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-IIOSE$OLD" CRAB I.-Procure the crabs aive and put them in boiling water with a little salt. Boil them for a quarter cf an hour or twenty minutes, according to size (the best test of their beingsuffi ciently rooked to their color-they are done %hen of a fine ied color.) When cold pick the meat from the claws and body. Chop all together and mix with bread crumbs, salt, pepper and a little - itter. Put all into a shell and brown before the fireor m an oven. A crab shell will hold the meat of two crabs. BISCUIT GLACEs.-Cook one pound of sugar and a pint of water together for five minutes; then add a tablespoon ful of vanillasugar and the well-beaten yelks of six eggs; whisk over the fire for a moment, and strain in an earthen or china bowl. Feat until stiff and cold; then, if you use it, add four table Is of brandy. Whip one pint of m, stir it into the mixture, then fill it into paper cases or small biscuit molds. If in molds, pack in rough Ice and salt and freeze for about one and a half or two hours. If in paper cases, place them in a freezing cave for two and a half to three hours. OTsTER SALAD.-Bring to a boil a dozen and a half of oysters in their own liquor, to which two tablespoon fuls of good strong vinegar have been added, with white and red pepper and salt for seasoning; drain, and cut the oysters in dice so as not to injure their appearance. Wash a head of celery and cut the edible parts in dice; mix a ith the oysters, and keep in a very cold place until ready to serve, when cover with a mayonnaise or salad dress ing. EEnvING BANANA.-A favorite way of serving bananas in New Orleans is to cut them lengthwise in two pieces, dust them with powdered sugar, a little lemon juice and bits of butter, and to bake them In the oven for twenty-five minutes. They should be basted with tt:e butter once or twice while baking, and serve hot in the dish in which they are cooked. RIcE Wrra CHEESE.-Boil half a pound of rice; drain and shake dry; put a layer of this in a pudding-dish, season with salt and pepper, and dot with bits of tbutter. Grate a quarter of a pound of cheese, and sprinkle each layer of rice with the cheese. Let the last layer be of rice, Whip one egg with a gill of milk, and pour over all; sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter and brown in the oven. GRAwA CRACKERs.-One quart of graham flour, one tablespnonful of sug ar, one-half teaspoonful of salt,one tea spoonful of baking powder, two table spoonfuls of butter, milk to make a stiff dough. Knead five minutes. Roll thin and bake ten minutes. CAULIFLOWER iN BATTER.--Take the cold bead of a cauliflower that has been well cooked, but is not flabby or overboiled. Trim the cauliflower into small heads about the size of the top of a wine-glass, lay them in a pie dish, and sprinkle with a little pepper and salt. Make a very light baking batter. When it is well beaten up pour over the cauliflower and bake in a brisk oyen. This is a very delicate dish, but is not liked where highly seasoned cooking is -preferred. _____ RASPBRY BUNs.-Mii six ounces - a oground rice and flour, rub in a quarter of a pound of lard, the same of white stigar, and a teaspoonful of bak mng powder. Make into a stiff paste -. with the yelk of an egg and a little milk. Divide into small balls; hollow each, and insert a little raspberry jam; 6 close up neatly and dip into beaten white of the egg; flatten a little and bake on a tin in a sharp oven. They -. will crack during the baking and show the jam through. SPICED BEEF.-EIght pounds of beef, silver side or round, one-quarter pound of-saltpeter, one ounce of coarse sugar, one ounce of black pepper, nut meg, mace and cloves, one ounce alto gether, one-quarter pound of salt, one quarter pound of treacle. The dry in gredients to be well rubbed into the beef, the treacl3 to be added four days after it has laid in pickle, turn the beef daily for a week or ten days; It should then be baked in an earthen pan filled to about two-thirds of the beef with water. Bake four or five hours. BREAD BALLs Fon SoUP.-Cut the crumbs of a sta'e loaf Into small pieces, put them in a basin, and pour over them enough hot water to moisten without making them too wet; let them cool; chop an onion, lay it In the frying pan with a large lump of dripping and some chopped parsley, and fry to a light brown; mix it with the bread,and, when cool, add two well beaten eggs, salt, pepper and sufficient flour to bind; -I make the mixture Into small balls, and drop them into the boiling soup about fifteen minutes before serving. CAULIFLOWER CROQUETTES. - Trim pieces of cold caulitiower heads about the size of a shilling, mash some potatoes with butter, cream or milk, and one or two eggs, whipped to a froth. Roll the cauflower in this mashed potato paste. form Into cro qoettes, egg and bread-crumb and fry. SPONGE CAEE.-One and one-half cups of sugar, two even cups of flour, f.ur eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking ~ pj,wder. Mix and add one-third cup of hot water. Bake in a quick oven.This, when baked in a thin layer, makes a nice roll jelly cake. AvoIDiNG TEMPTATION - First New Yorker-What are you going to do about ice this summer? Second New Yorker-I'm not going to take any. I have a horror of bur glars, and I don't propose to tempt them by keeping any ice in the house. SHE FORGAVE }rM--Wife-Why, husband, I thought you had more sense than to buy a cornet. You know the fellow next door worries us nearly to death with his. Husband-Calm yourself, my dear. That's the one I bought. "I have this evening been preaching to a congregation of idiots," said a con ceited young parson. "Then what was the reason you al ways called them 'beloved brethren?'" replied a strong m'-nded lady. It was11.30P. M. "Harry," said the Congressman's daugbter, "this is the fifth time you have thought of something to say just after you had picked up your hat." "Why-er-yes; so it is," said Har ry. "And I don't think filibustering is a LOARM NIOTES. BI'TS ALOUT BORSES.-It costs more to keep a poor horse than-it does to seep a gocd one. Change the feed of your horses often enough to make them relish it. Improper ieedmg is the cause of nine out of ten cases of sickness among horses. Every time you worry your horse you shorten their lives and days of useful ness. Sweat and dust caie your horses' shoulders to gal'. Sa do poor,Ill-fitting collars. - The temperature of water for horses is not so much of an object as the pur ity of it. - While it is best to have the water cool, it is more important to have it free from all impurities. Affection cannot be pounded into an imale. Kind treatment insures the affection of an animal, while rough treatment is sure to cause its hatred. When horses are suffering from the bites of flies or stings of other insects, sponge the parts that cannot be protect ed by nets with water in which Insect powder has been mixed-a tablespoon ful to two gallons of water. Of two colts similar indisposition and sense, one may develop into a steady and valuable family horse, while the other may be anything that is vicious, treacherous and unsafe- all because of a difference in the men handling, them. Plenty of whitewash should be used, not only for the brighter appearance, but also as a disinfectant. Hot white wash on the inside of stables, barns, poultry houses and pig quarters, will aid in preventing vermin and insects. The horse which can plow an acre while another horse is plowing half an acre, or one which can carry a load of passengers-ten miles while another is going flve,independent of all considera tions of amusement, taste or what is called fancy,.is absolutely worth twice as much to the owner as the other. SABLE SBEEP.-it has always been a question whether it is possible to breed a flock of black sheep, and an extensive flockmaster of Australia is testing the matter by sending all his black lambs to a range by themselves. These can not truthfully be called freaks of na ture, as some claim,or if so there would Le less of it. Still, here Is soirethirgi about it not well understood. Black lambs may not occur in a flock in gen erations and then recur of a sudden. If a black ram be used in a flock of white ewes, more than nine-tenths of the off spring will be white. Cases often occur where both sire and dam are black, and the lambs white. As something does not come from nothing, black blood must be diffused through most flocks. Where wool is to be dyed a deep color, it is claim-d that the "basic pigment" of black wool being already provided,it absorbs less dye and makes more en during color. However this may be, there is a serious objection to black sheep because their coats absorb more rys of the sun than white, affecting tem by heat more readily and more seriously. Now that the season is over it is not out or place to call attention to the fact that if the disease is to be prevented next year something must be done with the refuse (stems, decayed tubers, &c.) and not allow it to be carried over through the winter. The Maine Agri cultural Experiment btation has been at work ini the endeavor to enlighten the farmers in re;ard to this disease, but remedies during the growing season may be too late, and in order to avdid the difficulty all tops, leaves and decay ing tubers should be burnt in order to destroy the spores. Do not throw them on the compost heap, as the manure will only spread the disease another sea son. BEES NEAR A HIIGHWAY. - Bees should not be nearer a highway than one hundred feet, or to a house where there are small children. An apiary can extend up to a highway with safety, provided there is a high board fence, or hedge intervening, TIs obstruction causes the bees to aim high in their flight, whIch takes the:n out of mis hief. It would be better for all bees on a farm to be in a high board inclos ure, so that breechy animals would not be in danger by upsetting their hive, 15 is generally the result of carelessness, when horses are killed by them. According to the Amerzcan AgricuZ turfst, the milk supply of New York city affords an income to those furnish ing it of $10,000,000,at 2j cents a quart. Over 200,000 cows are milked to obtain this d'pply, and f60,000,000 of capital is invested, exclusive of the railroads and of dealers. Milk is drawn from ive states, and some of it is hauled 300 miles by the railroads. With vigilant Milk inspectors and an active Dairy Commissioner with his deputies," liew York is getting a supply of fairly good milk and honest butter. Professor Robinson, who has tested the matter, claims that when cows are denied salt for a period of even one week they will yield from fourteen to seventeen per cent. less milk, and that of Inferior quality. Such milk, he says, will, on the average, turn sour in less time than milk drawn from the same or similar cows receiving salt, all other conditions of treatment being equal. _ _ _ _ _ Waldo F. Brown says: There are thousands of acres sown in wheat each fall that it would require but a glance of an intelligent man to know that on them a crop of wheat could not be grown that would pay expenses-old washed clay hillsides, flat wet land, or it may be land that has been plowed late and the seed put in with a badly prepared seed bed. The Amerfcan ,Sfeep Urotcer- states that "if a few dry cows or heifers are kept in the field with sheep the dogs will seldom molest them. We have found sheep in the morning huddled so close around and under a friendly old cow that she could not get away from them. She had saved their lives." One of the highest observatories in the world is about to be erected in Taananaivo, Madagascar. It will be in every way complete and the site chosen for it is about 4400 feet above the sea level. The Kelfer pear trees is a vigorous grower, and secures more beight in pro portion to thickness than is desirable. After the leaves fall off cut back the taller shoots, and induce a more stocky growth. The toughest fowl can be made pal atable if put in cold water-plenty of it -and cooked very slowly from five Ao ix hurs. The Canning Season. Canning is an Improvement upon the old-fashioned method of preserving pound for pund in sugar. It retains more of tha fresh and natural flavor, is far less trouble to prepare and more economical. All fruits may be canned with or withcut sugar, as the sugar takes no part whatever in the preserva tion. F.. r flavoring ice:creams and water-ices it is desirable to can the fruits without sugar. Choose only per fectly sound and tresh fruits on the very verge of decay; even at very re duced rates, as they quickly ferment after canning, and you not only lose fruit,sugar and labor,but very often the jars as well. All large fruits, after raring, should be immediately thrown into cold water to prevent discoloration, then boiled in clear water until tender, then again in the syrup. Small fruits retain their shape more perfectly if sugared one or two hours before cooking, A quarter teaspoonful of alum added to each pound of sugar hardens the fruit and gives it bril liancy. Large-mouthed glass jars,with porce lain-lined or glass tops only, should be used. They should be thoroughly heated before filling, filled quickly through a wide-mouthed funnel to overflowing. A silver spoon-handle hould be passed around the inside of the jar, to break any air bubbles that may be there, and the tops screwed on without delay. Stand the jars while filling on a folded towel to prevent breakage, After sealing, stand the jars in a warm part of the kitchen over night. In the morning the covers should again be tightened, as the glass will contract after cooling, and put 'them away in cool, not cold, dry, dark closets. In a week examine each jar earefully,without shaking or disturbing more than necessary. If you find the lids slightly indented, the contents free from air bubbles, and the liquid settled you may rest assured they will keep. If you find the opposite, open the jars im Ynediately to prevent bursting. This fruit maybe re-cooked and usedat once, but is never satisfactory if again canned. Use only the best granulated sugar. Fruit canned with sugar of an inferior quality is never clear, and is also more liable to ferment. The surplus juice that exudes from small fruits, such as strawberries, rasp berries and plumbs, may be strained and boiled for jelly. A porcelain-lined kettle, rather broad than deep, is best. Copper or brass mu-t be thoroughly cleansed with salt and vinegar, and even then the articles are more or less imbued with verdigris that is produced in them by the action of the acids. Small oil stoves are most convenient for canning,preserving or jelly making; the kettle being immediately over an oven and intense heat, the contents boil quickly, thus retaining color and flavor. If the directions are carefully fol iowed, and there is not too large a quan tity cooked or scalded at one tim@ to prevent careful management of each ar, not one can in a hundred will be lt.-Afrs. R?orer in Table Tath. Fon FALING Bar.-The customary treatment for loss of hair is the applica tion of stimulants, but it is question able whether this may not often be harmful, instead of beneficial. Fre quently cutting the hair, has a tendency to encourage its growth and we have known a simple lotion of sulphur to prove apparently beneficial. This prep aration mybe made as follows; Sulhur Hair Water. Precipitated sulphur 30 grs. Fine sa't 60 grs. Glycerine j fi. oz. Rose water 1 pt. A DREssINo FOR TH H&r, one of the simplest, best and pleasantest com pounds for this purpose may be made as fol!ows: Benneoil 1 pt Oil of bergamot 2 dra. Oil of cassia 15 mius. Oil of bitter almond 5 mins. The o.lmay be colored red, if desired, by infusion with alkanet, before the addition of the perfumes.-Drugist's ircular Allow me to lay this little gift at your feet.' "No,'no; I never take any presents from my gentleman friends." "But this is only a copy or my poems." "Ob! in that case, 1 don't mind]. I thought it was something or value." is NOSE FOn NEws. -New Re-. porter (rushing in from the astrono mical observatory)-Now I have a "scoop!" City Editor-What is it? Reporter-- There will be a total eclipse of the sun visible in this country May 27, the year 19 i0. Both the method and results when Syrup ofFigsistaken; it ispleant and refreshingto the taste, andacts gently yet promptly ontheKidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tern effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual contiptin. Syupof igsisthe duced, pleasing to the tseand so eeptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficialm its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and ageeable substances, its many excellent qualities corn mend itto all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50s and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNMA FIG SYRUP CO. WM8LE . _ t 8i UEWN ' KInDER'S PATILLE8*357; . GeCt The Best [s motto to follow in buying a medicine, as w as in everyth ng else. By the universal satisfa ion it has riven, and by the many re marka cures ithasaccomplished,Hood'sSar saparil has proven itself unequalled for build ing up gad strengthening the system, and for al diseases arising from, or promoted by, im pure -lod. Hbod's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. t HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar MUP;1A. Only Cre and OPIUM_L'ZZ Ely's Cream BaIm IS SURE TO CURE Cold in Head QUICKLY. Apply Balm Into each nostril. ELY BROS. 56 Warren St.N.Y 30 691 BPoas Umesyfr c atarrh sthe Sodby drugiss or sent by mall 50 c. . T. Hazetine, Warren, Pa U BEECHAM'8 PILLS * Cure SICK HEADACHEs 25 Cents a Box. OW ALL DRUGGISTS. LENDYOUREAR TO IHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. M::7sTZ' BEST LOW-PRICED Grmau and Ellglish Dictiouary, PUBLISHED, AT THE REaAaKABLY LOW PRICE OB Only $1.00, Postpaid, 650 Pages, Or only $1.50, Postoaid,1224 Pages. This Book contains 650 Finely Printei P.i oa of Clear Type on Excellent Paper, and is Han' somely yet Servioeably Bound In Cloth. [t gives English words with the German equlva ients and pronunolation, ani German words with English deaitions. If you know a Ger man word and desire to know Its meantaig in English, you look in one part of the Book wileltf the English word Is Iuowra aund you want to transae it Into German, you look Luto another part of the Book. I: is Invaluable to Germans who are not toroufrhly familiar with English, or to Ameri cans who wish to learn German. Consider how easily you can master German with the ald of this Dictionary if a half bour per day is d. voted tot study, how much benefit can be derived from IhO knowledge, and hasten to end for this tirst-OIass book. You wilL never Can be had at any Bookstore, at ths o'om of this paper, oe by applying to MORWITZ & CO., 614 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. dI pribe and fuLlye. Souras. specisi fte certain cure 0. H.INORAHM.M. D Xraonly byihe We have sold Big G fon ave th es of saRi Ohio, D. B. DYC2H O l Trade Eatk 01.00. Sold by Drugls , ITERSTEORER oal Bails k haavaE DI zAST.ORl aE Fit a s t e, e ts an 2tilbtl ret tvd'"K Snd zae.O. an ezPre ddeao q.e Durnris-s. BEWARE OF1MITA11.Y'J P A' M' PENSIONS."SION? Invald, o or Minor's, or are you drawing Wrt us ad recive by return mail apropriate blan SReferences givon. Box 46, Washington, D. C. THE DEPENDENT PENSION DILL Widows a Children. Pve-ent Pensions Increased. Write Inne.lly sttig yor esas,. Chauncey Building. WAMIIINGTON, D',C. - ,. SPooI Hlld8r ~nEW PATENT. Says time and troulDie. An in PAT. 886s llo .ol ho$ ewithout it. thaLmpti' can be seon PN N8Grea PENlSION Bill ENSONS Is Pased.5' sa* s a E d Fathesae n FRAZER AXLE BEST INi TH~E WORLD. thy outast i K oes of anyterS 'rad oelfected ~y heat. -SGEk THAE GENU FOR SALE BY DEALERS GENERALLY. PNION NEW LAW CLAIMS. APT Mb B. Stercis &(b atoreys, 1419 F? St., Washington, D. C. Branch Omce. Cleveland, Detroit.Chicago. PATENTS bTalo,DC AATE ANVAStER for tis town .) ACMIBRUbE,lllaepIia, Womaa's'E. hange, 19 S. 13th Street. Eidnemics, such as Influenza, are said o arise wben the supply of ozone to he air is insufficient. To counteract his Dr. Forster, of Berl'n, has recently d'ocated the artificial supply of ozone o the air of towns and thickly popu ated districts. &etfc persens hlave found that ,le reason Why a dog tulrns around hree or four times before lying down s that his ancestors came from a andy regidn and were accustomed to urn themselves around i order to nakra a c,omfno-rt able bdIn the sand. B UMOBOUS, -: - - t THU IMPERTINENT ENUMERATOR t -Census-taker-"How old are you, madame?" s "I count twen'y-five springs." f C. T.-"And how many do you not t count?" It is Possible That he Might Not Mamma-"I wonder what shall we call the baby." Johnny-"I don't think we'd better call him any of the names papa called a him last night when he was crying. He mightn't like it when he growed .up." AN ACT OF CHARITY-Johnny Can't I have another penny? Mother - You extravagant boy! t What did you do with the one I gavel you? s Johnny-I gave it to a poor old woman with only one eye. e Mother-That was a good boy. Here, you can have another penny. C Johnny (next day)-Can I have a penny to give to that poor old woman to-day? t Mother-Yes, you can have one. I What do you want to give it to her t for? I Johnny-For a stick of candy. J S THE DIFFERENCE-Young Staylate I -Yes, I'm getting along very well, Miss Emily; in fact, I'm flourishing like a green bay tree. Emily-There's a difference between I you and a bay tree, though, Mr. Stay- d late. Stay late-Why, what do you mean? d Enily-A bay tree leaves late in the t spring, but you leave late all the year 'round. IIS LITTLE COMPLIMENT-Boar'er -Did you ever play chess, Mrs. Irons? Landlady-I never did. "You would make a very strong play- 8 er." (Highly pleased)-"W hy doyou think c so, Mr. Tuttle?" (inspect:ng the hash and the chow- h chow)-"Your combinations, Mrs. d Irons, are simply bewildering." A Confusion of Terms-Dr. Begosh (anxiously)-"Not the improvement I p expected, Mrs. Brindle. What have n you been giving the patient to eat?" o Mrs. Brindle-"Monday he had fred o liver and onions, and yesterday I gave ii him some corned beef and cabbage." Dr. Begosh-"Horrors. Did I not warn you against rich food?" L Mrs. Brindle-"Why, doctor, that's I the cheapest stuff I could buy in the n market." f "Miss Sumnk'ns is a very sharp spoken girl," said Blifkins to one of his friends. "Ye.', It has struck me so." "Do you think she is a woman who would make home happy?" "I couldn't say as to that, but I think you could count on htr to make it interesting." Customer-Have you any plain lob ster. New Waitress-I think we have none that are plain, but I just heard the pro prietor say he had some very handsome lobsters. Waiter-How will you have your steak, sir? Kleeks-Extr well done. Just set It in the sun foi'%ven seconds. PlIease Don't Forget It. That Dr. H. James' Cannabis Indica is pre Sred in Calcutta, india, from the purest and st Nativye Hemp, and Is the only remedy either In that country or this that will posi tively and permanenaty cure C'.ntsrption, Broischstas, A-thma, Nasal Catarrh& and Nervous DjLaity or break up a fresh cold in twen ty-four hours. $2.50 a bottle, three bottles for $.50. Craddock & Co., Proprietors, 1032 Race U street, Philadelphia. Grapes are readily relieved by spirits of turpentine put In the trachea on the tip of a feather. One or two drops will desn:oy the worms. One Thousand Dollars. I will forfeit the above amount, if I fail to prove that Fioraplexion Is the best medicine in existence for Dyspepsia, IndigestIon or Bilious ness. It is a certain cure, and affords imnmedP ate relief, in cases 01 KIdney and Liver Comn ~ aint, Nerveus Debility and Consumption. 1loraplexion builds up the weak system and cures where other remedies fail. Ask your dru~g ist for it and get well. Valuable Dook "Thin Worth Knowing," also, sample bottle sent Aee: all charges prepaid. Address Franklin Hart,88$ Warren Street. New York. More attention ought to be paid to the teeth of our domestic animals. They often suffer from neglect. The record of cures accomplished by Hood's Sarsaparilla can never be completely wrItten. The peculiar curative powers of Hood's Sarsa parilla are successful when everything else has fa led. If your blood Is Impure, your digestion out of order, try Hood's Sarsapart Ia. .1 bundle of spider webs, not larger than a buckshot and weighing less than a dram, would, if st raightened out and utangled, reach a distance of 3.59 miles. I uspture cure guaranteed by Dr. J. B. M1ayer, 831 Arch St., IPhil'a, Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thour sands of cures after others fall, advice frec, send for circular. The secrets of large yields always and everywhere are rich soil, good seed and thcrough t'lage. Traser Axle Grease. The Frazer Axle Grease lasts four times as long as any other. Use ir, and save your Lorses and wagons. A trial will prove that we are right. Give the fowls meat food of some k1nd and less grain and you will get more eggs in cold weather.B For washing flannels, Dobbins' Electr'e Soap . is marrelotus. Blankets and woolens washed with It look like netw, and there Is absolutelyno shrinking. No other soap in the world will do such perfect work. Give It a trial nowo. No one material can be considered as a complete food in itself. Caun's Eiuney Cure for Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, HeartUrinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Philad'a. $1 a bottle, G for $5, or druggist. 1000 certificates of cures, Try it. Plant prime seed corn only. F iTS: All Fits stoppeulrree oy Dr. Kl1ne's GreaS Nerve Restorer. No Fits afaer first day's use. Mar selous cures. Treatise and $2.00otrial bottle free;) } i: catses. send to Dr. K ine.9st Arca st. PiIa.,Pa. It pays to look after the bees. E. B. WALTH ALL & CO., Druegists, Horse at Cave, Ky. say: 'Hall's Catarrh Cure curesg every one that takes it." Sold by Drugglsts,75c.g Norway has 1 university, 46 profes sors and 830 students. Uliclted with screeyes use Dr. Iusae Thomp. Eon'&Eye-water. Druggists sell at siie. per bote Make note of all experiments. / 1 (s probably idle to toil people that here is a thousand times the danger in he sewer pipes that there is in the hunder.Clouds, but it is true all the ame. The deaths by lightning are ew indeed. Who of the readers of his paragraph, says the Hartford ,ourant, ever lost a friend that way? Vho of them hasn't lost a score of riends by the less brilliant and less oisy destriction that comes up out of he drains? The trouble with the ightning, or the trouble that It gives be people, is in its indescribable sud enness and its absolute uncertainty. Cou know neither when it is coming or where it is going, all you feel cer ain about Is that some storms leave a umber of catastrophes to mark their ourse. The caprice of the lightning efies the explanations of science, and here is no predicting beyond a few eneralities. Th!s much it does seem are to repeat, even in a lively light ing season, that the increased use of leczrlcity, nith the multiplicity of vires, has tended to fewer fatal strokes f lightnig in cities. Ltt;i opinion, who -knows every hing, has discovered that the hottest pace on the earth is that part of Persia hat borders on the Persian gulf. The oaximum temperature is reached in aly and August, when for forty con ecutive days the thermometer registers ot less than 100 degrees night or day. Lt Bahrin, a place in this section, wells re sunk from 100 to 5C0.- feet before rater is reached. In spite of all this, eop'e live there. The water supply is rawn from submarine springs in the ulf. From these water is gotten by ivers who, after plunging uown brough the brine, fill goat.kin bottles t the fountains of fresh water. A new method of obtaining stained lass is done by a process of printing. 'he design is embossed on an iron late, on which a lump of hot glars Is oled until it takes the form of the late on which the pattern is cast. The unken lines are then filled with enamel nd the whole plate is fired. This pro ess obvicusly does away with the use f leads, is rapid in its execution, and as the additional advantage that the esign may be repeated as often as it iay be required. A new disinfectant has made its ap earance. It Is a combination of cam her with sulphurous acid, containing ver sixty-times Its volume of sulphur us acid gas, whiph, upon its exposure i a warm room Is gradually evolved. In the, course of some excavations ttely made at Ludwig's Hafen, on the thine, the tibia and two teeth of a iammoth and the jaw of a stag were mod. Thrijtis&i resuIWs Jro + cleanliness and W'is ASOli d C&ke Try irnyournexi-hou CHEAP 4 Can be secutred by the sma SAPOLIO when you, have From the paint to the pots windows and floors, it is th~ fo cuigadcleaning EVERY W A T ERPROO2 -THA' IBE UP NOct lx ITOI N THE MARK -- NEEDS NO LUDRN.CAN TEONLY LINEN-L - COLLAR_IN iOYELL HICH CRADE 'DIAMOND" SAFETY. neFGin ename and nickl No sErriv MAcsile eAEA ~r mt LOVEL L 1ADIES' and BOYS' SAFETY. Ladles i take out Bar. 28-INCH WHEEL. STEEL DEOP FRAMEZ. 8s Besi u ge aSnc he Te norb F YOU AN *o od. Si Send six cente in gtampa for 2kis caalou is se large t. JOHN P. 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