujnrUts sell at -lO.per bottle ^ j^Oi 9 ph (7od[/Wy ,k IO.OOO Needles formed to lie sticking ill my Iokh. when I wa KuflrrlnK with a terrible humor, my leus Win* a Hi41 nm of riiniliHO norrn from kneel down. I won iiri;eil to Hike IliUHi'H SA H S.4 I'AH I l.l. A and in a short tltne I wiu Hood's Sriiu Cures perfectly cured. I am an old sailor. a;ed 7i In the best of health, thanks to Hood's." Jos Ooukuky, Sailors' 8nug Harbor, Staten Isl and. N. Y. Hood's I'ills are the host after-dinner I'll Is. iu ^ .. jdst" digestion, prevent eon stt pat Ion. RIO M O IU r V made by nslltiur an an ' w* V/ Itl El ilrely now iiatented article. Sn Competition. Exclusive Territory Qulek Sales. No Capital Required. Palnte J referred. References F.xchanked. Addres . TJV I'AI.IW I.KTTEIt <'0.. 1 H nnd I 7 llnniinond St., ('Inrtnnwtl. Ohio ML _ _ _ | A N ideal F ami ly MEDICINE! for Indigestion. Hlllousarss. I ftfeadHihe, Constipation, Had Complexion, tltfrnxlJtreotb, / Panil ail disorder* of the Stomach, ? / ; Liver and Bowels, / I RIPANS T A BOLES 1 act ionlly y.-t promptly. Perfect uAMi&c/rllViP' f tllK<'"Uo:i f.a'ows tlieir ese. Hold ^BwBwr' I ' by dniw.-isl.. or sent by mall. Box iflfyinlsl.b'c. I'aekntre '? boxes), (2. i I For fre? snmjdos addroto _ 1 ' ^ iiica.vs ninitoAi^cio,, j H . 1 qrScnd 6c in turnf* lor ?oopt?ll H I illustrated catalogue of bicycle^ goos, I] I and sporting goods of every description. I , ^dehn P. Lovtl Acme Oe. seen. MnooJ KKEDINO TOUKO CAI/VB8. -It should not bo forgotten that milk I hn* much solid substance, and does not supply all the water a young calf needs, i I may often suffer from thirst while t>eiug fed wholly on milk. A drink of water should, therefor be given to i the young calves daily, especially dur nig uie very not weatner.?American Agriculturist. ORANGE ROXKS FOR TIEN NESTS. Orange boxes make good nests and can be bought for a Rmall sum, or got for nothing oftentimes from h fruit dealer. If you have a well-planned poultry house it would be neater and more convenient to have a row of movable nesting compartments, each hooded together so that they may bo quiokly separated and cleaned when necessary. Earth, under a layer of hay or straw, is considered a good material for a nest of a sitter; the moisture from tho earth is distributed in moderation over tho eggs, making them hatch more easily at the proper time.?Now York Independent. MAKINO FLOWERS PROFITABLE. 1 "Wo don't mean that tho farmer who grows flowers should vie with the florist in selling what he produces to the public. It is possible that the flowers produced by tho farmer would come J mostly at times when such flowers were ' abundant, and brought low prices. But they are worth just as much to i beautify his home and give pleasure to the farmer's wife and family as if they sold at winter hot house prices. It i? because farmers do not realize tlia i pleasures and comforts they get from the farm that they think farming don't I III1V. Pew rich men can fleck flini) 1 tables with flowers lmlf the year nt least as can the farmer if he tries. Ho can with some hardy perrennials begin about as soon as snow is off in spring, and decorate his rooms with these and their successors until snow flies in tho fall. When a fnrmer does this one or two years ho will probably try hard for a greenhouse, and thus get more pleasure, though of course with some additional work. It is not easy to gain honest pleasure in this world without working for it, and it is always the work that precedes that makes tho pleasure more welcome and enjoyable. ?Boston Cultivator, MTTjK as medicine. In tho long, trying days of summer, men who work as hard as the average dairyman does will be weary with the strain that they undergo. Mind and body will be tired, and night finds them nervous and out of temper. When this condition is reached, there is nothing so useful to work a cure as a glass of milk. It should bo heated to about ninety-nino dogrees and sipped a little* at a time, and nothing in the way of food taken with it othor than a very small piece of bread and butter and a eaten slowly. Such treatment will more quickly restore a man with nerves unstrung and temper ready to explode to a normal, mental and physical con.1141 al -1 't * uiuuu, IUUU tiuytiiiii^ eiBC IIlAl IB I ; known. It will work with women I equally well, untl as it is always iu the house a daily trial of it according to directions will result in improvement of nervous troubles that arc often, when left to grow, the fore runners of protracted illness. Physicians in the search for remedies for diseases that drugs cannot cure have taken up milk and are surprised at the results. It has brought health where their knowledge had decreed death must occur. A western exchange tells us of a case of woman, where tho physician ' hoi pronounced her incurable, getting well and staying so on a few ounces of cream used daily with the addition ol some sponge cake. Sip warm milk when you feel out of sorts. It will relieve your nerves and fortify your ttomacli, and tho world will look brighter to you after you have taken It.?American Dairyman. rF.imiilZINO THK ORCHARD. Tho question is often asked, would you manure just around the tree or the whole surface of tho ground? The most approved practico is to manure the whole surface of the ground. It t has been found that potash is one of 1 the constituents that our fruit trees I dvnur V?\ /xo4- ^ | ?.?Mn 1UUDV 11CUV1IJ 11U1U I'UU HUH, UlKl we must, therefore, in order to keep the balance oven return this to tho soil in largor quantities than other fertilizers. The most convenient and cheapest I way of applying this element is in the form of wood nshes, in a bushel of f which there are about three pottnds of t potash, worth four cents per pound, or H tweleve cents for tho bushel. Then i. we have about one pound of phosphorio acid, worth four cents, which will givo us a total of sixteen cents for these two constituents alone. Both of these are very valuable agents for orchard i use. Besides these in wood ashes are lime, magnesia and iron, also important fertilizers. This makes a very valuable and almost complete fertilizer for orchards. But in addition wo nee? nitrogen, and this can be supplied by a dressing of barnyard manure every aecoinl year. That gives a complete fertilizer for the orchard. A good artificial fertilizer, according to Professor James, for an acre of ground would be as followa: Wood nnhcH, forty bushels; crushed bones, to give phosphoric acid, 100 pounds; and sulphate of ammonia, to give us 1 lie nitrogen, 100 pounds. This would cost #8.50 an aero and bo a very complete fertilizer indeed, I wonld not advise that this should be used at once, but spread over the first part of the growing season in two or three ^ppli* nut ioita Coriiioeo' A /1*rnontn V M. IV1 J1IV1 n ilVI T \J\j C? V V/ TOMATO CULTUIUt. There nro probably more tomatoes used, and nerved in a greater number of ways than any other vegetable, besides its taking the place of the fruits when served in its raw state. The tomato is a gross feeder, sending its roots down deep for food. The best way to grow tomatoes is to throw out the soil to t ho depth of two feet, with an equal diameter. Put si* inches of well rotted manure at the bottom and fill the hole if ' with the material thrown out, made rich. Whero thore is sufficient ground the hills should he eight feet apart. Plants treated in this way will yield far more fruit than if planted closer. The plants when set should be short and stocky. Those frequently sold in the markets, and set in the usual way, will not produce as much fruit, or as quiokly, as would the plants from seed sown where they are to grow. Tall leggy plants can be planted to advantage by inserting the plant a little distance from the center of the hill prepared for it, then bending the plant down and covering it with earth to the depth ei an inoh, leaving the top out more thai mvo mo ties. ino plant will immediately commence throwing out roots thioklj the whole length of the buried Btem, and make a strong rapid growing pl4nt. The same plant treated in the usual manner, seems to grow smaller, instead of larger, for some days or- weeks. II the plant has plenty of room to spread, it does beot when trailing upon th< ground, the influence of the warm eartl being very benoficial upon the ripen ing of the fruit. But in wet seasoni t here are serious objections to thi? plan, as the fruit is quite liable to roi if lying on wet ground. Yet iu averag< seasons the chances are in favor of "at care" in training the plants. The num ber of first olass sorts is now so grea' that in the selection of varieties, on< must be guided by individual prefer once. A medium sized fruit, perfectlj smooth, of bright red color, ripening evenly clear to the stem, without t hard center, and with as little seed w possible, is tho nearest approach t< perfection. Yet under different con ditions tho samo seed produces veri different results. For a late croput ii advisable to sow some seed where th< plants are to grow, about the first o Tune, or at any time before the 15th The plants will come into bearing?whei the early set plants begin to fail. Tb< cutting off of the first fruits that'set ii strongly to bo urged. Those earb fruits rarely make good specimens, a the plant at that time has not suftieien ufrnnrrf)? for fImiv <1n?'olr\i\mon4 V? 4 vu^<u *V* ?-(A<caa. l?VTVIV|'tUVMV* American Agriculturist. ??? m FARM AND OAKDRN NOTKfl. Turnips are one of the best-payini crops. Cold storage for fruit is strongly roc ommended. Manure and cultivation* should g hand in hand. The cherry does welbwith grae about its roots. More tomatoes aro used < than an other vegetable. Thinning tho fruit improves bot quantity and quality. Cut hay, with groundtfeed, is;mot economical for horses. Do not manure the roots < of youn trees when setting them. The loss of bees will be lessened b keeping them in darkness. For a late tomato crop, sow thetsee abqa^the beginning of June. Tno Italian l>ee is generally coi sidered the best for all purposes. In order to keep beetles off ciu no; bers, cover the plants with netting. To destroy dandelions, cut away th crown of the plant with a sharp k'lifi Is is said that bees will someftinv fly a distance of six miles for wiiii clover. Cabbages may bo fed to co\yn i night, after milking, without flavorin the milk. If the bee-keeper's supply of /hone is small, ho will And it better tot sell ; near home. T*k bees are not considered h lis. \-*-o the "nameless boo disease as >lians. It tho best fruits aro grow thero will bo little danger offoverdoin the fruit business. A safe rule to follow is to cultivat all newly planted fruit trees tho sam as a crop of corn or potatoes. Sealed covers are not to be recon mended, particularly in a severe wii tor, with bees in the open air. A succession of sweet corn may b secured for the season by plantin different varieties tho same day. Chickens hatched in May come int tho world under conditions favorab] to their growth and development. W. Cook, the English authority says: "The bulk of the hens shoul be killed off after they have laid tw seasons." ii tue young ttmneas are batcbed h a hen and a few chickens added to th brood, there will l>e no trouble in rail ing them so as to bo tame instead <. wild. The Italian is the most prolific am best all-round bee. With its Ion tongue it is able to go right to th bottom of the flowers, as the black be cannot. Tho successful sheepman, be h breeder, feeder, dealer, or wool gTowei owes his success to the fact that h keeps in closest touch with the buyin and selling markets. He keeps an ey on sheep commercially. Commerce of Long Island Sound. "The American coast has many fa: fllirtfu lnif iiu eriH n/1 /?a I ..j'w?/uv ivo f^jiv my i/U nj/run, the country bordering on Long Islan Bound," waid Captain Charles Herve Townsend, of Connecticut. The captai is famous hh the projector and persi tent promoter of tho great brcakwat? now being constructed by the Goveri mcnt at New Haven. "It is a grand work," said he, "an will be of immense benefit to tho com try I have just eulogized. Tho breal water will bo about two and a ha miles long, and will give us a roa<lstcn of ten squaro miles, in which the flee of the world may float securely. "At low tido thero will bo eigl fathoms of water. About one mile < the work is finished, and to complci it will cost, according to the estimate $2,200,000. Its great utility will 1 appreciated when I tell you that fl value of tho shipments to Now York v Long Island Sound are greater tlin the total of thAt which comes in I: way of Sandy Hook. The common that finds its way into New Yot through this eastern approach sn passes any other waterway traffic i j America. Along this very Sound i j the not distant future, it is within th j bounds of reason to beliove that 10 000,000 people will have how?#,"I Washington Foat. In nil i i ALBERT ^DWAED AT HOME oazx.t uwk or tkb ranrojr^tnr ' waxlbb at hmoottotbt 0xat. Twp IXittnetSeta b*lt?d to SmMhituun?Bvery Clock on tho Pine* Bnlf n? Boar Fast. ^ | Y WO distinct sets are invited to \ I * the Prince of Wnlee'e oountry lj? teat; one from ftridav to MonG day, end one from Monday or Tuesday to Friday; the former generally including a bishop, dean or three 1 eminent statesmen, ana a sprinkling i of musical, literary and artistic celebj rities. r You have found carriages and lugPQge vans awaigtag what is known as the "royal trsip"?a special run just | when thp Prints is in reeidenoe?and you and your fellow-visitors havo driven * up to the principal entrance. 1 There you aligfet, and ardtishered by the footman into a spacious hall or sa1 L >on, where you Are received with the dintinguiBhocrgr Ace and courtesy for ' which your roysl host and hostess are * so justly celebrated. You have only time for a rapid glance 3 at the massive oak carving and valua1.1,. :4 J f.l.UI ?/ tm VIU [illiUVlll^D \VU10& U1 WHIV-U JO UUU portraying the family at afternoon tea by Zicuy) beforo you find yourself bo? Ing conducted to the handsome suite of apartments you will occupy during your visit; A cup of tea and somo light refreshment, and the dinner hour being 7 :30, It is time to prepare. If you have not been here before, let mo give you a word of warning, or you will commit tlio dreadful sin of unpunctuality. Every clock on the place, from the loud-voiced one over the stables to tho tiniest of continental mastorpieoes, is kept half an hour fast. Tho ringing out of the hour thirty minutes before you oxpect it is startling in the extreme, and your maid or -wan has a bad time of it until you discover tho discrepancy. At last, however, you are ready, and in duo> time find yourself amid tho company in the grnnd dining saloon, xvhero dimicr is served in state, although not with tho frigid formality ono is inclined to expect, f? A certain degree of nervousness must l>o felt by all'on tho first occasion they dine with royalty; but your host and' hostess aro so extremely affable, and c havo such a happy gift of putting people at their ease, that you insensibly forget their august position, and find ~ yourself chatting with comfort ami enjoyment. ^ The tables are oblong, the Prince and Prinoess facing each other at the " center; the lloor?as are most of them ?is of polished oak. >t In the drawing "room, after dinner, thero may be music?the ladies of the g family are all good musicians?perhaps tableaux vivants, or possibly a y carpet danco. If your tastes do not lio in theso directions, or after you j have enjoyed them for a sufficient time, you have the choice of using tho billiard room. l" In tho morning you will find breakfast served at 9 o'clock in the dining i- saloon. As, however, tho Prince and Princess generally take theirs in their o private apartments there is no formalJ. ity, and you do not feel bound to the >B punctuality imperative when you meet .y their royal highnesses. Perhaps you hnvo letters to write, and I may as well here remark that g tho postal arrangements are first rate. Thero is a postofflco inside the house, y wliioh is also a money order office. It Three deliveries a day como in that way, while mounted men meet the trains at Wolferton station. Tharo in ? also telegraphic communication with central Loudon, King's Lynn and Marlborough House, and telephone to n Wolferton station, the stud farm, 8 agents, bailiffs, etc. , fThe Priuco's morning room is a o room plainly and usefully fitted and o furnished in light oak. Thoro you .will seo ouoh a batch of correspondi enco that you will bo inclined to woni der whou it will be got through, but the Prinoe is a capital business man IQ and nothing is lost sight of. g If during visits one of the annual balls should take placo you are most fortunato. There are three of them? o tho "County," the "Tenants" and the la "Servants," the first, of course, bringing the elite, but the two latter some. times presenting a curious mixture. (j Tho tenants, 1 may say, are allowed 0 to introduce a limited number of friends, a privilego highly valued and much sought after by the most remote ? acquaintances of each and every tenant l? on the estate. H" A most'wonderful display of colors distinguishes these Norfolkites, bright . of hue, too, and more often than not dames of fifty got up in the style of K damsels of eighteen. The dancing, too, is a stndy; coun* 0 try dances, reels and jigs fofiow each other in such quick succession that the 0 bund in the gallery at the lar end do '? not have any too easy a time of it. ? Through everything the name kindly K intoreHt is displayed by the royal host 0 and hostess; their interest never wanes, and their courtesy never flags, but overy one is notioed and mado to feel as much at ease as possible. After the Prinoe has dispatched his |r necessary business, he generally takes '* his visitors round to view the parks, " wardens, model farm, stables, kennels ^ or whatever his royal highness thinks M may interest them most. " If you are an enthusiast in farming, ^ you will be immensely interested in * the 600 acres of land farmed on scion* (l tiflo principles. Every known improvement in machinery, ete., is in{l~ trodnced with results of as near per1 j feotion as possible in orops. The Prinoe looks a gonnino farmer , as ho tramps through the flelds in true Norfolk garb of tweed and gaiters; and , it does not require much attention to ' f find from his converaati on that he ,0 quite understands what he is talking n nbont; so it behooves one to rub up K* his weak points in this direction. The model dairy is a picture; but lA here the preference must be given to u that owned by the Princess. It is a Hwiss cottage, containing Ave rooms, ;o ono of the Ave being a very pretty tq? .jj room; and hero her Royal Highnefi p_ sometimes favors her friends with th4 n '-cup that cheers," often, too, cutting broad and tratter and oake with her l(J own fair hands. Moreover, the same handa have often .. made the butter that i? need?aa each of the ladies of the family is skilled in dairy^nanage^ ing out a good, honest pot of creamy Norfolk. Merry time* they hare had 1 in this oottoge, arrayed in ?pron and par sleovee doing the real work, not merely Shi giving directions. wh On Sunday morning everybody goes wai to the little church of St. Mary Mag- sau dalene, in the park. thi The Prinoo and Prinoess set the ex* of 1 ample by their regular and punctual thi attendance?the Prinoess and ladies Tk generally driving, the Prinoo and gen- is tlemen walking by private footway. drt The Sunday afternoon is quietly wit spent in the house or grounds, then in ing the evening some may perhaps drive to ste West Nevlon or Wolferton Church? *** the Prince, Princess and family often do?while others may prefer to stay in ftr* for music or reading.?Strand Maga- 1 nine. ho! ovt vrvr avcvrvvca at DAUEiLl DUlinm VVA Bin Asphalt pavement was first laid in ?* Paris in 1864. is j A oalfinLnmberton, Conn., captures Uftand eats chickens. . nii A man in Liberty, Me., has whiskers fOI eight feet in length. tin A gold coin depreciates five per cent, at in value in sixteen years of constant ric use. in* The first trial of woman snffrago, ouriously enough, was on the Isle of ric Man. . Soldiers in the Italian army are nllowed cigars as part of their daily rations. P A four year-old boy in Georgia is said to weigh ninety pounds, wears a No. 7 hat and a No. 6 shoe. Metal balls, filled with burning oil and combustibles, were used by tho Romans and afterward by both Turks and Greeks. With a two-handed sword, Godfrey of Bouillon, at the siege of Antioch, out a Turk into halves from tho shoulders to the hips. An eccentric Philadclphian whoso will was probated the other day stipulated that tho entire estate, valued at nearly $300,000, be converted into gold coin. Lameness in horses is sometimes cured by giving them the opportunity to swim. In swimming tho same mus* cles aro exercised as in trotting, but wit.hmif naivi fn fnnf or 1 r?rro In Germany and Hungary inagio qualities are attached to tho limo or lindon tree. In some villages it is usual to plant one before a houbo to prevent a witch from entering. Katie Smith is a little eight-year-old girl, of Chicago, 111., who is without hands. By means of an artificial hand she writes legibly, and she also writes by holding the pen in her mouth. A drawing of Charlos L's head in St John College, Oxford, England, presents, at a short distance, tho appearanoe of engraved linos, but on close ^ inspection these lines are found to contain the Psalms, creed and tho Lord's prayer. The Adersbach rocks, in Bohemia, cover some fifteen square miles. Thej are formed of sandstone, and are in* tefspersed with a perfect maze of passages shut in by smooth walls of such similarity that to keep one's bearing if no easy matter. Cromlechs, fonnd in many conntries, are rude monuments to the dead* Nearly seventy round towers, from thirty to 135 feet high, ore found in various parts of Ireland. Thoy are bej^ved to havo beon usod iu tho ceren&iies of firoworship. Tpo native place of the potato is still an*pen qnestion, but is probably the tropical regions of Amorico. There it . 11..1 1 A. m tiduiuuu kliuv IUU Villi's once grew 10 monstrous size, and that the "halls" were of the "bignoes of melons," and ( st that timo the roots were not tubers, the odible parts growing among the branches. Yorlotics of Tcao* Throughout tho greater part of China proper the tea consumed by t lie i people is sun-dried. Thus prepared it i has a much more delicate flavor than ( that whioh comes to Western markets, 1 but people in this part of the world demand something stronger and would find it insipid. In the North and East 1 ' tho leaves aro mixed with jassimiuo 1 ' flowers. This is an expensivo compound for fashionablo consumption. It is sold in little packages, one of which is just enough for brewing a single potful. Buch a package costs threo cash, or three-tenths of a cent. There are many varieties of teas, and the botany of tea plants has never been well written up. One kind of I tea that grows in the mountains near I r?)inn a i ?iii- ? ! ????*****? uwo n Jiavuxdl U??UA U1 lllliK, Or rather of butter. It is found wild on elevated lands?a leafy shrub, fifteen feet high, with a stem four inches thick. Another variety tastes as if sweetened with sugar when an infusion is made from it.?New York News* Wood and Its Durability. The problem has puzzled many why two pieces of wood, sawn from the amo section of a tree, should possess very varied characteristics when used in different positions. For example, a gate post will be found to decay much faster if the butt end of the tree is uppermost than would be tho case if the top were placed in this position. Tho reason is that the moisture of the atmosphere will permeate tho pores of the wood much more rapidly tho way the tree grew than it would if in tho opposite direction. Microscopical examination proves that the pores invito tho ascent of moisture, whilo they repel its descent. Take tho familiar case of a wooden bucket. Many may have noticed that some of the staves appear to be ontirely saturated, whilo outers arc apparently quite dry. This arisen from tlio namo cause; tho dry iaves are in the position in which the tree grew, while the satu^K|^mies ere reversed.?New York Tropical Moonstrokea. There is no donbt that person* are S often moonstruck, particularly in the ' tropics. There is in port to-day the master of a vessel whose faoe is horri- I bly distorted by a shook from the | Lil- %- - ? ? 1 uiuuu d rmya wuue UV wae CPOMHIg the . equator ,pn his way north. On war* ehipe no one ia allowed to aleep on i deck, and the lunar raya, therefore, ' oannot reach them, but on merchant vesaele, where there ia leaa diaeipliua, especially in hot weather, tan aleep on daok, and are often nicked op in* sensible in the "nnrning FhflPdilrhif Record. 11 Hew the Chlneee Prepare Biee. 3iere ere two principle ways of preing rice, one used by the natives of mghai end one by the Celestials o fire in Cores. The letter after I i ihing it in six waters put it in a ! oepan to boil. The rioe is the ) okneas of your hand on the bottom | the dish and the water must be the : okness of another hand above it. J is is allowed to boil slowly until it j half cooked, when the water is . lined oft The dish is then covered ' ih a cloth end set in a kettle of boil- j ; water and the rice is allowed to am until it is Tory well done. No j t is used in the preparation of this J riole, as it is eaten with all other J icles of food as we eat bread. | in another part of the country, in* , ad of turning the water off, little ! les are made in tho rice to the bot- I n of the dish that the water may ilc. The dish is Bet on the back part ? tho stove to let simmor till the rice j done. It should be in distinct kerIs, yet it should be soft and leafy, in Japan they wash the rice the ;ht before and boil it in the morning I the entire day. It is a very pic- j resquo sight to see the young girls t the public gardens emptying the 1 e from ono jlish to tho other laugh- J $ and talking, just at sunset. Later I the day after a breakfast of warm | e, tho Japanese utilize it by putting cold into hot toa, and thus making j tat is to them a very delectable soup. American or in eg, ' Do You the Fine* and C It is conceded that the the purest and strongest of The purest baking powdc est, most delicious food. 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DuiiMg. andUwao?mtaa pajrfl (WMNtl ttilMi twlHtwiatsirrptwIma | * Iieon del Mar, a FrenohtaJu^-S? ached to the surveying oorps oor' ^Hj leotod with the National Museum, Mia ^ rose, Oosta Rica, report* a find of\ >qual or greater Talne than the Monr! \ eznma (OoL), fossilised monster.] y-'a Lieo'a find is not a "Dinosaur" or other* xalf mythical creature whioh the lapeq >f ages has transformed into stone, rat a common everyday whale, <116 !eet in length, with bones mineralised in til they are as hard as jasper and as leavy as lead. The "Mueeo offloials ire in a quandary, and are debating' is to whioh would be the cheapest, , to move their museum buildings over onto bhe mountain range where the petrified monster lies, or to try to transfer tiis flinty remains to the Oosta Bioan sapitaL The point selected by this antediluvian giant when he concluded to give up the ghost, along about the Ss time of the olose of the cretaoeous or somo other geological period, is a rift/. : , between two mountain peaks, seventy*^ two miles from San Jose and 8300 fflwlBBsC^ above sea level. There must ha^^H^Kjfci[9!!H a season of high waters in that sectiMBji^jj at one time. Either that or Del specimen was a regular mount^^^^B climber.?St. Douis Republic. Francis A. Hobart, after having Moderator of the town of Braintree, Mass., for twontj-three years, hail <jWr slined a re-election. 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